rollinson 65

sorry, that should have been "committed"... don't tell diablo...

I just noticed 67 users on site... is this a record ?? are we long-suffering demons comitted or what ??

from the engravers... the indorsements read:- won by dees february 2006, dees november 2006, saints october 2007, dees february 2008... unless sandy come through this year, this could be our only trophy for 2008... I wll deliver it to melbournefc in the next few weeks and ask him to post a pic on site...

"Second that sentiment." Third that sentiment. I don't usually post outside the inter-forum game threads, but I have inside knowledge here... the old saying is true... when you want something done, ask a busy person... thanks, peter, on behalf of all those who will never know 1% of your contribution...

the "big carl" trophy is at the engravers to have the latest victory indorsed... subject to people's other thoughts, I propose to deliver it to melbournefc this time for safe-keeping until the next match, in recognition of his great work for the team both on the field, and his organisation work off the field...

"keep it simple..." final observations from me: The sainters were missing some of their best players and it showed. They got great service from the spinner brothers and the other blokes mentioned in spinner's post earlier on this thread. These guys never give up and they are a great bunch. If the sainters turn up with their "A" team another time, the cup may well change hands again sooner than sunday's scoreline may suggest. Nobody likes umpires, but I like yipper. For him to umpire time and time again for these games is fantastic. A great bloke. Apologies again for the lack of amber fluid after the game. The logistics of gosch's park defeated us. Legend and I promise to leave no stone unturned to solve the problem next time. Finally, I have to say that nasher's post earlier on this thread rankles somewhat. All of the sponsorship and most of the off-field organisation comes from demonology. Rivvo may be the only poster among sunday's players who does not also post here, but there are many joint posters among the players who were first introduced to these forum games through threads on demonology. I don't mind if people refer to demonland/demonology, but don't deny us demonologists completely. That was demonology water produced magically at three-quarter time !!

