3 Wins in a row!

Team Goat 2  AJPL 1

3 wins in a row! Will we be winning all the way now and fight for the title in the near future or it is just imaginary? I believe we are fighting for silverware again this time round! Why? With what i have seen yesterday we have definitely improved on our passing game tremendously. This is made possible because we guys wanted the team to do well! and i'm feeling Shiok Shiok about it!

To the match... The game started off rather shaky for our team as we were quite shocked by how big the field actually was (normally the field size we play is like damn small!). So positioning wise of players including me have to be arranged in a fast manner as we were being attacked left right and center at the start of the game. in less that 5mins of playing time a one on one chanced was bestowed on us but luckily i managed to save the ball and put it away to safety.

Moving on, a mis-kick by the fatty keeper (me) led to the 1st goal of the game. The ball bounce before the center line and opp send the ball straight back to our left back area. With everyone pushed up, they sent in a fast pace cross and a tap from the striker send the ball flying in. The Fatty keeper only could kneel down in disgrace....

All was cool after that as we started to adjust to the tempo of the game and the size of the pitch. Passes was made, everyone was helping each other out! (Great to see!) Than as time goes on, subs was make thad came in which was the main story of the day, he stabilizes the midfield yesterday as the game was majority played there his bulldozer liked playing style was what we needed yesterday!

But the key to Team Goat's victory yesterday was the ball of steel captain! Jackson was sprinting to the long ball cross from the center park by Kiong when the opp cleared the ball and hit our dear captain's nuts! Without feeling anything after being hit for 1 min he managed to continue running and dribble the ball forward to a 1 on 1 situation and netted the ball! 1-1 Team Goat! (After he scored he sub-ed out to nurse his injury! LOL!)

Soon after, 1st half concluded. 2nd half started brightly for team goat as we showed our depth in the big big field! With opp bringing only 13 players, we brought 21! Subs and shuffles was made and a much refreshed Goat went in!

Determined not to let them give any more long balls upfront we pressured all their midfield and defence to stop their only source of attacking! thus they were force to play to the wings which was not their best option. We managed to attack and push them till the deadlock finally broken around 75-80mins where yiwen was running down the wing! He passes back to kiong who is coming over to support in...

With Kiong superb mathematics calculations (a very soft) cross the ball managed to bounce through 2 AJPL players legs and fall to Jackson's! With a touch forward and a shot, he sent the goalkeeper scrambling! 2-1 Team Goat!

After that was just controlling the game and passes was made. Subs were brought in as well to run down the clock, run against the tired opp!

Key notes!!!

1) I feel like i'm Victor Valdes or even Edwin Van de Saar sometime! Not the skills lah! is like i feel that the team is playing like Barcelona or Manchester United sometime when the goalkeeper just need not do anything! For the whole of the fucking 2nd half i just stand there and took only 1-2 goalkick!

2) Have u guys since how elated and how the team celebrated together when Jackson scored the 2nd goal? From my view everyone was running towards him hugging and congratulating him for his goal! This was hardly seen in the previous season and from this i have definitely seen a much united Team Goat! Somehow i believed the 3 losses at the start of the season has much unite the team to how it is today!

3) The passing in the game. Like i have emphasis on passing previously, we have done it really good this game! Without the likes of yiwen infront of us for 3 weeks we will not be able to send the long ball we usually do and let him do all the chasing! (Seriously thats how we have played in the past) NOW, we are different we no longer rely on him (HE IS HAPPY OF THAT!!) the passing game has brought a new change to the way we play and i definitely hope it will continue!

4) With a formation of 4-2-3-1 the striker now is not the Goalscorer now instead he is the man leading the front supporting the 3 to score, thus it will be natural to see wingers and the attacking midfielders to score! So, if you are playing as striker but u didn't score don't be negative! You are doing well in assist! Don't believe?

• Yesterday saw kiong made 2 assist to jackson as he was playing striker, 1 he controlled the ball as he dropped back to collect the ball and the 2nd when he assisted yiwen on the right wing
• Next saw previous MOTM boon wee running around in East View secondary making 2 crucial assist to win VNPNUS 3-0. Remember the pass and penalty he got?

thus being a striker have it's good as well!

MOTM - Need i say more who is the rightful owner for the award? Although he is not able to get his hat-trick, our MOTM Jackson will definitely be eye-ing for the hat-trick of MOTM awards in his cabinet! A good display of flair, ability and definitely his balls of steel has led him to the award! Congrats!

Although Jackson got the award i believe it was a tight contest with Kiong, Thad and KengYang in the contest for it as well. Kiong with his 2 crosses, Thad with his bulldozing pressure on the midfield and winning of the ball. Kengyang's stability at the Midfield and passing was important as well! This 4 players have definitely been key yesterday!

Thanks and thats all i have right now for you guys! Enjoy our win and lets be ready for the 4th win this coming Saturday!

Kambeng!
Jeff