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Originally posted by David Tan:

good idea but collecting the money will be a problem...

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u bet. and thats just one of the teething issue to this agenda.

just a thought..

for those who interested in playing in proper field, maybe contribute $2 every month or so until there is enuff money for us to rent a proper field?
then if got balance can bring forward to the next time? that way there is always be a proper game to look forward to for everyone to enjoy..

i dont mind contributing it for the love of the game

I checked out the Bukit Merah Sec Sch field, not bad... it is actually a full pitch, but can be divided into 2 halves for 7-a-side with smaller goalposts. So can actually use the full pitch with normal size goalposts if nobody books the other half.

But one thing bad about the place is that the security guard (Chinese one) is a bit pesky and don't allows parking in the premises, but there are ample and free parking outside if it is on Sunday.

The security guard also says that the field can only be entered via a small gate, and the booker must draw the key from SSC... KNN... where got such thing one.

Hopefully later the Serangoon Sec Sch field will not be locked.

We should ban the word "morale-boosting" here...

Anyway, I'm planning for a mini-match among ourselves on Sunday, 30 July 11am to 1pm.

I'll be booking half of the field so that in the event that nobody book the other half, we can have the whole pitch to ourselves. Looking at the booking of the past month, the timeslot and venue (Bukit Merah Sec Sch), we should have a good chance that we can have the full pitch.

So, please please please confirm your attendance early.

In fact, do it now!

gez, still looking for a proper victory for 2006. 

hopefully playing at full pitch more often will help us gain better match fitness and tactical familization. 
let's support one another in both organizing and participating.

bh, due to some tech constraint, will be switching the status of the fixture to "training" upon confirmation.

10 people confirmed already!! need another 10 more names!!

hurry! hurry!

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Originally posted by Kent:

gez, still looking for a proper victory for 2006. 

hopefully playing at full pitch more often will help us gain better match fitness and tactical familization. 
let's support one another in both organizing and participating.

bh, due to some tech constraint, will be switching the status of the fixture to "training" upon confirmation.

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ya.. that will definitely help.
Becos during the actual match.. we are playing abit rush...when we do win the ball.. instead of organising an attack, we try to push the ball up too fast. ended up the forward lack support and the opponents are able to win the ball back quite easily. I think we should work on maintain procession after winning the ball first and control the pace. If not by playing the way we played...by the time we tried to push up to support the attack when the ball is played forward too fast, the opponent would have won the ball back and launched their own counter attack and we will have to rush back again. More games on a full pitch will definitely helps

Yupi agreed , when we are used to playing a bigger pitch i believed that we have the players to win us games( long over dued)..

Kelvin is throwing us a challenge....any takers? ( by the way - who is he? huh)

how did the match went?

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Originally posted by Herman:
10 people confirmed already!! need another 10 more names!!

hurry! hurry!

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Its 18 and counting now...
Boon Heng, think u can book the field liao...

wooo... 17 names in a span of 2 days! now thats a record.

anyway, beatles has suffered yet another defeat with 0-3 scoreline. players can view our past records are under Fixture->Past Fixtures.

meanwhile, i think we should look into a few area where we can improve on.

beside fundamental issue like match fitness, there are three main factors contributing to this result:

1. lack in composure
between clearing the ball and passing our way out, we normally choose the former, especially when we are tired. unfortunately, our clearance aint always strong.
perhaps it is more effective when we play at smaller pitch but with the lack of distance and midfield's presence (i will come back to that later), we indirectly giving the ball back to the opposition. 
we could look into creating more openings for one another and pass our way out to the midfielders.

2. lack in communication
we seem to talk very little on the pitch. we seem to ask for the ball even lesser. 
team mates who has the ball dont know what to do half the time. we could create more awareness by telling him if there is someone onto him, if he is safe to turn around or pass the ball back to you. 

3. big hole in the midfield
hahahaha.. this is the most talked about problem since elvis and we have yet to find a good solution to that.
unless we can find ourselves 3 jovans to command the center of the park, i think we can work on better composure to relieve our central midfielders from chasing too many long ball.

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Originally posted by Donn :
Yupi agreed , when we are used to playing a bigger pitch i believed that we have the players to win us games( long over dued)..

