Dojo dominance going the way of the moon (waning) while Slamtown get a reprive

After a rain-out and a legitimate, spirited draw,

All I want to say is "If Slamtown are unfortunate enough to meet us in the final, those mothers are gonna pay".

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Browntown Takes One In The End Zone!!

After scoring early, Heroes fell asleep on the sideline and on-field with some uninspiring play and sloppy marking, allowing Slamtown to huck to unexpected receivers. Heroes were down 4-1.

With a demand to improve on the basics (completions, aka throwing and catching) and a request for more sideline talk, the quality of play lifted. A few Jangles to Bevan plays came off and Adam D went on to have a blinder, beginning with some hard puppy pressure to force throw aways. Adam used his reach (he has height, but have you ever seen him jump) to swat the disc away from the outstretched hands of receivers. He hit every dump, but my favourite Adam play was when George made a great cut under on Horo and Adam came streaming and screaming through to collect the Dishy in power posistion and wind-up that big arm of his to huck to score (Morrell receiving? on the back line in the middle).

The positivity definitely lifted and the sideline talk kept everyone in the game. I remember getting caught out early on with players streaming down my wing and no sideline talk, but this changed in the second third. I think Slamtown took the half after long discussions saw a spirited Fox backing down to a solid argument Slamtown's best politician.

There were some exciting moments, when we got SFC to stall count 9 a number of times, but they got away with stuff like scoobers to Jody and the traditional Heroes-mac-on to Al. James Larkin was one player we failed to shut down. For the amount of D's we got and shots we had, our conversion rate was very low.

Sebastian worked really hard in the second half, but the real Brown-town belonged to neither Sebastian or Jody, but that of little brother, not-the-rapper Chris Brown. Chris Brown had 16 attempts to score in the end zone. Often perceived as cutting hard, handlers would float it out in front of Chris, only to see him time and again, labouring, stumbling and seeing the disc float out the back of the end zone. This lead to much taunting. To claims that we thought he was cutting, Big Brother Sebastian lamented "People often think that about Chris?" Jamie was of usual harshness: "Are you going to catch it this time, Chris?" Yes, it reminded this blogger of those who had come before him. Like Trevor, Watto and Tomsteve, the young Ceasar seemed cursed.

Finally, I think it was Bevan, pulled one out of the sky and Chris was found all alone in the middle of the end zone. Bevan put it in at about the height where all our hearts were, the throat, with Chris finally obliging and taking a sitter. The crowd went wild!!! (*insert tumbleweed)

In the end I think we went down 14-10, but I may be wrong.

Slamtown

Thursdays game saw the Heroes take the line against the big shooting slamming flatballers from the coast.
After last weeks lack lustre performance, the green machine came out with a strong will to bring the intensity and when we got a turn over on the first point from a (insert) wayward stef throw, we capitalised and put in the end zone for 1-0. Then throughout the first half the game was relatively even with slamtown breaking us to take a 2 point lead at half. However the difference between the two teams was the initial pull on the point. I cant remember how many times we turned the disc over in our own half (and endzone) because of a great pull and chase, clamming us inside the endzone with our stack not realising it, and being to deep. With Adam out our handling line was a bit weaker and the gold coast zone worked well for the most part. BUT as soon as we broke that cup, I think slamtown will agree we walked all over them to score freely (for those 7 times.. ) But still and yes this sounds lame the score line didnt reflect how hard the game was played, with our game finishing last of the three and with one memorable 10min point. On a positive note defensively we didnt let the orange 'shooters' loose and kept the D fairly tight all evening. As soon as we stop shooting ourselves in the foot with dumb turnovers (myself included) Heroes will start putting wins on the board.
As ever this season theres no 'easy' games with most teams being able to turn up on their day and win. Next week is no different when Heroes vs the well lubricated machine that is Dojo Mojo.
Memorable moments for the game was Ye Old brown town connection being ever sweet as usual. OH AND... James getting skied by probably the shortest man in the league, Danny. Well done dan. In comparison its like thisguy in red beating this guy in blue (wait is that a Red Vs Blue reference!?!)

How to be Bad-Ass in the 80's

With the return of beautiful, sunny weather, the Incredible HUC has taken a holiday this week, and hit the GC. In between Slammin' Waves & Slammin' Babes (embracing Slam Town culture), The HUC went on a massive bender and ended up busting into the archives of the SlamTown Flatball Club. We hope you enjoy what we've found.



This video was obviously on loan from purveyors of 80's culture, the one and only Dojo. Whilst The HUC only had to sleep with someone to gain access to the SFC volt, the mission of entering the inner sanctum of the Dojo Gardens was put on hold, while HUC soberly considers the best method of beating the Kenshi's high security measures.

