Youngheart

Must win is the under statment of the year! Im in welly at the mo so ill pop along to the wellington waikato game. Listen to the welly fans jerk off every time little gets the ball.

I just managed to get double passes to the rest of Manwatu's home games for the season through my work. At least I won't have to worry about paying if they keep performing like the Wellington game.

hang on, the way I see it is this weekends game is basically must win for YH?

If we win we're 9 points off team welly, and if hawkes bay win theyr 5 points off team welly....

...maybe?

We should win.....A week off to reflect and Shane must have bashed them at practise.......put richard gray up front I say......someone who can score!

Should we win? Hawkes Bay are without Brockie I think and a few others...

 Can't wait to see what HBUs paying at the TAB, then i shall fill my boots. I don't think they have got out of 2nd gear yet, but when they do-look out.

Bay Army Bay Army Bay Army

Some interesting team changes by Shane. Both Fijians on the bench but where was Dominic Rowe? Nieres was fighting a losing battle all day up front on his own. He played bloody well but needed the support. If Rowe had been playing, I think the result may have been a bit different. I've noticed this season that opposition teams seem to have more urgency than Manawatu and its being reflected in the scoreline. We're certainly missing Totori as in the past if Manawatu conceded 3 like yesterday, we would have just scored 5 and Totori would have got 3 of them.

Robbos corners were sh*te....

yes we were making more noise than the Green Frenzy, and whats with them sitting during the game?? .. I wear my Retro Ricki to every HB game since we don't have an official 'Bay Army' shirt but I might work on a design, and it won't be a ripoff on the Retro either hehe I think Manawatu is a better team than they are showing and I wish you guys luck for the season ahead

Sack the lot of them.....Im going to team wellington games instead

cheers Gooner, I don't think you guys will finish bottom, 5th place would be good for you guys this year

I just had a wacky idea. Rufer should train his team to start playing football

Michael Utting injured his ankle in the game against Hawkes Bay and ended up in hospital. 19 year old Andrew Bailey will start against Otago on Sunday.

how long is he out for?

Anyone see the Doco on Utting today? It was on the doco channel about back in the day when he got kick out of the allwhites camp. Went on for about a hour....it was called "one for the road"

Any updates on nick???

Home again against Team Wellington this Sunday. Surely it won't be 0-8 again...........

Maybe 9  this time

I'm worried I really am. We need to start putting our chances away. We need a strong tall guy in the box to win some headers as some of our set pieces were just crying out for someone like that last Sunday. Osea springs to mind but you just don't know why the hell he is not scoring. Is this Peruvian guy playing? Any info on him?

I would be happy if they can keep it under 4. Last I heard they were having trouble with red tape so he might not play. I wouldnt mind seeing Gus and Nieres up front I think Gus has been underused this season. He has'nt played much but whenever he does he looks better than Osea. I recken the two Urquarys would be a handful up front

I agree with putting Gustavo on. Looked lively when he came on as a sub against Waikato. Pablo Yackson looked the goods when he came on today. Either playing as a wing back or perhaps left mid because he was right up with the attack and putting in a good effort. Anyone with a few attacking ideas is more than welcome to a start considering the lack of good service so far!

Need to put Gustavo on more. Very underused striker. He is is a handful for the other defenders and can free up space for the others. I wonder if Shane is not sure if he wants him to be a finisher or a setter. Just let him have a go on one or the other just let him take turns with Osea during the game and then press with both at the closing of the match for extra pressure.

15-1 agregate score against Wellington this year. 5 a game. Lowest was 3. Thats painful. Scored once (away) in the first 10 minutes.

(Also haven't celebrated a home goal since 20th January, and Willy hasn't seen one since Robbo's against Canty in December. Poor bugger. Chances are we may not score one again this year

Its not going to get any better. This week that Richard Head ref Fletcher is the ref.

Have you actually found anyone you like and I'm not just referring to referees here. You seem to have a lot of people in your targets...

Backing you up here. Referees this year have been very harsh to Youngheart. Not exactly the reason they've been as bad as they have but a few calls have really changed a fair few results. We've had so many red cards against us, and from the one's I have seen, very few have been worthy of a red. There have been penalties given against us that shouldn't have and penalties for us that should have been given. Opposition players have got away with kicking the sh*t out of Gonzalo Nieres and headbutting Prince Quansar and we've been punished.
Not blaming referees for the lack of performance this year, just saying that we really have had our fair lot of bad calls.

We've had calls against us and I'm agreeing with you Joe here but let it be known that its not what any Youngheart fan (Joe included) would solely blame for our problems this year. I don't think anybody knows exactly, we did lose 3 key players but I don't think anyone expected it to have quite this bad of an impact. Just been a combination of things I guess, but we're lacking pace and creativity which we had plenty of last season in Totori and Mae Mae respectively.
WillyB2008-03-05 13:16:08

Yep. I think we simply found it impossible to replace Maemae, Sale and Totori. What was it that the Standard said? Maemae chose not to come back because he didn't want to be the only Solomon Islander. Simple solution: Get another.

Its worth it, no matter how potentially rubbish the new one would be, to get Mae Mae back. Perhaps a scouting tour of this Solomon Island olympics team that beat..Vanuatu was it? 11-0 is in order, eh Shane?

Going back to Sundays game. I thought Nieres was a real handful and has really come on leaps and bounds but he's up front on his own. I got thinking what it would be like with him and Totori playing together. Imagine the chaos they would cause for opposing defenders.

look lads i will tell you what happened on sunday

 

If you lie on the ground and hold the ball with your hands (cheating) expect to have and opposition player try and kick the ball.

I don't think Nieres could be accused of diving or whatever you're saying about him. The defenders around him are very physical (I've got photo evidence on this account) and he does bloody well to stay on his feet. He isn't getting any protection at all from Referee's and that doesn't help him.

I've distanced myself more or less from Green Frenzy, impressed with the organisation and effort they've put in but the only ones chanting over there are some kids who occasionally do clap clap clap clap, youngheart. Will go with them again if they put a decent effort into some more creative chants (and all of them actually doing it!)

With a bunch of mates now and I dare say we're putting a little more passion into it!

I wasnt saying he was diving Willy, I'll PM you and explaination.