Mate I went out to the game and I can't think of either challenge. There was one or 2 tackles that were strong and not worth a yellow but the rest of the game was in good spiritsQuote:
Originally Posted by TheBean
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Mate I went out to the game and I can't think of either challenge. There was one or 2 tackles that were strong and not worth a yellow but the rest of the game was in good spiritsQuote:
Originally Posted by TheBean
Cheers mate, probably just exaggerations thenQuote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
*cough*
Cardiff vs Swansea - Swansea, showed good form will continue to do so this week (despite the issues). Swansea by a few.
Kotara vs Mayfield - Best game of the round, will be worth checking out. Mayfield, 0-1.
Warners Bay vs Suns - Warners Bay slipped in the first round, expecting them to pick up and get the job done against the guys playing for the shirt at the suns. 2-1.
Dudley vs Raymond Terrace - This is the real test for the terrace, all the talk put a side this will be a good gauge of where they are at. 2-0.
Bero vs Barnsely - showing form to knock off Warners bay, will get the job done but its going to be scrappy. The match is at Pasadena, a crappy pitch and with the bero crowd to even things up a little for Bero. always plenty of goals on the smallest ground. 2-3.
Cardiff vs Swansea - Swansea
Kotara vs Mayfield - Draw
W/Bay vs Suns - Suns
Dudley vs Raymond Terrace - Draw
Bero vs Barnsley - Barnsley
Round 2 Predictions
Saturday
Cardiff vs. Swansea
Both teams followed their early season predictions last week with Cardiff losing to new arrivals Terrace and Swansea thumping Bero. Another win for Swansea cements them as top four potentials while also confirming Cardiff’s tag as relegation battlers. Swansea should be just too strong for Cardiff this week.
3-0 Swansea
Kotara vs. Mayfield
Both teams were the big winners from round 1, beating fellow top 4 rivals from last year. A second win on the trot against a top four team makes for great motivation and will undoubtedly come with the early premier favourites tag. Tipping Mayfield to get the result, but could go either way.
2-1 Mayfield
Sunday
W. Bay vs. Suns
Both teams lost their round 1 games making this a crucial game to get season off to a start. The Bay should take confidence in the Suns slow starts to seasons and go on the attack. But I feel Suns quality will shine though on this one.
Suns 3-1
Dudley vs. R. Terrace
A very interesting match-up, Terrance will carry their opening day win to the home of premiership favourites Dudley. Terrance should be full of confidence which will make things difficult for Dudley. I tip Dudley to bounce back from their opening day loss with an easy win.
Dudley 3-0
Bero vs. Barnsley
Bero need to bounce back after a heavy opening day loss, while Barnsley can take huge pressure off themselves with opening their season with two wins. Both relegation battlers last year, I feel like Barnsley are more set and prepared this time around and should take this game comfortably.
Barnsley 3-1
Cardiff 0:2 Swansea- Optus like to repeat their Top Tier Town shows so we'll get to watch Cardiff getting beat over and over, how good!!
Kotara 1:1 Mayfield - Good tigers vs bad tigers not sure which ones which yet. Assuming Kotara's tactic is same as last year? long balls to whippet?
W/Bay 3:1 Suns - Bays new striker to run riot vs the lazy defence and b grade celebrity goal keeper.
Dudley 3:0 Raymond Terrace - The A-league stars to dominate
Bero 1:2 Barnsley - Wouldn't be surprised if the bero coach brings himself on this week
Cardiff vs Swansea - Swansea 2-4
Swansea look to have a good front line and a shaky defence. Surprised if they keeps. Clean sheet but think they should be able to run away with the match.
Kotara vs Mayfield - Mayfield 1-2
Mayfield, easily the best team in the comp this year as the were last year. Will be a tough game on Kotara’s shit pitch but they’ll get up over Kotara.
W/Bay vs Suns - Suns 1-3
Earners Bay are trash and will be the bottom three with Bero and Barnsley.
