Southern Football (incl Southern United) (Part 2)

Great first post ! Not...

pure troll

Hip flexor

all season? 

yep

For the train spotters out there - has anyone ever completed a season having won every game? 

Three Kings United won every game in the Women's Northern League this season. 

looking through all the results of top divisions, and Chatham cup/ knockout cup finalist no one has had a perfect season, the closets being waitak who have won every cup and league game except for 2 draws. 

Caversham for example perfect season should mean winning the cup too! 

Did you wait and wait the same way you post and post? anonymously?

put a face to the name and stop being a handbag

Didn't think you would have cell phone reception From Sam Cosgrave's pocket Lee

HH. I've read through some early pages of this forum and I couldn't see anywhere that you came out and told everyone who you were? And your words weren't always kind. Lets not act like everyone else on this forum told everyone who they were after bagging them, it just wouldn't make sense. As a well respected member of Otago Football I will have to decline and sign out with a few facts.

-Caversham were the first team to win ever game is the 60 or so years the Southern league has been around.

- Didn't concede a goal at home all season - Just six times in the league-Tied for the record.

- Had four in the top 10 of the golden boot race

- Are officially Dunedins's most loved club

self proclaimed respected member of Otago football? 

Up there with BVG and Tracey

Thankfully he let me out at the final whistle. 

Gunners, Dunedins most loved club? Not a chance, On a side note it seemed like Mosgiel were missing a few on Saturday. I hear Harley was injury free in the stand (mouse) and Matt and Rahan were away. That's Mosgiels midfielders away as well as Eder gone. If they had Eder, Harley, Cody and Tom Cairns the whole season they would have gone very close. So the seconds would have been pretty depleted and without making excuses for them Caversham had to bring in the old dogs to get the job done after a couple sound defeats. Everyone is getting pretty sick of your rubbish.

While Waitakere won the league and cup in 1995 they did lose 1 game in the regional round of the superclub (1-0 to Waikato United)

The closest to a perfect season is Eastern Suburbs in 1965 when they won the Northern League unbeaten, with 2 draws and they also won the Chatham Cup

Caversham's 18 wins from 18 games is the first time a men's team has done this in NZ (in a top level division)

Good post until the BS in the last statement.

Lets see how good you guys are.

Don't forget to tell the players to shine their boots for next Saturday no mud on them from the cow paddock.

If Southern United put as much effort into their games as you lot do arguing with each other, they'd be off to the Club World Cup this December.

Southern's problems aren't caused by a lack of effort. The lack of any sort of money and direction from the board is what ultimately hinders the team. 

https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/football/18-18-not-per...

I find the tone of today's article a little depressing...  Sure, there's not a Premier coach in town who wouldn't agree  that the league isn't as strong as it has been in the past...  But I reckon it's generally overstated and at the end of the day  you can only beat what's in front of you. 

I mean, the All Blacks are getting lauded for their unbeaten run with barely a mention of the quality (or lack thereof) of opposition...

Gonna be a bloody tough game this weekend against Cashmere so hopefully Cavvy go well... Pretty pathetic that the South Island championship is coming down to a single game... 

So the new squad is out there, how do we feel about this finely assembled group?

It's going to be a long season

No Day or Coldicott? I don't see any goals in there, that's the real problem.

https://www.southernunited.co.nz/news/2016/8/31/pau...

Thoughts? By my count - 

Cavvy 7

Tech 4

Mosgiel 4

Roslyn 5

Queenstown 4

GI, Uni, Northern 1 each 

A few potentially  surprising omissions but could be unavailable etc... No Coldicott, Henderson, Rickerby , Hayman, Day, L Jackson... Although coach notes he's  not limiting home based players to this squad. 

How the lad Tore from Cavy isn't in there I have no idea. Southern need a lad who can hold a ball up top as my guess is they will be under the pump a fair bit.

Tore's maybe been a little inconsistent, but you're right there doesn't seem to be many genuine centre forwards there... Northern's Richards is perhaps in that build but very questionable if he's up to the level. 

Guessing (hoping)  one of the imports is going to be a forward! 

Spot on! 

However, based on last seasons imports, and previous years, who has actually made any real contribution to the team?

Might be easier to see who is going to be cut from this lot , word is no imports till after xmas , season could be all over by then , Luis Pavia ??

Tennesse Kinghorn is a great name though.

Regan and Morgan not mix? I think Howard and Cosgrove are better than Hayman so maybe that's why he wasn't included? Word on Lewis Jackson not in the squad?

Hopefully we go well this season! 

20 above plus 3 imports?

Conor Neil > Cosgrove

With Cosgrove in the team his long throw gives them an added edge, not too much going forward but defensively solid