Now with all this talk of prison and training surely there has to be some kind of 'Frew' Joke??
Eye's on you shane??
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Sillsy when will you know by? I'm trying to find out from Dave if there's a cut off when he has to have everybody's details in by.
This isn't your banking-style "well we might give you a mortgage or we might not, dance for us a little while longer and fill out these forms in triplicate while we decide..." you know.
This is prison.
This isn't your banking-style "well we might give you a mortgage or we might not, dance for us a little while longer and fill out these forms in triplicate while we decide..." you know.
This is prison.
Monday, October 30, 2006
We're training at the actual prison. On Forbury Road, or The Forbury, or whatever it's called. Need to be there for 6.30pm. Need to give me your d.o.b. and car reg too, and come along with photo ID. Should be finished by 9pm apparently. Can't guarantee no rapage.
I've updated the league table, though I think there might be a few miscrepancies but only in terms of goals for and against, the points should be right unless I'm missing a couple of LMP results as they don't seem to have played many games yet.
But here it is anyway...
I've updated the league table, though I think there might be a few miscrepancies but only in terms of goals for and against, the points should be right unless I'm missing a couple of LMP results as they don't seem to have played many games yet.
But here it is anyway...
Cool - as soon as you know the scores let me know and I'll update the league table. Dunno whether it's a good thing or not that W&H beat Berkshire Arms, I think I'd rather everyone was shit and there only a couple of decent teams. That lot all seem to be beating each other. Just up to us to try and not get dragged into it.
Yeah I've text Ben, Gareth and Genghis to see if they want to come and get their details.
Got a text last night from The Screw saying "please remind the players not to bring their missus!" which I thought about not telling Ben about but that's probably cruel on many many levels.
Yeah I've text Ben, Gareth and Genghis to see if they want to come and get their details.
Got a text last night from The Screw saying "please remind the players not to bring their missus!" which I thought about not telling Ben about but that's probably cruel on many many levels.
We won 5-3. Went 1-0 up in about the first minute when Matt got brought down (about 5 minutes after taking his shot) for a penalty which Dave L scored.
Then about 3 minutes later Browny brought their player down in the box. Smurf saved the penalty but too many people were caught ball watching and they had three players queuing up for the rebound to equalise. Very annoying.
Then about 2 minutes after that they did a neat little one too which left their best player clear through to put them ahead. Even more annoying.
Then probably 20 minutes later Dave L got bundled over in the box, tried to get up and got bundled over again for another penalty which he put in to equalise. Their player got booked for that one as well.
Before half time Dave L and one of their defenders were doing a bit of pushing and shoving waiting for a corner to come across and the ref spotted it and had a word with them both. As Dave walked away another player just completely shoved him, for no reason, but he was the guy who'd been booked previously. He got a straight red anyway so they were down to 10 men.
To be honest, he wasn't the best player in the world anyway and I think the result would probably have gone our way as we were improving by the minute throughout the first half after a pretty shocking first 5 minutes. But either way, the second half was all us and it was just a matter of which chance would eventually go in.
Seemed like it might be a frustrating game but eventually the ball dropped to Matt on the edge of the 6 yard box and he took a touch and then placed the ball in. Within minutes Dave L took a run along the edge of the box and fired into the bottom corner, then within minutes again a good move let Matt put a peach of a cross in for Dave L to notch with his head from around the penalty spot to make it 5-2.
Late on a bit of confusion at the back (and probably some relaxation and complacency) meant that JT allowed their player to get the ball when it should have gone either to Smurf or out for a throw and he made it 5-3 and a slightly more nervous finish than it should have been.
But overall it was a good performance, well disciplined and showed some character to turn it around after a stuttery start. Quite impressed cos they were quite a mouthy bunch but we kept our heads and played some good footy at times. Dave L scored 4.
Then about 3 minutes later Browny brought their player down in the box. Smurf saved the penalty but too many people were caught ball watching and they had three players queuing up for the rebound to equalise. Very annoying.
Then about 2 minutes after that they did a neat little one too which left their best player clear through to put them ahead. Even more annoying.
Then probably 20 minutes later Dave L got bundled over in the box, tried to get up and got bundled over again for another penalty which he put in to equalise. Their player got booked for that one as well.
Before half time Dave L and one of their defenders were doing a bit of pushing and shoving waiting for a corner to come across and the ref spotted it and had a word with them both. As Dave walked away another player just completely shoved him, for no reason, but he was the guy who'd been booked previously. He got a straight red anyway so they were down to 10 men.
To be honest, he wasn't the best player in the world anyway and I think the result would probably have gone our way as we were improving by the minute throughout the first half after a pretty shocking first 5 minutes. But either way, the second half was all us and it was just a matter of which chance would eventually go in.
Seemed like it might be a frustrating game but eventually the ball dropped to Matt on the edge of the 6 yard box and he took a touch and then placed the ball in. Within minutes Dave L took a run along the edge of the box and fired into the bottom corner, then within minutes again a good move let Matt put a peach of a cross in for Dave L to notch with his head from around the penalty spot to make it 5-2.
