Now we are just left wondering - when will we learn?
Danny has been consistently telling us its the little things that make the difference between being in the Worlds top 6 and not, and its these little things that are slipping by. 1 goal sat between us and a semi-final now we are straing at a best place of 7th. Which we have to take, and have to ensure a good performance. I want to walk out of this tournament proud as possible to have given everything even when the chips were down. Its about taking as many points as possible from the tournament and about our performance as a team and as individuals. What we can learn from one game till the next and who has the emotional stability to get it right.
So we play Germany again tomorrow.
The Japanese game we´d have won if it went on posession. But what did we do with that posession? Nothing that set the world on fire! There was the difference the Japanese took their chances. They could have had another couple of goals if it wasn´t for the brilliance of Katy Roberts in goal who made two crucial saves in the first half.
There is talk of us ´not turning up for the game´apparently, i certainly didn´t view it like that. The first half we imposed our game on them as asked of us. We had a lot of posession but simply didn´t create from that posession. We made a view glaring errors which gave them some clear cut opportunities which Katy kept us in the game. The second half started as the first but Japan broke through our defence and once again we were on the back foot we could only then look to throw everything forward. The Japanese defended execeptionally and all we could do was keep trying. By throwing all we can forward we left ourselves open to penetration which the Japanese took. So critics may say we didn´t turn up for the game i´d argue with that statement but say we need to work on more aspects of play before we are ready to take on the Worlds Best Teams again.
I´m still very excited about the future we are improving all the time and we are learning from every experience and thats what counts from now!
Thanks for all those messages (Steve, Emma, Hayles, Hils, Nick etc..) i´ll keep my blog running for Chelm so please stay tuned!
Lisa
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Glad to see your very positive line. I'll try and match it tomorrow with a final (for now) dose of ++++ vibes!
Have read the offending article today. I do not believe for a minute that the team did not "turn up" - not one with the Chelm three in it, and I don't believe it of your colleagues either.
Go for it!
Fantastic win!!! its still a work in progress but if you can beat the German's ranked higher (hehe!) TWICE!! in one tournament, its got to be good news!!! really well done! a well deserved p*** up on the cards no doubt??!!!
Come on the green ladies chloe's goals and Katy's saves! and its all about woody from the pics on the eng hockey website!!! xxxxx
Congrats on the win against Germany! You guys definitely deserved it. You should be very proud of yourselves, after all you missed a top four finish by only one goal and beat the current olympic and champions trophy winners twice! Definitely an achievement for such a young team.
Emma
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