It seems as though our replacements in D2, South Shore, have decided to conserve all of their resources for the Fall and cried off for this coming weekend. Indeed, they were so scared of playing us that they managed to come up with a whole list of excuses as to why the couldn't play the game.
Firstly, they have been "officially denied the use of our field in Marshfield and may be in jeopardy of not getting it back any time soon". So, not getting it back is in jeopardy? Jesus, where did these guys learn English, from Old Gold? Nevertheless, you can probably feel some sympathy for any club at the mercy of the faceless Marshfield beaurocrats. Better get that sorted by the Fall though boys, or it's going to be a real short visit to D2.
No matter, why don't they come up and play us here in Maine? Well, it turns out they "will not be able to get a full side to travel if that was even an option as more than half of our "A" side is currently injured and a lot of our players do not have the means to spend another weekend in a hotel or even travelling".
Where do I begin?
Since when has cancelling the game if you don't have a full A side been an option? Jeez, we wouldn't have played a game last Fall if we cancelled every time we didn't have a full A side. If numbers are that thin, then they're all going to get really fit playing two games every weekend this Fall.
Still I'm sure they were all worn out after travelling the 60 or so miles from Marshfield to Newport last weekend. Boy, that kind of a trip would really take it out of you, so why not crash for the night in the hotel, rather than face that 60 minute ride home. Gosh, with that kind of road (in)tolerance, they were probably planning on spending the whole week up in Maine to acclimatize themselves for our match.
Let's face it South Shore - you're going to have to toughen up a bit to make it in D2, or at least get someone with a bit of imagination to make up your excuses.
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