“I shall never cease to be amazed at what a team full of agi 4 blodgers can accomplish, no matter how few their numbers. Started the game with 8 available to play; tree was slumbering, so make it 7; oops, my star wardancer got bh'd, make it 6. Yet despite a 2:1 lack of numbers, we still score without much difficulty. Twice. Three times. Half ends, up 3-0, and now our treeman shall join us. Could a rout be on?

Only until the ko's start to drop, from which not a single elf awakes all match. He takes the ball in for a score, thanks to some failed dodges on my part. I have only 5 players on the pitch now, but one's my one-turner. Touchback kickoff, give it to him, all I have to do is clear a path, and for that all I need is to gfi once with my thrower to throw a 2d-block, needing only a pushback. Failed, twice. Of course. As any good coach would do, he takes full advantage of this and knocks out a couple more elves before scoring. I'm set to receive the kickoff, but with only 4 players. Despite this, I advance the ball deep into enemy territory, only to get greedy and fail a gfi, stunning myself and leaving him two turns to move players into position for a tying score to rob me of my victory...

But his rally comes to a crashing halt when he fails to pick up the ball without moving any players closer to the endzone, so now he's too far away to score in one turn. Not only that, but elves are adept at picking up balls despite tz's, which I am able to translate into the team's 4th touchdown.

I hate to admit it, but the team has been performing better of late (in terms of winning) with fewer players on the pitch. I must be starting to learn how to use them properly. Either that or I've been lucky. But I'll take it, whichever it is. I'll also take the fact that, for the first time in many games, I won't have a MNG lessening my strength, and indeed will have a full 10 players available next match! With so many bodies running around, what shall I do with them all? :-)”