Oi!!!!!!....50p `ead!! Boing! Boing! Boing!

1-1 today folks though it was definately a case of two points dropped as opposed to a point won. Again Verdy`s lack of a decent striker saw them fluff their lines with three golden opportunities to either take the lead or score a second...... ALL FREE HEADERS AND ALL WIDE OF THE TARGET FROM THE EDGE OF THE SIX YARD BOX!!! The first doinged off the corner of Toshiyuki Takagi`s riceball shaped head within minutes of the kick off, the second skewed off  the point on Hiramoto`s forehead and the final one hit the 90 degree corner of Takahashi`s perfectly square head. Nothing to do with skill today folks, Coach Kawakatsu`s lack of "Overall Squad Headshape"  forethought  has cost us two points.....The first half was to be honest tough to watch, both teams struggled to build up any kind if rythmn and with both goalkeepers having little to do. Oita scored on a nice move from their Korean striker Bum Fun Joy (or something.....) who skipped past (as in beat easily he didn`t have a rope or anything) four Verdy covering players, laid Tomisawa on the deck with a nice fake and slotted sweetly past Doi. A rare moment of quality in an otherwise dull first 45.
Second half, and Verdy were to have the majoirity of possession for the duration, Kawano eqaulised with a sweet first time strike after being played through by Fukuda. He came across a screen of defenders to lash home from just inside the box. Then came the fluffed chances from Hiramoto and Takahashi and once again Doi had to be on guard at the end to save the points. Verdy once again proved that they aren`t SO bad, they are definately a different team to the junk that could be seen at the start of the season. Verdy are simply a couple of decent strikers away from being more than midtable also rans. It`s annoying to know exactly what the problem is but know that Verdy in the current financial situation can do nothing about it. Ho-hum!!
One more game then it`s the break for the World Cup, let`s hope the Boys can round off the first half of the season with 3 points next week to go into the break on a high.

NICE HORN!!!!!!

Finally, those African Horns that the tosspot  TV companies are making such a fuss about "spoiling their broadcast" looked bloody noisy at the Oita game today. I`ve ordered one for myself and shall be blowing the thing like a prozzy on piecework next week should England beat The Yanks!!!