Date: 02/10/10
Game: Milton Rovers V BAWFC Reserves
Author: Petra
Players' POTM: Lisa

Milton Rovers 3 BAWFC Reserves 0

Team: Sam Perkins (GK), Karen Gibson, Jo Santa Maria, Belinda Hart, Jenny Kemp, Petra Lausen, Anna Smith, Lisa Linsley, Ebi Adjei, Anna Munyimani, Lynsey Crook Special thanks to Marian Kelly and Silvia Angelotti for helping out on the day

Rather than writing a full match report (you had to be there, see) I thought I put together what they call a retrospective in the "agile" way of working which may be lost on those of you not actively involved in software development, but here goes:

What worked well:
BAWFC Reserves looked good in red and navy
Everyone got at least 60 minutes game time
Anna S, Ebi and Lynsey played their first game for BAWFC
Belinda lasted the entire match (I reckon she got extra centre back coaching while she was away last season)
Jenny and Karen produced some fantastic throw-ins (and the two Annas, too)
We played attacking football and won plenty of corners
Anna S, Silvia and Lisa produced some lovely headers
Jo had recovered from her cold in time for kick-off
Jenny didn't get an asthma attack
Lisa was everywhere in centre midfield
Petra's corners made it into the box
Sam hadn't forgotten how to throw herself about in goal or how to take goal-kicks
Silvia and Marian helped out and were very flexible about the positions they played in
The sun was still shining after 90 minutes of a great team effort for the first game this season!

What didn't work so well:
Our lack of fitness let us down (a bit)
Sometimes we were all bunching and not talking to each other
We let in two unfortunate/silly goals (the third one, a volley into the top right hand corner, was unstoppable although we probably shouldn't have let her shoot) We didn't score :)

Puzzles?
Why did the ref stop the game midway through the first half? And the answer is: to clear away the dog poo
What did Sam get up to on her travels? We never found out
When is our next game? Watch this space :)

What we learnt:
Karen can fit an entire kit into her rucksack
We need to bring bibs/different colour tops for our subs next time
Saturday friendly matches are the ideal environment for coming back from injury
Majority of players prefer 12 o'clock kick-off to 11am
Training kicks off at 7pm every Wednesday