2013 Zone League 2 Thread

[leftrightout]

mussy v Westlakes

reserves 0-5

firsts 2-1

ask leftrightout about his "neutral" opinion on the game. apparently all other opinions are laughable

I didnt actually get the chance to see this game but from what i have read, a few others have had a laugh for me.

[TXK]

If he is 15 he still should not be doing a senior line.....
Anywho keen to be back next wk

In that case lets no have a linesman and the referee doesn't make the call anyway as he is not in the position to make it and we are in the same situation anyway...

[LINGERA]

In that case lets no have a linesman and the referee doesn't make the call anyway as he is not in the position to make it and we are in the same situation anyway...

Has anyone thought that maybe the kid got the call right? He was in the best position out of everyone to make the call.

[true waterboy]

Has anyone thought that maybe the kid got the call right? He was in the best position out of everyone to make the call.
I was watching from the stands directly inline with the play, mussy striker was 2 metres offside. TXK even said it looked offside from where he was.


If our first goal was offside, and from where I was at CB it did look to be, you could say that a draw may have been fair. But to say Westlakes deserves a win is a bit of a stretch.
I beleive a draw was a fair result, westlakes better in first half and musswellbrook was better in the second.
both teams had chances that they couldnt capitalise on its just sad that a controversial decision changed the game.

[TXK]

Has anyone thought that maybe the kid got the call right? He was in the best position out of everyone to make the call.

I have spoken to a couple of people that believe it was the correct call. I saw it from CB and thought it was off but being so far away I can't really judge. In any case as I said before dont the game was won or lost on the refereeing. That is all from me :)

[a-gunners]

get over it.. games over refs made his call and u have to look at next week now.. talk about something interesting...

[seldom]

get over it.. games over refs made his call and u have to look at next week now.. talk about something interesting...

who won ?

[hawk]

who won ?

the ref. he got paid and caused much confusion.

[CCB]

Any idea when games missed in round two will be caught up??

Advance vs CCB will be next Tuesday night at Jesmond Park.

[the_butcher]

Westlakes: serial whingers. Constantly hatin it.

Didnt see the game but in regards to the offside something that hasn't been mentioned is that the west lakes centre back is the slowest bloke in the universe. Deadset slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter. Considering he's the slowest bloke in world football, his positioning is extremely poor, often sitting way too deep. With a quick striker (like Muswellbrook have) I can see lots of teams being gifted goals thanks to the slo-motion style of running from the big west lakes centre back. With the turning circle of a fully loaded road train, the west lakes centre back would struggle to turn and chase down a wheelchair-less Stephen Hawking. My nan would be paying 1.01 to beat him in a hundred metre sprint... and my Nans dead.

[Bon]

Westlakes: serial whingers. Constantly hatin it.

Didnt see the game but in regards to the offside something that hasn't been mentioned is that the west lakes centre back is the slowest bloke in the universe. Deadset slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter. Considering he's the slowest bloke in world football, his positioning is extremely poor, often sitting way too deep. With a quick striker (like Muswellbrook have) I can see lots of teams being gifted goals thanks to the slo-motion style of running from the big west lakes centre back. With the turning circle of a fully loaded road train, the west lakes centre back would struggle to turn and chase down a wheelchair-less Stephen Hawking. My nan would be paying 1.01 to beat him in a hundred metre sprint... and my Nans dead.

Post of the year.. hahahahahaha

[pv4]

:rof: not sure if describing westlakes player, or mussy holding mid of the last couple of years :gent:

[ManUTDSupporter]

Everyone needs to get over the referees! Most are filling in, they allow us to play our games. One of Our opponents on the wkd grabbed our player by the throat (with 2 hands) for a good 5 seconds in front of the referee and got nothing. It's shit at the time but without referees we don't play! Not to mention why be a referee when you get zero respect from teams like this, only bad mouthing and whinging

[Ronan Keating]

Westlakes: serial whingers. Constantly hatin it.

Didnt see the game but in regards to the offside something that hasn't been mentioned is that the west lakes centre back is the slowest bloke in the universe. Deadset slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter. Considering he's the slowest bloke in world football, his positioning is extremely poor, often sitting way too deep. With a quick striker (like Muswellbrook have) I can see lots of teams being gifted goals thanks to the slo-motion style of running from the big west lakes centre back. With the turning circle of a fully loaded road train, the west lakes centre back would struggle to turn and chase down a wheelchair-less Stephen Hawking. My nan would be paying 1.01 to beat him in a hundred metre sprint... and my Nans dead.

Are you being serious or do you actually know that defender?

[pv4]

Are you being serious or do you actually know that defender?

it's a windup, pure joking

i have this epic novel to write about refs, which talks about both short-term (individual games, etc) issues as well as long-term (season as a whole, next season, next 10 years, etc) issues. i hold no anomisity on this foz, or at least don't attempt to, so if you're ever keen for a half-hour talk about how big an issue reffing really is in newcastle, come for a beer & a chat.

[roundballsarebetter]

[QUOTE=Bon;35588]Post of the year.. hahahahahaha[/QUOTE

Haha loved it. Poor Old westlakes on the end of a NNSW referee conspiracy. Unfortuantly for them the referees have decided to take a stand against them this year and the results have put them dead last. God forbid the players put their hand up for them being in a relegation position. But im pretty sure i got told westlakes were a surety to be promoted by a few members on this forum

[outsider]

it's a windup, pure joking

i have this epic novel to write about refs, which talks about both short-term (individual games, etc) issues as well as long-term (season as a whole, next season, next 10 years, etc) issues. i hold no anomisity on this foz, or at least don't attempt to, so if you're ever keen for a half-hour talk about how big an issue reffing really is in newcastle, come for a beer & a chat.

You think you have a problem.Imagine being a referee and having to put up with the shit football you people continue to dish up together with the continual abuse from both players and spectators.If only some of you would actually go out and learn the laws of the game.

[pv4]

i've never said westlakes was the only team to have bad reffing, and don't believe that's the case. i have said that we had horrendous reffing very recently, though. i know the problem is widespread, and my issues with it aren't just with my local team.

i guess if outsider's views are the legit views of refs - maybe the refs should stop ramming down our throats the important laws of the game such as colour of sock tape, colour of skins, the game-stopping importance of manager/officials tags on sidelines, and start leading by example in showing players & spectators the important rules "we" are apparently not up to speed with, whilst getting fundamental laws of the games called correctly and fairly/evenly for both sides. #justsayin

[seldom]

You think you have a problem.Imagine being a referee and having to put up with the shit football you people continue to dish up together with the continual abuse from both players and spectators.If only some of you would actually go out and learn the laws of the game.

Gotta love Refs...Def a different breed

[dingdong]

i've never said westlakes was the only team to have bad reffing, and don't believe that's the case. i have said that we had horrendous reffing very recently, though. i know the problem is widespread, and my issues with it aren't just with my local team.

i guess if outsider's views are the legit views of refs - maybe the refs should stop ramming down our throats the important laws of the game such as colour of sock tape, colour of skins, the game-stopping importance of manager/officials tags on sidelines, and start leading by example in showing players & spectators the important rules "we" are apparently not up to speed with, whilst getting fundamental laws of the games called correctly and fairly/evenly for both sides. #justsayin

Referees have been making dodgy decisions since the day they started. Its a part of any sport. They've made massive mistakes in world cup, champions league and EPL games. Why wouldn't they in our amateur local comp ???

[sharky21]

Sorry to take everyone's attention away from the continued ref talk, but thought id do my tips for round 3.
Tenambit V Merewether
West lakes V Olympic
Mussy V CCB
Respond V Medowie

Tenambit
Olympic
draw
Jesmond

[leftrightout]

Sorry to take everyone's attention away from the continued ref talk, but thought id do my tips for round 3.
Tenambit V Merewether
West lakes V Olympic
Mussy V CCB
Respond V Medowie

Tenambit
Olympic
draw
Jesmond


Not tipping Westlakes? You brave....let war begin! hahaha

[the_butcher]

Are you being serious or do you actually know that defender?

Dead serious. Don't know him personally, just know of him due to his infamous lack of speed. In Newcastle football circles, he's often just referred to as "the slow guy" or "that really slow guy that plays for west lakes". Im sure you've heard of him.



haha loved it. Poor Old westlakes on the end of a NNSW referee conspiracy. Unfortuantly for them the referees have decided to take a stand against them this year and the results have put them dead last. God forbid the players put their hand up for them being in a relegation position. But im pretty sure i got told westlakes were a surety to be promoted by a few members on this forum

:rof: And this is why Mr Round Balls is one the people's favourites

[The Dreaded Keeper]

Westlakes played a good part of the game against Mussy with only 10 men which hasn't been mentioned. The sweeper took off on a "sprint", chasing one of our strikers and then simply vanished. He returned with 8 minutes to go wearing chaps, a cowboy hat and a fine moustache.
I spoke to a friend of mine, Doc, about the situation and he believes that if a human can move at their 100% pace, and not break the 26 seconds per 100 metres needed to be classed as "unbelievably slow", there is a small possibility that person will go back in time.

Just a thought.

[the_butcher]

:rof::rof:
Westlakes played a good part of the game against Mussy with only 10 men which hasn't been mentioned. The sweeper took off on a "sprint", chasing one of our strikers and then simply vanished. He returned with 8 minutes to go wearing chaps, a cowboy hat and a fine moustache.
I spoke to a friend of mine, Doc, about the situation and he believes that if a human can move at their 100% pace, and not break the 26 seconds per 100 metres needed to be classed as "unbelievably slow", there is a small possibility that person will go back in time.

Just a thought.
:rof::rof:

[pv4]

Westlakes v Hamilton

reserves 2-2
firsts 4-0

[sharky21]

Tenambit V merewether
Res
2-0 Tenambit
First
1-2 Merewether.

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

Jesmond 5-2 in reggies and 4-0 in firsts at home to Medowie.

Reserve grade saw Medowie 1 up before Jesmond clicked into gear and put them to the sword really. Extremely frustrating how many chances we missed plus how many times we manage to get offside, need to work on that.

First grade was only 1-0 at the break but we went on with it in the second half scoring 3 more for a deserved win, with our keepers only real work being dealing with a few corners with he did easily.

Need to be honest and admit that Medowie only had 17 players for the day. I'm led to believe (happy to be corrected) they had pretty much all their first graders, however a number did have to play considerable minutes in reggies. Credit to their club and coach really, because days like that can become tiring, frustrating and that's when discipline can turn to poo and that certainly didn't happen. Well done lads.

Cheers to the 2 refs we got, did really well too. Big game next week at Westlakes who still may be the bench mark in our comp.

[Cabaye#4]

Mussy v CCB
Res 1-1
1sts 3-2

Not sure how reserves didnt win this, lacked the finishing touches which couldve put the game to bed before half time, hitting the post twice and another cleared off the line, but mussy fought hard in the 2nd half to grab an equaliser.

1st grade was an odd game, mussy went 1-0 up thru their quick striker, charlie played well and looked good in patches b4 a defensive mistake led to it being 2-0 right b4 halftime.
Charly jumped out of the blocks in the 2nd half, scoring in the 47th and 54th minute. Looked like they would go on to complete the comeback, but mussy came home strong, and their speedy striker completed his hat trick after scoring his third one-on-one of the day.

[The Dreaded Keeper]

Thanks to Cabaye#4 for a good wrap up. After the carry on from the Westlakes players from last week, especially their CB, I just figured this forum existed to make excuses for losses and blind bias. You sir, are a breath of fresh air!!!

[true waterboy]

Thanks to Cabaye#4 for a good wrap up. After the carry on from the Westlakes players from last week, especially their CB, I just figured this forum existed to make excuses for losses and blind bias. You sir, are a breath of fresh air!!!
Haha players from both teams have stated on here they thought the first goal was offside.
Pretty sure I read mussy complaining about a goal they thought was offside in the first round. Sounds like there is a crack in your glass house

[leftrightout]

Westlakes v Hamilton

reserves 2-2
firsts 4-0

So a good ref hey? Hahaha
That's a good way to silence us all who have spoken up this week. Well done to your club!

[the_butcher]

Haha players from both teams have stated on here they thought the first goal was offside.
Pretty sure I read mussy complaining about a goal they thought was offside in the first round. Sounds like there is a crack in your glass house

Typical westlakes response, whinging & pointing fingers as usual :grin:

[true waterboy]

Typical westlakes response, whinging & pointing fingers as usual :grin:

could say the same about mussy atm.
only have to bring up the first few pages to see mussies complaints about a non offside ruling, and yet continually bring up westlakes complaining about a mussy refs ruling when even some of your players have said offside.
if you guys didnt keep brining it up it would be over by now lolz

[Incognito mosquito]

Seeing as no one has written about the westlakes matches ill give it a crack.. Reggies for westlakes were sloppy in defence and were lucky to have their keeper stay on the park after he took out a player outside the box near the sideline. Hamiltons goals came of the back of well earnt fouls and it was a good tough match. Firsts.... Was tighter than the score line shows went to half time at 0-0 game got very physical in the second half but was good to see because it was a tough close match. When the slow cb scored the 2nd with a nice header off a corner that's when westlakes started to look in control and with about 10 mins remaining got a couple of goals on the counter to blow out the score. Good match with a bit of fire from both sides. Looking forward to the away trip.

[the_butcher]

When the slow cb scored the 2nd with a nice header
Lol


could say the same about mussy atm.
Typical westlakes response, always trying to pass the buck

[true waterboy]

[QUOTE=the_butcher;35901

Typical westlakes response, always trying to pass the buck[/QUOTE]

I think you mean muswellbrook. U guys have referenced westlakes in just about every one of your posts.

[The Dreaded Keeper]

Of course The Butcher meant Muswellbrook. That's why he wrote Westlakes. He's weird like that.

[The Dreaded Keeper]

Apparently the Westlakes CB was actually jumping for the corner before the one he scored off. It just took him so long to get of the ground that play had gone on, and another corner given. That corner hit him cleanly and luckily went in ;-)

[true waterboy]

Seeing as no one has written about the westlakes matches ill give it a crack.. Reggies for westlakes were sloppy in defence and were lucky to have their keeper stay on the park after he took out a player outside the box near the sideline. Hamiltons goals came of the back of well earnt fouls and it was a good tough match. Firsts.... Was tighter than the score line shows went to half time at 0-0 game got very physical in the second half but was good to see because it was a tough close match. When the slow cb scored the 2nd with a nice header off a corner that's when westlakes started to look in control and with about 10 mins remaining got a couple of goals on the counter to blow out the score. Good match with a bit of fire from both sides. Looking forward to the away trip.
Ressies was a good match. Good summary. Hamilton will feel hard done by not having keeper sent but I think the elephant touch by the striker was the only thing that saved him. Also after having a player sent in the last 5 with a straight red. I was bewildered as to why until I read the report to confirm what I was later told.
I enjoyed chatting to their ressies players which was a suprise to the contrast of their First grade. Keeper is quality and IMO should be their first grade keeper. Both teams had a chance to get a third. Westlakes with a pen shout that woulda been soft but by the book was a pen. Hamilton with the last play of the game from a keeper fumble. Draw fair result tho.

