Remember the bunch of pathetic Emos that facilitated GroupThinkFC’s only win last season? And remember how we were scheduled to fight them for the wooden spoon in the final round but they got scared and didn’t show up? Well, tonight sees the highly anticipated rematch between GroupThinkFC and Target Practice, and this time it’s personal. But a win is not at all a foregone conclusion for two reasons:
1) Champion goalkeeper Ant Rogenous isn’t playing due to “other commitments”, whatever that means; and
2) I’m playing, and I’ve missed every GTFC victory due to “other commitments” or injury, causing my teammates to wonder aloud if my presence at matches is a bad omen.
Place yer bets in comments and wish us luck. Match report later.
UPDATE: A glorious GroupThinkFC victory: 8-7. Suck shit, Emos.
Thought I’d better post the result of GroupThinkFC’s epic clash on Friday before we resume our losing ways tonight. We beat what turned out to be the most prophetically named team in history 14-1.
But what should have been a thoroughly enjoyable milestone victory over Target Practice turned out to be a drag for several reasons:
- They were Emos.
- They were violent.
- There was a girl on the team, who got away with being the roughest of all of them because the referee clearly didn’t feel right about penalising a girl — and we didn’t feel right about decking her.
- They were utterly humourless about their abilities (sic).
- They pretty much conceded defeat in the first few minutes by deciding to defend for the entire match — an astonishing strategy, given how many goals we’ve had scored against us.
- During the match, Testiclegate erupted, with one of their players accusing a GroupThinker of “grabbing his nuts”. Bullshit — we only ever do that to people in the bar afterwards, and almost always after buying them a house riesling.
Still, a win’s a win. Huzzah.
Toaf — who, to the eternal shame of every other GrodsCommenter*, was the only person to tip a GroupThinkFC victory — takes out the betting prize: a season pass with front-row tickets to our remaining matches, valued at $0.00.
But since he’s currently living in Nairobi, we’ll be auctioning it on GrodsBay … as soon as The Editor designs and gets it working.
* With the exception of EC, who declined to predict a result but — as always — declared her undying support for TehPeople’sFootballClub.
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