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Match Result · League division
Match recorded on 2017-09-25 23:15:03
70k
6/1/0
Player Performances
td
comp
cas
int
mvp
spp
turns
pass
rush
block
foul
TOTALS
1
-
6
-
1
20
117
-
16
36
3
#8 Filippo Toledo – Gouged Eye (MNG)
Player Performances
td
comp
cas
int
mvp
spp
turns
pass
rush
block
foul
TOTALS
1
1
2
-
1
13
110
1
24
34
2
#5 Gryff – Smashed Ankle (-MA)
Wotcha! Pretty impressive, wasn'it? With the ol' Head Fata swanning off on Univesittee bizziness, guess who was in charge of strategy tonight? That's right, yours truly!
Is that so? Well then, let's review the approach. The end of turn 1 saw rookie Cynddelw staring down John John Firenze charging upfield, with the ball at his feet. The Yew-Vee front line is forced to scramble back to protect the ball.
Heh, just lulling them into a false sense of security - you see Tegeirien come in with the punch? Best BELIEVE she knows how to take a Hobgoblin down!.
Well, can't argue with that, but the Boggarts certainly weren't ready for what came next - John John body slamming The Abbey Lubber into Chorf Giordano Smith, who lays a smackdown of his own on Cynddelw. What a balletic performance by the Surfers, truly stunning! The ball flew loose, and again the Boggarts are forced to scramble to try and hold onto it - remember, this is their drive.
Ain't no scramble with Hywel on the scene.
Indeed, Fata Anastaycie was ready, and as the ball flew loose from the scrum was able to collect and begin shipping it downfield. There was no catching her, but even your "strategy", Billy, couldn't account for what happened next.
Heh, well it's like I always say to the guys and feys - the fans gotta lorra love, and they like to show it.
...On this occasion, with a McMurty's to the ball carrier's face. Fata Anastaycie was able to collect the ball, but what happened next? Instead of scoring she headed to the sidelines.
Ehhh...well, she has a temper, and I think she saw the Brownie what threw that burger. Lost her head really. Unacceptable. I mean I was cheering her on to beat the tar out of them too, but whatever. Luckily they make them burgers greasy and it took down the Chorf who was coming to get her.
Oh yes, the look of terror on her face as Filippo Toledo crashed down behind her is one I will treasure forever. Let's watch it again! Angry - terrified - anger - terrified. Hah! Well, ahem, that's enough of that.
Fata Anastaycie did finally get the ball to the end zone, so let's review what happened next in the second half. The Boggarts set up wide, and the Surfers set up to match. They got some good hits in and then repositioned. We then see a classic play by the Boggarts, a Pixie swarm on ball carrier Caio Ilbello, but they didn't quite have the space to lay a punch, and paid for it next turn with two out of three Pixies being removed from the pitch. Remember that the Boggarts used their apothecary early on in the match to rescue Nye from a career-jepoardising injury.
The Boggarts continued to take hits, but had an opportunity when the Surfers made their break - John John Firenze took a tumbe and left Caio Ilbello open to a classic 1d Pixie blitz that saw him out cold. These Pixies do pack a punch!
Well, that's it, innit. Chorfs are slow and like to stick together to keep hold of the ball. Once we knocked it off their hands, we had the advantage. Cynddelw got the ball and managed to pick it up, but it din't matter if it went in the crowd then - the Chorfs were all marked up, and wherever that ball went we could prolly get to it before them.
What followed was tense chase between the two great rivals of this match, Cynddelw and John John Firenze. Weighed down by the ball, Firenze eventually was able to catch Cynddelw and take him out cold.
The Boggarts managed to retrieve the ball yet again, and it looked like it was all over, but then out of nowhere came Journeyman Hobglobin Duane Darkfire to spring it loose once more...and in a stunning display of athleticism, John John Firenze collected the ball and ran it all the way to the endzone to tie the match in its dying moments. Stunning play.
Hmph, no comment.
You know Billy, *some* commentators would say this was a good result for the Boggarts, even with three of the Surfers sitting this match out due to injury. What do you think of that?
I said NO COMMENT.”