Adecco MOM BEFC vs Dutch FC - Ben Palmer

  • Adecco BEFC Man of the Match Award - Ben Palmer

Back to the league, back to business and back to clean sheets for BEFC in the TML, with a solid, albeit disjointed win over Dutch FC. Early gelling failed to stick and quickly the Dutch found space and time to stroke the ball around the back and middle before releasing balls forward to their strikers and dump pressure on the back-line. Captain Ben Palmer was having none of it. Hounding down runners on both sides of the pitch, cutting out crosses into the box, clearing second balls and getting the ball out of the danger zone --- even without Top Gun pants!
As the team began to click into better gears, solving some of the trouble points and turning on a stronger performance in the second half, the through balls and attacks down the flanks didn't stop coming. But with the back-line standing strong, and Palmer sweeping up the runners down, Dutch were restricted to long shots and BEFC back to clean sheets.
That's why Ben Palmer is Adecco BEFC Man of the Match!

Very close MOM call so honorable mention to Ewan Walton, especially for his rocket pants slide tackle denying the Dutch striker through on goal.