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Overtouchers keep rolling on

" I'll take control "
Vice Captain steadies the ship in the absence of The Chairman

Harro RETIRED
Kiwi OUT season torn calf
Milton OUT with Gout
Locksmith OUT Saving lives
Faz OUT lasted 30 seconds before falling to injury
Supercoach Bill OUT On assignment
The Chairman AWOL 

The Overtouchers injury list, looking a lot like the 2012 Wallabies.
Playing under suspension of man of the match points and another pending Board appearance the Vice Captain showed the way on a dark and stormy night when the Chairman had gone missing.

With the playing roster extended this week to accommodate the players unavailable, the Board activated two new recruits in Rolls Royce and The Body. 

The player count for season 2012 is now at 15. The highest in the clubs three seasons. The Board announced at a hastily convened extraordinary session after the presentations to declare that a post season investigation will be undertaken. The guidelines to be based around the lack of availability due to soft tissue injury and poor communication.

The only players who have bothered to turn up to every game so far have been Jonty and yours truly. It must say something for the discipline instilled in the current and former workers at Optus.

The Touchers started off steadily in the midst of a spring storm. Taking their time to dissect their opponents weaknesses, it took over 10 minutes to open their account. 

The new recruits took on their load of work with energy and vigor and may push for more permanent roles as we head towards the finals season. With more than half the playing roster coming off contract, the player managers will be working hard to put their clients in a strong position with club management.

Again leading the try scoring was Bulldog and Big Bad Brett with three each. If only Bulldog stuck around for the post match presentations he would be pressing hard for the players player awards.

The Vice Captain was looking to incur further fines in trying to name a move in the lead up to the game. Clearly not allowed under the club's constitution, the VC once again was sailing very close to the wind. However, in the absence of The Chairman with his leadership last night, its a shame that the VC is still under suspension as he would have scored well in the post match presentations.

Poor old Faz who we found out had been spending the afternoon receiving deep tissues massages from his close and dear friend, Grolly. Despite the man love between the two, Faz broke down with his first dash down the touchline just as he threw a crisp pass inside to at least collect a try assist. Faz now been declared a week to week proposition.

Bob the Builder delivered on his promise to keep things quiet as he heads into a 600km mountain bike race this Sunday. Putting himself before Club, Bob stayed out on his wing. Crossing the strip twice did not compensate for his lackluster performance. His Players player award points did reflect on his night in just receiving two points.

Jonty did not suffer a second week curse of new boots. Despite not scoring a try, his long runs were just pretty to watch. At one point BBB told Jonty to just take it up, but in ignoring BBB, Jonty dashed and darted across the field like a startled gazelle before setting up another Touchers try. His performance saw him place second in the player awards.

But is was BIG BAD BRETT for the second week in a row who collected the players player award. Three of his colleagues awarded him man of the match and another scoring him second. 

His three try performance sees him now placed front and centre for the season award where he may dis-place the VC from the mantle he has held the past two seasons.

A point of order was called on the Chairman as he and the Supercoach were video linked into the post match presentations from their Crescent Head getaway. The question from the floor was to when the Chairman knew he would not be available for this weeks game. The Chairman deflected the question down to fine leg in the manner of how Bruce Laird pushed a single off the bowling of West Indian great, Joel Garner in the 1980's.

The motion was postponed for a formal hearing at 830pm Thursday the 15th of November.

The Chairman did offer the comment that he and Supercoach Bill had settled in nicely and were looking to a weekend of embroidery and tea tasting.

Yours on another Friday

Full Metal

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