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Hit the Bar Vs Tin Tec (Friendly)
The second game of the season saw Hit The Bar face Millenium, a team who finished strongly last season, but who HTB actually managed to beat last time round, albeit with the aid of a couple of ringers. Unfortunately however, Millenium had gone into administration and had been booted from the league, so instead a friendly was arranged against division 3 outfit, Tin Tec, whatever that means. The crowd were hoping it wasn't going to be one of those friendlies where half-time would bring a rash of substitutions, but it soon became apparent that this wouldn't be an issue, as neither side had any - for HTB, Dec and Nez were absent and Turkish, still injured, collected the LENGTHY LAYOFF LOSER award. A slightly subdued game followed, with HTB initially gaining the upper hand with a slender 2-1 lead at half time. But in the second half they struggled without a sub, and the combination of some sloppy goals, lack of commitment and poor finishing saw HTB lose 9-5. There certainly wasn't much between the teams though.
Squirrel - sporting his new top, this was his worst game for a long time, leaving some to suspect a correlation between the two. He was soon rid of the top, but couldn't get rid of his misfortune in goal, and a combination of deflections, own goals and missed saves would best be forgotten - 5
G-Man - clearly struggled without the sub this week, as he started brightly but faded to a dim glow before finally the lights were out altogether. Made the keeper work and got one past him but tonight wasn't really his night - 6
Wes - another who started well, threw himself about the pitch, and even scored an exhibition goal, but his performance soon took a nose-dive and he let the frustration get the better of him, until finally he just appeared to stop caring - 5
Dancing - looked quite lively at times tonight but he too came unstuck as energy levels plummeted. Combined well with Ricky Organ several times but failed to finish, finally got one goal thanks to a slack pass from Tin Tec and then added a second after wrong-footing the keeper superbly, unfortunately that keeper was Squirrel - 6
Ricky Organ - an alright-ish game but nothing special. Played the simple ball very well tonight and was rewarded for his efforts with two goals for himself. Appeared to suffer the least from the lack of a sub but couldn't do enough to turn the game round in his team's favour. Lack of options see him pick up SURERANDOMALITY STARMAN - 6