Chatham Cup Upsets

Overseas? Or hope that all mens grade aren't like this and wellington poseses some quality players who do not need to cheat to win and play by the rules

I was surprised at how physical Wellington College was in this game. They weren't shy in putting themselves about all, and didn't seem intimidated by a mens team at all.

Don't know anything about the comments, winding up or psychological digs or such, but I felt there were some niggly tackles going in from both sides, as for Jamie protecting Marist - nah.

Id like to think we (varsity) suprised a few people in our game against Lower Hutt, scored the first goal and went into halftime at 1 all and stayed that way untill the last 25 minutes. Although lower hutt managed to hit the woodwork a few times

True, good to have another persons P.O.V :p

well said matty

thought that was an interesting match report, marist are generally a good natured side and seems like they may have lost their discipline which obviously almost cost them the game. well done university, I think that is a respectable result against a class side.

can't wait for our match tomorrow, should be an excellent match and I know that if we play well we are really going to test olympic!

cheers g. dont be hard on yourself u did well when you came on the rest of the boys were just knackered. hopefully we can carry some form back into the league and push for a top three spot.

SJay - I think you might be reflecting on the game today with one eye... I was there, and it was the Wgtn Coll bench that were cheering when their team committed fouls.  Yep, Marist committed some fouls too, but that happens, and the ref called it as he saw it...

Fair point-thats why I asked for others opinions :p, Was that the whole game? Because when I was on the bench I don't remember anyone cheering when we committed fouls, but cheered when we were awarded fouls, simple logic yeah? 

yeah sh*t happens, your thoughts on the whole elbow/spitting incident???

It seemed to be happening more at the beginning of the 2nd half.  I didn't see the elbow/spitting incident, so I can't really comment sorry.

Ahh true true, still don't remember haha yeah no worries, no one apart from those on the field seemed to see it!

Hey SJay. I am surprised (shocked) that if you say what the captain of Marist did is true. I play in the same Wellington Futsal team as him and he has never come across as that type of player. Fiery at times perhaps, but to resort to elbowing and spitting I never thought he would do. The Marist coach is also my futsal coach and I can tell you he was sh*t scared of playing you lot before todays game. He already knew you were the better footballing side, but in mens football (which you will learn eventually), physicality and psychological advantage is key to victory. The score line of 3-2 suggests it was a very close game and you are unlucky not to have progressed further. Good luck for the Premier Youth League and Nationals, your team has the capability of winning both.

Wellington certainly put on good weather for the players and fans to watch.  Wellington College have put out several good performances over the last ten years. Now that Upper Hutt are out who should I go watch in the next round?? Recommendations please.

Check the 'worst grounds in Wellington' thread it's one of the favourites for the title.

I played in this game as well, for Marist, and having read the rather long match report I must say that I disagree on a number of fronts.

I did not see the spitting or elbowing incident...whilst elbowing does happen in football, at all levels, there is every possibility that these things happen accidentally, or through some poor technique going up for the ball. The spitting accusation I am shocked by, I did not hear anything about that during or after the game and I find it hard to believe.

The comment that Wellington Coll were by far the better team also surprises me, hence I give my thoughts on how the game went. I agree that Coll came out very strongly in the first 20 mins, and got the 1st goal (a long ball played by the keeper over the defence and well finished by the striker).

However they seemed to lose concentration immediately and conceeded a goal basically from the kick off. The rest of the half was reasonably even.

The second half had barely begun when the referee awarded college a penalty. Being the keeper I was pretty close to the incident and, with the ball going out for a corner, 2 players running back clipped each other (both looking at the ball) and a penalty was awarded. The penalty was missed, but the ref awarded it to be retaken for encroachment, and the retake was scored for 2-1.

Marist then continued to dominate the 2nd half (I would also question the comment about the fitness of the respective teams), having made one save in the first half, I had nothing else to do except pick up a few long balls in the 2nd. After a number of fouls around the Coll box (marist players would not agree they were being "protected").....eventually marist scored the equaliser, and though the coll keeper made some good saves including a 1 on 1, marist eventually got winner. A final shot from Coll went just over the bar late.

