A breezy, dry and mild end of autumn morning greeted Wacs under 16's 
  and their visitors, Brookland's B, down on Wilmslow Road.  Although 
  designated as the B squad, no team from Brooklands should be taken 
  lightly because of their great strength in depth in their juniors. 
  Although the B team has lost quite a few games so far this year, their 
  losses are all against strong teams and just by the odd goal or two 
  margin.  With this in mind the lads psyched themselves up with a short 
  but loud "disco rave" in the dressing room before bounding out onto the 
  field.  With Brett away hustling pool and with our 2 long term injuries, 
  Wacs had eleven players to face Brooklands' 13.  Tom and Eddie were on 
  the sidelines with Dom sharing the reffing duties with his Brooklands 
  counterpart.
     The rave clearly worked as Wacs, untypically,  came storming out of 
  the blocks in the first quarter  Jay and Will scored early with great 
  solo dodging moves.  Kieran scooped up from a melee and fired in the 
  third and then Will scored from a Jay assist and Jay added the fifth 
  from Kieran's feed.  The Wacs defense were rarely troubled but were in 
  strong form and Jeswin only had one save to make.  So 5-0 up and 
  cruising at the end of the first.  Brooklands got back into it with an 
  early strike in the second and also forced Jeswin to make 3 saves.  Wacs 
  were playing well within themselves and concentration was drifting at 
  times as they pressed forward, fortunately the defenders were well on 
  their game.  As the quarter progressed, Wacs got back on the rails as 
  Cian fed Jay and then George for 2 more goals to make it 7-1 at half time.
     The third quarter was much like the second.  Wacs were in control but 
  were never able to hit top gear.  The metalwork was rattled a couple of 
  times before Jay scored after bringing the ball in from behind. 
  Brooklands scored from a long-range effort (that the defense was 
  limiting them to) and Jeswin had to make 3 more stops, and at the 
  turnaround it was 8-2 to Wacs.  The team was given a talking to and 
  roused themselves for a good last quarter effort.  Putting their game 
  together as they had in the first, Wacs scored three unanswered goals 
  with Cian and Kieran scoring from good team moves and Jay netting with 
  an exciting "diving  into the crease" shot.  So at the final whistle 
  Wacs had cruised to an 11-2 win.
     It was a good win today but after a blistering start Wacs never 
  really reached the heights we know they can.  The midfield was energetic 
  and created lots of space and threatening positions which they should 
  have converted more often.  For his great part and boundless energy in 
  this midfield, Cian was awarded the "player of the day" honour.  The 
  defense looked very solid today with some great sliding, containing, off 
  ball coverage and bringing the ball out in front of a stonewall Jeswin. 
    For a solid exhibition of these defensive "arts", defender Iain 
  received the "unsung hero" award.
     Wacs will need to raise their intensity and their game next week when 
  they head out to Brooklands to take on their formidable A team, ranked 
  number 2 (just behind Sheffield) in our division.
     Playing today for Wacs were;  Jeswin Abraham,  Iain Brennand, Jordan 
  Campbell, Charlie Connolly, Cian Conway, George Cornwell, Will Cornwell, 
  Ben Leahy, Luke Maloney, Jay Moore & Kieran Tudsbury.