“Well, this was my first Smack and I made it past the first round only to come up against this monster team. Playing up 50TS against a team full of blodgers (and Zara) with no tackle - mmm, yes please.

I got lucky in the first half when chazzman stacked it on a gfi when about to score in the last turn. But that was about the only thing that went right for me, as I got absoutely brutalized in the CAS stakes, and took a bit of a Nuffling in general. I managed to pull off a score to give the result a respectable look, but I was too short on players to stall and chazzman equalized easily. Overtime was a duck-shoot.

Two deaths to rookie thralls was grim but acceptable. However, Marquis Ash aging on his third skill post-game was tough to take and will make the next game pretty tough.

All-in-all, I'm not sure I ever stood a chance in this one, but I was pretty happy with battling it out to the end. Well played to chazzman and good luck in the final. The Evil Cherry Boots will definitely be back for some more Smack action in future!”