[originaltext]W: What did you think of the game, Bill?M: Dreadful! It was neit

W: What did you think of the game, Bill?
M: Dreadful! It was neither exciting nor skilful.
W: I agree with you. Of course the weather didn’t help. They’d hardly kicked off when it started to pelt with rain. Our team is useless in the mud, and they were off form anyway.
M: Some of our team can’t play football in either wet or dry conditions, and I’ve never seen them on form. I can’t help laughing when I watch old Ford. Every time he gets the ball he either falls over or passes it to the opposition. I can’t make out why they pick him.
W: He’s too old really. He’d already been playing in the team for about ten years when I became a supporter and that was eight years ago.
M: Evans isn’t much better. He’s not only too slow, but he’s scared to tackle as well.
W: Yes, he’s always afraid of getting injured. Neither Ford nor Evans is up to it. We need two new defenders and a new forward too.
M: But the management is too mean to spend money either on new players or on improving the ground.
W: Yes, that’s true. The pitch is a disgrace. It isn’t flat and the drains don’t work. Every time it rains the pitch is covered with great puddles of water.
M: What we need is not only new players but a new manager and a new pitch as well. Then perhaps we could win promotion to the Third Division.
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. What are the two speakers doing?
10. What does the man think of Evans?
11. What’s wrong with the football ground?