Right back into the promotion hunt in National I after nine consecutive victories, the bedding down of old and new was always going to take time, particularly with Jersey’s ridiculously short close season forcing them to start the campaign clearly undercooked. However, three-and-a-half months later, it’s clear that Jersey, perhaps more than any other side in the division, can front up no matter what challenge the opposition and elements throw up.
Good conditions and expansive opposition brings out rich depths of flare from the Reds, just as easily as wet, muddy and windy weather has them ready to rumble with the meanest and beefiest of outfits.
Said Harvey: ‘I’d like to think we’ve several systems of play we can call on. We can play when its dry – we are pretty good, I think, when we’re at the top of the field. And the challenge on Saturday was, could we pull it out against a good Coventry side in the wet and the mud? In conditions like that you can’t hide anywhere, it’s about doing the simple, basic skills very well – and we managed to do just that.’
Full story in Thursday
