Round 4: Roosters V Mentone

Mentone wins 3-1

Another round; another defeat. Alb Park is threatening to become the Melbourne
Heart of the comp: still searching for a win.

 





Credit to Nosti and Vic for chalking up some points; good, fighting straight-sets win in hot conditions.

Thanks also to Yuri (who started his afternoon with an ace), forced to leap
off the bench, abandoning all thoughts of an afternoon as a spectator, after
Deano got lost/stuck/stymied in traffic.

Thanks also to Brian B and Nick H for support during first sets. Seldom has
the clubhouse veranda hosted such talent at one time.
But results dictate some soul-searching.

The Skipper is nervously awaiting the sort of call received by Dean Bailey,
Rodney Eade etc. He deserves better.

So. Time for some straight-talking.
Too much is being done by too few.
Too many pull-outs, date-switches, suiting of selves.
Every time there's a change, someone else gets dropped in it.
There's no 'I' in TEAM.

Onwards.

Thanks Alan for his words of wisdom above.


Next week I've swapped with Deano and Mark has swapped with Al the team is:


Mean Dean, Alan (the mild one), Dennis (the tennis menace) and Neale (to your master) -a particularly strong team
They need to be as Kooyong have a strong side and a strong afternoon tea (save me some iced vovos will you Deano).

The new rooster is thus: 

Kooyong	489 GIenferrie Rd, Kooyong	Dennis	Dean	Neale	Alan
Patterson Lakes	Home	Dennis	Vic	Nosti	Yuri
Mordialloc	Doug Denyer Reserve, McDonald St, Mordialloc	Dean	Neal	Alan	Mark
Glenhuntly	Home	Nick	Dennis	Yuri	Vic
Parkdale	Cnr Imes & Chandler Sts, Parkdale	Nick	Vic	Neale	Dean
Black Rock	Home	Nick	Yuri	Alan	Mark
Mentone	Cnr Childer St and Warrigal Rd, Mentone	Dean	Vic	Dennis	Mark
Kooyong	Home	Dennis	Mark	Neale	Nosti
Patterson Lakes	Thompsons Rd (Cnr Learmonth Rd). PL	Nosti	Dean	Alan	Mark
Mordialloc	Home	Nick	Dennis	Nosti	Dean