A game week with many questions, many doubts, but some events provide answers with hope for the First Row Idiots as they survive their first commuters tailgate of the season AND on a Friday.

Who would miss the game this week?

Would Greg/Joey appear together and on time?

Would the King of Goals continue his record breaking streak?

Would Jason wear the coat?

Does the 78 go anywhere near Harmon Cove?

For most of the Idiots, Friday was an average Friday. We got up, we went about our daily business and went to work. We had our usual short commutes to work. We ate lunch. We emailed each other about times and destinations.

But for Idiot Brian, Friday was special and perhaps every Friday, everyday, and everything for Brian is just that special. That extra special you no se qua that only Brian knows how to rub in your face. Brian knows how to Brian* so well that we’ve added the word to our vocabulary.

To Brian – [v] – To “one-up“ anything and everything over all other First Row Idiots.
Brian does not work; he owns his own business.
Brian does not order from the beer specials, he orders Heinekens!
Brian does not play golf with clients, he golfs with Samue"L" Jackson
Brian does not make room for passengers in his car, he stuffs them into the space he calls a back seat. (That’s only when he’s not driving his SUV – otherwise no ride for you.) (PS - Thanks for the ride Brian)

But I digress.

Some Idiots drove through traffic. Others, such as I, took public transportation to the meeting at our alternative watering hole. (the 78 DOES stop in Harmon Cove – Ahyeah)

This week, the Idiots confirmed that Greg and Joey are really two different people. Not only did they appear together in the same place at the same time, but to add to the fire Joey announces that he is moving to the same vicinity as Greg. (congrats Joey!)

Coincidence? - you decide.

It also was Greg’s first unofficial game since "the incident".

The attendance this week was fair.

Idiots Paul and Ofer missed yet another game due largely in part to a Friday with severe weather conditions of 48 partly cloudy with a chance of rain. Translation: cold, rainy, no grill.

As for the game. The team that in game 2 attacked and created plays was very different in game 3. Woly, probably the best forward on the Metros, didn’t Woly* as in last game. Except for the one play where he fell in the box and got the penalty, that Amado missed, he was pretty uninspiring.

*To Woly [v] – to jump in the air and head the ball back just for the sake of heading it back with no thought or intent on the play.

Sergio continues to show some heart on the field and acknowledged the support of the Idiots, but was also unproductive. Nonetheless I would have preferred a Woly substitution before Sergio.

The team seemed to give up especially after the Chicago’s score in the first half. The second half was probably one of the more difficult halves to watch as the Metros seemed almost uninterested in recovering from the point. This is the first game where the Idiots found it more entertaining to chant (DUNKIN DONUTS, ATKINS, Your’fat and you know you are…) at the overweight goalies; a custom that is soon to be a tradition given the prime location and inconsistency of this team. I certainly hope things turn around next game.

But in the words of Brian "When all is lost, there’s always Heineken."