Crespo to Bufon!?

After last weeks surprise annihilation, hopes were high that the Righteous Elite could claw back another victory this week. And to be honest it should have been. It was a close game, no doubt, and minus their talisman, Dead Eye, the flow of goals from the trouser chasers of the MoFo was stemmed. Crespo was drafted in for a rare outing on a Wednesday, and was expected to take up the slack, but it was not his shooting boots that came to the rescue. Instead it was hitherto unseen goalkeeping skills that helped the MoFo leave the court with a hard earned draw. His style of keeping is usually to dodge out of the way of any medium strength shot, but tonight he kept a clean sheet not just once, but during both of his stints between the sticks. An event that had never occurred before, and I will be a Dutch uncle if it were to ever happen again. The game itself got off to a hectic start, as the ball flew from end to end, and the goals stacked up for both sides. After a quarter of the game, the pussy shy JMF were a couple of scores up, but were soon pegged back, as King Dave had one of his loose spells in nets, and the lead was wrestled back. We did have a keeping mishap of our own, as the good Doctor made a save from Big Phil, and then contrived to drop the ball in his own net. Still back and forth the game swung, as neither team could open a cushion to to push on for victory. n As Crespo was pulling off his magic at one end, King Dave was earning the JMFs first Magoo award of the year, as he lumped several clear chances over the bar. A scoring burst from late replacement Young Gaz seemed to have earned the Elite the vital victory to keep them in the hunt for 2009, but slack defending saw Luklear War rattle in a brace of equalisers, that more than likely condemned the boys in white to losing their grip on the Wood title, held for the last two years. We will keep up the fight, but four down, with six to play is an awfully tall order.

JMF- Funky, King Magoo, Crespo, Luklear War and Big Phil

EURO E- Euro Bri, Two scoops, Young Gaz, Shouty and Dr Shotgun

2009 Season

JMF wins - 22

Euro Elite - 18

Draws - 4