Dull morning with a slight damp on the pitch. Pre-match hype was all about who's going to be goalkeeper as we are going through this part of crisis that will eventually make our team stronger in every aspect. After much discussion and consideration we had Tianjun in goal for the game and credit to him that he was rarely threaten and pretty stable.
Pitch was small and tight with little width so the battle was scrappy and full of 50-50 challenges. Game started with line-up of tianjun in goal, back 4 of simon, jin, daniel, zhenqing, while midfield comprising of jumain, andrew, twelve, lewis and rixian with zonghui upfront alone.
We didn't really stamp our authority but obviously more threatening than opponents, whom we were playing for the 2nd time. Attacks were launched and Zonghui was more than a threaten with his physical presence and clever using of his body and neat touches to start spinning around the defenders. Held his line comfortably upfront and defending from there on. Lots of long balls were played and chances wasted. We took the lead early with just the 2nd corner of our game with Twelve delivering it to Zonghui who was unmarked to place a header to the opposite corner. Jumain and Andrew were both winning challenges and with Jumain protecting the back 4 and giving a calm influence and smart distributions, our play was a notch above opponents. Defence snuffed out any threats before they were there and the attack was mostly through the middle. Lewis and Twelve worked hard but it was difficult to find any space. Our lead extended when another pass was aimed towards Zonghui and he tried to get past the defenders but failed, the loose ball came out and Rixian took a shot from just outside the area and the ball went in. Soon after opponents got halved the deficit with a goal against the run of play. A corner from the right came in and Twelve inevitably diverted the ball into the net with the ball coming towards him. But we extended the lead not long after as Rixian took a quick but long throw in to Andrew who volleyed it first time into the bottom right hand corner a la da certain Ah Paul from Manchested United. Andrew put himself into club folklore by slotting in a 2nd after a good one-two with Zonghui to put the team 4-1 up. We failed to score in the 2nd half and play was getting messy as Jumain left the pitch with a particle in the eye. Midfielders never track back as much but our defence held its own against the counter attacks. We were not without our chances though with Zhenqing hitting the crossbar with a tonjoul from outside the area while Andrew continue to make pot shots on goal, looking for his hat-trick that seemingly never will come. Referee didn't blew for a foul on Jin as the striker dragged him down and Daniel tracked back but failed to stop the opponents proper but only succeeded in ramming the ball across goal into the net. The game finally ended with Andrew whacking over a 2nd ball with some backlift into the construction site.
The result was never really in doubt as we ran out deserved winners but a lot of our play left much to be desired. There are different issues for each player to face himself and hopefully we will see a better you next sunday. Credit to defence, especially trio of Simon, Jin and Daniel for putting in a good shift as usual. Special mention goes to Tianjun and Zhenqing for their versatility, both whom never complain about putting themselves into different positions. Jumain and Andrew was making their mark in the middle but of course not skying the ball into the construction site. Rest of the team was alright too but the best is yet to come i believe so meanwhile look after yourselves and build up some stamina for the coming game at Fuhua Secondary this coming sunday.
Day rounded up with lunch nearby but not too glamourous was the stupid Fatimah giving us some trouble. Damn bitch! See you guys next sunday!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Match 05 Review :150209 West Wood Secondary School
My apologies to everyone for the Review to be up only so late as i was really busy with work.
Anyway The review for the match at Westwood secondary. Upon reaching the pitch we were shocked to see the players of our opponents in the first match. It was the Grey Jersey Veteran Team. Well it is okay for us to play them again and see how much we have progressed.
At the sidelines was our charismatic playmaker Chai, unable to join the team but was there to give the team guidance. Ah fat is out for 2 months with heavy work commitment and that is where our team needs to hunt for a goalkeeper in place of ah fat.
Zhen qing returns to the squad after being out for a week. Team also see the return of Ah Seng and Xianxi.
Defence was marshalled by the familiar 3 of Simon, Daniel and Jin. Included in the line of defence was ZhenQing.
Twelve and Seng were deployed at the flanks and Jumain and lewis were positioned in the central of the park. Rixian leaded the attack sitting behind Xianxi.
The veterans were solid and robust in their play. Lacking of our inspirational player, we took a while to stabilise ourselves with rixian constantly penetrating the opponent's defence. The opponent's attack was neutralised by the firm defence of Jin and Daniel who are as stable as ever. But it was the opponent who drew first blood when they fired a freekick in which was beyond the reach of our keeper.
We returned the favour quite soon when rixian took the corner kick. Jin charged up and took a left foot shot off the on dropping ball past the keeper. True Class that will put Nemanja Vidic to shame.
