i like to soccer

first off, i SWEAR i did not make up the opposition's name.
it's how it is.
i copied it off the game roster thing.

second off, yep it's me again, and yep i'm feeling emo.
well the question is when am i NOT feeling emo.
bloody emotions and the way they take you to a place you know is wrong but still want.

and so i've decided to NOT do the emo thing (be unreliable and pike on my responsibilities and commitments) and actually honour my commitment and post on this blog!

so the game was at 8.20, a good time cos it's early enough to not make you dead for the next day, and late enough for working ppl to actually rock up to on time.
...except for daz
=P
daz might even beat me as the most unreliably UN-puntual person there is.
and that's saying something.
just like we also found out that mel might beat me as the most forgetful person there is.
ladies and gents, THAT is saying something.
I'm the kinda person who goes "Guess what happened on tuesday?... blah blah blah..."
* Listener's response after patiently waiting for me to finish :
"you already told me that, victor.
5 minutes ago."

i rock up, and mel goes "hey victor, long time no see! how was sydney?"
...
.....
.......
deja vu.

yep that's right, i had already seen her since my trip to syd over the long weekend!
remember sister act 2?!

speaking of bad memories and let downs, after the match, before the sweat had even stopped dripping, everyone was already up and ready to go to chaddy for a night of VIP shopping..
...
only to be told by liang that it is NEXT tuesday not tonight.
tonight was only David Jones VIP shopping night.
...
no one wants to go anymore.
but wow, just to go on a tangent here,
me and a mate from work bought a cake from DJ's in chaddy on the weekend.
WOW, quality stuff!
didn't know DJ food hall would actually be good.
quite the gourmet place actually.
mmmm....black forest cake...mmm..
(my fave)..

ANYWAY, ...what were we talking about..
oh that's right.
soccer.

so we lost.
....
oh no..not again.
i forgot the score again.
ALWAYS escapes me..
i think it was like 7-5.

all i remember is that we all scored!
i know, even yours truly!
and left foot too!
haha
in between the keeper's legs.

daz also scored; his goal the result of a lot of scrambling and chasing and not giving up, on daz's part.
it was pretty nice.
liang injured himself, tripping over the net.
i think that's the thing for our team this season.
by the end of our season every player on our team must trip over themselves with no help from the opposition.
i've done it.
daz has done it.
now liang has done it.
NOICE.

greg made a guest appearance tonight...and brought a goal along with him!
what a way to end the season of 2006...with a goal.
(tonight's match being greg's and my last match of the year)

peter in the goals, as usual, made many award winning saves.
he's getting fast now with the ball, when he runs to pick up the ball, he hurriedly looks up and chucks the ball to one of us..all in the same stride, keeping the momentum!
that's skill and experience right there.
the only thing i might suggest, peter, is not to gorge on a dodgey dumpling banquet right before the match.
honestly, i ate less than half you ate and i'm still feeling it.
and it's 10.30 pm.

justin, as usual, had lots and lots of shots on goal...and capitalised 2 of them!
although with the lack of subs (only 1 at any given time tonight) he looked a lot worse for wear.
in fact we all did.
we're all getting unfit.

we don't practise at anderson park like we used to.
maybe next year for the mixed team we will.
after all, it'll all be new players.

anyway it's off for me.
i'm getting tired.
and for some reason my head is kinda spinning and feeling light headed.
kinda like i'm about to jump off a cliff.

i'm so unreliable.
i vaguely remember promising that i would keep this blog up to date with reviews of our thrills, spills and dills on the indoor soccer field.
oops.

blame work.
blame tiredness.
blame emo-ness.
blame yourselves.
i don't care.

so anyway how ironic that i pick up where this blog left off at a game where most of our regular players are not playing.
"studying" apparently.
you punks better pass your exams then.

the team that did rock up was fantastic at best, amateur at worst.
wait.
that's a really big range isn't it?
oh well, that's the way the game went.

daz, as usual, gave it his best, running hard and being in good positions to NEARLY score some goals. some of his kicks were nice as. much like his new place.
and his new lcd tv.
mmm.....lcd..mm....

so we had matty, who only played his 2nd game.
"2 games, 2 injuries" - quote matty
apparently he kicked some guy in the heel.
that really exemplifies matty on the soccer field.
he full on gives it his all, and some!
he is so into it, even though he's damn tired.
and he had SO MANY excrutiatingly close goals.
so many that were JUST blocked by the goalie.
except for that toe bash early in the game, which was a surprise, even to matty.
good job on it.

karl also played his 2nd game.
this guy really is fit. i mean after playing a game of netball, he not only fronts up to an intense game of indoor soccer, but also has the stamina to remain on that field for most of the halves. tell you what, he gonna make a fine fitness instructor.

speaking of fine, how about a goal. MAKE THAT TWO!
by berwick's very own devlin.
first goal was so fast didn't even realised it happened. kinda like the speed of light. except that it's something we actually care about.
the 2nd goal was a full smack into the top left hand side of the nets. it was NOICE.
i was sitting behind the goal, panting like a dog in heat, when the white ball is REELING towards my head. next thing i know my eyes are watering and my nose is dripping.
but that ain't from the ball hitting me, it's from the sheer beauty of the ball placed in the back of their goals giving us a one up on our opposition.
tell you what guys, if that doesn't make your eyes water and nose run, i don't know what will.
oh wait i do.
if i punched you in the face i'm sure you would.
oh and if you get a cold.
damn colds.
what impeccable timing, to get sick right before your 4 day interstate holiday with 3 others.
oh well these kinda things just happen and happen gradually and you don't realise it until you're suffering from it and it's pissing you off.
kinda like global warming.

speaking of warm, i'm sure peter's hands were. in fact, they were HOT. hot to go!
this guy saved many a ball that could have made our scoreline much more weighted towards the opposition. i seriuosly thought that the MVP slip would have gone to at least one of the two goalies, because they were truly magnificent.

speaking of magnificent, yik played his debut match.
good job with your positioning and running.
i think it helps with strategy and positioning of yourself if you watch a lot of sport...
and play a hell of a lot of Athens.

speaking of places outside of melbourne, it's time that i started packing for my trip to my birthplace over this long weekend.
it looks like it's gonna rain, but hopefully all the rain that's supposed to fall in sydney, comes down and pours down on melbourne. God knows we need it.
well our water storages do.
otherwise it's back to watering our gardens in the middle of the night and washing our cars with reused water.
at this rate, in a few years, we'll be spitting in our cups for a drink of water, and pissing on our cars to hose them down.