A Wolf waiting to dine. Look at his face!
A meal well served.Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Saturday, December 23, 2006
SongBo FC
Match 40 by Capt Sparrow
Starting lineup: Tiger, Seng, Sybian, Chaos, Kenny, Quan, Sparrow, Jackie, Ah Lam, Tan WJ, Papasoh
The 2nd match of the new season…The team’s morale is high cos we started our season well..Once again, the opponents were courtesy of Mr Tay’s lobang and coincidentally happened to be Kenny’s frens whom we were supposed to play soon. Donning a Brazil lookalike jersey, the opponent looked dangerously good and technically gifted. However, Songbo was not to be daunted as they had managed to stifle a superior team just last week and were hungry to conjure a win in this match. The pitch was in a very bad condition, seemed like a mud bath and anything could happen in this conditions.
First half
The match started on a cautious note for both sides but it was evident that the Brazil opponents were technically better than South Korea Songbo. There was a secret weapon in the Brazil side in the form of a ‘Long thrower No. 18’. Time and time again, he managed to utilize his long throws to create a few problems for our defence but our resolute defence held firm.
As the opponent’s defence line was held high up, there were numerous times which our strikers namely Papasoh and Ah Lam got behind them. However, these chances often turned into some wayward crosses to nobody or harmless long shots.
The miss of the half came in the 30th min. From a cross, Papasoh did well to plant a header goalwards but the gk reacted with a stupendous save. With the ball stuck nicely in the mud in the 6 yard box, Captain Sparrow could only strike the ball over the bar. Later, he admitted that it was easy to score than to miss from that distance. It was a horrible miss and there are no excuses from missing from there. Instead of lifting the spirits of the guys as a Captain, he made them demoralized with that miss. He would have to bury his head in the mud to save himself from the embarrassment. Miss of the season??
Songbo missed another glit-edged chance later when ‘Fletchee-upgraded to Beckham’ made a good run down the right and with a vision like Zidane and execution like Beckham himself sent a beautiful cross to the unmarked Ah Lam at the far post. Facing the gk one to one and having even the time to shave his beard, Lam planted his shot wide of the right hand post. Omg! Songbo was beginning to have doubts if this is gonna be just another poor day.
Another highlight of the half was Tiger screaming at Brazil’s striker when the striker left a trailing leg after he has garnered the ball. ‘You better know what you are doing!’ was what Tiger screamed into his ears and it almost made him deaf and peed in his shorts. Well done Tiger by intimidating the opponents and showed that we are no pushovers.
Halftime Talk
Overall, Songbo performed well in the first half esp the defence. Altho the attack was guilty of missing some clear chances, they also did well in their off the ball running. The instructions were ‘stick in there with the performance and the goals will come’. The half saw some changes; Tiger moving outfield with the reliable Papa back in goal and Quan moving back to defence and Merv and Tongkat Huang introduced.
2nd half
Once again, the half started cautiously for both sides with Brazil dominating the bulk of possession due to their superior techniques. But Songbo was looking dangerous on the break with good running from the attackers.
A good move down the left saw Songbo winning a corner. From the clearance off the corner, the NBA star with his brand new Nike blue swinged in a perfect cross reminiscence of the real Ronaldo and Tiger, with superb anticipation connected with a diving header and sent the ball into the net! Well done! 1-0!
Songbo’s spirits were lifted and they were playing with some gusto now. Brazil seemed to be ignited by the goal and also lifted their tempo. After a string of passes by them, they managed to break clear of our defence and fortunately Papasoh was there to parry the ball but he received a knee onto his head similar to what Cech got to break his skull. However, the injury was not so serious and Papasoh was able to carry on with the game.
The game was swinging with both sides having possession and creating chances. Songbo knew that a second goal at this juncture would be able to kill off Brazil. With a good through ball, Ah Lam made a great run down the left and with a delicate touch, he rolled the ball perfectly to the on-rushing Jackie who put the ball into the net to double Songbo’s lead! 2-0!
The rest of the match saw Brazil trying the hearts out to break Songbo’s defence but it was well marshaled by Papasoh, Quan, Kenny, Seng, Tongkat Huang and Sybian. Tiger was also anchoring the midfield well with his tigerish tackles. In attack, Lam and Jack kept the opponents busy with their intelligent passing and off the ball running. Well done, it was truly a team effort. These kind of matches really make me, as the captain, very proud of the determination and teamwork shown by all the guys. Even tho we may be demoralized in the 1st half, we kept creating chances, have self belief and in the end, the result reflected our team spirit. Excellent job! Merry xmas and lose your virginity this festive season!
