Mitcham Raiders 2007 Part I

Well, we are a few weeks into the soccer season now, and the Mitcham Raiders are back again. As always, we seem to have the same core of defence, and once again a newish midfield and forward line. Lazy as we are, we kind of didn’t bother about training. Or a pre-season. Most of us met at our first practice game. Some guys joined the team two weeks into the season. Our first few weeks we just couldn’t quite pull all of it together. Four games, three 1 goal losses and a draw. Funnily, it was in a big part due to our ‘trusty’ old defence, making a few silly mistakes (although our starting keeper is traipsing around Europe idolising Billy Corgan). We scored goals in all of our games, however, and things have balanced out. Sure, we lost to fellow Mitcham team Benitiez by a bit, but since then, we’ve pulled ourselves together. We’re two wins in a row now, and starting to look tidy. Our keeper, the Red Bull will be back, and hopefully the next two thirds of the season leave me plenty to boast about.