i'm sorry for the super late post, but there were 4 other dudes who could have done it but didn't.

in the recent NTU Street Challenge, el lobos did themselves proud by qualifying past the two group stages, only to leave because of a stupid misunderstanding.

group d match 1
NIE teachers 1 el lobos 1

yewtze scored this one after jiaxuan hit the post twice. was an extremely physical match that the lobos should have won. but just a warm up. the highlight was bobby zooming off in his car to get congjing, who was late. steven from e lit deputised as our very reluctant goalie.

group d match 2

walkover some loser team

group d match 3
slackers 1 el lobos 1

zp returns for this, scoring on his first attempt much to the rapturous reception of the soccer frenzy audience. slackers play some slick football, but are rapidly kiaped by some tenacious lob defense. things get ugly, lucky to survive.

thus we progressed to stage 2.

indian team 0 el lobos 5

surprisingly easy meat despite the presence of an ivp indian. zp scores twice, steven in his happy outfield role one, yt one and jx one. bob and cj prove to be a formidable wall.

hongxing 4 el lobos 1

looks one-sided. but to be honest lobos were a tad shagged. and facing a team filled with ivps, it was unlikely that they were going to let us have an easy match. zp scored for lobos, bob and cj barrier down due to steven playing outfield.


then we left because we thought we got knocked out. well done lobos. next year will be better.

match report
score: mingwei's kakis 1 el lobos 4
scorers: edmund, leonard, bobby, yewtze
attendance: 33.000

report: this match was completed some weeks ago, but the reporter kind of lost his script, hence the delay. but here goes: mingwei, friend and childhood training partner of lobos' yewtze and a missing wee leong, brought his team to challenge a lively looking lobos, who is having a mini revival of sorts. having not located a ground to the satisfaction of both parties, ntu stadium provided the neutral battlefield.

leonard, after some excellent performances outfield, showed that versality and a failure to appease your gaffer could be detrimental by starting in goal. long lost rock wee theng lined up against recently traitorous congjing in a tried-and-tested defence. yewtze continued his good attendance with a role in the marauding circle, with edmund and jx completing the usual trio in attack.

with cj contributing with his energetic runs from the back, the lobos caused the kakis no end of trouble. wee theng repelled any attack that the opposition could muster, while leo managed to look more sian than he usually did. meanwhile, jx hit the post early on, after some good work by cj. after much confusion over an over enthusiastic center midfielder, which yewtze pointed out as the main physical damage dealer, edmund scored a poacher's goal by slotting home.

having been unleashed from his mundane task as a bored keeper, leo continued his rich vein of goalscoring form by netting a long range shot. shortly after, substitute and sleepy-looking bobby scored with a bullet header after a fantastic, pinpoint, almost unreal cross from a nonchalent looking jx. yewtze then scored a goal that was so sneaky that it couldn't be remembered. salas then missed a whole host of chances. and then with the score at 4-0, jx continued his own record of conceding by passing to an opponent, who proceeded to run almost inhumanly and score. anyway it was time to end.

manofthematch: congjing
he played the whole match. how's that for commando.

moanofthematch: lazy opponents
edmund: wah lao they don't pick ball one. f*** la.

quoteofthematch: 'this is a fantastic turnout!' yewtze obviously hasn't seen many happy lobo days.

conclusion: technique triumphs over stamina. any day.

match report
score: han jie and friends 0 el lobos 3
scorers: yewtze, jiaxuan, leonard
attendance: 47.000

report: one of the lowest scoring games, as well as shortest, the lobos showed that they were no pushovers by comprehensively beating han jie's team by three on saturday. it had been quite some time since the last official match, and the lobos were eager to shed rust and the all-too-familiar feeling of playing mingyao's andersonians week in week out.

with wee leong at the back and the usual trio of yewtze, jiaxuan and leonard playing together for the umpteen time, congjing made a rare appearance. driving his suave new car with brown hair to boot, this silent amiable assassin smiled his way into the match. providing a stable foil at the back to launch attacks, only sum could possibly have made a more solid defensive contribution. but the difference showed; where defensively the lobos were compromised (by not much), the attacked flowed.

