Come on you whites!

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By Captain Les (aka No. 21)

One pt from the 4 games…..as an England supporter I’m full of blind faith and optimism about this situation. We’ve been in worse positions than this and still managed to lose on penalties in the semis so all is not lost.
I arrived at the Whites late in the day, although no one seemed to mind……or at least no one said anything, mainly because no one actually talks. Following a trial game played in almost HSC exam like conditions it was decided that the loudest bloke should be skipper and as the only one talking I duly accepted. After 4 games of shouting myself hoarse some of the squad are now starting to chirp up, but we still have work to do on the communication front as was proved by the question I got mid way through the second half on Saturday, “Hey Les, who’s the guy playing on the left for us?”
Still, we’re getting to know each other slowly and let’s face it, we are all very different. I used to think that the line “A Columbian dentist, a Welsh nurse and a Turkish chef walk in to a bar” was the beginning of a very bad joke, but no….
Saturday was definitely “one of those days” but despite losing we take away some plus points. We battled harder, won more tackles, created more opportunities and had several decent shots on target. Baby steps, but all moving in the right direction.
As we walked into the bizarre surroundings of the Towradgi bowling club where armies of grey haired bowlers in matching shirts politely abused the bar staff and called a spade a spade, I couldn’t help but think we’ve got all the makings of a great pub team......a South American, 3 hamstring injuries, a star player who’s never available and fantastic punditry such as... “he’s unique in so much as there’s no else like him”.
As the prolific striker and raging alcoholic Jimmy Greaves used to say, “it’s a funny old game” and I’m sure we’ve got many more laughs to come. Onwards and upwards boys…