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By the team we play our next game, it will have been about a month since we were on the field. Eats balls. Some teams may even catch us with tired legs, seeing as game time is priceless in regard to match fitness. A month. Balls.
Spanking Westlakes at their home ground feels so long ago...........
did anyone actually get to play this weekend?
Neither team played in a while but Jesmond taking nothing home from Medowie with 2-1 then 3-1 losses. Reggies woeful game that I can only comment on half of. We are now facing uphill battle for top four.
Firsts. 0-1 down when got exposed at the back on the counter, 1-1 on stroke of h/t with a perfect cross headed home. Second half saw a long range range free kick appear to get a deflection then a sub got their 3rd late on with almost his first touch - header into top corner that was either very fortunate or clinical. At that stage we had 10 men.
Onto the send off, deserved for ill discipline. Didn't need our player confronted on way off by Medowie sideline experts. Push and shove then ensued between many which culminated in a fight between Medowie player and their own fans. Apparently getting into that fight only warranted a yellow. Nice touch a couple of first graders actually apologising for their fans. That apology is all that needs to be said on the men and women in question.
Touching back to referee. Tad whistle happy but fair and no complaints. Touchy good too. Unofficial linesman clueless but not to blame. No wingeing either on personnel as had only one of top 15 unavailable.
Couldn't get our game going and that together with some defensive errors this is what happens. Well done Medowie.
I said after our 2-2 draw at Medowie earlier in the season that I don't believe Medowie are a very strong team, but they play a style of football that doesn't allow the better teams to get any rhythm and the trigger happy resident referee doesn't help this either. That coupled with a handy striker with a decent bit of pace, a physical presence and a decent finish and I always expected more teams to lose points up there. Their fans really make themselves known as well, we had a similar incident which resulted in one of their fans coming on the pitch to confront our keeper tinny in hand and all, whilst the ground official stood and laughed about it. All was forgiven at the end of the game but when they shouted our keeper a beer, he had and absolute blinder that day. After being 2-0 down at half time but and bringing it back to 2-2 we definitely counted that as a point gained not two lost and were happy to get back to the brook and not need to go back to Medowie again. It's a hard place to go and take points and credit to Medowie for making it that way. Will see how they are on the travel but.Quote:
Originally Posted by ramsbelong@jesmondpark
Tenambit are away to Olympic tonight in a brought forward game from the upcoming weekend.
I must admit I am pretty keen to get on the park (last game was a midweek game at home to westlakes which seems soo long ago and Saturday was our first onfield training session in over a month close to two) even tho I may be in for a tough night in goals as when we last played our res was done 6-1. But really looking forward to the challenge.
Game is definitely on hopefully we get a little rain to soften the wicket up a littleQuote:
Originally Posted by sharky21
Great to hear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Swanky
I'm sure that would please the out field boys but as long as the goal mouths are soft I'm happy haha
Olympic V Tenambit
Res
1-0 Olympic
First
5-2 Olympic.
Olympic vs Tenambit
res 1-0
1st 5-2
cheers to the Tenambit boys for a good night of football
Two good competitive games played in good spirit (some usual in game heat but nothing over the top) with what I would say the best group of refs iv had all year (and I dnt say that litely).Quote:
Originally Posted by dingdong
If I'm thinking of the same decision u are. That was a free kick aagainst me just out side the box. There will be differing opinions as there always are but there was no intention from me to tale him out I was running back to try and cover and when he cut across in front of me we got collided as would be the case in a situation like that. If I was shown a yellow I would have been annoyed but accepted it. But there wasn't much I could do to avoid the collision. But that's what u get when u put the res keeper on the field . lolQuote:
Originally Posted by bobbyisagronk
As I said I would have accepted a yellow . And I wasn't blowing up about the foul in the game either. And if I was last man I would have had to accept the red if given but I think there was my cb inside me who was last man prob saving the ref from making that call. Il be telling my coach from now on if I'm ever back on the park its up front or Il just stay in goals.Quote:
Originally Posted by bobbyisagronk
Firstly, you should change your username to something less confrontational.
Secondly, I'm pretty sure fifa law does not use the words "last man" anywhere. If I'm correct, it states that a player will be red carded for conceding a free kick or penalty when the opposition was running towards goal and was denied an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
Thirdly, it's all about context and bias in the end. You'll probably stay on sharkies case about this incident (I didn't see it btw), but I'm sure no one in the world could convince you that when westlakes played olympic on the night game there was a "last-man" challenge by olympic that deserved a red and wasnt given. So just keep it real homey
And finally - don't attack people or refs for their physical appearance. Very uncool and they can't exactly change that
Why does it not suprise me that this muppet is representing olympicQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Calm down everybody..😊
Ps: I represent Hamilton.
