with a decent squad lining up for our second league game of the season and the launch of the new kit optimism was high before kick off, if our stature wasn't. one of the smaller teams ive played in but with that we had pace, movement and guile on our side
first 20 minutes were a very even affair, both sides closing the space well, no one really gaining any advantage or dominating and few great chances created for either side.
However a outstretched lunge from Will which would have made Boris Johnson proud led to a stonewall penalty and 1-0 to the home side.
our heads dropped a little and we didnt come straight back at them with the pace and belief we had shone earlier.
with the greater space they were now receiving in the middle second arrived not long after after from a shot just inside the left hand side of the box, we dropped off and failed to close the runner giving him too much time to shoot.
our keeper nick made amends for this soon after with a lightning quick long clearance to remi where his clever movement caused the centre backs to collide and flick it neatly into his path. so much time to decide and he cooly put it past the keeper at the near post.
second half and they scored their third fairy early on and some tactical substitutions gave us some spring in our step again. the speed of movement and thought was electric and at 3-1 down I thought we had a draw in us. we had the chances to easily pull one back if not draw level but it wasn't to be. might have been the best 20 minutes ive seen us play and should give us confidence. it also showed that all those pre season lunges in hyde park were worth it.
at some point in the second half the ref made a strange decision in booking the captain for handball as their striker ran thru the left channel. quite lucky really cos if he hant I was going to have to half the cunt and probably a red.
and so to the schoolboy errors. robs amazing foul throw and then there is andy. i must stress that this is the complete truth, unbelievable as it reads. twice when he had the ball he thought one of our players had been fouled but the ref didn't give it so rather than playing the whistle he stopped playing. when questioned after why he had stopped playing he said that everyone stopped playing. now i must quote our eagle eyed mike i think here with this "but andy, you had the ball both times!!" AMAZING
wally went to Shannon (team administrator) for trying to lead half thesquad the wrong way from homerton all the way to hackney marshes instead of Vicky park
finished 3-1, some good periods but need to do it for 90 minutes.
And so we move on to the post match analysis in the pub and the pints, good turn out as always but I thought the social secretaries would like to know that we did a recce to the dolphin in dalston as a possible future destination.
impressions not great and the opposition were there as well getting on it so we cant use that as an excuse, although I didn't see their centre mid as he was back at Buckingham palace.
all of us were striking out in the dolphin until I found myself quite a reasonable 3.30am girl, good timing, no need to chat her up or for her to lose interest later when she realises quite how drunk I am. just a good face munching by the bar.
so as we leave i realise the boys have done the honourable thing and got in a cab so i though it only right to go back to hers. until her friend falls over on the pavement and breaks his leg. so i ordered a cab to the hospital and got him in it, now lets carry on the evening i thought. but fuck me she got in as well to take him there. massive dilemma. do i cash in my chips and head back to adams or do i head to the hospital and try to slip her one in the dementia ward, they wont care. in the end i ended up at adams after being cock blocked by a weak fibula. gutted
Fantasy Points (Total for Season to Date)
Marq Boyland 0
Stuart Spence 0
Chris Cartwright 2
Gregory Geny 6
John Gobl 1
Robert Jeffries 1
Adam Milton 1
Yang Salas 1
Will Walshe 2
Oliver Bridge 7
Shannon Dowsing 1
James Elcock 1
Andrew McCready 1
George Williams 4
Zach Sulley 8
Mike Williams 8
Tom Evans 0
Remi Gonnu 11
Amar Nath-Hazarika 1
Jamie Powel 1
