[MWSL Premier] 2004 Results & Banter

[Welcome Wagon]

What that you got a new coach,all the bad subs read your post and decided to quit or that maybe you joined a new team??

Conductor,

What I was meaning is that at least until we get some more capable players to help us out, it would be nice if our team plays the way it is capable of playing but has yet to do so for more than 45 minutes. I am not saying I want anyone to quit, or get a new coach, because everyone on the team, especially the coach is very well liked. I am just saying that we do need to pick up some players, and we need to do things a little differently, that's all.

WW

 

[SoccerBunny]

Premier B ----> Oct 24th @Cariboo Coquitlam United 2 - 0 Burnaby Canadians

CAREBEAR scored the first goal... Great pressure and follow-up for an excellent finish! And the second goal off of a direct free-kick which Bby was arguing as an unsportsmanlike play.

I can't stand when players and coaches bitch at the Ref when they are completely wrong - READ THE LAWS OF THE GAME! Their coach and a couple of their players seemed to think that we should wait for the keeper to get back in goal before we take our free-kick. Sorry ladies... You snooze - the ball's in the back of your net. The rule states that the referee only has to re-start a free-kick when the attacking team asks for the ten yard rule to be imposed! I think they learned a lesson on that one. Other than missing some pretty obvious late hits the ref did a good job today. He let us play. More than I can say for the last two games!

 

[SC]

An interesting game from a spectator's view point...Westside 3 vs. Alumni/Sportstown 2

Way too many injured old girls on the sidelines (both teams). Perhaps we'll all take the hint sooner rather than later ...

+SC

 

[Carebear]

Welcome to ttp SoccerBunny!!!

I now have a fellow teammate on here. Kudos to you for a solid game in net, as usual. Next weekend should be a good match as we are up against Valley United who we are currently tied for in first place (they have a game in hand though).

Congrats to Poco for the much needed win to get things back on track.

Carebear

 

[Welcome Wagon]

Thanks Carebear,

It was nice to get the win, but what was actually a lot nicer was the team discussion we had at practice on Thursday before the game. The whole subbing policy was discussed and changed, and put into action on Sunday, and it made a huge difference. Not only for the people on the field, but also for the subs. Granted it was only SBAA we played and should have been a guaranteed win anyway, but this new and needed subbing policy should help us in all of our other games, because even as our coach admitted the subbing cost us at least several games this year, and many in the past few seasons.

SC, the one week I forget to predict I would have been 4 for 4. I was going to pick Westside. Maybe I'll buy a lottery ticket because I am feeling lucky.

WW

 

[SC]

feeling lucky

That was me at the casino last week. I walked out with $760.oo. I didn't have a good read on any games, so that's why I didn't make any predictions.

I could go on and on with excuses of S-town losing, or Westside winning, but it would ruin the "W".

I'll try to venture out and see a bit more Premier stuff in the coming weeks. I look forward to catching the action...on the sidelines of course

+SC

BTW, congrats on the "W" WW

 

[Welcome Wagon]

Nutmegs or K-Vale,

How did you guys manage to tie Richmond. I heard that the ref was really bad, but still.....

WW

 

[nutmegs]

WW,

It was something like our 8th game in less than two weeks - we were resting some regulars, had some injuries, and the reffing was shite - but no excuses - we played with no desire and underestimated them. Probably the same thing that happened to Coquitlam this weekend against SBAA.

How did you guys manage to lose to Richmond?

Two good results for us after the Richmond debacle with a 4-1 victory over Westside and a 5-1 defeat of a injury-depleted UBC Alumni team that had probably only 5 or 6 people I recognized.

Now tied for the top of the table with Coquitlam with us holding the tiebreaker based on our 3-2 win in October. Depending on their results with UBC it should come down to our next game against each other.

 

[Keeper]

Cheeky

Has the MWSL begun taking jabs at the Parks Board now?

Someone should buy them a mirror.

