FT - BTFC 6-0 Hastings UTD

[Bilboy86]

Wow all I know is that 2 were scored by Boot, one by Flack and one was a n own goal!

[c'mon ricay]

2 Boot

2 Flack

1 Wood-Garness

1 O.G.

 

 

[Hoops@BTFC]

Well done lads good first game performance ... nice to show the rest of the league what we're made of from the word go! Keep bagging goals in and we'll be well on our way! First time ive watched ricay this year and i have to say that all the players looked really sharp and the 3 forwards that played today looked like a lot of goals could be heading their way. Anyone got any news on the boot's injury?

[c'mon ricay]

ankle ligaments apprantely

[Hoops@BTFC]

That's a bummer aye, he'll be out for a fair whack but with flacky looking on the ball all shoulb be well

[richards]

Great performance and although we will face stiffer opposition than Hastings , it was nice to see us being a bit ruthless for a change and giving someone a pasting on the scoreline.

 

Pretty good performances from all but I was delighted to see Bradley get some reward for his non stop efforts - he is going to cause headaches to a few defences this season. Lets hope Tony Boot gets back from injury quickly, he didn't deserve that after such a good performance.

 

Hornchurch should be interesting , they won 5 - 4 at Ashford Middx today !!

 

Oh, and we are already 2 points ahead of the squatters.

[Simon BTFC]

6-0 I'm told is our biggest ever opening day win... We were clinical in front of goal, particularly in the second half, and we made a lot of runs off the ball that on another day would have resulted in chances... Still room for us to improve though, 3 very tough games coming up now, I doubt many centre backs will be as generous as hasting's number 5 (scored 1, made 1).

 

McMahon

McSweeney Heffer Blewitt Kerrigan

Abbott Hunter Dormer Hodges

Woods-Garness Boot

 

Subs

Flack for Boot

Game for Hodges

Wareham for Abbott

SNU: Swaine, Buckfield

[urchinboy2]

good result for you guys, if we defend like we did in the 2nd half against you lot, then theres only going to be one result, should be an interesting game on tuesday with us looking very dangerous on the attack,

 

what are hastings like?

[extaffyjim]

Splendid performance and result. Hastings werent the best team well play this year by a long shot, but ricays performance was top class, confident and hard working. Some lovely football played. This game and this colchester game have struck me as being so much more confident and fluent in attack than last yr.

 

Garness looked fantastic today, not just going forward, but tracking back and winning us possesion back too. His goal was pure class start to finish, a wonderful move.

 

Its easy to get overexcited about the result, its 1 game out of 42, 3 points. However if we play like that all season, well be doing alright.

 

The one thing that seems to have changed the most from last year is the attacking line-up. We did struggle for goals last year, and its not surprising - Nathan left midway through the season, and in some games we were playing one striker with Game in behind. Burbridge was our second best striker for a large proportion of the season, and like him or not, he cant exactly be described as prolific.

 

This year we have

 

Flack - top scorer from last year. Took up the challenge fantastically from the winter onwards after Nathan left, one of the players of the season last year.

Boot - A proven striker who, though ive only seen him a couple of times, clearly has a good eye for goal. Took his chances well today. Well miss him through injury, but hopefully not for too long.

Woods-Garness - Seen him play twice and been very impressed both times. Hadnt heard of him before we signed him, but Matt Jones has obviously done very well to get him here. Pacy, good touch, runs all day and tracks back too. Good shot on him and good in the air considering his height. Looks a class above at this level, and if he performs for Billericay consistently the way he did today, id be surprised if he didnt follow in Elder and Whelpdales footsteps and jump up a few divisions straight from us (early days i know).

Burbridge - Im not the biggest fan of his, but hes a good player to have as a back up striker. Underperformed last year, but in a few games he upped his game a lot and we saw what hes capable of. If he can get a chance of a run out and reproduce that sort of form, he might be difficult to drop, especially if Boot is injured for a bit.

 

Anyway, have rambled on a bit and getting a bit overexcited after just one game. Next 3 games will all be very tough. Couldnt really ask for a much tougher run than trips to Hornchurch and Carshalton, followed by Chelmo. After those three games well have a much better impression of our chances this season than now.

 

See you all tuesday, meanwhile enjoy the memories of our best ever opening day to a season, and enjoy being (although almost meaninglessly) top of the league.

[Eastside Urchin]

tuesday should be some game,First half we were awesome(the locals claimed they had never seen anything like it),i think we believed our own hype.Judging by the look on the gaffers face after the game i think tuesday will be a tight affair.

[RegF]

last time I remember a 6-0 ricky mcqueen was on the scoresheet!!well done lads and having just read the glowing match report on the Hastings web site (as usual nowt on ours!) looks like some good football will be watched this season....605 attendance correct?..not bad for opener?...

[Balmoral Claret]

"Oh, and we are already 2 points ahead of the squatters (sic)".

 

Indeed - but then you were at home to Hastings, while we were away at Margate. The difference in quality of the opposition probably had some bearing on the matter!

[peter foster]

And I'm sure it hasn't escaped your notice, Balmoral, that if we win our fixture against Boreham Wood tomorrow, we'll be top of the league!

[Balmoral Claret]

Originally Posted By: peter foster

And I'm sure it hasn't escaped your notice, Balmoral, that if we win our fixture against Boreham Wood tomorrow, we'll be top of the league!

It certainly HADN'T escaped my notice Peter - but when posting on the forum of our friends from Ricay, I try to avoid the BBB syndrome!

[peter foster]

Very thoughtful, Balmoral; I shall give serious consideration to the withdrawal of my posting. Did you ever consider a career in the Diplomatic Corps....

[andyrich]

Sorry to sound so unknowlegable, but what does BBB stand for?

[c'mon ricay]

BBB= Bertie Big Bollox

 

It would relate to the general attitude of the claret faithful many of which seem to believe their team are a league side in waiting

 

a read of their message board is highly recommenced on a Monday morning after they've lost as the level of criticism and vitriol aimed towards their players is hilarious, player ratings out of ten tend not to progress above 3 or 4

[Balmoral Claret]

"a read of their message board is highly recommenced on a Monday morning after they've lost as the level of criticism and vitriol aimed towards their players is hilarious, player ratings out of ten tend not to progress above 3 or 4"

 

THAT was LAST season c'mon ricay!

 

[Bill of Shenfield]

Sh*t I had to go away for the weekend and missed the game. Appears like it was the one game not to miss. Never mind I will be there on Tuesday, so I hope they perform as well. Hornchurch can obviously score goals but must have some defensive problems

[GazzaBTFC]

Top performance on the day!!! I am still in between gobsmacked and surprise (I'm sure someone of note will ask me "why?") as, not in my wildest dreams could I have thought that we'd tuck a team away like that on the first day of league action.

 

Jamie Dormer alluded to it, when I interviewed him, that the players are hungrier and more detirmined than last season and boy, on that showing, he wasn't wrong!!! Well done to everyone on the pitch.