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KENNY'S COMMENTS
Rovers Stormed home in the second half to dish out a hammering to North Pine
Assistant coach Kenny Armstrong shares his thoughts here:
The 5-0 showing on the scoreboard was in the end I feel a true reflection of our superiority on Sunday.
The first half was certainly scrappy and disjointed but I felt mainly due to the enterprise and work rate
Of McLean ,Hughes and Smits we just about deserved our narrow half time lead.
If the first half was tight ,the second period was really one way traffic and although the visitors never
Stopped trying I thought we were very comfortably the better team.
In the first half we mainly relied on Terry, Jake and Tim to create things for us and they had a battle on their hands against a team who defended in big numbers.
The introduction of a “wound up” Ruben Way at half time gave us an extra little bit of X Factor but the previously mentioned 3 Musketeers Continued to torment North Pine and eventually shared the 5 goals between them.
North Pine did have the occasional moment in the game but they were few and far between and Mario and the rest of our defence were up to the task of keeping a clean sheet.
It may be an obvious statement but I really felt we got better as they game went on and hopefully that will be a trend for the season.
KEN ARMSTRONG'S COMMENTS
Rovers picked up maximum points after the tough road trip to Redcliffe.
Here Assistant Coach Ken Armstrong offers his thoughts on the round 2 Fixture
Mission accomplished!
The order of the day was to make the trip across the Hornibrook Bridge and return with 3 points and the desired outcome was achieved with the help of a little luck and a lot of determination and courage
With not a little amount of skill thrown in for good measure.
Goals from big time performers Tim Smits and TerrryHughes got us into a favourable position and some outstanding defensive work in particular by Nick Esthadis made sure there was no repeat of last week
When we squandered a 2 goal lead.
The return of Terry to our midfield was a plus as was the continued outstanding form of Smitsy.The strong central defensive showing of Nick and Sato (both returning from lay offs)was also very pleasing,with Jake McLean also showing signs of approaching his peak after a disrupted pre season.
4 points from the opening 2 fixtures whilst obviously not as good as 6 is okay especially as we feel we still have plenty of improvement in us. |