Spartinios United vs Kilwinning (League)

A somewhat frustrating day for United who, despite continued efforts and improvement, came up against very strong teams on a weekly basis. Today, we competed for the most part against a team who recently beat the current league leaders. Over the 80 minutes though, Kilwinning were more consistent, more physical, and more vocal. These are things we are coaching our players every week - and we have confidence we will get there, but the reality is that teams in the top half are already doing what we are aiming for. Today, these small margins made the difference in a relatively close match.

Many of the goals we have lost recently are avoidable through more clarity, confidence, better decisions, being more assertive/aggressive... As such, we would encourage the players to watch the Veo back for some visual feedback and think about the following:

•⁠ ⁠What did I do well?
•⁠ ⁠What could I have done better?
•⁠ ⁠What do we want to work on? (personal and team if appropriate)

We can allocate some time tomorrow to a team discussion (especially if this weather keeps up! 🤣).

We appreciate it is difficult for the players at the moment, but we will definitely be a stronger team in the long-term, both individually and as a collective, as a result of this experience. Sometimes we need to go through a difficult phase to learn 🩵