Disagree with the first grade summary tho. Hamilton were quality in first 20 but dropped off after that. Pretty sure it was 1-0 at break.
It was about 3-0 when it started to get heated. At 4-0 with 10 to go coach told our bench players (no subs used) to have a shower with one to cover for injuries.

[Incognito mosquito]

Ahh k I must have missed the first half goal. Yes Hamilton were very good in the first 20. Was a good game all the same from my view

[pv4]

it was 0-0 at half time

Olympic will be a tough team to break down this year. their biggest enemy will be themselves though

their number 21, the smaller striker, is a weapon. a delight of a guy to play against too. to all the slow cbs out there - good luck with him

[true waterboy]

Ahh k I must have missed the first half goal. Yes Hamilton were very good in the first 20. Was a good game all the same from my view
Looks like my mistake

Score line of both games was a true indication of the games tho

[dingdong]

Looks like my mistake

Score line of both games was a true indication of the games tho

Im sorry i disagree Westlakes definitely deserved the win, but 4-0 was not a true reflection of the game. Olympic were the better team in the 1st half in my opinion. But at the end of the day it doesn't matter how much possession you have or how many chances you have unless you win. So good stuff westlakes.

[pv4]

how much possession you have

agree with some chances olympic had in the first half, but don't agree with possession bit. thought it was fairly even in first half, thought westlakes had majority second half.

[dingdong]

agree with some chances olympic had in the first half, but don't agree with possession bit. thought it was fairly even in first half, thought westlakes had majority second half.

yeah spot on.

[TXK]

Mussy v CCB
Res 1-1
1sts 3-2

Not sure how reserves didnt win this, lacked the finishing touches which couldve put the game to bed before half time, hitting the post twice and another cleared off the line, but mussy fought hard in the 2nd half to grab an equaliser.

1st grade was an odd game, mussy went 1-0 up thru their quick striker, charlie played well and looked good in patches b4 a defensive mistake led to it being 2-0 right b4 halftime.
Charly jumped out of the blocks in the 2nd half, scoring in the 47th and 54th minute. Looked like they would go on to complete the comeback, but mussy came home strong, and their speedy striker completed his hat trick after scoring his third one-on-one of the day.

Pretty well agree with everything in here. Firsts was a weird match with Mussy leading 2-0 at the break but then seemingly taking an extra 15 minutes chill time after the interval found themselves at 2-2. Re-gathers themselves late on to take the win. I think Charlestown will be a very strong outfit this season, with some very good individual talent. The only thing that let them down was lack of game time, it was pretty obvious that it was their first hit-out but I expect better things to come for them. Also credit to all the Charlestown lads, the game was played in a really competitive spirit but after the game everyone was happy to have a laugh and a beer, leaving any niggles on the field, which is how it should be. All in all a top bunch of blokes and looking forward to meeting them again in the second round!

[grub]

Merewether v Charlestown last night.
Res : 2 - 4
1st: 0- 1

[LINGERA]

Merewether v Charlestown last night.
Res : 2 - 4
1st: 0- 1

Reserve grade: This scoreline should have blown out with charlsetown missing atleast 4 easy chances (by easy I mean 6 yard box tap ins not going in.) in the final 15 minutes of play. Im pretty sure at one point charly were 2-1 down but deservedly walked away with the points as they dominated most of the game.

1st grade: Charly were hot out of the gates putting alot of early pressure on merewethers defence with 3 or 4 good chances that were not finished. half time 0-0, second half charlstown continued to dominate possession and pepper the merewether goal but to no avail. With 10 to go charlestown broke through with the winner and only goal by a cracking strike from about 25 yards into the top right corner. The final 10 minutes merewether put it to a nervous finishing charelstown who adopted a time wasting/kick to the corner mentality but failed to really create anything in the final third.

To be fair charlestown should have walked away comfortable winners but in the end did it tough for the 3 points.

On a side note, I noticed that the merewether goal keeper was intentionally time wasting for almost the entire game (until they were losing). He was trapping the ball instead of picking it up and forcing charlestowns strikers to shut him down before picking it up and playing on. I have never in my life seen this before and found it to be if anything poor sportmanship.

[true waterboy]

On a side note, I noticed that the merewether goal keeper was intentionally time wasting for almost the entire game (until they were losing). He was trapping the ball instead of picking it up and forcing charlestowns strikers to shut him down before picking it up and playing on. I have never in my life seen this before and found it to be if anything poor sportmanship.

Alot of keepers use this especially when there team is winning, also gives their players time to re group. Its not un sportsmanship just makes opposition strikers think about their game play

[Premy]

Alot of keepers use this especially when there team is winning, also gives their players time to re group. Its not un sportsmanship just makes opposition strikers think about their game play

Make the lazy strickers fecking work

[true waterboy]

Make the lazy strickers fecking work

haha the best thing about it

[Cabaye#4]

On a side note, I noticed that the merewether goal keeper was intentionally time wasting for almost the entire game (until they were losing). He was trapping the ball instead of picking it up and forcing charlestowns strikers to shut him down before picking it up and playing on. I have never in my life seen this before and found it to be if anything poor sportmanship.

Meh. I think you're blowing this out of the water. Pretty sure any smart keeper slows the game down for a number of reasons. As you mentioned, charlie were dominating, and rather than just kicking the ball away and having it come straight back at him, by slowing the play down, it gives his team a chance to get their shape back, get their breath back, and potentially try to play the ball out from the back. It also disrupts charlie's game since they were well on top, and advance were getting little to nothing in midfield and up front, so hence aimlessly punting the ball long would have done nothing.
everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but i think its a bit much to criticise someone for bad sportsmanship when he was doing something alot of keepers have done, and will continue to do, at all levels of football. At 0-0, they werent looking to go direct, but of course 1-0 down, they had no choice other than to go direct and quickly, and hope for the best, but i hardly think that's their game plan for 90 minutes.


Pretty well agree with everything in here. Firsts was a weird match with Mussy leading 2-0 at the break but then seemingly taking an extra 15 minutes chill time after the interval found themselves at 2-2. Re-gathers themselves late on to take the win. I think Charlestown will be a very strong outfit this season, with some very good individual talent. The only thing that let them down was lack of game time, it was pretty obvious that it was their first hit-out but I expect better things to come for them. Also credit to all the Charlestown lads, the game was played in a really competitive spirit but after the game everyone was happy to have a laugh and a beer, leaving any niggles on the field, which is how it should be. All in all a top bunch of blokes and looking forward to meeting them again in the second round!
Cheers TXK, it's always a good trip up the valley, shame we only had 19 players and hence had to use 2 minibusses instead of a big coach for everyone, but it was a good day regardless, even if we didnt get the results we wanted.

[Cabaye#4]

as for the match....

Res 4-2 CCB
We did it the hard way, and after taking an early lead, got carried away trying to make the score 15-0 by halftime, rather than actually controlling the game and playing smart football.
As it often the case, you get punished in this division for wasting chances, and a terrible defensive error allowed merewether to equalise, and it went 1-1 at the break.
The second half was much of the same, before merewether produced a goal from nothing to take the lead, albeit somewhat undeserved (however, you gotta take your chances), before charlestown huffed and puffed and grabbed an equaliser with about 20 to go, before taking the lead with a great solo goal from our midfielder after receiving the ball from a throwin inside the box, before beating 2 players and scoring. We then got a 4th with a tap in, and couldve/shouldve had a few more, but 4-2 was fairly reflective of the game. Much like on Satdy v Mbrook, reserves just need to turn their domination and chances into goals, and they will be be right up there this season.

1sts 1-0 CCB
This was a very one sided match, with charlestown dominating from the onset. Numerous chances came and went, with a number of chances failing to work the keeper, which was the most disappointing aspect of the first half. Merewether always looked like they could knick one against the run of play, but our keeper went largely untested the entire match. 0-0 at ht, and it was more of the same in the second half as charlestown created more chances, but failed to seriously test the keeper and wasted a few more good chances before a cracking striker from our skipper from 25 yards arrowed into the top corner with 10 remaining. As advance threw everything at us, we largely defended and set up on the counter and created a few half chances, but 1-0 it finished.
While it took a cracking strike to win the game, it was no more than we deserved, but we'll need to make sure we arent relying on pieces of magic to win us games every week. If this game had finished 4-0 I think it still would've been a fair reflection of the game, with merewether missing a few players, and struggled to ever really get into the game, but 3 points is 3 points.

[pv4]

On a side note, I noticed that the merewether goal keeper was intentionally time wasting for almost the entire game (until they were losing). He was trapping the ball instead of picking it up and forcing charlestowns strikers to shut him down before picking it up and playing on. I have never in my life seen this before and found it to be if anything poor sportmanship.

lol, what.

this happens in nearly every game of senior competitive football. from local leagues, to a-league, to champions league. the claim that you've never seen it happen in your life seems ridiculous - you must not watch any games, at all.

he's slowing the tempo of the game down btw, he's giving his team the opportunity to find their shape again & have a breather. it's like a scrum in rugby league.

[sharky21]

Being a goal keeper its not unsportsman like. as a few have said its smart. It not only gives ur team time to regroup what it also does it pulls the striker out of his defensive position ( not that they do much of it haha) and gives ur defender the space to throw the ball short to him and keep possession and not pump it long into a 50-50.

[seldom]

On a side note, I noticed that the merewether goal keeper was intentionally time wasting for almost the entire game (until they were losing). He was trapping the ball instead of picking it up and forcing charlestowns strikers to shut him down before picking it up and playing on. I have never in my life seen this before and found it to be if anything poor sportmanship.

****in lol...never seen this before...what's next takin it to the corner flag,players goin down with cramp,subs with a minute to go......ffs

[pastor399]

****in lol...never seen this before...what's next takin it to the corner flag,players goin down with cramp,subs with a minute to go......ffs

people complaining about stupid shit on the local football forum???? wtf is this i've never seen it before

[LINGERA]

Unless you take a defender out of play im going to stand here all fcking day, sounds fair.

[true waterboy]

Unless you take a defender out of play im going to stand here all fcking day, sounds fair.

it might not be the best tactic but it can work by frustrating the opposition. im guessing by your posts that at least that part of the tactic worked.

[goaliepersempre]

On a side note, I noticed that the merewether goal keeper was intentionally time wasting for almost the entire game (until they were losing). He was trapping the ball instead of picking it up and forcing charlestowns strikers to shut him down before picking it up and playing on. I have never in my life seen this before and found it to be if anything poor sportmanship.

ARE you the full quid or just seriously trolling?

[Cabaye#4]

Finally we can talk about the football again!?
Today's matches:
CCB @ Olympic
Merewether @ Uni
Westlakes @ Jesmond
M'Brook @ Tenambit

Some quality games there. Jesmond have promised big things and started well, will be looking to make a statement against Westlakes, if they can get a touch of the ball of course.
Mussy should take care of Tenambit, but the other 3 games will be even contests id say.

[pv4]

Westlakes v jesmond is @ westlakes

[Robbery]

Westlakes v jesmond is @ westlakes

All games are the other way round.......

[Shayne]

Hamilton Vs Charlestown

Reserves

1 - 2

First

1 - 4

[Robbery]

Merewether vs uni

Res: 1-3 uni dominated basically the whole game but merewether went up 1-0 into half time. Uni scored 3 in the last half hour to take the win.

Firsts: 1-4 uni came out well and scored 2 early goals. Game evened up after that and merewether hit the post late in the half. Uni then scored after the half before merewether scored one. Both teams had chances towards the end but it was uni who got another with merewether hitting the bar a couple of times.

[Jesmond_sweeper]

Jesmond v westlakes @ westlakes. Reserve grade 3-1 to westlakes, first gade 1-0 to jesmond.

[ace22]

( westlakes players and supporters insert whinge about refrees being the only reason they lost here)

[Incognito mosquito]

Haha that's funny there was a bad call for the goal but that's life. Westlakes couldn't score so we can't pay claims to a win. But of bad luck but that's the way it goes. Well done to jesmond

[fresh]

happens every week. someone from westlakes blaiming the ref.. sure theres bad calls in soccer but every week its a different ref and every week they loose whats the common deminator here. The shitness of the team! stop with the excuses!

[Cabaye#4]

Hamilton Vs Charlestown
Reserves
1 - 2
Firsts
1 - 4

Tough day out at carrington today, was quite hot most of the day before a strong wind blew in midway through the second half of first grade.
Reserves got the 3 points today, courtesy of one of the (if not THE) most comical own goals ive eva seen. The Hamilton keeper picked up the ball from a long ball over the top, took his time, then kicked it straight into the head of his own defender who was standing about 3 meters in front of him, and the ball rebounded over the keeper, and bounced in.... hilarious. At the time, I thought it was a deserved lead, but Olympic finished the half strongly and couldve had an equaliser before halftime. Second half was much of the same, with Hamilton shading things, and equalising through another own goal, with a wayward shot across the box being expertly turned home by a charlestown player to make things 1-1. Both sides hit the woodwork, but Hamilton were caught on the break with about 10 to go and Charlie managed to squeeze home what turned out to be the winner. Tough result for Hamilton, who couldve walked away with 3 points on another day.

1st grade was another tight affair, with Olympic taking the lead midway through the first half. Neither side really controlled the game, with half chances falling at each end, Olympic were probly slightly on top, however just before halftime Charlie equalised from a corner after the cross traveled through a mass of bodies before being slammed home. Into the second half and the arm wrestle continued, with Charlie again scoring from a corner about 10 minutes in, after some confusion between the keeper and the man on the post saw a fairly tame header creep in. Some more questionable keeping saw a cross-come-shot squeeze in from an acute angle to make the score 3-1. And the final nail in the coffin saw a penalty converted to make the score 4-1.
Despite Charlestown playing 3 games in 7 days, Hamilton seemed to be the side running out of legs in the second half and this showed on the scoreboard.
Not the most greatest performance from the charlestown boys, but another 3 points and should set up a cracking match vs jesmond next week.

[Incognito mosquito]

I totally agree mate we as a club need to take responsibility for the results and stop making excuses. Shame about the result but hopefully we can bounce back next week.

[Sharp Shanker]

Westlakes vs. Jesmond

The goal which was given was a tough call, I was surprised to see it given but can't say for sure the ref got it wrong. One of those where a player appears to head it off the line, but the player had drifted behind the line themselves then moved forward to head the ball. Westlakes enjoyed the lions share of possession but clear cut chances fell to both teams. A draw would have been fair, but a win wasn't undeserved for the Rams either.

[Incognito mosquito]

^good review and agree completely in and the result was fair enough

[true waterboy]

Not gonna comment on the game.

But can I just say a massive thanks to jesmond number 3 who stayed behind after their team went to the sheds after the game, grabbed a bin n cleaned the area their supporters were occupying. Was a massive help and great to see. Cheers again

[hawk]

Westlakes vs. Jesmond

The goal which was given was a tough call, I was surprised to see it given but can't say for sure the ref got it wrong. One of those where a player appears to head it off the line, but the player had drifted behind the line themselves then moved forward to head the ball. Westlakes enjoyed the lions share of possession but clear cut chances fell to both teams. A draw would have been fair, but a win wasn't undeserved for the Rams either.

linesman?

