Tough start for Farse

Farsenal captain Sam Kelly has been forced to defend his new look team after it has earnt just a point from its opening two games of the 2007 season.

After suffering a humiliating 11-5 drubbing at the hands of Italia (mostly Dodgers), the Farse followed up with a disappointing display against cellar dwellers Untitled United, leaving red faced after conceding the equaliser (5-5) with just 12 sec remaining on the clock.

A new goal keeper and reshuffled defence has given the Farse a huge challenge as they look for their first win of the new year against the Nerrina Boyz.

Kelly said he was surprised by his teams lack of organisation, but insisted it would improve.

"We have had some problems at the back" he admitted.

"Too many guys are committing themselves forward and its pretty obvious that we are being caught on the counter. That's pretty much how we conceded all our goals against Italia."

"Last week was a bit better, but it was still disappointing to see too many guys pushing forward when we only needed to hold out for another minute and we would have got the points."

Goals have also been hard to come by for the Reds, who have only scored 10 in two games, with last seasons leading scorer Kelly yet to register. Goals have come in patches, but Farsenal's finishing was atrocious last week with marksman Tim Richardson missing with a foot injury.

A two man bench has caused headaches during the week for Kelly, who must juggle his restless stars who want to play the full 40 minutes.

"It's kind of hard to keep everyone happy because we all want to play the full match," he said.

Kelly also hinted that he had learned something from a first year subject- Sports Management.

"I remember them talking about the four stages of creating a team- forming, storming, norming and performing. Last year, Farsenal was well and truly in the performing stage. But throw a couple of new guys in and your pretty much back to the start. We are probably up to the norming stage now and hopefully we will be performing again very soon!"