The mighty return of gj
How's it going buddy?
I'm good thanks mate, how are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by true waterboy
Good to hear mateQuote:
Originally Posted by GJ23
I'm loving life
That's great.Quote:
Originally Posted by true waterboy
Are you guys playing this weekend? 😊
:rof:
A few interesting convo's going around in the other zone threads about "all-star" (for want of a better word) style teams from each division playing each other. I don't think it would ever happen but I think it could be pretty interesting on paper. I'm going to throw a possile squad out there, would be interested in knowing others opinions. Some selections may seem a little biased and I'm sure others will disagree, but again it's my humble opinion and would be interested to see who others would select.
GK: Botts (Muswellbrook), Steely (Hamilton)
CB: Jake? (Jesmond, tall centre back with the goatee), Macca (Westlake's infamously slow CB :rof:), Dely (Mussy #5, adds some pace to the back line)
RWB: Gareth Bale (University, they know who he is)
CDM: Tags (Charlestown Captain), Little Guy playing holding midfield for Uni against us until he got injured 20 mins in (no idea what his name is but he looked bloody tidy!)
CM: Law (Jesmond)
LWB: Redhead (Medowie's Captain)
ST: Big Dunc (Westlakes), Hamilton's #21 *** Would genuinely love to see these two paired together ***
Bench:
Tenambit's Captain or Hamilton's Captain (both were quality mid's and looked neat on the ball when playing against Mussy)
Jesmond's short CB
Fingers (Westlakes)
Kaney (Mussy striker #9)
Hidey (Jesmond Striker)
Attempted to get one from each team in there to represent the whole league, haven't played against Merewether yet so can't comment on them at all. Don't know many of the names either but had crack at describing them.
Anyone else keen to throw a team out there?
The "little uni guy" is Mitch. Lightning quick and can jump like a black man.Quote:
Originally Posted by TXK
"Gareth Bale" could only be Robbie I'm assuming? (self-administered monicker too, that one) Plays as more of a attacking RW though than a RWB usually yeah? Or at least he should!
Looks fair enough, how about doing one of these for ressies too? They're fairly under-represented on here...
I'm not sure who I'd select for an entire team but people that deserve to be there for mine are
21 hamo
Wide winger (I think left?) for mereweather
Tommy mussy
And from westlakes macca n dunc
They are my standouts
Mitch is so silky on the ball, I felt bad after our collision on a corner when he went off straight after. Yeah it is Robbie, I was giving him a hell of a time about it the whole game, he even has the sweat bands, same haircut, took a couple of sneaky dives and wore the same boots for christs sake! I think in a 3-5-2 with his athletic abilities and knack for getting past people out wide he could play a decent wingback, would definitely have to work a bit harder defensively but is really good getting forward up that flank.Quote:
Originally Posted by Itsmuz
I'm not sure on ressies, I have only seen the first half of each game as I've been getting ready for firsts in the second and most of the time Mussy is getting beaten so I haven't been in the best of moods. Uni, Hamo and Westlakes are my stand outs sprinkled with a couple of Jeso players. Might have to think a bit more about that one and then put up a ressies team....
The allstars concept would be WAY too hard to fairly decide and then execute. We don't get to see the other teams enough, there's an understandably high level of bias, and it's just hard in general.
Eg: if you were to give me the job of selecting the zl2 allstars I'd just start with westlakes squad, and work my way around each position thinking of people from other teams I considered better. And I'd probably end up with more than half the squad being westlakes players. It'd be difficult even choosing the westlakes guys. If I were to pick the best 5 players in westlakes, if everyone was available, two of my top five in my own club wouldn't even make first grade due to continual injuries, work commitments missing training, or jusy happy in reserves. One of those two i consider to be the best player in our whole club, but hasnt played firsts in a few years due to the above reasons (it's dj for anyone who knows our club).
The only players outside of westlakes that have even remotely stood out to me is Olympics striker, a couple of mussy boys, and not much else tbh. I'm sure people from other clubs have equally as biased views as me, and hence why it is so difficult to make a squad.
totally agree with pv4 assessment. hence why my list is only 5 players long and are pretty much the stand outs imo.
