Sun Sports v Oxhey Jets                         15th April 2017                            SSML P

Karl’s hat trick shoots down Jets

Sun equalled their best win of the season on Easter Saturday after their fantastic 5-1 win over local rivals Oxhey Jets.
The boys in yellow were a reincarnation of renaissance after Tuesday night’s poor performance and it all went well straight from the kick off when a Tommy Walsh free kick fell to dangerous Dom David whose close range shot was blocked by the Jets keeper, a scramble ensued in the six yard area until the ball was hoofed clear.
Then a square ball from Dom found George Hobson who had time and space to control the ball before hitting it perfectly to fly into the Jets goal to give the Sun the perfect start.
Minutes later Damien Cruickshank made one of his darting lung busting runs and although he was brought down by a Jets player the referee saw that the ball found it’s way to Kyle Johnson and waved play on, Kyle saw Karl Penny running into space in the area and as he dragged away two defenders he slid the ball though to Karl giving him the time to slot the ball into the goal to give the Sun a two goal cushion.
The Sun were looking good for their money and every player in a yellow shirt worked well, covering each other when they needed it and pushed up when they attacked. Andy Brennan was here, there and everywhere on the pitch making some excellent decisions and always seemed to be in the right place at the right time.
Dom David was, as always, causing problems for the Jets defence and Scott Bonner kept Sun old boy Chris Blunden quiet throughout the game.
Kyle was given a great chance to score after a superb piece of play from a five player passing move but unfortunately the shot was covered by the Jets keeper.
Jamie Speer then made a surge into enemy territory and floated over one of his sterling cross field passes finding Karl Penny who beat one defender but then lashed his shot just wide of the far upright.
Then came goal number three as Karl picked the ball up some 30 yards from the goal and dribbled through the Oxhey defence as a knife through butter and then finished with aplomb.
A carbon copy of goal number three was soon to be goal number four, only this time bursting past three Oxhey defenders before scoring, giving Karl Penny a well deserved hat trick, his first for the first team since the 5-1 mauling of St Mags last season.
The yellows were cruising and the way they were playing it looked like the game could finish close to being into double figures.
Just before half time and Sun’s number one Matty Evans finally had something to do when a long range strike went straight into his midriff,  then Chris Blunden eventually managed to get onto a ball in the Sun area but his shot fell weakly to Matty after Gary Wallace had marshalled Blunden out of the danger zone.
Jamie Speer, playing at left back, easily cut out a pass and went for a run with the ball, threading the ball beautifully through to Dom David whose shot just went into the side netting.
Half time four nil to the Sun.
in the second half the Sun seemed to take their feet off the gas a little but still controlled the game by keeping possession and bossed the game.
But a moment of lack of concentration caused Jets to go forward and although Matty Evans saved the initial shot with his foot the rebound came out to Smith to put the ball into an empty net.
4-1….could the Jets start a comeback?
Oxhey Jets then seemed to run out of ideas as they just pumped their half line free kicks high into the Sun box which served Sun well as they could then pick up the loose ball and attack on the counter.
And on one of these occasions Kerran Lataille slipped the ball through to Karl Penny who kept onside and left his marker for dust but his shot was well saved by the Jets keeper.
Kyle Johnson tried one of his trademark curling shots which bent just wide of the post and then Andy “Man of the Match” Brennan hit a free kick over the wall but again the Jets keeper managed to get and on it to divert it away from the goial.
Damien went on a run late in the match, skipping over a late tackle and put the ball through to Jack Johnson who laid the ball back to “Damo” who found himself in the strange position of the opposition penalty area and with only the keeper to beat, unselfishly put the ball on a plate to Kyle to simply tap the ball over the line to cause a mass dance frenzy on the covered terracing…..must have been Kyle’s family!!!
So Sun Sports are back on track to finish in the top 10…fourth place is still mathematically possible but anything above tenth will do us fine!!