Wonderboys up to 4th after esaf thrashing
Billy Whizz's Wonderboys showed their promotion credientials after hitting lowly esaf for 4 last night in their 5.10 match. Young striker Thomas Avery continued his good form, scoring 2 goals, while captain Morten Fribo hit a brace also.
The Wonderboys scored the first chance of note after 8 minutes, as Maurice Meredith, on his return from injury, played the ball through for Avery to smash home. The stadium at esaf was eerily quiet, and the game seemed to follow suit, only a Fribo free kick livened up the atmosphere, after he fired home from 20 yards.
Konz, Fribo and Jones all had chances to further extend the Whizzers lead before half time, before Whizzer was forced into his only action of any purpose in the first half, when he dived superbly to his right to stop Nunn's header.
In their previous game, the Whizzer's were 3-0 up at half time, only to be hanging on nervously at the end of the game, and manager Billy Whizz would have been pleased to see his side come out all guns blazing in the second period, when good play by Meredith teed up Fribo, whose shot found the top corner from 30 yards.
Esaf then had a lot more possession, but failed to test Whizzer, with the visitor's defence standing firm, and indeed teh Wonderboys looked the more likely to score on the counter-attack, which they duly did with 15 minutes to go. Konz beat his man, and crossed a teasing delivery into the box, which the impressive Avery headed home. The youngster is now the Whizzer's top scorer in the league, and Whizz will have a tough decision to make when Luke Grove returns to full fitness, which he is likely to do by Sunday. Avery's partner in this mathc, Mick Richards, is goalless so far this campaign.
After a slow start, the Whizzer's seem now to be finding some real form, and 7 goals in their last 2 matches will have eased concerns about scoring problems. Their challenge now is to continue this form, first against Boca Juniors tomorrow, and then in key games to come against Man Utd SER and gunsablazing, who they play in the next fortnight. With the immenent return of Luke Grove and defender bin Whizzer, there is every reason for their fans to be optimistic.