Capital 2 2010

 

If the game is played at Redwood Park then Tawa 0 - 0 Karori, dont think the ball will make it out of the centre circle.

No sorry - the two teams above are still playing. We are stacking the firsts with me and Buckle though

How many do you both need for your hundred ?

I was going to go through all the first teams that had finished to stack the Nighthawks vs Seatoun but I'm too disorganised.

We'll now draw positions from a hat.

Oska in goal !!

hundred? both past that. I'm on my way to 200. 100 this weekend is Fulch and Peewee

Sorry, I must have had it confused with full games, as in ones you weren't sent off in.

Oohhhhh I dont know maybe because the only reason Upper hutt are within range to stay up ahead of marist is because they have picked up some points when they have dropped down some help from the 1st team, Im pretty sure the same can't be said for Marist. Bottom line is, the actual week in and week out Marist team in this league is better than the regular Upper Hutt side that plays in this league.

So this dropping of 1st team players you talk about is one player for one game to cover injurys and suppensions.  If Marist are better than us why did we beat them 2-0 in the 3rd game of the season (and hopefully tomorrow). 

All Ive seen of your team is one that must of had some changes in the 1st round and beat us 2-1, and one that was pathetic in the 2nd round and we racked up a rugby score.
When we played marist both times they were decent and gave us a good game. All in all, they are much better value in this league than Upper Hutt.

Don't be Silly, Upper Hutt's Capital Premier team have had a terrible year with injuries and have had to take players out of the reserves just to make 11 players. Obvisously this has made the 2nd team weaker having to bring players up from the third team. So talking about value in the league(next year) Upper Hutt will be competitive next year BoganUH2010-08-27 12:49:01

Amazed that we are in the situation where we could go down tomorrow, especially given the great start to the season.  Lots of chat about what has gone wrong etc etc, but one thing for sure is that we have huge potential and some great players in the side. Gutted i cant be there for the game tomorrow but will be chearing the boys on from the mainland ! We are stil in a good position for this game, given that Upper Hutt need the 3 points and a draw will be enough for us.

bob-sled2010-08-27 17:29:30

Yeah I'd agree from the games we played Marist seemed like the better team. In saying that though the table doesn't lie and if upper hutt win tomorrow they deserve to stay up and with their first team quite possibly in the central league next year they will be more then competitive next year. Still it will be a shame for Marist having led the table at one stage..If Marist or Upper Hutt get relegated I have no doubt if they keep the same squad together as they have this year they will tear up cap3 next year and be straight back in capital 2 the year after that

 How many Cap 3 games did you see or were involved in this year?
SportZone2010-08-27 21:10:31

5-0 olympic will loose!!!! Who said that!! Tawa A were the best team we played! Tawa B were lucky last week with a poor woman ref giving dubious penalties! I would like to see a Uni team in 1. Good luck to all teams tomorrow, but we will be playing to win! I go for 4-1 win to us (greeks)

Good on ya Blocker, all the best 2moro - Hope u guys r up for the game!!!

 

Im guessing it was someone from Tawa trying to fire you up. Couldn't think of a worse team to have to play with it all on the line than Olympic, going to be a right royal battle.

So this dropping of 1st team players you talk about is one player for one game to cover injurys and suppensions.  If Marist are better than us why did we beat them 2-0 in the 3rd game of the season (and hopefully tomorrow).

ps "Olympic will loose" what? Their hair? Their neckties? Their bowels? :)

lose

For Marist seconds it's pretty much been the case for the last three or so years, players get injured in the firsts and key players get taken out of seconds...The Crow may be into his fourth decade, but he is a kick-arse player and a big loss from 2nds whenever he gets called up...still, it's the same for all clubs I guess, the seconds are a good strong team and a great bunch of guys, whatever the result tomorrow I'm sure they'll give their all, and in doiing so will do our club proud..good luck guys

Reading back to the last couple of pages these appears to be the most significant issues

a) angst at some clubs using their 1st/2nd team to boost their cap 2 sides when needed

b) cap 2 teams receiving a little hand from above explaining their defense

c) Marist vs UH: Who is going to stay up?

d) Olympic will be playing to win, and I agree with Steelo, it's going to be a tough game for Uni, but let's pray for the best ay.

