Thursday (-2)

The teams are now sending on FB presentation pictures; 

Yesterday, when we played, was raining cats and dogs, didn't think to make a picture... that's why we'll be using one made few weeks ago :-)

Given that I'm at the top-left, we'll start from bottom right: 

Margot - great player, so good that in fact she only has to play the last 5 mins. She took from her father (Pierre, not in the picture) the best football skill - smile:-)

Pedro - el bomber - quick, strong, deadly. comes to London.

Marco - great control, passes, dribbles and supports Juve. better to have him on your team. but no London for him

Anna - great player, just that she looks like a replay in slow motion. not half, but 25% :-) . London.

Christian - used to be the il bomber, until the wife decided to produce the daughter, which changed completely the priorities. also, he has the Cologne tournament in his right arm :-) no London this time.

Mark - has the priorities as wrong (?) as Christian, can't leave behind his 2 weeks old daughter. Grande Mark :-)

Francesco - runs, dribbles, defends.. great acquisition. Fast, never complains. London.

Top row (right-to-left)

Antonio - golden feet, he has speed, ball control, agility, and some hair left. No London this year.

Tommy - long-time-no-see, Tommy's back with the group after some serious injury. in shape as always, and less nervous. welcome back! no London.

Dabor - looks big, is big, a unsurmountable wall in the defense. as long as you can't go around him :-).  no London.

Sylvain - great runner, attacks, defends, good headers. but no ETF, therefore no London. pitty :-)

Fabio - el capitan - gymnastics on the pitch - great defense, good motivator. Maradó!

Thierry - an image of how a great player ends up - skill is still there, position is still there, his legs a bit less. Both him and Fabio got slightly injured in the last games.  but yes for London. 

Bruno - he played keeper for the last few games - just to be sure he does not get injured worse than he already is. he'll play defense - the ball may pass, but not the man. London.

Cristian - note the absence of "h" in the name - mulitirole player - passes, dribbles, takes the game forward, good vision. but no London.

Pippo - he plays. and he talks. then he plays again. and he talks again. and then runs a bit. When not having a beer before the game, he lacks that "je ne sais quoi", his endless dribbles are not the same. London for him.

Tomasso - il mister. every  team has one, official or not, player or not. we have tomasso, he's been with us for the last 4 tournaments. At least we have somebodyto blame when things go wrong :-).  non e vero. 

Mircea - il presidente - recently discovered great mid-fielder. avoids running as much as possible. deadly when in front of the empty goal. that's me. 

With his invisibility cloack  on - Laurens - the flying dutchman. Any position, any role. same damage :-) he's our secret weapon.

we've sorted ou the remaining issues - we now have a taxi booked, confirmed the hostel, confirmed the cars. I still didn't buy new shoes - I'll probably go with the old ones. 

tomorrow we fly - a domani.