Sunday, August 28, 2011
It was the worst of times...
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Petone win
Unlucky lads, a great year none-the-less. Still hurts though
Uni Accies 5 North Wgtn Villa 1
North Wellington 4 Uni Stallions 0
Lower Hutt Sangham 0 Brooklyn Northern 0
Petone Chicago 3 Marist Inter 0
Miramar Rangers 3 Wainui Undertakers 3
P W D L GF GA Pts
Uni Accies 17 11 1 5 49 33 34
Petone Chicago 17 10 3 4 43 22 33
Uni Stallions 17 8 5 4 31 25 29
North Wellington 17 8 4 5 37 29 28
Brooklyn Northern 17 7 2 8 29 32 23
Lower Hutt Sangham 17 6 4 7 30 37 22
North Wgtn Villa 17 6 3 8 35 33 21
Miramar Rangers 16 5 4 7 43 49 19
Wainui Undertakers 17 5 1 11 26 45 16
Marist Inter 16 4 1 11 37 55 13
Friday, August 26, 2011
The Longest Trip in Cap 6
The longest away trip in capital six football saw the Stallions trundle over the hill to Wainuiomata. Looking to take all the points on offer and full of bristling possibilities, many a warm-up shot took a little dip in the chilly waters of the stream 50 ( or was it 100) metres behind the goal. However, I am assured that no balls were lost.
With 10 players available to pick from at 12:28, The Captain wasn’t troubled with starting line-up decisions thus Paul, Graham, Tangi, Jason, Spencer (or was it Mike), Logan, Aaron, Dan, Paddy, with Rauru and Tristan up front.
Despite huge Stallion pressure for the first 20 minutes very little came from it. Excellent movement off the ball allowed the midfield to dominate possession, send some probing crosses into the box and with the strikers, pepper the Wanui goal. That set the mood for the rest of the half with confidence spilling over into a nicely worked passing move resulting in a goal to the oldest member of the team, Tristan McLeary, 39 (at least that’s what Facebook tells me). The total domination in the first part of the half lead to some very relaxed defending down the left side by yours truly, allowing a Wanui player too much freedom to put an excellent cross in which may (or may not) have been partly cleared. However it got there, it landed nicely at the feet of the central midfielder who blasted it into the mid left corner of the net, possibly taking a slight deflection on the way.
With the scores tied Wanui gained much confidence although The Stallions did not back down from the challenge and continued to string together some excellent South American style passing. Tristan then scored a fantastic goal after some good work by the midfield: 2-1.
The second half started well for the Stallions, exerting pressure on Wanui. But, with the opposition pressing to get an equaliser another Stallion goal was always going to come and after a short pass into the 18 yard box, and a blistering run, Tristan found himself on the ball facing an advancing keeper. The first time shot sailed to the left of the keeper and rolled gently over the goal line much to the disappointment of a chasing Wanui defender. Tristan ‘hat trick hero’ McLeary brought his early in the season prediction to life. I quote “I seem to not score for a while then they come in twos and threes” (actually that is a paraphrase but it’s pretty close)
Wanui showed their skill seemingly able to pass out of their back third at will, with regularity. However, another brilliant defensive effort kept them at bay. Taking all three points was huge and sets us up nicely to end the season top two. Promotion, although not a certainty, is possible if we win all the remaining games and if the other title contenders falter.
Good to see Joe and Whanau on the sidelines supporting. Hopefully he will be able to return (ankles, hammies and knees strapped) for the next game.
Pony: Me, for excessive whinging after the ref allowed the Wanui player a presence in the 6 yard box during the penalty kick (which I countered masterfully by also being in the 6 yard box)
Ref: ”Do you want me to give the whistle to someone else?”
Me: “Yes”
Paddy: “Ignore him, he doesn’t know what he is talking about” (or words to that effect)
Stallion: Hairy “hat-trick hero” Mcleary from Titahi bay dairy
I can’t remember the points, and Aaron, shock- horror must be working and isn’t answering my text query. So perhaps someone could post them here somewhere.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Weird searches that have brought visitors to the blog
Tristin rugby McLeary - 46 times
Elephant wearing clothes - 4 times
Rhinoboy - 4 times
Fantasy Island Season 2 - 1 visit
Im so cool ice cubes are jealous demotivational - 1 time
Kneed your balls - 1 visit
Stallion balls - 5 visit
Titanic 4 online - 1 visit
Treasure chest made out of bread box - 1 visit
Wrap for dislocated shoulder - 3 visits
Monday, August 22, 2011
Fantasy Football
Thought I'd start up a bit of banter to get things going. I see that a few posts are on the fantasy website but I never read them so thought I'd start some up here.
