Marvellous Mavs March On

March 2011

The Mavericks played hosts to New Bucks University today in the quarter final of the Champions League at Princes Park.  The fixture had been moved from the 'Mavs' home the Estadio Da Luz because of suspected violence, rival gangs are unhappy that the Mavericks have such a strong link to Dominoes lead driver 'Mad Mango'.  It was believed that the Pizza Hut Posse and the Deap Pan Pirates were due to converge before kick off to resolve a feud which has rumbled for well over a year now.  In fact it has become so bad that Mango has had to revamp his car in order to keep a lower profile, removing all Dominoes branding.  (See below)

  

Remarkably no one informed skipper Hollywood that the game had switched venues and as a result the Mavs had to play Hollywood wide right at the Estadio Da Luz while the rest of the team played at Princes Park.  What was even more remarkable was that the skipper opened the scoring swerving a long ranger from at least two miles away leaving the hapless keeper stranded.  Hollywood rejoined his teammates in the second half in a bid to help the 'Mavs' improve on the 1-1 scoreline.

The scoreline did improve largely due to the outstanding performance of the attacking midfield, the returning Palmer (pictured below) showed glimpses of magic to pull strings at will and the Mavs worked well smashing 8 past their opponents

  

The Mavericks didn't have it all their own way and conceded three in the second half as they returned to all out out attack.  Keeper Smith a late replacement for Ibrahim who was ruled out with an allergic reaction, in truth many believe he has an allergic reaction to coming to college as he has been invisible for some time!

The 'Mavs' were grateful for some unusual goal scorers today with Perri Gallacher and Luke Rutherford making their way on to the score sheet for the first time this season.

Gallacher is pictured celebrating (below) although Rutherford picked up a needless yellow card for removing his shirt during the celebrations! 

   

    

Remaining goals came from Ben Young (2), Ashley Ward (2) and Steve Earle to complete the win which sees the 'Mavs' ease in to the Semi Finals.  Much celebrating was evident in the changing room afterwards and even Mad Mango did manage to relax after the earlier worries of the day with a cold drink.

    

In actual fact by the time the team returned to the team hotel Mango had managed to fully relax and enjoy another fabulous win for the worlds greatest team, he provided his teamates with a sneak preview of some of his new material.

 
Go the Mavs!