It's a year and 10 days since I wrote a story (click here) on the Coastal Hogland website cataloguing the tale of injury and illness woe which struck down our then team after we made a flying start to the season. I lasted three games, Shane about five. GP was diagnosed with Chron's disease. Sean had kidney stones, Gary J's knees held more fluid than his belly on a Saturday evening. John B was about to come to grief burying his cat. Everything that could go wrong did as we plummeted from the top of the table and out of the four.
This season we appear to be heading to Fernhill for our round 10 match with only the 22nd man, Dave Mc missing. This does mean less game time all around and some might have to sit out. But the good news is that we have a healthy, happy team. Now of course this could be the post that jinxes all that. But can anyone say why we have had a better time with injuries this season? Is it mere luck?
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We are not doing those warm ups before games!
ReplyDelete1. No dead pets so far
ReplyDelete2. Skins (shorts) holding the gonads together
3. No under 35s to chase
4. Our skillful passing game
whites injury list so far....
ReplyDeletephil missed first 7 games (knee)
kirk missed last 4 (hammy,knee,ankle)
trev last 3 (ankle)
alan played 3 games so far (calf and hammy)
steve b missed 2 (knee,shins,ribs)
mitty out 2 with knee
huckys gout is playing up
les out this week with laryngitis
alex not injured but god knows where he is
and various other strains and niggles
but we love it!
You neglected to mention our psychological issues.
ReplyDeleteLast week was an injury to our egos. Since that game we all have nightmares of a ghost-like homeless hairy Tony hovering by our windows waiting to strike at the first available opportunity.
Our wives are continually tormenting us as football has become their greatest threat.
We cant focus at work anymore as we are always thinking of diplomatic and manipulative tactics on how to influence the subs guy to give us more on-field game time.
These are only the short-term issues!
JINX!
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