Coll played well, but I wouldnt assert that they were the better side, but Marist had far more chances, and just because they scored the equaliser and winner in the last 15, doesnt mean Coll deserved to win the match, in my opinion.

The marist coach is certainly firey, everyone knows that, but there was a lot of negative shouting from both supporters/benches...that is football...Equally, a coll player could have been sent from the field early in the game for swearing at the referee (as a Marist player was last week) but these things happen.

Anyways, I normally don't feel strongly enough to go into really long posts...but I, obviously, strongly disagreed with some of the comments made (and maybe I am being 1-eyed also, we do always look at our team first)....

I also thank those people who have commented in support for the way marist plays and their character...

Fair enough, for me the elbowing incident was the fact that it happened off the ball and with no provocation. I am aware that the physicality of football sometimes becomes an issue.

Was that when the score was 3-2? I had thought it was a cross at first so had to back pedal pretty fast when it looked like it was beginning to drop in....the amount of ribbing i get from my team about being chipped (e.g. like the first goal) I would never have lived it down... it was a good effort, just clipped the top of the bar with my hand underneath the bar.

The one I was most impressed with though was the volley from, I believe, one of your strikers...fortunately it was shot from far enough away that I could make it across and palm it wide, but it was certainly great technique.

[QUOTE=DKP22]Hey SJay. I am surprised (shocked) that if you say what the captain of Marist did is true. I play in the same Wellington Futsal team as him and he has never come across as that type of player. Fiery at times perhaps, but to resort to elbowing and spitting I never thought he would do. QUOTE]

Gamesmenship is common on the field but surely is not appropriate when playing against a school team.  There has been other theads about the youngsters playing for Stop Out and the common theme is you play your normal physical game against them but nothing more, no reason or point in trying to trash talk and play mind games.  We want these guys to do well as they will be the strength of our league and possibly our own teams in the years to come.  Well, maybe not Marist after this weekend.

Nearly half time (40 minutes gone) Nil all at bishop park... Stop out vs Eastbourne...

Am very curious to hear the continued scoreline in this game...!! (though not curious enough to go all the way out there, lol)

Still nil all at bishop park...

Olympic 6- Sudan Naenae 1

A master class in flicks from Raf,  poor shot selection from bubbles stops late scoreline blow out
Naenae keeper plays for time, visibly knackered from work out

I don't think having nine men for an hour helped.

so not one upset between the different divisions and the teams in the same leagues were won by the higher placed team...   bring on the next round!!!!

I believe there was a turn up or two in the north but we seemed to follow the form book.

I feel I need to make note of the performance of Marius Lacatus in BNU's game against Wests yesterday.

And that guy was ?

I suspect you might have stolen some of Park Life's thunder with that tribute LF1.

i thought we played excellently until the first sending off which really hurt us because it left us exposed wide where olympic attack alot. to be honest, I thought the ref had a complete mere and I'm not just saying that was towards us, because it went both ways, a bit gutted I got sent off but hell, that's football, my second tackle there was no intent and I barely touched him not sure how he managed to fly 5 yards further but the ref sure believed it. I think Olympic for a higher league side showed alot of improfessionalism, in the first half, when the ref wasn't looking, mikey halikias took a big boot at my leg and I've got a large mark down my leg to prove this as well, I expected alot better from a player in that grade. I thought Paul Wheeler was probably the best player on the park and easily matched olympics midfield. One other incident was where Barry Lewis took a big boot at our sudanese guy in the corner and our guy got booked, that was an absolute joke. 

I guess the referee saw something happen before that happened. tho i dont want to jump to conclusions as i wasnt at the game

Does anyone know when the draw for the next round is?

Later in the week accordidng to NZ Soccer, they recently put this up

From NZ soccer scoreboard

Edit, deleting double post somehow? wulfsteam2008-05-18 20:57:41

Cheers Pitbull, much appreciated