Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Weekly Report

Weekly Report

Scorer List

Chai: 10
Xianxi: 3
James: 2
ZhenQing: 2
Twelve: 2
Zonghui: 2
Simon: 2
Lewis: 2
Rixian: 2
Jin: 1

Current Funds

$40

Outstanding Payment:
Lewis (Tactics Board - $60)

Player of the Month Honour Board:

Player of the month 1: Andrew aka Chai
Player of the month 2:

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Match 09: 220309 @ Fu Hua Secondary School

Finally back in front of the desk with some available bandwidth to write about our performance just less than 24 hours ago. My apologies for the lack of updating in our blogsite with reports and pictures. i brought my camera down every match but i forgot about taking photos always and at the same time work piled up during this period and coupled with my Bangkok trip recently, it took me awhile to adjust back to management of the team. Well it went smooth as well for my other commrades that has helped me with much of the organising and writing of the report.

Chai aka Sea Monkey for the writing of match updates and our tatical master.

Rixian for also helping me up with match reports and the calling up of players when the team is having a shortage of players.

Lewis for helping us buy the board first but will be reimbursed soon.

Match @ Fu Hua Sec

Following the epic finale that took place last week. We went into an 11am match skeptical of the weather that will torment our stamina. But with the players that were present and the outlook of the opponents. We are quite keen to give them a trouncing.

Some new addition to the team (My apologies if i may have spelt your name wrongly):
Ta Ren
Sa Ren
Keng tong
Nezal

Rixian took a break to put on a different colour of the jersey and provided the sideline tactics as the manager.

Chai as usual with captained the team with his flamboyant performance week-in-week out.

Youngster Ansen is our man between the post.

Zhen Quan and Ah fat paired up to be the heart of defence. Tian jun and simon each on the left and right back position respectively.

Chai slotted in the left and New Signing Ta Ren on the right flank holsted by the stable and calm jumain in the centre with lewis deployed alongside him while Xian xi Ke jang lead the team in attack.

The match started off with some physical challenges from opponent as they prove their point that they are not as bad as we thought they are as they gave us some tough moments. Their number 10 is a whole lump of stone as he constantly attempts to barrage his way through. Number 17 strung most of their passes with his good skills and physical demand. However it was the Red Whinning 11 that started the first flourish of attack that was converted into goal when Xianxi tried to put the ball past the keeper only for the keeper to parry it onto the legs of lewis to put us 1-0 up.

Ta ren was at many times bringing the attack to a different level with his physical approach and his very team orientated play style. Giving the Whinners a few good chance. Ke jang as usual, teasing the opponents making them look foolish when they try but to no avail to win his ball.

Chai trying very hard to win balls and strung the attacks. Defence was robust with the pacy Zhen Quan and the domineering size of Ah fat. Tian Jun was clean in his tackles and clearance also.... Great play from the defence.

Sadly before halftime, our opponents equalised with a stunning shot from outside penalty box 30m out.

We went into the 2nd half with a change in formation with Zhenqing doing the dirty work at the centre of the park combined with lewis. Jumain sat in defence with Zhen quan simon and nezal. Rixian also came on to the pitch to provide us with extra attacking firepower. Rixian's insertion into the team also meant an additional avenue to attack and combined with chai, the two of them switched flanks, long pass, power shots , through passess the opponents into tatters.

The opponents start to lose their composure as we seek for our goal as Xianxi tries very hard to put the ball into the net only to be matched by the keeper's great goalkeeping instincts. The deadlock was broken when the ball was fed back to Zhenqing after a corner kick only for Zhenqing to take the ball and lay it to simon who was waiting for the chance to hit the ball from 40 metres away and took a deadly dip as the goalkeeper failed to touch the ball.

The team then saw a technical break in the midst of the game as the ball floated beyond the pitch and into the construction site.

When the game started again, Ta ren and Sa ren came on into the pitch. Sa Ren between the Posts showed our Junior Keeper Ansen some learning tips on how to be a perfect keeper of composure and calmness.

After some time, it was good-ole-Paul popping out again for the team, who else but Ah Chai took the on bounching ball, brought it pass the opponent and doing his trademark finishing. Clean, sleek and effective. Thats our Chai once again putting in a 5 star display for the team in back to back matches bringing his goal tally to double digits now.

It was another top notch performance by the Whinning 11, We have not tasted defeat yet but i hope that we can constantly play football at our highest level, Chai and Rixian have both been inspirational on and off the pitch assisting me with the administrative work and putting in 5 star performances on the pitch also. Credit must also be given to players like Zhen qing and Jin who travel down from the other part of the country to play for the team. Tian Jun, Zhenquan, Ansen , Jumain , Daniel, Lewis and Xianxi for being always there for the team. Our new players, Kejang, ta ren, Sa Ren for being bale to join us (Forgive me if i may have miss out a few guys). I know there are times where work commitment comes in and you are not able to turn up but its okay.... I have to work at times also so i understand. But i would really like to say thank you to all the players that have been playing so far....you have really made the team happen.

