Sunday saw yet another opportunity slip to gain some points with another defeat, this time against Western Sydney Wanderers, in what was a horrendously hot and dry day on a rough Campbelltown field.
As the temperature hovered around the 40 degree mark for our 2pm kick-off, as a team we didn’t turn up to play football and consequently let a game that we all thought was there for the taking pass straight by us without applying any real pressure on the Western Sydney girls.
Credit to Wanderers as they came out and were hungry to post another win for their campaign and though we desperately needed the three points we looked like a team with no structure and minimal desire at times.
It’s disappointing to perform like this on game day given the amount of effort and intensity that had gone into our build-up during the week. We trained well and worked on what we thought would win us the game tactically, but all that went out the window when the simple parts of our game let us down.
It’s going to be a tough week as we now head into the second half of the season with a lot of room to make up on the competition ladder. This task becomes harder when our next game is against the most successful team in Westfield W-League history; Brisbane Roar.
Brisbane Roar welcomes back six Matildas and also come off the back of an impressive last minute win over the Melbourne Victory which I’m sure will add even more lift to their already confident squad.
We on the other hand need to go back to the drawing board and look to atone for the poor performance we showed against the girls from Sydney’s West.
Let’s hope for a solid week of training and a better result to upset the Roar at home on Sunday.
Hayley
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Club Captain for Westfield W-League side Newcastle Jets, Hayley has represented Australia at many levels including the Matildas. Catch the W-League every week at your local ground or if you can’t make the game watch it on ABC1.
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