First things first - they showed up, and the game was played. The league cup is a knock-out cup so, we win and we're in the quater's, we lose and we're out! Oh yeah, we're the underdogs (perenially some might say), they are in the premiership, not 'The Premiership', just the premiership; the league above us.
Listen, i'm gonna cut to the chase: we lost and we lost 6-1. This is bad news, and whilst i may have blown the drama of reading this for some, there's still a lot to be said about the game. The energy, effort and commitment we demonstrated was exceptional! The temprament we played with was impeccable too, which is a real big deal given some of the tantrums and petulance we've leaked thus far this season. For all those things we can be very, very proud of ourselves!
What cost us the game was, not only an organised opposition who were fairly fluid and responded quickly as a team to things, but also what this led to for us. We seemed paniced in possession, unable to control it or pass it in a measured fashion. As i've already said, we did work damn hard to regain possession, but with it we seemed hesitant and in two minds.
Though off the back of a 6-1 defeat it may seem ridiculous to say; the defence were tireless, the six goals are not down to them or our keeper (Matt Lewney working his chops off again), but rather down to that mystical law that "anything can happen in the cup". At half time we were 2-1 down (thanks to an unquestionable and unsavable James Clarke volley) and 15 min into the second half we had no choice but to push forward and try and create an equalizer, since technically we were already out of the cup by then. We switched from a 4-4-2 to a 3-5-2, shortly afterwards they scored a third which really put us under pressure. Whilst we threatend a lot, we didn't convert, and our desperation in pushing forward left us open to counter attacks at the back. We switched formation again to a 4-3-3, but to no avail.
It was good to see Danny Hayton make a come back for 20 min, he was looking well, and it was good that even in the face of a five goal defecit we did not stop pushing.
These however, are the facts: we are out of the League Cup, while Chapel A Celtic proceed to the quaterfinals, we wish them all the best.
Wakefield Baptist Church 1-6 Chapel A Celtic.
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