Man of the match: Tiger Yan
Ratings:
Papasoh 7.5
Seng 7
Sybian 8
Tongkat Huang 7.5
Chaos 7.5
Kenny 8
Quan 8
Tiger 8.5
Sparrow 7
Merv 7
Tan 8
Lam 7.5
Jack 7
Hong 7
As I said, my ratings for you guys are determined by the expectations and levels of individual players. I would like to specially mention Kelvin and Hong for showing the team spirit which truly bind us together. Hong, just had his Lasik, came down and aided the team even after being ‘shoot’ by me. Kel, tho he was late in the 1st place, showed exemplary attitude at the end of the match even tho he was not involved in the game. These are the kind of attitudes and characters that will bring the team far. Long live Songbo!
Starting lineup: Tiger, Seng, Sybian, Chaos, Kenny, Quan, Sparrow, Jackie, Ah Lam, Tan WJ, Papasoh
The 2nd match of the new season…The team’s morale is high cos we started our season well..Once again, the opponents were courtesy of Mr Tay’s lobang and coincidentally happened to be Kenny’s frens whom we were supposed to play soon. Donning a Brazil lookalike jersey, the opponent looked dangerously good and technically gifted. However, Songbo was not to be daunted as they had managed to stifle a superior team just last week and were hungry to conjure a win in this match. The pitch was in a very bad condition, seemed like a mud bath and anything could happen in this conditions.
First half
The match started on a cautious note for both sides but it was evident that the Brazil opponents were technically better than South Korea Songbo. There was a secret weapon in the Brazil side in the form of a ‘Long thrower No. 18’. Time and time again, he managed to utilize his long throws to create a few problems for our defence but our resolute defence held firm.
As the opponent’s defence line was held high up, there were numerous times which our strikers namely Papasoh and Ah Lam got behind them. However, these chances often turned into some wayward crosses to nobody or harmless long shots.
The miss of the half came in the 30th min. From a cross, Papasoh did well to plant a header goalwards but the gk reacted with a stupendous save. With the ball stuck nicely in the mud in the 6 yard box, Captain Sparrow could only strike the ball over the bar. Later, he admitted that it was easy to score than to miss from that distance. It was a horrible miss and there are no excuses from missing from there. Instead of lifting the spirits of the guys as a Captain, he made them demoralized with that miss. He would have to bury his head in the mud to save himself from the embarrassment. Miss of the season??
Songbo missed another glit-edged chance later when ‘Fletchee-upgraded to Beckham’ made a good run down the right and with a vision like Zidane and execution like Beckham himself sent a beautiful cross to the unmarked Ah Lam at the far post. Facing the gk one to one and having even the time to shave his beard, Lam planted his shot wide of the right hand post. Omg! Songbo was beginning to have doubts if this is gonna be just another poor day.
Another highlight of the half was Tiger screaming at Brazil’s striker when the striker left a trailing leg after he has garnered the ball. ‘You better know what you are doing!’ was what Tiger screamed into his ears and it almost made him deaf and peed in his shorts. Well done Tiger by intimidating the opponents and showed that we are no pushovers.
Halftime Talk
Overall, Songbo performed well in the first half esp the defence. Altho the attack was guilty of missing some clear chances, they also did well in their off the ball running. The instructions were ‘stick in there with the performance and the goals will come’. The half saw some changes; Tiger moving outfield with the reliable Papa back in goal and Quan moving back to defence and Merv and Tongkat Huang introduced.
2nd half
Once again, the half started cautiously for both sides with Brazil dominating the bulk of possession due to their superior techniques. But Songbo was looking dangerous on the break with good running from the attackers.
A good move down the left saw Songbo winning a corner. From the clearance off the corner, the NBA star with his brand new Nike blue swinged in a perfect cross reminiscence of the real Ronaldo and Tiger, with superb anticipation connected with a diving header and sent the ball into the net! Well done! 1-0!
Songbo’s spirits were lifted and they were playing with some gusto now. Brazil seemed to be ignited by the goal and also lifted their tempo. After a string of passes by them, they managed to break clear of our defence and fortunately Papasoh was there to parry the ball but he received a knee onto his head similar to what Cech got to break his skull. However, the injury was not so serious and Papasoh was able to carry on with the game.
