The Oaks carried off where they had finished against Belhus, and picked up their first win of the season with an impressive display against Jacks Lads.
With the Oaks' Manager continuing to refuse to engage the press due to a long running dispute which stemmed from incriminating photos of Hercules appearing in the local rag, assistant manager Juan Sharpy Del Bag-i0 emerged from the dressing room to simply proclaim that "The boys played the nuts!"
Today's brief synopsis is gratefully supplied by our very own Michael (Peter) Parker (we've always said you shouldn't leave him with your children...), and edited by Eye-Ball.
It would have been hard to change the team that finished so strongly last time out, but with club captain Deano returning, Eye-Ball missing and Harry turning up late changes were inevitable. However Sharpy showed himself to be more than capable of putting together a team that would give the Oaks a good chance of picking up all three points:
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WhileypppppppppMillyppppppppRobppppppppDeano (c)
Mikey B pppppTapsell ppppppppGavinppppppppRyan
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Subs: Parker, Steve, Jordan, Luke, Chris, Gollum, Nathan, Harry,Al, Joe
The Oaks took to the field in their skin tight Italian style blue shirts (although some of us would argue they actually fit snuggly). With Harry missing out on a starting spot for being late, Nick took full advantage of his starting place to net twice in a first half that the Oaks completely dominated.
It seems the curse of the Oaks captaincy struck once again, as Deano was forced off at half time to be replaced by Chris, who threatened to pull a Tevez rather than pull on Deano's drenched shirt which came as a result of playing in 30 degree heat on the 2nd of October! Harry replace a tired Mikey B, who had obviously worked hard in his new right wing position, and Joe got his first taste of action of the season as he replaced Gav. I'm going to assume that Ash moved to the middle whilst Harry went upfront and Joe took Mikey's place on the wing - possibly switching with Ryan? Then again, with Sharpy in charge anything could have happened!
The Oaks were put under more pressure in the second half, but with Harry's pace as an outball there was always a way of releasing this pressure and creating a chance to extend the lead. This they duly did when Harry beat the off-side trap to finish the game. Credit must be given to the ref (one of Jacks lads contingency) who ignored the linesman flagging for an off-side player who was not interfering with play, to allow Harry to carry on and score: 0-3.
Parker
Next game: Sunday 9th October - Essex Cup - Away v East London Catalans
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