I had wanted to use, Crossing the Rubicon of start times, but realised that that could technically make sense, so it got binned off. Pretty sure it will be back, with a carrot peel and used chewing gum stuck to it, like anything else you get out of the bin.
We welcomed many faces to the team this week and no, not Rod Stewart’s backing group (other Essex living Scottish singers are available, but not many).
Some were old faces, some were young and some were new. The people, not the faces, it wasn’t a John Woo film. Jamie Brown on debut was outstanding, returning Anish Patel and Sam Cryan were both excellent and Guv,nor Rudduck was imperious. Champagne moment had to be when complaints about Sevenoaks breaking early at short corners led to one of them being sent to the halfway line. Oh I did titter.
We also had our dual international back, Sjors, who added a whole new level of safety. A Fijian international by name, I found out he is a dual international when he showed me his Dutch cap.
Billane has obviously decided that easy goals are not for him and also has sworn a vow of protection over the backboard, with no less than his 5th deft touch in front of goal to roof the ball.
Stand out player was Luke Collins though, stronger in the tackle than dried on food on your best plate, distribution of a ferocity that had Rudduck gasping, deserved PoM. I was tempted to use a Skywalker analogy but turns out there are copyrights laws, who knew.
Big thanks as always to Gary for organising us all.