Capital Two 2009

 

damn that sucks. Stop out have been stepping it up lately, haven't they? Plus the Gossies seem to have lost a bit of the spark they had at the beginning of the season. Seems like another upset might be around the corner? Although I think this week THE game will be Uni vs Miramar. We haven't won a game against them yet (neither 1sts nor 2nds), so let's hope we break the trend. gonna be a toooough one.

 

yeah got it, thanks.

I remember last year we played a strong Island Bay side in the play-out final (rumour has it that they dropped their whole 1st team midfield) and that's not an unlikely scenario for this year too.

However, given our current situation, 1st team should take precedence this week as the game vs Miramar is crucial. It really is the most important game of the season. I just hope I get my chance (15' is all I need!) :)

 

thanks man, we'll definitely try. To make things worse, my wisdom tooth has been bothering me since wednesday and I am supposed to start in that game. I'll make myself a Panadol&Neurofen sandwich in the morning and let's hope for the best.

 

no compliants - we knew that would happen - at the end of the day it 11 v 11. we were rubbish - but hey miramar look to have given us a life line - seeing as you and miramar still have to play each other - if we win last 4 were in with a sniff.

 

but dreamers good team unlucky about cap1 rules could see you dominating cap2 for a few more years yet.

 

tell you what mate, they were very lucky indeed to get a draw. Despite their former All Whites keeper we took the lead twice, and twice they equalized. They were good at distributing the ball but were rather average at the back. no match for our speed, so much so that they resolved to fouling every time they lost the ball. This happened a good 20 times during each half and they were lucky to have no player sent off. They had one red card (number 16), a grown man who had the guts to swear at the refree for booking him (with about 3' to go) after he should have picked up 4-5 card throughout the game for systematically committing "professional fouls".

Don't get me wrong, I like professional fouls, but if you finally get booked after your 10th of the day, you should buy the ref a beer and not tell him to go f**k himself. have some decency for God's sake!

 

Anyway it was a rather entertaining game which I enjoyed very much. Have said that in my opinion Miramar are the best team in the league and I stand by it. But a big hand to our lads who put in a great performance. Had we played every single game with the same intensity as yesterday, we would probably be first now.

 

damn you Greenie! damn you indeed. Yeah the Gossies were demolished by Stop Out. They had an awesome guy at the back, probably Egyptian or something who was a bit of a Cannavaro. In the middle of the park, their tiny no.10 was really stepping it up: fast and skillful, it was impossible to mark. Up front they had another ethnic tall lad who was very fast and quite good at dribbling but in more than one occasion way too selfish. So much so that he got told off by his own team mates.

But the reality is that the score would have been the same even without the 2/3 first teamers that Stop Out used in their game. We had no keeper (our 1st team used our 4th team keeper vs Miramar - and he did a great job), and only one sub, and those on the pitch were either new additions to the team or guys who are just not used to playing at that level. It was just one of those days, but they did give us a lesson, that's for sure.

 

Thank God for our first team super-performance vs Miramar! That really made my day.

 

was the brazilian the guy at the back?!? man he was solid. Just out of curiosity who were the other two?

Surely the tall guy up front is a first team player (sort of brown-ish, lots of pace and very selfish)? And maybe no.17? The tall white guy with the tattoos?

It's good to see us finally get a win. In my opinion a few of our draws should have been wins but silly mistakes at the back or poor finishing cost us max points.

Had to chuckle at one stage during the game when your young striker called us in the back line old and fat. Might have sort of got it right for me but one of the boys is only 16 and fit as.

Do you guys change players also?  I thought the short guy in the middle of the park played for the first when we played them in the first round

 

Also good to see so many Seniors down on the sideline supporting.

 

hahahah that "short guy in the middle of the park" is me, and yes, I am a first team player. However, this year I dislocated my shoulder twice, and had a couple of other injuries, which means I only played 2 full games so far. Last saturday it was only my 3rd full game. Funny I actually got exactly who your 3 first teamers were Ii am quite amazed!!

