Paul-Andre Walker, Staff Reporter
GEOFFREY MAXWELL had a good day in his second game at the Waterhouse helm as they destroyed Arnett Gardens 5-0 at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday.
Maxwell, however, was modest about the big result in what was his first Wray and Nephew National Premier League game in charge of the outfit.
"It's a rebound from Sunday's game. It took a lot out of the management and the coaching staff to refocus the team. But Arnett have nothing to be ashamed of. They are a quality team, it's just one of those days like we had on Sunday," said Maxwell.
Waterhouse got the ball rolling through an Uchechukwu Chinyere goal in the second minute before doubling their tally in the seventh minute off a Weston Forrest header. Waterhouse romped to a 3-0 lead at half time, as Damion Powell got unto the scoresheet in the 29th minute.
OPENED SCORING EARLY
Waterhouse were not done yet though, and treating the next 45 minutes like a training session, they knocked in two more through substitute Richard West (62nd) and Kevin Lamey (78th) with apparent ease.
While Waterhouse opened the scoring early, it was Arnett who had the first opportunity of the game and the crowd on hand seemed to feel that things could have gone differently if Garth Boota had put away his one-on-one chance with Richard McCallum in the first minute.
Almost immediately, the consequences of spurning opportunities were made apparent, as Irvino English pushed across a ball from the left flank that was deflected home by Chinyere.
EFFORTS SAVED
As if to add insult to injury, just a few minutes later, Patrick Beech had two efforts saved by Julian McLeish, only to watch at the other end as Arnett allowed Forrest to calmly tuck home a header unmarked inside the six-yard box after Lamey provided a good cross.
Lamey was in irresistible form as he used his strength and deft change of pace to create carnage on the Arnett back line.
He was in the action again on the third goal, as he turned Jermaine Benjamin just on the right side of the 18-yard box and delivered a low cross that was met by an unmarked Powell.
In the second half, Lamey continued his performance by setting up West, before scoring a diving header off a Damion Powell left-sided cross.
Arnett Coach, Michael Tulloch, who watched his team give up any chance of making the semi-final, chided them for not performing their functions on the field.
"You have a lot of people here and they are earning a salary so they need to work for their own and right now some of the players are definitely not working for theirs," he remonstrated.
