Originally Posted by JCBT
Agree to this, incident was minor at best and was dealt with pretty good by the ref
And don't even wanna talk about the 19's game
Agree to this, incident was minor at best and was dealt with pretty good by the ref
And don't even wanna talk about the 19's game
Novocastria Youth
U19 Cesnock v Westy abandoned after westy player taken from field in ambulance.
At time was thought worrying as had no vision, poor recollection of even basic things such as day of weekand parents.
Vision returned while en route to jhh and lucid but still awaiting xray for possible fracture ofeye socket late this evening.
Very well handled by both clubs and teams i thought at time, was obviously serious accident and heard not a single comment out of place anywhere which was great.
Anyone heard if Maitland vs Valo on tonight?? I know the youth grade was cancelled yesterday. Did they was out 1st Grade too?
Still on at this moment
Novocastria Youth
23s at maitland is off
but first grade is defo on at 745 kick off
1-0 Valo half time. Both had chances.
Heard Cessnock beat Westy 4-1 tonight.
Maitland 2 beat Valo 1 good contest' got a bit heated at times a few meaty challenges some went unpunished, a missed pen 3 goals couldn't have asked for much more as a spectator
2-1 Maitland
Valo keeper to blame for the first, second goal scrappy. Could have been more broken legs than goals tonight.
Pen Maitland got with a few to go i thought both defenders and attacker both got the ball wasnt much in it. Both teams not up to NPL standard tonight.
Great game to watch.
Maitland would have to be happy with the large and vocal crowd at the game.
Benny Martin has a penalty curse when going for his hattrick. Its the 2nd time this season he has missed a pen that would have given him a hatty.
Last edited by JCBT; 16-04-2014 at 11:19 PM.
well done maitland.
pressures on for valo now
beware of thornton next week valo
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Last edited by newie4eva; 17-04-2014 at 08:52 AM.
Pretty easy fix here, take him off penalties.
As the for the game thought the ref did well, let things go both ways and let the game flow which due to the competitve nature made for really good viewing as a neutral.
Thought Valo maybe edged the play, especially in the first half, their backline was really structured and as team as a whole kept a really good defensive shape. IMO a draw would have been the most accurate result but can't begrudge Maitland for battling and coming from behind to claim what I think will prove a pretty valuable 3 points. Again, as a neutral was a really good game to watch and I think it's pretty clear these two are the pick of the division.
I think what was trying to be said was Benny Martin has trouble getting hattricks. Not that he is shit with penalties.
The ref and linesman were terrible. The ref lost control of the game in the end. Majority of the 50/50 calls went to Valo. Poor effort from the referees again.
I personally have always had the philosophy that you pick a penalty taker, and he keeps taking every penalty until he misses one. At which point you give the next one to someone else, until he misses one. And pretty much just go down the list.
OK
Not a great result last night and thought a draw was about right but fair play to Maitland as I never seen that second half from them coming
could not get out second half and Maitland never let us breath
As for ref , give the guys a break , I thought match was handled very well and a lesser set of officials may have spoilt was was a thrilling encounter.
Benny Martin may have missed a penalty but are you forgetting the other two he did score .
If ever there was a lesson of not taking full advantage of a dominate first half it was last night and valentine paid a heavy price
Still all to play for and long way to go .
I also think the ref was losing control maitland #6 ( Corey Fletcher I think) was lucky to get away with a robust challenge ( second half in corner near entrance gate in plain view of linesman)that could have possibly seen red. What shocked me most was it didn't even get penalised bare minimum should have been free kick and yellow which would make him think twice about the shirt tug that he was booked for later.
I tend to agree with you on this one. Have a set penalty taker. Even if a bloke is going for a hattricks set penalty taker still takes it. Last night's penalty was strange got the keeper to make an early movement and dive but seemed to follow keepers dive.
I think the centre Ref did a good job and considering the conditions he played good advantage at some stages. did get out of hand at one point but stated before he didnt ruin what was a thrilling game by reaching for his back pocket. The linesmen both had shockers, calling offsides when they werent and vice versa, centre didnt get any favours.
Valo dominated first half clearly and were unlucky not to be 2 goals up at half, but Maitland showed their never lay down attitude and got themselves back into it.
Was a good one to watch from the sidelines, both teams goin hard.
a few good points and questionable points made so far.
my veiw the ref was consistant and some challenge we rough but its top two first grade teams going at it. its not goin to be a light hearted game. ref did well on my veiw.
as for valentine dominating first half i dont see how you think that they only really had prob 4 good chances to score all game which one they did score of they maybe had the better in first half but to say dominated is a bit much IMO.
they did have a really good easy chance they should of scored early on in first half were maitlands keeper made a really good save. the first half could have gone eother way i think. second half maitland had the better with a few more chances that could have led to goals well done to ben marting with his double its what a striker is there to do and he does it week in week out. maitland first goal was a keeper mistake but too his defence the wetness of the pitch played a impact in that but first grade keeper should save them. he did make up for that saving a pen and which in my own think it was a pen and lucky that it wasnt clear as to which defender brought him down cause it could have ended a early night for him but the ref did get that right.
but i think the game was a good hard contest and what you expect from the top two fighting it out
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