Today's football results (public edition)
Feb. 27th, 2011 10:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vostoklakeHarps 2-1 (7) - Paddies 1-4 (7) at full time. After extra time: Harps 2-1 - Paddies 3-10.
... yeah. That kind of tells the story. Obviously we couldn't keep the mental focus together to keep them out for an extra twenty minutes. Perhaps we were feeling a little battered and hard-done-by. given that these girls were playing some hard, fast, physical football, and their goal in regulation time came from a penalty that some thought a tad soft. Anyway, that's probably our last game of the season.
Oh yeah, I played. Some of the professional physios on the team were absolutely gobsmacked that our coach was supportive of me playing ten days out from dislocating / ripping open a finger. But our coach had played in that situation himself, and he told me that if I just taped the wonky finger firmly to the one next to it, it would be all right. Somewhat to my surprise, he was right. No pain - a little ginger in catching the ball, so I was put on defence where my job would be to knock the ball away from offensive players. And... I think I made a good fist of it, but I'll tell some of you some interesting stories later.
So... that's probably Gaelic season over. No damage and no pain to my hand. I'm beginning to get used to it. I'm valued by my team. I only hope that next year I can (a) learn the rules of physical contact sufficiently that I don't give away fouls; (b) find a specialist position. I have played all over the outfield AND as keeper this season. It's getting a bit old.
... yeah. That kind of tells the story. Obviously we couldn't keep the mental focus together to keep them out for an extra twenty minutes. Perhaps we were feeling a little battered and hard-done-by. given that these girls were playing some hard, fast, physical football, and their goal in regulation time came from a penalty that some thought a tad soft. Anyway, that's probably our last game of the season.
Oh yeah, I played. Some of the professional physios on the team were absolutely gobsmacked that our coach was supportive of me playing ten days out from dislocating / ripping open a finger. But our coach had played in that situation himself, and he told me that if I just taped the wonky finger firmly to the one next to it, it would be all right. Somewhat to my surprise, he was right. No pain - a little ginger in catching the ball, so I was put on defence where my job would be to knock the ball away from offensive players. And... I think I made a good fist of it, but I'll tell some of you some interesting stories later.
So... that's probably Gaelic season over. No damage and no pain to my hand. I'm beginning to get used to it. I'm valued by my team. I only hope that next year I can (a) learn the rules of physical contact sufficiently that I don't give away fouls; (b) find a specialist position. I have played all over the outfield AND as keeper this season. It's getting a bit old.
