Just be glad we didn't show this to Spencer before that Te Whaea Game...
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Stallions to adopt less subtle tackling techniques in 2012
Just be glad we didn't show this to Spencer before that Te Whaea Game...
Monday, September 19, 2011
Pony hall of fame
Sorry to have missed the end of season, sounded good. Perhaps a match report is required, or just any tales of stupidity and drunken excess ...
So I ran into GMann today, who told me about his well deserved pony of the year (and the way he celebrated with the wrong trophy!).
Of course, there was astonishment as to why he received so many ponies:
- 'No one has received a pony for being late before' (Umm no stallion has ever shown up at 2.30 for a 12.30 game!)
- ' I got Pony for being late twice! (Umm the second time you had the strip for the entire team!)
- 'The only on-field pony I got was for a foul throw!' (Umm, try 4572 foul throws!)
Ha, nicely done G, all done with great humour, and that trophy mixup is brilliant.
Got me thinking though, who else has been pony and for what? This shit needs to be documented. Ones I recall:
2011: Graham - persistent pony infringement
2010: The Uni Raiders - An embarrassment to Div 7 (see you next season)
2009: Unsure if it was Paddy for a fall from grace from 1st team, and being unable to score in Div 7, or Ben Hodges for persistent infringement we never thought we would see the likes of again.
Any others? I remember Jules got it once.
So thats probably the blog for the season, its been grand ...
Paddy gets player of the season, golden boot, 2 best goals of the season, fantasy champion, fwit of the season - all well deserved, it was a pleasure Paddy.
Thanks to multiple votes from Rauru determined not to have that first game attempted chip of the keeper voted worst miss of the season, the prize goes to Dan for that header.
So I ran into GMann today, who told me about his well deserved pony of the year (and the way he celebrated with the wrong trophy!).
Of course, there was astonishment as to why he received so many ponies:
- 'No one has received a pony for being late before' (Umm no stallion has ever shown up at 2.30 for a 12.30 game!)
- ' I got Pony for being late twice! (Umm the second time you had the strip for the entire team!)
- 'The only on-field pony I got was for a foul throw!' (Umm, try 4572 foul throws!)
Ha, nicely done G, all done with great humour, and that trophy mixup is brilliant.
Got me thinking though, who else has been pony and for what? This shit needs to be documented. Ones I recall:
2011: Graham - persistent pony infringement
2010: The Uni Raiders - An embarrassment to Div 7 (see you next season)
2009: Unsure if it was Paddy for a fall from grace from 1st team, and being unable to score in Div 7, or Ben Hodges for persistent infringement we never thought we would see the likes of again.
Any others? I remember Jules got it once.
So thats probably the blog for the season, its been grand ...
Paddy gets player of the season, golden boot, 2 best goals of the season, fantasy champion, fwit of the season - all well deserved, it was a pleasure Paddy.
Thanks to multiple votes from Rauru determined not to have that first game attempted chip of the keeper voted worst miss of the season, the prize goes to Dan for that header.
Monday, September 5, 2011
The Stallisons
In honour of Saturday's festival of football and courtesy of the Brazil football name generator, here is last Saturday's lineup (disclaimer - numbers are probably wrong, but positions should be ok):
1. Daniisco
2. Walkeiro Da Costa
3. Daviinho
4. Pimo
5. Winhosa Da Costa
6. Kilfeiro
7. Listeiro
8. Maldo
9. Beca
10. Walka
11. Jasa
Subs:
12. Claudio Robino
13. Logson
Non-playing reserves:
14. Claudio McLeao
15. Butchio
16. Hetaldo
17. Whitinho
18. Joisco
19. Colliezo
20. Leppisco
Classic Stallions:
21. Julcos
22. Wisco
23. Ludlimo da Costa
24. Bardo
1. Daniisco
2. Walkeiro Da Costa
3. Daviinho
4. Pimo
5. Winhosa Da Costa
6. Kilfeiro
7. Listeiro
8. Maldo
9. Beca
10. Walka
11. Jasa
Subs:
12. Claudio Robino
13. Logson
Non-playing reserves:
14. Claudio McLeao
15. Butchio
16. Hetaldo
17. Whitinho
18. Joisco
19. Colliezo
20. Leppisco
Classic Stallions:
21. Julcos
22. Wisco
23. Ludlimo da Costa
24. Bardo
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Accies 7-0 to win Div 6
Photo: May not be the real Accies. In fact these are the Esslemont Academicals( The Accies should fully change their name to Academicals!)
CAPITAL 6: Uni Accies 7 Brooklyn Northern 0 North Wellington 2 Lower Hutt Sangham 0 Wainui Undertakers 3 Marist Inter 3 Petone Chicago 0 North Wgtn Villa 1 Miramar Rangers 0 Uni Stallions 1
P W D L GF GA Pts
Uni Accies 18 12 1 5 56 33 37 Petone Chicago 18 10 3 5 43 23 33 Uni Stallions 18 9 5 4 32 25 32 North Wellington 18 9 4 5 39 29 31 North Wgtn Villa 18 7 3 8 36 33 24 Brooklyn Northern 18 7 2 9 29 39 23 Miramar Rangers 18 6 4 8 48 52 22 Lower Hutt Sangham 18 6 4 8 30 39 22 Wainui Undertakers 18 5 2 11 29 48 17 Marist Inter 18 4 2 12 42 63 14
Petone lost today, so we come in just a single point off promotion and keep our record of least losses. Great season Stallions.
