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[Buffs Mad]

Bringing on a player for a injury and then he gets injured. Not like that doesn't happen a lot right?

Yeah, I should count myself lucky to have got 4 mins play out of him - another team I had got the sub injured within a minute. >.<

Good luck with your team!

Thanks ModRom.

NB. folks wandering in here need to be careful - very easy to get lost in all the rubbish I throw around.

Today's match was the 2nd leg of the last 16 Cup tie at home. Having secured a 3-1 lead from the away leg Buffs Mad was in confident mood - although he had been getting a little bored with the number of times the team has faced ND formation this season. But nevertheless, on the boys went, 4-5-1V *yawn*.

After the long heatwave the morning rain had given the pitch back its lustre - and the Buffs weren't lacking as the first 10 mins saw 3 good chances. Law created a fine solo opportunity and scored in 3 mins, Baxter squandered a chance soon after and the opposition GK made a great save from a McStay FK. It was all Buffs, McFadden rounded the keeper on 14 mins, squared to Law and he somehow managed to blast it over; Souness headed over from a corner in 17. Reilly's Rebels had a chance to create something in23 minutes from a corner but Nicol made the headed clearance..... Bufs kept coming but the Rebels were, surprise surprise, defiant - McStay's shot from a McFadden layoff on 25 was blocked, McStay pounced on a efensive mistake in 33 mins but Henderson put it over, and again McStay was wasteful in 44 mins when his FK strike hit the wall. Miss block miss block was the pattern but at least there was no real threat from the visitors.

The second half was unfortunately the same as the first the Buffs held the ball, pressed forward, created chances and missed. On the rare occasion anything was on target the target just happened to be a defender. Buffs Mad was bored. He told the subs to warm up, then strip off, then sit down....just to occupy himself. Benched Winger Johnstone was getting frustrated so Buffs Mad put him on for Henderson in 77 mins. The time ticked slower. Shot, miss, shot block. On 84 mins McStay saw another shot blocked and cleared long. Ronaldo had the ball in the Buffs half and the defence marshalled him outside away from danger........and *whoosh* the ball nestled in the net near the back post. The whole stadium was stunned. 1-1. And they remained stunned as all hell broke loose. 5 minutes of hell.

7 shots from the rebels peppered the Buffs goal,

5 on target,

1 forcing a fingertip save from McGregor,

3 corners flew in......

And then it was all over. With everyone still stunned there was an eerie calm.

Buffs Mad looked puzzled, then angry at thie suuden change in the opposition. Then he thought "This is done with, we're in the last eight, let's look forward."

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