Coach Watson upbeat after big KC win
Published:Saturday | October 8, 2022 | 12:09 AM
A marauding Kingston College drubbed the hapless Ardenne High 9-0 in their ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup match and coach Raymond Watson hailed the team’s attack.
The coach was, however, a bit cautious in his assessment of his players, as he argued that the opposition failed to test their mettle.
“It was a good performance from us. I must congratulate the team. Overall, everyone did exceptionally well, as I think this is one of the better performances this season, a lot of things stood out for me.
“The way we moved the ball and how we progressed I think were good, but I think that at one stage in the game Ardenne weren’t really trying to press us, so I couldn’t really put a marker down about our progression from the back, but in terms of our build-up play, I thought we really did well,” Watson said.
Playing with complete ease, KC trekked relentlessly into Ardenne’s territory and were rewarded for their dominance with Nashordo Gibbs (11th and 52nd minutes) and substitute Dujon Richards (88th and two minutes into second-half added time) getting two goals each.
KC’s other scorers were Romario Campbell in the 34th minute, Akeem Weir one minute into first-half added time, Jaheem Johnson in the 62nd and substitutes Damaine Smith in the 68th and Mario Swaby in the 81st.
The 16-time Manning Cup champions had several opportunities to add to the demolition of their opponents. However, wayward finishing kept the margin of victory to single digit. The margin of victory, however, failed to deter the Ardenne supporters in the stands from fully enjoying themselves with constant drumming and singing.
On the pitch the scene was similar to a battlefield, with the game constantly being stopped as Ardenne’s players received treatment throughout the match. According to coach Lloyd Terrelonge, this hampered their play.
“It wasn’t really bad although we got nine. We picked up some injuries early and we had to make some changes to our right-back and our midfielder, so that kind of put our game off a bit and then we had a game plan to mark out some players and those early injuries caused us to change that game plan.
“The boys, also, weren’t up to playing today. We came to play a defensive game, but they just weren’t in the game as nine players on the team were injured,” Terrelonge said.