Here, at long last, is the “official” match report. People should feel free to add corrections, comments and their own observations. As I do not tire of saying, it is hard these days for an old bloke with one pair of eyes when the coaches are continually rotating the players and their positions, and every other player is wearing number 5 !! Gosch’s Paddock is a beautiful ground to play on, with lots of lush grass, well-cropped, and plenty of shady trees for the team’s benches and spectator comfort. With a few exceptions – demon ruckle, madness and jimi9 spring to mind – we got our “A” team on the park, very similar in quality to the very first game we played against the sainters back in February 2006, when the “big carl” trophy was born. Too much has been made on the sainters’ website about our “professionalism” IMO. It makes sense to warm up, stretch and do a few pre-game kicking drills. It also makes sense to make use of the services of redleg and whispering jack as coaches. When these very busy professional blokes are willing to give us their time, we would be crazy to say “no” when their observational and footy skills give us a real edge. Thanks to travis and david (mfc’s mates) who volunteered to play for the sainters to make up their numbers. That gave them 3 on the bench and us 6 at the start. We will always remember the herculean efforts of the sainters’ spinner brothers for us in game (3) but it still rankled to see trav and dave getting possessions or stopping our forays forward !! Quarter (1)… The most competitive quarter, at least on the scoreboard. Cribbes, blessed hands, imtoohot and wise made a formidable centre-square combination, backed up by pringle and freak (no less) on the wings. We went forward time after time. But our forward line was clogged for the whole quarter, and the sainters hurt us on the rebound. Their formidable go-to casey scorpion player, illsy, made the most of limited opportunities in a wide-open saints forward set-up. Cribbes scored the first goal in the game. Cactus found a way through the congestion to nail 2, and woody chimed in. But our 4 behinds (and their 4 goals) were directly the result of our players’ kick-chasing. Eight scoring shots to five showed our dominant mid-field and clear edge in general play, but our players trudged off to a well-earned blast from redleg with a quarter-time scoreline of 4.4.28 to 4.1.25. The players hopped into the extra water brought by jezzzzzza and legend. Blessed hands was sent off by yipper, the umpy, for a perceived overuse of the elbow. I didn’t see the incident, and blessed hands was most aggrieved but, on balance, I thought it was a good early message for the umpy to deliver. Both sides had some heavy and fit players and the “play the ball” message was timely IMO. It was just unlucky for us that it was one of our players who copped the send-off. Quarter (2)… Redleg’s message got through. The forward-line opened up, giving cactus, woody, scotty, woody and rivvo room to move. The mid-field continued to dominate, and we got great value from our running flankers and wingmen – the stynes factor and cameron the bruce kept racking up possessions and choosing the best first option. Scotty and cactus scored two apiece, and woody, freak and pringle joined in the slaughter. And only 2 behinds for the entire quarter !! So, at last, our dominance was reflected on the half-time scoreboard. Our defenders, now including mickrocks, doggo24 and animal, kept the sainters to 3 behinds for the quarter. Wise did a job on illsy, who was no longer concentrating on the footy. Doggo had been posting about being overweight and unfit, but it didn’t show out there (or up close). My notes for the quarter include a couple of inspired touches for oxxx and ucanchoose. I also wrote something bout melbournefc, but I cannot decipher my own hand-writing. Fuzz came off the bench, to find himself standing the dreaded illsy, with only doggo to talk to. Talk about heroic performances !! Good job, mate. Midway through the quarter, I noticed this foul stench in the air. It turned out to be jezzzzzza, who had come off for a smoko break. Blowing smoke in the coaches’ faces is a sure way of being sent straight back on !! Half-time had us 11.6.72 to 4.4.28. Quarter (3)… The sainters were flagging, and our mid-field still dominating, despite the determined efforts of joseph spinner and another of their players who I think is called mightysainters. It was in this quarter, I think, when rivvo went to relieve in the ruck and did a superb job, and cactus was rewarded for his goal-kicking feats by being consigned to the back-line. Fitness and talent were telling, with blessed hands, imtoohot, freak, mickrocks, stinga and many others running through the lines at will. The sainters started to pack the backline, and at stages were playing 19 men, so it became more difficult to score. They managed to rebound for a couple of goals, and our behinds tally went to 5 for the quarter. But we kicked 5 goals as well, with majors to blessed hands (2), wise scotty and hards. Hards has beefed-up so I will have to re-write his profile, but he is still that sneaky forward-pocket type who finds the ball in heavy traffic and knows where the goals are. At the last break, the scoreline was 16.11.103 to 6.4.40. The players came off to be delighted by the unveiling of our secret weapon. Extra water brought by dee knees had been hidden, but now came out to be greedily consumed by many grateful recipients. Redleg asked the players to be ruthless, quoting the sainters scoreline against the filth a short time ago, when they won by something like 30 goals. Quarter (4)… The flood was truly on, and I can’t recall the sainters getting past their half-forward line. They certainly didn’t trouble the scorers. Their numbers behind the ball produced 7 behinds for us for the quarter, but we also broke through for 5 majors. Woody bludgeoned 2 and stinga, who had been running and running to great effect all day, slotted another. Jezzzzzza, fresh from another smoko break, scored a popular goal on the run (or, more accurately, on the lumber), but the most popular goal of the day came from young mitch (mclean4brownlow). Mitch played game (2) for us when we were very short, and made us even shorter. At 3’7” (or thereabouts) he starred for us in game (2) running off a back flank. The legend of scotty’s little brother was born. He now has some size on him but the footy skills are still there. Great to watch him put it through, and the response of pure joy that echoed through the players and the spectators. I reckon we should always call him scotty’s little brother. Final scores 21.18.144 to 6.4.40. A privilege to be part of the day. It would have been hard to pick BOG if blessed hands had not been in the team. I can think of about 10 candidates. Thanks to all players, coaches and helpers for a great day.

forgot to thank jezzzzza for his water-bringing effort... with Dee Knees and legend's contributions, it meant we had enough for the very first time... thanks again, people...

sorry for the delay... dees 21.18.144 def saints 6.4.40... goals cactus 4, woody 4, scotty 3, blessed_hands 2, cribbes, freak, pringle, wise monkey, hards, jezzzzzzza, stinga, mclean4brownlow... coaches' award for best dees player : blessed_hands... the delay was caused by the bulldogs supporter sitting next to me on the wodonga train... he served with my late father in new guinea in the second world war, and we reached benalla before I thought about turning on the laptop... first impressions : - great summary from mickrocks above... it is bloody hard these days to talk about the games when the coaches make so many rotations, and every other player is wearing number 5... having said that, redleg and whispering jack have made an enormous difference to the quality of the game we play... having people with good footy brains watching and rotating the players, gives us at least a 4-5 goal break on the opposition IMO... is this "professionalism" or common sense... thanks to Dee Knees and legend and mfc for the extra water... (we can't do without you guys)... many thanks to dianne (a mate of mfc's) for the photos... apologies to all players for the lack of an after-match gathering... the saintters' usual people do a great job, but they were unavailable this time... well done to all the players and now the scoreline in games is dees 3 saints 1... would jezzzzza have kicked a goal if the coaches had not allowed him his regular "smoko" breaks ?? would cactus have kicked another bag if the coaches (in their infinite wisdom) had not moved him into defence after half-time ?? last time mitch was "scotty's little brother", this time he was mclean4brownlow, doubled in size and a dangerous forward... mrs rollo is cutting up rough, so signing off for now...

dees 21.18 def saints 6.4... more later...