as mentioned earlier, the match was rather short. yew tze banged in the first minutes after the kick-off, taking on almost the entire defense with a series of well-known footwork. the diminutive playmaker, wrestling control of the park with an ever widening hole in his trusty boots, finished well after a nice pass from cj. soon after, jx impossibly lobbed the bewildered keeper with a slightly, almost but not quite, awesome finish after some good work by yewtze on the left. the lobos worked seamlessly together, with leo and cj disgustingly calm and collected behind, wee leong looking bored and unperturbed, yew tze his usual pesky self and jx running circles around the opposition and himself. it came as no surprise then when leo struck a well placed shot into the corner after a snap pass from jx, wrapping up the match and bringing on the poser malays.

which is another story for another day.

manofthematch: yewtze
he really played well la. got nothing to snipe him about, except his lousy choices in dresses.

moanofthematch: poser malays
wear until so nice then disrupt match. what the hell. lousy somemore. play rough somemore.

quoteofthematch: 'wah lan eh. high court press.' han jie thinks he is playing basketball.

conclusion: congjing should come more often. jiaxuan should shoot more often. leo should shout more often. yew tze should do fancy stuff more often. wee leong. wee leong should smile more often.

overall a good result.

lobos at the crossroads; bunny girl puleo blocks the way

report - after dallying with mingyao's andersonians and yi ming's torreses, the team has hit the important question: what are we aiming for now? according to spectators and loyal supporters that have been staunched with the lobos so far, the players that make the team are a measly 4. something/13 (14?). cesc fatzegas, david holva, iker weesilas and a rejuvenated but seriously disturbed chu puleo make the numbers, with sumo ramos and joan fapdeviliang joining in at times, and the occasional appearance of sandres inilasta

chu puleo, despite his good garang performances for the espanic lobos recently, has a new nickname. 'el bunny girl', as he likes to call himself now, was caught recently parading his new bunny ears, red lips and sweet smile, while waving his cute lil' butt in red shorts. gaffer luis horagones has released a statement that he 'wasn't homophobic' and that players should be allowed their private lives.

but reporters have noticed that horagones has recently shunned the presence of puleo during private functions and parties. puleo himself has been caught dallying with a bespectacled scientist only known as reubs. some players were interviewed for their comments:

holva: 'honestly, we don't care about puleo's sexual orientation. but seriously, bunny girl?'

fatzegas: 'underaged girls, and now this? i'm not sure which is worse man. i know im not a very good example, but still...'

sumo: 'wtf.'

weesilas: 'so that's what he borrowed my butter for.'

puleo has been in rich form of late. scoring spectacular goals, including one good header from a even more fantastic cross from holva, one wonders if he has already sacrifice his manhood. fatzegas, on the other hand, has been caught up in anniversaries. his missus, whose age the press has politely declined to name because of censorship policies, have reminded tze nicely that the best age to have children is at 18. let's hope he remembers.

more coming up soon - worldsoccer.com

to all loboing lobos out there.

the hols are almost over and we haven't played much. what happened to our passion for slick, beautiful soccer? its gone down the damn drain.

tay is almost back (truly). and school is starting. what a bad joke.

mingyao's team this sun. lets try to win with ease. or lose fighting. or whatever.

HELLOOOO!!!

hello! my exams over! the tagboard was deleted or expired liao ar?
organise match leh! haha

butter

eh qian bian.

all die already ah.

it's been a long month. hope everyone had a good new year and v day.

the few of us played soccer on saturday against some tci punks. old news is that we only had six of us, prompty reduced to five when i tore my sole again. new news is that in edmund we've probably found a second tay, albeit a less physically imposing one. and yes, we do miss you mr tay.

still haven't given up my aspirations of a dream team. i still have hopes that tay and yewtze will recover fully. the team spirit isn't as strong as it was supposed to be, and to be honest, we were getting it on pretty well at some stage last year. i think deep down inside, all of you guys want to be together as a team. we can still kick some ass.


anyway, here's an insight:

what man united needs now isn't carlos tevez. by all means, his statistics present a strong case for his selection, and he has scored some important goals. but tevez, for all his momentary link-up plays, doesn't really pass that well. he is short, yet not a terribly fast sprinter. stocky to an extent, but rooney's more bullish by far.

i think what carlos tevez presents is a solution to ole gunnar solskjaer. saha is too injury-prone to present a staple threat as a super-sub, so that's where tevez comes in.

the answer: karim benzema.

