Feck I Hate Losing

Undefeated so far this pennant this wasn't a game we were overly worried about. That's not to say that we weren't wary of the skinny, fit young upstarts rather we thought we had their measure.

We were missing Gaffers away for something or other, Scotty flying back from some conference and Da Big Cheese finally succumbing to a disease, first game he's missed for a long long time. This left us:

Martian, Ned, Max and Killa
Crusty, Floppsy, Lynchy and Big Nob

We started off alright although in the first half it looked like we could be in for an evening of Pud-style reffing but to be fair the ref did a good job (even if he did chuck Crusty out for a minute)

By half time I am reliably informed we were up by 2:0 but it was a tight, hard game. The second half though saw us fall asleep a bit and our lack of fitness became horribly apparent. Whereas the seconds had 2 or 3 sticks on the puck we were struggling to back each other up and were trying to bust through their lines with little effect rather than turning and looking for support.

The smeggers managed to take the lead with less than a minute to go and a desperate dash for the puck was blocked and the clock ran down before we were able to reply. A bloody dissappointing game which while we played alright we let slip away by not keeping an eye on the score and not maintaining the pressure. Letting in the goal at the end was a massive cock up but we'll have to learn from our mistakes.

The Pub was alright but I still hate losing and we missed out on the raffle AGAIN! I want to go back to Bridies.....