The game was swinging with both sides having possession and creating chances. Songbo knew that a second goal at this juncture would be able to kill off Brazil. With a good through ball, Ah Lam made a great run down the left and with a delicate touch, he rolled the ball perfectly to the on-rushing Jackie who put the ball into the net to double Songbo’s lead! 2-0!
The rest of the match saw Brazil trying the hearts out to break Songbo’s defence but it was well marshaled by Papasoh, Quan, Kenny, Seng, Tongkat Huang and Sybian. Tiger was also anchoring the midfield well with his tigerish tackles. In attack, Lam and Jack kept the opponents busy with their intelligent passing and off the ball running. Well done, it was truly a team effort. These kind of matches really make me, as the captain, very proud of the determination and teamwork shown by all the guys. Even tho we may be demoralized in the 1st half, we kept creating chances, have self belief and in the end, the result reflected our team spirit. Excellent job! Merry xmas and lose your virginity this festive season!
Man of the match: Tiger Yan
Ratings:
Papasoh 7.5
Seng 7
Sybian 8
Tongkat Huang 7.5
Chaos 7.5
Kenny 8
Quan 8
Tiger 8.5
Sparrow 7
Merv 7
Tan 8
Lam 7.5
Jack 7
Hong 7
As I said, my ratings for you guys are determined by the expectations and levels of individual players. I would like to specially mention Kelvin and Hong for showing the team spirit which truly bind us together. Hong, just had his Lasik, came down and aided the team even after being ‘shoot’ by me. Kel, tho he was late in the 1st place, showed exemplary attitude at the end of the match even tho he was not involved in the game. These are the kind of attitudes and characters that will bring the team far. Long live Songbo!
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Where the f@#$ is the Match Report?
No, this is not another Tiger Yan post. It's by me... just a gentle reminder to that *someone* who is supposed to post the report.
Anyways, for those who need a refresher, below are the details for this Saturday:
CHRISTMAS / ALVIN'S BDAY BBQ
Venue: Alvin's 5 Star Chalet
Time: 1830 Till Late
Price: $10 for the food
Other: $10 gift for the Mystery Gift Exchange
Bring a female partner with you if possible
$5 gift exchange for the ladies
Anyways, for those who need a refresher, below are the details for this Saturday:
CHRISTMAS / ALVIN'S BDAY BBQ
Venue: Alvin's 5 Star Chalet
Time: 1830 Till Late
Price: $10 for the food
Other: $10 gift for the Mystery Gift Exchange
Bring a female partner with you if possible
$5 gift exchange for the ladies
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Match 39 - Draw (By LustySeng)
Match 39 – Draw By Lusty
Starting Line up : Tiger Yan(GK), Seng(RB), SaBian(LB), Chaos(CB), Kenny(CB), Quan(DM), CaptainSparrow(CM), Ah Lam(AM), Mervin(LM), Fallen Comrades(RM), Kelvin(CF)
This is our 1stmatch after our 1 month season break. First of all, our opponents are always late. Seriously this problem must highlight to Mr. Tay although we dun need to pay any money for the referee as this might compromise our chance of using the field if there are other teams around just like our last match of the season. Though the unexpected Robinho arrived at the grand stand, he is obviously more interested in looking at girls and making sure his eyesball din drop or blur vision rather than supporting his comrades.
First Half
Kick off. The opponents started off brilliantly controlling the possession with spraying some short passes and long balls overrunning our midfield. We are constantly under pressure however our strong defense was able to contain their attack. And our first chance of the match finally came to much prevail.. A long ball from midfield into the opponents’ penalty area and the GK somehow or rather give away the ball, maybe he is thinking where to go party with his gf after the match. Kelvin picked up the loose ball and passed to Captain Sparrow and laid to the advancing Ah Lam. He made no mistake placing the ball to the bottom right hand corner with GK standing rooted to the ground. What a goal!! 1-0!!!
After this goal, we are more confident in taking our opponent heads on. The opponents are a lot technically stronger than us; they have taken control of the whole midfield leaving us to defense desperately. However, their long ball tactic seemed to be ineffective against us. They hardly threaten our defense and our Tiger yan by that time may have already shaven finished his moustache. The opponents are too confident with themselves and dribbled the ball too long even frustrating their own teammates. Due to this weakness, here come to our 2nd chance of the day, our midfielders able to tackle back control of the ball, counter attack by lobbing the ball to the right freeing Kelvin and he sprinted along the byline and crossed the ball in. The GK was fully beaten and the incoming defender touched the ball letting it into the goal. 2-0!!! Nice cross by Kelvin and great pressuring on the defender by Mervin. Total 2 shot 2 goals!!
