August Post

Hi guys.Firstly the good news is tt Rajesh is back and this time for a long spell and hopefully without the belly..Secondly our next league game is only on the 17th of August @Bendermeer Sec..I'll try my best to see if i can push for one on the 10th.But pls understand tt we've played a couple of games more than the rest of the teams hence its our turn to miss some games..But dun worry most likely there'll be a friendly on the 10th if there's no league game..As for this week it shall be a break for us..Also all pls remember to bring $5 for the soccer balls that kathi has bought.After reimbursing him if theres remainder it will go into the funds..Kathi has put in effort to go get the balls so Lets not make it difficult for him and bring down the money during our next game..Pls also take note tt the league should be coming to an end in sept and resuming back in oct so those who have difficulty paying for next season i suggest u start saving some money now itself or start paying vishnu in installments and he'll help keep track.The amt will be confirmed once we know our final league position and the turnout for next season.As for those who came for training a big thumbs up to you'll.It was a good workout and hope we can hold more of such sessions..The rest who didnt turn up pls try harder to come in future coz the sessions really help build our teamwork and cohesion..So for those who have been starved of the saturday nightlife fever pls go and booze til you burst this weekend coz u dont get this opportunity often..Cheers and see you'll real soon..

Extras: Guys Ezekiel is dancing in DHOOL 08 for VERSION 2.8..Pls show your support to him in all ways possible may it be sms of going down to cheer him..Those who wanna go down to support give him a call at 92475124..I would like to congratulate him for going through to the quarters and wish him the best of luck on behalf of the team.If he goes through to the final there might be a team outing to go scream our heads off to support him.His group will be competing in the quaters this coming sunday @7pm so dont forget to tune in to vasantham central.

P.S. If i organise cage on friday afternoon say 2pm to 4pm how many of you'll can make it.Coz can get student deal which is dirt cheap.$50 for 2hrs i believe..Pls indicate if u're available on the cbox..

Training session at Da Qiao Primary School.

H guys, there will not be a game this week. Instead, we will have a training and kickabout session at Da Qiao Primary School. We shall start at around 0830 and I hope everyone will make an effort to make it down. The exact address of the school would be 8, Ang Mo Kio Street 54. Singapore 569185. Feel free to contact me (Kathir) if you need any help with directions. I'm unable to replicate the location map here but if you can input the above postal code on this website, http://www.map.gov.sg/StreetMap/, you will be able to get an exact location. I will be purchasing the footballs soon and i hope you guys can chip in around $5 bucks a person for them. Do bring this amount on Sunday. During training, we will try to carry out the following exercises:

-5-aside match focusing only on keeping possession
-Defence Vs Attack (We will use half the field for this)
-Some set pieces (Especially corners)

On top of this, we can even have some shooting practice to warm up. Do feel free to add on to this if you have other ideas/methods that can help us improve our game. Do bring down the yellow jersey (as well as the blue one) if you have it. We can use this to differentiate the attacking players from the defensive.

Attendance so far: Kathir, Vinoth, Vishnu, Dinesh, Prashant, Murali, The Gaffer, Siva, Pream, Naga, Captain...

League Game 9: AAR

League game 9 produced our 2nd defeat on the trot and once again we went down conceding 5. Well done on clawing back into the game to tie it up at 2-2 despite going in at half time 2 down. However, it was always going to be difficult to keep the morale up and keep fighting after conceding a 3rd goal. And when that happened, it was downhill all the way. We lost our shape and TLFC capitalized on that. We certainly need to mature as team and learn how to keep our shape and concentration for as long as possible. We were rather quiet on the pitch and lets hope that in the future, we communicate more. Communication would mean warning each other of dangers, motivation and giving constant pointers on what needs to be done on the pitch. Let's not hope for telepathy and let's continue working as a team. There should not be a game next week but instead there will be a training/kickabout at Da Jiao Primary School in Ang Mo Kio. It is a free to use pitch, comes with primary school goal post and the last time I saw it, the pitch was in really good condition. I hope many would turn up as this would be a good opportunity to work on our play. We will be focusing on keeping our shape and we will work on our short passing. The school is only 3 bus stops away from Ang Mo Kio MRT and I am more than willing to provide a shuttle service from the station. I will send out text messages sometime this week to gain some feedback as to how many are interested. Oh, and as you may have noticed, we are severely lacking footballs. We've lost 2 superb mikasa balls and 1 molten ball. We are only left with 2. Would you guys mind perhaps chipping in around 5 bucks a person to purchase some (foot)balls? I was thinking of getting 3 more. I'll look to settle everthing under 60 bucks. Please leave a comment as to whether you can contribute. Thanks and have a great week ahead guys!

League Game 8: AAR

League game 8 for this season ending up being a resounding defeat. 5-0 to Torpedo Rovers. The score doesn't lie and the better team won and rightly so. There is no need or use pointing fingers and I believe just like how we agreed that we won the last three games as a team, we lost this one as a team as well. The areas for improvement still remain the same so let's continue improving on them and not let this defeat be a downer. There are so many teams out there who are much better than us and we need to learn from them and just push on. No hard feelings from the game i hope, if there are any, please flush them out from your system the moment the game ends and you leave the venue. I think Naga put everything into perspective perfectly so do take a look at his comments in the Cbox. I am all for what he is trying to ask and put across. Please leave a comment on your thoughts and areas of improvements under this post. Win, lose or draw, we are a team and i guess we have to stick together. Don't let your head drop when we are down and keeping pushing on.

P.S: I maybe out for a few weeks as I feel that i may have aggravated my foot injury from the past during this game. It was careless on my part to challenge blindly for the ball and I hope the rest take care of your health and remain injury free.

Team: Vinod, Kathir, Pream, Siva, Anand, Prashant, Murali, Prem, Ezek, Sakthi, Vijay, Vishnu, Vik, Keerthi, The Gaffer

Casuarina Curry Man-of-the-Match: Anand

Also, do take note that Sakthi will be going away to Brisbane, Australia to pursue his studies on Friday. I would like to sincerely commend his commitment towards the team every week. I don't even have to ask him if he will be coming down for the matches every week because it always is a resounding "Hell yeah, mate!". He has turned up for all the games this season and has been working really hard in every game. All the best to you Sakthi and we'll definitely miss your presence every week. I guess you can redeem your MOM award for your outstanding effort against Tusser earlier in the season before you fly off. I'll never forget that 50 meter dash and lunge that almost earned you an early shower. Take care, buddy!

Beware: The Gaffer

Hope everyone received the notice about the game on Sunday. We now have 13 players who have confirmed their attendance. Anymore? As captain said, we're looking for around 15 players. It would better our chances to go for a 4th win on the trot. Also, let's not upset the Gaff. He loathes poor attendance. He breathes football and cant stand a lack of enthusiasm for what he calls and strongly believes is, "the national game of Algeria". I'm not ready for his dreaded vacuum cleaner treatment should we slip up.

Team so far: Vinod, Rethish, Keerthi, Pream, Siva, Anand, Vik, Kathir, Shant, Murali, Prem, Ezek, Sakthi