Slow Start
Is it the tactical familiarity, the cohesion, or just bad luck?
Slow Start
It’s been a slow start to our third season here at PanSa East F.C.
We were up 5-1 against Vaiala Tongan in our first home match, and looked like we were going to win it in a laughter. And then they started to come back.
After an awful second half defensive performance on our part, we were lucky to get out of it with the shirts still on our backs. 5-5 was the final score, and we didn’t score a single goal in the second half.
I’m not sure if I should chalk it up to our rivalry with Vaiala Tongan, or to poor defense. Whatever the problem is, I hope it doesn’t last.
Bad Defense
The bad defense only continued from there.
We went up 4-1 over Utulei in our second match at halftime, and scored a 5th right after the second half started.
I thought that we might score 7 or 8. We had a few matches like that during the preseason friendlies. Besides, Utulei look like a really bad team this year.
True to form, though, we gave up a couple of second half goals, barely escaping with a 5-3 victory.
We had 10 goals in 2 matches, and yet only had 4 points to show for it. Maybe there’s something in the air.
What Next?
We followed all of that up with a disappointing 1-1 draw at home with Lion Heart.
I’m not sure what to think about our team this season. We’re not horrible, but we also aren’t as dominant as we were the first year.
It might be the tactics. It might be some of my transfers. Or it might just be bad luck, combined with unfamiliarity on our squad in general.
Whatever it is, we’ll see if we can’t turn this season around. We’re in 6th place right now, which is simply unforgivable.