The game took a stale taste to it with a few prominent shots from Seng who took a beautiful volley that scale pass the goal post and a few attempts from Xianxi. Jumain was confident and compose in the centre of the park that started a few attempts to attack. Lewis was a bit out of position at times and tried hard to adapt to the play and became better with more passing out to the flanks and releasing the strikers.
Some changes were made at the second half with Zhen qing pairing up Xianxi in attack. Rixian Dropped deep in the midfield with Jumain. TianJun filled up left back. And he did a good job by making sure that attacks down the left was shoved off as he defended well.
Very soon into the second half some scramble in attack saw zhen qing pounded the ball into the net. He reminds me of carlos tevez running berserkly around the pitch take the ball wham.... Madness but crucial to the team.
We went 3-1 up after xianxi took the ball and shot it at the keeper and clearance of the ball was not done quick and twelve slotted the ball into the net.
We were not complacent but the opponent pulled one more back bringing the score to 3-2 with a elegantly taken shot outside the penalty box.
It was a good game and after the game a few of us sat down to talk through the tactics and worked something out for the team. This week hopefully we will do much better than last week.
Guys remember we are strong...but we need to combine everyone's effort and make us formidable.
with regards,
your co-ordinator
Anyway The review for the match at Westwood secondary. Upon reaching the pitch we were shocked to see the players of our opponents in the first match. It was the Grey Jersey Veteran Team. Well it is okay for us to play them again and see how much we have progressed.
At the sidelines was our charismatic playmaker Chai, unable to join the team but was there to give the team guidance. Ah fat is out for 2 months with heavy work commitment and that is where our team needs to hunt for a goalkeeper in place of ah fat.
Zhen qing returns to the squad after being out for a week. Team also see the return of Ah Seng and Xianxi.
Defence was marshalled by the familiar 3 of Simon, Daniel and Jin. Included in the line of defence was ZhenQing.
Twelve and Seng were deployed at the flanks and Jumain and lewis were positioned in the central of the park. Rixian leaded the attack sitting behind Xianxi.
The veterans were solid and robust in their play. Lacking of our inspirational player, we took a while to stabilise ourselves with rixian constantly penetrating the opponent's defence. The opponent's attack was neutralised by the firm defence of Jin and Daniel who are as stable as ever. But it was the opponent who drew first blood when they fired a freekick in which was beyond the reach of our keeper.
We returned the favour quite soon when rixian took the corner kick. Jin charged up and took a left foot shot off the on dropping ball past the keeper. True Class that will put Nemanja Vidic to shame.
The game took a stale taste to it with a few prominent shots from Seng who took a beautiful volley that scale pass the goal post and a few attempts from Xianxi. Jumain was confident and compose in the centre of the park that started a few attempts to attack. Lewis was a bit out of position at times and tried hard to adapt to the play and became better with more passing out to the flanks and releasing the strikers.
Some changes were made at the second half with Zhen qing pairing up Xianxi in attack. Rixian Dropped deep in the midfield with Jumain. TianJun filled up left back. And he did a good job by making sure that attacks down the left was shoved off as he defended well.
Very soon into the second half some scramble in attack saw zhen qing pounded the ball into the net. He reminds me of carlos tevez running berserkly around the pitch take the ball wham.... Madness but crucial to the team.
We went 3-1 up after xianxi took the ball and shot it at the keeper and clearance of the ball was not done quick and twelve slotted the ball into the net.
We were not complacent but the opponent pulled one more back bringing the score to 3-2 with a elegantly taken shot outside the penalty box.
It was a good game and after the game a few of us sat down to talk through the tactics and worked something out for the team. This week hopefully we will do much better than last week.
Guys remember we are strong...but we need to combine everyone's effort and make us formidable.
with regards,
your co-ordinator
Monday, February 09, 2009
Match 04: Review 080209 @ Boon Lay Secondary
After 2 weeks of layoff from professional football the team gathers once again for their much anticipated friendly. The weather was streaking hot and the bodies lethargic due to the excessive boozing in the new year. Fico was good but the boozing was intensive to the extend that lifting our legs for a kick was a chore.
Here are the players who grace the match. A huge thanks to all who have turned up and also thanks to those who Aeroplane us...
A small note......No offence to anybody or anyone but i think Every player is precious to us and we will only call sufficient amount of players so everyone gets a considerable amount of time on the pitch so i hope everyone respects the system and reciprocate by being responsible to notify me earlier (1 day in advance) if you are unable to turn up for the game. Especially when you have agreed to play and due to certain reasons not being able to play please notify me.....
