Mainland Premier League (Part 2)

Danny Halligan should be playing rather than coaching perhaps.

He was great in the Ben Sigmund All Stars game at Garrick Park on Sunday.

One of the slimmest and fittest looking 51 year-olds I've ever seen.

He looked 18 at the end of his playing days and still does...

He of course was very successful initially as coach of Canterbury United over a decade ago but then things went completely pear-shaped.

(Unlike Danny himself who's more like a carrot in terms of hair colour and body shape...)

Bit slow on the picks this week lads!  Pick it up!

Round 10 Action over the weekend

Saturday 2:45pm

Cashmere Technical vs. Ferrymead Bays - Garrick Memorial Park

Coastal Spirit vs. Halswell - English Park

FC Twenty11 vs. Universities - Avonhead Park   

Sunday 1pm

Nelson Suburbs vs. Western - Saxton Fields

Vim does this mean you have got my picks?

Thanks

pleasantly surprised by the quality of selwyn 

 Christchurch  lad Geoff MacIntyre played for Western Pride against the All Whites yesterday. 

Seems he likes Western in a team name.

Here's the latest picks. Scottie Rd tried to pick up double points submitting twice. It's a bloody good idea I need all the help I can get. 

interesting plays on today's games and picks.

Only person to pick FC2011 to win: Fuego

Only person to pick a draw between Coastal and Halswell: #12 

Only people to pick a draw between Tech and Bays: Big Cheese and Bumblebee

Desperation will do that to you. Jokes aside (and there but for the grace of Pirlo go I), I wouldn't be surprised if fc knock over uni and Vim, you will claw one back on everyone else...maybe.

Couple of noteworthy moves on the transfers page:

1. Long time Tech player Ryan Stanley, son of Paul (from the recently retired 'tech for life' masters team, for those of that vintage) has shifted to Coastal. Was he not getting much game time in the first team?

2. Ben Stroud back to Cashmere for, presumably, the summer break from his US Uni team. Ben went to Missouri State after a stint at the Phoenix academy.

3. Kieran Pinkney from Cashmere to Selwyn. From memory Kieran is a Halswell junior, very skillful player too. Good fit with the Selwyn playing ethos I imagine.

Results: Cashmere Tech 2 Bays 1; Coastal 3 Halswell 0 ; FC Twenty 4 Universities 2

Selwyn beat Chch Utd at a very wet Yaldhurst pitch 4-1. They finished with 9 men after 2 red cards. One for a kick out at the keeper and one for pushing over Dan Ede as last man. 

Yes Michael sent off after around 10 minutes and Dan Terris early in the second half with Tech holding on for a gritty win.

hope the player didnt put his back out bending down to push over D.ede

Other championship results.

Nomads 4 Burwood 1

Parklands 1 Waimak 0

That could be ChCh United season done and dusted then.

It could be the last season for a while we see a competitive senior team playing under the Christchurch United name. Watch this space.

Will they finish this season?

There is certainly some rumours.

Coastal MPL win 3-0

Round 10

Cashmere Technical 2 (Aaron Clapham, Sho Mathieson) Ferrymead Bays 1 (Chris Murphy) HT 2 - 1

Coastal Spirit 3 (Shane de Freitas 2, Shawn O'Brien) Halswell 0 HT 2 - 0

FC Twenty11 4 (Kamil Elmohib, Ben Lapslie, Callum Smith, Mario Hofmann) Universities 2 (Hamish Foy, Simon Tither) HT 2 - 0

Updated Table:

After 30 mins scoreless between Nelson Suburbs and Western

Half time and still scoreless between Suburbs and Western

Nelson leading Western 2 nil into final minutes 

FT Nelson Suburbs 2 Western 0 

so just over half way through the season and 4 points separating the bottom 5 teams, can't recall a season like it, not in recent times anyway.

Good weekend for FC2011 

Top3 look nailed on. Just the order to work out :)

Looks like only one person got 4 out of 4 this week.  

#justsaying

Next week's picks here

Actually double points for the final round would make it more interesting :)

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Global Game - 1. factually incorrect

From the Nelson Mail:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/sport/80259009/...

From The Press:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/80256392/tw...

I coach a young side for Waimak and today I received this...

"We are being audited by Mainland Football and are required to send in all teamsheets for all grades for Saturday May 14th.

We appear to be missing the Men's Reserves, Division 5, Division 6, Over 45's Legends, O45's Vikings, 13th grade girls Black, 10th grade girls Red, 14th grade black, 13th grade red, 12th grade yellow, 12th grade white, 12th grade blue, 11th grade red, 11th grade black, 11th grade white, 11th grade girls grey, 10th grade black, 9th grade blue, 9th grade grey"

Do Mainland Football not enough to do, so they will be auditing an 8/9 year olds grade to fill in their time???