Wellsford Athletic arrived at Stepney FC on Saturday 1 August looking like a side that couldn't decide which version of itself to be. They left with a 6-1 victory and a level of confidence that usually requires a prescription.

The breakdown began early. Tatsuya Iijima opened the scoring in the 10th minute, finishing a move carved out by Adriano Crialese. It was a tidy start for a man who has spent the last few days treating the 90th minute like a personal playground. By the 27th minute, William Cranford made it 2-0. In fairness, Cranford is a specialist in the dramatic, having limped off injured against Heaton earlier in the week only to return as the architect of Stepney's collapse.

The momentum didn't just shift: it vanished. Domingos Cumaru added a third in the 37th minute, and Iijima tucked away a fourth on the stroke of half-time. There is a particular kind of misery in the walk to the dressing room when you are 4-0 down, punctuated only by the sound of the home crowd wondering where the tickets went.

Stepney managed a consolation through Mikael Adesanya in the 53rd minute, a brief flicker of life that suggested a fightback. It was a hopeful gesture, really. Wellsford responded with the clinical indifference of a calculator. Cumaru grabbed his second in the 60th minute, and Tobias Renouf put the final nail in the coffin in the 65th after a neat ball from Reinout van Doorn.

“There is a particular kind of misery in the walk to the dressing room when you are 4-0 down, punctuated only by the sound of the home crowd wondering where the tickets went.”

In terms of individual output, Iijima remains the gold standard for this Wellsford side, though Cumaru’s brace puts him in a compelling position for the top spot in my current rankings. Stepney entered the match in good nick, but they spent ninety minutes discovering that form is a fragile thing. The numbers tell us Wellsford dominated, but the scoreline suggests they were simply playing a different sport.

There is very little time to reset. Wellsford will look to carry this freakish efficiency into Matchday 8 tomorrow.