This weekend' match has sufficient twist and turns starting from the moment KH announced the line-up. Here's the drama as it happened!
16/1, 2259h: Line-up for 20 Jan - Yes = 13 = ng, leo, simon, chwee leng, teck wah (2H), mike, melvin, chor guan, gan, brandon, kama, rock, woon.
16/1, 2345h: Marathoner came to the rescue, added 2H to the strength. Now 12 plus 2 second halfers.
Matchday - 20 Jan 2013: A lovely cloudy cloudy day since yesterday ....
0601h: Manager dropped a bombshell - he wouldn't be coming, guys on their own. No Benitez today .... argh sorry, got mixed up, B is now miserable at C, I mean no Rodgers today.
0805h: On-fire Mike SMSed - pulled out due to illness. (Still owes the team half a carton of beer, or one dozen, or two six packs to be clear). Strength down to 11 plus 2 second halfers.
0824h: Leng texted that youngster Leng Jr might be coming. Strength update - 11.5 plus 2 second halfers.
1404h: Rock thought it was going to be a shagged game, assuming we were having 12 plus 2. He would be proven right in 7 minutes.
1411h: Leng confirmed Jr was coming! Heng ah!
1417h: Wah texted that lunch only started at 1400h, hoped to make second half as planned.
1435h: Khong helpfully commanded the Tangs to 'eat faster!'.
1440h: Oeste FC showed up, they had more than our complement at that time. All-Malay team, young and raring to go - eye of the tiger stuff. Plus a manager wearing red Liverpool jersey, prowling on the touch lines looking super intelligent. Jeez, didn't Liverpool just hammered Norwich 5-0 last night? Where's our Rodgers? Bad omen...
1458h: Stand-in captain for the day named the line-up. Unfamiliar midfield with Jr on the right and fixedly right-footed Woon on the left. An interesting, ambitious pairing of Gan and Guan up front. Gonna be a long day, nevertheless.
1459h: Back at the restaurant, Tang bros had consumed cold dish, shark fins, and a whole abalone each.
1500h: Ref blew the whistle for KO. Oeste started super confidently, knocking the ball around on the ground and mixing it up with some probing high balls to test our defence. No 17, tall big and strong was a constant menace with his physical prowess and stocky 19, no slouch either, was very mobile in linking defence and attack.
1518h: Goal! It was only a matter of time, No 19 fed No 17 a precise through-ball who outmuscled the challenge and strode forward to score confidently.
1525h: Goal! That same combination again sprung the defence and nailed it. It was looking a stroll in the park!
1537h: Goal! Pressure from attackers forced keeper to clear but it found No 11 way out who first-timed the return with his instep as if he had been doing it all his life. The Exocet stayed true to the intended trajectory and left the keeper on the deck as he fumbled trying to get back to his line. The shot was teasing to say the least (tease what is up to your imagination!).
1545h: Half time. MS players trudged back to the stands, hoping that reinforcements would arrive soon.
1547h: MS players remained positive through the team talk. Still looking towards the gate.
1552h: Bombshell #2 - Text received: "Guys we are still here. Doubt we will be going down. Sorry cant play. We just finished (the Orh Née)".
1553h: Ok then, we just had to continue concocting our brand of Durain pudding, having played so damn well to go three up. One more and we could consider this a Durain-picking match (by our long-adopted definition).
1555h: Some reshuffling to spread energy consumption. Leng swapped with Guan, Woon took a break, Alex returned to right mid. Second half kicked off.
1615h: Good disciplined football from MS, kept things simple and safe. Limited resources called for breakthrough solutions. Woon came back in to give Gan a tactical rest, paving the way for the first ever father-son strike force in the history of MS!
1625h: Alex fought and won the ball in the penalty area, lays off for Leng who smashed it low and hard! Goal! Alas that was all in my imagination :)
1640h: Game petered out to a goalless second half. Peep! Peep! Peep!
Post game thoughts: What might have been? First ever father-son combination goal? Another 6 goals scored if only....Perhaps, Orh Née will always triumph over Durain pudding!