[true waterboy]

linesman?
Linesman (club ref) called no goal and had a talk with ref after as to why he wasn't consulted before giving it.
Ref explained his decision. In his words: both of the players feet were on goal line and he lent back initially before heading the ball.
People can make their own decision it's not worth looking bak.
Westlakes had enough chances to score but weren't good enough.

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

We readily admit got what was coming in reggies, having previously played not at our best but still beating inferior opposition, this test we were not up to on the day. Well done Westlakes on 3-1 win.

First grade, in my opinion, was a deserved win after implementing and executing a game plan against who we believe to be the benchmark of our competition. I readily admit there could have been another outcome on another day, however that's football and we will take 1-0 out there any day.

How I saw it - we were the better team for the first half hour and really should have scored at least one but couldn't stick ball in back of net before Westlakes stepped up and we were chasing shadows leading into half time, which we were happy to get to and re-group. We were run ragged in that last 15.

The second half was pretty even and Westlakes forced one save from our keeper (think his legs not sure) and one in which he tipped onto crossbar. Again we created a few but failed to take chances before a corner of ours was judged to have crossed the line.

Granted it is somewhat fortunate to score from a corner when it's given to the corner taker and from the sideline I cannot say categorically that it crossed the line, however I can say and even commented on it at the time.... the referee was in an extremely good position and make his call accordingly.

I do not believe that Westlakes dominated possession when looking back over the full 90 minutes but will concede that when they put it together they are as good as any team. All in all I believe this was a really good match and we have no complaints about how we were treated or events of the day...

Highlight is Westlakes liquor license and unreal eray of refreshments haha. Cheers

[nosmackjustfact]

the fact.....charlestown tougher,stronger,smarter and more clinical infront of goal.

[Chalky_bones]

the fact.....charlestown tougher,stronger,smarter and more clinical infront of goal.

Definately.... Was a good day with the Charlestown boys. Good bunch of friendly blokes. Happy to play with these sorts of guys every weekend. Well done Charlestown.

[true waterboy]

We readily admit got what was coming in reggies, having previously played not at our best but still beating inferior opposition, this test we were not up to on the day. Well done Westlakes on 3-1 win.

First grade, in my opinion, was a deserved win after implementing and executing a game plan against who we believe to be the benchmark of our competition. I readily admit there could have been another outcome on another day, however that's football and we will take 1-0 out there any day.

How I saw it - we were the better team for the first half hour and really should have scored at least one but couldn't stick ball in back of net before Westlakes stepped up and we were chasing shadows leading into half time, which we were happy to get to and re-group. We were run ragged in that last 15.

The second half was pretty even and Westlakes forced one save from our keeper (think his legs not sure) and one in which he tipped onto crossbar. Again we created a few but failed to take chances before a corner of ours was judged to have crossed the line.

Granted it is somewhat fortunate to score from a corner when it's given to the corner taker and from the sideline I cannot say categorically that it crossed the line, however I can say and even commented on it at the time.... the referee was in an extremely good position and make his call accordingly.

I do not believe that Westlakes dominated possession when looking back over the full 90 minutes but will concede that when they put it together they are as good as any team. All in all I believe this was a really good match and we have no complaints about how we were treated or events of the day...

Highlight is Westlakes liquor license and unreal eray of refreshments haha. Cheers
pretty accurate summary. forgot to mention the comical attempts from westlakes right back in ressies who tried everything to score an oggie on the day with the post making a great save :gent:

[goaliepersempre]

pretty accurate summary. forgot to mention the comical attempts from westlakes right back in ressies who tried everything to score an oggie on the day with the post making a great save :gent:

still giving me nightmares :P

[sharky21]

Well Tenambit took a bus trip to Muswellbrook today and it started in a commical state with Tenambit rocking up to the game to only realise we left our shirts at home and had to borrow shirts for our res grade whilst a first grader had to grab the shirts on his way to the game. And before this we had 3 players pull out on game day to leave us with 20 to select from. 11 players in res including our starting first grade keeper on the field and our starting first grade cb in goals.
Well onto the scores. Muswellbrook 7 Tenambit 0
The game was tight for the first 5 mins but that was about it Mussy were very clinical in their finishing and being the goalkeeper i do feel as tho i was in the best position to see this. If there was another ten mins i reckon a 8 goal come back was on the cards lol. THe funny thing to come out of the game for us was our first grade keeper got players player in his first game in years on the park.

First Grade was 2-0 to Mussy. Two first half goals had tenambit on the back foot and chaceing the game again. And missing 3-4 first graders didnt make our job easier.
First half Mussy were good got their goals with the long ball over to the quick striker who finished one well and i do believe set up the other. (Could be wrong). I didnt see much of the second half as i only lasted ten mins. And surprisingly our back line was better when i left. for the fact all four could run and there was no longer a passenger on the park. But the bus trip was the winner on the day ( well at least for Tenambit). One bit of advice to teams playing Mussy. The first grade keeper does not like to catch the ball at all. Was very strange to watch being a keeper myself ( but on todays result in res u wouldnt think i was lol) Balls that were at a very comfortable catching hieght he elected to punch even when not under pressure something to keep in mind.
But at the end of the day can not begrudge Mussy the victory.

[mrpewterschmidt]

So it's agreed, the Muswellbrook first grade striker is the quickest man in football??

[sharky21]

So it's agreed, the Muswellbrook first grade striker is the quickest man in football??

I think the two from Raymond terrace may have him covered. but I may be the wrong bloke to answer this as a slow moving wombat seems quick to me. haha

[TXK]

So it's agreed, the Muswellbrook first grade striker is the quickest man in football??

Depending on who you ask, he might not even be the quickest in our club. Personally I think we have two quicker, we are probably going to have a race some point soon to settle the debate, the only thing we really have to go on at the minute was when they were all pissed on mad Monday last season and the guy mentioned came third :)

Agree with majority of Sharky's match report. First goal was after we sustained a bit of pressure, one o our CB's pinched the ball and set a counter going. Said quick striker finished with a tidy chip/dink into the top corner. Second goal was pretty special (from our point of view anyway). We had a good little bit of possession and our left back had pushed forward to join the attack and clipped a ball over the top for one our central midfielders to collect in the 18 who then proceeded to leave at least two possibly three defenders bamboozled on the deck then rounding the keeper as well to finish off a nice solo goal.

Second half was really disappointing for us. We played the worst football we have this year, couldn't keep the ball for longer than 2 seconds. To be fair Tenambit did press a lot better in the second and put us under some pressure, but a lot the time we only had ourselves to blame for turning over possession so frequently. It was borderline embarrassing. We also failed to finish off a couple more one on ones which seems to be a recurring theme for us. Luckily though our defence was well and truly on its game and we held out for our first clean sheet of the season. Pretty disappointed with our guys second half effort and if we want to finish at the high end of the table we will need to be doing much better in the coming rounds.

Also Sharky, great call on the wombat. Gave me a good chuckle!

[sharky21]

Depending on who you ask, he might not even be the quickest in our club. Personally I think we have two quicker, we are probably going to have a race some point soon to settle the debate, the only thing we really have to go on at the minute was when they were all pissed on mad Monday last season and the guy mentioned came third :)

Agree with majority of Sharky's match report. First goal was after we sustained a bit of pressure, one o our CB's pinched the ball and set a counter going. Said quick striker finished with a tidy chip/dink into the top corner. Second goal was pretty special (from our point of view anyway). We had a good little bit of possession and our left back had pushed forward to join the attack and clipped a ball over the top for one our central midfielders to collect in the 18 who then proceeded to leave at least two possibly three defenders bamboozled on the deck then rounding the keeper as well to finish off a nice solo goal.

Second half was really disappointing for us. We played the worst football we have this year, couldn't keep the ball for longer than 2 seconds. To be fair Tenambit did press a lot better in the second and put us under some pressure, but a lot the time we only had ourselves to blame for turning over possession so frequently. It was borderline embarrassing. We also failed to finish off a couple more one on ones which seems to be a recurring theme for us. Luckily though our defence was well and truly on its game and we held out for our first clean sheet of the season. Pretty disappointed with our guys second half effort and if we want to finish at the high end of the table we will need to be doing much better in the coming rounds.

Also Sharky, great call on the wombat. Gave me a good chuckle!

I would have to say i was one of those bamboozled defenders when the ball was in the goal i still wasnt sure wether i was coming or going. (hence the reason i didnt say to much bout the second goal didnt want to take any credit away from the goal with misleading report on it). Im sure ur strikers were dissapointed when i went off early in the second half as the were having a field day leaving me for dead. haha And after that performance and knowing a wombat is quicker then me iv all but hung up me #21 field shirt ( sad news for all strikers yet to play me) and im going to concentrate on my keeping and after the 7-0 drubbing i may need a bit of work haha.
Was a good day out their thanks once again for the lending of the shirts. Could only have wished it was a sat game and might have been able to hang around for a quick beer.

[The Dreaded Keeper]

No comeback from me on the crosses. I had a shocker in the sticks yesterday vs Tenambit. Couldn't kick at all, and opted to punch most crosses clear instead of risking drop them. Stuffed one of the punches up royal which was a bit of a laugh. Strange how you have the worst game of the season so far and get your first clean sheet!!!!

Anyone game to have a firm guess at premiers and grand final winners yet???

[LINGERA]

No comeback from me on the crosses. I had a shocker in the sticks yesterday vs Tenambit. Couldn't kick at all, and opted to punch most crosses clear instead of risking drop them. Stuffed one of the punches up royal which was a bit of a laugh. Strange how you have the worst game of the season so far and get your first clean sheet!!!!

Anyone game to have a firm guess at premiers and grand final winners yet???

mbrook or charly imo

[RANGER09]

I think the two from Raymond terrace may have him covered. but I may be the wrong bloke to answer this as a slow moving wombat seems quick to me. haha

Wouldn't be much in it but I think now that our two strikers would be quicker, a few years ago maybe different story, we used to get frustrated with the linesmen pulling him up for offside quite a lot due to his speed.

Picking premiers for this grade I'm gonna go for Mussy, if they keep there squad consistent for the season they should go well, followed by Charly, Jesmond and maybe Westlakes for top four.
Watched Westlakes v Olympic play and would not put Olympic up there unless things change, maybe Swanky has retired?
If Westlakes can work on their combination of big Dunc up front with the 2 Walsham boys working off him they will improve.

[Charlie Bubblegum]

I think the real winners this year are Bellbird.

[Swanky]

Olympic v Jesmond Round 2 Washout
Monday 13th May at Connolly Oval
Res 6.15
1st 8.00

[hawk]

I think the real winners this year are Bellbird.

yeah, what happened to these buzzards?

[Charlie Bubblegum]

yeah, what happened to these buzzards?

Possibly cosumed by the earth and from the ashes that remain a new flower will blossom and they will become more stronger than we could have ever imagined.....


Or they just pulled out. I dont know.

[WolfMan]

So it's agreed, the Muswellbrook first grade striker is the quickest man in football??

Raymond Terrace blokes are quicker. But not by much. I could pretty much keep pace with Mussy's bloke - had no chance against RT's 3 pronged attack. Just my informed opinion

[TXK]

Predictions for this weekend based on absolutely nothing.

Draw
Draw
Charlestown
Westlakes

Very keen for another big weekend of football!!

[sharky21]

Predictions for this weekend based on absolutely nothing.

Draw
Draw
Charlestown
Westlakes

Very keen for another big weekend of football!!
I'm going with very similar results. Hoping we (Tenambit) can grab a win at home. Coming into our fourth game can only assume we will have our fourth week in a row of a changed back line. (praying Iv been removed after last weeks game) another injury and our already small squad srinks again which is making it tough but that is a challenge our squad accepted at the start of the year and is keen to come out on top of.

[pastor399]

I'm going with very similar results. Hoping we (Tenambit) can grab a win at home. Coming into our fourth game can only assume we will have our fourth week in a row of a changed back line. (praying Iv been removed after last weeks game) another injury and our already small squad srinks again which is making it tough but that is a challenge our squad accepted at the start of the year and is keen to come out on top of.

Tenambit Sharks vs Hamilton Olympic - Beryl Humble Oval
Hamilton

Jesmond FC vs Charlestown City Blues - Jesmond Park
Draw

Uni vs Muswellbrook - Ray Watt Oval
University

Medowie FC vs Westlakes - Yulong Oval
Westlakes

Merewether vs BYE

[pv4]

Depending on who you ask, he might not even be the quickest in our club. Personally I think we have two quicker, we are probably going to have a race some point soon to settle the debate, the only thing we really have to go on at the minute was when they were all pissed on mad Monday last season and the guy mentioned came third :)



the short winger at mussy is definately quicker than the striker

[true waterboy]

medowie vs westlakes
reserves 0-2
firsts 4-5

cats were very lucky to win. played really poor and imo didnt deserve the points.
most of the goals for both teams came from bad mistakes in the defence.
alot of free kicks were given for both sides were the defender clearly won the ball and the striker then falls over.
westlakes got a few a metre out of the box that could of easily changed the game and medowie got a penalty. pretty harsh on defenders when its a clear ball and all challenge and you give away a foul.
medowie had a few players backing up, so was a good effort from them.

[TXK]

Ressies
Uni 6
Muswellbrook 2

Firsts
Uni 0
Muswellbrook 1

Will give a match report when I have the time. Any news from other two games?

[sharky21]

Tenambit V Olympic
res 6-1 Olympic
First 1-0 Olympic.

[a-gunners]

Charlie v Jesse at jesso.
Ressies 3-0 jesmond
1st. 3all jesmond went 1nil up very early nice finish poor clearance. Charlie then bossed the game to go 2-1 up after dominating and getting rewarded. Then drama. Pen to jesmond for a shirt pull then defender blew up throwing the ball away only to be sent of for descent. So 2all after the pen then jesmond scored again to go 3-2 up at the break. Charlie come out at ht down to ten men and still dominated the game and the chances came. Got a square up penalty to make it 3all and with the last kick of the game jesmond saved by player on the post cleared of line when thought it was in for all money. Good ga,e good battle but as a Charlie player even with 10 men for more then half the game think we deserved the 3 points but that's football and well done jesmond

[Cabaye#4]

May I add that it was the worst penalty decision i have witnessed.
Not one player appealed for it, and nobody in the whole postcode of jesmond park understood what it was for.
The charlestown defender has shielded the ball out for a goal kick, good physical battle with the jeso player, but he used his body perfectly to shield it out.
Whistle blows, penalty. Apparently by having his arms out as he shielded the ball, he was holding his shirt.
Absolutely ridiculous, he had his body in front of the player, there was no holding of the shirt, that makes no sense.
The jeso player said he didnt kno what jt was for. The jeso coach apologised.
It completely changed the game as charlestown were well im control, then 3 minutes later they were a goal and a man down.
The red card was for dissent, fair enuf, he shouldve kept his head better, but the decision originally was appalling.

[nosmackjustfact]

The fact. 10 men with 60 minutes to go for Charlie and jesmond couldn't finish the game off???i mean they had 5 backs against two fat aging strkers.terrible play.how Charlie didn't walk away(run away) with points goes down to the man in blue shirt.not once did jesmond threaten Charlestown in the second half while Charlie had a clear goal disallowed and 2 x other clear penalties not given and a ball cleared off the line last kick of the game.clearly the winner here was jesmond walking away with a deserved point.and yes you larged mouth centre back you mad the forum.hahahahhahajan.lucky rams because you're that bad for 60 you couldn't not only shut out a win you should've lost.
The fact.....

