WATERHOUSE are back! Fans who were hurling abuse of every kind at players and successive coaches in previous matches, cheered non-stop on Sunday as Waterhouse butchered Boys' Town 6-2 in their Digicel Premier League match-up at Drewsland.
New coach Paul Young, who made his Waterhouse debut with an away 0-0 draw against champions Portmore a week earlier, was the toast of Drewsland as the team regained sixth spot on goal difference from Arnett Gardens.
Substitute Jermaine 'Tuffy' Anderson (75th, 91st) and Irvino English (13th, 50th) each scored twice as an improved-looking Waterhouse gave Boys' Town a lesson in scoring, leaving visiting coach Andrew Price in denial.
More organised team
"I just think we didn't play well," he responded when asked whether his team was outplayed by a more organised Waterhouse team, which his side had slammed 3-0 at Collie Smith Drive in the first round.
"A lot of calls went against us, hometown decisions," said Price. "I don't think Waterhouse are four goals better than us. We were not doing well in the final third and we were up against it from early," he added.
Damion Williams (9th) and DeAndre Brown (89th) also scored for Waterhouse. George Vernal (17th, 80th) scored Boys' Town's goals.
The heavy loss cost Boys' Town overall third-place on goal difference to Tivoli, even though their neighbours lost 2-0 to champions Portmore at Ferdie Neita Park.
Young, who guided Portmore to the Premiership in the 2004-2005 season, hacked Waterhouse's line-up to create what now could be a team to watch in the third round, even though they are 15 points off the lead.
Young separated the strike pair of Anderson and Kevin Lamey, starting Lamey as a lone striker in front a bolstered and revamped midfield in an interchanging 5-4-1 formation, which went 3-4-3 in attack.
Lamey, a far more skilful player than Anderson, relished his role and at times embarrassed the Boys' Town defence, winning a penalty for one of English's two goals.
However, Young's stroke of genius was midfield where he moved the exciting Kenardo Forbes from a central distributing role to wide left, where he wreaked havoc on Boys' Town's defenders, drawing endless free kicks.
Another ace up Young's sleeves was getting Damion Williams from off the bench, where he spent his time this season under various coaches, into right midfield, the reward being an opening goal after nine minutes from the former Waterhouse captain.
"The first thing I did was to get the players to believe in themselves," said Young.
"Forbes is a real gem, he's a player who, I believe, would do well overseas," he added.