CHATHAM CUP

 

Rob will be glad you've called him a quality striker.

 

As thats the best game going in the Hutt on Saturday I'll be down to have a look after my game. Good luck monkeyboy.

 

 

Wairarapa won 1 -0 so good on you. I watched the 2nd half and thought you totally outplayed Stop Out and could have won by more. Some lovely touches from the Island lads and your Goal keep organised well at the back.

 

Wests beat Wharfie 4-1.  Wharfies goal was a brillant tap in.

 Rangers 2 ChCh United

Best side I seen up here so far is Central United.

 

Yeah his game looked a bit better than Costas. I enjoyed the game, VERY entertaining, the ref seems to hate us.

 

Didnt spot you up theyre cousin? Where you hiding?

�Feild of screams� if City fail to fire

by Iain Gillies

Saturday, 19 May, 2007

Gisborne City away to Feilding and LJ Hooker Thistle away to Taradale. That�s the Chatham Cup first round draw for local clubs.

It�s not a good one. There�s a lot of travelling involved and that�s a cost the clubs could well do without.But players and supporters will agree that there�s something special about the Chatham Cup. And there will be no shortage of confidence in both camps.

Thistle are having a good season in the new Pacific Premiership and although beaten 2-1 by Taradale some weeks ago, they have improved steadily since.

The experience of sweeper Warren Veall behind in-form centreback Richard Coomber has added solidity to the defence.

Nicky Land, Josh Bates and Chris Spurr are the core of the team in central midfield

They are all dangerous on attack, with former City striker Spurr still the district�s most consistent scorer and currently joint top goalscorer in the Pacific league with seven.

Youngster Stefan Rush has added considerably to the Thistle attack this season. The former Campion College and Mount Albert Grammar striker is fast and uses the ball quickly and accurately to open up defences.

Thistle will give Taradale plenty to worry about tomorrow.

City don�t know what to expect in Feilding, who are currently leading the Manawatu mid-central one league with an unbeaten record.

The Sky Blues should win but their form has been so patchy this season that it is difficult to know what they will come up with tomorrow.

Coach Kevin Fallon is confident he now has the players to have a good crack at the cup and Central Premier League.

"I�m delighted that Noah Hickey has signed for us and with Henrik Hahn also available again, our squad is formidable.

"But we still have to get the results against some tough opposition. And don�t forget that Pedro Garcias can play for us from July onwards.

"Pedro is an excellent finisher and I�m convinced we�ll finish the season strongly. He is doing a good job for us as assistant coach and basically taking charge of the first team when I�m unavailable."

City will be without Tim Schaeffers and Hone Fowler tomorrow,but keeper Danny Robertson should have Josh Smith, Shane Hooks, Van Lindsay and Scott Hales in front of him and they are all players in form.

The midfield is likely to be Hose Ramos, Joe Simpkins, Jakub Sinkora and Ryan O� Neill, with Lance Eeson and Robert Gill up front.

Eeson and Gill will almost certainly be tightly marked from the outset. But the City strikers are experienced enough to cope and skilful enough to create openings.

It should be a City win. But this is the Cup. Anything can happen.

Secondly, in form Wairarapa United striker Andy Robertson was forced to move back into the fullback position to cover for star Fijian Sakeo Valevou who was a late withdrawl through injury.

Thirdly, another Fijian Lai Gataurua was called in to replace Robertson and was having his first full game since recovering from a major operation.

Fourthly, talented young substitute Anton Ross rolled an ankle in the warm-ups for the game and was unable to take any active part in proceedings.

And then there was the refereeing. Keinzley, who manages Wairarapa United, has been "ticked off" by officialdom already for this season for daring to publicly criticise the man with the whistle.

But you can read between the lines when he says, "I've been told that if you can't say anything good about the referee then say nothing at all� I'll leave it at that," he said.

While Wairarapa United's win was due to a magnificent team effort nothing impressed more than the tightness of their defence, an area of their game which had a huge question mark over it going into this match.

With Stop Out probably having 60 per cent of possession the onus was on the Wairarapa United defensive unit to lift their effort several notches and Keinzley was delighted with the way they responded to that challenge.

"They (Stop Out) were pushing more and more players up front to try and get the equaliser in the second half but our defence was so tight they hardly had a decent shot on goal all game," Keinzley said.

"We tackled our hearts out and there was no sign of panic, everybody was just so cool, calm and collected."

Wairarapa United by contrast had at least eight prime scoring opportunities through the course of the game and the one which produced what was to be the winning goal came about 30 minutes into the first spell.

Mireck Tvaroh sent a well-judged cross from about halfway to the always alert Pita Rabo and he finished off in fine style.

Tvaroh and Guiseppe Cagliari were towers of strength in midfield for Wairarapa United despite being on the receiving end of some questionable tactics by the Stop Out defence.

"They got hacked several times but they stuck at it, they didn't flinch, Keinzley said.

Robertson also had an outstanding game at fullback and if goalkeeper Tony Jamieson didn't have to make any major saves his distribution skills were excellent.

But as Phil Keinzley says this was a match where all players deserved plaudits for their efforts

"We've been saying all season that potentially this is probably the strongest Wairarapa United men's team yet and so it was great to see them play to that potential," he said.

"It was an oustanding performance�just outstanding.".

The Wairarapa United starting XI was: Tony Jamieson, Carl Shailer, Andy Robertson, Petero Dauniseka, James Oxtoby, Niki Keinzley, Mireck Tvaroh, Guiseppe Cagliari, Aaron Spierling, Pita Rabo, Lai Gataurua.

Just who Wairarapa United will meet in the next round of the Chatham Cup, and where that game would be played, was expected to be known later today.

 

 

The goal was in the 2nd half, was this guy even at the match?

 

 

 

 

wow that discussion on miramar and olympic was very heated. i love the passion.  but bois.... lets be honest...was rather immature. lets see who can have the best come back lalala. when it comes down to it both teams have their promising attributes.  that is why many players transfer between clubs because there arent that many teams left in wellington with that kind of rivalry. especially any team that doesnt require a full tank of gas to get there.  frankie j.... you my friend are a veteran....a zib? you had some good points... steve you to had some good points.... but in the end no1 else really wants to hear them because we all know  greeks hair cuts have derived from an ancient civilisation and in a few years frankie j's kids will have mullets like his mother.

 

good on ya cuzins