PYFC “A” were let off the hook when they came back from 2-0 down to share the spoils with a Ramblers side itching for some payback for the quarter-final lost last season. A near post header from Alex and one from Ah Han leveled the scores after Ming and Poay had given Ramblers a 2 goal cushion. But the match was littered with a catalogue of fouls time-and-time again as PYFC imposed themselves physically on the muddy pitch.
The first half was a dour affair as both teams struggled to adapt to the poor pitch condition with good chances falling to Keon, Ming and Poay. At the other end, Ah Han had a goal disallowed for a clear offside and Botak crumbling ridiculously to the ground each time Michael came in contact with him... as if he was assaulted with a stick! But the tackles from PYFC “A” came in fast and hard and the referee did not do enough to protect the Ramblers players.
After the re-start, the match continued in similar fashion as Ramblers pushed in search of a lead while PYFC “A” resumed their hackman duties by chopping down any Ramblers player with a ball at his feet. Despite their passable impression of Blackburn and Bolton as bully-boys, Ramblers were not intimidated and took the lead after a Darlington freekick was knocked into the net by wonderkid Ming. This opened up the game and PYFC “A” tried to play football for the first time in the match. However, it was Ramblers' little midfield genius that stretched the lead further. A messy clearance found its way to Poay's feet and he gratefully curled the ball home beyond the outstretched arms of the keeper.
With the 2 goal lead we found ourselves crusing to a victory. But PYFC had other ideas and their persistent forays into our half saw a freekick conceded just outside the box with barely 10 minutes left to play. And when the ball was floated in, it took a wicked deflection and bounced to the far post for Alex to power his header into the net. Then straight from the re-start, possession was given away and a long punt forward to Ah Han saw him shrug off the presence of Man for him to stride into the penalty area to plant a low shot pass Chris.
It was to be our most costly 2 minutes as we threw away a perfectly good lead to allow PYFC “A” back into the game. But we are sitting confidently among the top 3 in the league with a 100% unbeaten record after 3 games. And, it's still a long journey ahead.. but we're in a good position.
Final Result:
Ramblers 2 – PYFC “A” 2
The first half was a dour affair as both teams struggled to adapt to the poor pitch condition with good chances falling to Keon, Ming and Poay. At the other end, Ah Han had a goal disallowed for a clear offside and Botak crumbling ridiculously to the ground each time Michael came in contact with him... as if he was assaulted with a stick! But the tackles from PYFC “A” came in fast and hard and the referee did not do enough to protect the Ramblers players.
After the re-start, the match continued in similar fashion as Ramblers pushed in search of a lead while PYFC “A” resumed their hackman duties by chopping down any Ramblers player with a ball at his feet. Despite their passable impression of Blackburn and Bolton as bully-boys, Ramblers were not intimidated and took the lead after a Darlington freekick was knocked into the net by wonderkid Ming. This opened up the game and PYFC “A” tried to play football for the first time in the match. However, it was Ramblers' little midfield genius that stretched the lead further. A messy clearance found its way to Poay's feet and he gratefully curled the ball home beyond the outstretched arms of the keeper.
With the 2 goal lead we found ourselves crusing to a victory. But PYFC had other ideas and their persistent forays into our half saw a freekick conceded just outside the box with barely 10 minutes left to play. And when the ball was floated in, it took a wicked deflection and bounced to the far post for Alex to power his header into the net. Then straight from the re-start, possession was given away and a long punt forward to Ah Han saw him shrug off the presence of Man for him to stride into the penalty area to plant a low shot pass Chris.
It was to be our most costly 2 minutes as we threw away a perfectly good lead to allow PYFC “A” back into the game. But we are sitting confidently among the top 3 in the league with a 100% unbeaten record after 3 games. And, it's still a long journey ahead.. but we're in a good position.
Final Result:
Ramblers 2 – PYFC “A” 2
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6 comments:
Hey guys, don't worry - with 7pts from 3 games, you are doing alright! (At least you have points...!)
Learn from your mistakes - losing the ball from kick off on a bumpy pitch / concentrate at all times / keeper shouting for the ball / smash the ball away at kick off? - and then you won't repeat them.
It's much better making them in the league than in the knock out stages!
Just out of curiosity, did you guys change your tactics due to the atrocious surface?
Copyright infringement!
http://pyfc.blogspot.com/2009/05/pyfc-doubt-as-comeback-kids.html
Its more of plagiarism using a cut and paste technique. Any way they have admitted guilt for the rough tactics displayed. Ramblers (both teams) do have a tendency to go to sleep in the later part of their games. Imagine even the unfancied Social Frees could lose just by a marginal 2-1 after they were napping what more a stronger team like PYFC.
i very much prefer our very own blog compared to PYFC. Bravo Adrian..keep it up.
We are still very much in control of our own fate in the tournament.
Let us learn from mistakes and be stronger in the future.
Go OrangeRamblers Go
I agree wif Derek... it wasn't a bad result altho we did let the 2 points slip thru our fingers.
And Jerome is definitely spot on too... we do tend to lose a bit of concentration towards the end of a game. I think that sometimes we might just be too nervous to hold out for the win.
We have to take all these in our stride and learn from them. And it helps a lot wen players, supporters and management give their feedback in our blog.. So thank you.
As for PYFC's blog, I talked to Tony about it (coz he was the one that copied and paste the report with a bit of "editing"!)and he said he was just too lazy to write their report.. Hahaha. They are even "chopping" our reports, what more our players!
Ooops.. sorry Derek.. I forgot. We didn't change much in the game formation-wise. But after about 10 minutes acclimatizing to the bumpy, muddy, and sorry-excuse for a football pitch, we had to abandon our short-passing game and reverted to longer punts and crosses.
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