Playoffs Start a Week Early

The Villains continued rolling right along with some stellar play versus a Lynnfield team that had no idea what was coming at them. Before jumping ahead and looking at a must-win playoff-type match-up this coming weekend, let’s quickly re-cap the Lynnfield match.

The Villains first 30 minutes of play was absolutely sublime. Best the team has played in recent memory. Good defense, great possession, use of the whole field, numerous scoring opportunities. Solid. However, it wasn’t until almost 30 minutes in that the Villains were able to capitalize. After Gatchell pummeled a few Lynnfield defenders and the ball bounced to Garv in the middle of the field a few yards outside the 18, Garv collected the ball on a short hop and drilled a perfect shot into the right inner netting that the keeper had no chance at. A few minutes later, Rabbit, who was all over the goal all day long, resiliently finished a shot in a scrum to give the Villains a commanding 2-0 lead.  Later in the half, Lynnfield was awarded a penalty shot that they converted, creating a 2-1 halftime score. However, as the teams were heading to the sidelines for water and oranges, Rabbit stepped in front of some Lynnfield douche bag, ended up on the ground, and El Douche-o got a red card, all but sealing a Villain victory before the 2^nd half even started.

The second half saw some sloppy Villain play but also some solid scoring chances. In the end Mikkel was able to knock in a goal after Rabbit hit the post for the second time of the day and Eric forced the keeper to make a tough save on a rebound, and later Nick took a great cross from Fares and beat the keeper far post. Final score 4-1 Villains. Third “run-of-play” shutout in a row. Let’s close the door on that one.

The important thing now Villains is Sunday’s match-up in God’s Country vs. Saugus. The playoffs basically start this week fellas. We win, we’re in. We lose, we’re out. Oh and if we tie we’re in as well. If we lose, we’ll be tied with Saugus and since we lost to them already, and head-to-head is the tie-breaker, we’ll be out of luck. All that said, if we get good attendance and play the way we have been playing lately, we’ll take these guys.

Saugus is going to remember that awful, low-energy crap-fest we put together earlier this year. That was our worst effort of the season. It will be different this time.  They are going to show up with their nice warm-up suits and do team drills and group jogs before the game. We’ll be hungover. I’ll be lucky if I can find shorts that match my unwashed jersey. Salach is gonna show up a minute before the game smoking a cigarette and drinking a jumbo Iced coffee or 24-oz Bud. None of that shit matters though.

We’re gonna come to play when the whistle blows. Assuming we have good attendance, we’re going to run like mad, talk a ton on defense, cover up for one another, move the ball using the outside and corners of the field, and play a fuckin nastly and relentless Villain game. I’m sure Saugus has a plan. But to quote the great philosopher and boxing legend Mike Tyson, “Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face.” Let’s do this Villains.