Captain Flicky was back at the helm today and we had a couple of subs and it was sunny but a bit chilly around the willy at kick off. We opened the scoring early on with a cross to Johnny who got his melon on it and put it into the back of the old onion bag. Johnny went on to score yet another hat trick although one of the goals was scored by Rob. I have since explained to Rob that he was way out of line. When Johnny passed the ball to me in front of the net in the second half I did the right thing and made a complete hash of it because I understand and respect that only Johnny scores our goals. Melrose were a good footballing team and we had them down 3-1 at one point but we mucked up and they scored three more which meant that we came in second! I'm not quite sure how we lost but I think it may have been because they scored more goals than we did because the final score was 4-3.
Captain Flicky and Taso had words at the end of the game, vendetta's were issued and pins were inserted into effigies but I expect that all will be forgiven and forgotten as soon as the sharpeners kick in. This is what is so great about football ... no matter what happens on the pitch we drink beer afterwards, crack a few jokes, tell a few stories and do it all again the next week.
I heard a lot of theories after the game and as usual they made almost no sense to me and Dougie wasn't around to draw it out on the white board. I was a bit distracted by a tasty IPA that JB provided for me. This kind of service basically means that I never write anything bad about JB ... it's a win-win. Tom was magnificent in net but overall something was missing with us and I am suggesting that Tom should hand out his meds to the whole team before our next game. Talking of the next game I know that Tom cannot be there which is a bit of a scary prospect.
Nevertheless, next week we are away at Concord and I'm betting that we give them a spanking and keep it tight at the back.
No comments:
Post a Comment