11 May 2013
Venue:
Mutual
Opponents:
VOB
Time: 15h00
We took to
the field for our first home game of the season. Winning the toss …..again, we
chose to start with the ball. Wanting to test out our new technique again, we
will call this the #UCT. Its all about a huge burst straight out of the
starting blocks. The initial overhead dropped short of Brownie, team vote says
Pete should start hitting the gym harder so he can make those passes. But it
was picked up by Demon who smashed it to Blake, letting the ball run onto his
reverse side, smashed a backstick shot past the keeper. 20 Seconds gone in the
game. Mutual 1 – 0 VOB.
The 3s boys
being quite happy with the start we had just gotten, still celebrating the
goal, saw what can only be described as a meteor smashing into the goals.
Almost out of nothing, a little too much room in the D and VOB smashed a
reverse stick shot of their own into the side netting. Youngster sticking his
nose into the air to sniff, but none of us smelt that one. Mutual 1 – 1 VOB.
A little
jolt to our systems, looking at the logs VOB were near the bottom not winning
many games. And as I had discussed with Doc during the week, this entire league
is open at this stage. Either that or all the teams want to take our unbeaten
record away from us…NOT COOL. These M3 boys are really making us work for every
victory.
We made a move down the left of the field, Basil collecting the ball and popping it past the defender. I am not sure if he thought he was still 18, but after his pie diet there was no way he was ever going to get to that ball. One handed throwing his stick at the ball….back stick of course, he actually makes contact with it and found Blake on P-sport who did the rest. Blake 2, Mutual 2, Mutual 2 – 1 VOB.
Nearing the end of the first half, it became a
back and forth game. The heat and lack of fitness really starting to take its
toll on the vintage players in the 3s. It’s a good thing that we have a bunch
of youngsters doing most of the work like Mick, Ingo and SJ (Also known as
Toooooori). After our strikers going straight down the centre most of the game,
Blake had the great idea to maybe run around the defenders. As he hit the
circle with a hard strike (from top D proving that lighting does strike twice)
burying the ball in the corner. Hatrick for Blake like a footballers perfect hatrick
(left foot, right foot and header) he pulled off a hockey players perfect hatrick
(reverse stick, front stick and deflection). About time he scores his first hatrick
of the season, Blake looks in line to get another crunchie this year. Mutual 3 –
1 VOB.
The half
time chat was all about not losing focus and trying to push for the bonus point
without conceding. VOB’s half time talk must have been a lot better than ours
because they came out guns blazing. Either that or they all got new legs on the
black market before the start of the second half. It felt like I was running on
a treadmill from the start of the second half.
Defenders
did well, Darrin showing his experience and pulling off some solid tackles to
keep the VOB forwards at bay. Kev forgetting how the years have been treating
him lately lunged for a ball and stuffed up his back so Caveman came in to
replace the old man. Then as in the Paarl game, I waved goodbye to Caveman and
told him that I would see him after the game. With him and Pete pushing the
centre of the field causing havoc all we needed to do was to start converting
chances into goals.
Tosser
pulled off what people are starting to call the stick block of the season.
Stick blocking a player almost a meter away….Spur very quickly saw this
infringement and awarded a free hit against him. Even after a look shock filled
Tossers face. “was it that noticeable”….apparently so.
With the
minutes in the game running out, Caveman took a quick 16 and smashed the ball
up the line to Demon who played a great ball across the field to Brown. Brown set
up Basil open at top D and taking his first front stick shot of the season
rofed the ball above the keepers head. If the ball had hit the keeper in the
pip it probably would have ended up back at the half way line – that’s how hard
the ball was hit. Either that or the keepers head would have been cut clean off
like a scene from Game of Thrones. Mutual 4 – 1 VOB.
With a few
minutes left, we seemed happy to take the points and go for a few well deserved
beers. It can definitely be said that the games are getting a lot harder. And
after seeing the results from the weekend….This league is wide open.
Final
Score: 4-1
Yours in
awesomeness
Tosser
#35
A couple of Pictures of the game courtesy of Speedo. He also enjoys taking…….”intimate”
shots, I wonder what that is. lol
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