Game 5 v AnguillaAnother Bot team but with a bit of quality. They have Barnaby Comstock up front and Chris Harmon in goal, both players ply thier trade with top club Ruta Best. Of course England will start favourites. The team and tactics are starting to look pretty settled now. Just 4 changes:
Willis is out @ LB because of low condition,
Woodham starts at right wing as a development opportunity
RB is the one position I am unhappy with at the moment, Lynn Atkins gets the nod this week.
At DC Colin Stainthorpe gets a chance at the expense of Shane Nathan but I dont see this as a permanent swap.
The Team1 GK Lucius Tanner 21 2 caps
2 DR Lynn Atkins 24 44 caps 7 goals
3 DL Lindsay Wood 27 1 cap
5 DC Colin Stainthorpe 25 10 caps
6 DC Payton Abrahams 21 6 caps
4 DMC Nick Kellogg 22 22 caps
8 MC Braxton Revie (capt) 22 17 caps 2 goals
7 AMR Langdon Woodham 18 1 cap
10 AMC Frank Kiefer 25 46 caps 11 goals - freekicks & penalty taker
11 AML Giles Daugherty 23 3 caps - corner taker
9 FC Luther Auteberry 22 10 caps 8 goals
If we do well then expect to see the following subs coming on for development: Meriweather King, Newt Levit & Elijah Bulle
Result Anguilla 0 England 0Near on a disaster. Luther Auteberry limped off with an injury in just the 9th minute and then Lynn Atkins was sent off in the 31st minute for second bookable offence, I stupidly forgot to tell the team to use Frank Kiefer to take the free kicks
To cap it all the Anguillan keeper lived up to his pre-match billing and pulled off 9 fabulous saves. Never the less we came up with 2 arrows for both press more and zone marking resulting in 65% pocession and no less than 14 shots.