Saturday, January 12, 2008

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..

Thursday, January 10, 2008

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.

Saturday, January 05, 2008

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.

Friday, January 04, 2008

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