16/1, 2259h: Line-up for 20 Jan - Yes = 13 = ng, leo, simon, chwee leng, teck wah (2H), mike, melvin, chor guan, gan, brandon, kama, rock, woon.
16/1, 2345h: Marathoner came to the rescue, added 2H to the strength. Now 12 plus 2 second halfers.
Matchday - 20 Jan 2013: A lovely cloudy cloudy day since yesterday ....
0601h: Manager dropped a bombshell - he wouldn't be coming, guys on their own. No Benitez today .... argh sorry, got mixed up, B is now miserable at C, I mean no Rodgers today.
0805h: On-fire Mike SMSed - pulled out due to illness. (Still owes the team half a carton of beer, or one dozen, or two six packs to be clear). Strength down to 11 plus 2 second halfers.
0824h: Leng texted that youngster Leng Jr might be coming. Strength update - 11.5 plus 2 second halfers.
1404h: Rock thought it was going to be a shagged game, assuming we were having 12 plus 2. He would be proven right in 7 minutes.
1411h: Leng confirmed Jr was coming! Heng ah!
1417h: Wah texted that lunch only started at 1400h, hoped to make second half as planned.
1435h: Khong helpfully commanded the Tangs to 'eat faster!'.
1440h: Oeste FC showed up, they had more than our complement at that time. All-Malay team, young and raring to go - eye of the tiger stuff. Plus a manager wearing red Liverpool jersey, prowling on the touch lines looking super intelligent. Jeez, didn't Liverpool just hammered Norwich 5-0 last night? Where's our Rodgers? Bad omen...
1458h: Stand-in captain for the day named the line-up. Unfamiliar midfield with Jr on the right and fixedly right-footed Woon on the left. An interesting, ambitious pairing of Gan and Guan up front. Gonna be a long day, nevertheless.
1459h: Back at the restaurant, Tang bros had consumed cold dish, shark fins, and a whole abalone each.
1500h: Ref blew the whistle for KO. Oeste started super confidently, knocking the ball around on the ground and mixing it up with some probing high balls to test our defence. No 17, tall big and strong was a constant menace with his physical prowess and stocky 19, no slouch either, was very mobile in linking defence and attack.
1518h: Goal! It was only a matter of time, No 19 fed No 17 a precise through-ball who outmuscled the challenge and strode forward to score confidently.
1525h: Goal! That same combination again sprung the defence and nailed it. It was looking a stroll in the park!
1537h: Goal! Pressure from attackers forced keeper to clear but it found No 11 way out who first-timed the return with his instep as if he had been doing it all his life. The Exocet stayed true to the intended trajectory and left the keeper on the deck as he fumbled trying to get back to his line. The shot was teasing to say the least (tease what is up to your imagination!).
1545h: Half time. MS players trudged back to the stands, hoping that reinforcements would arrive soon.
1547h: MS players remained positive through the team talk. Still looking towards the gate.
1552h: Bombshell #2 - Text received: "Guys we are still here. Doubt we will be going down. Sorry cant play. We just finished (the Orh Née)".
1553h: Ok then, we just had to continue concocting our brand of Durain pudding, having played so damn well to go three up. One more and we could consider this a Durain-picking match (by our long-adopted definition).
1555h: Some reshuffling to spread energy consumption. Leng swapped with Guan, Woon took a break, Alex returned to right mid. Second half kicked off.
1615h: Good disciplined football from MS, kept things simple and safe. Limited resources called for breakthrough solutions. Woon came back in to give Gan a tactical rest, paving the way for the first ever father-son strike force in the history of MS!
1625h: Alex fought and won the ball in the penalty area, lays off for Leng who smashed it low and hard! Goal! Alas that was all in my imagination :)
1640h: Game petered out to a goalless second half. Peep! Peep! Peep!
Post game thoughts: What might have been? First ever father-son combination goal? Another 6 goals scored if only....Perhaps, Orh Née will always triumph over Durain pudding!
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