Dudley vs Raymond Terrace - Draw 1-1
Terrace look to have a strong defence, wouldn’t surprise me if Dudley get up by a goal but I’m tipping a draw.
Bero vs Barnsley - Draw 2-2
Shit defence and attack vs shit defence and attack. Hardest one to call, so I’ve sat on the fence.
Tips For The Weekend
Cardiff 2-4 Swansea - I’m predicting Swansea to keep making there push for the top 4 with a win here.
Kotara 3-2 Mayfield - Kotara look the real deal this season and will be pushing for the title with Mayfield & Dudley come the end of the season.
Warners Bay 2-2 Suns - Warners Bay look a lot better then last season & there’s turmoil over at the Suns.
Dudley 3-1 Raymond Terrace - Dudley to get back to winning ways against newly promoted Raymond Terrace who I don’t expect to win many games away from home.
Beresfield 1-4 Barnsley - Early relegation battle but I’m not expecting much from Beresfield this season.
Kotara vs. Mayfield
3rds. 2-7
Red. 0-2
1st. 1-4
Cardiff vs Swansea
1sts - 4-0 Swansea (all goals in the 1st half)
Res - 3-1 Swansea
3rds - 1-0 Swansea
Yesssssss!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MisplacedPasses
Packerrrr up boysQuote:
Originally Posted by evolution
Beresfield vs Barnsley
3rds: 0-3
Res: 2-1
1st: 6-1
Dudley V Terrace
3rds 5-0
Res 2-0
1st 1-0
Warners Bay vs Suns
3rd 4-0 Warners Bay
Res 3-3
1st 2-1 Warners Bay
Made the way up to Kotara to watch Mayfield be their usual dominant self. Be surprised if they lose again this season. They’re just about guaranteed to go up this year.
Mayfields depth doesn’t look too great and that was evident in both the third and reserve grade matches.
Went out to the Dudley vs RT game today. Saw the end of reserve grade that ended with a disgusting challenge on the RT goal keeper. He’ll be lucky to play again this season.
After the ambo left, Dudley went a goal up but overall no team created much. The goal came from a cross, but Dudley were very underwhelming. RT definitely had their chances and the majority of the play very unlucky to lose, the Thistles will do well to make the top four this year.
I think you will find and as a neutral that RT goal keepers leg dug in when he went down to make a save and his weight came down on it. Id love to hear from RT if they think it was a bad challenge the talk between both teams post game indicated it was an unfortunate break and hopefully he recovers quickly. RT in first grade were value for money and created some solid chances and the people saying they will go straight down are in for a shock. Dudley have enough quality that when they click they will be there abouts I thinkQuote:
Originally Posted by Roses
Can say that no one is to blame for the keepers injury was just an unfortunate incident and as you said, keepers weight came down on the leg when it was in an awkward position. Keeper himself said it wasn’t from a challenge but from trying to make a save..Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
Thanks Onlooker for clearing that up. It was unfortunate accident as he was having a ripping game with some great 1 on 1 saves up til thenQuote:
Originally Posted by onlooker
Im sorry did they not lose? I must have read the scores back to front. It looked to me... and excuse me if i am mistaken... it looked like they scored 0 goals in 3 games and coceded 8.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
Banter aside, You are right, They probably wont go down this season. ATM Cardiff, Bero or Barnsely have that battle locked in.
Imagine being the Suns at the bottom of the table and looking up thinking how the hell did we get here when we spent all this money.
I guess its good for the bottom line, no goal or match bonuses to be paid.
I heard that Kotara were made look like witches hats by Mayfield. Had no possession, never threatened the goal and pretty much looked like a res grade team that struggled against a team that really never got out of first gear.
I wasnt there so I dont know how much truth there is to that but its what I was told.
So after two rounds the ZPL is starting to dish up the goods already.
Suns vs Mayfield coming up will be juicy.
