Hello all,
Following our 16-7 defeat to a Sutton and Cheam “2nd” team (featuring an Olympian and some 1st team players) as well as a certain Mr. Lenki reffing – here are this weeks stats:
As we arrived at the pool and saw who we were playing and who was reffing, we took a deep breath and prepared to batten down the hatches, put on our helmets and prepare for an onslaught. I don’t want to complain too much, but I think there is a dubious selection policy at Sutton, even if it is “within the rules”… it pushes the definition of 2nd team to its limit…
Anyway, down to business – given some wayward passing and inability to win minor fouls, we were beaten on the counter attack several times in the first two quarters. Our third quarter however was significantly better, resulting in a 3-1 win. I will focus on the positives – we had some really good man-down defense, and the majority of our man-ups ended in goals. When we spoke to each other and got organised, we were solid to break down and we were able to frustrate the opposition. We got a lot of practice at man-down, with our major count being 8 to Sutton’s 3. Holah and Burridge clearly have thug like reputations – yet try as I did, Lenki refused to major me!!
Down to the awards – today we have our first clean sweep of the year. Nick “gets all the awards” Shute collected 2 goals, a major and all 3 awards – MoM, Fluffer and Moment. Tip your helmets in appreciation gentlemen!! Man of the Match was awarded for his goals, moment for his backhand helmet shot and Fluffer (with all 8 votes) for passing to the opposition/getting mugged by a 14 year old. Special mentions go to Tom “mouthy” Burridge for travelling from France to play and to Phil “No.2” Richards for putting away more shots than he scored!!
Despite the odds not being in our favour, good effort yesterday boys. Remember, everything gets better with training…
Until next time, happy helmet hunting!!
Gimli