Stallions!
As we contemplate the final game of a damn good season and think back on some truly heroic performances (Rauru attempting to chip the keeper, Spencer chopping the guy above the shinpad etc etc), its time to salute two of the most valiant Stallion-like performances of the season: Joe and Nick.
Both were struck down with longterm lingering injuries early on in what were clearly going to be breakout seasons (Nick was heading towards a 10 assists, 5 goal season, Joe was going to bring the clean sheets, a couple of sneaky goals, and perhaps a red card or 2!). But damn, you two have been amazing team players this season: showing up to games (Nick was unfortunately there last week, almost jumping onto the field!), chipping into the blog and email comments, always pushing us on, and then there were those weekly response to the 'who is out this week' emails. They pretty much followed the same pattern - Joe piping up immediately with 'I might be ok, I'll get back to you later in the week', soon followed by ' I'm out, hopefully next week', while the older, wiser Nick would be all 'I'm out, go hard' from the start.
The prospect of you both coming on for cameo appearances today was outstanding, but it sounds like we won't be seeing either of you in green and gold. Until next season!
Of course, the flipside is that you have been able to do other things, and show us all that we should not spend so much time playing and thinking about playing with a round ball on a muddy field - would the new album and an exciting book project got underway if you were playing regularly? Joe, for example, surely wouldn't have been able to pay recording costs with all those Capital Football fines!
Thanks guys, you have both been brilliant.
Both were struck down with longterm lingering injuries early on in what were clearly going to be breakout seasons (Nick was heading towards a 10 assists, 5 goal season, Joe was going to bring the clean sheets, a couple of sneaky goals, and perhaps a red card or 2!). But damn, you two have been amazing team players this season: showing up to games (Nick was unfortunately there last week, almost jumping onto the field!), chipping into the blog and email comments, always pushing us on, and then there were those weekly response to the 'who is out this week' emails. They pretty much followed the same pattern - Joe piping up immediately with 'I might be ok, I'll get back to you later in the week', soon followed by ' I'm out, hopefully next week', while the older, wiser Nick would be all 'I'm out, go hard' from the start.
The prospect of you both coming on for cameo appearances today was outstanding, but it sounds like we won't be seeing either of you in green and gold. Until next season!
Of course, the flipside is that you have been able to do other things, and show us all that we should not spend so much time playing and thinking about playing with a round ball on a muddy field - would the new album and an exciting book project got underway if you were playing regularly? Joe, for example, surely wouldn't have been able to pay recording costs with all those Capital Football fines!
Thanks guys, you have both been brilliant.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Rolling Subs
From the Yellow Fever website where Cap Football answer questions:
Question: Is there any reason why the refs in lower grades (div 6) are not allowed to having rolling subs? Every team in the grade wants it as it's a social grade but refs are being very pedantic about it. They say that it's a CF directive and that the clubs have been saying they want it. Obviously in the higher grades you don't have it, but I find it hard to find a reason not to have it when both teams agree to it. Is this something that can be looked at for next year (or even better this weekend). All the teams are social and want to give everyone a decent run. Most people are pretty keen for a rest or two during the game and if you only have 1 sub it's often a big ask for 10 players to play a full game. The old legs dont carry people as far as they used to!
Question: Is there any reason why the refs in lower grades (div 6) are not allowed to having rolling subs? Every team in the grade wants it as it's a social grade but refs are being very pedantic about it. They say that it's a CF directive and that the clubs have been saying they want it. Obviously in the higher grades you don't have it, but I find it hard to find a reason not to have it when both teams agree to it. Is this something that can be looked at for next year (or even better this weekend). All the teams are social and want to give everyone a decent run. Most people are pretty keen for a rest or two during the game and if you only have 1 sub it's often a big ask for 10 players to play a full game. The old legs dont carry people as far as they used to!
Answer: Really good question. The reason the refs don't allow is that the laws of the game don't allow it in mens football. The real positive is that there are actually enough referees now that games down to Capital 6 can have referees. It is interesting that it is suggested that Capital 6 is a social league. Not sure that CF has taken that view considering in Cap 5 there are two clubs 1st teams. However, this is an issue than can be discussed for next year.
As to the email copied here from Jamie Cross. Obviously where there is not a referee appointed then the two teams can agree to have rolling subs. Also for the Cup Finals 7/8 down the refrees have allowed rolling subs as Referees wouldn't normally be appointed to these games.
Seems odd that they'll allow a ref to allow rolling subs in 7/8 finals since refs aren't normally appointed to these games, but in the same breath say that the rules don't allow for it. Hopefully it'll be something that they'll look at for next year cause there are quite a few negative comments about not being allowed rolling subs.
Seems odd that they'll allow a ref to allow rolling subs in 7/8 finals since refs aren't normally appointed to these games, but in the same breath say that the rules don't allow for it. Hopefully it'll be something that they'll look at for next year cause there are quite a few negative comments about not being allowed rolling subs.
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