Quote Originally Posted by The Hacker View Post
Had the pleasure of Swansea v Jesmond Saturday and it was like Jesmond trotted out new lower grades real surprising but deserved wins. Swansea 1st were never really troubled at all.
Sunday I was at Dudley. I agree with Lofty Dudley 3rds dominated and Suns pinched a draw but 2 of the better sides in this comp.
Reserves Suns defended well and their keeper kept them organized. Dudley butchered a heap of chances. Draw would of been fair but the Suns battled and you could argue with their 3 points.
Then the reason I headed down. This game had passion, skill and goals and you can see the dislike for each other on the park (off it looks a bit more friendlier). Suns got an early penalty then Dudley grabbed one and surprisingly Suns pinched 2 for a 3-1 lead. Very entertaining and could of been 3-1 Dudleys way or 3-3 but Suns more clinical. Dudley came home with a wet sail and scored another the had 2 goals disallowed for offside with the first one clearly onside and even the Suns boys knew they dodged a bullet. Suns got away with the victory with a bit of luck but you need that in a season.
As a neutral I've seen all the teams more than once and what I saw at Dudley was a class above the other teams. They both knocked the ball around well and will both be there abouts on Grand final day
Overall a very fair report. I didn't see Thirds, only got there for Reserves and Firsts. Reserves was a strange event, Suns for most of the game were slightly more fluent, Suns got the lead they deserved but turned to defense to hold it out, playing a slightly negative style (which I completely think is fine, we all love to win) but I do have to say there was an element of luck, as Suns looked tired, very tired!

Firsts - Agree with everything besides could've been 3-1 to Dudley, you cannot take away any of the Suns 3 goals, 2 goals of absolute class and a Penalty. So yes, 3-3 was a possibility but the luck went the Suns way.