The plot thickens...

Guten morgen alle!

If you've read my first post, or the blog's subtitle for that matter, you'll appreciate that no Irish player has played at GFL1 to date and that it is a huge personal goal of mine to be the first to do so.  Well, this plotline is a bit like a pig bullied in the piggy schoolyard because it has an extra twist its tail.

Mentioned in my article on Irish players in GFL2 (http://www.europlayers.com/News.aspx?NewsId=417) there are three former teammates on the Lubeck Cougars squad, two of which are Irish-born, and yes, these are the same Cougars locked in a battle with my Berlin Rebels for a spot in the promotion playoffs.

So, some dastardly antagonists have been thrown against your beloved protagonist!  That's me by the way.

This hasn't soured me on those guys though don't worry, far from it...I'm not THAT petty!  I'm proud of the guys working hard up the in Lubeck, it just means that the uphill struggle of trying to get myself into GFL1 has been turned into an uphill race between me and those two boyos up in northern Germany...I warned you this blog would be compelling!

So, with the GFL2 teams currently getting back to work after the season break we build up towards the pivotal match on July 30th against Lubeck, a lot at stake; especially pride!  We'll see over the closing few games of the season if I, or any Irishman for that matter, can help the team over the hump and into GFL1.

Can you contain your excitement?  Neither can I!  I'm teetering on the edge right now as I simply write about it!

Talk to you after training next week: plenty to discuss then no doubt!

Und für alle eine gute nacht....