Slamtown ride a close wave

Heroes started the night on O and leapt away to a 1-0 lead with great, thought-out and clean offensive. The second point lasted a rather long time with Slamtown throwing the disc away on more than one occasion, Heroes however let them off the hook twice as well with albeit, close throw aways into the endzone. ST rallied and fought back to get on the board in the end to make the score 1-1. Heroes were all about intensity and certainly on D was where it showed up. Unfortunately our intensity also carried over into O where we just wanted to make the glory pass/assist. The two teams traded until 4-4.
The intensity that we lacked in previous weeks had begun to take its toll on the boys and somehow we let ST score the next 4 points. That really hurt. Slamtown took the half at 8-4.
The Heroes leadership group asked the team to lift over half time. What we saw was the whole team rise and we racked up some blocks on D. Then we saw MattB layout in the endzone! It was freckin sweet, and we got a little celebration out of him too.
The Heroes from last season would have shut down and see the game slip away after half to something like 15-6. What we did was win the half 5-4 and the game ended at 9-12 to Slamtown. The 3 point difference was probably not reflective of how close the game was in my opinion. And also was that the first time a Heroes game ended last on a Thursday night? Id probably bet it is.
Heroes are learning what it takes to win (again) in this league. We're getting a taste of the hard run we have to show and the commitment on D we need. More than that, we are enjoying the rise in our effort.

Heroes VS Slamtown

This weeks match saw us revisit the form we were in before the bye. A 15-10 loss is a big improvement on last round, when we went down 15 - 3 to Slamtown.

A turn-over in our back half saw Slamtown pounce, with a cross-field hammer to take the first point. I believe they took the second point as well, but we got back to 2-3 before a timeout, and 3-3 shortly after. It was around this time that a pivotal and controversial call was made. A foul was allegedly made before a half-field throw from Jangles to Paul, who played on to complete the point. The foul was called long after the event and Paul contested this. I have no idea what the foul was for, but I don't understand why people can't yell "FOUL!" nice and loudly. No need to harp on the actual event though.

Heroes were patient with the disc near the endzone last night, which is a big improvement. Handling errors were significantly reduced, and our movement was fantastic. Our defense fell apart in patches including some mind-lapses from Yours Truly. We tried some zone but in the final few points it was hard man that really put the pressure on.

The sexiest thing of the night came from Paul Sangunetti (spelling?), who threw a lovely knife like throw out the sideline, dipping back at the last moment. This line break saw us scoring. James found some confidence in the handling role, and overall, the enthusiasm and confidence was increased last night for all of us.

For Slamtown, Jimmy seemed to be everywhere, cutting down long throws, putting them on himself or receiving. Jody and Myall had some good one-on-one contests on long hucks which often saw the disc and both players hitting the deck.

That's about all I've got to say about the match. Next week we have Passion, =? and I'm looking forward to it.

My secret training method in this last week was to simply have fun with frisbee. And laying out. I'm working on some sweet deep grazes on the knee. We were enjoying our frisbee more this week and it helped with self-belief and to stay in the competition.

BPL - A view from beneath

Well the first half of the season is down, and the Heroes have had a taste of each team. As this team is unknown to the BPL community, we see things a little differently. The following rankings are based on our experiences and other reports and results will be considered sparingly.

1. (2) Dojo - The rupturing of our metaphorical hymen was always going to be a messy, unforgettable and potentially traumatic experience. The Dojo were relentless, but had a "business-as-usual" approach. No hype was necessary. They executed their game-plan with indifference. While we will have a truck-load more confidence next time around, this welcome is hard to forget.

2. (5) SFC - Slamtown flattened our balls with a steam-roller. In contrast to the Dojo, they were all hype and high spirits. Their speed and athleticism was most impressive - the whirlwind oftentimes leaving us bewildered. To see them slip down so far on the ladder is surprising. Perhaps it shows that enthusiasm only gets you so far.

3. (6) Lovers - This is where things get ambiguous and confusing. The Lovers had no passion at all in the first half of our match. They had the countenance of a cancer patient begging to be put out of his misery. Out of nowhere, fearless leader Al Don created an ambush, and we were left helpless. They take #3 purely by the potential that was displayed.

4. (3) MBB - In reality, these guys will finish higher than SFC and Lovers. They play predictable, text-book ultimate, and they challenge you to beat them at it. Very patient and machine-like, with the ability to win most contested disc.

5. (1) Passion - This is most controversial. I was absent from our brawl, and it has been reported that Passion started poorly and then switched on the fist of fury to take the victory. This is not how we see it. Heroes claim that they stuck it to Passion before letting them back into the game. It was probably a mixture of both.

6. (4) Cobras - Early in the season, the Cobra's seemed like a group of athletic young men with bad attitudes. Their strats did not come off and they lacked discipline. They licked more than their wounds for over a week after losing to the Smackable Heroes.

7. (7) Heroes - Our performance? We are really pleased with how we are coming together as a team. Predicted as 15-3 easy-beats week in week out, we forced our critics to take us seriously with a win in game 2. We showed the UQ boys that they couldn't adopt their usual attitude toward us if they wanted to win and we fought hard against the Buggers. Low-lights include the SlamTown loss and the loss to Lovers after being up 8-2.

There you have it. Heroes - feel free to make corrections. Others - enjoy, comment, fight!