Central League 2009

ps if all the pitches were like Endeavour Park, then all the poor sods in Wellington could have had a game.

We wish

ummmmm, the last time i read the rules grabbing somebody by the back of the head and pushing thier head into the turf was a dismissable offence.  Pelter had already been straight through Hicham from behind twice before that happened.  Doesn't excuse any retailiation from WU, but don't paint Pelter liilly- white, thats b*llocks.

Wests have some real talent in there, WU keeper had to make some cracking saves from top drawer Wests efforts.  Wests deserved the win, looked dangerous on every attack and WU just seemed to forever be playing catchup.  

Pelts was already on a yellow when he retaliated, and probably deservedly so - in the first half he put in a couple of "agricultural" challenges on Hicham, so I'd have to agree with mumbino on that one.  It was a pretty cowardly kick out at Pelts by Hicham to get his red card and Pelts reaction would have probably earned him a yellow had he not already been booked, so I think, all-in-all, the ref got that one right.

Pelter should be embarrassed by his reaction to the ref after being sent.

Olympic-2 Mirimar-2

Napier 3 Petone 1

Newbie, What were you watching.  obviously you were watching a completely different game to what everyone else was watching.  end of the day from what we saw from the crowd, hicham lashed out at pelter and pelter retelated which is just as bad if not worse than the initial incident.  wainuis finest2009-06-28 17:51:28

Absolutely disagree that what Pelter did was worse than the initial incident.  Hicham's kick out at Pelter was petulent and cowardly and he deserved a straight red.  As I said, I'm not condoning Pelter's reaction, but a push (not a punch or a kick) is no way worse than the incident that gave rise to it.

(By the way, the abuse aimed at Newbie was probably a bit unnecessary, wasn't it?)

Overall, I think a bit more balance is needed here.  On the one hand, Newbie seems to be suggesting that Pelts was hard done to and Hicham was the villain, whereas wainuis finest is almost of the completely opposed view.  I think somewhere in the middle is probably about right - both players got what they deserved for the incident itself and some of the aggro that preceded it.

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Cheers mate.

Bannatyne had a shocker. Andrew Abba with 3. Rovers played Petone off the park.

Are you trying to compare scoring a equalising goal in a derby match to keep yourself alive in the title race...

...with the All Whites celebrating getting a point over iraq like they had won first division lotto?

Hmm.

Anyway on the game: Thought it was well battled and a draw was a good reflection of the game. Dominic Rowe was non existing for them and stand outs were Allan Chote and Brian Little. For us id have to say Barry, Jamie, and Churchy, also notable mention for v.Hat in goal.

If we didnt give the ball away so much and capalized we could have taken all 3. But then again could of gone both ways.

just a wind up. So - who is banned for next week then? anyone? surely..

Nope.

Only Mr.Lewis got a card and hes safe.

I take it next weekends games (4th and 5th) involving Ranger, Olympic and United are postponed due to Chat Cup??skylab892009-06-28 19:51:58

1 of your lot (Liam) that got sent off yesterday

I agree that both players deserved their reds (be they straight reds or second yellows).  I was on the other side of the pitch so didn't hear exactly what Pelts said to the ref after he was sent off but it sounds like his reaction was definitely unacceptable.

Anyone else think that  Olympic/Miramar wasn't up to much and a bit of a disappointment?

Both teams fancying a big cup run.

What's up with the pitch at Newtown park? It was horrible...I reckon Miramar will be spewing with that result.

the problem is that there been almost 40 games of football on this year.

Using the phrase "games of football" quite loosely...

1 game of football and 39 'other events'.

the pitch was as bad as it looks! neither team wanted to loose the game yesterday, the game was nothing like what people expected, especially after the first round tie.wests the winner on the day

You're insulting Olympic more than me

It wasn't about an insult, it was more about the Nighthawks quality.

You had a very good game by the way Nik.

haha, everytime you try and play there feverish you get transfered, how would that help us?

bobboltontawa22009-06-30 17:25:00

 Fiji  v Wellington Utd REF ....was Gareth Askham , from Sydney - is on the A League Reserve panel, pushing for a spot on this years A-League. He ref a Premier match Island Bay v Waterside at Wakefield Park last season. ChopperHarris2009-07-01 21:47:21

Was he any good? Did he send Fevrish off?