2013 Zone League 1 Thread

[amishpanda]

Congrats to Amish and the boys at the Gardens strong all year and deserve to be where they are. Finals football anything can happen all the best to everyone involved.

Cheers mate!
Being a player that has played in higher grades (as many others in the competition have also), I did not expect the comp to be as quality as it was this year. Every game was a mission to get through (though I could just be getting old) and every point took a deal of winning. Full credit to all teams, who honestly wouldnt be out of place in ZPL. Hell the top 6 teams would be competitive in NEWFM.

Hopefully Northern/Newcastle football sort their shit and make some changes to the competitions, placing teams where they deserve to be.

Goodluck in semis all! Nothing against Bay and Terrace - two top teams with good quality - but I am dearly hoping for a Suburb/Wallsend GF so that we can sort this shit once and for all, eh? With one win apiece, one point and a couple of goals between us; a GF matchup would be a dream.

Edit: not much was said about our game yesterday against BelTing.
The scoreline seemed a bit ridiculous, but credit to the lads; as the club seemed pretty under done with numbers. I did notice one player feature in all three grades (albeit once a as goalkeeper), so its not really a reflection of the competition this season. Tingira challenged us in the first leg. The wheels just seemed to have fallen off in the final rounds.

[amishpanda]

pretty crazy how close suburbs came again this yr I wonder if they will keep there players for next yr???if so you should sure give it another good crack for promotion, good luck for the finals.

A good bunch of lads, playing with mates.
They will not only keep players, but add.

Kahibah can recruit and spend as much as they please next season. Its hard to beat a bunch of mates playing for each other. Each team in the top four proved that this year.

[gny]

So is anyone giving terrace or bay a chance? Considering terrace has beat them both

[Stevieg]

So is anyone giving terrace or bay a chance? Considering terrace has beat them both

Every team should not be taken lightly in the semis , can anyone tell us how many goals les got ? I'm presuming he would be leading goal scorer in the comp , our highest player at Wallsend is 15 goals

[gny]

Just spoke to lez he scored a disappointing 32 goals in 18 games haha

[Drunken ranger]

I think he had that many before the turn

[Ninja]

I don't think Amish was writing off Terrace or Bay at all. EDIT: Meaning I think he wants to sort us out. Best of luck to him
Bay pushed us hard out in both rounds, 3-0 was flattering for us and the second game was decided at 3-2 in the last 10 even with players out.
Terrace are always hard to pick, different style to the other three, while I thought we outplayed them both games, they are capable of scoring goals at any time which showed in both games. Can't really knock their style if they are scoring goals.

I can't think of a more competitive top 4, Kotara and Suns have their days but everyone was talking about these four clubs from the start for a reason. Every one of these Semis is a grudge match of sorts and the grand final is going to be a cracker.

On the final round:
Certainly didn't hurt as much coming 2nd by a point this year.

[Stevieg]

Just spoke to lez he scored a disappointing 32 goals in 18 games haha

Lol is that all ,great talent and deservedly so the Golden Boot for this comp

[hawk]

Suburbs' miss top spot by a point 2 years running. dare i say it..............................next yr 4 sure

[C'mon man]

yeah well done to all the top four this year, wallsend well deserved you guys have been quality through all grades good luck.
from a Kotara perspective disappointing cos I believe our side is strong and hopefully next year we come back stronger...

our attention goes to our other grades now which I think we can go well......

how good is finals football!!!!

[Premy]

Suburbs' miss top spot by a point 2 years running. dare i say it..............................next yr 4 sure

Not far of Warnersbay and Morisset the 2 years before them either. As Ninja stated earlier it doesn't hurt as much this year last year we threw it away.

[Stevieg]

Club Championship - Suburbs

1st Grade -
1- Suburbs
2- Kotara
3- Kahibah
4-Suns
5- Wallsend (IF they actually keep there trialling players 6th or 7th if not)
6- Terrace
7- Belmont
8- Nelson Bay/Bero
10- Morisset

Looking back at the best and worst predictions , by far this is the worst , not Even close

[gny]

Can anyone see any upsets happening in the semis?

[gny]

Sporting pulse has semi finals as 1v2 and 3v4 can anyone confirm?

[Guiltykeep]

So like a major n minor semi??

[RANGER09]

So like a major n minor semi??

Back to the good old days of Major & Minor semis hey?

[RANGER09]

Will create alot of discussion across all Zone leagues today would be good if we all found out before it was posted on S.P

[amishpanda]

I don't think Amish was writing off Terrace or Bay at all. EDIT: Meaning I think he wants to sort us out. Best of luck to him

Right on mate. Though it was more just an expression of my desire to see who would triumph on the day, on the biggest of days.

There was some talk of 'upsets' in the semis. There are no 'upsets' per se; the top four are too close.

[Ninja]

Will create alot of discussion across all Zone leagues today would be good if we all found out before it was posted on S.P

Don't be silly, that would be thinking.

[Premy]

There was some talk of 'upsets' in the semis. There are no 'upsets' per se; the top four are too close.

This whoever wins deserves to go threw, no upset all 4 clubs are evenly matched