Round 12 was the dawn of the second half & home stretch of the season. The boys made their way Broady to take on the self destructing Hume. Musti 'Ronaldo wanna be free kick taker' Dinc had arranged security for the team as they made their way along Hume Hwy and right down Barry Rd. local government sources had raised their security alert level for the game hence the precautions taken.
Changes to the line up saw Silvio 'formerly colaluca' Busso head back down south along with Matthew 'old school' Oghanna. Matt '101 Taipei' Dixon was the only one to escape the chop and actually found himself in the starting 11. Mark 'fabio' Venditti & Arturo 'nachos' jose made up team on the pine. Mark 'fabio' Venditti was a last minute call up to the squad as David 'our English run around the keeper friend' Greening tweeked his nads against Melb Uni the previous week. Mark has been impressive in his last few outings receiving a few best on ground performances....with the ladies....he also hasn't been playing ok.
The game started of in complete contrast to last weeks debacle with the lads eager and hungry for a result led by Adrian 'viagra' maiorana & Anthony 'italian serie c all time legend' deluca. Possession was good and encouraging with nick 'disco' vissaris cutting his way through hume like he was on Viagra and couldn't contain himself (hope you didn't pop it son). After an impressive build up along the left which started in the back with peter 'elle macphearson the negotiator' natsis threading the ball to cuong 'large zinger meal' pham who then found Adrian 'viagra' maiorana who then touched it on to nick 'disco' vissaris who then cut inside andddddddddd had a near post shot saved by the keeper. Things Were looking good!! Then out of nothing Anthony 'Italian Serie C all time legend' deluca received the ball with his back to goal, then out of nowhere turned like Thierry Henry did when he scored that all time great goal v Man 'scum' united at Highbury & whipped the ball directly at the keeper. The turn and shot looked great though. AD has had this spring in his step the last few weeks & seems to have regained his Olympic standard first 5 yards which people haven't seen since the summer of 2006 outside the Lorne Pub.......The twin towers in the back brought a tear to some of the old boys eyes as it reminded them of the good old days at the club. In saying all that, they were exposed at the 45min mark as some indecision between the defenders & Nick 'shaggy' Hendry saw the ball end up at the feet of some snapper head who calmly slotted the ball in the back of the net. After such a promising half it was 1 up to Hume.
Things were composed in the sheds at the half as there were a lot of good things to come out of the game. The disappointing aspect was that the ever reliable Coach Archie 'alternative' Giotopoulos forgot the water bottles at the clubrooms and that forced the senior coach to purchase a heap of Turkish water from the peaks of nearby mount Dallas.
The lads knew that there was a goal in it for them if they went out with the same aggression as they did in the 1st period. Surely enough 1min 30sec into the half Anthony 'italian serie c all time legend' deluca threaded this peach of a through ball to Adrian 'viagra' maiorana who then calmly slotted his first for the year. He then proceeded to perform some of the warm up exercises he was that excited. This is just what the lads needed! The game then opened up with some end to end action. The sleek passing game of the 1st half went missing as the lads tried going direct along the left with a heap of interchange between Stefan 'rockstar attitude' busso & Lil David 'blinkers' G. on the opposite side Nick 'disco' vissaris was seen calling former Latrobe trainee Ali 'superstar' chaiban and requesting he bring some of his heavies down and remove the 2 lefties off the field so he can then try accumulate some b&f votes. It became evident that the game was heading for a stalemate so the coaching staff decided to bring on mark 'fabio' Venditti to try inject some life into the middle. Arturo 'nachos' jose also found some playing time but neither were able to influence. Arturo was brought on purely so AD could get a much deserved standing ovation. In the end she finished up at 1-1. if u offered that to the coaching staff before the game they would have taken it and told the boys to not bother risking their lives driving down broady way. However, after the performance the lads put on it was disappointing not to bag all 3 points. The stage is now set for the home clash v the cellar dwellers Essendon 'scum' united. The ball boys have already been given their orders.....
Best on ground: there were a number of brilliant performances within the team which made it hard to single out, so the votes this week go to the secretary/president/coach??? Of Hume United, Mutlu I believe his name is??? He is the dopey 4eyed puppet of that club who collects balls & runs the show behind the scenes at that once great club. It was observed by a few that he is quite a skilful football player himself with him displaying some freestyle skills on the sidelines for the fans. This gives him the right to be telling players off after the game....do the soccer community a favor and just go away dude.
Special mention must go to chris 'formerly wet behind the ears' oghanna who had some vegemite toast & a bowl of nails with milk for breakfast which helped him receiving his first red card in the reserves game. You are seriously growing up too quickly & it brings a tear to our eyes. Your red card comes at a convenient time as you are now on ground marshall duties for this weekends home fixture.
The teams convened later that night at 2 of Melbourne's finest restaurants in Trademark and Mozzies. A lot of the best performed at the clubs previous outing at dave 'moron' Inter's place were out of the spotlight. In saying that, all the lads were well behaved which didn't provide The eagle with much ammo.....that was until the after party took place at The Royal Derby Hotel down Fitzroy. Unfortunately due to legal reasons I have been gagged by a certain individuals queens council.....Rosie. I will say though that you should lay off the pre drinks on a night out and perhaps stick to sipping on a glass of champagne as opposed to necking vb stubbies.
The Eagle.
Lower Playing Fields,
La Trobe Bundoora
(Melway 19 E8)
Access the lower playing fields via the West Entry through to car park 2a. Please refer to campus map for location of the lower playing fields.
