Oh my gosh - he's back!!!!

Well, after being internet-less since leaving Liverpool, I've taken the "tube" into downtown London to use an Internet cafe' and eat some great Italian food.  The short story is that we got to Sheffield, played the Middleton Rovers and were annihilated by them.  The funny thing was that the boys complained about the field we played on.  It was better than any we play on in the States but it was, actually, the worst we played on in England to date.  The team we played met us at 6:30pm because they all had to put in a full days work before they could get together to play a match against us.  We played pretty poorly.  It seems to be hot or cold with this bunch.  The next day, however, we played the Sheffield United U16 Academy team and beat them 2-0.  Yep, the same bunch of zombies that attempted to "play at" soccer the day before, came back to life to play as if these Academy Players had taken their mother's ball and wouldn't give it back.  Nelson made a PK and Meckes slid one past the keeper from about 7 yards out.  Not sure how this all works, but it would be nice if they'd settle down and play a bit more consistently.  It sure would be easier on Roy, David and my nerves.  They boys spent a day at a monster hue mall - yep, more replacement jerseys for you Mom's!!  You are all so lucky to have such wonderful kids who do nothing but think about you each and every minute of every day - NOT!!  A funny thing did happen to Danny at the mall.  While in a large sorting good store, he was approached by a security officer and asked to accompany him to a back room where he was being detained for shoplifting!!  He was sweating bullets for over 45 minutes while, it ends up, the security department reviewed the tapes and came to the conclusion that they had "detained in error."  After apologizing to Daniel and groveling for a minute or two, the offered him a £50 gift certificate to not press charges against them.  This being Danny's first time at being falsely accused of anything, he failed to recognize his opportunity to negotiate a settlement price and jumped at the chance to get a $110.00 (USD) pair of goalie gloves for free.  He's decided that now that he knows how this all works, he'd like to arrange to be detained on a regular basis so he can get a complete set or Premier Replica home and away keeper jerseys, both long and short sleeves.  I suggested that he not hold his breath.  Well, it's time to go now.  We have a game tomorrow at 11:00am and another Saturday at the same time.  We'll try to get back here again to update you soon.  Thanks for your patience while we were "down."