Monday, April 27, 2009

Shout to the top.....

...after some very quiet performances in recent weeks the White's finally found their voices on Saturday and the points (well point) followed. A much more vocal display from the boys with plenty of talking and shouting lead to a far more combative and solid performance all over the park.

After playing most of our other games with a million dollar view of the ocean on the touch line, Saturday saw us playing at possibly the ugliest ground in the Illawarra. IFS' pitch is on a bog between two main roads with a cracking view of the steel works in the back ground....the poms in the team were feeling a touch home sick.

Blending in almost seamlessly to the ugly surroundings was the IFS team and things got even uglier for the them on 10mins when Whites midfield hard man Doug slammed in his first goal of the season...."I don't have to do a naked lap now" he said at half time. No one is too sure what he meant but lets be thankful for small mercies!

Even uglier than the momentary lapses in defensive concentration by the Whites was the amazing shooting display by the IFS strikers. 4 times we allowed them space to shoot from 3 yards out and 4 times they cleared the bar by some 8 feet....on one occasion it seemed a sneeze would of been enough to get the ball over the line but the deft touch of the IFS striker swung the ball high and wide in a what has to be admired as the greatest miss of all time.

As time wore on and legs wore out you had the feeling it was going to be our day and when the whites rattled the woodwork twice in quick succession it seemed like were going to finish them off...but no. Football is a cruel mistress and she kicked us right in the b****cks with 2 mins left as IFS scrambled home an equaliser and we were kept winless for the season.

But another baby step has been taken, the lads have found their voices and there's another white point on the table.......roll on Saturday arvo!

Capt Les

5 comments:

  1. Great match report Les. The fourth paragraph rates as one of the great blog pars... of all time

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  2. Hey from the IFS website chat room - c'mon who did the rugby tackle, what's that about videos and why isn't it Les's report? :-)

    "Tony, did the report mention the rugby league style tackle on our guy from your forward. He was also harassing him for free videos."

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  3. Ah that might be me with a tackle on my girlfriends neighbour, he has been telling me for weeks they were going to smash us. He owns a video shop in corrimal. I didnt harass him for free videos though.

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  4. MOVE ON UP.
    Things do indeed, seem to be looking up for the mighty Whites. As someone who shares an office with the "not so young anymore" Coleman, and, being a fellow player of "old fellas" football, we spend the first 1/2 hour of Monday morning exchanging match reports (I play for Lindfield 2's). So from the early, "it's going to be a long hard season" to "the season's getting longer by the minute" to talk of "baby steps" the tide might be turning.

    As part of our early season banter, Les and myself had a small wager on which of us would get the most goals this season, currently it's an impressive 0-0. Being a big silly lad at the back I don't intend to score too many, so please, when one of you boys takes a tumble in the opposition penalty area and young Leslie steps up, tell him to wait his turn, penalty takers are decided on ascending shirt numbers.

    Good luck for rest of the season, and maybe we can set up a post or pre season game in the shadow of the steel works.

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  5. this wager may explain why captain les has been having hail marys from 25m with 3 unmarked on his left. Whenever (or if ever) we get a penalty I think the manager/player might call for a sub.

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