Week 1 and Aaron was where he usually is, top of the table. Week 2 and where is he? Looking, looking, looking.......oh there he is. All the way down in 5th with a grand total of 16 points for week 2. 16!!!!! His bench scored 11 points more than the rest of his team!! Aaron must be gutted. He's still got Rooney as captain to play but then so does Nick (not captain though - he has Torres. Pfft. He's shit unless he's in a red shirt), and I.
The bridesmaids are where we always are in 2nd, but only 1 point off first and still have Rooney, my captain, and Nani still to play vs Nani and Smalling for Oliver (who I haven't added to this as don't have email) who is in first.
Speaking of Oli, what's up with choosing a defender as your captain and a goalkeeper as your VC? Talk about a lack of faith your boys further up the field. Park the bus much?
Coming in at 3rd is Goodall with 'energy247nz'. I think 247 is where Nick came last season in the Stallions league, hence the name of the team. With his captain of Torres and VC of Bosingwa anyone would think that he supported the blue quarter of London rather than the red half of Manchester. I guess he rates Tottenham higher than West Brom as far as opposition goes, although the EPL table at the end of the year will tell him that he shouldn't have. Yep, you heard it here first - WB will finish above Tot in the league.
Paul, with 'Team Winning', is...well...not winning. I guess they didn't get the memo. With Paul being new to this (to our conference, maybe not the league) he is doing well to be above Aaron. But then with a round of 16 points if you're not doing better than Aaron you should really give up now. Being a Pool fan through and through he's making selections with a combination of head and heart choosing Suarez (captain), Reina (VC), and Downing all in his team. While choosing Reina as VC against Arsenal might seem like an odd choice, it was almost a stroke of genius. If Suarez hadn't come on the field, his captain would have been Reina so he would have picked up another 7 points. His first sub also got 11 points, so Suarez basically cost him 8 points and a place on top of the ladder.
Unfortunately for 'Team Coming4th' they have no more players playing this week so are more than likely going to be overtaken by Aaron (3 points with a sub coming in + double whatever Rooney gets), and maybe even Dan if Nani, de Dea and Cleaverly pick up points (+ 2 points for sub coming in).
Dan let his Arsenal bias get in the way by picking van Persie as captain (he should have scored after Arsharvin pushed over one of the Liverpool defenders and was put in front with only Reina in front of him) but 24 points with 3 players to play and a sub coming in isn't too bad. Better than the cr@p he put out last season anyway.
People who aren't any better than they were last season are Jason and Logan who only play this game so that other people don't feel bad about coming last. Logan will spout his crap about not caring anymore, having a family, moving house etc etc as to why he's so $hit, and Jason will try hard but inevitably fail. Jason's 'Stallion Reserves' obviously has fond memories of old as he also was foolish enough to pick Torres as captain. Jason, no respecting Liverpool fan should ever pick Torres for anything, fantasy or not, ever again. He sucks. The expression "You lose form, not talent" has been adapted to add "unless your name is Fernando Torres". Why any fantasy manager would pick any striker from Chelsea is beyond me as there is no way of knowing if they are going to play. And don't make them captain cause there is a good chance that if they do play they'll get pulled early (Torres was 2 min short of picking up another point), or if they don't start they might get 10 min at the end. It's just going to cost you.
Logan in last place has an awful spread of players with 3 from City, 3 from Fulham and 2 from Chelsea (both strikers and his C and VC - Gus, see note above) amongst a smattering of other crap players from crap teams. He also has two goal keepers, neither of who played on the weekend. If he hasn't already, I suggest he gives up now.
The only other player that isn't in there is Lachlan although he said his team is going pretty badly. He can't manage to get into the league cause he says his code doesn't work, so if his team is as inept as he seems to be then Logan might have to find another wooden spoon to feed his family with.
So that's an early round up of Fantasy. It was fun looking at all your team and laughing at how useless they are. Even more fun sharing with you all.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Heard on the sidelines # 25251
Rauru: 'The last few days I've been feeling like I'm having a heart attack.'
Dan: 'Well have another beer and more fast food then'
Ah the good old days.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
We all want to play, but ...