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

nosmackjustfact.... I'll just re-iterate two of your "sentences". clearly the winner here was jesmond walking away with a deserved point. lucky rams because you're that bad for 60 you couldn't not only shut out a win you should've lost. Do they not directly contradict each other? Was it deserved point or should we have lost? Did you cover heads and tails on Anzac day? As for: and yes you larged mouth centre back you mad the forum.hahahahhahajan. What the?

Onto the game: We lacked intensity and furthermore couldn't really get our game going. Credit to Charlestown, they turned up to knock us off and played accordingly. They were the better side even with 10 men, that seemed to galvanise them as a sending off can sometimes do. I might add they were very lucky to not play with 9 with a very ordinary two footed tackle directly from behind not seeing red. Our player needed to be substituted but thankfully I don't think he will be out for an extended period.

There were dubious penalties for both sides but the referee saw them as he did. I didn't hear what the C'town player said but if it was as bad as I'm being told then he deserved to see red. We did clear 2 balls off the line, could have conceded another pen but I don't recall a legitimate C'town goal being disallowed, happy to corrected though.

The 2 abovementioned strikers for C'town were a constant threat and probably prove you don't have to be pencil thin and in your prime to succeed at this level. They are intelligent footballers who can play, especially the #8, Chrissy M, who score a bomb with only half a yard and next to no backlift.

Our sheds after the game resembled a loss but if truth be known, if a team deserved the 3 points, unfortunately I'd have to say it was C'town. Well done guys, if you play like that every week you undoubtedly will be there or thereabouts.

Sorry for afterthought but reggies was 3-0 to Jesmond, C'town did have their chances but home side deserved the points as the score suggests.

[Wonga]

Great game at Uni today, Mussy were too organized in the middle of the park for the gigantic uni boys.
Uni will be up there at the end of the season, however Muswellbrook are going to prove very hard to beat for the rest of this season.

[Jesmond_sweeper]

The fact. 10 men with 60 minutes to go for Charlie and jesmond couldn't finish the game off???i mean they had 5 backs against two fat aging strkers.terrible play.how Charlie didn't walk away(run away) with points goes down to the man in blue shirt.not once did jesmond threaten Charlestown in the second half while Charlie had a clear goal disallowed and 2 x other clear penalties not given and a ball cleared off the line last kick of the game.clearly the winner here was jesmond walking away with a deserved point.and yes you larged mouth centre back you mad the forum.hahahahhahajan.lucky rams because you're that bad for 60 you couldn't not only shut out a win you should've lost.
The fact.....

It was hard in the second half as we all know jesmond slopes down towards the roses, the poor rams had to run up hill at the back half of the game. We didn't do any hill sprints in pre season training hence why we struggled to run up hill. Will take a point though, imagine if the square up penalty hadn't been awarded to make 3-3! The blow ups then!

[Cabaye#4]

imagine if the square up penalty hadn't been awarded to make 3-3! The blow ups then!
Thats one thing you can be sure of with some refs in newcastle... Once they give one terrible penalty decision, you can almost guarantee there will be a square up... Sad, but true.

[Jesmond_sweeper]

Thats one thing you can be sure of with some refs in newcastle... Once they give one terrible penalty decision, you can almost guarantee there will be a square up... Sad, but true.

Correct.

[thephenom]

Havent been on here in a while , was surprised to see people having a discussion about me lol. I'm just happy at the age of 30 to be still getting a mention among the quick guys lol!

[thephenom]

lol

[RANGER09]

Havent been on here in a while , was surprised to see people having a discussion about me lol. I'm just happy at the age of 30 to be still getting a mention among the quick guys lol!

At least your being mentioned for being quick and not old!:lol:

[The Dreaded Keeper]

He's both!!!

[p-diddy]

2games in a row jesso has played against 10 men and outa the two games the only way they have scored is through an own goal

[Swanky]

Olympic v Jesmond Round 2 Catch up tonight
1st 1-1
Res 2-0

[sharky21]

would like to hear other opinions on this.
Iv been looking over other league forums and in league 3 they have all but called it a two horse race League 1 have got 2 maybe 3 they are talking bout who could win it with another 3 to fight out for the final spot. but in this league I can't see any run away leaders or any two teams pulling away from the group just yet. ( maybe to early and prob a better question after the first half of the season is done) but just going of results my team Tenambit are coming second last but I dnt think any team can say they have had an easy match against us. and even Medowie on the weekend proved ur going to have to work hard to beat them from now on. And every body has to be at their best to get the win. There is no cursing thru any matches ( other then maybe the first two Medowie results no offence to them tho). Am I seeing it wrong or is it going to be one good battle over the year to see who comes out on top?

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

Do individuals come on here drunk ,ill informed or both? Yes we have played against 10 men in our last 2 games and yes, we did equalise through an oggy last night. On Saturday we were 2-1 down and it ended 3-3 without an oggy, with my math suggesting we scored 2.

2 very different scenarios - Charlestown came out at half time and continued impressively with their 2 strikers, which made sense as they were chasing an equaliser and theoretically had nothing to lose. Olympic had gone 1 goal up and left a lone striker, opting to be difficult to break down, work hard and hit on the counter. All of which they did very well. I'm happy to congratulate both sides on how they went about their business after being let down by one of their own for terrible discipline.

Last nights game didn't reach any real heights with similar chances at both ends. Difference was we had a shot missed / blocked inside the 6 and then conceded at the other minutes later putting Olympic up 1-0 at the break. Great leadup work from their skipper who has been awesome for them vs us at home 2 years in a row now. Think it's common knowledge how important he is to them (conceded 3 in 20 mins when he went off prior game).

Anyway as mentioned above, we played against 10 men in the second half and finally broke through with a cross deflected into their own net from a defender you can't help but feel somewhat sorry for as his own benched indicated it's not the first time and were subsequently not impressed with him. It was a much more positive dressing shed than Saturday from our perspective. Although we all could have done things better, we played minus a few through injury, away against a quality club and got away with a point after going down a goal. Our blokes that came into the side did well, one in particular who knows who he is Kenny Sutcliffe.

Saw about 5 mins of reggies, enough to view a cracker of a volley for Olympics second goal in their 2-0 win.

Sharky - interesting question. I think you're spot on and will be a very close comp. We're happy to have caught Mussy perhaps not quite ready and I suspect they and maybe Charlestown to be the ones to beat. Westlakes still worrying if get going. Medowie seem the weakest but are already improving and will definitely pick up points against the better sides at some point. Obvious point but key will be to ensure those that will finish around you don't win the 6 pointers.

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

I'd like to pose a question to those on her re: discipline.....

Twice in the last few days we've come against opposition whilst not at our best and to be honest, could have gotten away with more than we otherwise would have because of one individuals poor discipline on the opposing team. Undeniable straight reds for abuse of officials.

What do other clubs do about this? Are players spoken to? Disciplined from within? Helped? Jesmond had one last year that has been much better this year *touch wood* after actions were taken including being benched after his suspension. This was a tough call as is one of our best players but maybe it's helped him as a player and maybe even a man. He did and still does have a very good repoir with the coach that did this, it's probably even better now.

Being told it's "unlucky" from your bench isn't the answer. I'm not talking about hanging individuals out to dry, but if a player is sent for something stupid and it keeps happening within that club to the point where senior players don't necessarily want to be there anymore (which I know has been the case at other clubs), something needs to be done. Maybe those in question can be guided and may even be thankful in the medium to longer term.... Just keen to know others thoughts and if anyone is happy to share what happens in your club...???

[pastor399]

man this thread, seriously guys, try to keep the posts to a paragraph i cbf reading it all........Sharky, yeah very close comp it seems.

[rolo]

I'd like to pose a question to those on her re: discipline.....

Twice in the last few days we've come against opposition whilst not at our best and to be honest, could have gotten away with more than we otherwise would have because of one individuals poor discipline on the opposing team. Undeniable straight reds for abuse of officials.

What do other clubs do about this? Are players spoken to? Disciplined from within? Helped? Jesmond had one last year that has been much better this year *touch wood* after actions were taken including being benched after his suspension. This was a tough call as is one of our best players but maybe it's helped him as a player and maybe even a man. He did and still does have a very good repoir with the coach that did this, it's probably even better now.

Being told it's "unlucky" from your bench isn't the answer. I'm not talking about hanging individuals out to dry, but if a player is sent for something stupid and it keeps happening within that club to the point where senior players don't necessarily want to be there anymore (which I know has been the case at other clubs), something needs to be done. Maybe those in question can be guided and may even be thankful in the medium to longer term.... Just keen to know others thoughts and if anyone is happy to share what happens in your club...???

Across the river at Stocko we have an inhouse rule where players receive a 1 match suspension when incurring a yellow card for dissent or ridiculous yellow cards. Luckily we have not had to deal with a red card for such offences as yet. but I'm sure a longer suspension would be used for an incident such as the one last night which I witnessed and heard myself from the sideline that resulted in the straight red whether or not the linesman made the right call in the play leading up to the card.

[sharky21]

I'd like to pose a question to those on her re: discipline.....

Twice in the last few days we've come against opposition whilst not at our best and to be honest, could have gotten away with more than we otherwise would have because of one individuals poor discipline on the opposing team. Undeniable straight reds for abuse of officials.

What do other clubs do about this? Are players spoken to? Disciplined from within? Helped? Jesmond had one last year that has been much better this year *touch wood* after actions were taken including being benched after his suspension. This was a tough call as is one of our best players but maybe it's helped him as a player and maybe even a man. He did and still does have a very good repoir with the coach that did this, it's probably even better now.

Being told it's "unlucky" from your bench isn't the answer. I'm not talking about hanging individuals out to dry, but if a player is sent for something stupid and it keeps happening within that club to the point where senior players don't necessarily want to be there anymore (which I know has been the case at other clubs), something needs to be done. Maybe those in question can be guided and may even be thankful in the medium to longer term.... Just keen to know others thoughts and if anyone is happy to share what happens in your club...???
At Tenambit in the past if it is a one off the coaching staff pull the player aside and basically tell him to wake up to himself and explain that's not what we want at the club. Continues offences have resulted in the club adding on an extra few games to the suspension plus once again coaching staff speak to player and try to work with him so it stops.
Luckily we havnt had an issue like this for a few years now.
I how ever have had a habit of picking up yellow cards for needless back chat to the ref and this year my coach has said if I pick up 5 yellow for back chat or a red for back chat its my shout for the whole team at the club. So it has worked to a degree for me even tho my coach prob still thinks I talk to much with the ref.

[Youaskedforit]

ZL3 is far from a two horse race, i think Stockton, Bero, Dungog and Simba are all capable of winning comp, and dont write off Toronto ( with a full squad ) sneaking in the semis and causing some damage.

Anyway thats my ZL3 rant in ZL2 thread :)

[sharky21]

Tenambit V Jesmond
Res 1-0 Jesmond
First 2-0 Tenambit.

[true waterboy]

Westlakes vs Charlie

ressies 3-3
westlakes came out of the game feeling like it was a massive loss.
chalestown came out very strong in the first 20min but westlakes got a goal on the counter.
charlie then got an equaliser after the cats couldnt clear a corner. had about 3 shots before getting it in.
then charlie was awarded a soft penalty which was saved.
cats then got ontop and ended up scoring another 2 to go 3-1 up in break.
second half nothing really happened until 20 to go with another goal to charlie with us failing to clear the ball.
and with 7 to go we had a goal kick which the keeper passed it straight to the opposition striker for a one touch goal.
pretty sad way to concede but thats life.

firsts 4-1
both teams had a player sent off in last 5 minutes after a fight. i missed the start of it but didnt really look like much really happened. a few punches thrown but nothing collected.
charlie were pretty lucky not to have been down to 10 men in the first 15 after there was a strong ball and all tackle to which number 10 for charlie retaliated and ran bout 10 metres to kick the back of a player when the play was on the other side of the field. imo clear red and probably contributed to the drama at the end.

[newyjet]

What makes u think tenambit will be
will be dead last?? We came down from League 1 may have come last but always were competitive in 90% of games have lost bigger all from first grade infact have improved in my opinion. I understand its your opinion but was just wondering how u came about it that's all??

hey mate sorry it took me awhile to reply but anyway, i meant no offence in this prediction i hope you feelers do well. my prediction at this stage maybe only for you guys is looking pretty good right now......

[Swanky]

Olympic v Uni
Res 2-3
1st 3-0

[sharky21]

hey mate sorry it took me awhile to reply but anyway, i meant no offence in this prediction i hope you feelers do well. my prediction at this stage maybe only for you guys is looking pretty good right now......
Haha all good mate id had a few drinks when I wrote this response so it was more me sticking up for my team. but all is good iv learnt not to drink and respond. lol

[Incognito mosquito]

Westlakes vs Charl
ressies 3-3
westlakes came out of the game feeling like it was a massive loss.
chalestown came out very strong in the first 20min but westlakes got a goal on the counter.
charlie then got an equaliser after the cats couldnt clear a corner. had about 3 shots before getting it in.
then charlie was awarded a soft penalty which was saved.
cats then got ontop and ended up scoring another 2 to go 3-1 up in break.
second half nothing really happened until 20 to go with another goal to charlie with us failing to clear the ball.
and with 7 to go we had a goal kick which the keeper passed it straight to the opposition striker for a one touch goal.
pretty sad way to concede but thats life.

firsts 4-1
both teams had a player sent off in last 5 minutes after a fight. i missed the start of it but didnt really look like much really happened. a few punches thrown but nothing collected.
charlie were pretty lucky not to have been down to 10 men in the first 15 after there was a strong ball and all tackle to which number 10 for charlie retaliated and ran bout 10 metres to kick the back of a player when the play was on the other side of the field. imo clear red and probably contributed to the drama at the end.

Westlakes ressies came out in the second half thinking they had it won and hopefully that's a wake up call for us. Firsts good win by westlakes even first half but controlled the second half unlucky not to win by more. Seemed like westlakes might be kicking into gear "hopefully".

[true waterboy]

Westlakes ressies came out in the second half thinking they had it won and hopefully that's a wake up call for us. Firsts good win by westlakes even first half but controlled the second half unlucky not to win by more. Seemed like westlakes might be kicking into gear "hopefully".
Agreed, that was the worst part playing for ressies. 10 minutes into 2nd half you could tell we dropped off, hopefully its lesson learnt.

[pv4]

a question in regards to azzuri (Charlestown, whatever they want to be called in whatever division) - I was under the impression they wore a light blue jersey. Today they wore a maroon shirt and shorts, and light blue socks. is the maroon shirt their legit kit nowadays? Just seemed odd that they were playing away and wore the closest colour to purple (westlakes) they could.

[grub]

Merewether v Medowie
Res: 3 - 0
1st: 1 - 2

[Cabaye#4]

a question in regards to azzuri (Charlestown, whatever they want to be called in whatever division) - I was under the impression they wore a light blue jersey. Today they wore a maroon shirt and shorts, and light blue socks. is the maroon shirt their legit kit nowadays? Just seemed odd that they were playing away and wore the closest colour to purple (westlakes) they could.
I dont think our maroon kit really was even close to your technicolor dreamcoat jersey. Its like purple green white and mauve isnt it? lol but yes, that is charlestown's zone league kit. It is the same kit as the nbn side, however it is maroon with a blue V to signify the charlestown united colours which are claret and blue.
The nbn side wears sky blue with a white V, which obviously signify azzurri's white and blue kit.

