(16/09/12) Match notes and general points

Sunday (16/09/12) Connah's Quay FC Academy vs AFC Liverpool (3-0)

Match notes and general points

Again we showed we’re more than capable of completing with any team from any sort of set-up from a non league basis through to a professional organisation.  We dictated the pace and direction of play at times because we kept to simple and affective passing football by choosing the right pass, controlling the movement and direction of play. For periods of the game on Sunday we out played and out passed the Connah’s Quay Academy side (especially through the first half) and the lads demonstrated their ability to compete at any level when they play to their strengths and within the system.

The main difference between the sides on Sunday was fitness. Specific individuals and the team as a whole are lacking complete match fitness which is affecting players overall concentration, positional sense and movement. This has been highlighted especially during the later minutes of every period we’ve played so far this season which was demonstrated in both Sundays defeat also the loss to Burscough FC.

Academy style of play; the way the team is currently set-up is to enable the lads to understand the style and level of play expected at professional teams which will also prepared them to play against academies sides in the coming months but hopefully and more importantly to play for them in the future.

We’ll be working on numbers things in the coming weeks and months to rectify some issues and mistakes that every player is making at times but more importantly enhance and build on their strengths and abilities.

Current training session targets;

• Fitness.
• Looking up when in possession of the ball and knowing where team mates are beforehand.
• Remove tunnel vision from players.
• Turning away from trouble and keeping possession of the ball.
• Mixing things up and varying play.
• Playing into channels.