Round 17 Scotch vs Uni White Saturday 30th August 2008 A Grade Scotch 2-1 Uni White It was a game that we needed to win, and with the hope that Uni Black could knock off the Mercedes boys to take the title down to the final day of the season. We did our bit but unfortunately Mercedes were too good on the day for Uni Black, wrapping up the title with a game to spare. Congratulations! In our game we dominated the first half, and again could have easily added another couple to our talley to have the game out of reach by half time. This was something that we later very nearly regretted!! Dunsy snared our first goal about 15 minutes in following relentless pressure and a couple of dangerous set pieces that ultimately lead to Dunsy lashing a THUNDERBOLT aka "trickle" off of his left into the bottom corner. CRACKER!!! :o) Not too bad to get 7 goals so far between our two centre backs!! Dunsy's stunner was closely followed by some great play by Matty and Chris down the left, that had Chris cross in perfectly to let Rooney volley in from 10 yards. Great goal!! Matty and Maxie were both running havoc on the wings with great supply and link work again from Rooney, with our midfield and defence definitely controlling their direct opponents. Whatever was said at half time about continuing to show the intensity and pressure certainly went in one ear and out the other!!! The second half was a different story to the first. The possession was definitely quite even, but Uni White created more chances than us, and we almost gave away the game comically, conceding two stupid penalties within 10 minutes. The first was tucked away very nicely by their inform striker followed by a "I never miss a penalty boys". Unfortunately this came round to bite him on the ass 10 minutes later as he blazed over the top to leave the score at 2-1, and to leave us very relieved. We deserved the result with the overall run of the game for sure, but compliments to Uni White for showing the fight they did. Another tough match between the two teams. B Grade Scotch 0 -2 Uni White Another game that we got nothing out of that we maybe should have considering the strength of our starting 11. Catton and Paul were looking strong and dangerous up front when they got the supply, with Chan and Dain looking very creative from the centre of the park when they weren't being over-run physically by much bigger opponents. A couple of silly defensive errors not being able to clear our lines properly lead to both goals, but definitely something we can learn from. Overall a solid effort apart from the couple of mistakes. Next season we will strive to keep a stable squad for the most part of the season to allow much more sociality and consistency throughout the group.