WYCT - Mosaic FC (Leeds) 24.11.07

We've only got Mosaic again off the back of last weeks 6-0 thumping. We've only got eleven men again, one of which is an off-sick-all-week-with-flu-like-symptoms Gary Stevens. We do have Tom Winstanley stepping back into midfield to give it some know-how, and the long awaited return of the much missed Saj Latif (albeit playing slightly out of position, just in front of the back four).

The game plan is to, as much as possible, shut them out, get through the game, cut our loses, and wait for next week. We've gone for a defensive 4-1-4-1 formation, with James Clarke as the lone front man.

10 min in, before the game has really found its flow, they score from a corner and, again, we could be in trouble. Except we're not, it turns out that we do ok at this shutting them out malarkey, there's even points, several in fact, where we're on top of the game and they have to work hard to break us down. Half an hour in and James Clarke makes the most of a goal mouth scramble following a corner, the score levels at 1-1.

They are terribly ruffled, no doubt expecting another walk over, only to be faced with a very resilient and competent (not to mention, valiant) opposition.

The second half continues in this same vein with us having to work hard and concentrate, but still giving them a real game. They had no chances to speak of in the second half, except, of course, two long shots... which both went in. They got both of these goals in the last 20 min.

The final score was 3-1, and we can choose to be frustrated that this score doesn't represent the game entirely fairly, or we can choose to be proud of the way we played and the way we worked to avoid what was potentially another pounding.

A special mention does need to go to Gary Stevens who, despite being poorly, was fantastic. Nothing got through him and he made good contact with everything he went for. This was recognised by the opposition who awarded him man-of-the-match.

Mosaic FC 3-1 Wakefield Baptist Church.