To me these are all interesting topics, however something has not been discussed nearly enough. Looking at the weather and the state of the pitches today, I have a feeling that several (and some crucial) games will be decided on a stroke of luck, on a paddle holding up the ball, on a centre back slipping and not making that tackle. Whilst this is all part of the beautiful game, I'd like to share my view that this year has been dreadful for any team that wanted to play with the ball on the ground.
The way of the future is called Artificial pitches.

That's it.

Good luck to everyone for their games of waterpo..er football today!

Olympic was cancelled today

Upper Hutt versus Marist result anyone?

2-0 to Upper Hutt.....

CAPITAL 2:
University 1st XI    __    Olympic              __ (Called Off)
Tawa A                3    Karori Vistas         0
Stop Out              3    Tawa B                0
Upper Hutt City       2    Marist                0
Wellington United     3    Uni Gossies           1                       P  W  D  L  GF  GA  Pts
Wellington United     18 12  4  2  35  15  40
Tawa A                18 11  2  5  49  24  35
University 1st XI     17  9  6  2  29  13  33
Stop Out              18  8  4  6  28  23  28
Uni Gossies           18  5  6  7  27  36  21
Upper Hutt City       18  6  3  9  27  38  21
Olympic               17  6  2  9  29  35  20
Tawa B                18  5  5  8  22  34  20
Marist                18  5  4  9  24  30  19
Karori Vistas         18  2  4 12  22  44  10

Of course its the same for everyone - that's what second teams are for.  Upper Hutt Premiers have had an annus horribilus for injuries and the second team has been called upon a lot.  As Porteous recognised in his after-match today, the great thing has been that, of all the second teamers called up, we haven't had a failure.  There have been some comments about the relative merits of the sides - from today's match, the better side certainly won.  I have seen many of the seconds home games this year where they have dominated but been unable to score and the opposition have snatched one.

Dissapointed that it was called of today, we were keen to play and so were the boys from Olympic. the never ending season carries on

Gossies went down 3-1 to Utd today at Melrose Park. A very intense first half ended on 0-0, with both teams having some good chances. I am definitely gutted that we didn't put away ours in the first 45'. In the second half we gave away a but they hit the post. Then we made a couple of mistakes and they went 2-0 up. With about 15' to go, we got a pen ourselves and our CB who is leaving the country next year after 3-4 seasons with us made it 2-1. Unfortunately Utd were really good and put the game beyond doubt with another goal.

To be honest we finally learned our lesson and tried to play a few more long balls instead of keeping it on the ground, as the pitch was far from ideal, and it worked quite well. A good victory for Utd who had 3-4 younger lads in their squad (I imagine U19's, but apparently one of them was 15..makes you feel so old)!

Enjoyed the game, shame that our season ended with a loss. See y'all back in April next year.newzealandpower2010-08-28 22:19:50

not too sure. i dont think todays ref will be appreciated at CF by calling today off, could stuff a few things up. hopefully we get a bit of notice for the rescheduled game though, bit unfair if we dont.

Tawa B got dominated by Stop Out on a pretty good pitch out at Hutt Park.  Full credit to Stop Out who have a bunch of your players who always looked to keep the ball on the deck.  We spent the whole match chasing them.  Think they'll do well next year when all the young fullas are a year older!

yeah, loved playing SO this year. Their pitch is the best in the league, great facilities and a good mix of young and old. two or three of those youngsters are going to play in CL in no time I tell ya. One of our best moments in the season was a 0-0 draw vs SO away from home where they had about 85% possession. All we did was just chase them, chase them, chase them and counter attack.

Be interesting to see what CF are going to do about the draw now, as Uni could potentially have 2 very important games in the space of 3 days

Well done Upper Hutt, you created plenty of chances and deserved to win.

After sitting top of the league mid-way through the season, we (Marist) are all totally gutted about relegation.

But, we will give div 3 our best shot and hopefully bounce straight back up.

University from all accounts, in 2 years time! newzealandpower2010-08-29 16:04:28

Upper Hutt got relegated 3 seasons ago and came straight back up, Im sure you can do the same.

having played (and won) cap 3, I am very confident that Marist should bounce back up in a year's time if of course they put the time and effort into rebuilding their Reserve team. Good luck to them