Claudia Gardner, Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU:

Wayne Fairclough, coach of Waterhouse Football Club, has attributed complacency on the part of his players for the 3-2 loss to Village United in their Digicel Premier League match-up at Jarrett Park, Montego Bay, on Sunday night.

"I think complacency set in and I believe we could have really scored more goals, but I think that we allowed ourselves to be bogged down with those two goals which led to our demise," Fairclough said at the end of the game.

Doing better

Waterhouse remained joint second - alongside Portmore United - on 10 points, one behind leaders Harbour View, while Village, with their first win in five outings, leapt to five points.

Fairclough said Village had gotten the better of Waterhouse with the squares, especially since his players were, at times, not marking their opponents. He was, however, looking forward to doing better in their next engagement, when they play away to Tivoli Gardens.

Village rebounded in the second half after trailing 2-0 in the first 45 minutes of the game played in front of a handful of spectators. Roberto Fletcher and Jermaine Anderson had scored for Waterhouse in the 26th and 44th minutes, respectively.

Afterwards, Village's Fabian Dawkins and Eddie Kingston pulled off a goal each in the 53rd and 78th minutes. Waterhouse's fate was sealed following an own-goal caused by a goalkeeping error in the dying stages of the match.

Village's coach Dr Dean Weatherley said he was happy with the result, though disappointed with their performance in the first half.

"I think we were a bit impatient, lacking in composure in the first half and we were just giving up some simple, soft goals," Dr Weatherley said. "But we just reinforced the composure and reinforced being patient in front of the goal. We saw where Waterhouse were a bit lacking in terms of attacking the crosses and our forwards in the first half were just standing and looking."

Speaking of his team's second half recovery, Dr Weatherly said it was an indication of the team's class and courage.

"We brought on Eddie Kingston. He is one who attacks the ball very well in the 18-yard box and he gave us that goal that was so important. It shows our mettle, it shows the amount of talent that we have," he said. "We are just getting together and I have been saying from the beginning of the season, Village will definitely be a force to be reckoned with and we can't lose sight of our goals and we just have to go back to the drawing board, see where we went wrong in the first half and look ahead to a good season."

No pushover

Village will play away to Sporting Central in their next match-up and Dr Weatherley says he is looking forward to taking home three points, even though Sporting Central are no pushovers.

"Sporting Central is a very tough team with a lot of vibrant players. We definitely will try to get three points because that is our goal. We just have to sit down and assess how we are going to play against them," he said.