I've been to a few of Columbus's games this year and the team has looked completely different every time I've seen them. One team I saw would compete with any premier team, the others would get beaten easily. I don't see them going up this year.Surprised by Columbus's struggles based on how good they were up until a month ago. The table is brilliantly positioned heading into Xmas, certainly the most wide open Div 1 promotion race I can recall in recent memory with BOTH spots wide open.
Saw the majority of Bingers v Westside yesterday, all in all I would say Westside were full value for the 3 pts. They scored early and then had the lion's share of possession throughout the game. Big GK had to be up to his usual standards to keep things close for most of the match. As was previously mentioned, the Westsiders put the nail in the coffin late when Bingers inevitablely started to press.
Bingers really only looked to clip crosses, set pieces, etc. into the box for their tree of a striker. He's definitely a handful for defenses and he had 3 half chances that went over the bar, but that was essentially the entirety of the Bingers offense. If teams can adjust and neautralize him I think Bingers will have a tough go in the second half.
Surprised by the amount of whining directed towards the ref by Bingers. He wasn't perfect of course, but from the sidelines at least he seemed to have a decent handle on things. Certainly I don't think their was much controversy over any big decisions?? Big GK perhaps a different perspective from inside the white lines? Anyway, not something I usually associate with Bingers who are generally a hard working, no BS group of guys who play hard and just get on with it. Maybe some new (younger??) guys in the fold now? Or perhaps it just comes with the thin air of being at the top of the table
Army 4-0 akal
