And they smote their enemy for their lack of passion

Even in distant lands the deep rumblings that emanated from Valhalla this evening where felt by unknowing foreigners.

The heroes residing there revelled in the glorious performances of their kinsmen, Tor and Geir (pictured upper left and right, resepectively). These legends from the North were punishing in their attacks on their Green opponents with an outstanding and let's face it consistently good performance from Geir.

The contest had begun with Darren and Shaughen on Greens and Colours, respectively. After some play the Greens had amassed a lead with some marvellous play by the ever talismanic and talented Guy. Great plaudits are deserving of Billy who consistently manisfested himself in the right places to hassle and more often than not take the ball from opposition attackers; a role not always lauded but so important especially when done so consistently and from an individual that makes incisive and often telling runs down the wings and into the box.

Such sterling ambition resulted in a comfortable lead for the Greens who decided that a change was necessary to attain equivalence.

The aforementioned Darren and Shaughen swapped sides and the game took on a new appearance. At the moment of change Simon 'Collosus at the Back' Hampton made an important decision of looking around and declaring the structure of those who would remain at the back and those who would stay further outfield. This master stroke gave great balance to the team. Simon was calm, composed and collected nearly all incoming speculative efforts from the Greens including some high calibre runs and turns from Guy and Rich. Indeed moments after decrying their teams inability to pass like the colours Rich and Guy executed an exquisite piece of passing that led to a goal. This, however, was not enough to calm their frustrations. The Greens lacked cohesion and seemed, despite their extra player, to have no one to pass to. A lack of movement seemed to be the issue. From my view point it seemed that Billy, who recently admitted that he was part of the construction team that built Stonehenge, was the most motile of players. I heard the rallying cries from the Greens but their efforts were futile.

With Green woes documented it has to be admitted that the colours simply put on a dazzling display. The defence was solid with Simon centre and Frazer and Baz on either side. These players were not only in the right place at the right time they also exhibited some wonderful close quarters passing in front of goal to get the ball out. With simon commanding the centre Frazer and Barry had ample opportunity to get forward and put in some great passing moves. In defensive situations Geir often dropped deep to take on the ball that was passed out from the competent defence. In front of him were Tor and Darren who put on excellent runs to confuse the Greens defences and on many occassions put away the crafted magnificence that was Geir's pass. Even with a failed attempt on goal it was the positive play of the colours that aided them. Barry and Frazer pushed forward to aid in attack and force the Greens back. Even when in their possession for a kickout the colours hassled every player with the ball and tried to block the angles for passing.

Despite the great and successful counter attacking of the Colours, the Greens defence was admirable with a great debut from Rob.

For man of the match I am opting for the man who would captain the Valhalla 11-a-side team, Geir, though I was tempted with putting Bill in their. A tighter game would have been attained if more Greens had his work rate.

Having said all that it may simply be down to the luck of the Irish. After wednesday's poor performance Darren was destined to be on the winning side!