Thursday, July 14, 2011

False hope or truly something good?

Winning a game feels oh so good; for me it gives me that buzz and excitement. Unfortunately this year the empty feeling of a draw has come to often but it could be worst right? So what does this win really mean this time? So far this season we haven't won any games in a row. Our first win was followed by a three game losing streak, our second win was followed by three draws and now can you see a pattern? Could it be? Am I building up this hope of the start of something special or is it just false hope? 

The question could be are our next 3 games winnable? Iwata, Kofu and Kawasaki again; I think so but then again what would I know right? Either way I think the focus has to be one game at a time and for the moment we need to enjoy this victory. For me what makes this victory that little bit more sweeter; my fiancé is a Kawasaki fan (technically my bragging right could only be for a month). 

Our performance against Kawasaki was again a tale of two halves, basically like it has been most of the year. The first half we were blunt and not really doing much in terms of potentially scoring goals.The main culprit, Takasaki who plays well off the bench, but to me isn't consistant enough to make a lasting impact. I'm both excited and nervous for Ranko to have his first run with the Reds. 

The second half though was when it all clicked together; it started with the injection of Naoki off the bench and Genki's brilliance got us on the board and in the lead in the 57min. For what ever reason it just clicked in the second half. Nobuhisa not moving from the bench could be a start.

This is how we lined up against Kawasaki

GK: Kato
DF: Takahashi; Spiranovic; Nagata; Hirakawa
MF: Keita; Kashiwagi; Richardes
FW: Haraguchi; Takasaki; Tatsuya

Subs:
55min Richardes > Naoki
71min Tanaka > Sergio
78min Takasaki > Mazola
We play away at Iwata this Sunday and only a win will do. Now is that false hope or faith?

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