Yes we were all satified right from the off with the team selection and a 4-4-2 formation.
We looked good up front with Jimmy winning balls in the air and there appeared to be people around to feed off of him, Stevie Haffner and Dave Martin were breaking down both flanks and getting crosses in but no conversions.
Stevie was just over the half way line when he placed an inch perfect pass through the defence for Ian to run onto in the box, as he burst clear he was nudged as he took the ball round the goalie and seemed to be off balance, but retained control and slotted the ball home.
Within minutes it was Beckham all over again but with a touch more class from Stevie Heffner as he controlled the ball just over the halfway line, looked up, saw the keeper off his line and hit a peach of a lob right over the goalie's head into the net.
As The Duke said we then went to sleep for a while and let Potters Bar back into the game as we surrendered midfield, let their player run from midfield at us, he hit a hopefull shot which was blocked but another forward swivelled and hit the ball on the rebound into the corner of the net with Kevin unsited.
The whistle came for half time to rescue us from a bit more pressure and as one of their defenders walked off of the pitch he had some severe verbal with the referee resulting in a yellow card.
Second half we had around twenty minutes of pressure, much as we have seen before this season with the midfield struggling but the defence superb, then we substituted Davie Martin for Ryan and it was from a ball he hit into the box that Eddie ran on and struck the ball home.
The sad Potters Bar defender again questioned the ref's judgement appealing for offside and perhaps doubting his parentage which resulted in a second yellow/red card ending his participation in the game.
The result didn't look in question after this and we were able to push forward and stretch them with some fluid passing and Stevie Haffner gained his second goal from one of these moves.
Late on a brilliant long cross field pass from the right found Ryan on the left running onto the ball and into the box before hitting a near post shot which the keeper did well to spread himself for and it deflected off his legs.
Five would have been an embarrassment, four flattered, but to win and win well was the main thing and will at least give us a better goal difference as well as three well desered points.
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