Bloomberg: ‘We’ve had our blip and are still in contention’

FOOTBALL MIKE BLOOMBERG praised his strikers, as title-chasing Haroldeans returned to winning ways in the MJSL.

The Haroldeans boss has been smarting since their 6-0 mauling at the hands of Reich Insurance Blue.

Two postponements followed which left the Merseysiders frustrated but his players began to make amends by thumping bottom side South Manchester Sports 3rd.

Adam Shiffman, Maxim Green and Zac Goldsmith all bagged braces. Jack Bookey and Ben Kersh also weighed in during the rout.

Bloomberg said: “It was important to get our previous result out of our system. We have been stewing over that for a while. It was a one-sided contest but what I was pleased about was that we didn’t take our foot off the pedal.

“We kept going to the end. South Manchester, to their credit, did not stop working. Their goalkeeper was excellent but from the start there was a determination to put what went wrong right.”

Haroldeans are now one point behind Reich Blue, but have three games in hand over the leaders.

Bloomberg is thankful the title is still in their hands. He said: “We know what we have to do. Everyone hopes we have had our blip and can kick on again.

“I think Reich Insurance White, who are unbeaten, will be the team to watch. We will learn a lot about them and their qualities when we play against them.”

Haroldeans’ downfall in recent years has been their lack of numbers. But Bloomberg says the strength in depth this time around has given him a selection headache. Key men Bobby Fishel and Paul Harris were missing on Sunday but Haroldeans now boast the players to step in and fill their boots, according to Bloomberg.

He said: “We had 14 players and managed to use all our substitutes at half-time. It’s tough picking a team at the moment and that’s what you want. Nobody wants to freeze on the touchline every week, they all want to play. So there’s a healthy battle to get into the starting line-up.”

Louie Hewson (3) proved the difference as Leeds Maccabi’s kept their title hopes alive with a 6-3 win over Maccabi Manchester Blue.

Adam Woolfstein also struck for Leeds as Maccabi slipped to a fifth defeat in eight league games.

Ben Gould, Max Rose and Roy Fux replied in a nine-goal thriller.