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Idol wins game, while Elvis scores

While his co-commuter, Elvis, was indisposed by scoring of a different sort, Billy Idol disposed of his opponents by scoring six goals, including a natural hattrick and the gamewinner, to lead his team to an easy 20-10 win in Sunday's game.

Making a rare solo appearance, Billy Idol was a one-man wrecking crew, destroying defenders with his hard charges to the net and deft deflections past a dizzied Lobsterboy. A natural hattrick, midway through the game, proved most destructive, snuffing out a smoldering comeback that had allowed his side's opponents to creep back within two goals.

"They were pressing, and if they had gotten a couple of goals at that point, it might have been a different result," says Paul One. "There was more than a few times when they sort of left Billy alone, and they paid the price for it."

"He broke our back," says Lobsterboy of his foe's timely trick.

"He shoots the ball real well," says Wink, who was an unwitting victim of one of Billy Idol's blasts, when the feisty forward banked the gamewinner off his foot. "He works hard and his hard work came to fruition today. He's one of the guys who's always getting better."

But not without a little help, says Billy Idol. "It's playing with guys like Lak Attack and Nibs that really makes a big difference. They really know how to play, pass and shoot. So as long as you stay open, you're pretty much guaranteed to get some goals."

A little luck also helps, says Paul One. "We definitely had ball luck on our side. We had stuff coming out of the corners, hitting people in the back and going in."

The lucky bounces and fortunate deflections sent their opponents spinning into frustration.

"We were handcuffed by everything," says Lobsterboy. "Nothing worked for us."

Least of all their offense, which time and again broke down into chaos and confusion.

"We were getting three-on-ones and three-on-twos and we weren't getting shots," says Wink. "We were too selfish offensively, we didn't do enough good things when we had the ball."

"It was just ugly," says Lobsterboy.

Posted by jaysuburb at April 17, 2005 03:36 PM