Talk about leaving it late. A win in OT, after not one, but two fightbacks from a 2 goal deficit each time. Not good for the old ticker, but tremendous entertainment nontheless.
Sure, there were problems. Take our woeful defending, leaving Fone high and dry, although to be fair he was having a bit of a mare himself. I do admit to begining to harbour some doubts about his ability as a starting nettie, but I shall wait til the season is over before passing any kind of judgement.
I know that at least 7 of the squad were feeling ill, but still...there were some atrocious errors at the back, from simple overcommitment going forward to not covering the channels when back in the zone. Basic errors I hope that Tony is trying to get rid of asap.
There were some positive points too, though. No penalties given up that left us on the PK was one. Given how the D were playing, this was a major relief. Payette getting the 'Fight' monkey off his back, by having a pleasent little tete-a-tete with the Bisons Wiggins. Score it a win to Andre, who did look a little rusty. Tony and Big Ed seem to be improving their link game on game, with some sublime interplay between them, and some moments of truly spectacular brilliance form Tony himself.
The young Brit forwards are looking more an more comfortable as each week passes, and Adam Walker actually looks comfortable now, after struggling for a few weeks. Hagglebeg has finally settles into the pace of the EPL game, and is leading his checks less with his elbows, and more with his shoulder.
The only othe rkajor dissapointment was the crowd turnout. It was visibly down on last weekend, with (at a guess) 700 people in there. What does the club have to do to get people to come/stay? Being at the top of the table and winning more than they are losing doesn't seem to work. Bugger. Back to the drawing board.
And following on from that....
I was going to go to the 'Commercial Board' meeting this week, but on reflection, I am choosing not to. Ther eis a simple reason for this, and it echoes the thoughts of many people I have spoken too about it. It already looks that it is a case of the same people being involved as everything else that is doen for the club. No disrespect to those involved already, but I do knwo that quite a few folks are pissed off at who seems to be in charge of this, and feel that their ideas will be ignored in preference to a supposed 'chosen few'. Maybe that is the bigest problem we face a sa club in motivating the fans. New blood is needed, but feels unable to come forward. And I'd like to see how it pans out after this meeting, and maybe attend later ones once the board remit and make up is fully known.
That is all.
(Only 1 swear word...bollocks, I'm loosing my touch!!!!! Shitshitshitshitshit!....ahh, thats better)
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