QPT v Forbes 17 July

VS

Forbes Solicitors
(17/07/07)

FINAL SCORE DREW 1-1 (Half-time winning 1-0)

Scorer (I Mayat)
MOM – I Mayat

Conditions : Pissin it down! Venue: Witton Park Astroturf (Pitch 3) K/O Time : 21.00 Referee : Fat Asian Curry Bloke!

Recent form (past 4 games)-

Team Players on form

Won 4-1 Amin 7 - 10 - 8 - 6
Won 5-1 Yasir 5 - 7 - 9 - 8
Lost 3-2 Saif 7 - 9 - 7 - 7
Drew1-1 Nakhuda 7 - 9 - 6 - 6

QPT PLAYER CAM (Ratings) -

GK - Yasir 8 – Made some crucial saves to cap off an illustrious QPT career (happy with that Yas and is this the end?). Didn’t even bother with a lap of honour for the Orange faithful. Seriously we will miss you sob sob me gone all mushy!!

CEN BK – S Chotia 9 – It’s sometimes unfair on players at the back as they don’t get the praise they deserve, would have been MOM if Imran hadn’t scored that goal.

CEN BK – Nakhuda 6 – The invisible man again, showed glimpses of what THE MAN can do but not like the Nakhuda of the past who could spur teams on. Needs to spend some quality time with Ishy Chotia watching Rocky over a couple of beers!

CEN MID - Amin 6 – Left some defensive gaps in the middle of the park and didn’t put the tackles in where it counted. Had hands in pockets at the beginning of the game and when it started hammering it down looked like he wasn’t interested.

RIGHT MID – Saif 7 –. Skinned the opposition full-backs all game but didn’t come up with that final product. Looked tired at times and showed less energy than usual but maybe it was the soggy pitch or was his mind on the missus?!

LEFT MID – I Mayat 9 – Captain FOR THE DAY (!) and showed it with an excellent performance. This is the old Imran we know, flying down that wing, getting crosses in and most importantly scoring those free-kicks. Forget the JJB league Fayaz are you reading (?) this is bigger than Beckham landing in LA!!!

STRIKER - Ishy Chotia 6 – Not scoring and this is affecting confidence, wasting too many chances and the fact that he wanted to start on the bench wasn’t the best of signs. At least he’s still shooting though, Chots chin up it’ll come, class is permanent.

Subs

STRIKER - Muji 7 – Made an instant impact when he came on, some good exchanged passes with Saif and myself. Picked up the ball, showed confidence and nearly scored. Proving the critics wrong and pressing for a starting place!

STRIKER – Ebrahim – Unused. still injured or I’m sure would have come on.

CEN BK – Yasin – Unused. and to be honest maybe should have replaced myself in the second half until I changed positions with Saif’s old position i.e. where Imran was originally on the right... phew!

CEN BK – Ali – Unused. Turned up as we were looking at Suleman not turning up and with Mo Ali/H Lambat out it made sense. Shame it rained so badly on him as well as Yasin/Ebrahim but they encouraged us all the way.

Top Goalscorers	MOM Awards	Top Average Ratings Overall	Most Full Appearances
I Chotia – 8	Saifullah – 2	Nakhuda – 6.75	Nakhuda – 7
Husky – 5	I Chotia – 1	Saif – 6.5	I Chotia – 6
Amin – 3	Husky – 1	I Chotia – 6.38	Amin – 5(1)
Saif – 2	Nakhuda – 1	Amin – 6.00	Saifullah – 5(1)
Nakhuda – 2	I Mayat - 1	Husky – 5.25	Husky – 5
			Usama – 4
			Yasir – 4
			Saeed – 2(2)

Match Summary

It was a cagey start with both teams cancelling each other out, but we soon got into the swing of things when I Chotia and Saifullah started running at defenders and Saif nearly scored a fantastic effort. They didn’t like it so started fouling us, but they soon paid the penalty with the free-kick that led to the goal. We previously had a wasted opportunity wasted (guess who?) but up stepped Mr Imran Mayat to make sure we went ahead. The surface was slippery and I thought this would benefit our game, especially as their defenders were getting turned inside out. Sully controlled the defence and was calm and composed at all times (especially when flicking the ball over the striker’s head!), allowing myself to push further up. We were doing just enough but just not fired up and allowed the opposition in a few times with Yasir called into action.

Second half and Sully made a dua for rainfall, dunno what dua he made because the opposite happened – the rain stopped (temporarily)! We started the second half with Imy moving to the right to allow Saif to cut in and shoot from the left. And then it happened, that shocking goal which seemed to bounce off two of our players (Imy/Sully?) and escaped a despairing slide by myself AND a full stretch dive by Yasir. We didn’t put our heads down and Amin had a great chance to put us up but it wasn’t to be. Muji on for Ishy and game on, he gave us an edge with some direct mazy dribbling which nearly finished in a goal. Imran. Imran got clobbered and so did I but we kept going, Yasir made another crucial and this time a one-on-one save which resulted in a draw.

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MEDIA FRENZY (semi-broadsheet edition) -

QPT to go public

The QPT faithful have had to endure some gloomy times in the past few months but for some, nothing can surpass the fact that the club will no longer remain in the hands of true supporters. QPT is to float onto the stockmarket and although this should generate funds to purchase even more ‘Galacticos’ the fans aren’t happy. As recently reported by Media Frenzy the club is gearing more and more towards the modern club and stunts such as the statue erected (!) of Yasir and especially recent purchases Suleman Chotia and the self styled ‘Muji’’ have caused controversy.

When questioned by Media Frenzy one Orange exclaimed “In all my years with the club there has not been a more disastrous season on or off the field, the owners have lost the plot and are destroying all the club history, the values and to be honest it’s a complete farce!”. But as these types of chants echoed around the QPT section of the Stad de Forbes there was still work to be done on the field. QPT laboured to produce a result to be proud of, and didn’t the fans react. A solid draw in terrible conditions against rivals Forbes Solicitors which leaves them competing for promotion.

Elsewhere recent signing Suleman Chotia failed a routine drug test. The Lancashire Football Association (LFA) is investigating the possibility of his favourite drink Rubicon Mango being spiked by his very own brother Ismail Chotia. Both brothers deny the charges and claim they have been targeted by the club to chase them out. Ismail Chotia has been struggling for form and has already been reported in a drugs scandal himself sniffing cocaine. There are also rumours that Suleman Chotia aka ‘the Arab’ missed the first game against Forbes as he was attending a rucksack meeting! The allegations surfaced after he was questioned by police in connection with possession of a gas canister which he claims was purely for a domestic barbecue! Neither Chotias have yet been charged.

Next week in Media Frenzy how Imran Mayat has been stripped…..of captaincy!