Martin has dropped out, so we are now down to 15.
Garry is definitely in goal as Lewis is not playing and we have nobody else as far as I know.

I also haven't heard from Lexton. I am only guessing he knows we have a game.

Lexton is playing, but Krishan has dropped out because he has tickets for Arsenal. We don't yet know if his mate Brandon will turn up of his own accord by getting a tube to Cockfosters instead.

So...we could only have 13 players this morning.
If anybody else wants to play, please phone Trevor (not me !) on 07894 961484.
We could do with a goalkeeper so that Garry can have a game as an outfield player, at least for one half.

Looks like we are down to just a bare eleven now. Total bollocks. 😡

Right...'rant' time, although not as bad as it might have been because we managed to escape with a 1-1 draw instead of the 10-0 defeat that we probably deserved on the balance of play !

What the hell was going on here ?!!!...
- Players who have been moaning that they are 'always a sub' dropping out at short notice to do something else when for Pre-Season Friendlies they are given at least 70 minutes game time to show what they can do.
- Players turning up and THEN telling us that somebody they are supposed to be bringing along is not coming...as if they think nobody else is going to do that so it 'won't matter' that they don't phone or text us an hour before the kick-off so that we know ?!
- Players having their phones cut off because they have 'run out of credit'...therefore not turning up because they can't phone/text us to find out where we are playing/what time's kick-off/can they get a lift.

Because of the above, we had five players missing from the squad of 16 and we were really lucky that John Scouller turned up with his boots and Ivan Bass was able to come along at the last minute so that we had two subs for the Second Half.

Also, how can players turn up so late ?!!! (i.e. Three of them pretty much right on the scheduled 11.30.a.m. Kick-Off with no explanation as to why). Presumably if it had been a 10.30.a.m. Kick-Off, those three wouldn't have been there at all ?
Fair enough for a 7-a-side League match where players come already changed and just put on a shirt, but we can't have that for a proper 11-a-side match. Trevor has to go through the tactics and formation for a start, especially when there are new players there.

In my opinion, for our first League match on the 1st September, anybody who has messed us about in Pre-Season by dropping out at the last minute or turning up late should be left out of the starting line-up, even if they have paid their Annual Subs. That will teach them a lesson, especially if we win the match with the eleven that start the game all playing well enough to keep their place.