he is fast, strong, good in the air. maybe possessing most of the attributes of a certain ruud van nistelrooy. howere, benzema is more mobile. there are more facets to his all-round game. and there is the added advantage of youth. fergie can train benzema to match his game plan, and the forward can present a bigger goal threat than tevez will ever be. the transfer fee will be insane, but the kid is only 20. he will only get better.

imagine a forward line like this: cristiano ronaldo, irrepressible on the right; nani weaving his way on the left; wayne rooney in his best role as the withdrawn striker, and karim benzema at the tip of the spear. it's a hassle trying to contain one, headache to thwart two, an absolute nightmare to face three.

benzema's the man, the one that will strike all down.

attention all nice lobos

guys, got a proposal to make.

from now on, we'll collect 10 dollars from every lobo every month. this will go to the lobo fund, which is used for of course, welfare of lobos.

first up, tay's knee. subsequent injuries will be treated likewise.

please voice your opinions on the tagboard. thanks.

okay next time i will try this one..

match report
score: minyao's andersonians 7 el lobos 14
scorers: zhipeng 8, yewtze 5, sum 1
attendance: 15.000

report: a high-scoring match where both teams played an all-out attacking suicide game that was pleasing to any neutral fan, but not to the managers. a clean-sheet was desired and not achieved, but a seven goal win is still good by any means.

the team started with wee leong in goal, leonard and sum as the defence, yewtze in the middle with zhipeng and jx on the flanks. two goals were scored in the space of the first five minutes, setting the tone for the rest of the morning.

(the rest of the goals are all somewhere else. i only can remember the score being 3-2, then 4-2. rest of them are lost in the sea of memories)

goals were exchanged. it must be noted that though zp scored eight (or nine), he missed around twenty chances. also, the domination did not pay off, as soft goals were conceded. wee leong was only responsible for one, a scott carson error which wasn't a huge issue, but not really a miniscule one either.

one thing to take note was that communication was found wanting. motormouth tze provided much of the solution, but after he was taken off, the formation pretty much collapsed. also, the defence on the wings was suspect, a problem which we always had.

manofthematch: zhipeng
i would give it to yewtze. but you can't leave a guy out when he scores eight.

moanofthematch: drinks uncle
showed a certain lack of enthusiasm in selling his wares, yet the beverages were equally pricey.

quoteofthematch: 'isn't liangfa in church?' yewtze blurts out his reservations about sensitive issues on hearing fa's commitment.

conclusion: nothing to crow about. lets move on to the next opponent with more seriousness.

i just feel like writing this. because in some ways it is too painful to keep inside. and i guess the some of us who care, really miss the times when the lobos line-up was this:


line-up: wee leong, sum, wee theng, yewtze, yuxian, zhipeng

subs: leo, congjing, bob, huikai, liangfa


don't you feel that the line-up is damn gay. even the subs are gay. wee leong's passing improving with every game, sum and wee theng as the rocks, yewtze gallivating about, yuxian rampaging whole defences and zp just finishing every darn chance. congjing and leo ready to fill in every position, bob with his power shot, huikai and liangfa ready-made for theirs. nightmare for the opposition.

skill and steel oozing from every position. do you guys feel my pain as the manager. do you guys feel it too.

we could have been a dream.

friendly on 6th jan, 2008
venue: NUS law fac futsal court (NIE)
match time: 0900
water parade: 830
opponents: mingyao's andersonians

our first ever match of the year 2008. nostalgia is in the air, as well as a tinge of sadness and regret at the passing of 2007. tears will be fallen, shin pads will be shattered, and great heroes will remembered. but lobos will live on. happy new year to all.

currentsituation: only me, tay and sum have seen our opponents in real action. possibly zp and bob have to, but anyway lets just try our best to make it good.

opposition: from what can be recalled, they have two main dangermen: one is a goal opportunist, the other the creative playmaker. the rest of the players are also of decent skill, but it is these two which we must keep an eye on. sum and leo will have to be on their toes: sum on the goalscorer, leo on the playmaker. we'll stifle them, make them come to us, and zp as usual, will kiosai 10% of his chances that fall along. if yewtze can play, leo can relax into his defensive role. line-up is subjected to the people who turn up.

conclusion: please let the gaffer rest for this match. he is very, very tired.

probable line-up: wee leong, sum, liangfa, bob, leonard, zhipeng