Post by Westcountry Mose on Mar 31, 2012 16:06:15 GMT
Well done players and coaches and with two games to spare! Let's get those contracts presented and signed and start building for next season. Pity to see Esher go down but I would rather it them than us. Jersey next year anyone?
Post by reddingsnomad on Mar 31, 2012 16:12:59 GMT
From a hot & perspiring 'Moseley Nomad' here in Kenya on his laptop..... Well done boys!!! & all you supporters who made the trip down to Esher...(In spite of their road block!!!) You really deserved to 'fight another day.'....I have this year been found wanting in the support department due to unavoidable circumstances....Next year I shall do better. I shall again be found shouting myself hoarse on the terraces with a beer in each hand....& sleeping after a 'Cod & Chips' in the car park, before wending my way south, back to London. Really well done boys!!! I can't tell you from here how much I really appreciate your efforts...& in oiling all my memories of 'daze' gone by!! Enjoy the rest of your season...put down a few markers!!! & enjoy the summer....The next one is just around the corner!!!
Absolutely brilliant result and well done to Kevin, Craig and the team. Looking forward to L Scottish game and perhaps a chance to silence Mr Amor who I seem to recall felt that his lot and Esher were too good to go down!
Post by exiledinsurrey on Mar 31, 2012 16:35:30 GMT
We played well today, starting with real intent and 2 quick tries. Our fowards were just too strong again, a little like last weekend it's hard to single out anyone because they were all tremendous. Our final try said it all really, drive after drive until we battered over. We also defended well when we had too.
Nice to see the lads acknowledge the travelling faithful at the end. Now it would be nice to do ourselves justice against London Scottish in a few weeks.
Post by kingsheathlad on Mar 31, 2012 17:00:41 GMT
Great result. Those tries in the first half settled my nerves and i assume we played it tight in the second half to keep out any comeback. Can relax and enjoy our last two games now. Well done coaches, management , players and supporters.
Well done all!!!! You dont half put us through it!!!!!! I cant wait for the next home match now, lets give Scottish a hiding and the fans something to shout about!
MarkD has made some interesting points elsewhere under the 'Taking Stock' post and after the final game of the season I might want to add my own thoughts to that but for the moment I feel the need to comment on yesterdays game.
This was a well planned, consummately professional performance and apart from the opening 5 or 10 minutes when, as one would expect, Esher thew everything at us, we controlled the game beautifully in the first half. In honesty I thought the game was won by half time unless we were to over relax in the second half. As it was, and as someone said to me, we seemed to start winding the clock down from about the 42nd minute! For my taste we were a bit too negative at the start of the second half and with a bit more effort could have scored further tries to banish whatever nerves might have been there.
Having said all this in honesty I felt we were always in control of the game so full marks to Kevin, Craig and the players.
A word or two about some of the performances. No one has said anything yet about Ben Pons who I thought had an outstanding game yesterday. An out and out 7 he 'punches' well above his weight and was everywhere yesterday both in defence and attack. Quite clearly the man of the match in my opinion. Neil Mason, David Lyons and Paul Spivey got through immense amounts of work all game and again Colin Quigley was prominent in the loose. Although the scrum has improved we still have problems there which I'm sure the coaches recognise need to be addressed before next season. Ryan Glynn controlled the game nicely and his quick service without taking risks approach really kept us ticking over nicely. The much maligned (by me amongst others) Brad Davies also had a strong game and kept the back line moving well without indulging in any risk taking. All the backs kept their shape reasonably well especially in defence although most of our breakthroughs appeared to be via the forwards rather that the backs. I somehow feel that our defensive weaknesses seem to have been worked on at the expense of our attacking joie-de-vivre. Anthony 'Sinbin' Carter was solid as a rock as usual and if anything he now looks livelier in attack than he did earlier in the season. I suspect we have a problem deciding what to do with Ollie Thomas whose goalkicking has been fantastic all season (would we have stayed up without him?). Where on earth should he play and does he justify a place solely for his goalkicking?
Fantastic spirit amongst the team with Chevvy Pennycook and Craig Voisey in the stands to support their teammates.
A job well done yesterday, many areas to work on and improve for next year (both on and off the pitch) but for the moment let's bask in a job well done yesterday.
Well done yesterday lads, fantastic performance. I'd also like to say a massive thank you to everyone who travelled with us on the coach to Esher, I hope you'd all agree that it was a great day out, one that I hope we can do again next season. However the fight for all parts of the Moseley family is not yet over, startin today with Moseley Ladies playing at the common. Let's get down there and help support them during their tough time.
Now we can relax at last. I know it was against the worst team in the Championship but you can only play whats put in front of you and for once the team gave us 80mins of concentration, apart for the slight slip up at the end, and got the result needed. By team I mean every one in the squad that went to Esher. It is difficult to pick out a man of the match, they all contributed equally to an outstanding performance. I am sure it was helped along by the fantastic support given by the fans that went down, wonderfully vocal right down to to PH's long missing "Moooooooose etc" call answered "LEY" by the other Mose fans. Good to hear it again. And the players seemed to have appreciated the support as they were quick to acknowledge the supporters as soon as the game ended. All in all a wonderful day out thanks to the combined efforts of the team, management and coaching staff, MSA committee and fantastic Mose fans. Thank you. Looking forward to relaxed games against LS and Plymouth, although wouldn't it be nice to go out with a bang especially against LS who thought we were one of teams not good enough to be in the Championship.
Esher's relegation from the Championship was all but confirmed after a 13-25 defeat to Moseley saw them suffer a fourth defeat in the relegation playoff games. Mike Schmid's side were on the back foot for much of the game and, though they managed to fashion two tries, they were comprehensively outgunned by a superior Moseley side, who secured their place in the Championship for another season.................
