Message from Roy ..... and 3 points in the bag

Dear Coxhoe Branch,
I think we deserved the win overall but, as usual, we made it very hard for ourselves.
They got the goal and we invited pressure. In parts of the game we were really good - outstanding. We passed it and moved it well.
If we got the third goal [when it was 2-0] the game is dead and buried, but when it's 2-0 and you concede it seems to be natural instinct that you drop back and try to hold on to it.
It would have been nice to get the third goal earlier but we didn't.
I thought Stevie [Elliott] was outstanding - he's a threat. He had a few shots before his gpoals. Dave [Connolly] came on and scored and he's earned that. I'm pleased he's off and running.
We played Stephen [Elliott] on the right, you have to try these things and I thought it worked Ok
Liam [Miller] and Grant [Leadbitter] had not had a fair chance of playing in the middle of the park and I thought they did well, especially in the first 70 minutes. They lost their way a little bit.
Generally speaking I thought we were outstanding today, I'm not going to get clouded by the chance they had near the end.
I'm looking at all the positives - we won 3-1, our strikers scored and we played some great stuff.
There were a couple of spells in the second half that were as well as we have played all season, they couldn't get near us.
All the best,
Roy Keane
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