Surely the team coming dead last would have to more greatly represented lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by TXK
But seriously there would be atleast two guys from Tenambit who fit into this squad easily our captain as u have already mentioned is a quality player and one of our cb who u would not have seen as he was injured for the game against u guys. But he is also a quality player and can score a mean volley too just ask jesmond lol.
Il be interested to see if any one does a res squad tho. i would but my memory is terrible and i dnt pay enough attention during a game to do it justice.
westlakes medowie
res 0-0
firsts 2-6 (i thinks maybe 5?)
big effort from our ressies players, had 8 regular first grade players out and another went off after 15 minutes. I think if u added the first grade experience of our back 4 today u would be lucky to make 10 games between them and a few played ressies beforehand.
westlakes were up 2-0 so big effort from medowie to come back. Ive said it before that they are the most improved club in this comp and their two main guys up front were class today.
medoewie first goal they had 3 guys 3 meters offside but we literally didnt have enough players to run the line lol.
Hey everyone,
I don't know all the players in the comp but a few who stand out are:
Hamilton:
Lukas (Captain, #9)
Paul (Razzler, #21)
Clint (Keeper)
Westlakes:
Big striker (Don't know his name)
Don't really know anybody else.
Mussy vs Uni.
Ressies.
Mussy 3 Uni 1
Firsts.
Mussy 4 Uni 3.
A mixed day for me personally. Scored a cracking volley in reserve grade, dropped a corner that got tapped in in firsts. Rubbish bit of keeping.
Also managed to shit myself a little about 10 mins in to ressies. Bloody tap-arse. Always hits you at the worst time.
Definitely the best description of a performance I've ever read on here. LolQuote:
Originally Posted by The Dreaded Keeper
Charley v Jeso. Reggies 1-2 but didn't see a kick. Good win down on troops, again needing hand from a 50 y/o.
1sts 2-3. Well deserved win with a couple of uncharacteristic defensive mistakes giving Charley 2 1 on 1's which they converted well. That was all we gave them other than they being dangerous from corners. We should have scored a few more but was happy we kept fighting after they equalised twice.
A good win to get on a Sunday at their park, especially after they left Jeso Park with a point and took it to us earlier in the year with 10 men. Found them much more dangerous with previous formation to be honest.
Good day for Jeso bouncing back well from last week.
Personal I think u should stay in reserve grade and learn to catch
Piss off Hunz!!! Hahahahaha.
Not hunz
Tenambit V Mussy catch up game starts tomorrow night with res kicking off at 7 then will finish a week later with first kicking off also at 7.
I'm looking forward to this game to right some wrongs for me personally as last time out I copped 7 goals in res. I hopefully won't be letting that happen again but with more then the bare 11 and a few more games under my belt keen to make up for it.
I had the same thing with Olympic last Monday. had 6 put against me in game one and only one from the penalty spot in game to hoping to go one better.
My take on Mussy vs. Uni:
Res 3-1 Mussy
Both sides short of players with us needing to call upon some of our U/17's and Uni, who were very short indeed, bringing a few of their All Age boys up and giving a handful of people two games on the day. The open period saw both teams battle for control in the middle of the park and possession turning over fairly frequently. Mussy probably had to two best chances in the early exchanges with on of our young midfielder's spraying the ball about 10 yards over the crossbar in a 1 on 1 with the keeper, and didn't he hear about that for the rest of the day! Shortly after another one of our young lads and our striker, would have been in perfectly for a 1 on 1 but his touch deserted him and the keeper had just about enough time to come and collect the ball at the strikers feet. We eventually broke through however with the ball popping just outside the 18 from a set piece i think, with our first grade keeper finishing on the volley with aplomb. I don't think the Uni keeper has seen it yet. About ten or so minutes later the midfielder who skied the earlier chance made amends and calmly slotted the ball home after a few neat 1 two's up the middle of the park with the striker. The score as 2-0 at half time but I felt that Uni were still well in the game and also had their chances. We lacked a real defensive style midfielder and our lines between defence and midfield were often too stretched and Uni took advantage of this space a few times but just couldn't put one away. They did eventually grab one however, which I didn't see as was getting ready for firsts and the game finished 3-1 with a dubious goal again from our first grade keeper, this time coming off his arm but nobody picked it up. 2-1 probably would have been a fairer result, I thought Uni did well to battle and really compete in the match considering how short they were and 3-1 blew the result out slightly. Our boys were ecstatic but after picking up only their second win of the season against the top dogs!
