Friday, November 23, 2007

Tallaght IT Vs DKIT

So last night we had our re-match against the tallaght side which beat us last week. For those of you that read the last one you'll remember that one of the issues with the game was the fact that the refereeing was shi.....sub standard. However that was nothing on last nights match.
We went down to the national basketball arena of Ireland in Tallaght to play the game. For a national arena though the floor could do with a bit of a rub down as we were able to skate in the dust. The game started and from the outset tallaght it made there intentions known with a few quick baskets. We were on the backfoot from that point on. It was at this stage that we started to realise that the ref was not working on any kind of impartial level. There were multiple fouls all of which were audible from the bench as the sound of slaps could be heard yet for some reason the ref who was much closer to the action couldn't hear a thing. The heads started to go down but slowly dundalk started to come in to their own with some nice drives from Tim,Brian and Darren.
Some more unfair calls later and some frustration from the players which led to us giving away some fouls and we were 18 behind going in to the last quarter. The team couldn't be faulted for lack of hunger but a few silly mistakes and letting the heads go down on a few occasions are what ultimatley led to us loosing this game.
A lot of positives can be taken from it though.The team are working well together and starting to gel which is great. We've developed a style and now are starting to have a sixth sense where to find other players on the court.
From now on we have no excuses. We know how to play and we know what we're good at. No more bulshit,no more excuses!!!

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