Match Report
D2D League Season 2009
League Game Wk1
Attendance
July Schedule
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Match Report by Sebas
Midland Wolves FC vs Rovers
HT: 0-0
FT: 0-1
Cards: Jason (yellow)
Goals: Nil
MOM: PC
1st Half
Formation: 4-5-1
Gk: Gabriel
Def: PC, Alastair, Calvin, Keegan
Mid: Jack, Sebas, Welson, Yu xiang, BX
Fwd: JJ
We won coin toss and Rovers started the match. Wenjie, Shawn and Alvin were playing for Rovers with some familiar faces in there such as Barry King, Ah Boon and Yingjie who came to our training before in 2007. In the first half, we were winning the midfield battle, thus we had slightly better possession. It was still pretty much a chaotic affair in midfield though. The plan was for the wingers to stay wide, pick the ball, move in deep, and free space for the full backs to overlap for the cross. Thru the game we didn't have any decent crosses from open play, the only cross was one where Jason crossed from wide to BX in the box, but he overhit it, so it became a change of play instead. Thru the game we also did not manage to get our passing game going, only in the first 15 mins where we had a good spell of possession. Lack of composure surfaced again.
Throw in from the left, JJ had managed to evade his marker but goalie was out in the time to collect the ball from JJ's feet.
They were playing alot of balls on the ground which we managed to win off them and launch our attacks. Their attacks came mainly on our right side, which the combination of Jack, Calvin and PC managed to deal with well to keep them on the flanks. Rovers hardly had any decent chances in the first half, mainly limited to long speculative shots.We on the other hand came close to scoring 3-4 times. One was a corner from BX that JJ head just above the bar. Another chance fell to YX whose shot was accurate but lack pace that the keeper dealt with comfortably. Welson also had a chance that went just wide of the post. Through the game whenever he was on the ball, BX was marked 3 on 1 and Rovers managed to keep him quiet throughout the game.
Our defense was doing one hell of a job keeping Shawn, Wenjie and their tricky 2 wingers in check. PC in particular performing well again, managing to catch the opponents offsides on numourous occassions despite playing deep. Gabriel was having problems with goalkicks and wasnt able to clear far enough.
2nd half
subs at half time: Jason on for YX, Vincent on for Keegan
further subs in 2nd half: Ray for JJ, Syafiq for Alastair (sebas dropped to defence), Nikorasu for Welson, Yeepoo for Calvin
Rovers started to attack more thru our left, where Vincent was doing well to win the aerial balls but his lack of pace was exposed fully. We had a corner from right wing taken by BX, but alas it was too low and defender cleared the ball, but only back to BX's feet, which he then passed to Jason who in turn lay the ball off for Sebas who took a 1st time shot. It was heading for the right corner only for goalie to save and the follow up shot by Jason was off target. Had the shot been more powerful it might have gone in. Calvin was running out of steam and holes started to appear in defence. Jason was yellow carded for a late tackle on opponent's no 7. Attackwise, our attackers didn't manage to stick to our gameplan and our attack brokedown time and again.
Our opponents had more possession in the second half, and we were defending mostly. Our counter attacks were quite ineffective with BX being marked out. Our only threat came from Jason where he had a shot from the left that whizzed just wide of post. Shawn had an opportunity to score against us when the winger beat our defence to cross, but Shawn's header hit the upright.
There was also an incident where YJ came out to claim a ball but Jason released the ball to the centre just in time. BX was at the right place at the right time with the goal post right open, but his first touch let him down and he lost the opportunity to shoot. In the final 10 minutes, Wenjie managed to beat his marker and got into the box. He fooled Sebas and PC with a quick change of direction and had the time to pick out spot to shoot and beat Gabriel gamely. 1-0.
Final score 1-0.
Points to note.
YX looking listless in left mid for this match.
BX tends to overdribble and even when 3 defenders were surrounding him he kept dribbling. He would do better to make use of the opportunity to release the ball to free teammates.
Sebas was holding the ball for too long at times. problems with communication with team mates lead him to lose his temper for a short while during the first half.
Keegan was being overun at left back as lack of support at times led to him having to mark 2 players sometimes.
JJ was running all over opponents defence hustling everyone who had the ball in opponents defence. great job.
PC performing well again, marshalling the defence well and his smart play being able to catch opponents offside on numerous occasions.
Jack playing a good game in midfield winning balls back for the team.
-----------------------------------------------------------------D2D League:
Dear all,
Midland Wolves will be taking part in a league called D2D. We have been placed in Div 3 and league games will be played every Sunday morning 9am at various locations. The season will last for 14 weeks, and our Division has total of 8 teams. Top 2 will be promoted. Each game collection will be $100 per team, as a rule of thumb, Midland Wolves will only collect monies from players who play in the match for more than 15 mins. Unused subs will not be required to pay. Please refer to the following website for more info and regular League table standings:
http://www.d2dsports.com/category/football-leagues/sunday-9am-league/
Attached is the rules and regulation for the league, regarding cards, suspension, substitution, etc. Do have a read through. We will begin our season this Sunday.
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League Game Wk1:
Midland Wolves FC vs Empire FC
Details as follows:
Date: 05/07/2009
Time: 9.00am (PLS BE THERE BY LATEST 8.30am)
Location: Punggol Sec Sch, 51 Edgefield Plains. (Nearest MRT is Punggol) See attached MAP.
Notes:
- Midland Wolves to WEAR the WHITE JERSEY SET.
- Bring own water bottles and boots.
- Toilet/water point is in school field.
- Pls bring shin guards.
- In the case of inclement weather (heavy downpour, thunderstorm, etc) game will be postponed. Will inform u guys on the morning itself, so it's imperative I have your contact numbers.
Team Sheet:
Gk - Kunyi
Def - Calvin
Def - PC
Def - Alvin
Def - Dansen
Def - Alastair
Def - Yee Poo
Mid - Sebas (C)
Mid - Welson
Mid - Shawn
Mid - Jason
Mid - Yu Xiang
Mid - Ray
Fwd - JJ
Fwd - Wenjie
Fwd - BX
Standby Replacements: Vincent, Keegan, Syafiq
Please inform your respective captains before Sunday whether you can make it for the game or not. Sms to Sebas at 96201130, Dansen at 83441548. Captains please revert attendance to JACK on Sat night.
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Attendance:
Jeff is away on long term absence.
Kelvin, Jia Jun, Dun Rong, Issac and Martin will be coming less for training due to O Levels this year.
Raj is away overseas till end of the year.
Naren is away on NS.
Melvin will be away for table tennis training till August.
Mark is out with a ankle injury.
Jack is out with toe injury.
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July Schedule:
05/07/09 - League Game 9am @ Punggol Sec vs Empire FC
12/06/09 - League Game 9am @ TBC
19/06/09 - League Game 9am @ TBC
26/06/09 - League Game 9am @ TBC
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Thats all.
Go Wolves!
Mr Wolf
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