First 4-3 Mussy
What a game, and not for any really good reasons! First thing I will say is that was absolutely evident that we hadn't played a competitive match in four or so weeks and I believe Uni were the same boat, and it really showed. In the opening period of the game we were awful, couldn't string two passes together, most players touches were completely non-existant and match fitness was 0, which wasn't helped by a fairly boggy pitch in parts. I don't think Uni were as good as they were in the first round either, but considering their lack of squad depth on the day, they were doing a hell of a lot better than us and probably created the better of the chances in opening exchanges, culminating in a decent penalty shout in the top right corner of the 18. It's one of those shouts that I think definitely depends on your allegiances, I personally think it was the right call, I think the player was very quick to flop to the ground when when he was barely sneezed by a player half his size and weight, clearly looking for a penalty when he could have stayed on his feet. However if you are on the Uni side of the fence you would probably say he was pushed in the back and had no other option but to go to ground, and I'm not going to argue with them on that, they are more than entitled to their opinion on a call most ref's would flip a coin in their head and make the decision based on that. I wouldn't have argued the decision either way, but the only problem being this referee (and everyone knows who I'm talking about) has a long history of dubious decisions which we have also been on the wrong side of plenty as well.
Moving on from that call and we started to find our feet in the game and get some rhythm to our play. We had a decent chance from a build up coming from the back but our younger striker tried to chip the keeper from a ridiculous angle, whilst the goalie was still standing by the way, when he could have laid a square ball to the spot which would have left our other striker with the goal at his mercy. Not long after he had another 1 on 1 which was partly cleared but one of our midfielder's was following up and chipped it neatly into the far corner to open the scoring. The lead didn't last long however with one of Uni's midfielders finding himself in his own postcode on the edge of the box, collecting the ball completely unmarked and very much onside, proceeding to dink the keeper and finish to draw level. Was purely disgraceful defending on our part and tidy work from that midfielder to exploit the space. We took the lead again before half time with a really good team goal, starting with our CB playing to our LWB moving the ball across the midfield then up the right wing and ending with our younger striker skinning 1 or 2 before finding the back of the net.
Second half we came out firing scoring pretty well straight off the kick-off, our RWB smashing a volley in from a tight angle outside the 18 catching Uni, and most of our boys to be honest. very much off guard. I thought we would close out the game from there to be honest, especailly with Uni being short, but it seemed our match fitness and mental sharpness and Uni's willingness to battle proved me other wise. An absolutely awful piece of defending from our youngest CB and myself on the right let Uni into the box to lay a ball into the 6 yard box and give them a tap in finish. Our young player was totally a classed on that occasion but having been out for 8 weeks with injury and coming straight back in, he can be forgiven, I on the other hand have no excuses, should no better. This gave Uni some hope and they continued to push and were on top in the game. I made a sub and brought on the "quickest man alive according to the forum" :rof: to inject some life into our attack and as he is also coming back from a long injury lay-off, and it looked to pay off. We started creating chances again and really should have finished a couple, but Uni pegged us back again after counter attack. The ensuing corner resulting in The Dreaded Keeper's aforementioned howler and to be honest due to their hard work and not giving up, and our absolutely horrendous defending, Uni would have been worth the draw. However straight off the kick-off three of our players 1 two'd up the pitch with our quick striker using his pace to his advantage and slotting home a quite tidy finish. We created a few more really good chance of which should have been taken but the score stayed 4-3.
Definitely not a game for the purists, I honestly believe our 1-0 win at Ray Watt earlier in the season saw both teams playing far better football, but an entertaining match at the end of the day. Credit to Uni, made the trip with a very depleted squad and nearly went home with point, and I don't think I could have begrudged them that as they kept working hard and we continually shot ourselves in the foot with defensive errors and poor finishing. Very happy to have ground out the 3 points but, let the rest of the league no we still exist :tongue: and finally get some game time after so long with out kicking a ball in anger!
On another note cheers to the Uni guys that came back to our club, was great to have you back there and you are an absolute bunch of legends to hang out and have a beer with after the game. Will definitely return the favour for you guys next season, its good to form decent relationships with other clubs.
Apologies for the essay, don't really expect anyone to read the whole thing but I did quite enjoy writing it.
You were unlucky last time mate. Our top 1st Grade striker for the last 15 odd years played ressies that game as he had only registered three or four days before hand so I had him in res to pick up some match fitness and grab his spot back in firsts. 3 goals and 4 assists later, I think he well and truly earned his spot in 1st Grade back.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharky21
Is there any other games this weekQuote:
Originally Posted by sharky21