Swifty Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 A functional win against a team who suffered their fifth consecutive defeat, and who were a bit on the lippy side and were lucky to be uncarded for their comments by the ref, who had a good game overall, as did the 'linos'. We started purposefully, with Bitz crossing for Bayley to thump home from close in after 85 seconds and Max repeating the trick for Dan in the 18th. Guildford didn't offer a great deal but scored the best goal in the 21st, a free kick beautifully curled in from 25 yards out and skilfully headed into the top corner by Darren Caesar. We lost our way somewhat for the next 10-15 minutes but regained a two-goal lead when a left wing cross across the box was hit across goal, into the ground and home from 12 yards by Dan in the 38th minute. At that stage I expected us to kick on, and on another day we would have scored six or seven. City keeper Luke Badali made a couple of fine saves and we scuffed or blazed way over a clutch of chances, In the end, another top notch Bitz cross was turned into his own net by an unlucky City sub in the 89th. No-one stood out today, very much a seven out of ten performance all round, though Max stood a couple of inches above the rest. Still, a nice way to celebrate our chairman's birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 will the missed chances count at the end, if goal difference counts, might have had two or three more goals today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manurgrate Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Our players do need to be tested at a higher level than CCL. It was a comfortable victory despite not being at our best, there was quite a lot of sloppiness in our play and we still end up winning 4-1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Our players do need to be tested at a higher level than CCL. It was a comfortable victory despite not being at our best, there was quite a lot of sloppiness in our play and we still end up winning 4-1!As we know getting to Step 4 is not an easy feat. One promotion spot from all step 5 leagues is not enough, but with so many leagues funnelling into the leagues above leaves the question should more teams get relegated from step 4. Any opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manurgrate Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Probably, it is certainly the case that most teams in the CCL have nothing to play for at this stage of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Asking the Step 3 / 4 leagues to relegate more sides from their step 4 divisions would be turkeys voting for Christmas. This is the problem with relegation to step 5 - all too easy to drop into it, but a right old struggle to pop back up. I reckon if you replaced the bottom four sides in the Southern League Central Division with the current top four in the CCFL, I reckon none of the CCFL clubs would be lower than two thirds down the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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