Well after weeks out with a hamstring strain it was good to get back if only in goals as a precaution. Turns out I was the only really old bloke as Garno was leading his double life as a countrywide rep and Ashey is just out forever. The bag ‘o balls was called and the balls drawn. Looks like I didn’t hold the bag high enough because the old Ryan/Ailes combo came together again. Mmmm, did they look in the bag? I’ll never know, anywhere here’s the teams.
Pea Green Bibs: Beatts, James, Chris, Gaz & Ian
Shiny New Shirts: Ailes, Ryan, Simon, John & Jake
No matches on the Court 19 of dreams ever dissappoint and yet again this was no exception. The Pea Greens set out with a purpose with me permanently in goals, this meant no one was going to get a rest so we had to go for it early. Ian, James and Chris pushed forward allowing Beatts to mastermind the midfield.
Then the Shiny’s ‘combo’ started working and add into that Jake’s constant movement it was hard going for the Peas. John was looking for his first win since the solar system was formed and it looked like he may have put himself on the right team. The shirts were attacking the goal relentlessly and I started to feel like I was an out player in the amount of work I had to do. I think I was saving quite a few but some of the shots were so accurate it was difficult to keep them out.
Then we got second wind and pushed forward with Beatts making some of his trademark solo runs. One run down the right proved fruitful with an absolutely amazing ‘no angle’ shot straight into the onion bag. Great shot! James attacked and put in a string of shots which just couldn’t find their way to glory. It was a spirited fight with Ian, water bottle in hand, led an attack on goal but inevitably me being in goals and no one having a rest was starting to show.
We got pushed back into our own half with wave after wave of tackles and shots. Simon and John were finding their range as well, I kept a few out but we had to bow to the inevitable. The Shiny Shirts took the honours by a 15-7 score leaving the Pea Greens to curse the ball selection and no goalie rotation. A great game but in the end a pea too far.
Man of the Match
I’m going to award it to John this week, it’s been a long run of being on the losing side but the balls choose well for him this time. He had a decent game too, good job!
Teams
