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Just bought some new astros as well, fact fans.

cheers

dunno if i want to play the whole thing in goal this time, gettin' them itchy cravings

Rich Browne
Mike
Jesus James
Hedges
Loz
Fisher

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tapOUT

DOING SCIENCE IN THE US.

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depends if my Sunday league game gets called off or not, most seem to be getting cancelled right now so I'm definitely in if this happens!

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cb ohgood
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lb vamos
gk oenso

subs: bamos, malick, richyblue and Royter-Hatfood (c)

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subs: Austrian Mike, Jawstheshark, 84joe and Edd

We have a full house on Sunday, so if you no longer can make it, can you let me know as soon as possible?

There are people waiting in the wings to take your place.

might pick up an arsene wenger bubblegown™ from sports direct

I'll give you a clue: it's me.

Don't worry - it could have been worse. If there were no dropouts I was going to suggest to Arthur that I could be the ref.

so if I have a howler today it's definitely not my fault

Totally dominant in possession, we came up against another MotM performance from oenso, and a lack of final ball/touch, and were then undone by a couple of really soft route-one goals.

Hmph.

Like Marckee said I think the Blues were dominant in possession with Chris and Dan in the middle playing some lovely football with great movement. The Reds soaked up the pressure well, Oenso was fantastic in goal, the defence were brilliant (especially Rich & Rich), the midfield and wide players done their jobs and Hedges finished sublimely. I'd be gutted if I was on the Blues team but I wasn't so hurrah.

Reds: Hedges (x2), Jim, Jake, Owen
Blues: James, Rich (og), JohnM

(happy to be corrected on the Reds goalscorers)

basically because everybody managed to pass the ball.

MOTM - everyone.

Probably the best one I've played in. Two good teams playing good football and in good spirits.

Thought we were unlucky to go 3-1 down, but deserved it in the end. Very good team display all round, great shape and everyone worked back well.

Can't give a MOTM as I thought everyone was great, but moment of the match was Jack's miraculous header off the line, which was Ashley Cole-esque. Great finishing as well, Jim's lob was delightful.

Re: John M's penalty claims above - I was shielding the ball back to oenso and did step across when he came in, but I felt it was still shoulder to shoulder and certainly not a shove. Would have cried blue murder at the other end obviously.

Thought we had the better of the midfield, but couldn't get it out of the centre enough to find Jake and Ken on the wings. Ken is in a rich vein of form, and Jake was dangerous when we got the ball to him.

Our defending was a bit soft in the second half, Hedges was the difference for them really - if he shows up for the next couple of months he'll have Golden Boot wrapped up before June.

As noted above, lots of good passing and was an enjoyable match to play in, just annoying to lose goals to the few long balls that were played.

and their communication breakdowns.

That was generally a very good quality game – especially considering the freezing conditions. Thought in many ways it was the mirror image of our last match where I felt my side had dominated possession and created most chances but lost to breakaway goals and clinical finishing. Good to be on the winning side this time round anyway – guess that’s the difference with a full-time captain like Will running the show rather than a part-timer filling in.

Some very good performances on both sides. Was one of those rare games where most people seemed to be playing to their potential. Dan S and Chris were excellent in the centre – the latter seemed to be permanently at my ankles whenever I had the ball in the middle – Ormsby played well (including three lovely assists) and Joe was extremely unlucky with his 30-yarder.

For us, John F had an excellent game all over the park, Hedges was deadly again, James was excellent in goal, we had untold Riches at the back and Jack defied physics with a truly absurd goal-line clearance.

Apologies to Rob for shouting at him. It was a deliberate third-party McEnroe-ing on my part which I think paid dividends, but was still pretty rude. He had an excellent second-half including a slaloming 50-yard run which was almost a brilliant goal.

Shame Bamos didn’t turn up.

There's been some evenly-matched teams and really good games so far this year.

Think if the Blues had got a fourth at 3-1 then we'd have fallen apart, the fact it was always in sight meant we stayed organised and didn't get too silly. Our second goal came at just the right time.

With regard to the midfield battle, my 4-4-2 vs Hoogy's 4-5-1 often runs out a bit like yesterday: the extra man in midfield means one team can attack and find a lot of space through the middle, but the opposition back four only have one striker to deal with so can keep their shape and defend well - makes it very hard to play the final ball/shoot from distance unless you get it exactly right. If the Blues had used their wingers more to stretch play then it could have been different, don't know though. Maybe something to consider tactically for international friendlies.

Anyway, well played to everyone, was a real battle right up til the end. Little bit gutted that when we did play some lovely football we were either offside or gimped up the finish, but I'll take the win, cheers.

can't say i particularly enjoyed the second half on the right against Jake and Jack. I'm going to need a month long training montage before the next match.

(begrudging) well done reds.

And some alright passes I had a shocker. Only really started to come in to the game in the final 20 minutes :(

havent had cramp for about 5 games tho.

curry night this wednesday: http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4425986

Reckon I hesitated for a split second too long on both the through balls, possibly because two people were clean through each time, but if I'd committed I'd have got to each of them I think. The OG was just one of those things, but such a shame it came after Brave Jack Brave's heroics on the line!

Really good game, was hard as pretty much all their attacking players were capable of shots from outside the box as well as accurate through balls. Thought the midfield battle was really evenly matched, both sides had good passing spells and pressure.

got everything really:
joe's shot against the bar
jack's goalline clearance
oenso's double (or was it triple) save
dan's through ball for red's second goal.

would be good to see oenso and hedges on different teams next game #immovableobject #irresistibleforce