An injury-ravaged whites, playing in orange training vests, put up a stoic performance against an overated Old Boys. With 6 unavailable due to injury and no Alex, the 14 coledale gladiators all put their bodies on the line against a team more preoccupied with bitching amongst themselves. The unseasonally warm afternoon left some tired boys at the end, but from the sideline the tradesman like performance answered some positional and tactical questions.
The defenders have sorted themselves out nicely, with Dave,Jon,GlenC,MickS and Trev all having mighty games at the back. The Old Boys 2 goals came from our own mistakes and for a team leading the competition they made few goal scoring opportunities. The midfield of Les,Doug,Andres,Mark and MickC had a dogged match where posession was scarce and defence was the order of the day. The boys up the front had limited chances, a MickC cross in the second half the only attacking chance that comes to mind. Come to think of it the few corners and free kicks around the box that we had their keeper didnt look confident at all and next game would be nice to give him more of a work out.
All in all a pretty dour match (spectators view) with the only real highlights being the occasional poleaxing by Doug, the presence of Andres mate Dennis with some words of wisdom at half time and Jon forgetting his boots, going back home to get them, getting to the game late then realises he hasnt got one of his two pairs of shin pads and uses thongs instead.
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When we play the same teams again on round 14 at home we might look at swapping shirts for the day... Try remind me AB
ReplyDeleteI think the tertm poleaxing is rather harsh.I'd prefer the tackles to be labelled hard but legitimate.
ReplyDeleteI know soccer is called the beautiful game, BUT my version of the beuatiful game has been shaped by Vinnie Jones and the boys from Wimbeldon in the mid to late 80's.
Not too many teams got over the top of them .( I think mostly out of fear because if they did I think they would of met a few of the boys in the carpark)
But harsh tackling noted and will try to tone down a touch and only cop a yellow as little as possible.
Bring on the derby!!!
This Wednesdays training for the Maroons will incorporate 30 min of martial arts self defence.
ReplyDeleteTactically, the game was as beautiful as watching a game of chess played by two very even opponents. Hardly dour! Two defensive errors the only difference between us...wonderful.
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