The lack of players would result in over exhausting our other players and i think it is not fair to the other players. I am not out to pin point anyone or anybody but just serves as a reminder in future. It also wun put me in a situation that last minute need to activate players to come or whatsoever.
Let me just showcase to everyone the pillars of the team....
Ah Fat.
( Definitely always there for the team...spiritually and in between the posts. When we have a call for him to grace the pitch he will always be ready to do so.)
Daniel
( Our energizer bunny...committed...dedicated...passionate...enthusiastic...Role Model of the team)
Chai
(was on the verge of not featuring in the latest match but somehow he turned up and provided a match winner performance.... Follows and supported the team with all his might.)
And not forgetting the remainder warriors who battled to earn the hard earned 2-2 draw on 080209.
Jin
Zhengquan
Rixian
Twelve
Seng
Lewis
Zonghui
Myself
Kaweng
Rixian's friend (Sorry i didn't get your name)
Match Review
Our first match encoutering Malay who actually look like they pack quite a punch. Was given the offset of +3.5.
Ah fat was once again deployed to guard the posts... Jin paired up with Daniel with Kaweng on the left and Simon on the Right. Lewis on the right midfield 12 on the other flank of the field and Rixian and Chai stomped the midfield. Seng paired up with Zong hui on top.
Match started with us going positively with us approaching positively at the opponents.
However due to the lack in match fitness and communication... Our threat of the day... Big Bad Emile Heskey who was virtually, literally "Unknockable" placed his first goal into the net although kaweng did his best to nudge him aside....They had only 1 shot and it had to go in....
On the other end..Chai and Rixian are pounding the balls towards the keeper hard and fast. Chai is once again putting in a 5 star performance pulling the strings with Rixian who was instrumental in setting up the first goal. A delicate chip from Rixian met by Chai who took it down nicely and wham.... 1-1...
Defence was jittery and communication was down.... Emile Heskey again was barraging his way into defence...Simon slided knocked and bump him but he wouldn't budge and daniel and simon went for a double team but he just shove them aside and went clear towards the keeper and put the team 2-1 up before half time....
Knowing how the Opponents operate, We had a better picture on how to lock them out of their play....with emile Heskey deprived of balls their attacking option was reduced.... Zonghui is intensifying his efforts to win the ball running himself dry grabbing at every chance to win the ball back.... All the balls towards midfield had only 2 possible location.... Rixian head or Chai Head as the two of them stomp their authority in centre mid...Defence was perpetually stagnant...With ever stable Jin sweeping away ever possible threat and daniel fast as anything winning all the balls with his pace and speed...
Twelve had a few good opportunity to sweep in a few balls but was not met by anybody...Seng also had a decent attempt that went slightly wide....Rixian at the heart of another attack smash the ball hard towards the keeper and the keeper only could parry it to the feet of lewis who slotted the ball onto the feet of the opponent who tuck the ball into the net. And the match ended soon.
A good performance for everyone but fitness level for everyone needs to be elevated and maybe more play with each other will reap in better understanding between everyone.
Good start after the new year and may our new game get a better result.
No offence to anybody on the earlier comment and i just hope the best for the team.
regards,
simon
Here are the players who grace the match. A huge thanks to all who have turned up and also thanks to those who Aeroplane us...
A small note......No offence to anybody or anyone but i think Every player is precious to us and we will only call sufficient amount of players so everyone gets a considerable amount of time on the pitch so i hope everyone respects the system and reciprocate by being responsible to notify me earlier (1 day in advance) if you are unable to turn up for the game. Especially when you have agreed to play and due to certain reasons not being able to play please notify me.....
The lack of players would result in over exhausting our other players and i think it is not fair to the other players. I am not out to pin point anyone or anybody but just serves as a reminder in future. It also wun put me in a situation that last minute need to activate players to come or whatsoever.
Let me just showcase to everyone the pillars of the team....
Ah Fat.
( Definitely always there for the team...spiritually and in between the posts. When we have a call for him to grace the pitch he will always be ready to do so.)
Daniel
( Our energizer bunny...committed...dedicated...passionate...enthusiastic...Role Model of the team)
Chai
(was on the verge of not featuring in the latest match but somehow he turned up and provided a match winner performance.... Follows and supported the team with all his might.)
And not forgetting the remainder warriors who battled to earn the hard earned 2-2 draw on 080209.
Jin
Zhengquan
Rixian
Twelve
Seng
Lewis
Zonghui
Myself
Kaweng
Rixian's friend (Sorry i didn't get your name)
Match Review
Our first match encoutering Malay who actually look like they pack quite a punch. Was given the offset of +3.5.
