Gooooooooal

To follow up the post about our mysterious trophy win last season, I thought I’d mention a little more about our team, and of course me.

We started the season with seven straight wins and I think you could say we felt invincible. Admittedly we’ve lost a few key players to injury, but our run since those wins hasn’t been so good. I think we’ve had three losses and two draws, and conceded 14 goals in three games, 16 goals in total.

We stand fifth out of eight, so we were doing quite well before our fall from grace. Last week I didn’t play and we drew 1-1 with the third-placed team on the ladder. There’s a valid argument that my absence may have been the factor, since as sweeper I’m supposed to organise our defence. 14 goals in three games is proof of a distinct lack of organisation.

In my defence – no pun intended – the week we lost 6-0 I didn’t see any of the goals. Thinking the game was at 3pm, I received a call from the boys at 12.55 asking if I’d be there in time for a 1pm kickoff. Obviously not, seeing as the game was 30 minutes away. Arriving at 1.30pm and running straight onto the field, I was informed we were already down six goals to none. Apparently we started with nine – my arrival made the full 11. We may not have put any in, but I’m sure the other team were expecting a cricket score after their six in less than 30 minutes.

To be fair, I didn’t do much defending. I damaged my hamstring about 5 minutes into the second half and didn’t do much else apart from stand and deliver a few balls – I was running nowhere.

This weekend provides an opportunity to move up a spot, possibly two, as we play the fourth ranked side who are only one point ahead of us on the ladder.