V is for victory.....

Churchill and us. Victors.

Have we redeemed ourselves? Unlikely.
Did we play well enough to get the points? Yes.
Do I like posing and answering my own fucking questions? Without a doubt.

So where was the battle won? Personnel. We played great with some great team play and some fine individual performances. I am going to take the time to write about each of the 13 players who took the field today because they bloody deserved it but I must insist that this team is more than the sum of its parts. We are more than a football team. We are more than a woman (more than a woman to me......). Sleep well tonight boys, enjoy this moment and savour the flavour as we shall dine on many a football team carcass if we keep this play up.

Marc Prince - Great effort in goals. Really exposed the weak side defense of the YMCA boys with some EXTREME distnce on his kicks. Was able to feed the forwards as well as make some classic P-R-I-C-E-Y saves at the very field that gave birth to the Pricey moniker.

Frank The Tank - Gorgeous effort from a gorgeous man. His loose style of play was able to release the midfields and forwards with some great balls and service.

Graham Werner - Every cloud has a silver lining. Graham is the shit stuff in between. Played average. Looked average. Really disappointed his mother and grandmother on the sideline. I even heard his grandmother say to his mother "Rose, I've been given some crap for mothers day in my time but that was the shittest thing Graham could ever do on mothers day." Harsh but fair.

Hutcho - Scored a screamer, got man of the match and ran his nuts off. Well played. You deserve a Tony................ DANZA!

Nathan Ottley - Always active, some great runs. A real valuable addition to this side and really showed his value today. A very comfortable fit in this side.

Chris Hillard - Got a commitment dog this weekend but played like his balls had never left him. He was everywhere , giving great service, dominating the card table sid ein the 2nd half and missed by a coat of varnish with an absolute screamer.

Brendan Dowd - Today we have a new superhero 'IMPACTMAN'. I have grown accustom to the great play of this man. He continually proves why he was last years Andrew Baxter Medallist and he"ll be close again this year. Probably our most valuable player.

Nick Deluca - Scored a great goal. Brilliant player, nice guy and gentleman. No wonder his parents questioned his sexuality for so long. Was one of my best on ground players today.

Johnny English - Top stuff! Scored our first (too late, I've paid it, not an own goal, it was played for). Some solid runs, a real strikepower up front and very dangerous when loose.

Andrew Reynolds - Very at home up front. Having the pleasure of analysing his play and seeing the stuff he does off the ball is amazing. Some have said that he could've been Ned Zelic good but without the attitude. I marvelled at his powerhouse runs, setting up players for goals (aka Deluca), leadership and just brilliant football mind. Some players see oppurtunities on the park, some see weaknesses, Andrew sees matrix style running code in his computer like mind. He plays the percentages, he feeds the open man and above all an unselfish team player. He is the best striker I've ever seen and I doubt my eyes will meet another that plays in his league. The man transcends football, to the spectator he is an artist weaving the loom or applying the brushwork to a painting of a gigantic mural. You really will not appreciate him until you look at the whole picture and when you do, it will blow your freakin mind.

Mr Cool - Really opened up the left side in the first half. When I think he has peaked, he prooves me wrong. When I think possible is unattainable, he gives me the possimpible. I just love watching the man go to work, either on some fucker that said the tackle was too hard or an a packet of wizz fizz. Dude's got soul.

Edge - Ran his vj out. Such a smoove and efficient player. Provides the needed spark when things its needed and just lifts the boys. I do not know how we did without him last year.

Unit - Shit was off the hook. Attacking the ball and the player. Really gave it to the boys from the Y. A flexible player who is being molded into one of our most consistent performers and is showing that his extra few yards of pace is becoming invaluable.

Gary Werner - Coached the shit out of us. Tryin to get him to change it from Gary to Guus. So far it has been vetoed by Rose. She was suffering from Rose Rage at the time. It's a terrible afflication and hope she calms down a bit.... Uh oh, Geoff just bought a brand new motorbike with side car for Hayden. Looks like Rose Rage is back on the menu....

All in all, great perfomance boys. It was unreal and I implore you to keep these kinds of performances up!

Golden Boot Race:
Johnny English - 1
Nick Deluca - 1
Hutcho - 1
Brendan Dowd - 1
Adam Delpopolo - 1 (Castle Towers has a piazza and Adam has one too, check it out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_del_Popolo. When people talk about 'the people', they mean Adam)

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