Who called you guys fat and old? I played for the Gossies many a time and I gotta say never did I see such a shocking performance. We had a few players drawn from the lower uni teams, but still, there are no excuses. They/we couldn't string 2 passes together and lots of players were way too selfish. It was appalling!

 

 

I have a feeling tonight, that tomorrow Cap.2 will be cancelled...

I hope they will prove me wrong 'cause I definitely wanna play!

 

 

what team you playing for tomorrow?

 

I know this sounds strange but did you actually go to Readings with your kids?? I saw a "mature" fellow and I recked my brain trying to remember if it was one a player from Stop Out!!

 

I just realized that we're likely to play both you guys and Olympic at the end of the season, which kinda sucks cause you both will be able to drop players! I think we had a chance vs you guys last week and was genuinely gutted when I saw the cancellations ay!!!

The cancellations are getting to be a real hassle. I ended up catching our first team game. The grounds at the raceway are still in good nick only boogy down one end so we would have been able to get a game in no problem.

I guess you will be right about us having some first team squad members playing. our first team squad is currently around 18 players including a second keeper. So if they have no injures, suspensions or players unavalible we should get 2 or 3 each week. Mind you it hasn't happened to often this season and we have had to get players from the lower grades when we are short. heres hopeing everything works out for us as we fight off relegation. 4 big and hard games coming up for us to finish out the season.

 

as for predictions for what happens from here... whoever wins the miramar v wellington united game will win the grade and whoever wins the olympic v tawa game will play the playoff v cap 1.

your thoughts...

 

Are you Simon Davies in disguise?
Are you Simon Davies in disguiseee?

 

Sorry mate, but don't agree wit you that much ay! I think we lacked consistency in the the first few games, but then we picked it up and our season improved a lot. We beat W Utd twice in a week, lost (deservedly) 4-3 vs Miramar, and then drew (should have won) against them at home.
If you look at the ladder and consider that we've lost 5pts against our 2nd team, we would be 1st by now. That is the only big mistake we've made this season, to have lost and drawn vs the Gossies. And whilst this is pretty bad, it shows how fair our club is. I'm ready to bet that very few other clubs, in the same situation, would have not pushed for their 1st team to take home an easy 6 points.

 

And I think we could be in cap 1. Last year we came second from the bottom and only lost the play-out game because Island Bay basically had their whole 1st team midfield, otherwise it would have been a different story. And we were only 3 or so points beneath a couple of teams.

 

However, I must say that at the moment our chances are pretty slim. One of our key players will leave the country soon, and the fact that we have to play Stop Out and Olympic after the end of the regular season goes against us. We just have to give 200% in the last 4 games left and pray.

 

 

ahahaha your football knowledge matches your avatar mate.

 

I wanna see Island Bay 1st team playing vs another team that drops the entire Watakere midfield. That would be fun.

 

Just for the reference, we beat the "same" Island bay team this year in pre-season. They had 2 players who left Uni this year to "strenghten" their side, and of course had no 1st team players. Maybe they had 2 shots the whole game. We walked all over them. Just to show you what kind of difference that makes.

 

Same story for the Gossies. Lost a whole game in 30-odd games last year. Last two games of the season ( we had already won the league but still put the effort in ), we lost 6-0 at UH (they had Corrales amongst others), and like 3-1 vs Wgtn Utd.

The whole Play-off/Play-out thing is a joke when teams can rely on Central League players.

 

Well, from what I saw, even when you got past their midfield, you still didn't look like scoring.  It's just an observation from a neutral point of view.

As for Island Bay... Well perhaps the players are regreting stacking their team. Not much fun struggling every week. I've said the same thing about Wests and Lower Hutt with their 2nd teams.

 

Good to see Park Life's legacy living on even after his untimely demise.

 

 

surely University vs Olympic will go on?? Though Kelburn park is not looking in its best shape..

 

Jeez News, are you cap football in disguise?!?!? Well done to you, you got it right! and thank God I'll finally get a game, that is if the coach plays me of course! :)

 

By the way, keep me in mind when we play the opposition fans this year ok??? Ah, I'll probably go to the Melbourne game too, so keen to get a game there too!

G.