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by Veldgouwen » Mon Dec 26, 2016 10:16 am
by Schottia » Tue Dec 27, 2016 6:20 am
by Bonesea » Tue Dec 27, 2016 7:02 am
Independents Cup, Group A Matchday 3
Bonesea 3-2 Averyickan CityHT: 1-1
@ St. Leah’s Ground, Spittalsea, Bonesea
Scorers: Wickett (29’ 68’) Skewes, A (55’)
Peters (2’) Leonus (71’)
Attendance: 21,400Player Rating Match Stats BSE-AVE
Dunbar [7.0] Possession (%) 60/40
Cottle [5.6]YY Shots 16-13
Shanty [5.7]YY On target 7-5
Skewes A [7.8] (goal 55’) Pass Compl (%) 76-64
Witt [7.2]YY RR78’ Corners 3-2
Jones R [5.3]RR78’ Fouls 17-9
Acosta [5.7] Yellow cards 5-1
Jones I [8.3] Red cards 2-0
Gulbrandsen [7.3]
Wickett [9.5]* (PoM) (goals 29’ 68’)
Turk [8.7]
Injuries Severity
Tannager [7.3] sub: Gulbrandson 30’ Jones L 3 games
Jones L [ - ] + sub: Jones I 78’
Smith N [ - ]YY sub: Jones L 90+5’
Expected line-up vs. Abanhfleft (Argånger 127 formation):
Dunbar; Cottle; Skewes A, Ortiz; Jones N, Tannager, Acosta, Jones I, Grayse-Lennox, Wickett, Turk.
The Sailors finished with nine men on the pitch but still managed to hang on for the win in a feisty affair at St. Leah’s, where the crowd was a record for a Bonesea home game thanks to the attendance of Mr. & Mrs. Scapegoat of Liarby, who obviously felt the all-or-nothing game was important enough to take up their ticket allocation on a windy night in Spittalsea. They are not ones for the big city all things considered, finding it rough and ill-mannered at the best of times, and they will not have been disarmed of their opinion after this rumbustious affair in which two players were sent off, five booked, and three will be suspended for the next game in the round of sixteen, successfully reached with a narrow victory over the Averies. It did not look too healthy early on – last time out, the Sailors lost a man to sickness in the first five minutes; this time, they conceded a goal. There was a universal groan around the new stadium as Richard Peters netted and Mr. Lenny Scapegoat was heard to cry ‘get the tibias into them, for fibula’s sake!’ before being soundly scolded by Mrs. Scapegoat for his public display of impropriety. But he could hardly be blamed for thinking the worst – the Sailors have not been on form since their glorious win in the Cup of Harmony. But in a man of the match performance, Conchobar ‘The Conch’ Wickett turned it around for Bonesea, to put them clear out in front with two goals and an assist. Equalising on the half hour, he capped a rising momentum from the Sailors with the goal. Urged on by Coach Pythagoras Jones and the ever-animated Des Jeruselem, the Sailors did get the tibias into them, setting up a rough and tough encounter in which tempers frayed on both sides. The teams went in level at the half but the momentum was surely with the Bonesmen.
There could have been no calming words in the dressing room at half time as the Sailors came out quite as tempestuous as the way they went into the break, pulling and pushing and kicking and shoving all the way. Intimidating their plucky opponents into submission, they found the Averies to be of a far meeker order than Velgouwen in the last game. The Conch battered the defence like a bucket of white fish down on the dock at Wharfside for much of the half, setting up Ansell Skewes – not one to pull a punch himself – to put Bonesea out in front, and then hitting a third with around twenty minutes to go to give the home crowd something to cheer about. But the hard wrestling of the home side was beginning to irritate the referee for some inexplicable reason, and after endless warnings he sent off Jay Witt for a second bookable offence and then immediately turned a straight red on Reskadinnick Jones for ‘afters’. Coach Pythagoras had to reshuffle the pack a little to see out the game, though not without some scares as Avery Leonus pulled a goal back to put all the pressure on the home side for the closing quarter hour. With a bit of wrestle and a lot of wrangle the Sailors kept the bruised Averies out to secure a place in the last sixteen, although they will be without key players including Wanger Shanty, booked for the second time in three games and facing a ban as a consequence, along with Jay & Reskadinnick.Quote of The Day
[On being asked about squad indiscipline and suspensions]
Des Jeruselem said
Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.
[On being asked about preparations for the round of sixteen]
Des Jeruselem said
We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.
Round of Sixteen
Abanhfleft vs. Bonesea
@ St. Leah’s Ground, Spittalsea, Bonesea
Bonesea: Argånger 127 Formation
Dunbar; Cottle; Skewes A, Ortiz; Jones N, Tannager, Acosta, Jones I, Grayse-Lennox, Wickett, Turk.
Coach Pythagoras has to juggle the pack again after the disciplinary problems of the last game, with Wanger Shanty and Jay Witt suspended for one game each, and Reskadinnick Jones out for three following his straight red. The good news is Nobb Jones returns from his viral problems and Skua Ortiz is back following his minor injury, so they form natural replacements while ZC Tannager is ready and waiting to step into Reskadinnick’s shoes as ever. Beyond that the coach swaps out Teppo Gulbrandsen for Ursell Grayse-Lennox, but opts not to change keepers despite Duald Dunbar’s troubles between the sticks. Since the retirement of Zipper Smith no one keeper has looked entirely a safe pair of hands, and as yet the coach has not been ready to blood Donkey Ray Harton for his international debut – so Duald needs to get his shizzle together and sort out his inconsistencies.
BoneBet: Abanhfleft are a decent bet any day of the week, and the Sailors are looking well under par; the Flefties to prevail – 3/1
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