Maidenhead United 1 (0)

Although disappointing tonight's result was a good lesson for the boys to take on board.
So far, our preseason has been all highs and I believe a touch of complacency has set in. They took to the field tonight far too laid back and disinterested. At this time of year it is hard for us with so many players away on holiday but that said those players available should take their chance and try to impress over those on holiday.
We never really got out of the starting block and paid the price by being a goal behind after 4 minutes when poorly defending a corner. Whilst we were technically better than the opposition they wanted the win more than we did. The second came on 15 minutes when we again failed to pick up markers and the ball was slotted home from close range.
Whilst we had a lot of the ball our final pass was woeful and we rarely strung together any neat movement. Far too many people took the opportunity to hide rather than come to the fore when under pressure.
Kidlington's 3rd goal was a very neat move that was finished very nicely with a low drive. Their 4th came just before half time when a 35 yard drive dipped into the net which to be fair our keeper should have saved.
After a rather stern half time team talk with a few home truths rammed home the boys responded well with a totally different approach to the second half. We totally outplayed Kidlington without them having a single chance in the 2nd half. While we never had many shots we had all the play with Kidlington defending well. We scored halfway through the half when Jason Strowger met a Ryan Hazell corner.
We step up a level for our last 2 friendlies when we take on 2 mens teams by entertaining Holyport Res at Bisham on Wednesday, 6-15 KO. And then travel to Iver Heath on Saturday 26th to take on the Division 1 Giles league winners from last year.