Three from Three for the Farts

Three from Three for the Farts

A reasonable sporting weekend for the capital, although the Pulse result was as expected, both the “Horricanes” and the Farts had wins.

It was rumoured that Colin Cooper had secretly watched the Farts in their thumping of Harbour City the previous weekend, (which was a bye week for the Canes) and it became evident that he had used the subtle nuances and motivational techniques that the Farts employ to gee up the canes for Friday nights clash with the Bumblies.  Maybe he brought the oranges? Whatever it was it worked.

So with the Canes winning Friday night it was over to The Farts to continue their winning way, and this they did with a 5-2 home win over a younger looking Northern United.

This game continues to showcase the strength and speed training that the Farts had undergone in the off season (see who could lift and down the biggest glass of beer in the quickest time?), especially in the heat and blaring sun. Right from the first whistle they played the game at pace, with probing attacks up the middle from the forwards.

Trapper had a huge role in both of the first two goals, in the first coming back and helping pressure the United attack into a sloppy “play of the ball”, which was quickly intercepted by Moses and passed onto Cam to finish. The second Trapper intercepted a ball (from a back tackle) and his pass released Moses to part the defence and score.

United tried to respond but were limited to fast breakouts when the Farts attack lost the ball.  The only thing limiting the farts from opening the scoring higher was their inability to covert once they had done the hard work.

Cam nailed another goal in the second half, this one a reverse stick shot that fair rocketed into the top left hand net.  One downside of Cams ability to thump the ball is that the Farts forwards are all nervous about standing close to the goal and GK for rebounds etc, as the feel like they are in the firing line!

Needle maybe the next super sub, coming on in the second half for a spell, he slotted a goal almost with his first touch. 

Scotty botched another, and was lucky the umpire didn’t card him for a “dive in box”, especially as it was a pretty crap dive at that. The4 Frats got a PC but weren’t able to convert it.

Scotty did score late in the second half, he pounced on a initial save by the United goalie and left him sprawling as he hit the backboard.

Goals

Cam - 2

Moses - 1

Needle -1

Scotty – 1

MVP

3 - Cam : again a strong game, lots of running and some good goals, although his shot completion average was down at around 7.6%

2 – Todd : solid game, some good tackles and solid hit outs.  Tough ask but he stood in for the absent  Muzza (and that’s a bit gap to fill!) , especially with his hair streaming back as he spirited back in defence

1 (+1 for umpiring)  – Craig : a bit of a quieter game for Craig this week although still some good touches and positional play. That earned him a point, plus a bonus point for volunteering to umpire the R3’s – maybe they would like to buy him some extra points given they won 10 – 2?)

1 – Scotty Brought he oranges

Adjustment  to MVP points

Each time a player volunteers for umpiring and/or brings the oranges they will earn an extra MVP point, this is to recognise that The Farts are about more than just the hockey,  so

·         Robbie and Moses half a point each for umpiring our first game.

·         Glen 1 pt for doing last week’s R3 game, plus 1 pt for the oranges

·         Trapper 1 pt for oranges.

Next week’s game

Next week’s game is on Anzac day, so it’s a compulsory “wear a poppy day” in remembrance of those that sacrificed for our country (seriously guys, wear a poppy please).

The game is  Sunday afternoon 4.00pm at Fraser. It’s a “crossover” grading game against Rongotai Sports, who are currently second in the B section of our grade with 1 win from 3.

The R3 have a bye next week so we don’t need to provider an umpire.  I think Nuts has volunteered for “orange duty”