As I have mentioned since the beginning, our biggest battles are fought with ourselves. To be the players and people we want to be and that the team needs us to be. So, how did we do yesterday with ourselves?

1. We were brave in the air being the first to the ball including 3 excellent attempts on goal and perhaps even more importantly, winning the ball off punts and goal kicks in the midfield and in our back line. This was a strength yesterday. We MUST always win this battle

2. Our press was high energy but will need work and we will work on triggers and shutoffs. That said, we won that battle yesterday too. Our midfield is highly press resistant which is a blessing.

3. As I said at half-time, we must focus on improving fundamentals – finishing, touches, communication, decisions, through balls, tackling. If we aim to do each of these 5% better in practice – this will translate into more victories.

Today, we will work on finishing, weighted thru balls, touches, and our press.

Nice to start the year with a win. Growth will translate to more wins. We cannot be satisfied.

Our Man of the Match was Dillard Jones. He was commanding in the midfield and was truly box to box and of course got us on the board pulling back a goal. Great job Dillard!