With that, a very great thank you...No this is not the farewell speech. This is just only the beginning of the Whinning 11 (Got any better names?)

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Match 08 Review : 150309 @ Tanglin Sec Sch

Hi ppl, i m ur new blog writer Sea Monkey(sounds nicer), helping out our benevolent Bao Kar Liao, Simon this week. We took a week break for Simon's Thailand trip and we are back in business.

1st 11am game for us poses a new challenge to our stamina. Rendezvous timing : 10.30am. Upon arrival at 10.45am, we see poor Twelve sitting alone by himself. No one was there for warm up. Applause for him for his effort. N the rest, please be punctual next time hor.... Early arrival for kicking around will aid u to improve your match performance. Especially if we are playing at 11 am.

We welcomed Ah Fat back to the team after a couple weeks of MIA due to work commitment. Plus Anson, playing a second game for us in goal. Zhen Qing returning and Ke Jang together with 2 friends. (Sorry, forgot your name, Simon pls fill in )

The pitch looks bumpy with lots of potholes and very lengthy. So we decided to play a more packed midfield and to attack from the center instead of the wings. N we definitely look more professional with our newly purchased UMBRO tactics board. However, once the whistle is blown, we were bombarded with ferocious muscling, shoving and tackles from the opponents. For the first 15 mins, we could hardly breathe. The whole midfield was dominated by the Great "No.14 " who vows to kill and tear anyone in his way. It was only until when Zonghui passes a through ball to Chai, and he broke the offside trap to see his shot tip over the bar, then we see signs of a possible match with the opponents.

However, shortly after, the opponents switched their tactics to long ball, and their "Huang Zhong Yao " look alike striker broke our offside trap and shot through a tight angle to put their side 1 nil up. There were signs of bias from the referee as a few more offsides were not caught with them still terrorising our defense.
We had a brilliant chance after which Xianxi's shot was parried away by their keeper and Zonghui's follow up was met by a handball block from the opponents defense. The referee was no where near and as usual, nothing goes our way.

After that, we were getting demoralised min by min. With them breaking offside trap again twice and scoring with ease. Eyebrows were raised once again wondering if the referee is bias. Some started thinking if we shared the same fate as Man u being demolished by Pool 4-1 the night before, and move to our first defeat of the season. The midfielders, Lewis, Rixian, Chai and Twelve worked very hard chasing after brilliant passes by the opponents. Our defence Jin, Ah fatt, Zhenqing and Simon put up a few good defending, otherwise, the scoreline could have been uncountable.

Finally the half time whistle goes, Simon as usual is cheering for the team not to demoralise. Our team needs a defeat to let us learn and show our true character. So far its been a fantasy, with 4 wins and 3 draws. N this is the worst we have suffered. 3 nil at half time. But soon after, everyone gets inspired by Simon and starts to encourage each other to finish of the game with pride.

The 2nd half started. The opponents being a bit complacent, rested a few of their key players. There are signs of more unity for our team, switching back to our best 4-4-2 formation. With ZhenQing and Rixian in the middle. The team started to string a few good passes around and put on more pressure on the opponents. Crosses came in, with Zong hui heading a bottom corner ball to be match by a equally good keeping from the opponent. More ball winning in the center of the field for the team by ZhenQing and Rixian. Yet the incredible "14" still able to muscle his way and put in a few good passes for the opponents.

It was about 65 min when a header from the mid field came to about just outside the box, Chai took a quick tricky outside foot shot and the ball sneaks narrowly into the far left of the keeper
with him standing rooted. Signs of relief from the team, at least we can pull one back.

A good pass from Rixian releases ZhenQing down the right wing and Zhen Qing forces their clumsy defender to bring him down for a penalty. He wanted to take the penalty himself only to be stopped by Chai who believes a player should never take his own earned penalty. In the end, no one else stood up to take and Chai took it reluctantly. A shot right to the center of the goal looks weak, but luckily a deflection through the keeper's legs keep our hopes alive. 3-2!!!!

With morale raising, we took control of the game after. We hit them with waves n waves of attacks. Forcing their no16 to go berserk and got more warnings from the referee. And forcing the opponents to bring their key players back. N the moment arrives, Jin running up from the defence, ( he has scored from a corner before) A corner for our team came in from the left wing, which was headed clear by their defence. But Rixian was at the right spot at the right time, cooly drill a low shot into the bottom corner with everyone else rooted to the ground watching the masterpiece. 3-3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A world class comeback.

