Bournville 5 v Yardley 0

So we are half way through the season. Another good win for the Badgers who are starting to play well as a team and focusing individual talent on what the team needs to do well.

We had only ten badgers today which means I had to take the field. I hope that, after Christmas, some of the less frequent team members can have a bigger share of the enjoyment of playing for a successful Badgers team.

Today's game saw great performances from Josh Appleby with his vision and positioning and Zac Minchin with his pace. These two proved a deadly combination in the first half to share the spoils of assists and goals, and to kill off Yardley's chances of a result. The accolade of assist seems to be almost more important to this group of Badgers than the goal scored, when you talk to them.

Now to the mid-season stats: -

Team Stats
P W D L GF GA
12 7 2 3 38 20

Top appearances: -

Nat Mason-0Burns, Jack Batty 12
Josh Appleby, Peter Whitehouse, Matthew Whitehouse, Matt Smith 11

Top goalscorers: -

Zac Minchin 12
Josh Appleby 11 (incl 1 penalty flick)
Nat Mason-Burns 5
Jose Andres 5

Top assistors (no data for Five Ways game, no assists for penalty flicks, or direct penalty corners) : -

Josh Appleby 6
Nat Mason-Burns 6
Zac Minchin 5
Jose Andres 4

Goal Keeping Stats

Jean Pajayon Apps 8, Goals conceded 11 Av 1.375
Iannah Guevarra App 1, Goals Conceded 2 Av 2.0
Helen Appleby App 1, Goals Conceded 1 Av 1.0
Borrowed GKs Apps 2, Goals conceded 6 Av 3.0

Player of the match: -

Zac Minchin, Josh Appleby, Peter Whithouse 2
Jack Batty, Fergus Roll, Jean Pajayon, Hanand Badesha, Jose Andres, Noah Belling 1