Dudley vs Swansea, will be the first real test for swansea.
and Raymond Terrace vs Kotara... will be another game to feel out the new comers.
Hats off to Mayfield who really gave us a touch up on Saturday. They have strengthened by the look of things. They turned up obviously wanting to do a job and get some revenge on being knocked out of semi's last season. Look forward to meeting them again on their turf! I think a few clubs will be on the end of some big scorelines when they come up against the spearmint tigers!
We will be right after Easter with a some boys returning. Can't wait to play Raymond Terrace up there and get blown away by the 100km/h winds.
sounds like people are getting a little worked up over the long ball tigers after wins against depleted dudley and kotara sides.
reckon they have bought balloons yet?
I’m not sure what game you watched, reserve keeper was injured in a non collision challenge with his weight coming down on his ankle, an unfortunate incident which you have painted differently, not sure why, also in firsts Dudley totally controlled the game, terrace tried hard but their only option was to punt it long to the one fast guy up front.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roses
Terrace keeper made about three one on one saves, I can’t recall the Dudley keeper making a save at all
Well what a weekend! Two days of watching football, had to drag the kids along but you can't win em all am I right!?!
We managed to avoid the brown snakes as we crossed the creek and to be honest that was the highlight of the afternoon. The whippet up front looked as though he'd started a vegan diet and lacked any sort of energy.
I'm no Rafa Benitez but sweet christmas it's obivous that the coaching staff at Kotara are so one dimensional they don't know what to do once the whippet is taken out of the game.
IMO Mayfield weren't even that good!
Sunday I woke up with a hangover and I thought some fresh air might help out. I headed over to Warners Bay to see the new "NPL stars" for suns in action. Unfortunately I all I got to see was some over paid macedonian blokes arguing with each other (Christ the Suns number 9, Alex? can carry on and only made my headache worse)....
Going off this weekends performances I'm predicting Suns vs Mayfield to be one of the worst games of football played. I for one won't be watching a bunch of over the hill has beens who think they're good at football. Swansea vs Dudley sounds more appealing.
Tips for Round 3
Swansea 2-1 Dudley - Swansea has started the season in scintillating fashion lol, i think at home they can beat Dudley who where pre season title favourites but have started the season slow and I see Swansea getting the win at home and pushing for the top 4.
Barnsley 3-2 Cardiff - After the way Barnsley lost to Beresfield last week and all the news coming out of Cardiff earlier in the season I consider these two as favourites to battle it for the wooden spoon, I can see Barnsley bouncing back with a win at home against a struggling Cardiff.
Suns 0-2 Mayfield - Mayfield once again look like the favourites after dominating wins against Dudley & Kotara & the Suns have been struggling with a bad loss to Kotara and where just out muscled by Warners Bay so I see Mayfield winning this comfortably.
Warners Bay 4-2 Beresfield - Warners Bay got a good win last week against the Suns at home and I expect them to get by Beresfield with ease and maybe make a top 4 push.
Terrace 1-3 Kotara - I expect Kotara to come back with a win after losing to Mayfield and I still don’t know much about Terrace but they seem a top half of the table team.
Round 3 Predictions
Saturday
Swansea vs Dudley
The first big test for Swansea’s top four push. They’ve had two comfortable wins over relegation potentials Bero and Cardiff, but Dudley will pose a considerably harder test. They should be confident though, having already registered a league high 10 goals from 7 different scorers. Dudley recovered from an opening day loss with a narrow win over new boys R. Terrace. Having already lost once this season, Dudley will not want to give Swansea a 6 point lead over them this early. They will have to kick their goal scoring into gear as they have only registered 1 goal in their opening two matches to Swansea’s 10. Only bottom of the table Cardiff have scored fewer. I’m predicting a hard fought draw.
