Michael Collins vs Storesnay 7-1 woohoo

After the match that cannot be mentioned the week before, i asked the team to show what they were made of, and prove to the rest of the league that we weren't going to be this seasons whipping boys. And they made me proud!!

Dom returned to bully the opposing defence, and Zugi was back from suspension, but without Lucho, Jerry, Chris, Javi and Adam, the team was looking a little threadbare again. Carlos came to the rescue with his friend Alberto, and Tomiu, joined us on the bench.

The game was so surprising that i actually forget when the goals went in, so its probably not going to be factually correct but from what i can remember.....

Storesnay were playing 4-5-1 and their gollywog striker although quick was easily marshalled by the centre backs. Our wingbacks pushed up and kept him sorely lacking in support. Lluis was running like a greyhound on the left wing and his marker was completely out of his depth. To stop their packed midfield running the game, we opted simply to miss it out by firing long balls at Doms head and letting Ian and Lluis pick up the pieces. It worked so well one might wonder why we don't do it all the time, in fact......

Lluis darted past his despairing defender and slotted calmly for 1-0 quite early on, and we were determined not to let the post goal confusion rattle us and allow an easy equaliser. The pressure continued and Ian bagged a goal soon after calming us down and showing that we can score more than one per game. Tom was sent to the dressing room for a small graze on his knee and we had to use a substitution by a very petty referee. Tomiu went to left back and immediately took the ball upfield on a long mazy run. Not a bad find but definitely wanted to get forward. Dom scored soon afterwards which he deserved for bossing the penalty area. A silly 5 minutes allowed Storesnay to get a goal back when we started to pass the ball about in front of goal but before the break Lluis was dragged down for a penalty and Kyle took it with style. Shellshocked, we retired to the changing room, the only blot being that we had 3 yellow cards for kicking the ball after the whistle had gone, nonsense and the ref was being pathetic.

The second half started with 4 changes for them, but much the same for us. Alberto came on for Mike and soon afterwards, Tom replaced the very good Hugo in centre mid for thigh strain. This meant no more subs, but plenty more goals to come. Dom added another soon afterwards and Lluis capped his man of the match performance with another goal and a penalty. Their forwards were trying spectacular dives and complaining relentlessly. Tom was trying his hardest to wind them up by commenting on their captains parentage being linked to poultry, and recieving an elbow for his troubles. Jordi was obviously bored in goal so began his brawl starting behaviour but their striker was so fed up he walked off. Ian got a second yellow from the pedant in the black for handball, and Jordi got one fot timewasting. At 7-1 with 3 minutes to go, why would you timewaste?????

Either way, it was a wonderful performance, and sets us up nicely for Dynamo on saturday.