As for the games, reserves was an odd game. Shouldve been 2-1 up, went down 3-1 instead, but showed great character against the league leaders to fight back for a draw.
In regards to the comment to our number 10 running 10 meters, i think u need ur eyes checked. After they tussled, he ended up on the ground and literally stood up and swept his legs from under him.
Westlakes profited from some absolute charity today. 1st goal was terrible, and was dually finished at the back post by our defender for a suicidal own goal, after the ball should have been cleared 3 or 4 times.
The 2nd goal was a bit of good fortune with a freekick deflecting off the wall and skidding across the box for a tap in, the 3rd was more abysmal defending when a short goalkick ended up with our defender playing in their striker.... And the 4th was a keeper error.
Westlakes couldve had more, they created plenty of chances, but the goals they got were gift wrapped.
One of the worst performances from our boys in recent memory, we always seem to struggle at rathmines, but we'll lick our wounds and bounce back.

As an aside, Westlakes could probably do everyone a favour and try to stop idiots in the crowd constantly yelling out and calling players c*^ts.
Fair few families at the game, try and keep that language for another time.

[true waterboy]

I dont think our maroon kit really was even close to your technicolor dreamcoat jersey. Its like purple green white and mauve isnt it? lol but yes, that is charlestown's zone league kit. It is the same kit as the nbn side, however it is maroon with a blue V to signify the charlestown united colours which are claret and blue.
The nbn side wears sky blue with a white V, which obviously signify azzurri's white and blue kit.

As for the games, reserves was an odd game. Shouldve been 2-1 up, went down 3-1 instead, but showed great character against the league leaders to fight back for a draw.
In regards to the comment to our number 10 running 10 meters, i think u need ur eyes checked. After they tussled, he ended up on the ground and literally stood up and swept his legs from under him.
Westlakes profited from some absolute charity today. 1st goal was terrible, and was dually finished at the back post by our defender for a suicidal own goal, after the ball should have been cleared 3 or 4 times.
The 2nd goal was a bit of good fortune with a freekick deflecting off the wall and skidding across the box for a tap in, the 3rd was more abysmal defending when a short goalkick ended up with our defender playing in their striker.... And the 4th was a keeper error.
Westlakes couldve had more, they created plenty of chances, but the goals they got were gift wrapped.
One of the worst performances from our boys in recent memory, we always seem to struggle at rathmines, but we'll lick our wounds and bounce back.

As an aside, Westlakes could probably do everyone a favour and try to stop idiots in the crowd constantly yelling out and calling players c*^ts.
Fair few families at the game, try and keep that language for another time.

I did hear the calls that you talk about and they were all directed at #10. They shouldn't have been said and they'll be spoken to.
But I can understand why they said them tho . Shocking to kick a player from behind off the ball.
At the end of the day it was delt with as a yellow and just gotto get on with things

[true waterboy]

Ill add that they weren't players or people within westlakes just local supporters n players of other clubs

[Incognito mosquito]

Yeah some comments definately were unwarranted but unfortunately you can't police everyone at a home game especially if its fiery after a pretty dog hack to the legs of a player. I don't want to stir but seriously the guy who chopped the westlakes player off the ball and then the number 8 who eventually got sent, even though he was the victim of the fight could probably of got a couple of yellows early for simply being a muppet off the ball. Other than that it was a good game and Charlestown as cabaye said pretty much shot themselves in the foot with errors and gift wrapped westlakes victory. Sorry about the long post the mosquito may have drank too much haha

[pv4]

I dont think our maroon kit really was even close to your technicolor dreamcoat jersey. Its like purple green white and mauve isnt it? lol but yes, that is charlestown's zone league kit. It is the same kit as the nbn side, however it is maroon with a blue V to signify the charlestown united colours which are claret and blue.
The nbn side wears sky blue with a white V, which obviously signify azzurri's white and blue kit.

because i'm a kitnerd i'm going to bite at this. for clarification - westlakes jersey top is mostly purple, secondary colour bottle green (vertical stripes), and white trim. the mauve you're referring to is on one half of a sponsor logo on the lower back, and we have no control over what our sponsors logos are. purple, green and white is a horrendous colour palette to choose from when desigining the kits (i designed these new ones myself, as the last ones were the most awful things i've ever seen), but the current westlakes committee doesn't feel it is in a position like the newcastle jets or cardiff city (wales) to go changing the clubs colours (particularly after 47 years of wearing them) so we do the best we can with them. and, even though i have bias, i think we've done an amazing job with this new jersey top (big shout out to x-advantage at maitland, too easy to deal with for fully sublimated kits with the best playing material i've ever worn, & works out cheaper than anywhere else, plus cheaper than buying kits off prodirect & getting numbers/logos/etc pressed on afterwards, if prodirect is kind enough to stock your club colours and design you want).

sorry if i was attacking charly with the kits, i was under the impression their light blue kit was their main one and the claret was possibly a secondary/away kit. thought it was odd, under that impression, that they'd pick (as i said) the closest colour to purple they could find to wear as a secondary kit. but it's their main one, all good. westlakes have a new away kit ready to be picked up (it's white), we'll wear that to the return leg & avoid any chance of clashing.

to the game, i thought westlakes had the least possession they have had all year (although i didn't get to see medowie last week) and it was pretty upsetting, particularly in the first half, how much we turned the ball over. the second half, charly seemed to really give up. agree while that westlakes could have scored more, the goals they got were helped in by charly. particularly the two last ones, the right footer from outside the box was what should have been so simple for the keeper (he had an off day, yeah?) and the last goal between the defender(s) and the keepers they basically passed it into their own goals.

as true waterboy said, the people yelling that stuff were not apart of the club. but they were briefly spoken to after the game. before charly leave on their high horse, maybe they should remember that one of those families from charly brought a big sign that said "we love dick" on it. while most people can take that in context, i imagine many of the kids in said families aren't smart enough to take it purely in context, and have probably learned a new word to bring to the schoolyard this week #justsayin

[Cabaye#4]

before charly leave on their high horse, maybe they should remember that one of those families from charly brought a big sign that said "we love dick" on it. while most people can take that in context, i imagine many of the kids in said families aren't smart enough to take it purely in context, and have probably learned a new word to bring to the schoolyard this week #justsayin

Parents had to explain that dick is a nickname for people called richard??
No wonder dick smith never had any success.....
I would like to think that wouldnt have caused any offence to anyone.

Slightly different to someone screaming "you're a sh^t c*nt number 8"
#ohthehumanity

And i hope u didnt think i was having a go at your kit, was just joking cos, as you said, it is an odd mix of colours, but thats why your guys wear it with pride every week.

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

Congrats to Medowie on their first win of the season. Knowing their coach personally, he is a good bloke and got thrown in their late which is always tough and after a few heavy defeats I know he would be relieved.

Onto our debacle - absolutely no disrespect to Tenambit here who continue to appear to be a well run club who do bring juniors through which is refreshing - but our performance as a club yesterday was disgraceful and I hope many within read this.

Reserve grade was one of the worst displays of football in recent memory, with Tenambit not having a serious attempt on goal (I did miss a small part of second half) and Jesmond playing well below par. The only redeeming feature is the 3 points which at this stage of the season and considering our spot on the ladder can be argued is the most important thing. 1-0 win to Jesmond and in something I've never seen in football, a ram ended the day a shark. Like something out of a storybook really.

I've congratulated Medowie above and would like to do the same to Tenambit on their first win of the season. Again a pretty ordinary game that if I was a neutral I would have quite easily collected my pie (or pies) and coke and pi$$ed off elsewhere for the afternoon. Both teams look as flat as I've seen prior to the game, Jesmond were able to create 2 or 3 half chances early of which one needed to be taken. The first goal came from a silly free kick given away out wide and then one of our seasons better players has headed the ball back into trouble rather than seeing out for a goal kick and our defence was flat footed leaving their player one on one with our gk. We thought we had addressed things at half time but to the young blokes credit, a quality volley from a partially cleared corner saw Tenambit up 2-0 and from there we struggled.

After starting the season with 3 consecutive wins we are now back in the pack and not it's not undeserved. Sure we have injuries to key players but I suspect we are not Robinson Crusoe in this regard. Saying all the right things in the sheds is all well and good but if we don't carry that onto the pitch then it means bugger all and if we don't get our act together we might as well book our flights for the first week of the semis.... We missed them last year because we didn't beat the weaker teams after having beat EVERY top team, most convincingly, and if we don't pull our heads in 2013 will be a replay.

[true waterboy]

Parents had to explain that dick is a nickname for people called richard??
No wonder dick smith never had any success.....
I would like to think that wouldnt have caused any offence to anyone.

Slightly different to someone screaming "you're a sh^t c*nt number 8"
#ohthehumanity

And i hope u didnt think i was having a go at your kit, was just joking cos, as you said, it is an odd mix of colours, but thats why your guys wear it with pride every week.

Gotto admit i loved that sign, I know a few friends that got a few photos of it. seemed like a bunch of characters. after westlakes first goal they turned it around to a blank sign and said yeah thats what we have to say about that.
I love it when there is a big crowd getting stuck into the game. Best thing about playing teams like hamilton who have passionate supporters is that you know that you are going to get shit screamed at you. Love playing a game with atmosphere even if its against me, dont like the swearing infront of families tho.

[pv4]

I agree the swearing being yelled was much worse, I didn't even attempt to defend it. I just wanted azzuri fans to realise they weren't the greatest role models on the day either.

regards to the dick thing - it's all about context innit. which is what I said

[dingdong]

Gotto admit i loved that sign, I know a few friends that got a few photos of it. seemed like a bunch of characters. after westlakes first goal they turned it around to a blank sign and said yeah thats what we have to say about that.
I love it when there is a big crowd getting stuck into the game. Best thing about playing teams like hamilton who have passionate supporters is that you know that you are going to get shit screamed at you. Love playing a game with atmosphere even if its against me, dont like the swearing infront of families tho.

What and westlakes dont? i got abused out there last year and we had to put up with a few unsavory calls coming from the bench this year didn't we waterboy? to which i came up and discussed with you. But no need to bring up shit hey ?

[true waterboy]

What and westlakes dont? i got abused out there last year and we had to put up with a few unsavory calls coming from the bench this year didn't we waterboy? to which i came up and discussed with you. But no need to bring up shit hey ?

I think if you read my post my comment about hamilton's supporters it was actually a compliment. I enjoy playing hamilton because of the atmosphere, which im sure we would agree is mostly directed at me.
I agree there were unsavoury comments made by BOTH teams players/bench and supporters which offended players of BOTH clubs.

The incident in question was actually bought up at a commitee meeting following the game and an appropriate outcome was decided, and im sure a similar thing happened with your guys. On the day there was a 10 minute period where the supporters/players got out of hand following a dangerous tackle but i think you would agree that the atmosphere before this made it an enjoyable game to play in either ressies or firsts.

Im not going to comment more on that issue, it was unacceptable and ive witnessed authorities from both sides address the matter.

[dingdong]

I think if you read my post my comment about hamilton's supporters it was actually a compliment. I enjoy playing hamilton because of the atmosphere, which im sure we would agree is mostly directed at me.
I agree there were unsavoury comments made by BOTH teams players and supporters which offended players of BOTH clubs.

The incident in question was actually bought up at a commitee meeting following the game and an appropriate outcome was decided, and im sure a similar thing happened with your guys. On the day there was a 10 minute period where the supporters/players got out of hand following a dangerous tackle but i think you would agree that the atmosphere made it an enjoyable game to play in either ressies or firsts.


I will agree that both sides were acting like goats, myself included, and that comments were made from both sides that shouldnt have been said, but hey thats what happens in the heat of the moment. Doesnt condone it but. I apologised to my teamates and our coach gave us an almighty rocket which we deserved. Since that day our behaviour has improved massively. I guess on game day both teams are going in 100% and nobody wants to give an inch, which is what makes the game fun and the main reason im still involved.

[true waterboy]

I will agree that both sides were acting like goats, myself included, and that comments were made from both sides that shouldnt have been said, but hey thats what happens in the heat of the moment. Doesnt condone it but. I apologised to my teamates and our coach gave us an almighty rocket which we deserved. Since that day our behaviour has improved massively. I guess on game day both teams are going in 100% and nobody wants to give an inch, which is what makes the game fun and the main reason im still involved.

Its all good. The moment I ran out in ressies i coped a heap from you guys which was great to see and its the reason i enjoy playing you guys.
Its just sad that last game in firsts it got out of hand.
Im looking forward to the away trip to hamo. I can assure you there wont be a repeat.

[Roger]

I agree the swearing being yelled was much worse, I didn't even attempt to defend it. I just wanted azzuri fans to realise they weren't the greatest role models on the day either.

regards to the dick thing - it's all about context innit. which is what I said

Azzurri fans?? I thought u guys played Charlestown??

[sharky21]

and in something I've never seen in football, a ram ended the day a shark. Like something out of a storybook really. [QUOTE]

To add to this he was a shark once before and i belive after his last year with us he then joined u guys and will now return to the sharks.

The performance from our res grade squad was by far 10 times better then the previous two games and after a bit of a dressing down thru the week for the previous game we came out and really worked hard on the areas that we were poor in thise games. And even tho we did not get the win or any points we were happy with the effort put in. For the fact the goal could have and should have been shut down well before the shot and me being the goal keeper not having to do as much work as previous weeks we will build on that and now we just need to work on our front third and create a few shots on goal our selfs.

[QUOTE]I've congratulated Medowie above and would like to do the same to Tenambit on their first win of the season. .

Thanks we as a team have never thought it would be too far away as every game we have been in it just not taking the chances and once we learnt to the points would start falling our way.

Any way watching this game from the bench i was more then impressed how Tenambit went about things even after losing a key player to injury early on we still went about our buisness. We pressed well in defence and looked as solid as we always have and after creating a few chances ourselfs we finally took one thru one of our younger players in his first start for the season. But our second goal was quite a strike with our CB picking up the loose ball at the top of the box and hitting it as sweetly a he always does at training into the top corner to give us the two goal buffer. Which was threatened by our own defender with a miss time clearance cracking the post.

Another great contest in this league and with other results i think only goes to prove my point on how close it will be till seasons end.

[seldom]

Jeez...sideline swearing and onfield urgency for a win...what's next ? are you guys serious ?

[dingdong]

Jeez...sideline swearing and onfield urgency for a win...what's next ? are you guys serious ?

and?

[true waterboy]

haha we talk about all the big issues in world football here in ZL2

[nosmackjustfact]

The fact. Maybe if half of you on here didn't worry about strips and colurs(oh my that doesn't match),the crowd,and how other teams perform and concentrated on your own game than you would have something good to say or brag about until then maybe some more practice and less glasses of wine and tea parties

[grub]

Back to the soccer. The bottom 4 play the top 4 this weekend with all the home teams being the bottom 4. Would be interesting if all home sides got up. Im sure Tenambit and Medowie will be confident after first up wins last week and Uni are always strong at home. As for Merewether v Mbrook well i suppose the football gods will have to shine on the Wethers to get the 3 pts. Good luck to all this weekend.

