My goal tally for last year was given at "about 5", a memorable "1", hey i've got to write about it: 18 yards out say, right foot flick over a defender, only to turn him, eye still on the ball to stick my left foot on the volley into the top corner 'of a hockey goal' - where were the scouts that night? Satisfying, granted. The stat for preventing goals isnt measured - but it's what keeps bringing me back, what I keep "grazing my knee up on the astroturf" for, making that block you know annoys the goal hungry attackers, or bearing down on the shot to add that bit of pressure then watch as the shot is ballooned over or skewed wide.
Make them play it away, make them pass it back or off to somebody else, make them make a decision, and if i am beaten (ok, i'm not exactly pacey!) - i'm amongst the first to congratulate. Oh and Richard I see you're a new reader to the blog, if you ever fancy dusting down your boots your more than welcome for weekly Wednesday night 7-a-side football (sure you were a bit of a player back in the day?)...
So anyway, San Marino: a European Microstate with only The Vatican City smaller in area size. A country with the fifth smallest population in the world (ahead of The Vatican City, and three desert islands in the South Pacific; Tuvalu, Nauru and Palau). Their Football Association, football squad, coaching staff (and coach driver!) are literally a chunk of their population.
If Wales lose or draw tonight, i don't think i'll be able to take it. If you do the Taff Dave, i'll do the Conwy, in a proper North South Divide! We'll do a podcast of it or something... Though i've got decent tickets for Old Trafford on Saturday... maybe i can be entertained by Rooney, who as Shearer says today on the BBC "Andorra is the perfect game for Rooney to rediscover the goal trail", taskmaster Shearer eh, Andorra... who else is in their group - Brigadoon?
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