Here's nick in the yf forum:
'I don't believe we (Island Bay) aren't good enough for Cap 1 (And we certainly aren't/haven't been struggling)
We have done alright in what was a very close league the whole way through. Other then the Dreamers who outplayed us twice, we matched every team in the grade. We drew nil nil with Marist, then lost 1 nil. And lost 1 nil to Olympic in a game where we had numerous chances and as their coach mentioned afterwards we probably should've won. We also beat Petone twice who sit fourth.
Of course the fact we came ninth means we didn't do great but we went through a rebuilding year with plenty of changes from the previous year so with a season under our belts I have no doubt we will mount a serious challenge for the title next year.'
Just joshing nick, congrats on making the step up, we have been keeping a close eye on your season, and have noticed a distinct drop in our fines. So you going to ditch us for twilight too?
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haha, cheers mate. There's no doubt I have missed playing with the Stallions, but IBU has been great too. And getting to play on nice pitches more often (Petone 1 was outstanding in the weekend) helps too.
Also looks like I might play some Summer League through the club - 9 aside 3/4 pitch, sounds like a whole lotta fun!
Been great to follow your guys good season, it's a pity I couldn't catch any games - although maybe this weekend I will...
And nah, keen as for Twilight with you lads again.
So what's up with this 9 aside summer league? is it a properly organised league? IBU only (I recall Div 5 guys I know talking about it last season? too hardcore for the Stallions?
Yeah it's a properly organised league. It is currently IBU only, not sure what they'd think of an outside team entering (maybe we could swith to the IBU Stallions...), but apparently they were thinking of adding a few teams to the league this year so I can only ask, if you're interested (will you have the required #s though?).
Doesn't sound like anyone trains but they have well set up teams that have played for years. Most are a mix of 1st/2nd lower league teams' players.
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