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Action Soccer BLOG: Who said Cave Trolls couldnt Boogy? |
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Written by Faisel
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Wednesday, 22 July 2009 10:40 |
Hi All,
Welcome once again to the sports rant. I know its been a while, but try keeping up to date with all the happenings at Cell-Life and you'll see why the column has suffered recently. Apart from the exhausted traveling schedule that would make Phineas Fog envious and the healthy helpings of work and activities that would strike fear into the heart of a glutton, there have been many personal things on the horizon that have prevented me from keeping the column up to date.
We've had precious little to write about (sports-wise), apart from the massacre of last week, where the SuperCells were crushed 12-3 by a much better outfit. Im glad Ive been a bit of a Rip Van Winkle, having slept through the past few games (traveling, actually). Although it must be said - we've had poor turn-out at the last few games, as we've had staff travelling extensively.
Right, lets get it on! Theres only one thing to say before we report on last night's game. Welcome back Cave Troll, we missed you. What am I going on about? We sorely missed Mahdi Hendricks for the past few weeks. A trip to the land of sin and free will (Thailand) along with Drogba Toefy aka Captain Gung Ho left us default of our two galacticos. Add a missing Stevie G (traveling), a demotivated Pimp Daddy Conley (under house arrest -rules of the Mama Sita) and a Shoes Mukudu gone walkabout (traveling) and you have a recipe for disaster.
Last night, the goal was impenetrable. If you've ever seen the movie King Kong, you'd know exactly what I mean. Having Mahdi in goal is like having an insurance against the whole tooty fruity, including "acts of God". As the Low Riders rained in shots from across the court like a gattling gun on Red Bull, they were repelled with the fury of the Phoenix (X-Men 3). Add a bit of tight play by Bob Marley and the wailers (Hanif Allie being the biggest wailer), a back to form Drogba and an infallable Zim Runner and you have a re-make of 300 - SPARTANS - ready your breakfast and eat hearty, for tonight we dine in HELL!!!! And thats exactly what the Low Riders had for dinner. For the top in the league to be choked into a 6-3 submission in Dan Severn style, it proves that the past few weeks of losses and no-shows had no effect on our players' psyche.
I will take some time to thank the management and the directors at Cell-Life for the great social on Friday past. It was good to unwind within the constructs of working hours and even better that we we treated to a delicious meal at Krugermann's. Im sure that quite a few of my colleagues are a bit shocked at the amount of ostrich that can be consumed by a small person and I hope that this isnt the only thing that you remember when the social is brought up as a talking point.
If theres one thing I have to say, its that Mahdi knows where all the great munching spots are. And there's more happening at Cell-Life: we have a few of our staff members taking courses to further education and upskill themselves and will soon be having a team-building workshop (on Friday to be exact). This progressive staff enhancement is unrivalled, and I dont see any way other than forward.
In any case, work is raining down in torrents, and if more than 8 are to be saved, I'm going to have to get back to what I do.
See you all next week at the play-offs.
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