Verus West Pier Pirates - 26/5/09

On at 9.30pm on Tuesday night due to TV commitments etc.

I hope to return for this and will confirm well in advance of the game.

The first game against this crowd had to be the worst game I was involved in with the astro team. They were shite and they still, probably deservedly beat us 3-0.

They played the top team last week and shipped 18 goals to them!

Jesus, that’s a fairly shocking result for them.

I’ll be available anyway.

My left thigh strain and right hamstring niggle and the rash on my balls won’t stop me from lining out in this one. I wasn’t around for our first encounter with them so that probably explains the capitulation.

Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can’t Lose.

Is Tissier gonna show for this one?

In the words of that weird bastard Henry Kelly on the institution that was Going for Gold:

‘Are you ready and willing to play?’

Yes, King Henry. Yes I am.

Pre-match preparation:

cesc4 and Jugs huddled up beside Jugs’ laptop watching a video on pacop0rn.com of a bird being fucked by a dog.

I despair.

Fantastic victory tonight depsite the early distractions cause by a gaggle of 17 year old birds and celebrities such as Guggi and Bono attending our game. It wasn’t quite the WAG circus of Baden Baden in 2006 but I worry about the direction the team is taking.

A 5 star performance from Rocko in a 5-0 victory.

Super stuff. Shocking first half, I read the riot act at half time and we all improved.

Ratings

Bandage 3 - some excellent saves and was on course for an 8 but blotted his copybook with nearly being beaten from 50 yards and then showed uncustomary dishonesty in claiming he didn’t touch a later shot that he had clearly deflected over the bar. Otherwise impressive.

Others all mediocre

Rocko 10

That was some shit tonight and we were ridiculously bad. That incident Rocko mentioned was quite embarrassing. One of their lads hoofed the ball forward from inside his own half and I left it thinking it was sailing well over and it bounced on top of the crossbar. Ah lovely.

Cheers to the lads for not bothering to put in any tackles or track any runs, which gave me the chance to pull off a vast array of saves. Getting completely overrun and outplayed in the first half by a bunch of 40 year-olds was yet another new low for TFK. :rolleyes:

Question marks over the management persist but the most shameful thing tonight was Ledge bringing his bird to watch him play. It was bad enough when Kylo and Tinnion did it in the past but this was even more shocking. He was meant to be playing midfield but kept ignoring instructions and going upfront and goalhanging. He banged in the last goal of the 5 and turned around and blew her a kiss.

Ridiculous carry on.

This Ledge character should get the road asap. There are negative comments regarding him every game. I begining to think he nickname Ledge may be an ironic one.

Well done on your win Rocko.

When will we see clips on the yootoob?

Thanks Runty. I don’t mind delivering in spades for the team. That’s just the type of guy I am.

MBB I think ESPN China own the rights to all our astro fixtures for 101 years so it will be a while before we can pop them up on youtube but keep checking back in here over the next few decades.

Pity Rocko, I hope you got a good deal for it.

You should be proud of this footballing outreach program you’re operating for the likes of ledge, bando, tinno and farmer rocko, its a noble act.