Stockton v Wallsend 0.5
- confirmed through a reliable source that Stockton scored the last goal of the match
Jesmond v Uni 0
- no goals no points
Cooks Hill v Azzuri 0
- Congrats on the MoM Butch. Shame both sides couldn’t put a few more away in the discuss end.
WL v New Lambton 0
- Was looking on track for a big one pointer until a well finished chip from outside the box brought us back to level pegging. NL having a shot cleared off the line too could feel hard done by
Maryland v Suburbs (washout)
Total 0.5 pitiful performance
#Make3rdsGreatAgain
Finally got to encounter my first Azzurri match on the weekend and i was not dissapointed to see what i was expecting, some very good players out on the park but that was for cookers as well entertaining games across the day
Agreed with above and rock solid 3rd grade defense however thought it was a bit odd that the reserve grade keeper was also the 3rds ? He looked to be certainly a step above that. So not sure what was doing there injurys or short perhaps anyone care to chime in ?
Some absolute scenes with a player running from halfway to put a tackle on the azzurri goalkeeper ? Sent immedietly and rightly so not to sure the circumstances behind it but was cetainly bizarre
Reserve grade was a game of 2 halfs and was very entertaining to watch some players on both squad at 1st grade level.
Again another red car in this game for a dangerous tackle which looked very poor from where i was sitting
Main game was also entertaining which could of gone either way. By the looks of the pitch it probably didnt suit either team with its condition.
However both of these squads are absolute quality and would not look out of place in newfm
Cheers to both squads for providing me a great weekend of football to watch with most matches washed out on saturday
I went for a draw as the result. With my exotics I went for a bold double play.. which was risky. I feel the point scoring goes .5 for result .5 for exotics so I needed both to play off. I know in the early stages .25s were given but I feel we have evolved from that stage. Happy to cop the 0
TXK will be able to confirm, but..
My understanding of the points system was 0.5 points went into the result, and 0.5 went into the exotics. I don't see it outrageous to split exotics into max 2 sections, particularly as it has been done before. Every point counts in trying to make sure labazzurri doesn't Bradbury this.
But again, I am openly just too bias against Jesmond to make decisions on the competition itself whilst not ruining its integrity.
OK
Its very difficult to pick.
Azzurri and Cookers a class above the rest, and I would add that Westlakes are alone in the next tier.
After that, the teams from 4-10 are all of very similar quality, so depending on anyone's run (whether it be good or bad) any team could grab 4th or finish 10th in my opinion. That last 4 game run for Uni is brutal though.