Elm Grove defeat Barnes Eagles for the
second time in a month : this time, 2-1 , which sees a spirited opponent up for the match and playing good football.
Eitan and Jack dominate the back-field and continue to be an effective defensive pair: Jack brings the powerful sweep while Eitan disrupts the forward attack with multiple cutting touches. Barnes a posh neighborhood ("cute", says Eitan) and , while their boys play hard, tackling, football, the sideline notably reserved. Compared to Elm Grove, that is. Ours, whose parents include a stewardess,
cabbie, couple of brick layers and the like, vocal: "
Get the ball in there, Lad! No, not like that! Talk to each other!!"
Me, I keep mostly quiet and let Eitan do his stuff. Everybody thinks I am a weirdo, anyway, since I go jogging then do yoga-stretches like the "half-moon" pose or the "triangle" which is particularly embarrassing to Eitan for some reason. Poor kid just wants to fit in.
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."
--Eisenhower
"'Cause it's a bitter sweet sympthony, this life."
--The Verve
