Chatham Cup 2013 - #90yearsofglory

Got up to watch PNM V NPR. Pretty decent game with both teams looking to move the ball. Marist looked more dangerous in the first half and hit the post at one stage. HT was 0-0. Start of 2nd half saw NCR come back into the game. But Marist went ahead with a low cross that was plamed into the path of their striker. Game ebbed and flow and I felt there was always going to be another goal. 

Eventually it came after about 75 minutes with NCR equalising. After that NCR looked the stronger side. Winning didn't come and it went into extra time.

Just before half time in ET, PNM rightfully went down to 10 with a second yellow for a lunging tackle. Only one clear chance for NCR in the 2nd half where a long range shot was tipped onto the bar and over.

With about 2 minutes to play, corner to PNM was cleared off the line with a hand. Player sent. Penalty awarded. Penalty is rubbish and easily saved.

Ref blows fulltime minutes later. 2 average penalty from Bevin and Perverley see PNM win 4-2.

Random fact...last 4 winners of the Chatham Cup have beaten Lower Hutt on the way to the title.

Someones dreaming.

Birkenhead and Olympic are the strongest up here left. Olympic have to get past Waitakere first. 

I would pick Birkenhead to go far unless they run into an Olympic or Miramar (not sure who is left from central) Those sides generally have experience as well as talent. Birkenhead have talent but lack experience and also that pain of having lost one to have the hunger to win one.

Olympic would probably out mongrel Birkenheads youngsters I think.

It's pretty hard to out-mongrel Olympic for anyone.

In reference to both comments, I have never seen a Wellington Olympic team ever take a backwards step. They will kick 7 shades of shit out of you first before losing (and not to tar them with a brush that they can't play - they can). 

The best option is to stick a man on JHM and just ball deny. Even if its a box and 1 man mark job on him, I would pick a guy and tell him his sole job is to be up his ass tighter than TP and deny him the ball regardless where he goes. Shut him down and I think Birkenhead are probably out of the game.

Glenfield are pussy cats. Holloway is the best footballer they have and they play him out of position in the midfield effectively negating his talent. Mayne has vanished a couple of games and Hitchens will kick anything that's about 12 inches so they have a laughable midfield. I have heard about the game you speak of and I understand it was more down to a shit ref than anything else.

Cossey is a smart guy, does he not see it too?

the one thing that I can't stand is players milking injuries to get opposition players sent off

Hobson-mcveigh spent more time on the ground faking injury than actually playing yesterday. The incident that got Jones sent off he kicked out at jones which led to Jones retailiating, then rolled around the ground faking at injury

 Jones deserved to be sent off but so did Hobson McVeigh.The same thing happened in Hamilton and he conned the refs both times.

He was overheard admitting it to his teammates that he milked the incident in a attempt to get Jones sent off

Mikey Halikias was involved in both those incidents, wasn't he?

Do Olympic have to change their reputation of being dirty if it works for them? 

Bay O gone.

I'm not much a fan of many Auckland sides, but if we end up with a Birko v Waitakere match at some point I hope that Birko win, I really don't want Waitak do a Central and win the Cup with a completely different side to that one that started the league for them. I know it's all within the rules and all that but it just feels somewhat improper. I think I'm being too idealistic

Wait for the Bay Olympic protest!!

Im sure they'll find something to complain about

How much have they spent in the last 10 years and still cant win Chatham Cup

And yes N-Bomb you are being idealistic!!!

I don't see why you are bothered. Waitak have Krishna who goes to OZ soon, Turner, Butler and Myers. Everyone else in that team wouldn't make another side in the Prem league. Bay O have Pritchett, Coombes, Cuneen, Wylie, Joe Edwards, Maxim and Byron, A much more all round talented side on paper than Waitak but Waitak's moves going forward were more superior. Same old story, if you keep the ball, it will pay off. The U20s should have done that. I rate Boyd but he's not a centre forward. In qualifiers, warm ups and WC he has scored one pen. Strange positional selections, that's for sure.

Not sure how that post morphed into an U20s post there....

Ideal draw for Birko... Palmy North or Melville at home.

Blog post from yesterday's Onehunga Sports vs Ngaruawahia Chatham Cup game including post-match interview with Sports coach:

http://in-the-back-of-the.net/2013/06/30/an-onehunga-too-far/

Talking about keeping the ball. It was only early hours of this morning I was watching this not happen .... that's why Buffon. Just comparing with what Waitak did to win.

Olympic At home........ against Cavesham....!!!! Not bad

Melville away. Should win but who knows in the cup. Hope we get a shit load of support down there.

One of these three teams is going to the final four: PNM, Cashmere, Waimak.... Unbelievable.

QF picks:

Wellington Olympic v Caversham

Melville v Birkenhead

Palmy North Marist v Cashmere/Waimak

Waitakere v Onehunga Sports

So we have the Caversham streak and the Lower Hutt streak.

Something's gotta give.

C'mon Birko, stop knocking out Waikato sides! *Angst emoticon*