AM>If anyone can give a half decent account of yesterday morning's action,
AM>please send it. Any details at all. I remember the first goal cos it was
AM>clearly my fualt but beyond that they all kind of blur into one.

Yup, beaten at the near post after one of them waltzed through some ineffective
tackling efforts. Went 2-0 down before Grant C hit the post following our one
good attacking move of the game, then 3-0 down. Pulled one back in the 23rd
minute with a Mooney shot taking a wicked deflection and going in at the near
post. Sort of fell apart after that, with limp defending and an inability to
clear the ball, resulting in another four Hibee counters. 7-1 down at the
break, despite playing for only 35 minutes and having the gale at our backs. In
our defence, the Hibs were a proper football team without a weak link; they
could all pass, control, head, run, tackle and were miles ahead of us in every
department - they even had a 'proper' keeper. And in the second half, so did
we! Mr Mooney relieved a relieved Maxwell of the gloves, and went on to play a
blinder in the second half. Poor Alan lasted only two minutes outfield before
crawling off as the cumulative effects of his first-half battering became
apparent (bruised ribs, winding and a sore back). Thirty-one minutes of siege
failed to break the resolute Parsca defence or beat the inspired Mooney, and we
even managed to scare the Hibs defence as Grant C ran free through on their
keeper, but you can guess the outcome... Eventually a 50-50 clash with a Hibee
forward saw Ally Mooney limp off and Maxwell reappeared for the last four
minutes. The Hibee forward line's confidence was restored, and they promptly
scored their only goal off the half, though Alan pulled off a finger-tip save
in the last minute to salvage his reputation.

Overall, we were never in it. In the first half we couldn't cope with the wind
and gave them far too much room. The second half was played almost entirely in
our half and we defended much better, overcoming our obvious
talent/age/experience deficit with hard work and attitude (and some luck). If
only the ref, who otherwise had an excellent game, had done a McCurry and
abandoned the game at half-time because of the wind...

Keith R