QPR Ladies 3:1 Yeovil
Just when you think watching QPR couldn’t be any worse or leaving you wondering where your passion has gone, there’s always those blooming ladies around to cheer you up!
This was a pulsating match from start to finish in trecherous conditions that made for a thoroughly engrossing encounter by two very good football teams.
Despite going a goal down, which was somewhat soft and just about against the run of play, we showed real guts and determination in tricky conditions to turn it around. At times we were smart and intelligent and willing to fight for the cause to maintain our unbeaten run in the league.
I’ve only been involved since the summer, but I’ve already seen some good teams in ladies football, but I have to say that Yeovil are so far for me the best opposition I’ve come across at this level. They’ve got a lovely style that suits their strengths and some terrific players, so they’re going to be a real handful for most teams and the fact that we’ve now done the double over them this season shows just how good we are too.
Credit must go to their staff who have clearly done a good job of organising them and getting them to play a certain way which is also pleasing on the eye.
We proved what we’re made of though with a quick-fire double at the end of the first-half to go in 2-1 up and then I thought we adapted superbly in the second against their main threats. Their wide players were a real nuisance, but their system was tailored to simply create scenarios where either winger was released. But we did a much better job of nullifying the source and the threats in the second period and had we had just a bit more composure in the final third, we may have fashioned out more clear cut opportunities to kill the game off.
In the end, Cherrelle got a splended hat-trick with a fanstastic goal right at the depth to seal the points. It’s been a long time since I celebrated a goal from the QPR mens team like I celebrated all three of these today and for the entire second-half the match had that tense and fascinating plot of who was going to get the all important next goal? Would Yeovil equalise or would we be able to kill them off?
Thankfully it was the latter, but what was more special about today is it felt oh-so-QPR and was a performance full of desire, commitment, passion, spirit and a resilience that makes for winning teams. It’s a priviledge to be able to work with them and a real pleasure and honour to be in their company and on this journey.
Well done you ladies, it’s the perfect finish to what had been a pretty dismal weekend concerning the Hoops!
Team: Jess Devoti, Ceryl Guard, Niki Crump (Caroline Barker), Simone Dwyer, Mel Bidewell, Amy Murphy, Susannah Abott, Suze Wylie, Hannah Curnow, Carla Williams (Camilla Ray) & Cherrelle Albert
Subs: Caroline Barker, Camilla Ray & Danielle Clare-Richards
