Lane Cove West 6, St Michaels 0
10 May 2008, Blackman
It was another
picture perfect day at Blackman Oval on Saturday. We were up against St.
Michaels, whose results in their first 3 games were very competitive, so we
expected a good game.
We started slower
than the previous weeks, finding it hard to string passes together and keep
possession. In true Blackman style the grounds slow but sure deterioration and
the opposition’s earlier enthusiasm didn’t help. As time went on and we had a
chance to make a few changes to the team that started the game and soon we
gained the upper hand.
As time went on we
realised that their keeper was less than confident
with the ball anywhere near him, but this only seemed to make our player try
impossible shots from miles out.
On the 20 minute
mark we grabbed our first goal. Alex Dimos, beat one,
beat 2, cut inside a third, tapped around a 4th and smashed it from at least 6
yards………….He ran out of puff or he may have just walked it in.
Soon after Dimos rose at the back post to make it 2 and we were well
on our way. Dimos found himself in unchartered waters, after having spent the last 25 years
playing as a stopper or defensive midfielder……he was now in the nose bleed part
of the field and may not have been sure of what he had to do, hence trying to
walk it in rather than shooting 14 touches sooner………….or was it he needed
something to talk up at the pub??
Now we started
hitting our straps and it seemed that their defence
was trying to hold back a Tsunami with a picket fence. Just before halftime
Papas made it 3, after a great through ball by Felix to leave him one on one
with the keeper.
The second half
saw a very scrappy affair with LCW making more changes than a
The first 25 minutes
of the second half saw Xenos make a great run into
the box and finish nicely to make it 4. Papas get away from his maker to turn a
header in off a corner for the fifth and Skribensek
over hit a cross which found its way just inside the back post.
The last 20
minutes of the match was as frustrating as a drunken man tied to a light post
trying to pull up his pants from around his ankles. The score remained 6-0.
We hope that the
pain goes away in time for next week.
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