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Fantasy Double Up
Some alterations - I realise that I haven't penalised the yellow cards - well, I have now. Funny, especially in Gus's case vs Lower Hutt where with a missed pen and a yellow he slips into a negative score. At the other extreme so good to see Tristin back to full flight yesterday, resulting in the largest individual fantasy haul of the season.
Again, I'm prone to making errors so if I've missed anything/screwed anything up let me know.
Miramar | |||||
Paul | 2 (+60), 1 (+3 saves), -1 (conceding 2 goals) | 2 | |||
Jason | 2 (+60), 6 (defender goal) -1 (conceding 2 goals), 1 bp | 8 | |||
Tangihaere | 2 (+60), -1 (conceding 2 goals) | 1 | |||
Graham | 2 (+60), -1 (conceding 2 goals) | 1 | |||
Spencer | 2 (+60), -1 (conceding 2 goals) | 1 | |||
Mike | 2 (+60), -1 (conceding 2 goals) | 1 | |||
Aaron | 2 (+60), 3 (1 assist) | 5 | |||
Lloyd | 2 (+60), 5 (mf goal) | 7 | |||
Dan | 2 (+60) | 2 | |||
Robin | 2 (+60) | 2 | |||
Logan | 2 (+60), 4 (goal), 3 bps | 9 | |||
Rauru | 2 (+60), 3 (1 assist), 2bps, -1 (yellow card) | 6 | |||
Paddy | 1 (-60) | 1 | |||
Wainui | |||||
Paul | 2 (+60), 1 (+ 3 saves) -1 (conceding 2 goals) | 2 | |||
Jason | 2 (+60), -1 (conceding 2 goals) | 1 | |||
Tangihaere | 2 (+60), -1 (conceding 2 goals), 1 bp | 2 | |||
Graham | 2 (+60), -1 (conceding 2 goals) | 1 | |||
Spencer | 2 (+60), -1 (conceding 2 goals) | 1 | |||
Mike | 1 (-60) | 1 | |||
Aaron | 2 (+60) | 2 | |||
Dan | 2 (+60) | 2 | |||
Logan | 2 (+60), 3 (assist) | 5 | |||
Rauru | 2 (+60) | 2 | |||
Paddy | 2 (+60), 6 (2 assists), 2bps | 10 | |||
Tristin | 2 (+60), 12 (3 goals), 3 bps | 17 |
Wainui Undertakers, I salute you
Perhaps we need something to commemorate this huge season: KP curse broken, 1st win vs Accies, Div 6 Champions ...
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Accies stumble
Uni Accies 1 North Wellington 3
North Wgtn Villa 5 Marist Inter 2
Wainui Undertakers 2 Uni Stallions 3
Petone Chicago 2 Brooklyn Northern 0
Miramar Rangers __ Lower Hutt Sangham __No Result as at 6:05pm
P W D L GF GA Pts
Uni Accies 16 10 1 5 44 32 31
Petone Chicago 16 9 3 4 40 22 30
Uni Stallions 16 8 5 3 31 21 29
North Wellington 16 7 4 5 33 29 25
Brooklyn Northern 16 7 1 8 29 32 22
North Wgtn Villa 16 6 3 7 34 28 21
Lower Hutt Sangham 15 6 3 6 29 33 21
Miramar Rangers 14 4 3 7 36 45 15
Wainui Undertakers 16 5 0 11 23 42 15
Marist Inter 15 4 1 10 37 52 13
Miramar no push overs
Not since JFK rallied the American spirit to beat the evil empire into space. Not since Brad Pitt rallied his forces with "immortality. Take it, it's yours!" Not since, oh, f*ck it: inspirational rev up from Tangi mid week, heavy dose of luck when down 0-1 yours truly conceded a pen and Thommo blazed wide, but season best from Rauru up front and a marauding Gus saw us deserved if a touch fortunate 3-1 winners.
Highlights: Graham's 35 yard rocket just missing, and clearing showing that the three foul throws, two shanked passes and one leaping-leprechaun nothing but air header were simply aberrations. Jason leaping ahead of Lloydo and onto the scoring sheet, then Lloyd catching up. Another superb reflex save from DC. Aarons composed rampage up the right to set up the clincher. Great defensive marshaling from Tangi.
Lucky charms: Harriet and Ben Brooks on the sideline. A little less easy on the eye than Marist Inter's WAGs the week before though... God knows how the sideline fauna at Wainui will look..
