Red (7): Darren, JP, Colin, Oz, Ed, James, Matt
Yellow (8): John, Jeremy, Gerald, Paul, Daniel, Kevin, Richard N, Jim N
I’m going to apologies in advance for this report. Sorry.
15! The average attendence this year is astounding! But as a result it does mean that proper tactics and formations are being used. This in turn leads to more a more sensible and organised approach and fewer goals. And even if you fuck up, there’s usually someone there to cover your incompetant ass. I’m therefore left with very little material to work with and consequently my recent reports are short, similar and lack humourous originality. Since the end of the year we seem to have gone from the maverick style of present-day Spurs to the boring boring Arsenal of yesteryear.
Hard ground, bouncy ball, Yellow with the extra man and eventually starting (after a late arrival, changing teams, changing tops and changing the pitch size – ring any bells Mr Key?) JP was the first to take advantage of the lack of control to slot home. Paul replied soon after as a result of some good pressing by the Yellow forwards to force an error and he stroked home into an empty net. John bravely headed clear a Red corner which almost took his head off. Bobbling also led to the third goal with Jeremy preventing Matt from taking a shot but failing to make enough contact to prevent Colin taking over the lose ball to poke home. 2-1 to Red at half time.
The second half had even less “action.” Kevin took a Paul clearance staright in the head, Jeremy took a JP shot straight in the goolies. Daniel hit the post after failing to get the ball out from under his feet to get off a proper shot and Jim N was almost on target but his shot curled away from goal. Oz was a hero, sterling for Red in goal, saving a number of shots. He was also a zero, the instigator in their main tactic of the last 15 minutes: route one long ball football which left a lot to be desired, not pretty. Not pretty at all. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Final score: Red 2 – 1 Yellow
Did you know?: The average number of goals per game for games played between awards night and the end of March has gone from 15.5 in 2008 down to 9.2 this year.
Did you know?: The average attendence for the same period has gone from 9.7 per game in 2008 up to 12.1 this year.
That means…..drum roll for stats analysis…….we’re letting in 2.6 goals less per extra person.
I thank yaw