“An uphill struggle almost from the word go.

He made some very early cas (3 bh) on top of my lino niggling out. (gawd how I hate aging)

I levelled the playing field a bit by fouling the Rat-Ogre BH near the end of the 1st half but I nevertheless could only field 9 players vs his 11 more skilled ones.

Even so; he decided to stall with a 2-2 score. My blitz (needed a clean pow) failed with rr. I had one turn to score.

The One-turner. MA9 needs two pushes right? On his right flank he had a side-stepper so I went left. Foul appearance but with rr...

Blitz worked. First push worked. Needed one more. Then FA stepped up. RR. FA failed again.

Sigh. Had to dodge with a gutter into tacklezone to still try that push from a different angle. Failed. 3+ with dodge. Rrright.

Then my opponent did what I failed to do; one-turned with the gutter whom I was pushing around including a catch in several tz.

Sheesh.

I feel robbed.

But not as much as when the lino rolled a niggle for his 2nd skill.

THAT REALLY SUCKS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAD THAT HAPPEN 3 TIMES ALREADY ON THE 2ND SKILL AND ONCE ON THE THIRD!.

(sorry to shout but I hope Nuffle has a headache now)”