PS. I spotted Thommo in our building midweek, and caught his eye with a wee nod and grin. He shifted a little and looked away. Ask Baggio. A missed pen can ruin a man. Told the lads. Nick asked if he was a pen pusher? Paddy said avoid him on the stairs in case he falls over.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Fantasy Catchup
Paul | 2 (+60), 1 (+3 saves), 6 (cleansheet) | 9 |
Tangihaere | 2 (+60), 6 (cleansheet), 2 bps | 10 |
Spencer | 2 (+60), 6 (cleansheet) | 8 |
Jason | 2 (+60), 6 (cleansheet), 3 bps | 11 |
Mike | 2 (+60), 6 (cleansheet) | 8 |
Corey | 2 (+60), 6 (cleansheet) | 8 |
Aaron | 2 (+60), 2 ( MF cleansheet) | 4 |
Lloyd | 2 (+60), 2 ( MF cleansheet) | 4 |
Paddy | 2 (+60) | 2 |
Dan | 2 (+60), 2 ( MF cleansheet) | 4 |
Robin | 2 (+60), 2 ( mf cleansheet) | 4 |
Logan | 2 (+60), 6 (cleansheet) | 8 |
Rauru | 2 (+60), 1 bp | 3 |
Tristin | 2 (+60) | 2 |
Leaderboard:
Paddy 82
Paul 68
Tangihaere 65
Dan 57
Logan (courtesy of a sneaky cleansheet!) 52
Fun Fact: Tangihaere is 3rd on the leaderboard but has a mammoth 15 bonus points, easily more than anyone else.
Talking about Fantasy, welcome Paul to the Stallions Fantasy EPL League - last week for any of the rest of you top join in the carnage.
Fantasy points vs Miramar to come later in the week.
Gratitude
On that note, turning shirts in the right way should be mandatory for whoever wore 3 as it was still soaked with sweat at 7 on Tuesday evening (at least it wasn't Saturday morning) when I put them in the wash. (the rest were dry. Yeeeeeeeuuuuuurch!
Same old Stokes Valley
Don't think Corey was the ref, although he wasn't playing for us...
Question though, how, if the ref is from one of the teams, is he able to send people off?
To Wainui!
are playing 12:30 in Wainui this weekend, not a game to be taken lightly people!
A big effort is still required to take us to the top of the league.
With only three games left at the most only three wins can put us in the driving seat to promotion!
So no surfing, rock climbing, watching daughter's games or any other distractions.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Heard on the sidelines #34512
Spencer after his shocking tackle: 'What, I was the last line of defence. That was a goal saver'.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Results are in
CAPITAL 6: Lower Hutt Sangham 2 North Wellington 1 Brooklyn Northern __ Uni Accies __ NO RESULT BY 6PM Uni Stallions 3 Miramar Rangers 1 Marist Inter 3 Wainui Undertakers 0 North Wgtn Villa 2 Petone Chicago 3
P W D L GF GA Pts Uni Accies 14 9 1 4 41 29 28 Petone Chicago 15 8 3 4 38 22 27 Uni Stallions 15 7 5 3 28 19 26 Lower Hutt Sangham 15 7 3 5 30 32 24 Brooklyn Northern 14 7 1 6 29 28 22 North Wellington 15 5 4 6 29 29 19 North Wgtn Villa 15 5 3 7 29 26 18 Miramar Rangers 14 4 3 7 36 45 15 Wainui Undertakers 15 5 0 10 21 39 15 Marist Inter 14 4 1 9 35 47 13
Good effort today, good come back after going doing by 1.
Some good stuff today: dissent, some Ben, Jason and Lloyd breaking their ducks.
Won't take away too much from the Pony's match report.
Pony= Dan, pushing the dude over in the box.
Stallion= Psul, epic save.
Decided would do votes for mvp points, get them in before Wed.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Getting lucky - what does it take to score?
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Time to break that Kelburn Park curse ...
CAPITAL 6: | ||||
Lower Hutt Sangham | __ | North Wellington | __ | Fraser 1 (2.30); |
Brooklyn Northern | __ | Uni Accies | __ | Happy Valley 1 (2.30); |
Uni Stallions | __ | Miramar Rangers | __ | Kelburn (12.30); |
Marist Inter | __ | Wainui Undertakers | __ | Miramar 3 (12.30); |
North Wgtn Villa | __ | Petone Chicago | __ | Raroa (2.30); |
On paper we have the easiest match of the top 3 - catchup time.