Keinzley hoping United bounce back to top form tomorrow

Recent history would suggest Wairarapa United will bounce back to their best form in their Capital Soccer premier division soccer match with Upper Hutt City at Upper Hutt tomorrow.
Their first badly below par effort this season came in the 4-1 defeat by Tawa and was followed by a hugely impressive away 4-1 win over Miramar Rangers.
A situation which Wairarapa United hope will be replicated tomorrow after their inglorious 2-1 loss at the hands of Waterside-Karori at the Pugh Sports Bowl last Sunday.
It was their lack of intensity all over the park which was the most disappointing feature of Wairarapa United's latest performance.
Up against a Waterside-Karori side which was firing on all cylinders on both attack and defence they looked absolutely pedestrian by comparison .
So much so that but for some superb goalkeeping by an overworked Matt Borren they would probably have found themselves not one goal down at the game'e end but at least three or four.
Just why Wairarapa United were so lethargic was hard to fathom for the prospect of narrowing Tawa's lead at the top of the premier division table should have been incentive enough for them to produce the goods but one thing is for sure, they won't get any favours either from Upper Hutt if they are in a similar mood tomorrow.
From their five games to date Upper Hutt has had two wins and a draw, having scored 12 goals and conceded nine.
That's not a lot different from Wairarapa United who sit third on the competition table with nine points earned from three wins. They have netted 13 goals and conceded seven.
And like Wairarapa United the Upper Hutt side will be keen to erase the memories of a very showing average last weekend when they were beaten 5-3 by a Kapiti Coast United side registering their first win of the season.
Wairarapa United coach Phil Keinzley expects Upper Hutt to play a similar style of structured soccer to Tawa and Waterside-Karori and believes his team will need to be right on their game to thwart their challenge in a match which he sees as a defining moment in Wairarapa United's season.
Keinzley bases that assessment on the fact that statistics from previous years indicate that winners of the premioer division title lose no more than three games, and Wairarapa United have already lost two.
"Obviously a loss tomorrow wouldn't necessarily be the end of the road but you'd have to say we would be well behind the eight ball in that respect," he said.
Tactically, Keinzley is planning for Wairarapa United to adopt a positive approach and this could mean positional changes from last weekend. For instance,consideration is being given to moving Sakeo Valevou from fullback to right half, Aaron Spierling to central midfield and Anton Ross from the bench to left half.
"It's important to get some self belief back into the squad and nothing is better for that than scoring goals, that's where the focus lies tomorrow," he said.