Stallion: Paul - A huge game, kept us in it for that first half, finished off with a great flourish - rounding the striker with some fancy footwork! And then dislocating the finger with an almost penalty save.
Pony: Carrick - The worst penalty to be scored EVER.
Goals:
Heath (assist - Bakky)
Rauru (Aaron)
Carrick (Rauru)
Carrick (Heath)
Accies thrashed by Karori which sees us go back to second but brings Karori back into the mix - worst possible result after the travesty of a couple of weeks back.
Back to admire some glorious Brazilian defending - they just need to be given more license to get forward I reckon.
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Careca says ... I blame the guy who gave me the ball.
Great goal from Rauru to give us a bit of breathing space
4 games to go and Wharfies only have teams in bottom half so we need to beat BNU, Accies and Olympic (Accies suck!)
Actually 5 games to go, and Bakky had the assist for heath goal....
The penalty come in to Rauru which was a long in by Aaron i believe.
looking at the games we have in hand we have 4 home games and 1 away which is next week against Petone.
i think Aaron had both assist for Rauru's goal and the penalty
Who did give you the ball Carrick? I thought you would have had to wrestle it off Bakky! Look forward to the match report (and yours G from last weekend).
Carrick's pen was my assist (for getting chopped. Absolutely no dive there!), and his tap in from all of 2cm was from Heath I think (shot parried by keeper). Would push hard for team goal of the season.
there were some other close pony/stallion-worthy moments in that match - Rauru for mis-counting and leaving us understaffed, and Carrick for not pulling out and instead paying a babysitter to fulfil his domestic duties.
Paul's stallion should also make mention of his commitment in pulling his finger back into place and re-taking the field. very John Rambo.
heath
Excuse me, we were not understaffed. We had 11 on the pitch which was all we needed.
Carrick for getting a babysitter, scoring two goals, then running off the field to relieve said babysitter is a solid effort and certainly Stallion-worthy. If only it wasn't for that dreadful pen...
That penalty was so bad it's actually quite impressive. I've never seen a keeper nutsed from a penalty before.
Careca says...
match report in your inbox Ra (albeit brief)
Match Report: Stallions 4 Naenae 2.
Another must win game against mid-table opposition, though the game was hardly conducive to the usual high standard of Stallions football with key personnel missing and Kelburn Park a slippery mess. Kicking off with only 10 men (Tim making a typically late start to the game and the season), we took a while to get going. In a flat first half (several of us playing out of position), Heath continued his rich vein of scoring form by flicking a header over the top of the oncoming keeper to make it 1-0. Paul was also having a blinder in goal, making a number of top notch saves.
On to the second half, and 15mins in Rauru makes it 2-0 with a great flick over the keeper (from a speculative 50m through-ball from Aaron…or did you pick him out?). On to the 20 min mark and Rauru gets chopped in the box - Naenae down to 10 men and the game is effectively over. Ra is hurting (and Paddy’s away), so I (Carrick) pick up the ball and place it on the spot. Not even a squeak from Tim or Bakky. Aiming bottom right (having missed bottom left with my last two penalty attempts in the past decade), the ball is slotted between the keepers legs. 3-0, and pony award safely secured. A few minutes later and its 4-0…great build up down the left, Heath’s shot (?) is parried across the goal and I (Carrick) slide it to score another gimme. Game over. Though we did manage to leak two late goals (it’s the Stallions way). The penalty was dubious to say the least, though Paul did well to get a hand to it (and duly dislocated his finger before playing upfront – well worthy of Stallion). 4-1. Some poor defending from the make-shift backline saw Naenae score another late goal. 4-2
All up, a crap day for football, but a good effort from the bare 11. Another 3 points in the bag and the Stallies are up to second on the table (though we’ll probably need to beat BNU, Accies, UH, Olympic and Petone to finish in the top two).
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