“Proir to this game, the Hammerheads 50th, the Hammers PR department had been advertising a bit in the press, hoping to lure out one of Fumbbl legendary teams in order to for once filling the stands of the not-so-grand Hammerdome, but to no avail.

In stead they took on their 4th claw-wielding Chaos team in a row, realising that this is probably reality now for a human team fielding 4 MB players and a DP.

Still, it started well, the Hammers withstanding the chaos offence, even badly hurting a CW in the proces. Forcing the chaos team to score in their 4th turn, the Hammers had a memorable anniversary game ahead of them, or so they thought..

..Normally sure-fingered thrower Elliot "Eagle" Thompson somehow managed not to pick up the ball 4 turns in a row, with SH re-roll, no rain, no TZ. That is 1/3^8 = 1 in 6561 chance of that happening, or 0,015%.

First half thus ended zero to nil for the hammers.

Given this dissapointing first half, it is understandable that the second half was one long struggle to score.

They did score, but only after a spetacular showing from first Ogre Tiny "Smelly" Timmons to knock out the ball of the sure-handed CW carrying it, and maybe even more catcher Jimmy "Fingers" Smith, boldly throwing himself after a blitzing CW, seriously injuring him as he brought him down, avoiding the blitz on the lone ball carrier.

All in all an exiting game - lousy that the fans deserted, but maybe they had been hoping for Nandorins or another fancy team to finally bring some stardust to the aging stadium.

Thanks for the game



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