Energy Drinks & Subbuteo: a Winning Combination

learning from the best: Barca vs. Real

With only a few days of preparation left before the 1^st & 4^th Club’s annual Advent charity tournament promoting Energy Drink Addiction Awareness, I must take advantage of what precious little time I have available to train at the office. As you can see, despite taking on full-time employment for the world's best damn orchestra, my training regimen has not slackened (“fagged out,” if you will.) While Mandy and Tim waste their time and energy on athletic pursuits, I sit squarely on my arse honing my already deadly-precise long-range shots. No matter how far my player may be, if that ball’s inside the shot line, you might as well not defend with your goalkeeper—your time would be better spent figuring out how to hide the look of embarrassment on your face after I’ve scored.

And to what do I owe such vim & vigor? My accumulated rage from never winning a single 1^st & 4^th Club tournament—despite my countless hours of zen visualization exercises, tactical research, and meticulous post-tourney blog posts? No, just that good old, tried-and-true energy drink: coffee (and Bailey’s.) Yep, there’s nothing like a little morning afternoon evening midnight cup o’ joe to keep me going. Energy drink addiction is a necessary evil, though we can never be too aware of its dangers. That being said ...

Grab your Bawls, capture a Monster, wrangle a Red Bull, party like a Rockstar, plug in to an Amp, or else grind up some guarana and smear it on your gums: it’s going to be a long tournament for some (but an infuriatingly short one for most) and we better be juiced to the best of our ability.

And remember, this is LAST opportunity to present your case to the committee before the 2011 1^st & 4^th Club player awards--leave it all on the pitch, cause's its not just Santa who's checking a list.

 --HBT