PUTTING THINGS RIGHT

SATURDAY PREVIEW

As a group, we can’t wait for tomorrow when we get the opportunity to put the Barnes and the Pilgrims loss at Bromley firmly behind us.
Against Barnes we totalled over twenty turnovers, which was exacerbated by us failing to exploit more than fifteen overlaps. This is a stark reflection how bad a day we had with the ball in hand. When you add in that our lineout quality was at 55 per cent the overall attack performance fell well below our standards. The added disappointment is that we statistically delivered our best defensive shift of the season, with our highest tackle completion and dominant tackle percentages. This Jekyll and Hyde feedback gives a mixed picture, the result however didn’t. We know Barnes are a good outfit and have finished high in the league for several seasons but for us to not show our best at home, in front of our fans who support us so loyally, is something that we have had two weeks to wrestle with.
The result has focused us and this past seven days has been one of our best training weeks of the season. We know this only has value if we put it into practice tomorrow at Old Albanians.
The Bromley result for the Pilgrims meant that we went into the week off with the whole squad feeling exactly the same. They return to action tomorrow against Beccehamians at the Marine Travel ground. This game has become an important fixture for them to get back on track.

Matt Corker, Head Coach