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Games Draw

Hello Blues, below is the draw for this season:

16 Nov
6:50 Paddy's vs Man & Woman City

23 Nov
9:00 Boca Seniors vs Man & Woman City

30 Nov
9:05 Booma vs Man & Woman City

07 Dec
8:20 Raven vs Man & Woman City

14 Dec
8:20 Strickers vs Man & Woman City

25 Jan
6:00 Shoot to trill vs Man & Woman City

01 Feb
6:50 Paddy's vs Man & Woman City

08 Feb
9:00 WOW fc vs Man & Woman City

15 Feb
7:35 Semi Pro vs Man & Woman City

22 Feb
9:00 Joma vs Man & Woman City

01 Mar
7:35 Dukes vs Man & Woman City

08 Mar
Quater Finals - TBA

15 Mar
Semi Finals - TBA

22 Mar
The big mama Finals - TBA

Defensive Frailties

Today's preview begins with a modest statistical analysis of a worrying trend that threatens to plague the Sky Blues.

Spectacular capitulations have been the theme of their most recent matches. After almost losing from a seemingly unassailable position two weeks ago they went all the way in their disastrous defeat last week.

For a team scoring an average of 11.5 goals per match (an admittedly inflated statistic due to their large win in the opening competitive round) an even 2-2 win loss record leads to the inevitable conclusion: their defense is too porous.

The loss of the experienced Weaver after barely a minute had elapsed last Tuesday certainly did not help their quest for defensive surety and his manager's assertions that the key stopper may be weeks away from match fitness can hardly improve the outlook of disgruntled City supporters.

At today's media briefing Kevpello admitted that the Blues "have not settled as a defensive unit" and also conceded that their "use of the ball could have been better" in recent times.

"It's my responsibility to turn this around" the manager asserted. "There is really no excuse for conceding more than five goals in a match, and we've done it three times in four matches!"

He was however quick to point out the contrast at the other end of the field adding "Demarchi and the Jacksons have been in goal scoring form; Robin and Punton have been getting into scoring positions and producing plenty of shots. More goals will come. Hirt's goal the other day was well taken too and he's looking dangerous, with a range of passing and good finishing. We just need to organise ourselves a little better and tighten up in defense."

He dismissed the chances of signing of ex-Farsenal star Andrew Lorimer as "dead", who set tongues wagging with a fully uniformed appearance prior to the match last week. It is thought that contract negotiations hit a last minute impasse as the player took exception to the league's signing on fee.

lessons to learn

We had more shoots, more control of the game, more free kicks, more dribbles, more magic, more admiration from the crowd and the referee, we were frendlier, we were much better looking (so my wife always says), we smelt better, but one things we had less... goals. And that was all that mattered.

Well…we started with more goals but then…disaster! Like an old Batman movies, the onomatopoeias keep coming. It was a sequence of “Bams!” “Kapows!” and “Whacks!” that even Robin “the boy wonder” could not save us. I'm still not sure about why it happened but as far as my eyes could see it was a pandemonium…people running everywhere, pregnant ladies running for shelter, women in their prams protecting their babies, grown up man crying, a group of punks running to save their lives… it was horrible to watch.

After refleting a bit I came to one conclusion: The blues lost because someone spilled mud in our way" .In 3 minutes we went from Godzilla’s to a group of scared ants that were following a queue. Once mud hit our path we wondered around the court in search for that signal that would bring us back to our positions. Unfortunately, when we got the signal and found the line again, the pic nic was already over.

In all honesty, we didn’t play well as a team tonight. We lacked that: “Where are we going today?” before the game chat and the “How can we get to the picnic now that there is that huge pile of mud on the way” during half time. We maybe need to arrive a little earlier so we can make a plan and organise the queue. During half time maybe we should congregate together and chat about the path to reach the pic nic safely. This way maybe there will be a huge chocolate mud cake at the end of the rug for all of us and less “Kapows!”