Exit Lomas, Hello 6 Points!

Well it has been a very busy month indeed. Busy for gossip, speculation and action! After the Manly Allambie game the entire squad was left wondering whether first grade would ever snare that elusive win this season?

The committee obviously thought it was time for a change and this resulted in head coach Graeme standing down. Good luck to Graeme, he tried hard, he put in his all for the club, however the committee and players thought a change was for the best and the decision was made. Perhaps a hearty beach session pre season in 2009 could still be on the cards for us with Mr Lomas? We shall see.




OK, we have had a little rain over the last few weeks and as a result missed a few games. We also have some very good news:

First grade got up! TWICE!!!!!

Yes 6 points in two weeks is a fantastic morale booster for the team and squad.

I can't remember the details from last weeks games so I am going to swerve them for first and reserve grade and go straight to yesterday's game against Forest Killarney.

Lets kick off as we have done all season, (in this blog and on the field) with reserve grade first.


Muppets...


Muppet!
Firstly I will comment on the person who before kick off simply stunned us all with a sense of, well how can I explain it? Erm - actually no sense whatsoever!

We were playing at home, the dugout furthest away from the sheds is ours, it always has been and always will be. I noticed, as did others, that Killarney had placed all their bags on our side. I politely mentioned to one of their coaches that their dugout was the other one and kindly offered to help move their bags. He thanked me, said don't worry "we can move them" and all was well.

Then some bloke storms in and says that they are not moving and ordered us to sit in the other dugout. He then harped on about the fact that he was a referee and if I did not stop saying that they were in the other dugout I might not make it onto the pitch at all!

He even had the audacity to say "a simple sorry will be ok from you and then you will not be in the referees bad books". What? Had I missed something?

The bloke was a power crazed lunatic! I am not sure if it was the "luna" full moon that got him going? Whatever it was he was an idiot and I am still bewildered at his manners, rant, actions and stupidity.

Before he fights a war about sitting in the wrong dugout he should think about who he rants at. One day I am sure that his careless, mindless ignorance and arrogance will get him into trouble. Lets ensure that we sit in Forests' dugout when we play there and see how he likes being told to sit in the other dugout? Yeah right - we are not that stupid!

Rant over.

Reserves:
Turning up to the game with the mind set to win... (Oh blimey here he goes - the author is going to harp on about being mentally prepared for the game and being up for it and focused for Saturday mornings.) - Actually I am not - well I have just said it. In my opinion we were very relaxed and I think we thought that we would smash Killarney. As a result we didn't.

Mind you, we were all over them. We had three amazing shots saved and ample more chances on goal. Again the young blood in the team worked really hard and is once more proving to be a serious threat to the places in first grade. This is what we want. A squad hungry for places in the first team!

We couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo yesterday and those jammy Killarney boys had about three goes and their third chance resulted in a goal. B*gger!!!

Hey ho - lets put it down to a bad day at the office, group together in training and get tuned in for next Saturdays game. I am sure we can get back into the winning groove :)

First Grade
Well our brothers in first grade were certainly prepared upstairs. Focused, switched on and hungry for another three points.

The whistle blew for kick off and would you believe it! The crowd is cheering, the ball is in the back of the net!!! Yes we got a goal in the first 5 mins!! Well done Woodsie. Robin was up for it and could smell a goalfest.

Would it be festival time at David Thomas? or rained out Clacton Pier with the defence on the dodgems? Game on. Then there was another cheer. The ball was over the line. The ref was over the hill and far away, as was the 7 year old linesman. Definitely a goal but oh no - the referees got it wrong again...

B8gger! FK got one back... 1-1.

We then worked hard and played good football, although we were a little complacent at the back. We went into the sheds at 2-2.

Some say that we have missed constructive half time talks this season. Well on Saturday the team talk was all constructive! We came out of the sheds re focused and with a job to do. We got right into it!

It started at the back. Robin was tough, composed and quite simply, getting stuck in, as was Waddy and Swanny. Luca - well he was on fire! FK's left half didn't have a sniff and Luca wiped him out every time.

Grimsby Nath was back and fourth like a cheetah in the Savannah, winning balls and causing havoc. Norm was stable, put a foot on the ball and picked out some great passes. The norm for Norm... A big difference in the second half was our strength at the back and this was embraced by Liam (the rock) Douche. I honestly think he won every header that he went for(.) The opposite to squirty poo bum = Solid. Liam was solid as a rock. (Don't talk to me about the latter...)

Up front Trev and Robin were in a league of their own. Trev caused havoc and beat their last man, slotted the ball across goal and Woodsie said "Thank you very much kind sir" and "have some of this Killarney boys and with my right foot too!"

Neil came onto replace Ben Charles and I have forgotten what else happened. Other than Woodsie playing a blinder and snaring a ha trick.

Go the Vale 5-2 win - we deserved it for sure.

That's it from me. It's been a while hence the waffle.

Next week the match report will be be featuring extracts from a Woolworth's direct mail catalogue that I picked out of my letterbox this morning. "A dozen lemons $3"

- Speaking of lemons; I hope that bloke got home alright after the game! He might have gone home to the wrong house and argued with the owner that it was his, or tried to drive away in the wrong car, again abusing the owner who is running along side the car saying "but it's my car..?" (Still p1ssing me off thinking about it.)

What a LEMON!!!