Late on a bit of confusion at the back (and probably some relaxation and complacency) meant that JT allowed their player to get the ball when it should have gone either to Smurf or out for a throw and he made it 5-3 and a slightly more nervous finish than it should have been.
But overall it was a good performance, well disciplined and showed some character to turn it around after a stuttery start. Quite impressed cos they were quite a mouthy bunch but we kept our heads and played some good footy at times. Dave L scored 4.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Saturday, October 28, 2006
You know, on Thursday night I got to Henwick early. Two reasons, one so I could set up all the cones and stuff so we could go through some stuff without too much waiting around, the other so that I could do some fitness work myself first. I'm fitter than I've been for some time but still behind where I'd need to be if I want to be effective if I come on as a sub.
So I thought I'd go for the big one, one complete lap of Henwick. Set off at the corner of the car park near the entrance gate and went right around, down to the road, along to near the garden centre, up the side, up the hill and around the rugby pitch at the top, around the back where we train then back to the car park.
It took 6 minutes. I was gutted. I didn't even go particularly fast, it's just not as far as it looks. I was just getting into my rhythm when I came to the end. The thought of going round again was just too depressing.
Running is dull.
So I thought I'd go for the big one, one complete lap of Henwick. Set off at the corner of the car park near the entrance gate and went right around, down to the road, along to near the garden centre, up the side, up the hill and around the rugby pitch at the top, around the back where we train then back to the car park.
It took 6 minutes. I was gutted. I didn't even go particularly fast, it's just not as far as it looks. I was just getting into my rhythm when I came to the end. The thought of going round again was just too depressing.
Running is dull.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Yeah. I think last season should be taken out as something of an anomaly but not forgotten in case it happens again.
The difficulty facing us right now is a large squad, lots of availability and a good looking start to the season but with the occasional inconsistent performance thrown in.
It's one of those "if you'd told me at the start of the season we'd be 5 out of 5 in the league but out of two cups" we'd have taken it - but we can see the quality of the players we've got and then the turgid drivel that we produced last week and we know it doesn't add up.
The Japanese strive for perfection and yet never expect to achieve it, that keeps them striving all the time. Quite a good way to look at things. Of course, they lost the war, but that was a long time ago.
The difficulty facing us right now is a large squad, lots of availability and a good looking start to the season but with the occasional inconsistent performance thrown in.
It's one of those "if you'd told me at the start of the season we'd be 5 out of 5 in the league but out of two cups" we'd have taken it - but we can see the quality of the players we've got and then the turgid drivel that we produced last week and we know it doesn't add up.
The Japanese strive for perfection and yet never expect to achieve it, that keeps them striving all the time. Quite a good way to look at things. Of course, they lost the war, but that was a long time ago.
It's that fine line between being fair and wanting to win.
My view was always that it's only sunday league footy and I didn't really want to be responsible for anyone feeling that they weren't as good as someone else.
Plus I was lucky and rarely ever had to drop anyone for playing badly, but so far this season even though it's been a bloody good start, we've had some frighteningly bad performances here and there.
As Ad said last night, it's a psychological thing. Everybody is fit enough, I think that when we had our 3 really good seasons (getting promoted then finishing 4th in Div 1 twice in a row) it was cos we rode the crest of a wave finding out how good we could actually be. Now we think we are good it's harder to motivate.
The real secret to this, I believe, is discipline. And maybe some less merciful squad selection until performances improve.
I'll see what Smurf thinks. He's already mooted his squad for Sunday by me and I agree with his thinking...
My view was always that it's only sunday league footy and I didn't really want to be responsible for anyone feeling that they weren't as good as someone else.
Plus I was lucky and rarely ever had to drop anyone for playing badly, but so far this season even though it's been a bloody good start, we've had some frighteningly bad performances here and there.
As Ad said last night, it's a psychological thing. Everybody is fit enough, I think that when we had our 3 really good seasons (getting promoted then finishing 4th in Div 1 twice in a row) it was cos we rode the crest of a wave finding out how good we could actually be. Now we think we are good it's harder to motivate.
The real secret to this, I believe, is discipline. And maybe some less merciful squad selection until performances improve.
I'll see what Smurf thinks. He's already mooted his squad for Sunday by me and I agree with his thinking...
The rules at Shefford are good, but they can lead to problems and arguably not putting out our strongest team. It can mean someone not being picked just because none of the team that started 4 weeks ago have missed the last four matches, even if we've lost and played badly.
Being fair should just mean that everyone knows what the rules are, even if it means you don't get picked and someone who missed the last match does. I think most players should expect to be dropped if we've lost 7-0 the week before for example!
Being fair should just mean that everyone knows what the rules are, even if it means you don't get picked and someone who missed the last match does. I think most players should expect to be dropped if we've lost 7-0 the week before for example!
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