Pre-Season Results and Discussion

[luffy]

Nice start, 2-0, and to score a goal, even better.

[pinchy81]

Yay a clean-sheet also Clapham when will you get us some defence? ****

[Samuel_Vimes]

At a press conference today, Under-20s captain Håkon Mørk revealed that the eleven for the match with New Zealand's youth team would be selected from the following squad of 16:

Goalkeepers: Ryan Dunn (East Coast), Shan Jasotharan (Island)
Defenders: Richard Hingston (Central), David Kearsley (East Coast), Jack McNamara (Southern), Xavier Rose (Northside), Donald Speirs (East Coast)
Midfielders: Kingsley Clapham (East Coast), Håkon Mørk (Island), George Pardoe (Island), G Sriram (Central), Kexing Su (Central), Greg Thomas (Central)
Forwards: Myles Hutchinson (Island), Thamba Mamesh (Northside), Matt Luff (Island)

The squad will be whittled down to 11 during the next 24 hours.

[Johnners]

Think you'll find D stands for Daniel in D_Speirs

Pleased to have made the squad, can't see me making the starting XI though.

[Goughy]

Matchday 4

This round of games would bring up the halfway point of the pre-seasons. Which teams were rewarding their fans with signs of promise and which Teams already had their faithful worried.

Northern Power vs Southern Dynamo
With the Fury struggling to score, this game gave both teams an opportunity to seperate themselves from the group.

After disappointing finishes in Season 1, both teams were looking to re-group and rebuild in an effort to push for honours in Season 2.

Island Swell vs Central United
Both teams faced their first real test of the pre-season after easily brushing aside CW Premiership new boys, Nomads, in their first games.

A rivalry existed between the teams after some special games in Season 1. What would swing the balance, the dynamic and strong United Midfield or the clincal Swell forward line?

[pinchy81]

suprised to make the 20's squad tbh and i doubt i'll play as well

[Travis_Teh]

Glad to have two good games on the trot. Was a pretty even game, 0-0 probably the fitting result, could've gone either way on the day.

[dontcloseyoureyes]

So annoying, we always dominate the ball and the chances and lose.

[Goughy]

Originally Posted by dontcloseyoureyes

So annoying, we always dominate the ball and the chances and lose.

TBH, on any other day it looks like you would have got a result. Keeper being sent off and giving away an own goal, and giving away a penalty aren't things that will happen every game.

United definately looked the better side.

[speirz]

Originally Posted by Clapo

Think you'll find D stands for Daniel in D_Speirs

Pleased to have made the squad, can't see me making the starting XI though.

That's correct.

Good to be picked, hopefully it's a stepping stone to senior honours.

[Goughy]

The CW Premiership pre-season takes a very short break for the Under 20s game and the CW vs NZ game.

At the halfway stage this is how things look

Group A

Pl   Team                      P    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
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1    East_Coast_Fury           2    0   2   0     1    1    0     2
2    Northern_Power            2    0   2   0     1    1    0     2
3    Southern_Dynamo           2    0   2   0     0    0    0     2

M_Najeeb (nor) is injured for 0 weeks after shaking off a minor injury

Rhys_Williams (eas) is suspended for 1 games
Thamba_Mamesh (Nor) is coming back from suspension
Daniel_Towns (sdy) is suspended for 1 game

Group B

Pl   Team                      P    W   D   L    GF   GA   GD   Pts
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1    Island_Swell              2    2   0   0     4    1    3     6
2    Central_United            2    1   0   1     2    2    0     3
3    Nixontown_Nomads          2    0   0   2     0    3   -3     0

Mat_Mitchell (cen) is coming back from suspension
Liam_Camps (isl) is suspended for 1 game
Zac_Ritchie (cen) is suspended for 1 games

 Zaza_J (nix) is coming back from injury

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Originally Posted by Goughy

TBH, on any other day it looks like you would have got a result. Keeper being sent off and giving away an own goal, and giving away a penalty aren't things that will happen every game.

United definately looked the better side.

It happened a lot of times last season as well, most notably against you, where I think we had something like 12 shots on goal more than you and you beat us 2-0 or something.

[Johnners]

The fact that the Swell have 3 strikers with shooting above 16 helps tbh.

[oz_fan]

Shaping up as a much better season for the Northside Power. Pleased with my own form. Hopefully we can finish top of the table.

[chaminda_00]

Blake shows again why he should be playing for U20s IMO, if not the national team. Such as gun keeper. Pretty good all round game from the team, Dave needs to find the net soon though, he doesn't have the excuse being so far behind all the other forwards anymore.