......effort boys. To only lose by 2 with just 9 men is very impressive.

Just to confirm that I did not miss the game just because I had a wedding reception the night before. It was my brother-in-laws wedding and we stayed overnight meaning I had more 'family commitments' yesterday.
I have never missed a game due to being out on the pi$$ and would have played yesterday if I could have done, even if we'd only had 7 players.