Match Preview

Saturday 8th October M4 v Khalsa 4 (home, 4.00pm start)

After a victory in the first Central Div SW2 match last week at League new-boys Redditch, the Mighty 4s return to Stadium Sils this week knowing that a better all-round performance will probably be needed. We won a hard fought result at Redditch and caught for the full hair-dryer from Shaun at the end of the game, but Frank’s frank summary that “a win is a win, and we know we can play better and enjoy it” balanced things out. This week’s visitors Khalsa ramped up ten goals in their opener v Worcester 8s, but that was at home and we know that they don’t always travel well….

Unlike at Villa Park where it seems the players do what they feel like, and managers come and go with a similar regularity to Yogis’s intake of pre-match brandies, Cap’n Dave runs a tight ship and this week we meet at 3.00pm (don’t be late) for a white-board session to map out… well, erm, who knows what? I guess all will be revealed on the day! Sadly, Shaun (broken finger) has joined Betty (knee) on the treatment bench for the next few months, but this means that we can look forward to Dave telling the press when the January transfer window comes along: “it’s like we’ve brought in two new big names and we’re ready to make the push for the top spots”. (Oh, that we could hope for the same at AV!).

Incoming this week and injecting additional midfield dynamism are Simon, after a cameo for M3 and a couple of MOM performances with us and the Vets, and the returning Willetts Junior, hopefully fully refreshed from any honeymoon hangover and raring to go.

Three more points are called for guys – let’s do it!
JH