Draw 1-1
Barnsley vs Cardiff
Barnsley were humbled last week 6-1 away to Bero and will look to bounce back against another relegation battler to be, Cardiff. They’ll have to tighten up the defence though, having already conceded 8 goals in their opening two matches. The highest in the league so far. Cardiff, as expected by most, have started the year poorly with back to back losses. They have already conceded 6 goals and have worryingly failed to hit the back of the net yet. Coming up against the leakiest defence so far gives them every chance to open their account. I’m prediction Barnsley to continue Cardiff’s poor start. They were able to get a home win against W. Bay on opening day and combined with Cardiff’s poor goal scoring start, I can’t see past Barnsley for the win.
Barnsley 2-0
Sunday
Suns vs Mayfield
This week’s match of the round could be decisive for both teams for two very different reasons. Suns have followed their traditional slow start to seasons with back to back losses while Mayfield have impressed with back to back wins. Suns will undoubtable get their season started, eventually, and go on a winning run, but another loss here gives Mayfield a 9 point lead on the title race. Mayfield, alternatively, have started their season very strongly with wins over fellow top four rivals Dudley and Kotara. Win here and they seal their status as new premier favourites. I’m tipping Mayfield to somehow get the result again. It could go either way, but Mayfield have shown both last year and this year that they are able to get results.
Mayfield 3-1
W. Bay vs Bero.
W. Bay came away with an impressive 2-1 win against Suns last round. A second game in a row at home gives them a chance to develop a strong home record. The Bay should also take a positive out of Bero losing their opening day away game 6-2. Last round, Bero smashed Barnsley 6-1 at home. They look like they may be strong at home on their small field but will have to come up with a plan to play away from home on much larger fields. I’m predicting W. Bay to secure back to back home wins. A positive result last round and Bero’s expected poor form away from home gives me the belief that the Bay will do it easily here.
W. Bay 3-0
R. Terrace vs Kotara
R. Terrace have started the year solidly. They won their opening day match against Cardiff while narrowly losing their round 2 game against title favourites, Dudley. They straight away come up against another top four team in Kotara. Kotara have had a hard start to their year. Opening rounds against Champions Suns and Premiers Mayfield is difficult. With those two teams out of the way Kotara will look to grab their second win of the season and get into a winning rhythm. I’m predicting a comfortable win for Kotara. Both teams play fast and direct. Kotara should just have a bit too much speed and mobility for Terrace to go with them.
Kotara 4-2
Any results from today's Suns game
Did Dudley really put 6 past Swansea
Barnsley v Cardiff
3rds 1-7
res 0-1
1st 1-4
That is correct 6-2Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
Any match report on how the form team of the first 2 weeks get belted 6-2Quote:
Originally Posted by United
i would say, like most Groovin in the MooQuote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
So is that why Cardiff beat Barnsley cause Barnsley had more at Groovin. I would of thought Cardiff were due a win after some fair football the first 2 weeks and got their rewards. Same I imagine for Dudley. Swansea aren't missing 11 first graders to get beat 6-2. So just wondering how the game panned outQuote:
Originally Posted by Jardelsimage
As far as I know Swansea were full strength and were reduced to 10 men when their captain/coach got sent for 2 footed challenge. But it was 3-0 at that stage and Dudley controlled the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
Terrace V Kotara
3rds 1-4
Res 1-3
1st 1-4
Suns vs. Mayfield
3rds. 0-0
Res. 1-4
1sts. 0-0
Bay vs Bero
3rds 3-3
Res 1-4
1st 3-5
No beat Barnsley as we were the better side and have played some decent football in the 1st 2 games, regardless of the final score.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker
Yes we did have a few at groovin, around 8-9 plus blokes working 16 out all up.
I just assumed other clubs would have the same problem...
Some new signings may have helped the real tigers also, good to see the tangerines performingQuote:
Originally Posted by Jardelsimage
Kotara put Terrace to the sword today. A result most expected to happen. 0-2 against last years top sides so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by onlooker