We have a double header night this Thursday with two games against Southeast Xara at 7pm then Guilford Bell Curve at 8pm! We will need a good squad to get us through the two games!
No game this Thursday so.......It's time for yet another Player Focus! No, no you can stop cheering.... no really.... you can stop.
What can i say about the performance against Cardiac Arrest? Well it was certainly a tale of two halves. The first looked like the Madison Celtic indoor team of the last few years, with great passing movement and spectacular goals from Ruggero and David. The second was simply a nightmare as the Cardiac Arrest team double teamed David and put fast breaking guys up front. We collapsed! From 5-1 up at the half we were quickly only leading by a goal as stupid defensive errors led to easy goals for the Cardiac team. For some reason The Hulk decided the ball was a hot potato and refused to pick it up choosing to send probes into the outer atmosphere of the galaxy with his clearances. The rest of the team, including this intrepid reporter, decided to respond to all this mayhem by slowing down even further! Before long we were 7-5 down and in a sorry state. No passing, no movement and no tackling. Only with 5 minutes left in the game did the Celts finally buck up and put more pressure on the Cardiac defense. Tano scored a brave goal to put us one behind but with the clock ticking down we were not able to find an equalizer. Poor result after such a great first half!
Our next game is against Cardiac Arrest this Thursday at 7pm. This is the team that Goggs and Tom Da Judge play for so it will be a good competitive match! I think in the past we have managed to beat them fairly easily... or is my memory failing me? Having said that, the way we have been playing over the last couple of games we could be in a for a thrashing! 
Unfortunately Southeast Xara turned up with only 3 players so we ended up with a scrimmage game. We had enough Madison players and guest ex-players like Matin and Mamoud to have a reasonable game. For those of you on the team that did not include David and Kris the scrimmage was a bit of a whitewash with 10 goals betting slammed past The Hulk. Everytime David took a shot on goal he scored! Hopefully he can do that in a real game next week! Halil and Tano were very unlucky not to score a few goals as they managed to hit the bar, post or last defender instead of the back of the net! And Matin scored the best own goal of the season!! We do need to get better at passing and running..... the team looks very unfit !
Our next indoor game is this Thursday against Southeast Xara at 7pm. This is the team we played in a friendly after the 8-4 humping by the Eagles. Should be a tough but competitive game. We had 10 guys turn up last week and hopefully a similar number will be available for this Thursday. Just add your name to the roll call below and don't forget to bring your $69 fee if you haven't done so already. Thanks to those guys who did it last week
Yes we knew it would be tough playing that first game after so many months of doing nothing but eating and drinking and whatever.... but playing the Guilford Eagles on top of all that made this game feel even worse. In the end we were hammered 8-4 but to be honest it could have been more. After a very even fifteen minute period, at the start of the game, the Celts let in a silly goal and then the roof caved in. Within another ten minutes we had lost another 4 goals and were struggling to keep up with the fast paced passing and running of the Division 1 Eagles team....maybe they didn't celebrate over the festive season? A great goal by Ruggero pulled one back before the half to put some face saving cover on the score. The second half was a bit better as Madison started to get some shape to their game but we were always behind and chasing. Although, when we got back to 7-4 there was a glimmer of hope before that was cruelly snuffed out by the rampant Eagles. Final score was 8-4, with the second half a better 3-3 performance.
OK Guys, if you have been over indulging during the Festive Season now is the time to do something about it! We are back playing soccer and it is time to get rid of all those stored calories and fat! The first indoor game of the season is this Thursday against Guilford Black Eagles at 7pm. This is a tough game to start off the session and so far we only have 7 players signed up for the game so if you are planning to turn up please indicate below in the comments section. Please turn up with your fees too..... $69!
Happy New Year guys, and welcome to 2011! Hope there are not too many headaches this morning.....
