Bath v Purley Flags

Another loss, but still having fun...sweet trousers Jimmy!

By Nik Roberts: After the league defeat two weeks ago, Bath were determined to make a better competition of the Senior Flags, travelling with a good squad to Purley.The West Country team matched Purley for three quarters although the home side looked the stronger in general, scoring every time Bath managed to get close.Paul Terry in Goal for Purley had his usual good game coming up with some fine saves, and at the other end, Nige Gates (returning from injury) showed his quality, making at one point consecutive one on one saves.Dave Hartshorne playing his first game of the season, showed much of his old prowess, timing his cuts to perfection, scoring five goals, in fact the ''Old'' attack of Roberts, Hartshorne, Griffiths and Lovett looked a lot steadier, maybe they have played together for too long, and know where each other is going.On the downside, Matt Grody, the youngest Bath player pulled up with a back spasm, making it impossible to walk, never mind play, luckily the Purley Physio was able to help.All in all a much better performance, and Bath should be pleased with themselves. There is a slight worrying trend of petering out in the last quarter, Purley scored twice in the last 20 seconds, making the score look a lot worse than it should have been.Quote of the day:''Tough saves I do, it's the easy ones that go straight past my head'' Nige Gates on his goal keeping performance.Whinge of the dayDave Arnot Purley, trying to come to terms with the fact that fat blokes don't move as quickly, and hence get hit more often.And my my what language.