Oxley reserves secure another clean sheet, a point and a step closer to the finals away to Logan

Prior to the season starting we sat in the dressing room and set some short and long term goals to achieve through out the season. One of the long term goals was to achieve 50 points after 26 games. I for cast that this should secure a top 4 place although this may have seemed a bit far fetched for some of the players who were there last season, however i knew with the size of our squad and new players coming in that this could be achieved. And now with just 3 games remaining thanks to only losing 4 games out of 23 played this goal can still be achieved.

Friday night saw Oxleyreserves away to a Logan side who not only are challenging for the premiership but whilst doing so have scored some 71 goals in the process. So we knew this would be another test for us especially with more players out through various reasons. This meant Peter Mulveyhad to keep in goals for both games and both Andy Swindels and Russell Morrison getting another call up to start from metros. We lost Patrick Cranley, Bennett Hodges to the first team as well as Daniel Broadie who made his first team debut. Chris Dobinson and Adam Tomlinson were out through injury while our prolific goal scorers Steven Manganaro and Ako Array were also away. Midfielder Stepehn Don will be back this week as well team Captain Colin Jamieson and Aaron Denny who are both returning from injury. Under 17's Richard Fouler will also be available for team selection this week after serving his suspension.

So even though we had alotof players out for the big Logan clash we knew we also had the depthin our squad to provide a challenge. It's not easy for reserves at the best of times as the team is normally a changed line up every week with players moving in and out of the first team. However this season also due to injuries, suspensions andplayers been unavailable the team has seen no fewer than 36 different players taking the pitch with one common goal of getting the team into the finals. Rarely this is evident as the table proves but occasionally the lack of team cohesion does get the better of us as it did when we lost 7-2 against Park Ridge at HOME. However it is how you bounce back from the hic ups along the way and since that game we have played 6 games scoring 9 goals and only conceding 3 goals.

The recent clash against Logan was no different securing our sixth clean sheet of the season and although our draws are tallying up, they are hard fought especially0-0 against a Logan team who have scored 71 goals and are second on the table. So with just 3 games left Oxley Reserves can still finish any where between 2nd and 8th on the table just proving how tough the competition is this year. Our last 3 games against Bayside, Samford and Narangba of which two are at home will be crucial in determining the top 6 spots on the ladder

Keep up the form,  Garrett McDuling 

Man of the Match : Peter Mulvey