Buns Back UTP
Tian was done with making up fair-sounding excuses and explanations, or so he claimed in the post-match press conference. "Look, we are kind of expecting these sort of results for the rest of the season at least, so I doubt you lot will be much entertained by my repeating the same platitudes every week. The trainees are improving at an incredible rate, but the gap between where they are, and what's need to survive in this division, won't be covered anytime soon."
This settled, the head coach would give
Chad Thach some encouragement in particular. "Chad has progressed faster than we dared hope, and he's been a beacon of hope during training too. I'm really looking forward to seeing what he can come up with, against more appropriate opposition."
The Birds should be well on their way to the third division, as Benfleet Branch 2 got their first points of the season, with an upset 4-3 home victory over Moeinsingapore - if at the cost of Claudio Anselmo and Albert Sobeski, to suspension and injury respectively. Club Dinosauria halted Random Curiosity FC's previously-unstoppable run with a goalless draw, while Arcturules overtook Ang Mohs in flip flops, in what is turning out to be a quite unpredictable campaign.
No such issues for Farmer Bunnies in III.9, as they recorded a sixth consecutive league win, this against the in-administration Unidentified Terrestrial Phenomena F.C., or UTP for short. Both
Lim Su Liang and
Djoko Tambusai may be out for a fortnight following unlucky first-half injuries in this 5-0 whitewash, however, as Dragon Devil's loom next.
Grilled International were back to the lows in their latest Battle for Division IV failure, as they were taken apart by Northern Irish challengers, Alton United F.C. by three goals to one. Royston Garvey and then a Billy Coffey brace did it for Alton, with
Safari bin Hj Jali having to toil just to get a late consolation. Al Khanal's 3-2 over Gollum's FC would be IV.54's only bright spot for the round, as Rutbeek Springboks FC got the better of The Sun men through İlhami Benan's 69th minute winner.