Tuesday trip to surrey will test title credentials.
The Metropolitan Police may be winless and bottom of the league. To many, a Hawks victory should be guaranteed, but the opening day defeat against Leiston showed that nothing in the Ryman League should be taken for granted, especially away from home considering the Hawks’ recent poor run away from Westleigh Park.
However the morale will be high in the camp following to impressive home victories against Leatherhead (3-1) and Folkestone Invicta (1-0) respectively. In both matches, especially the latter, the Hawks were by a margin the better team and if not for some great saves, the score lines could have been more.
But as much as it is good to be beating sides in the league above convincingly in Pre-season it is the matches against the Metropolitan Police that will show where you can only have it all to lose, will test the resolve. Last season, holding Pompey to a 1-1 draw and beating Forest Green Rovers is impressive, but only winning twice away from home last season less so, mainly to the type of opponent in the National League South as the Met. Police is to the Ryman.
The only downer of Saturday’s match against Folkestone was the injury that occurred to Brian Stock when he was involved in a nasty clash of heads. He was taken to hospital and was released and is ok and will be unlikely to be in the matchday squad tomorrow.
However prior to the match there was some big news as Lee Bradbury recalled Marley Ridge from his loan spell at Winchester City. This will for most Hawks fans be some exciting news as before his loan switch he was one of the stand out players for Lee Bradbury’s side in Pre-season.
However Imber Lane will be my office on Tuesday night as you can hear commentary of Metropolitan Police V Havant and Waterlooville on Hawks Radio from 19:30.
http://mixlr.com/hawks-radio–2/
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