For the 1st time in many months the brave and happy men of Bryan Munich awoke on a match day to find the sky as miserable as our league position. The bottom of the table clash, proved to be an enthralling clash despite the unpleasant conditions.

With the new mantras of "short passes" "play the easy ball" and "it's better for the ball to backwards if we keep possession" ringing in everyone's ears we started brightly playing some enterprising football and looking solid defensively. Eventually the breakthrough came and inevitably it was Ant who opened the scoring, surging towards the goal from the left wing he let fly with a trademark thunderbolt which beat the St Bonns keeper through it's shear venom. 1-0 to the Bryan's who were at that stage controlling the game, the omens were good for a 1st league win of the season.

Of course within a couple of minutes we had managed to squander the lead. St Bonns only worthwhile attack of the half, saw them equalise after a defensive ricochet saw the ball reach their left winger, his well struck shot appeared to have been saved by Dan, only for it to squirm from his grasp and trickle slowly over the line. At the other end the St Bonns keeper made several decent saves and the half time whistle blew with the score at 1-1.

The first 20 minutes of the 2nd half saw us pinned in our own half for longer periods as we struggled to come to terms with playing into the wind. Eventually a well delivered corner and a firm header saw St Bonns take a 2-1 lead, were the Bryan's heading for the bottom of Division 2? Well the goal had a galvanising effect on the team, suddenly we rediscovered our passing game and found that it was better to play our way up the field rather than pump hopeful balls forward. Everyone stepped up their game, making themselves available for passes and winning important tackles.

A succession of angled balls flew across the St Bonns goal-face without anyone quite being able to apply the crucial touch. With time running out we switched to 3 at the back and through everything at the desperate St Bonns back line. Even Dan tried to come forward for a corner, luckily the manager sent him back to own area and even though that attack came to nothing we kept pushing forward. With 2 minutes remaining Dave squirmed away from his marker to fire in a shot which the goal keeper could only parry, as it trickled away from him John Benefield was first to react and the ball was in the net. We went back to 4 at the back for the last couple minutes to ensure we held onto the hard earned point and the game finished without further incident with a 2-2 scoreline.

So lessons to learned?
"short passes" "play the easy ball" and "it's better for the ball to backwards if we keep possession"

Also we need to sort out throw-ins and be a bit sharper with corners.

Good point though lads, let's go for the win against Avon Retreads at Frys ground in Keynsham next Sunday, before the long winter break (looks like we have no game in December).