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The Round Up as The Comeback Kid
25 July 2007
Two weeks ago: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! That was the soothing sound of deep satisfaction emitted from our lips as we laid back and dipped our feet into soothing lavender foot balm to kick off our two week vacation from Top Corner's Soccer In A Cage Summer League. Two minutes ago: Boooooooooooooooooo! That's the sound we made when the realisation dawned it was time to return to the grindstone and spin another of these yarns commonly known as The Round Up.
There's nothing The Round Up likes better than to lounge about the yard wearing nothing more than a kimono whilst sipping a Hawaiian lemonade cocktail. Well, nothing except for sniffing the fragrances of stunning (optional) girls (compulsory) on crowded Central Line trains. But the beast of capitalism demands we slink back to the "office" to earn our tuppence and two bowls of rice while plotting a method to defeat The Man.
So The Round Up has made a comeback this week but the question Renaissance fans would like an answer to is whether Jin Ho Park will do likewise? Jin Ho has been missing from Haverstock Mound since Recreativo defenders attempted to wipe him off the face of the earth. The Round Up wore a Kick Racism Out of Football t-shirt that evening but how galling it was to see Recreativo misread that slogan as Kick Jin Ho Out of Football. And boy did they ever.
Jin Ho scored a brace against Renaissance earlier in the season and caused all kinds of panic with his mischievous and beguiling footwork. But the Korean forward has gone into hiding since being reduced by Recreativo's hatchet men. Attempts to locate him have proved futile thus far although there have been unconfirmed sightings in Primrose Hill, downtown Seoul, and one bizzare report of him performing Thriller in a Filipino correctional facility.
One thing we do know is that Renaissance will start the second half of their campaign tonight and launch an assault for the coveted Soccer In A Cage trophy in high spirits having secured the Wandsworth Tournoi. However, the real work starts here (not that beating Recreativo wasn't real but you know...) and Avalon are the one team for which victory has eluded Renaissance. So see you at Haverstock tonight. The Round Up will be the one wearing the Kick Jin Ho Out of Football Just In Case t-shirt.
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Renaissance glossary
workshop
an intensive training session.
players re-learn the basics of the game by running around cones, jumping through hoops, and must demonstrate an ability to trap the ball and make a straight pass
dossier
a blueprint of plans for an intense training session.
a highly detailed and thorough critique of an opponents strengths and weaknesses.
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