YUFL: Cracking the Bermuda Code

I normally don't blog about the Monday night Yeronga Ultimate Frisbee League (aka YUFL aka Malloy's Love Child), and I guess that's because I usually have a poor memory of games because I seem to expend all my mental power on running (hence my long rambling Captain's speeches after games). Or it could be that while we're having fun and increasing retuning the new model Red Peppers, we're still achingly winless after five games.

Anyway, last night we played Bermuda Triangle, a team I used to play for and who is well known for their devastatingly executed 'four man cup'. I've been thinking about this for ages - how to negate it?

So props to newish Red Pepper massive Matt Eastburne who provided the 4-man-cup beating tactic - play a 3-3-1, and you'll find that you're generating a three on two contest in the middle of the field.

Problem was though - BT's offense (once a source of confusion for many) is now very very good. Clinical even. Their whole team functions as a unit, and the passing in slick and confident. It was only through constantly changing our own defence that I think we slowed them up at all - although in the first half of the game all this did was make them pass more - turnovers were rare, what with them leading us 7-1 at one stage. We did get back to 10-7 at one point, before losing 15-8 in the end.

Still, it was nice of BCL (Bermuda Captain Luke) to note at the end of the game that we'd cracked them and they had to try something else. The Peppers might not have gotten a win, but we had something to take home.

ps Impressive Hardcore Effort of the Week - Tim Woodman's wife Gill is due with their first bub on Tuesday, but he gets out for a run at YUFL on Monday night.