Second Half
After the break, the opponents changed their tactics to short passes and attack our flanks, which captain sparrow has highlighted during the break. They probably think that attacking through center is difficult especially our in love Quan keep cutting off their supplies of long ball from their midfielders to their strikers. At the beginning of 2nd half, we did well to contain them. There were even several opportunities for us to increase our score line. Alvin had fed quan from the right hand side outside the penalty box, then Quan unleashed a thunderous shot aiming the bottom left hand corner. However it was inches wide, too pity not to be back of the net. Kelvin also had the chance to make it 3-0, he was again received a long ball at the right beating opponents’ off side trap, he cut into the penalty area. He had option to cross to Mervin waiting at the far post, but he decided to give it a shot and the shot was awfully wide. What a waste!!! He should have done it better than that.
After missing a few open chances, it was to be proven to be costly. Same thing, we are again constantly under attack. However, again Quan was able to obstruct their flow of attack a number of times. Maybe that is the power of love behind him. Huang being substituted for Mervin abt ten minutes into 2nd half.
Our nightmare finally came. There is a well taken corner kick to our center of penalty box and the opponent bulleted the ball without being marked. At this time the always prone to concentration lapse Seng is unable to clear the ball away, and the ball went through beside his hip. 2-1…
The opponents made it 2-2, again it was Seng’s fault as he was unable to trap the incoming deflected cross from the left probably, letting the ball row to the opponent’s leg and he wasted no time shoot the ball aiming the near pole. Tiger yan was able to block the shot however the ball went through his hand and row in. Even his grandmother can save that shot. Poor defending from Seng and poor goalkeeping from tiger yan.
To add to our misery, we have conceded a penalty by Quan, a late tackling from the back. And the striker made no mistake finished it off aiming the bottom left from the spot. It was Tiger_Yan 3rd penalty in his career. We also have occasions of miscommunications between the centre backs and Tiger yan, resulted in collision between them. Which nearly cost us another goal, luckily chaos was able to do a goalmouth clearance. And then Tiger yan begun his saliva –mouthing scolding on Kenny, as he is still on the floor moaning in agony. So pity on him.
Although, we lost our lead and being overtaken, this had not dampened our SongBo spirit. We keep on battling. Finally our hard fought chance came.. It all started from a throw-in by Seng from our own side of field to Kelvin then he passed to Sparrow, then Sparrow flicked it to Tan setting him through on the right. Then Tan squared it to Ah lam and he wasted no time cross the ball in and Sabian was at the far post to pick up Ah lam’s cross and tap the ball into the empty net. 3-3!!! Soon the match ended.
Considering the fact that this is our first match after the season break, this result would consider acceptable. Hopefully more matches will be coming on so that we can improve our game play and match fitness as well.
Man of the match: Quan
Rating: Tiger Yan(GK) 6
Seng(RB) 5.5
SaBian(LB) 7
H.Weijie(LB) 6
Chaos(CB) 6
Kenny(CB), 6
Quan(DM) 8
CaptainSparrow(CM) 6.5
Ah Lam(AM) 7.5
Mervin(LM) 6
Fallen Comrades(RM) 6.5
Kelvin(CF) 6.5
Goals: Ah Lam, Own goal, Sabian
Assist: Captain Sparrow, Kelvin and Ah Lam respectively
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
10 Dec - Season start
Hey fellow Songbo brothers,
its time we gear up and prepare ourselves for the coming 10 Dec match. Fitness dropping is a major problem, after weeks of studying. Lets gain back some fitness before we play our opening match. We are gonna extend our 5th consecutive win and set a record. Woohooo!!!!
Chaos is coordinating with a Hall Team for a match. Lets hope it turn out to be true. We are really itchy on the legs liao. Nothing less than a win.
its time we gear up and prepare ourselves for the coming 10 Dec match. Fitness dropping is a major problem, after weeks of studying. Lets gain back some fitness before we play our opening match. We are gonna extend our 5th consecutive win and set a record. Woohooo!!!!
Chaos is coordinating with a Hall Team for a match. Lets hope it turn out to be true. We are really itchy on the legs liao. Nothing less than a win.
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