[hawk]

Back to the soccer. The bottom 4 play the top 4 this weekend with all the home teams being the bottom 4. Would be interesting if all home sides got up. Im sure Tenambit and Medowie will be confident after first up wins last week and Uni are always strong at home. As for Merewether v Mbrook well i suppose the football gods will have to shine on the Wethers to get the 3 pts. Good luck to all this weekend.

dont they play sarrrkrrrr in the us? spose at least at least WL broke with the red or blue brigade.

When WL plays in town ill come have a look, when is that rd12?

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

Any chance of getting a kick at University on the weekend? I remember from years ago it was one that would be quite easily called off but can't remember in recent years. Cheers

[TXK]

Any chance of getting a kick at University on the weekend? I remember from years ago it was one that would be quite easily called off but can't remember in recent years. Cheers

How is the weather looking down that way? Pretty miserable at Mussy! Super keen to get a game in this weekend but, especially having had the bye last round.

[true waterboy]

we had a pretty large downfall of rain about an hour ago, still very grey here at uni.
surely the ground isnt that bad that half a days rain will cause them to call off a game 2 days beforehand?

[true waterboy]

Ive got an email saying that the Beryl Humble ground is closed for the weekend. Im assuming that means our game is called off.
can sharky confirm?

[Reds Forever]

Play for Tenambit and can confirm that Maitland Council has closed our ground and many other Maitland Council grounds for the whole weekend.

[sharky21]

Ive got an email saying that the Beryl Humble ground is closed for the weekend. Im assuming that means our game is called off.
can sharky confirm?
Yes mate unfortunately it does.
Too much water for these sharks to play in haha

[true waterboy]

cheers guys

[grub]

Jesmond park - Merewether v Mbrook tomorrow still on at this stage. Further inspection at 8.30am. If no further rain should be on.

[TXK]

Jesmond park - Merewether v Mbrook tomorrow still on at this stage. Further inspection at 8.30am. If no further rain should be on.

Thanks grub, keep us posted!

[grub]

Game OFF at jesmond park. The rain overnight didnt help. The water isnt draining and several puddles are present. Sorry Mbrook for getting ya hopes up last night, if it didnt rain again overnight we definately would of been on.

[Robbery]

Thanks grub, keep us posted!

Merewether vs muswellbrook is off today after the additional rain overnight.

[Cabaye#4]

Anyone from medowie on here? Game off or on?
The medowie website says ground open, but it doesnt say when it was last updated.
I, of course, cannot call the hotline from my mobile as its a 1900 number.

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

Uni v Jesmond.

Good one to get out of the way with the rest of the round unable to play. Great pitch at Uni, I'd say one of the best around.

Reggies 3-2 to Uni. First goal was cleared by last man chasing back (not very quickly) but ball didn't even get near goal line let alone over it, over only for linesman to flag and inform referee to award goal. Ref needed to go on the info given so no complaints with him, thought was quite good actually. Uni striker even left amazed at what transpired though. They then got another from a 'keeper mistake which is his only of the year and then a 3rd from a neat finish from just outside the box when we lacked urgency to get to a partially cleared ball. Rams got 2 back in 2nd half and had chances to score another but not to be. Pretty good effort considering injuries and numbers for the game, we ended with goal keeper on the pitch and first grade stopper in goals. Our club president at 50 years of age and no real playing background had to play most of the game and did pretty well. No complaints though, every club will go through similar throughout the year.

1sts a win to Jesmond 2-0. A deserved win that could have and perhaps should have seen a bigger scoreline if it were not for some wasteful finishing and great goalkeeping at both ends. We took the lead from a free kick smartly tapped home and then a great run down the left saw our striker leaving 3 Uni players for dead and squaring up for another neat finish from a midfielder. That was the score at half time and we dug in to keep it that way.

The quicker Uni get their starting reggies striker into firsts the better for them because he's a good player. It's only what I overheard but makes sense if he has just come become available for whatever reason. Very dangerous in reggies and again when came on in firsts, although was against our tiring defenders.

Again, glad to play and bring on next weeks bye so we can hopefully get these injuries sorted out. Rest of comp keep the tackles flying and go hard next weekend! Haha

[newie4eva]

Medowie v Charlestown
1st 1 - 1
Ressies 0 - 5

[sharky21]

Tenambit V West Lakes catch up game looks like being played on the 4th of June. (next Tuesday).

[pastor399]

Uni v Jesmond.

The quicker Uni get their starting reggies striker into firsts the better for them because he's a good player. It's only what I overheard but makes sense if he has just come become available for whatever reason. Very dangerous in reggies and again when came on in firsts, although was against our tiring defenders.


They were his first match minutes since shoulder reconstruction last year. expect him to be a fixture on the teamsheat the rest of the season

[mrpewterschmidt]

which shoulder??

[true waterboy]

Westlakes v uni
Res 1-4
We had most of our spine in first grade out which ment most of our better ressies were stepping up. That's no excuse for the result cause we played shocking for most of the game. Second goal was questionable with what I Beleive should of been a foul for us but definitely didn't change the outcome.

First grade
3-1
Great win for us scoring 3 goals while missing big dunc up front.
First half westlakes were dominate. Went in 2-0 up with the second being an oggy after the a head bak to the keeper went wrong.
Second half was completely different. Cats lost composure with the game becoming real scrappy and uni getting on top.
Cats keeper made some great saves and we missed some tap ins up there end.
Ill give credit to the ref in first grade. Made some errors for both teams but nothing major. Probs the best we have seen at our ground in a long time.
We had inspectors out our way today who tried to recruit me after my sideline assistant performance. Apparently I can't play soccer but can do the lines lol. :gent:

[sharky21]

Tenambit V Charly
Res 3-2 Tenambit
First Currently halftime
1-0 Tenambit
Will prob post rant later Great game in Res tho.

[outsider]

Westlakes v uni
Res 1-4
We had most of our spine in first grade out which ment most of our better ressies were stepping up. That's no excuse for the result cause we played shocking for most of the game. Second goal was questionable with what I Beleive should of been a foul for us but definitely didn't change the outcome.

First grade
3-1
Great win for us scoring 3 goals while missing big dunc up front.
First half westlakes were dominate. Went in 2-0 up with the second being an oggy after the a head bak to the keeper went wrong.
Second half was completely different. Cats lost composure with the game becoming real scrappy and uni getting on top.
Cats keeper made some great saves and we missed some tap ins up there end.
Ill give credit to the ref in first grade. Made some errors for both teams but nothing major. Probs the best we have seen at our ground in a long time.
We had inspectors out our way today who tried to recruit me after my sideline assistant performance. Apparently I can't play soccer but can do the lines lol. :gent:

Good job.At last a player who has a handle on offside.Was happy with referee.You are wasted as a player-you know some of the rules.Would you rather play reggies or referee first grade.Over 15 years since I refereed at the ground-back in Fishys days.

[pv4]

two inspectors rocked up but no linesman :rof:

ref did fine today. handled the game much better than the azzuri game he last reffed at rathys.

[Swanky]

Olympic v Merewether Advance
Res 4-1
1st 5-2

[pv4]

Good job.At last a person in newcastle football, ref or player, who has a handle on offside.

ftfy :gent:

[true waterboy]

Good job.At last a player who has a handle on offside.Was happy with referee.You are wasted as a player-you know some of the rules.Would you rather play reggies or referee first grade.Over 15 years since I refereed at the ground-back in Fishys days.
Haha I think I need to learn a bit more before reffing properly

[Cabaye#4]

Tenambit V Charly
Res 3-2 Tenambit
First Currently halftime
1-0 Tenambit
Will prob post rant later Great game in Res tho.

1st grade finished 3-1 to Charlie.
Dominant 2nd half, got what we deserved, but made tough work of it after some more charitable defending gave tenambit a surprise lead midway through the first half.
Reserves, from what i saw, was actually one sided to charlie, but we conceded 2 absolutely terrible goals.
Their keeper (i believe thats you sharky21) had a superb game, pulling off some brilliant saves. On another day, with another keeper, it couldve been about 8-3 to Charlie. But you cant shoot yourself in the foot twice and expect to get results.

[sharky21]

1st grade finished 3-1 to Charlie.
Dominant 2nd half, got what we deserved, but made tough work of it after some more charitable defending gave tenambit a surprise lead midway through the first half.
Reserves, from what i saw, was actually one sided to charlie, but we conceded 2 absolutely terrible goals.
Their keeper (i believe thats you sharky21) had a superb game, pulling off some brilliant saves. On another day, with another keeper, it couldve been about 8-3 to Charlie. But you cant shoot yourself in the foot twice and expect to get results.
Cheers mate that was me. Finally had a game I can be majority pleased with.
I would have to agree u guys in res did dominate and myself and the back four were working over time. But I wouldn't say the two goals were terrible. Two long range efforts to be proud of from our boys and a determined defensive effort to grab the points ( in a snatch and run style u might say) might add did play large portion of second half in res with ten men.

And in first won't deny u guys the win and how u controlled the majority of the game again. But ( &not using it as an excuse) we had two last minute changes to our squad bloke go off injured early two guys on the bench first game back from injury and the other only got back in the country thru the week. So gutsy effort from our boys ( too bad that dnt get u 3 points all the time) but as I said tithe top u controlled the game and were worthy winners.

[sharky21]

Cabaye#4
Did u hear anything bout the ref apparently writing a report about the Tenambit crowd?? some sort of whisper went around at the end of the game.

And was anyone from ur team aware we not only played less then 45mins a half in first but they were not two equal halfs as the ref mentioned he was cutting the second half shorter because he hadn't had dinner yet. ( his words) For a ref so worried about all the stupid rules in the game (I.e the colour of my gk shorts)
he then decides to not follow the one bout two equal halfs of playing time. But I must admit I had too laugh at some of the situations he created haha.

[Incognito mosquito]

Westlakes v uni
Res 1-4
We had most of our spine in first grade out which ment most of our better ressies were stepping up. That's no excuse for the result cause we played shocking for most of the game. Second goal was questionable with what I Beleive should of been a foul for us but definitely didn't change the outcome.

First grade
3-1
Great win for us scoring 3 goals while missing big dunc up front.
First half westlakes were dominate. Went in 2-0 up with the second being an oggy after the a head bak to the keeper went wrong.
Second half was completely different. Cats lost composure with the game becoming real scrappy and uni getting on top.
Cats keeper made some great saves and we missed some tap ins up there end.
Ill give credit to the ref in first grade. Made some errors for both teams but nothing major. Probs the best we have seen at our ground in a long time.
We had inspectors out our way today who tried to recruit me after my sideline assistant performance. Apparently I can't play soccer but can do the lines lol. :gent:

I believe ressies striker got a double for firsts... Ressies were very disappointing big game for them and didnt aim up. Good game in firsts uni were very strong and their position on the table doesn't reflect how they play as far as I'm concerned. Westlakes snuck home IMO the 3rd goal clinching the game for them late in the second

[pv4]

sharky what was his issues with gk shorts?

[sharky21]

sharky what was his issues with gk shorts?
I was at first not wearing black or the same as my team. I was wearing light blue shorts that matched my light blue shirt. its a first I have ever been pulled up on it as I have worn my light blue keeper gear for the last year or so and never had an issue.

[pv4]

strange. The rules dictate you have to wear team socks but can wear any shorts (clashing with anyone) and a non-clashing shirt. sounds like this ref, whoever he is, needs to learn those rules us hopeless players have no idea about.

[sharky21]

strange. The rules dictate you have to wear team socks but can wear any shorts (clashing with anyone) and a non-clashing shirt. sounds like this ref, whoever he is, needs to learn those rules us hopeless players have no idea about.

There are too many stupid rules ref's are told to enforce that are well stupid. like seriously how does wrong colour sock tape shorts for GK's effect the game. Just petty crap if u ask me.

[TXK]

Love how the referees are always tackling the big issues in football! Yesterday our keeper got penalised for bouncing the ball when summing up his options to kick to. I am happy to be corrected but last time I checked that wasn't a foul. Mussy vs Medowie:

Res 4-4
Firsts 2-2

In ressies we really looked like running away with. Scored 2 very early goals but some deplorable defending allowed Medowie back in to the game and then each time we got ahead we couldn't consolidate and they clawed a goal back. Scrappy game, scrappy field, Medowies effort probably deserved a point. Very disappointed in our lads but.

Firsts:

We were awful. In my opinion Medowie aren't by any means the greatest team in the comp, however there are definitely teams who will travel there and drop points, for the pure fact they are gritty, have decent support behind them, have an awful field that is well suited to their play and a home grown ref that won't let the game flow

Now I want to make this very clear, Muswellbrook did not do enough to win the game. Medowie were very deserved of their point and we were lucky to snatch one after being 2-0 down at half time. With how bad we performed we can probably count it as a point gained rather than two lost.

However, I do field the need to ask some questions of the ref, not in regard to the result, just because I have never seen some the calls he threw out on my life. And this is both ways! At the end of the game he pulled up 56 fouls (he was so bad that yes someone was counting) by my probably awful Maths, that is a foul less than every 2 minutes, and most of these were for the softest of offenses that would only be picked up in junior game. I said to him after the game he has to let the game flow, as it he made it all about him, and he replied with "I did let it flow, what are you talking about" and if that is that case, I would hate to be playing in a game when he doesn't let it flow. Both teams were disadvantage by it, as it was looking a good solid battle with both teams putting in tough challenges but when he calls the first foul within 40 seconds of kick off you know it is going to ruin the game. We even had one player pulled up for using his body shielding the ball whilst he was 100% in possession, even Medowie players couldn't believe it.

Like I said Mussy didn't do enough to win the game and Medowie were disadvantaged by the ref being so trigger happy as well, not at all blaming him for the result. But he took the enjoyment out of playing football yesterday and shone the spot light himself, not the game of football. It's just a shame that so often we come off the pitch talking about the poor level of officials and not the football.

In any case, with how poorly we played yesterday is a day that Mussy will just want to grab the point, put that game behind us and look forward to next week! Hopefully we put Medowie to sword up home.

[TXK]

Apologies or any grammatical and spelling mistakes in there, soooo hungover!

[true waterboy]

Pretty sure it's technically a foul
In juniors we had a keeper that was penalised constantly for it.
You don't see it much in seniors.
More common sense needs to be taken with keepers
We have been penalised for for keepers saying mine with no opposition players close n back passes that were missed kicked clearances off the shin one of which lead to a goal.

[Incognito mosquito]

Not a foul unless ref interpreted this act as the keeper 'releasing the ball into the field of play and then handling the ball before another player touches it'. And by the way you described this ref that's prob what he's done which is stupid IMO.

