Cap 2 2013

It's now saying we are postponed is this correct?

 Looks like the whole round is postponed now. Anyone got any insight as to why?

Watched the first hour or so of Wests vs Tawa, Wests very slow to get off the mark, had a lot of good chances, but it took a debatable pen to make it 1-0 on about 30mins to the home side. Score quickly became 3-0 before Tawa pulled one back just on halftime. Referee subbed himself off due to injury. Not long after half time Tawa were awarded a pen which brought them back into the game making the score 3-2.

Score finished up 5-2, not really surprising from what i saw. Wests are looking very good, and dominated throughout pretty much (went a bit quiet towards half time though), hit the post a couple of times and forced the Tawa keeper into some good saves.

Villa lads stocked 2 pick up another 3 points against Olympic , final score 5-1, should have been more, the posts were hit multiple times but thats the way things go i guess 

how big is the difference between cap 1 and cap 2, seems odd the IBU are bottom of cap 1 and top of cap 2, if they played each other on current form would the cap 2 side win? 

stop out wellington united - pretty sloppy game, first half stop out should have scored 6 but only got the 1, second half united should have scored 6 but only got 1, pretty much last kick of the game stop out got a very debatable penalty, converted well by their striker, but their right back jumped and miss timed his headed, went over his head and hit his arm which hed had behind him to help him jump, arm was in area, but his body wasn't so very lucky for the SO boys. they defended well, different CB pairing this week with the usual English lad in their doing a consistent good defencive work, and another (number 17) looked like a better combination. anyway well done boys, final score 2-1

 We beat Lower Hutt in the weekend, however, it took a last minute free kick to take the points.

Lower Hutt looks a decent side, quite physical as well.  Organised at the back, soaked up a lot of pressure.  I felt we dominated possession and territory but couldn't break them down that often

I actually reckon theres a big difference. From what Ive seen over the last few seasons there seems to be a big drop between the two. 

Typo. Should say 4 from the thirds.

Villa lads a bit off their game 2day, first goal from naenae was questionable offside but was awarded, their second goal was a well built goal, they just wanted it a bit more than us, things got pretty heated on the pitch with both sides finishing with 10men but the main reason for this was the poorest reffing i have seen for a long time, if the game was kept under control it would have been alot smoother going but oh well, ya have those days every now and again, onwards and upwards for the game on the turf next week against IBU, vamos villa

Yeah a little bit (and now I think about it, it was only three players up). Also one of those days where the result would be unfathomable if you were watching most of the game. 50/50 red card about 25 in (according to players on both sides) and IBU still dominated. Olympic definitely keen just to draw (which is understandable given their league position). 

Anyway, chances aplenty for IBU but just wouldn't go in, including a saved penalty and resulting rebound. Goal scored in stoppage time, casual keeper having clearance charged down directly into goal.

Hopefully lesson learned for big game next weekend.

Give you one guess

I think Wests won 4-2 last night in the cold

Come on the Nae! Gutted I can't be there this year playing with the lads. Good win for them on the weekend and I'm sure Palmerston North Marist are going to love Naenae 1 on Monday in the cup!

Chat with Naenae coach Troy Denton in this weeks Podcast.  Catch it.

Bit of  a keeper howler for the 3rd? I kind of took my eyes of the ball for a second and it was in. Was a close game, surprised to see United so far down the table

watched stop out v Olympic, very one sided game, Olympic maybe had 2 shots on goal, both from 30 odd yards out, SO had close to 30, some poor finishing though and some fian scrappy defending only meant they scored the 1. SO left back had a good game up and down his touchline, and whatever the Olympic forwards threw at the 2 young CB, they didn't budge. M.O.M for me was between the captain and the small Asian guy in the midfield, absolutely controlled the game from the start and worked hard on D if needed as well

villa got back to winning ways against stop out yesterday with a hard fought 3-2 win,pretty stoked with the 3 points coming off 2 losses was good to bounce back, naenae next week which will be another tough battle,i wonder if oly will upset island bay again this week aye DRG lol

The boys will be well up for this weeks game. We haven't forgotten how bad that one felt

yeah I cant see that happening again mate,good win against naenae,how was the game?

Cheers. It was a tough game. The cricket wicket was just mud and was hard to play anywhere near it. 

Naenae were up for the game and came at us early on. Went down 1-0. We settled in got one back through a penalty. Then got another  2 in the space of 10 mins. Halftime 3-1. 

Naenae again came out strong and battled well. They got one back with about 20 to go. We caught them on the counter with about 10 to go which made it 4-2.

Probably wasn't the nicest game to watch from the sideline but it was a pretty evenly matched battle

Anyone know the score between Olympic and Wests last night at Wellington College?

2-1 to olympic going off capital football.  

Always going to happen in this league,  Midweek games are making it easier as well with players getting dropped rather than training.  

Would be a different table if the regular players were only played.