WEST Division results - Saturday 28 October 2023

[Dave Deacon]

WEST

Bodmin Town    1-5         AFC St Austell

Bude Town         1-6           Dobwalls

Holsworthy         P-P        Newquay

Launceston         3-3          Penzance

Mullion                 2-7           Liskeard Athletic

Sticker                   1-3          Wendron United

Truro City Reserves          4-3         St Dennis

[Scott Foley - The Jam Tart]

Missed the first half of the Bude Dobwalls game. Kinda wish I’m missed the second half as well 😂

Dobwalls worthy winners and Bude paying the price for not having consistency of line up. They looked rather disjointed. 

I’m confident Bude when they have a full squad to choose from will be a very different proposition to the team of talented individuals they have on the park currently. 

[James_Wright]

LAUNCESTON 3 PENZANCE 3
Penzance picked up only their second point away from Penlee Park this season, and arrested a run of five consecutive league defeats, but still left Pennygillam bitterly disappointed having been deprived victory by a concession from virtually the last touch of the match.  
With Mark Vercesi, the Butler brothers, Rolandos Samnauskas and Mikey Flores all unavailable, the Magpies were somewhat depleted resulting in a first start for Dylan Walter. The teenage midfielder, deployed in the wide right attacking role, would have marked the occasion with an early goal but for a competent tip-over by home custodian Lewis Slade.
With Tyler Tonkin restored to the side and pulling the strings from the back, the visitors were utterly dominant in the opening half with the captain himself and Jacob Trudgeon both going closing. However, with their first attack of note, Launceston edged in front ten minutes before the break. Lewis Young pounced on a defensive error and bore down on Will Trenoweth. The keeper accomplished a good block, but the ball broke kindly to home captain Mike Steele who fired Lanson ahead.
Penzance responded within two minutes. Tonkin released Archie Reynolds down the right, and the full-back’s low centre was converted from close range by Michael Fitchett, the striker thus pocketing his fifth goal of an impressive campaign to date. By contrast, the next two scorers were notching season firsts. With the momentum after the break, the Magpies flew into a clear lead. Charlie Willis finished a move instigated down the left by Silas Sullivan with a quite sublime dink across Slade into the far top corner of the net – his first since signing from Mousehole. Then Tonkin got in on the act, crashing home a low free-kick after Liam Andrew’s purposeful surge was curtailed by a Young foul.
The Magpies have proven twice already this season they are not to be trusted with a two goal lead. However, to blame the final result on a Penzance capitulation would be unfair on Launceston. After the third goal, Neil Price’s side suddenly awoke and began performing to a level observers of their first half showing would have considered implausible.
Substitute Joe Munday, who is becoming a bit of a pain to Penzance having nabbed a late equaliser for Bodmin back in February, started the come-back by finishing a move down the right with a shot high into the roof of Trenoweth’s net. With Young particularly impressive, Lanson threw everything at their visitors but, with all but a few seconds of stoppage time elapsed, looked like coming up just short. Then a cross from the left was slowed by the wind allowing Jacob Ham, another substitute, to get to it before Trenoweth and nudge a header over the line.
A massive kick in the guts for Penzance, so reminiscent of the defeat at Newquay three weeks earlier, and the players looked utterly dejected. However, solace can be found in the result lifting them a place up the table, and the thought they will be returning to Penlee Park next Saturday after a gruelling month on the road.
                                       
Launceston: Lewis Slade, Mark Wilson, Declan Woodgate, Archie Wall, Jude Jago, George Beardsmore (Ryan Bath 83), Mike Steele (captain), Tom Bullock (Joe Munday 14), Mark Elvidge, Josh Harris (Jacob Ham 57), Lewis Young. Unused subs: Liam Raglan, Dan Clifton

Penzance: Will Trenoweth, Archie Reynolds, Silas Sullivan, Tyler Tonkin (captain), Liam Andrew, Frazer Cadman, Charlie Wills, Kam Collins, Dylan Walter (Freddie Neaum 79), Michael Fitchett, Jacob Trudgeon. Unused subs: Ryan Andrew, Matt James

Referee: Ross Wilcox
Assistants: David Green, Rigas Gatzianidis

[silly billy]

8 hours ago, The Jam Tart said:

Missed the first half of the Bude Dobwalls game. Kinda wish I’m missed the second half as well 😂

Dobwalls worthy winners and Bude paying the price for not having consistency of line up. They looked rather disjointed. 

I’m confident Bude when they have a full squad to choose from will be a very different proposition to the team of talented individuals they have on the park currently. 

Bude are doing exactly what Bodmin did when Gilbert was manager in the last 4/5 years. Must win at any cost. We all know how that turned out. 

[Scott Foley - The Jam Tart]

24 minutes ago, silly billy said:

Bude are doing exactly what Bodmin did when Gilbert was manager in the last 4/5 years. Must win at any cost. We all know how that turned out. 

