SERVICES Workies almost squandered a two-goal half-time lead but mustered a late match-winner to extend their lead at the top of the Tamworth men’s competition ladder.
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Isaac Farmilo struck with around four minutes remaining, to see them sneak home 4-3 against Tudor Wests.
It was his second for the game, a game they looked in control of, up 3-1 at half-time.
“It was an ugly win,” coach Andrew Farmilo said.
Especially compared to the way they'd played against Kiwis the previous week.
Farmilo's biggest criticism was that no-one seemed to really want to do the work.
“No-one had that want to run,” he said. “Even when Tudors got back to 3-all “nothing changed”.
“We probably didn't play that bad a first half,” he said. “We created a lot of chances but we didn't execute in the first half.”
Defensively they weren't on song either, which meant keeper Jason Watt was kept fairly busy.
“He was fantastic,” Farmilo said.
Ehren Hazell and Jack Cruickshank also had pretty good games.
The win pushes Workies four points clear of Kiwis, after they then fell to South United 4-1.
On the wrong end of a 4-1 scoreline the previous week, it was a welcome win for Souths and saw them close the gap on Kiwis to a win.
“The boys did well,” Souths coach Greg Scott said.
“We controlled the ball a lot better and played to our tempo.”
Their ball movement was also a lot better, and their intensity. They were a bit off the pace against Tudors their last game.
They led 2-1 at half-time after conceding a goal with about a minute to go, but shrugged off that to push out to a three-goal advantage mid-way through the half.
It took some brilliant defence to maintain that with Brendan Albertson saving one on the line with about 10 minutes to go. Keeper Darcy Doyle also came up with some great saves.
He was their best, along with Albertson and brother Luke.
Kiwis captain-coach Josh Worpel felt they created enough chances.
“We had the most short corners. They just weren't working for us,” he said.
“We're just struggling to score goals again. We're not pulling the trigger in the circle.”
They're tending to go for the corner instead.
They were also a bit too one-dimensional in attack, which made them easy targets for the Souths defence.
“I don't think we've got the right movement up front,” Worpel said.
“They probably know what we're going to do already.”
Antony Doolan was busy as usual, and one of their best. Harry Lewin also got through a mountain of work, Worpel said.
TABLE: Services Workies 18, Kiwis 14, South United 12, Tudor Wests 8.
