Still suffering a
fair bit from the flu, so its all a little muddled in my brain, but here
goes.....
Firstly thanks
to everybody for turning up - 13 on a 1:30
kick off at Sai Kung is an amazing response. Whether this was down to the
new kit (with THAT badge) or whether it was the mention of Waterloo we may never
know but still great turn out. We even had Panky turn up with
camera. Although why he had to run around half naked looking like a German
porn star I'll never know. Incidentally, following on from a point raised
after the game, does anybody know why Panky is German?? Photos attached are courtesy of the
aforementioned German porn star, and clearly Pat Woods is the star of the
photos, although there does seem to be a gratuitous arse shoot in there.
Wrong photo shoot Panky.....
Ok onto the match
report. I have been asked by a certain member of our squad not to
publicise his "efforts" too much. It is for this reason that Soni will be
known as Ken 2 in the match report. Oh wait now I've given it
away.....
I felt that we actually played very well, and we had a couple of chances
in the first half, and we were a bit unfortunate to be 1-0 down at half time
following a low shot that "Ken 2" had covered, until he Ken-ed,
resulting in a goal. Obviously that meant that there surely couldn't be
any more quality moments. Right? Erm not quite.
5 minutes after the
goal, the Head get a goal kick. Up
steps Ken 2, looking to play it short to Ken. However, due to the
combination of an earthquake, strong winds, uneven playing fields, and poor
ability (I'll leave you all to decide which was the biggest factor), Ken
2 was able to save the goal kick at the cost of a corner.
Incidentally, if a keeper scores an own goal from a goal kick is it a
goal?? I believe FIFA having seen footage of our game are now thinking
about writing in a rule to confirm the outcome, which prior to this had been
treated with a response of "we don't need that rule, which idiot is going to
kick it into his own goal from a goal kick....."
The second half brought with it a bit of
misfortune. Their second goal came from a penalty - Trevor at the back
post of a corner handling the ball, and then 2 more goals on the break
away. I certainly didn't feel that 4-0 reflected the game fairly and I
thought we played very well at times, even though we were missing a couple of
players.
Special mention to Paul Lewis, who claims he texted me
on Saturday morning to say he was going to be an an exhibition from work, before
then telling Hearts on Sunday that he was happily shagging away at lunch time on
Saturday. Those exhibitions can be hell can't
they....
Man of the Match was Pat Woods, as can be seen clearly
from the photos, and "Ken 2" came first second and third in the Moment of the
Match.
With a new look mid field supported by the ever solid back
four, Tony H managed to take the game by the scruff of the neck and within
twenty minutes, after a neat turn and a slowly reacting keeper PA were 1-0 up
for the half.With possession at a
premium for the opposition PA's only real threat came in the form of a couple of
counter attacks that the sticky handed cat quickly quashed! .