I can’t really comment on the Bodmin situation from 4/5 years ago. You’ll have to educate me. It maybe very similar, it may not be 🤷🏻‍♂️

From my point of view they are filling gaps in their line up, whilst waiting on injuries to clear up and players unavailable to become available. 
That’s normal isn’t it? Rather that, than ask for a postponement. The players they are asking to fill in are great players, it’s just not gelling as a team. 
Regardless, if anyone likes them or not, they have a decent squad when all available and played consistently. I’m not sure there has been any consistency to the line up this season at all. 

1 hour ago, James_Wright said:

LAUNCESTON 3 PENZANCE 3
Penzance picked up only their second point away from Penlee Park this season, and arrested a run of five consecutive league defeats, but still left Pennygillam bitterly disappointed having been deprived victory by a concession from virtually the last touch of the match.  
With Mark Vercesi, the Butler brothers, Rolandos Samnauskas and Mikey Flores all unavailable, the Magpies were somewhat depleted resulting in a first start for Dylan Walter. The teenage midfielder, deployed in the wide right attacking role, would have marked the occasion with an early goal but for a competent tip-over by home custodian Lewis Slade.
With Tyler Tonkin restored to the side and pulling the strings from the back, the visitors were utterly dominant in the opening half with the captain himself and Jacob Trudgeon both going closing. However, with their first attack of note, Launceston edged in front ten minutes before the break. Lewis Young pounced on a defensive error and bore down on Will Trenoweth. The keeper accomplished a good block, but the ball broke kindly to home captain Mike Steele who fired Lanson ahead.
Penzance responded within two minutes. Tonkin released Archie Reynolds down the right, and the full-back’s low centre was converted from close range by Michael Fitchett, the striker thus pocketing his fifth goal of an impressive campaign to date. By contrast, the next two scorers were notching season firsts. With the momentum after the break, the Magpies flew into a clear lead. Charlie Willis finished a move instigated down the left by Silas Sullivan with a quite sublime dink across Slade into the far top corner of the net – his first since signing from Mousehole. Then Tonkin got in on the act, crashing home a low free-kick after Liam Andrew’s purposeful surge was curtailed by a Young foul.
The Magpies have proven twice already this season they are not to be trusted with a two goal lead. However, to blame the final result on a Penzance capitulation would be unfair on Launceston. After the third goal, Neil Price’s side suddenly awoke and began performing to a level observers of their first half showing would have considered implausible.
Substitute Joe Munday, who is becoming a bit of a pain to Penzance having nabbed a late equaliser for Bodmin back in February, started the come-back by finishing a move down the right with a shot high into the roof of Trenoweth’s net. With Young particularly impressive, Lanson threw everything at their visitors but, with all but a few seconds of stoppage time elapsed, looked like coming up just short. Then a cross from the left was slowed by the wind allowing Jacob Ham, another substitute, to get to it before Trenoweth and nudge a header over the line.
A massive kick in the guts for Penzance, so reminiscent of the defeat at Newquay three weeks earlier, and the players looked utterly dejected. However, solace can be found in the result lifting them a place up the table, and the thought they will be returning to Penlee Park next Saturday after a gruelling month on the road.
                                       
Launceston: Lewis Slade, Mark Wilson, Declan Woodgate, Archie Wall, Jude Jago, George Beardsmore (Ryan Bath 83), Mike Steele (captain), Tom Bullock (Joe Munday 14), Mark Elvidge, Josh Harris (Jacob Ham 57), Lewis Young. Unused subs: Liam Raglan, Dan Clifton

Penzance: Will Trenoweth, Archie Reynolds, Silas Sullivan, Tyler Tonkin (captain), Liam Andrew, Frazer Cadman, Charlie Wills, Kam Collins, Dylan Walter (Freddie Neaum 79), Michael Fitchett, Jacob Trudgeon. Unused subs: Ryan Andrew, Matt James

Referee: Ross Wilcox
Assistants: David Green, Rigas Gatzianidis

In my head, this is how my brief thoughts on the Bude game turned out 😂

Great write up 👏🏻👏🏻

[Fan of all ball]

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[We Two]

The choice of any manager of any team who wants to assemble a winning team, is to either assemble a group of players who have brilliant individual skills, or a team of players who compliment each others skills and are capable of playing what after all is a team game.
A workable blend of players will always be my definition of a good team, introducing individual talent solely because of their ability and not because they fit in to a teams structure, can be a big mistake.
It's unfair to put a player with individual skills in to a team if the skill that they have doesn't compliment the style of play that the rest use.
That is where the skill of a good manager will always come out with the desired result if the talent required to do the job is available, and in the present climate, affordable.

[100%cornish]

Was nice to meet Wendron President and his dog Pippin yesterday was hoping could of got Smokie fixed up on a date but he wasnt interested so he will have to continue on the dating site Plenty of Dogs