Huntly vs Stonehaven

Huntly vs Stonehaven

Following a few good performances, the Huntly lads might have been expected to be on a wee roll, but unfortunately it wasn't to be, losing 2 goals inside 10 minutes, and being lucky it wasn't more. Stonehaven dominated the first half as Huntly tried to wake themselves up.

HT 0-2

The second half was much better, with the lads putting on some pressure, and some early hope was offered with a free kick on the left of the 18 yd box which McInnes banged in beautifully over the wall to the top right corner, 1-2, but the respite was short lived as the visitors quickly cancelled this out to restore their 2 goal lead.
Some further sustained pressure on the Stonehaven goal then saw McInnes strike a cracker of a long range shot, 2-3, and once again hope was restored, but almost immediately the lads lost another, this time through a missed offside decision. 2-4

As time ticked down a bit of urgency seemed to dawn on the lads and they started to pile on a bit more pressure, which brought 2 well worked goals from Pratt & Higgins but it was to be too little too late, and meanwhile Stonehaven had their 5th to nail the win.

It was, overall, a disappointing outing for Huntly, and Stonehaven deserved the win.
On a positive note, there were some really good performances from a few individuals, but, however well those few played, they can't be expected to do everything themselves, and the whole team needs to get into gear & play from the whistle.

FT 4-5

Team: 1 Callum Ross, 2 Greg McInnes, 3 Jack Meinen, 5 James Bremner, 20 Michael McIntosh, 6 Ryan Higgins, 7 Ethan O'Neill, 14 Lewis White, 22 Lee Alexander, 15 Darren Manson, 11 Liam Donaldson
Subs: 4 Prentice Hammond, 8 Matthew Henderson, 16 Callum Duncan, 19 Jonathon Pratt, 21 Daniel Astridge

a small note to ponder on- it does not help anyone when anything apart from encouragment is shouted from our own sidelines to our own players. for one of our supporters to shout at one of our own players , "look at size of you, your just a big jesse" is out of order. the player in question had only been outmuscled about two times in total the whole game by the centre half, the rest of the game the centre half could not touch him. If you feel this KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. the player in question heard the comment, but did not rise to it thankfully. Think long and hard before shouting next time please.