MATCH REPORT VS ELC ROVERS

VS
ELC Rovers (24/07/07)
FINAL SCORE WON 4-2 (Half-time winning 2-1)
Scorers (Saif (2), Saeed, Ishy Chots) MOM – Saifullah
Conditions : Cloudy but dry for a change Venue: Witton Park Astroturf (Pitch 4) K/O Time : 21.00 Referee : Busty babe’s dad Peter!

QPT PLAYER CAM (Ratings) -
GK – Mo Ali 6 (captain) – Wasn’t really called into action and not commanding on a couple of occasions in the first half. Catch the damn thing!! Nah, little chance with the goals and we value the fact that you’re in nets for us considering our main goalies have buggered off abroad.
CEN BK – Usama 8 – He said to me that he was enjoying ‘walking around’! I loved THAT challenge, the original Ussyfooter ain’t taking no prisoners no more!
CEN BK – Nakhuda 8 – Good in the air and showed good stamina near the end of the game as substitute Husky Lambat got knackered!! Stormed forward and nearly scored after yet another Saif run, only for the keeper to make a great save (just to big myself up).
CEN MID - Saeed 8 – What a miss! Hehehe!
RIGHT MID – Saif 10 –. What is this lad on? Absolutely magnificent, MUAAH MUAAH! Ishy Chots I have a new lover now!!
LEFT MID – I Mayat 7 – Decent game, backed out of challenges at times and got in the way of Ishy Chots on the left. Get up front Henry!!
STRIKER - Ishy Chotia 9 – Back on the scoresheet and long may it continue all hail Ismail Chotia….
Subs
STRIKER - Mujy 8 – Pushing for a starting place with another good performance, the highlight being skinning the whole team on and only just missing out on scoring!
STRIKER – Ebrahim – Unused, come on Eby get fit.
RIGHT MID – Husky L 7 – Got tired after a couple of mins but played well at centre half, what have you been up to Husky and why were you late?!
LEFT MID – Ishy Wadee 7 – The silky runs are back! Impressed his boys with some good flicks and passing with Mujy

Match Summary
By Ebrahim Patel - On paper, this is the easiest fixture of our calendar. In reality, we put unnecessary pressure on ourselves by missing a real host of chances – I don’t think we will get that many clear chances to score again all season.
A return in goal for The Mohammedali was to be an easy evening for him though as ELC could not carve any clear chances of their own. I should focus more on the return of the Wadees with Ishy on the bench – Saeed looked like he had never gone away as he commanded that midfield (and it looks like I have competition for my place now…!) Usama was “walking” – his own words, but it didn’t look like it from the sidelines – maybe he was making it look easy?
It was one of my toughest decisions to substitute Ishy Chots last week for another disappointing night in front of goal. But I’ve always admired how he keeps plugging away and never stands still – it’s the sign of a top-class striker that never wants to give up. He again maybe had the most of our guilt-edged chances but he was instrumental in our breathtaking creativity that no team (let alone ELC) could have handled without staying intelligently focused.
And it was this attacking approach that Saif opened the scoring with - a cute flick after a good build-up. The second was the best of the lot with Saeed and Ishy making passing look easy on the left; Ishy pulled it back for Saeed to control his shot well to place the ball in.
2-0 and we were cruising, as we should have been. But the golden rule in football is to take your chances! Otherwise what happened next could happen – a ‘popshot’ from the edge of our area which had to go through Mohammed’s legs to test the keeper. It didn’t actually test Mohammedali as it rolled straight into the corner. 2-1 at half-time and we were put under undue pressure.
The gutsy Chots reclaimed our two-goal lead however when he took time to put an accurate shot away inside the left-hand post. He was delighted, and so were we Ishy! The game should have been dead and buried by now as we missed another hatful of chances – Usama with a rugby penalty to challenge one of ELC’s woeful attempts in the first half. A better popshot (if there is such a thing) then flew straight into our top-right corner of the goal. The 3-2 scoreline flattered them, but that’s football guys.
So much talk of Chots and the Wadees and I’ve forgotten our true star of the night and that was Saif (remember he’s already scored one by now!) Steven Gerrard (I’m a Liverpool fan ok!) came to mind as he was literally everywhere – and commanding too. At one moment I thought he would offer to look for the ball as it sailed over the cage…! He would have found it before we’d even notice he was gone too! It really was awe-inspiring to just watch him, and it was fitting that he finished a deadly shot after good work by himself(!) to wrap up the game.
All three subs had their share of the game – Mujy having the pick of the play with a classy run on goal but their GK was having none of it! It was also encouraging to see some local support from the Real Playas boys – no doubt they must have been taking tips from the original playa himself, Imran…

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MEDIA FRENZY -
Yasin AWOL
Yasin was spotted outside Audley Chippy just minutes before the match vs ELC Rovers. This thanks to player/manager Mohamed Nakhuda who was present due to his routine pre-match meal! Yasin, QPT legend and a fans’ favourite has recently annoyed bosses by throwing the QPT shirt to the ground after the Forbes game. He has claimed to have been disgusted for his treatment and his agent claims that his loyalty does have it’s limits. This added to an AWOL for the ELC Rovers game and adds to speculation that he may not renew his contract. However co player/manager Ebrahim said “Mr Yasin Mayat missed the game for personal reasons. There is no need for any further comment on this issue.”. Another AWOL was Suleman Chotia, who was released after being tagged by the police after his recent arrest. This may spell an end to a short but successful QPT career as Usama has returned from his honeymoon.

Next week Media Frenzy, full report on how Imran Mayat has been stripped…..of captaincy!