[pv4]

At the end of the game he pulled up 56 fouls (he was so bad that yes someone was counting) by my probably awful Maths, that is a foul less than every 2 minutes

from memory i did a bit of research into fouls per game a couple of years ago, and on average i think it was 14-18 fouls per team per match (so 28-36 fouls per match on average)*. a rough count of 56 fouls is well over this average, particularly for a game that sounds like it wasn't very malicious.

you hit the nail on the head mate - when we actually do get refs in these leagues, more often than not the ref is the centre of attention in the game. refs can point the fingers for players not knowing the rules, shitty play, etc etc - but from where i'm sitting all i can see is a bunch of players asking questions of the refs (and usually getting ignored), asking clarification on rules (and some of the clarifications given are quite frankly ridiculous, and wrong upon inspection of a rulebook, plus no other refs seem to back up these ridiculous clarifications at times, see some of the clarifications old bobby has given me as a specific example), going to training to improve their shitty play, and in general doing as best they can when needed to fill in as a club ref. yet i don't see refs getting better - if anything i see them getting worse in newcastle. maybe some refs give up because of the criticism they cop, like we are giving them now, but i'm not going to pat someone on the back when they quite clearly do poorly and refuse to recognise it - because practice makes permanent (not perfect) and if they continually perform poorly they'll stay in that trend forever.

the best refs are the ones you don't notice. when refs have actually shown up this year, i've noticed them a heap.



* iirc these were statistics from euro-leagues, but still a bit of a guide in general seeing as though it's "the world game"

[pv4]

There are too many stupid rules ref's are told to enforce that are well stupid.

there are a few stupid rules they are told to enforce - but keeper shorts being black or your team colour isn't even a rule, nor are they told to enforce it.

i was at the zone leagues meeting when russel henry from NF put the keepers gear to rest - at the meeting it was decided that keepers could wear any shirts, shorts & socks they wanted as long as the shirt and socks didn't clash with their own team, the oppositions team, the oppositions gk or the refs. his words were "if a keeper wants to wear something ridiculous like fluro green shirt, fluro green shorts & fluro green socks, he can if he wants. why he would want to, i don't know, but that's ok". a few weeks/months later he sent out an email saying that they had re-decided that keepers now had to wear team socks, so couldn't wear whatever socks they wanted. the shorts were never brought up again.

in football, teams are allowed to wear clashing shorts. see the a-league - brisbane don't even have an alternate coloured pair of shorts because they don't need to change regardless of what shorts the opposition wear. both teams, both gks, and all refs could wear black shorts and it would be fine. this is why the fifa-regulated rule doesn't really make sense about under-shorts skins/compression gear needing to be the same colour as the shorts, seeing as though it doesn't matter what colours shorts teams wear.

the ref you guys had sounds a little loco. if he cuts a half short without reason, do you cut his match payments? does he understand that in first grade the whole stoppage time thing actually exists?

[Cabaye#4]

Cabaye#4
Did u hear anything bout the ref apparently writing a report about the Tenambit crowd?? some sort of whisper went around at the end of the game.

And was anyone from ur team aware we not only played less then 45mins a half in first but they were not two equal halfs as the ref mentioned he was cutting the second half shorter because he hadn't had dinner yet. ( his words) For a ref so worried about all the stupid rules in the game (I.e the colour of my gk shorts)
he then decides to not follow the one bout two equal halfs of playing time. But I must admit I had too laugh at some of the situations he created haha.

Less said about the refs the better. Amazing we had 3, shame they were terrible.
Reserves played 35 minute halves, 1st grade played 40 monites each way due to reserves starting late after the lights fiasco, and 1sts was late due to team sheet not being ready apparently.
They also reported both teamsheets were late being handed in to the refs (10 mins & 13 mins) so we'll probly get fined for that. Thanks refs. Didnt see any commemts about the crowd tho.

And i was talking about your first 2 goals. I didnt see the 3rd, but i heard it was a gem.
Our keeper slipped over inside the 6 yard box for your first, and the second our defender opted against kicking it out, turned in the box, then kicked it straight to your player on the edge of the box... then he belted it home, but it was abysmal defending...

[sharky21]

Less said about the refs the better. Amazing we had 3, shame they were terrible.
Reserves played 35 minute halves, 1st grade played 40 monites each way due to reserves starting late after the lights fiasco, and 1sts was late due to team sheet not being ready apparently.
They also reported both teamsheets were late being handed in to the refs (10 mins & 13 mins) so we'll probly get fined for that. Thanks refs. Didnt see any commemts about the crowd tho.

And i was talking about your first 2 goals. I didnt see the 3rd, but i heard it was a gem.
Our keeper slipped over inside the 6 yard box for your first, and the second our defender opted against kicking it out, turned in the box, then kicked it straight to your player on the edge of the box... then he belted it home, but it was abysmal defending...

Ah i see were u are coming from now. I was just shocked our captain got it on target the lead up went missing from my memory.
Not sure how the team sheets were late to them we went to add an extra player to it and make a change to our starting team well before kickoff and they already had them in their pocket.

[Cabaye#4]

does he understand that in first grade the whole stoppage time thing actually exists?
Not sure if he still played stoppage time after deciding he was only playing 80 minutes in first grade.
I dont loke to complain about refs, i prefer to talk about football, but they took away 20 minutes of football last night, and maybe by the letter of the law they were entitled to (are they?), but who here can say that their games have started on time every week? Or that their teamsheets have been completed and signed 30 minutes prior to kickoff every week?

[sharky21]

there are a few stupid rules they are told to enforce - but keeper shorts being black or your team colour isn't even a rule, nor are they told to enforce it.

i was at the zone leagues meeting when russel henry from NF put the keepers gear to rest - at the meeting it was decided that keepers could wear any shirts, shorts & socks they wanted as long as the shirt and socks didn't clash with their own team, the oppositions team, the oppositions gk or the refs. his words were "if a keeper wants to wear something ridiculous like fluro green shirt, fluro green shorts & fluro green socks, he can if he wants. why he would want to, i don't know, but that's ok". a few weeks/months later he sent out an email saying that they had re-decided that keepers now had to wear team socks, so couldn't wear whatever socks they wanted. the shorts were never brought up again.

in football, teams are allowed to wear clashing shorts. see the a-league - brisbane don't even have an alternate coloured pair of shorts because they don't need to change regardless of what shorts the opposition wear. both teams, both gks, and all refs could wear black shorts and it would be fine. this is why the fifa-regulated rule doesn't really make sense about under-shorts skins/compression gear needing to be the same colour as the shorts, seeing as though it doesn't matter what colours shorts teams wear.

the ref you guys had sounds a little loco. if he cuts a half short without reason, do you cut his match payments? does he understand that in first grade the whole stoppage time thing actually exists?

Mate im at a loss with all these apparent rules they keep spiting out (or making up) i went above and beyond at the start of the season to find out what was appropriate to wear and what the rules stated after i have had many lets say discussions with refs over the years. And never once have i seen that rule or ever been called for it. Socks yes iv now found out have to match but that was it.

[dingdong]

probably the best performance of the season from Olympic yesterday against a solid merewether side. Our weapon of a striker scored a hat-trick and was causing the defence headaches all game, could of scored 5. We created some nice chances and hit the post a couple of times so a good day for us.

[Robbery]

probably the best performance of the season from Olympic yesterday against a solid merewether side. Our weapon of a striker scored a hat-trick and was causing the defence headaches all game, could of scored 5. We created some nice chances and hit the post a couple of times so a good day for us.

He certainly can play and was the difference on the day. Pretty good game overall in firsts - both teams had quite a few chances and some good passages of play at times. Was a good day at darlo with many of the Olympic boys having played with merewether over the past few years. Looking forward to the reverse fixture.

[dingdong]

He certainly can play and was the difference on the day. Pretty good game overall in firsts - both teams had quite a few chances and some good passages of play at times. Was a good day at darlo with many of the Olympic boys having played with merewether over the past few years. Looking forward to the reverse fixture.

cheers, always a good game against a nice bunch of blokes and i know the boys that played there always speak highly of their time with merewether.

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

Tenambit v Westlakes end up playing last night?

[Swanky]

Tenambit v Westlakes end up playing last night?

Nah in a thread re catch up games it said it was called off hopeful to play it next week

[whANTite]

Potential relegation battle at shark park this wend!!! That's only if a glass of water doesn't get spilt on the field and makes the ground unplayable.....

[nosmackjustfact]

The fact.
If the city blues(maroons for strip critics) finally click this week from the start of the game instead of waiting to be behind before having a go it will be a cricket score.big,flat ground only says city blues win.This going into a huge second round all at home says city blues at number 1 come finals time.

[Wilso8948]

Potential relegation battle at shark park this wend!!! That's only if a glass of water doesn't get spilt on the field and makes the ground unplayable.....

Hope tenambit get relegated and Stockton get promoted so we can finally have the real sharks in this comp. Plus we can play at the real shark park that we all know is corroba oval. Calling a team the sharks when it's 40 mins in land should be banned! Pretenders!!

[seldom]

Hope tenambit get relegated and Stockton get promoted so we can finally have the real sharks in this comp. Plus we can play at the real shark park that we all know is corroba oval. Calling a team the sharks when it's 40 mins in land should be banned! Pretenders!!

Played against stocko when they were in the top tier....beat them 3-2 from memory...was a great game with a lot of top players on both sides

[WolfMan]

Hope tenambit get relegated and Stockton get promoted so we can finally have the real sharks in this comp. Plus we can play at the real shark park that we all know is corroba oval. Calling a team the sharks when it's 40 mins in land should be banned! Pretenders!!

Don't quote me on this, but I seem to remember learning that Tenambit derived its name from the local indigenous dialect, meaning "shark".

Since the nearby Morpeth was once a bustling river port, I would make the assumption that perhaps sharks could have been spotted in the river a long time ago.

[Cabaye#4]

Potential relegation battle at shark park this wend!!! That's only if a glass of water doesn't get spilt on the field and makes the ground unplayable.....

So do u think this mornings surprise rainfall might be a problem?
Surely it hasnt rained enuf to cancel any games.

[sharky21]

Our ground at Shark Park is very slow at recovery and the council are quick to close the ground but I can 90% garentee we will be playing.
And wolfman u are absolutely correct with where we got Shark from. Id say league 3 forum a bit quite so they trying to get a bit from us.

[Robbery]

Jesmond park is fine at this stage but hopefully the rain buggers off!!!!!!

[Wilso8948]

Pfft stocko with its million and one white pointers takes the cake. We eat fins for breakfast!

[sharky21]

just a little bit of history of tenambit to clear the air. As wolfman said we got the name Shark from indigenous dialect. We have also been around with the name Shark for 36 years and still counting. And have had the colours red and blue for all 36 of those years.

[Wilso8948]

Only a bit of banter brother. Don't take it to heart. You just concentrate on not getting relegated so we can have a shark v shark contest next year haha

[sharky21]

Tenambit V Medowie.
Res 1-1. apparently we had the game won before kick off. And we played as tho we did.
First 1-0 Medowie.
A case of shit V shitter. We were shitter today.

[Robbery]

Merewether vs jeso
Res- 2:3 jeso strikers scored some nice goals and game went down to the final whistle, jeso did have the better of it from what I saw. Game ended with a bit of an altercation (ball being thrown into a players face and some good old soft push and shove and verbal) after the final whistle but not too much in it all.
1sts- 1:5 scoring two quality own goals in the first half didn't help. Jeso scored a nice overhead kick for their 5th goal and Merewether pegged one back late with a nice run/cross. Overall game was fairly scrappy and certainly a lot more even than the scoreline suggests, credit to jeso who took their chances as you need to do. Jeso keeper also got carded for marking his goal area after half time which I haven't seen for a very long time.

[Cabaye#4]

Uni v CCB
Res: 0-3
1st: 3-1
A case of the sides who wanted it more got the results on the day in both grades.

[true waterboy]

big result in ressies for charlie

[nosmackjustfact]

So city blues didn't have a go again first half down 3-0 half time.came out second half won 1-0 with 10 men.uni outplayed Charlie over their big pitch.however Charlie without their star mid struggled to control the game.3-1 loss to Charlie.regies massive win and a huge confidence booster and a rocket to underperforming first graders.a wise man once said if you have a leader(captain)with heart the rest will follow.....Charlie have the leader I hope the rest will follow.

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

Jesmond away @ Jesmond Park v Merewether.

First of all - apparently bit of stupidity toward/at end of reggies that was dealt with by the officials and there was one bad tackle in firsts but overall the day was played in pretty good spirit and hopefully what used to be a bit of bitter rivalry has turned to more of a friendly one.

Reggies 3-2 to Jesmond and should have been way more. With the quality we put onto the park, we need to be doing better. Wasteful finishing, bad defending. We're just lucky our young starting striker is coming along so well because he was the difference.

1sts: Due to eager refs, we actually took the lead before 3pm from a corner. I'm saying it was scrambled home by one of our players but may have been an oggy, can't be sure. Second was from same player, well worked and finished superbly with his left. The third was great work out wide from our fullback - composure saw a deadly ball played in behind for a definite oggy, although the Merewether player didn't have much choice as our opposing fullback had made the run to the back stick for a tap-in. Fourth was our stopper finding himself in an advanced position to out muscle and out enthuse his marker and finish well. Our fifth and final goal of the day was our strikers bicycle and nothing more than he deserved in another selfless display.

Credit to Merewether who kept going and capitalised on a touch of laziness to peg one back for a day that ended 5-1. I can't agree with previous comments, the score was a reflection of the game. They did have one cleared off the line, but apart from that our keeper only had to smother one shot toward the edge of his box.

Cheers to the dads and/or ex players who get there to support their club, really adds to the atmosphere. However, and I'm not sure how much of it was heard, but giving it to your own players at half time as they are walking off isn't going to help. The players are not being paid and you're not paying to watch them so maybe more encouragement might be the go. There appear to be a few young blokes there and others who may be playing in new or unfamiliar positions, they'll come good. I'm sure it wasn't their intention to be 0-3 at half time. I actually though they continued to have quite a good go considering. If a rocket is needed leave the coach and captain to dish out the spray. Just my thought. Cheers for the day, look forward to the "reverse" fixture ;)

[pastor399]

Cheers to the dads and/or ex players who get there to support their club, really adds to the atmosphere. However, and I'm not sure how much of it was heard, but giving it to your own players at half time as they are walking off isn't going to help. The players are not being paid and you're not paying to watch them so maybe more encouragement might be the go. There appear to be a few young blokes there and others who may be playing in new or unfamiliar positions, they'll come good. I'm sure it wasn't their intention to be 0-3 at half time. I actually though they continued to have quite a good go considering. If a rocket is needed leave the coach and captain to dish out the spray. Just my thought. Cheers for the day, look forward to the "reverse" fixture ;)

im pretty sure i know exactly what your talking about......the old dude who sits in the corner with his AM Radio and folding chair and screams 'encouragement' at Mereweather. I think everyone has just learned to ignore him over the years, i know at least 5-6 years ago it was the exact same when we played them back then.

[Robbery]

Jesmond away @ Jesmond Park v Merewether.

First of all - apparently bit of stupidity toward/at end of reggies that was dealt with by the officials and there was one bad tackle in firsts but overall the day was played in pretty good spirit and hopefully what used to be a bit of bitter rivalry has turned to more of a friendly one.

Reggies 3-2 to Jesmond and should have been way more. With the quality we put onto the park, we need to be doing better. Wasteful finishing, bad defending. We're just lucky our young starting striker is coming along so well because he was the difference.

