Dont. Be. Shit.

A notable air of confidence was around the lido poolside - Matt showing off his massive brand new balls as always, Dave Leach berating his underlings and a few familiar faces returning to watch us take on the challenge of not being shit.

Gary giving Matt a hand with his massive Ball

It started well, the only ‘shitness’ to taint the first quarter was a Zach Finch Classic where he pulled back his man on halfway. The dubious maddy committee was in full discussion for it post-game. The one dumbfounded major lead to one of the two goals conceded in an otherwise stellar start defending the shallow end. 4-2 to lead things off, with certified turn-coat Nico Revin getting 2 in nice and early to avoid all match fixing allegations.

Shitness however began to creep in even more - missed man up after missed man up plagued a 2nd quarter full of opportunity and a lack of clinical shooting. Chances going up down, left and right, but crucially only 3 of them in the goal. Some questionable defence and wobbles-a-plenty meant that the Marlin, which happened to be Blue, were only one goal behind entering the 3rd.

Attacking the deep still didn’t seem prolific for the mighty Narwhal, who were starting to get frustrated at their shitness. Their clinical tendencies had returned temporarily to help them stretch the lead to 11-8, but a lack of intensity and a general air of being shit held them back from putting the Marlin away.

This is a pivotal moment, Narwhals, 11-10 up just had to defend their way to a victory. Not being shit was crucial to this final push to get over the line and do the double over the Marlin. Mr Adam had different ideas. After winning the swim off and passing it back, he received the ball on the left wing and was under some pressure. In an act of desperation he lobs the ball to Mr Gamble at the back who was in the process of getting drowned. This spelled the end of the Narwhals spirit, and a totalled up fluffer

Marlin took the momentum we gave them and ran away with the game, winning 5-1 in the last quarter to take it away from us. Tempers high, a Smirnoff Ice had teleported itself into Matt Finch’s bag, arguably the most notable thing in the game from a Narwhals perspective. 

Fluffer, despite many contenders, goes to the above mentioned pass from Mr Adam. Man of the Match somehow made its way to Matt Finch for a hattrick affair and a special moment for Ed Gamble as he got a lovely assist to himself on a man up for our moment. 

Some notable advice going forward - Dont. Be. Shit.

Forza Narwhali