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Umm... kitchen table and shower?
10 April 2007
"Name something you eat at Easter? You said 'Turkey'. Our survey said!..." The questions have been flying thick and fast at Renaissance HQ over the past few weeks and this beguiling collection of artisans has been curiously unable to provide confident answers for them.
"Name a starting seven able to defeat Recreativo? Shrugs all round. Name three players able to string a couple of passes together? Cue sheepish looks and embarrassed shuffling of shoes. Name something with a hole in it? Ok, that's one easy. A Polo. But you'd have received a top answer and a prize had you answered: Renaissance's defence.
The business end of the season has arrived and all the contenders have lined up to play for Big Money. Some will proceed to excel at this stage of the game and others will curl up into quivering little bundles of nerves and fall by the way side. Self-doubt crept into Renaissance's psyche like an annoyingly catchy Pussycat Dolls melody and before you knew it they were shipping goals, losing to Ted Baker, and whistling the tune to Wait A Minute.
Self doubt leads to anxiety and Renaissance's situation can be compared to the climax of Family Fortunes and the moment when you emerge from the sound proof booth only to find your partner has gained 17 measly points from the 200 needed to win that all expenses paid trip to the Caicos Islands. Panic sets in.
Renaissance have stripped down to their tatty speedos, sauntered to the very tip of the diving board and are about to make a very ungraceful leap into freefall. Wednesday's game against Enterprise gives them the chance to double reverse flip their fortunes and catapult themselves back in contention for silverware.
Not that Renaissance are out of the hunt already but it's going to be a bit of an ask at this late stage. As things stand, Ted Baker and Recreativo have the upper hand and Renaissance will hope they play out a draw when they meet later this month.
Playing silly buggers with the fixture list
Wed 11 April, 8:00pm : Renaissance v Enterprise
Wed 11 April, 8:00pm : FC Warne v Psychology Allstars
Wed 11 April, 8:40pm : FremantleMedia v Psychology Allstars
Wed 11 April, 9:20pm : FC Warne v Recreativo De Londres
Now we've heard of fixture pile up before but this is obscene. What chances on Top Corner getting this sorted before 5pm on Wednesday?
The Missing Match Report and The Final Woo
We've had a pretty frustrating time both on and off the pitch. Firstly, seeing Renaissance miss another opportunity to sit oh so pretty on top of the table, and most recently when the bunch of cretins, incompetents, and t'internet to$$ers at our previous home, nfanet.com, booted us unceremeniously from their hosting server.
We're not gonna stoop so low as to name and shame the company in question but their amateurish operation led to us losing Colin's match report for the Ted Baker game. Although not in a hurry to read over events from that night again we'll have to file that report (and game) under Missing Without a Trace.
Ted Baker's victory against Renaissance, other than extending their lead at the top to four points, also took its toll on Mr. Baker's keyboard when a couple of goons armed only with toothy grins logged into Top Corner's website and exhausted their 'W' and 'O' keys on the results page. The most obvious effect of their mischief has been to put said webpage out of joint but the long term effects will not be felt until the end of the season when the Winner of the Final Woo Award is decided... Oww! Or as Ted Baker would type, [][][]!
The Round Up predicts
FC Warne v Psychology Allstars -- Psychology.
FremantleMedia v Psychology Allstars -- Hmmm!
FC Warne v Recreativo de Londres -- Aaah?
Renaissance v Enterprise - Ummm!
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Renaissance glossary
test him!
used when a player is just about to take a shot on goal.
this phrase is often a handicap as it only serves to disorientate the shooting player and result in a wild attempt at goal.
dossier
1. a blueprint of plans for an intense training session.
2. a highly detailed and thorough critique of an opponents strengths and weaknesses.
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