The Week that was A Dour One
It has been a dour week.
The way our games went over the weekend was a harbinger of things to come.
By Wednesday I found myself facing my bosses and explaining how, why and what had gone so spectacularly wrong.
It was one of those rare days that I'm thankful that I'm not working for the Mob.
They'd probably feed me to the fishes just on general principles.
Anyway we got stuck in, we ground out our own results and yesterday, we smelled our own victory.
Just like the boys did.
So, just for the record, here's how the games went.
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Blunt Hammers ... 0
The Goonery ... 1
(Der Pussie 13th)
We started bright,
we did things right,
we kept it tight.
One-nil to the Arsenal!
They went for us,
Hammer and Tongs;
and oh, were they were so wrong;
So it was
A kick in the nuts
for The Hammers!
(This is a poor attempt at mimicking JRR Tolkien's war songs in LOTR - Ed Cipan)
It was a bright spectacle in the first half where Hleb made the telling cross which der Pussie buried past Robert Green.
Then Mark Noble did a passable imitation of a rabid zombie as he tried to tenderise Hleb's left leg while it was still attached to its Ukrainian owner.
I was half-expecting the Absolutely Fab Cesc to come flying out, titanium claws fully extended a la Wolverine (I just include this bit for Pugly, so that I can put a pic of Hugh Jackman in.), at Noble as soon as play resumed but surprise, surprise - no flying fur in this game.
It was West Ham after all and I had expected the odd spate of fisticuffs to add to the day's flavour but alas, all was pretty civilised as Da Hammers actually went on to try to win fairly.
When did we all get domesticated - phbbbffftttt ....
Twas NOT a typical London derby but all three points for us by TKO.
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Steaua Bucharest ... 0 The Goonery ... 1
(der Pussie again, 76th)
Yep - der Pussie scored two goals that won us two games this week.
I'm still pretty much ambivalent about der Pussie. He's fast, he's skilful and he's scored some great goals.
But he can't make play for sh*t.
Then again, it's probably just me. Being skilful in just sticking it in, like the Scouser legend Ian Rush, doesn't really impress me.
What does get to me would be beautiful approach play ...
... the deft one-touch,
... the subtle nudging,
.... the sly reverse angle that never fails to surprise,
Then the instinctive running into nifty positions ...
... and the prising apart of that oh-so-tight defence ...
... then those last few flicks ...
...then slickly stroking it home ...
... slamming it in - emphatically ...
... wanting to fill it all up ...
... till it busts ...
... wide open.
..
.
I think I should have a shower now.
12 comments:
eleh..menang 1 goal difference pun action.
Now that you mentioned me I'd have to come out of my hiding place & comment now, don't I? Pandai eh ...
Errr ... tak kecut ke salad rambutan/ciknek bang, mandi selalu ni? :-P
you'd make a terrible terribe brand ambassador for Syabas.
lils,
Bukan eksyen ... legaaaa, actually.
I saw salad rambutan kecut dan layu berguguran banyaknya ya amatz kat Anfield last night.
And it's only Spuds, ffs? Orang Melayu buat lauk jer.
Neways walau macam mana pun I still simpati ngan uols ... *huggles* (walaupun nampak opportunistic, huggles ni masih ikhlas ...:D)
pugly,
Aha! There she blows ... alamak, I meant timbul, not tiup :P
... heh, and still very concerned over the health of my salad, pulak tu.
And fyi, regular immersion in cold water effectively refreshes rambutan salads and tired cikneks.
Tengkiu for caring ... *huggles, *gropes.
babe,
Sez who? My body would be great for detergent and Syabas ads.
"Putih yang bersih dan hitam yang bersinar" ... for detergents.
For Syabas ... "Jangan membazir air dengan mencuci kereta anda. Mereka lebih memerlukannya."
I bet any corporation would love to have an adorable cipan as its icon. :P
Now that you put it in this way, I find football very very sexciting.
i'm reminded of alan 'you don't win anything with kids' hansen all of a sudden..
ceh..
can i adopt you?
leen,
Heh ... now imagine Hasbullah Awang commentating in Cipanese. LOL
desparil,
Actually you can do more things with the young ones ... ask Lily :P
babe,
Cannot ... unless you agree to surrender all your lastik.
*shock*
*gaps*
*horror*
asking me to give up my lastik is akin to asking me to sacrifice my virginity!
NEVAH!!
*lastik teloq cipan*
babe,
"asking me to give up my lastik is akin to asking me to sacrifice my virginity!"
Then it's such a little sacrifice, innit?
Never heard of a large virginity ...
Big things come in small packages.
i will not further elaborate, nanti your utility bill hits the roof.
Oh good, you're going to do a show-and-tell?
:P
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