CRIBBES, i SEE YOU ON LINE... DETAILED DIRECTIONS WERE POSTED HERE A WEEK OR SO AGO...

melway 2G - 10E

"Final line-up..." glad to see your ankle has come good, wise... last reminder to all... bring your own water (to start), sunscreen, and spare footy jumpers if you have them... we haven't played at gosch's paddock before, but it sounds like footy boots will be fine, and players won't have to resort to alternative footwear... that's a good-looking bench we have there...

"less than 24 hours to go..." sorry to say I have ugent work to do tomorrow... :angry: happy to say I have told them to shove it... seriously, it looks like there will be no after-match function tomorrow, unless something changes tomorrow morning... there will be beer though... hopefully drank from the cup...

"I'm touch and go to be right for Sunday." bloody hell, wise... between you and cribbes and ruckle and madness... it looks like a conspiracy to give poor old rollo a heart attack and an early grave... btw, people, there is no after-match function organised yet... sainters usual people are either unavailable or uncontactable... I will keep trying... also, wise, I assume you will post the final list on here ??

"I may even pop by to cheer you guys on..." better rethink, mate... or I will have you running the boundary... seriously, people... we still don't have one volunteer for stints of boundary or goal umpiring... embarassing... :angry:

"also do we have a melways reference for this ground and is there parking????" hey, cribbes... the melway and parking info is posted earlier on this thread... hey, mad... really sorry you have to miss, but there will be other games... wise, hards, mfc, redleg and whispering jack - we now have answers from all players... the only people who can't make it are posted above in the posts following the last team list... wise - would you care to post the final list ??

"Coxy will be there"... so, there is only madness among the missing... which seems appropriate on a grammatical level... but is hardly appropriate on a practical or fairnes level... mad was one of the players who played out of position last time, and almost got us over the line... madness, my young friend, please post here now... you deserve to be part of sunday's revenge re-taking of the trophy...

"only unconfirmed now are coxy and madness..." you blokes are still unconfirmed... I am heading off to melbourne for the rest of this week, so please confirm on this thread ASAP... everyone else, we need... - another volunteer to bring an esky full of icy cold water to add to legend and dee knees' offers - people to bring spare jumpers, their own water (to start), sunscreen, and a positive attitude... - volunteers for stints of goal umpiring and boundary umpiring, spectating and beer-drinking... come on, people, these guys will be playing their guts out for demonland (with a few contributors from demonology) in 32-degree heat... frankly, I am disappointed that there is so little support from non-players, on both sites... :angry: what's that expression about so many owing so much to so few ?? <_<

only unconfirmed now are coxy and madness... come in, guys...

"I have a couple spare if anyone needs one." fantastic, stinga... we have been embarassed for lack of jumpers in the past... if anyone else has spare jumpers (preferably light-weight summer training ones), let us know and please remember to bring them... I am worried about the water situation... legend will have some spare water at the start of the game, and dee knees will be bringing some late in the first half, but I predict we will run out as usual... diesel can't confirm and GOTO is in the USA (bit early for demon supporters to be skiing, but there you go)... so we are at a total loss for goal and boundary umpys... any ideas anyone ?? it can't be fair that the sainters have to supply all of the umpys... after all, they are supplying yipper again as field umpire... and I personally don't like the idea that some of our players could do stints on the boundary and behind goals... still unconfirmed : doggo24, coxy and madness... thanks, everybody else for confirming early... we are in good shape for numbers this time...

"That would have been me, duh!" no, ucan, my fault... I should have cross-checked with previous emails... confirmed cancellations : axis of bob and demon ruckle... still waiting to hear from : madness, coxy, stinga, doggo24, hatchman, woody and scragg...

waiting on confirmations from madness, snake, ucanchoose, coxy, cactus, stinga, doggo24, hatchman, woody and scragg... (one of the above sent me an email without disclosing their site name)... really good numbers this time...

"a list of the missing ... Axis of Bob is our first cancellation... moving house and wishes us luck... thanks for letting us know, mate... the only thing wrong with these forum games is when people say thay are coming and then simply don't show up... :angry:

lots of others have confirmed by pm or by direct fax to me... gees, we are keen this time... I will wait for a few more days to post a list of the missing (if any)...