The glorious 12th!
Match report by Stephen Conway !
Following a night of 70% humidity the dwindling band of regulars met at the Retamar for their Thursday knock-about. Best wishes to Kevo on his return to Yorkshire and his quest to source some “Hendo’s” sauce for the next WF pie extravaganza. Also a warm welcome back to Terry after his recent conjugal visitation…but don’t mention the transfer of you know who!
The uneven numbers present forced a reshuffle by the match commander and the referees committee hastily revised the rules to suit the 4-man lemons.
KICK OFF
The rest of the match was a bit of a blur for your humble match reporter but needless to say the lemons were easy winners. The score was 15-7 or 16-8 or 17-9..take your pick. One unintended (ha-ha) consequence of the rule changes was the plethora of OGs. Not surprising as the goal area resembled a scrum at times. Bob in particular “scored” a hat-trick of OGs which was not a true reflection of his overall performance. Mike’s OG was one of best on the day.
PLAYER PERFORMANCE
At the first break the penny dropped for mandarins and they realised they faced an uphill task. The rule changes had rendered the Crocodile toothless and Dazzas unique WF style was under the microscope. In addition, the rule changes were being strictly implemented by the referee. Indeed Bob, wearing his Social Worker hat, intervened for the mandarins by having a quiet word in the ref’s ear.
THE GAME
For the Lemons, Bob was his usual rock in defence and linked up well with the front pair. Alan’s rehabilitation continues well and he was rampant up front, adapting well to the rule changes scoring a barrel load. Terry was the mid-field lynch pin giving the Mandarin defence a rough time and scored a few to boot (New?). Keith was his usual conflicted self, ghosting into forward positions and notching up his usual squiggler(s). For the Mandarins, John was on fire notching up the bulk of their goals, Magic Mike..pah! from 5 goal hero to OG zero in the space of 3 days and the 2 Steve’s well they would have been better employed in some rainswept Scottish Glen beating out the Ptarmigans for the Royal hunting party. As previously noted Dazza is now firmly in grip of the match commander. On a positive note his passing now rarely strays above head height…good news for the parked up vehicles.
POST MATCH
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