1sts: Due to eager refs, we actually took the lead before 3pm from a corner. I'm saying it was scrambled home by one of our players but may have been an oggy, can't be sure. Second was from same player, well worked and finished superbly with his left. The third was great work out wide from our fullback - composure saw a deadly ball played in behind for a definite oggy, although the Merewether player didn't have much choice as our opposing fullback had made the run to the back stick for a tap-in. Fourth was our stopper finding himself in an advanced position to out muscle and out enthuse his marker and finish well. Our fifth and final goal of the day was our strikers bicycle and nothing more than he deserved in another selfless display.

Credit to Merewether who kept going and capitalised on a touch of laziness to peg one back for a day that ended 5-1. I can't agree with previous comments, the score was a reflection of the game. They did have one cleared off the line, but apart from that our keeper only had to smother one shot toward the edge of his box.

Cheers to the dads and/or ex players who get there to support their club, really adds to the atmosphere. However, and I'm not sure how much of it was heard, but giving it to your own players at half time as they are walking off isn't going to help. The players are not being paid and you're not paying to watch them so maybe more encouragement might be the go. There appear to be a few young blokes there and others who may be playing in new or unfamiliar positions, they'll come good. I'm sure it wasn't their intention to be 0-3 at half time. I actually though they continued to have quite a good go considering. If a rocket is needed leave the coach and captain to dish out the spray. Just my thought. Cheers for the day, look forward to the "reverse" fixture ;)

First goal was a definite oggie but was poor marking in the box that caused it. Was hard to play quality football on the field that was quite slippery in parts and knock it around well in patches but just lacked creation of good chances which you guys managed to do. Has been a bit tough after losing 8/9 first graders from last year but the blokes all give it everything and work hard for the club which is all we can ask. Hopefully some wins are not far off....

[Robbery]

im pretty sure i know exactly what your talking about......the old dude who sits in the corner with his AM Radio and folding chair and screams 'encouragement' at Mereweather. I think everyone has just learned to ignore him over the years, i know at least 5-6 years ago it was the exact same when we played them back then.

Having played at the club for 7 years I'm not sure who that would be and certainly wasn't anyone who has been there every year anyway given I know most of our few regular spectators. Didn't hear the "giving it to us" at half time and none of the other players said anything.

[pv4]

mussy v olympic

reserves 0-4
firsts 4-2

[dingdong]

mussy v olympic

reserves 0-4
firsts 4-2

Decent game, good start i thought from olympic but then mussy turned it up another notch and next thing it was 3-0 nil. We got a penalty just before half-time 3-1. Mussy miss a penalty, Olympic get another goal 3-2 sets up for exciting finish. Then with 15 to go mussy goal 4-2 with olympic getting a man sent off. The mussy keeper pulled off a couple of ripper saves and had a strong game.

[pv4]

I think everyone has now realized that all it takes to beat Olympic is to sit back, park for half an hour or so, and wait for the infighting. Once that starts, then you can play as Olympic just implode.

[dingdong]

I think everyone has now realized that all it takes to beat Olympic is to sit back, park for half an hour or so, and wait for the infighting. Once that starts, then you can play as Olympic just implode.

fair enough your opinion champ, but there was no infighting today.

[pv4]

fair enough your opinion champ, but there was no infighting today.

those tactics worked when we won 4-0 earlier in the season :rof:

[dingdong]

oh well we still above you blokes, aren't we?

[dingdong]

those tactics worked when we won 4-0 earlier in the season :rof:

did you play against us in 1st grade that day?

[pv4]

I haven't looked at an updated table in weeks tbh. After the washouts are caught up I'll have a look.

myself yes I played that day at rathys. On the scoresheet also

reports from the game today was mussy waited for the infighting before attacking on the counter for their first goal. so apparently the predictable arguing did happen.

[seldom]

lol...u do put a decent bait on that hook pv4

[dingdong]

I haven't looked at an updated table in weeks tbh. After the washouts are caught up I'll have a look.

myself yes I played that day at rathys. On the scoresheet also

reports from the game today was mussy waited for the infighting before attacking on the counter for their first goal. so apparently the predictable arguing did happen.

You love having a dig dont you? were you there? please tell me you didnt waste your long weekend travelling from westlakes to muswellbrook to watch us play?
mussy didnt wait for shit they were 3-0 nil up in the 1st half. no need to sit on the counter. man was sent off at 4-2 with 15 to go they were the better team not afraid to admit that.

[dingdong]

lol...u do put a decent bait on that hook pv4

Im a hungry fish as well.

[dingdong]

Geez you know how to gee us up ill give u that! 2 weeks anyway till our next game should be good.

[The Dreaded Keeper]

Thanks for the kind words dingdong. I thought today was a pretty good day for both sides. Hamilton being short a few players and Muswellbrook trying out a new formation. Personally the penalty we missed was probably a good thing-our striker CLEARLY just tripped on the ball.

Just enough niggle between players to keep it interesting and show some passion, but not enough to ruin the game.

[dingdong]

Thanks for the kind words dingdong. I thought today was a pretty good day for both sides. Hamilton being short a few players and Muswellbrook trying out a new formation. Personally the penalty we missed was probably a good thing-our striker CLEARLY just tripped on the ball.

Just enough niggle between players to keep it interesting and show some passion, but not enough to ruin the game.

Nah it was good. i was impressed by mussy and even though we've suffered bigger losses i think that you blokes are the best in the comp. Some real good players and knock it around well. Good keeper too.

[the_butcher]

Decent game, good start i thought from olympic but then mussy turned it up another notch and next thing it was 3-0 nil. We got a penalty just before half-time 3-1. Mussy miss a penalty, Olympic get another goal 3-2 sets up for exciting finish. Then with 15 to go mussy goal 4-2 with olympic getting a man sent off. The mussy keeper pulled off a couple of ripper saves and had a strong game.

Summed it up very nicely! Like you said, the Olympic penalty at the end of the first half & the Mussy missed pen at the start of the 2nd half really kept Hamilton in the match. Muswellbrook's keeper is one of the best keeper's across all the ID divisions & did pull of some very nice saves (as usual).

To be honest PV4, the Hamilton boys werent too bad in regards to their infighting. They were even very good sports when it came to copping some friendly banter from the Muswellbrook faithful.

[dingdong]

Summed it up very nicely! Like you said, the Olympic penalty at the end of the first half & the Mussy missed pen at the start of the 2nd half really kept Hamilton in the match. Muswellbrook's keeper is one of the best keeper's across all the ID divisions & did pull of some very nice saves (as usual).

To be honest PV4, the Hamilton boys werent too bad in regards to their infighting. They were even very good sports when it came to copping some friendly banter from the Muswellbrook faithful.

Cheer mate appreciate it, easily the best keeper Ive come across since ZPL started.

[the_butcher]

please tell me you didnt waste your long weekend travelling from westlakes to muswellbrook to watch us play?

Yeah who would waste their long weekend doing something silly like that :blush:

[pv4]

Yeah who would waste their long weekend doing something silly like that :blush:

:rof::rof::rof:

[Aintnobodygottimeforthat]

Hope tenambit get relegated and Stockton get promoted so we can finally have the real sharks in this comp. Plus we can play at the real shark park that we all know is corroba oval. Calling a team the sharks when it's 40 mins in land should be banned! Pretenders!!

after the weekends results it should be good to see the shark v shark battle next year looks like it would be the fixture of the round in zl3

[grub]

I assume all teams are safe in zl2 this year as Bellbird have pretty much relegated themselves by pulling out of the comp. ZL2 is currently a 9 team comp and i'd imagine the association would like a 10 team comp in 2014. It will be up to the Stockton " sharks" to win promotion before we see shark on shark action in 2014.
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[sharky21]

I assume all teams are safe in zl2 this year as Bellbird have pretty much relegated themselves by pulling out of the comp. ZL2 is currently a 9 team comp and i'd imagine the association would like a 10 team comp in 2014. It will be up to the Stockton " sharks" to win promotion before we see shark on shark action in 2014.
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Finally some one has seen what has been so obvious from the start of the season.
Plus if we actually kept the same team in first grade for two games in a row we might get some more points which in some games we have played would have been deserved. But that's football Still what is it like an 8 point gap between us and 4th. not saying we going to make a late run for top 4 (stranger things have happened) but that does mean its close down the bottom. half a season to go yet. looking forward to a second crack at all.

[TXK]

So we have reached the halfway point of the season and pretty much every team has had a look a each other. Any thoughts or predictions on how the second half will play out? Any teams or individual players that have caught the eye?

For me obviously Jesmond have been getting the job done, will be interesting to see of they can keep it up in the second half of the season. This weekends 5-1 win would suggest they aren't showing any signs of slowing down as yet. Charlestown, Hamolton as Westlakes are two other outfits that have caught my eye and if they can string a few wins together and knock off the teams above them will really challenge for honours. The bottom half is also really tight meaning a win for any team is like gold and could see them jump a couple of places.

Standout players, Hamiltons little striker is a tricky customer, was a really enjoyable challenge marking him yesterday. Seems a top bloke as well. Jesmond have a defender that seems to get his lanky legs in when you wouldn't think it possible and I think they would be leaking a lot more goals without him. Charlestowns number 7 in the middle of the park is a real threat whenever he gets the ball and would walk into any team in this division and probably a lot of teams in the divisions above as wel, and again is a really good bloke.

Looking forward to facing big Dunc down at Westlakes in two weeks time as well, love a good challenge!!

[true waterboy]

Hamilton- probably the strongest team in my opinion but when they are up against tough opposition they either self destruct or begin to go in for dangerous challenges, which is the reason the scoreline blew out when we played them. the number 21 is probably the most dangerous player in the league.
Jesmond- easily the best defensive team in the comp, seem to park the bus with 5 defenders and have a strong counter. when we played them it seemed to be a solid stalemate between us, with a ref making what could be a costly call come season end.
Musswellbrook- was my tip at the start of the year and look most likely to take the premiership. play the most attractive football but dont think it was their best performance against us. looking forward to seeing them play again.
I think these three teams will be in the finals with us, charlie being the team to just miss out.

we havnt played tennambit yet, but ive been quiet supprised by medowie. big improvement from last year by those guys.

[true waterboy]

The biggest interest for me is that half way through the season first grade and ressies seem to have similar trend. the top 4 is the similar (besides mussy and uni) and charlie is 5th in both. Its interesting that assuming the table stays the same at season end, westlakes hamilton and jesmond will have sides in both finals yet last year only one team could do this

[ramsbelong@jesmondpark]

I think we caught Muswellbrook a little flat in round 1 and as they are undefeated since, their quality cannot be underestimated. Always rated Westlakes as a team and still do, possibly the leagues best passing game when they turn it on. I've watched a bit of Olympic and they can be really dangerous - but couldn't call them the strongest as they've only beaten the bottom 4. Smacked by Westlakes, smacked my Muswellbrook, smacked by Charlestown, pointing to a defence that may have errors in them. The only point gained against the top half was a draw with us. Consistently beating teams you should beat is an art though, one we must learn.
I know they're a tad away but Charlestown impresses me and we had to work to earn draw against 10 men. They can play good football but also can get gritty and grind out a result, which is important in this division.
That brings me to players, Clint from Mussy, Chris M from Charlestown, Lucas from Olympic and also their little quick striker. A couple of them are ageing but that's irrelevant. Few others in our league have played high divisions and suspect are getting a 3pm gig based on past glories but definitely not those guys.
As for us, little old Jesmond will just continue "parking the bus", lucky we got the twin turbo model than enables us to get forward and score the odd goal though I suppose. That was the first time we had our top team to choose from yesterday and it showed in 5-1 win. Injuries and inabilities again next week for the top of the table clash but we'll do our best and realise every team rarely gets their best 11 on park.
Second half of season should be good with the breakaway 4 needing to keep an eye on Charlestown and then the rest of the comp have proven they can pick up wins, often through out-enthusing and capitalising on complacency which is so hard to coach out of a team. The finals format means it's anyones once you're there and somewhat rewards mediocrity but that's another topic.

[dingdong]

I think that the results show how even the comp is this year. Between Olympic, Westlakes, Mussy, Jesmond, Charlestown anyone can win. Not to forget Uni and Merewether who on their day can beat the leading sides. Whoever shows more hunger and discipline on game day wins.
Westlakes prob the strongest along with mussy i think. Anyway, still plenty of games to be played and i think any those top 5 can win the comp/grand final.

[thephenom]

I believe Jesmond & Muswellbrook will fight for the minor premiership. Hamilton and Westlakes will make up the top 4. Other teams that will push for one of those #3 and #4 spots are definitely Charlestown and Uni. Going to be an interesting 2nd half of the round with everyone having had a look at how each other are playing. There is bound to be some upsets and , in classic ID football style no doubt a team from nowhere coming through to surprise everyone. There are a lot of quality players spread across the division this year and it is one of the strongest 2nd division competitions I can remember in recent history. Looking forward to seeing what unfolds. Goodluck to all.

[thephenom]

I think we caught Muswellbrook a little flat in round 1 and as they are undefeated since, their quality cannot be underestimated. Always rated Westlakes as a team and still do, possibly the leagues best passing game when they turn it on. I've watched a bit of Olympic and they can be really dangerous - but couldn't call them the strongest as they've only beaten the bottom 4. Smacked by Westlakes, smacked my Muswellbrook, smacked by Charlestown, pointing to a defence that may have errors in them. The only point gained against the top half was a draw with us. Consistently beating teams you should beat is an art though, one we must learn.
I know they're a tad away but Charlestown impresses me and we had to work to earn draw against 10 men. They can play good football but also can get gritty and grind out a result, which is important in this division.
That brings me to players, Clint from Mussy, Chris M from Charlestown, Lucas from Olympic and also their little quick striker. A couple of them are ageing but that's irrelevant. Few others in our league have played high divisions and suspect are getting a 3pm gig based on past glories but definitely not those guys.
As for us, little old Jesmond will just continue "parking the bus", lucky we got the twin turbo model than enables us to get forward and score the odd goal though I suppose. That was the first time we had our top team to choose from yesterday and it showed in 5-1 win. Injuries and inabilities again next week for the top of the table clash but we'll do our best and realise every team rarely gets their best 11 on park.
Second half of season should be good with the breakaway 4 needing to keep an eye on Charlestown and then the rest of the comp have proven they can pick up wins, often through out-enthusing and capitalising on complacency which is so hard to coach out of a team. The finals format means it's anyones once you're there and somewhat rewards mediocrity but that's another topic.

Thanks for the praise mate. Really don't think I deserve it this year lol

[Premy]

I believe Jesmond & Muswellbrook will fight for the minor premiership. Hamilton and Westlakes will make up the top 4. Other teams that will push for one of those #3 and #4 spots are definitely Charlestown and Uni. Going to be an interesting 2nd half of the round with everyone having had a look at how each other are playing. There is bound to be some upsets and , in classic ID football style no doubt a team from nowhere coming through to surprise everyone. There are a lot of quality players spread across the division this year and it is one of the strongest 2nd division competitions I can remember in recent history. Looking forward to seeing what unfolds. Goodluck to all.
Correction 6th division

[sharky21]

Correction 6th division
Actually 5th division. ( state,newfm, zpl,zl1,zl2) Well this year who knows how long till its all "re-structured" again.