The rest of the game was evenly matched. With the opponents missing a world class open goal with our keeper beaten. No 14 was so devestated that he blasted the ball over the fence to end the game. Congrats Whinning 11 for the unbeaten record!!!!!!!

Best regards,

Sea Monkey

Monday, March 02, 2009

Match 08 Preview : 03 March 09 Weekly Report CAA

Here are some team updates and statistics.

Goal Scorers:

Chai: 7
Xianxi: 3
James: 2
ZhenQing: 2
Twelve: 2
Zonghui: 2
Simon: 1
Lewis: 1
Jin: 1
Rixian: 1

Assist: Beyond Count.

Funds: $22 (After last week's reimbursment of Summon this week we manage to gather some additional funds)

Your Co-ordinator,
simon

Match 07 Review : 010309 @ Fuhua Secondary School

A rainy Saturday night rose a few doubts on whether the match could be played but all was well on sunday when the refree msg us that the match will go on. With a heavy heart of getting all wet and dirty , we departed for our match.

To our surprise it far surpasses our expected outcome as the pitch look squeaky clean following a downpour less than 8 hours ago. Our opponents are in light blue and they look a formidable team to beat. Due to our spate of good form in the last few matches, we don't get startled by our opponents.

This week we saw some new players plying their trade with us. Namely our new goalkeeper Anson...I am not sure of your name brother if i get it wrong please let me know. Our new Centre Midfielder Chris.... And a familiar face from our previous team....Ke Jang or usually people call him Ka Zhua. And a friend of Twelve, big sized forward Kai Hui.

The match started with new signing Anson between the posts. Defence was made up of Simon and an unfamiliar combination of Jumain and Rixian as the vanguard of the defence. Left back was taken up by tian jun. Chris and Lewis in the heart of midfield with chai on the left and right midfield was Taken up by Kejang. Striker was a pairing of Xian xi and Kai hui.

The match started and it was the same old story with Chai opening up the accounts again pushing his goal tally to "I haven't count how many". This time round receving the ball on the left and wham it pass the keeper making it his trademark finishing. Pure Class. Ke jang provided a different dimension to the play when deployed on the right. Dragging opponents to him and releasing the ball to his teammates. Lewis was enjoying his run out on the pitch as he felt much more comfortable with the players around him. Chris is winning the balls in midfield and kejang and Chai feeding him the balls he need. Rixian and Jumain provided the composed and calm security at the backline so much that there was totally no threat from the opponents at all. Xianxi got a few good chance but sadly missing a few sitters. Lewis also... A few good chance but failed to convert it. But its okay we can train on this.

Ke Jang played to his very best opening the play and provided much attacking options for the team.... By far one of the critical player of the day.... but sadly due to an overnight boozing session he was punctured before halftime. Daniel replaced him taking up the role at the back pairing with cool calm jumain. Rixian was sent to the right flank. With the midfield maestro pair of Chai and Rixian leading the attacks on the flanks, the opponents finding hard to pin down either of them. With efforts focus on the two dangerous wingers... lewis pushing the defence to sit back...an unlikely jumain manage to bring the ball high enough but he was friendly enough not to fire it in.

The opponents obviously staring hard at death decided to kill off our right back(simon) by inserting a female left winger into the squad. With her deployment in the squad, Simon was unable to unleash his malicious crunching tackle as it would spell broken legs. He became a bit reserved. However, it seems that she is not as bad as she looks as she managed to release a few "deadly" ball only to be smothered by daniel with ease. Daniel playing better and better with each match neutralize all attacks with a few simple twist and turn exhanging passess with jumain, simon and tian jun making the whole opponent's attack in-existent. It was obviously a good match with lots of passing space and clean passing.

2nd half onwards it became chai's game....Again.... This time round another sheer excellent class from him when he unleash a first time volley to an oncoming ball that rocketed pass the keeper at extreme velocity. opponents could do nothing but clap and be dazzled by such finishing. Rixian, Lewis and chai pulled all the strings in midfield and Chris winning virtually everything. Even if anything goes beyond midfield....Jumain and Daniel would just kill off any possible chance they might have. However, 1 such counter attack allowed them to pull one back when emile heskey brush daniel aside to score 1 for them. Anson could do nothing although credit to be given to him for being decisive enough to punch the danger balls away.

It was towards the final whistle when the opponents seems to be in search for the equaliser when chai took the ball on the outside penalty box and shot it with such power it was beyond the reach of the keeper. Unstoppable.

Chai securred the first hat trick of the team. I think everyone should not have any violent objections of him winning the inaugral Player of the Month. (please come to my house to collect your free gift for player of the month)

Regards,
simon