All the best

Good luck tomorrow guys. Despite injury and dropped points and referees from the sheltered workshop I've had a ball again this season. Look forward to the awards night where I should be in line for several gongs (dummy spit of the year, most ridiculous motivational speech etc).
Enjoy your last outing!

Blew It.

So Old Boys dropped two points against Mako's, and had we done the necessary ourselves yesterday, we'd still be in with a chance.

So where can we lay the blame?
Shanes' Son?
Can only blame ourselves, although our home record of only 1 win all season does tend to suggest that our linesmen have been far to honest in calling us offside, whilst our opponents take advantage of their home supplied lino's. Shane really should have taught his son not to be so damn honest!

The no-double-header (except when there will be a double header) rule
That washed out game against Balgownie has come back to haunt us, although given our home record who's to say we'd have beaten them anyway?

Pet burial sessions?
If there was a gold medal awarded for the number of injuries sustained in a year, we'd have won it by a landslide. Tony, John and Shayne's protracted absences have affected us badly. I think we should seriously consider getting a physio next year - preferably a blonde, nubile nymphomaniac (that only has eyes for me).

A 5 game winning start when it all looked so promising..yet if we don't at least draw next weekend, it could see us drop to 8th. Very surprising finale given the ability of the squad.

Still, it's been fun.

Awards Night

The biggest social event in the southern hemisphere is getting closer, invitations will be delivered next week, make sure you've provided wife/girlfriends/boyfriends details and address our you'll miss the gathering of CHOGS football stars.

We need these ASAP i.e. this weekend.

All outstanding fines must also be paid this weekend........our else!

Social Dave

Why are we here?

Is it the groupies? The adulation of millions? The money and all that it brings? Is it the chance to run around like headless chickens, yelling at each other and pointing out our collective and individual faults?
Or is it something else? The chance to play a team sport with your mates and have a bit of a laugh. A bit of banter, a beer, a bit of exercise to make the beer taste deserved.
What do we want to recall of this season when we're old(er) and grey(er)?
So, plenty of questions there. The answers, only you guys know.
With the finals now out of our hands, though teasingly not yet out of reach, it could be time for a rethink. Last Saturday's performance was that of a team too anxious, too fraught and probably taking itself too seriously. None of it helped. Perhaps it's time to lighten up. Pass and move. Run hard. Work. But win or lose, good or bad, it might be time to do it with a smile instead of a snarl.

We are still in it

Old Boys crushing 6-0 loss to Puma Masters leaves us with a mathematical chance of making the semis. If the Old Boys, missing their main striker through injury, get one point or less from their final matches against the Makos and Jamberoo and we win both our games, we will sneak into fourth place.
While last week was a harrowing result, the bright side is we created enough chances to win three games. The Pumas proved a tough adversary in our first match but we are fond of suggesting we are good enough to beat anyone, so here is a chance to prove it.
Russell Vale have gone ahead of us into fifth but they have a bye in the next two rounds.
Six points to us and one to Old Boys would put us into the four. Unfortunately two draws to the Old Boys would, under the current rules, see them advance on a better head to head record. I would argue that this is unfair based on our home game against them being washed out, but they are 10 goals better off on GD than us anyway.
Now is a good time to know who is here this week, who is injured and who has actually retired.

Uni 2, Chogs 2

Finals football will almost certainly elude the Chogs again this season after a shattering draw against Uni. The silence was deafening after the match as the Chogs let the magnitude of the previous 90 minutes sink in. Twice we took the lead yet could not hold it as we rushed the play despite being confronted with clearly the worst opposition we have faced in two years.
The chances started from the first minute and continued through to Ant's final charge in the dying seconds. Yet apart from Matt's header and Kevin's opportunism after their keeper had handed us the second goal, we squandered enough chances to win three games.
Perhaps we were a couple of bodies short but we still had two subs to their one. Yes, the referee was a plonker, but we've come to expect that by now.
Anyway, some words were said (about retirement and other things) and hopefully everyone has had a chance to reflect and move on. Two games to go and those bodies can have a nice long rest.