Match Review: Casuals FC vs Aioli Monkeys FC

• DF David Phelps
• DF Greg Ryan
• MD Josh Brimblecombe
• MD Andy Dyne
• MD Kevin Wagner
• ST Kazuki Sato-Brennan
• ST Andy Woodbridge
• -- Cameron Murray
• -- Patrick McMullen
• -- Tony Lineham
• -- Oliver Stultz

• MD Steve Janes
• -- Jin Takahashi

The game that stopped.

Some interesting facts about thunder and lightning, · it’s incredibly unlikely that a bolt will strike a person directly however more likely is that the current travels through an object or the ground and then nails the poor f*cker. · Most people think Golfers (not even a sport) are most likely to be impacted however a study reveals that between 2006-2014 people fishing were three times more likely to be spanked. · More interestingly and perhaps raises a few questions is that during that same period most victims were male and between the age of 10-60 with two thirds being engaged in ‘outdoor activity’. · The big one….Lightning can strike up to 10miles away! Safety experts recommend as soon as you hear rumble you should run for cover. Anyhow, these are just stats from the weather bureau….what do they know huh. On to the game. A new formation awaited us, I won’t tell you what it is and that’s not because im a sneaky f*cker it’s because I didn’t quite understand it and let me tell you I’ve been around the park a bit! I’ve played FIFA and Footy Manager and this formation didn’t come up in any of them (I checked post game). It was an interesting start to the game, no one really do a lot with the ball and the Purple Monkey Aoili Latino or whatever they are called this week were content to pass around the back with no real purpose. That was until they realised that the easiest way to score goals is to lump over the backline…they did that 3 times and scored 3 times…each time we gave them the ball first to have a crack at it. Dave ‘I have a sponsorship’ Phelps was doing alright in an unfamiliar position and Greg was throwing out missiles with most of them hitting Andy in the face. After the 3 lumps we actually settled down a bit and started to get a hold of the game. The boys up top were doing better with Josh showing more effort and tenacity which had the Gaffer arouse, licking his lips with delight and Oli and Dyne were moving well too and causing trouble up top. Midfield were now on top whilst being totally outnumbered and whilst their centre Mid ‘Tit’ spent most of the time screaming and rolling around like he had been hit by lightning they still outnumbered us but to no avail. Ref below for half time and as soon as he did Indra, Zeus, Perun, Thor, Shango and Santeria decided to get together and throw a mental Thunder and Lightning party! It was in a way quite beautiful however it just went on and on until it was clear that the game wouldn’t be restarted at least safely. The alarms were still going and with the pitch booked for only 40mins it was clear the game reaching the full 90mins was in jeopardy. Once the alarms had finally stopped, we took the pitch again, we dominated, we didn’t score and guess what…..game was called off just after the 70th min I think due to Thunder and Lightning. The monkeys did the simple things well and used the long ball well to the lad up top who was quick and to be fair he took his chances well. The lad in the middle who came on in the 2nd half looked a good player, JJ was it? MoM Oppo: JJ MoM: Phelps

• Daniele Pacella GK
• Harry Shaw MD
• Ivan Avramovic MD
• Attilio Ferrari MD
• Joel Terrades MD
• Mark Addy ST
• Peter Besselink ST
• Salem Mohammad --
• Boujema Jelikh Kamel --
• Matthieu Ginestet --

• Juan Jose Velaz Sanchez MD
• Sergio Lopes ST

Solid

An important win to push us back up the table a bit in our quest to finish the first half of the season in the top half. 3 first half goals, 3 balls over the top(harry,harry,PeteRR) and 3 good finishes from magic mark addy. An even half outside of these 3 finishes. We were delighted to gain our first 3 goal lead of the season. Second half and it was a more dominant display, no goals to show for it but casuals pinned back for most of it. Game stopped exactly on 79 minutes, so points awarded. MOM for ADDY, on to the next game vs Rangers. Cheers to casuals for a good game.