Paul A. Reid Staff Reporter WESTERN BUREAUDESPITE DOMINATING the game for long periods, Waterhouse had to be content with a 2-1 win over Wadadah in the Wray and Nephew National Premier League (NPL) game at Jarrett Park on Sunday night.
Kevin Lamey in the 11th minute and Demar Phillips in the 77th got the goals for the Peter Cargill-coached team, while Rohan Reid had drawn the home team level in the 36th minute.
The game started about
an hour late due to electricity problems as the transformer which supplies power to the
light towers at the venue was
damaged on Saturday.
Waterhouse advanced to eight points, joint fourth alongside Portmore United, which have a better goal difference; while the loss dropped Wadadah to last in the standings with two points, the same as Village United but with an inferior goal difference. Harbour View with a perfect 12 points from four games, followed by Arnett Gardens and Tivoli Gardens on nine points each.
POOR FINISH
Waterhouse should have put the game out of reach of Wadadah from as early as the 20th minute, as they made several inroads into the defence, but excellent goalkeeping from on-loan custodian Nunyi Wright and poor finishing let them down.
Waterhouse's poor finishing allowed Wadadah back in the game and after they equalised, threatened to take over the game but poor conditioning allowed the fitter Kingston team to re-establish their dominance and get all three points in the end.
Cargill says his team needs to improve on their finishing but welcomed the win, saying:
"A win is always good to keep our morale up but I think after Wadadah equalised we sort of lost our focus and confidence a bit and our shoulders start to shrug a little. But the two changes lifted the team and we got a good goal from a good set play."
He added: "We should have finished off the game in the first half as we got numerous chances but you must give credit to Wadadah, even though they were down they kept punching and eventually got the equaliser; and even took over the game but as the second half went on we got back control of the game and got the goal we needed to win."
Anthony 'Follies' Williams, who was in charge of the Wadadah team for the second game, said they did not play well but thought a lot of improvements are needed for the Montegonians to be competitive.
MORE TO BE DONE
"I think Waterhouse had a lot of scoring opportunities in the first half as the central part of the defence was not marking as they should and it was only good goalkeeping that kept us in the game for most parts. There is still a lot of work to be done and we have identified that," Williams told The Gleaner.
"Even against Arlington the team was walking early in the game and it happened again today especially in the midfield. But I think we are lacking in other areas including confidence and composure and a lot more work is needed there," Williams observed.