Kelvin is throwing us a challenge....any takers? ( by the way - who is he? huh)

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think he registers after seeing my call at http://www.socialsoccer.com

yea i agreed with what kent has said... i though the starting of the 2nd half we did extremely well, but then towards the end the midfield totally collaspe and leaving big gaps for the oppositions to penetrate in deep. and our full backs i think should constantly track back to cover the flanks. we were too exposed down on our flanks we have to make up for this inefficiency by having  to draw the central defenders out of their position  to cover the flanks allowing  a more  prominent gap in the central. this is something we have to look forward to. and last i think we we need gerald to be in full match fitness for our next competitive match.

kent probably the reason why the central midfield couldn;t operate in unity is because till now we couldn;t fix a starting midfield player apart from jovan. i think jovan and charlton would make a very good central pairing in the middle of the field. jovan has the ability to read the game and charlton has the never say die attitude fighting for the ball and maintainin position. and also kheng fatt would be one of the players i fancy to start in midfield in absence of either one of them. with ho soon or boon heng as a forward in support of alson this would make a formidable central core attacking system. with the ever flamboyant tingfu operating on the left, he could outrun opponents with his pace and cut in a cross for the central forwards. one observation, tingfu. probably u should conserve some energy by holding on to the ball when there;s no one up front to support ur mazy runs... u'll be wasting alot of energy when u run at them aimlessly only to cross the ball to the opposition. u should hold the ball, do some cristiano ronaldo's useless step overs and then change ur pace unexpectedly at them instead of doing the hit and run style too often. that;s my observations.

for the right flank till now i don;t really know who's the more fancied choice, but  i thought justyn did well. and i prefer kent's overlapping run to cut in crosses similar of that to tingfu's. if we have to power wingers we would be an effective attacking unit. as for the full backs, it's one of the toughest job, having the need to run up to support the attack and cover back in time for defence, as our past matches have shown that we often concede our goals due to oppositions counter attacks and i think priority for the full backs if they think they don;t have the energy to cover back in time in case of a counter, then they shouldn;t wander too far up to the opposition's end. and for the central defence pairing i think me and gerald have to further improve our communication with the goalkeeper and constantly have to remind the full backs at our side to regulate their advancements. hope to see gerald last a full match becuase i believe as a centre back, we can see the whole match played in front of us and to warn midfield when to come back and when to delive r the passes to the wingers.

as you can see, the greatest team in world have centre backs as their captains and i believe that doesn't come as a coincidence. :) anyway these are some of my comments ffeel free to add on and we can improve on these aspect in our next training. kent probably we could already start allocating some positions for the new comers??

U guys have identified our weaknesses and given good suggestions to improve our game. I thought we deserve some credit for the game, altho the scoreline does not reflect that. Honestly, we did not give up even when we were down and obviously tired bcos we believe we are better than how we played that day. But, even though many of us hated losing (including myself), we have encouraging words for each other after the game. That's great team spirit.

What we lack is to gel as a team, and we can only achieve that with more practise games. Playing among ourselves with an understanding and desired teamplay in mind is most important, so is our communications. Decided who plays where can come later.

It's gonna be a LONG MONTH after World Cup and I, for one, would like to enjoy playing football in the meantime.

So, please give our support to one another to keep this passion going, especially for "senior" players like myself.

I've confirmed the game and booked one half of the pitch. And if we can hit 22 players, I might even book the whole pitch just in case. Hopefully we can then have a proper game.

Let me know also if you are bringing frens.

yah .. we need to have more match experience basically .. agree with most of the points made..

my opinions -

1. lack of match experience

2. agree with david -  trying to play ball up too fast, and end up losing possession too easily to their experienced defenders. think we will do better if we learn how to pass and support each other more effectively

3. lack of possession, passing, in  midfield. but this is actually not solely a midfield problem. we need all the players to be able to move in and out of their positions to support each other and not just rely on few players to get the ball, dribble all the way up and pass to the strikers. This is possible in small field, but in big field it is hardly possible.

4. fitness - of course  this is a major problem.. we need to find a more efficient method to play .. which involves more passing and positional play
personally, I'm already at half the pace i could play at 3 yrs ago, am looking at gradually moving to play deeper back.

alvin, are u refering to david and justyn?

i always deem david as an utility player because of his aggressiveness. he can fit well in many positions particularly the central midfield where he can excel in ball winning.
justyn and ho soon are pretty alike, possessing good passing ability and knows when to feed the strikers, and that makes a good OM. unfortunately, i had to play him outta position on sat due to the available lineup. 

anyway, jovan is right to say who play where can come later as the key is to play and pass like a team. 
if we can do that, we can even have alson as last man and gerald trying to score us some goals.

oh it;s justyn then hahapardon me

I concur with the observations offered. As a matter of fact, I guess fitness and communication are the two most important ingridents in a successful team. For one, I am not too fit and therefore I am refraining from doing the overlapping thingy during that last match, in case I cannot sprint back in time to help the defending portion. I thought that some of the players are pretty good. Justyn looks like a good player and can play on the right side pretty well. And yes, we need more Jovans in the middle of the park.

I personally feel that its the lack of positioning, movement and communication that its our main weakness, individually and technical ability wise we are a decent bunch with a nice blend of players and not to mention a large nos. of players commited to the cause...

The mid field issue is indeed very glaring - players not supporting and communicating effectly.. We tend to rush things and not playin to our strength; boils down to the lack of match fitness and playing in a larger field.

I feel that we should train once a month in a bigger field.... putting words into actions - no point mentioning all the weakness but not committed to improve... Come regularly to the  kick abt and we will improve as a team.

More imptly - haf fun.....