Still Winless…
Inter SFC 4 GPR 1
In all honesty, I’ve been reluctant to start doing these again. Keeping match reports light hearted is tough when you keep getting spanked and already nursing a hangover, but my favourite shot stopper Greg begged for a return of the most dubious match review blog this week, so here we go.
Greg had a complete stinker this week, as three goals in a matter of minutes wrapped the game up and showed Inter’s class deep into the first half. It felt like we’re being coached by Matt Hancock given the goals we leaked. It all started well, however, as after some early slap and tickle between the two sides, a beautiful defence-splitting ball from debutant Sam put Peter through for a control and finish to put the Salads ahead after 15 minutes. Finding a quality left back this season has been like trying to put together a GPR goals compilation - ultimately hopeless - but with luck we may have hit gold with today’s man of the match for his quality running up and down the lines and providing the assist of the season.
Unfortunately for us, our luck then walked off a proverbial cliff. Our shirt may be more similar to Inter Milan than today’s opponents, but that’s where our likeness ends and theirs begins. 3 clinical goals one after the other ensured a comfortable lead for the home side going into half time, despite what had been a relatively even number of chances for both teams. We were feeling pretty chipper overall, having been 7-0 down at the break in the first game, but knew they were still improvements to be made.
In the second half, we came out battling and looked to take the opposition on the break. Anthony almost scored a rocket of a free kick; Aman teased a worldie and a few crosses almost kept us in the game. We even defended the scrappiest goal line clearance in Sunday League history (see photo for reference - yes, that is Greg being de-netted by the boys). But the Inter boys’ class really shone through as they wrapped up the fixture to keep their charge going at the top of the table with a last minute offside fourth. There was some good banter on the pitch, the Inter lads were a class act and amazingly we only had two injuries today! Best of luck for the season lads, you’d be worthy league leaders. As for us, we’ve improved a lot and haven’t got the points we deserve. We have actually managed a couple of draws in between the last blog posts. But, in the words of Neil Warnock, you’ve got to fucking die to get three points. We need to start training; we need to get discipline; we need to get our act together.
Right, time for a debrief, a pint and a roast. Up the Salads 🥗.
MOTM 🏆 = Sam for a good debut and a lot of promise. Aman also played very well to give us two strong full backs going into the end of the season. Shout out to the Inter lad who told me I had a lot of speed and skill… for a ‘big’ lad. Thanks fella, always nice to know where I stand.
DOTD 💩 = Me, for suggesting that Greg had a stinker - the lad does us proud every week. Also Dan, for not turning up.