Ah fat was once again deployed to guard the posts... Jin paired up with Daniel with Kaweng on the left and Simon on the Right. Lewis on the right midfield 12 on the other flank of the field and Rixian and Chai stomped the midfield. Seng paired up with Zong hui on top.
Match started with us going positively with us approaching positively at the opponents.
However due to the lack in match fitness and communication... Our threat of the day... Big Bad Emile Heskey who was virtually, literally "Unknockable" placed his first goal into the net although kaweng did his best to nudge him aside....They had only 1 shot and it had to go in....
On the other end..Chai and Rixian are pounding the balls towards the keeper hard and fast. Chai is once again putting in a 5 star performance pulling the strings with Rixian who was instrumental in setting up the first goal. A delicate chip from Rixian met by Chai who took it down nicely and wham.... 1-1...
Defence was jittery and communication was down.... Emile Heskey again was barraging his way into defence...Simon slided knocked and bump him but he wouldn't budge and daniel and simon went for a double team but he just shove them aside and went clear towards the keeper and put the team 2-1 up before half time....
Knowing how the Opponents operate, We had a better picture on how to lock them out of their play....with emile Heskey deprived of balls their attacking option was reduced.... Zonghui is intensifying his efforts to win the ball running himself dry grabbing at every chance to win the ball back.... All the balls towards midfield had only 2 possible location.... Rixian head or Chai Head as the two of them stomp their authority in centre mid...Defence was perpetually stagnant...With ever stable Jin sweeping away ever possible threat and daniel fast as anything winning all the balls with his pace and speed...
Twelve had a few good opportunity to sweep in a few balls but was not met by anybody...Seng also had a decent attempt that went slightly wide....Rixian at the heart of another attack smash the ball hard towards the keeper and the keeper only could parry it to the feet of lewis who slotted the ball onto the feet of the opponent who tuck the ball into the net. And the match ended soon.
A good performance for everyone but fitness level for everyone needs to be elevated and maybe more play with each other will reap in better understanding between everyone.
Good start after the new year and may our new game get a better result.
No offence to anybody on the earlier comment and i just hope the best for the team.
regards,
simon
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Match 04 : Preview 8 Feb 09 @ Boon Lay Sec 9am
Hi Guys...Hapy New Year Gong Xi Fa Cai...
After all the heavy boozing and Gambling its time to hit back to the pitch again to ply our trade.
Fitness and stamina are going to be affected in one way or another but its okay we can always pick up again. Then again...an update on this weekend's match.
8 Feb 09 (Sunday) 9am @ Boon Lay Sec.
My apologies initially the match was arranged for us at Juying Secondary but it has been shifted to Boon Lay Secondary School.
Sorry if the map is not very clear.
Anyway these are the confirmed players.
Ah Fat
Lewis
Chai
Xian Xi
Zonghui
Rixian
Twelve
ZhenQing
Jin
Ka weng
Ah Seng
Aman
Simon
Tian JunYet to Confirmed:
James
Daniel
Current Funding we have now is $50.
Match Cost : $80
Essentially each person would have to pay $8.
I wouldn't call this pay la...its more towards contributing to the Club Fund...
We getting team jerseys and we looking for someone intellectual to give us a name....
And i have a plan to disseminate all my task to everyone so everyone could have a fair share in the ownership of the team.... below are the possible appointments and job scope.....
Hopefully it could be formulated in the next few weeks....
Manpower: (1 person)
( In charge of calling up players to play for the match every week.)
Logistic: (2-3 Person)
( The logistic end is in charge of all the logistical arrangement for the team... Jersey...Drinks...Ball...Ball Pump....etc etc...)
Transport: ( 1-2 Person)
( He is just focus on arranging transport and make sure that the team nobody gets lost to and fro ...)
Finance: ( 1-2 person )
(Collection of money every game and in charge of the funding in the team.)
Match Co-ordinator/Scriptwriter: (1-2 person)
(As per stated in the above....just arrange the game with refree...book pitch...arrange frequent training matches...No match maybe can arrange Fico....Enlist us for tournaments if there is any.....at the end of the match tabulate all the scores and do a match review....)
Okay i know everything above is a bit Army-fied but great teams cannot survive if they dun have a proper admin system... so with a stable Admin system i hope we can keep going a long way.... Essentially we are going into small time League soon so before we embark on this journey....on the back end we have to iron out all the roles and responsibilities....
So the above job appointment if open up for bidding... Please post your area of interest in the Chatbox and i will have it registered....
Last but not least...there will be a Welfare Oic....He will be in charge of organising Party session....Boozing Session... Drinking and Gambling Session for the Team...And without any further Ado may we unveil this person....
Yours Truly....
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