the lazy bastards!

so we came out on top last sunday with a 6-4 victory against the lazy susans. it should have been 7-4. we should have got full sportsmanship points. i should have let in less goals. lots of should haves, but the point is that we won against a bunch of jerks who tried to take the fun out of the game -- and we played pretty well in spite of their chippiness and mouthiness.

taras, reza and whiffen-peters were their usual potent selves in attack, and it was great to have andrzej persak back with the team after a season long indoor absence. he teamed up really well in midfield with melissa, creating some great plays and getting us flying in the right direction.

gio and i were talking about the rough games both of us had, and we clearly did not play to our potential, although we didn't stink up the joint either which was good. but gio just didn't have the pace and i let myself get too distracted by the other teams bullshit.

brian woychuk and kiki were their usual solid selves in defense (even if the former's giant penis looked like a hand when it hit the ball), and kiki even started to chip in going forward, delivering a particularly killer pass to taras, even though it was offside. and luis navarre had some strong moments on the ball, although he had a little difficulty pushing up.

and shannon, our other teammate playing her first game of the season, had a good showing. she was a little nervous at the start (it was the first game she has EVER played), but she was standing up and playing with confidence by the end. really excellent stuff.

giovanna says she learned some lessons from the game (i'm sure you've all seen them already):

Taking a ball off of your nuts does not constitute a hand ball.
Giovanna can still use her rolling skills she learned in high school volleyball.
That the 1-3-1 formation works way better than the 2-2-1 formation (which left us vulnerable in the back).
We gave the opposing team a ‘0’ spirit rating because they were cry-babies. They gave us a 0 rating in return…for what? Being better than them?
Andrzej has embarked on quitting smoking (so now maybe he can actually pull a long shift next game instead of always calling for subs early) J
For 7 bags of empty bottles, you can earn a whopping $22.25.

i'd like to add one more lesson to that list. we need to teach milos how to kick people in the nuts, and then we can release him onto the field and let him hack down whichever member of the other team is being the biggest asshole. i think he'd do that for us.

see y'all sunday. sorry there's no practise this week.

oh, one thing i almost forgot. we need to stick to 1-3-1 from now on. what happens when we switch to a 2-2-1 is that it turns into a 3-2 with no defense. our experienced sweepers disappear to attack, and our inexperienced midfielders who are called upon to move into defense are unable to handle the job on their own, andthey invariably push up, which leaves us really vunerable in front goal. so 1-3-1 with a sweeper. that's our plan and we're sticking to it.