“I took on this game with high spirits, having not played Ranked for some time. The teams were equally matched so all looked good.

I recieve. Blitz. Opponent crowds the LOS so I have the chance of breaking through my left side and going for the quick score while hos zombies and mummys are bashing away at the LOS. But the snakeeye on the dodge (ag 4 blitzer) foils that plan. A cas on a blitzer adds insult to injury and he picks the ball easily and scores. I get to go again. Yay me.

New kickoff. Rock hits Trollfodder (st 4 block tackle lino) hard and he gets KO´ed and stays there for the rest of the match. I knock down one of his mummys and Mark puts the boot in for a SI - not regenerated. Yay. Snakeeyes on the crucial 1dblock (i had block, he didn´t) allows him to put pressure on the ballcarrier. I mess up some more and he gets the ball free and stall at the End zone. I decide to try to take the other mummy out with my dp but he regens the cas and the ref catches him. so 0-2 at the start of the 2. half - he recieves...things are looking grim.

This is where it gets ugly.

LOS gets massacred with a KO, a niggle (apo) and a stun. opponent outnumbers me and moves in for the foul. Fortunately he does not knock down the blitzer which leaves the dp without a target. Everybody huddles up at the middle of the field. I play solid defense and my opponent rolls some convenient doubleskulls leaving the ballcarrier open for a blitz. I snatch the ball and reduce the lead to 1-2. But i have taken way too many cas to have a fighting chance and as my opponent opens his turn 5 by killing the ogre on a block and fouling a lino i decide it is time to even the odds. His blodge guard ghoul is open so i move in, knock it over and foul it without result (allready got my dp thrown out, remember?). To this my opponent replies "ok, you want more then". so he lines up for a foul, rerolls the pushes to get his pow but in his greed for another assist he fails a gfi leaving his ballcarrier open for a blitz. i take the chance and i was rewarded. The ball is loose. At this time i have 5 players on the pitch so the chances are very slim and he knocks me down , steals the ball and moves into safe position. I figure team-preservation is in order and try to blits his dp to get it away (and possibly out) but fail the dodge.

Turn 8 he fouls me. Then he scores. Lameness extraordinaire.

For the record my opponent apologized afterwards for fouling me on Turn 8. I did not accept his apology because i did not and do not believe his sincerity. As simple as that.

I´d like a rematch sometime.

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