Molynes Coach Lawrence picks positives from challenging season
MOLYNES United’s struggles in the Jamaica Premier League continued on Monday when they went down 1-3 to a highly motivated Tivoli Gardens at the Anthony Spalding Sports Complex. It was their fourth loss in a row and 12th of what has been a disappointing season.
Head Coach Garnett Lawrence, who took control just before the start of the campaign, has been trying his best to find the positives despite picking up just 14 points from 18 games.
“We all knew it was going to be a tough season bringing in so many youth and mixing the team. But what we have to continue to do is to continue to find that formula, find that rhythm,” he said.
He identified areas of improvement in the team over the season so far but acknowledges that there is still critical areas that must be addressed.
“We have grown in a lot of different aspects, goal scoring wise, different personnel scoring. Playing from the midfield, being compact. Sets plays are eluding us still and the defensive unit is eluding us, so we have a lit bit of progression to make,” he said.
He was particularly unhappy with the lack of focus of his players in Monday’s game which he thinks cost them the game.
“One of the things the players did was to play the referee. The referees are humans and errors will be made. I didn’t see anything too much out of the norm, but what they did, they continued to play the referee and that’s not good for a team,” he explained.
Despite that, Lawrence thought the overall performance of the team was up to par.
“I really liked the way the team played, but three set plays got us out today. We got back one but it was too late.”
Lawrence will be hoping that his team can stem the tide and put an end to the steak of losses that has seen them slip to second from bottom in the league.