Lost 4-0 BUT it sounds a lot worse than it was.
At the end of the day it's about ME, nobody wants to stay in the reserve league, it's about gettin out of that league and into the first team, so it's about how I played, not so much the team.
Aight I started on the left, against a very pacey right midfielder, kinda like Ronaldo v Shaun Wright Phillips, 2 people who're pacey.
Like I said they're top, and havent lost a game in ages, the same as us. But it was a very good standard of football. The best standard i've ever played in.
I had to get up and down up and down, but im more known for my skills n tricks, so I had a couple of runs at their defenders, and got a couple of corners and crosses in.
There was quite a big crowd there and quite a lot knew my name
so I was chuffed at that lol. I got a bit of stick from their RM player when I tried some tricks against him lol. He didnt like it but like i've been told, they wouldnt give criticism to the worst player on the pitch would they?
We went 1 down in the first half, our keeper was kinda to blame but anyway we got on with it and went into half time 1-0 down.
In the dressing room the manager was like 'yea knock it out to charlie' so I mean I was happy I was bein focussed at gettin the ball 2. So we came out of the second half and started ok, I got the ball and got a couple of beautiful crosses in, if I do say so myself, did some stepovers and got a lot of respect, they just stood off me and everytime I got the ball they were like 'STAND UP STAND UP' which was kinda a compliment for me.
But then they scored 1 and then, u know how it is in Cup football, the next 2 just came in. But like I said it's about how I performed.
I think I did quite well, I was told I was the best player in the first half, not so much the second because of my stamina. Im 16 and have done training but im used to boys football, so mens is a different higher standard, so tonight was my first full 90 minutes, but im gettin there.
I was chuffed when I was runnin at the defender and he was just backin off. I've taken a lot of positives and negatives out of the game. Which i've got time to work on, all of their players were atleast 20, some were 30, some older. Same as our team, so I was by far the youngest on the pitch.
I've got time to learn but im just happy i completed my first 90 minutes. And if u read in my previous post, about the boy who I used to watch, he's 19 now.. 3 years older than me. He's nothin really, not really goin anywhere.
But yeah, i've got to work a bit more on my off the ball movement, making clever runs for through balls and throw-ins and just gonna keep practicin ma tricks.
Got a tiny bit of cramp at the end but that was expected. The first team manager was there and shouted nothin but praise at me! So that's good.
I've got trainin on thursday, and then a game against Pompey Royal Navy on saturday, at home.
The floodlights were cool tonight btw
Good pitch aswell, a tiny bit rainy which made it a bit boggy but was cool.
Thanks for listenin, jus lettin ya know how I got on
Onwards and upwards for me... Onwards n upwards