It's Not A Cracker!

MMMMmmmmmm. Christmas! Lots of fizzy drinks, loads of choccy, XBox all day, sleepovers (which don't actually involve any sleep whatsoever) and laying in bed until noon. Yep! And didn't it show? To be fair Caldy celebrate the same Christmas as we do (I know, who'd have thought?) but they seemed to get back into the swing of things a bit better than we did.

Wirral had a good turn out with only a few absences. Greggo was unavailable, Steve is still recovering from his knee injury (back soon) and Macerz had a hurty leg cos he fell off his bike....at least that's what his mummy said. In addition to the usual squad we had the arrival of a new player Sasha (think we might call him Slasher?) and as everyone gets a game, Slasher packed down in the second row for the last 15 minutes on his Wirral dayboo.

From the kick off, as ever, play was fairly even with Wirral receiving the kick and working the ball through a number of phases for Joe to make a break in the Caldy 22 only for him to be brought down short of the line and to be turned over as Wirral's support wasn't able to get there in time. In possession Caldy were able to begin to put pressure on Wirral and after a number of changes in possession Caldy were finally able to score with Conor Anderson making a break down the left wing only to be wathced by Wirral's defence. Rose petals were sprinkled, red carpet was laid out and "Try Line This Way" signs erected to avoid any inconvenience for him.

From the re-start the ball came perfectly into Stef's hands and he proceeded to take Route 1 towards the try line breaking a number of attempted tackles but was eventually brought down 5 metres short and, this only being his third match for Wirral, was unaware of the need to release and a penalty was awarded to Caldy. Next time, Stef, next time.

Had these early breaks been successful, the game may have taken a different direction, but Caldy's defence was good, Wirral's support not fast enough, Wirral's decision making questionable and Lady Luck kept her nightdress firmly intact.

Wirral did have some good breaks; Conor nearly scored in the corner but was brought down just a metre short, Joe had Woodsy and Will outside him with a 3 on 1 but couldn't get the pass away in time, Woodsy appeared to be through only to trip 5 metres out, Will broke and scored (only to go off injured immediately after) and Joe broke clear to score in the second half. Ben made one of his trade mark breaks cutting in from the right wing to the centre, taunting the opposition to give him his trade mark flattening but he survived only to later show us a glorious air kick in an attempt to chip over the defence. Bit more practice with your brother in the garden first Benny boy.

So, in summary, the early exchanges didn't go our way, Caldy wanted it more, thier defence was better than ours. Not a good performance from WIrral and a disappointing one as they can do better. Maybe next time? A deserved win for Caldy in difficult conditions. Thanks to Jonathan, Tom and the rest of the Caldy chaps for a tough game played in good spirit by both sides, the outcome being the right one. Thanks to Moggy for Reffing so well and thanks to you, the reader, for taking time out of your busy schedule to read this tripe - get back to work!

There was an Irish space programto go to the sun. They went at night so they didn't get burned!

A man walks into a shop and says "Give me a wasp". The shopkeeper says "We don't sell wasps". The man retorts "There's one in the window!"

Wife: "If you won the lottery would you still love me?"
Husband: "Of course I would......I'd miss you, but I'd still love you!"

A man was hurt in an accident with a vacuum cleaner. His wife rang the hospital to see how he was and the nurse said "He's picking up!"

What's the difference between a terrorist and my wife? You can negotiate with terrorists.

I don't think my wife likes me very much.....when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance.

It's the way I tell 'em!