 

[Captain Shamrock]

Anyone else hear that two Premier teams have been given 'special permission' by the league to play FIVE inter club transfers rather than the THREE that are allowed in the constitution. I have a good source here but I was just wondering if other premier players think this is fair. One of the teams in question is the SBAA team. Actually, this is unfair to all the teams in all divisions if rules are being broken to 'appeal' to certain teams. For the record, the SBAA Div. 1 team sent players up for this game, and he wanted to let me know. He said to spread the word so I am. Apparently, it was an effort by the league to 'level the playing field' because these teams couldn't put a full-strength squad together?


Thoughts?

 

[Conductor]

Just my thoughts but league rules are for 3 call ups NOT 5.If the league has given special permission to these 2 teams than my question to the league is where all the other teams informed on this??If not than I feel that this is unfair!!For example if Bob calls me and state's that SBAA is allowed to call up 5 players cause he wants a level playing field but my team needs to follow the rules and only bring up 3,I call bullshit.Is it my problem that they didn't sign enough players for there team at the beginning of the season??What if I told the league that I had only 15 players commited to paying the league fees including team entry for the league but my girls had all played MWSL for at least ten years and could they do us a favour by giving us a discount,do you think they would do it for just us and no one else for the betterment of the league cause all my girls wanted to still play soccer and all together.I'll tell you the answer "NO".If as a league all the teams agreed to this decision on the 5 call up rule fair enough,but guarenteed no one knows about it except for a select few!!As usual the league is again showing their true colours at screwing up!!!

 

[Six of One]

One of the teams in question is the SBAA team... For the record, the SBAA Div. 1 team sent players up for this game

So, in looking at last weekend's schedule, it appears that SBAA Kaos in Div.1 had a game and SBAA Strikers in Premier B did as well. SBAA Ajax in Div.1 and SBAA Saints in Premier A aren't listed as having played last week. So it seems likely that the Strikers in Premier B played these 5 players on intra-club permits from the Ajax team in Div.1.

This raises a few issues:
1) why was SBAA allowed to bend the rules and play 5 players on intra-club permits instead of the maximum 3 players? (as Captain stated)
2) the SBAA Strikers Premier B game was a CUP game. a) Did they use players who were cup-tied to the Div.1 team (likely Ajax)? b) Permits are allowed in League games only, not in Cup games.

Some interesting issues here. How good is your source, Captain?

 

[Captain Shamrock]

He is the coach of the SBAA Ajax team, which didn't play last weekend. He told me his players went up and played, five of them. Fcuking shocking what happens sometimes in this league.

 

[Keeper]

I should speak to the coach of the Westside Renegades about this.

 

[Captain Shamrock]

Yes, I believe that was the other team this coach mentioned. Perhaps I will put a call into the president and ask if I can bring up 5 players for our last league game. That should go down well.

 

[Can'tHeadABall]

Didn't you try that last year when you were div. 2??? I remember reading that somewhere. Nice to see you back Captain.

CHAB

 

[Conductor]

Hey Captain,not too sure if you want to do that??

Perhaps I will put a call into the president and ask if I can bring up 5 players for our last league game

Rumour has it the Prez already helped your team out earlier this year in your game against Ajax,why burn bridges!!!!

 

[Captain Shamrock]

Conductor,

The league did NOTHING to help our team out. It was a major fcuk-up by them that they had no option but to postpone the game. That is a fact. If you want to know the details, I will send them to you, Conductor.

As for my previous post, there are two teams - UBC and SBAA Premier A. Anyway, it was a request because of a shortage of players. It didn't happen last week and it definitely didn't happen during cup play. Basically I was informed of this 'stuff' because it was just another example of how 'mickey-mouse' the league can be at times. I've just passed on information, albeit incorrect. :-d Sorry for any of the teams I mentioned who had nothing to do with. Remember, don't shoot the messenger unless he fcuks up.


So, we shall move on now and see what the rest of the season brings us.


Cheers.

 

[Captain Shamrock]

CHeadaBall,


No, it was different. We submitted a roster for cup to the league so they knew who the TWO players were who we were moving from our div. 3 team to our div. 2 team. By the way, we told them about this issue in early December and were not told anything different to what we did at that tiem. We thought it was like the guys league where you submit a roster and that the league play would not change. We were upfront with it but it was obviously a mistake we made in that text and the way it was handled was basically a debacle. It was all moot at the end because the cup means diddle in div. 1 and lower because no one has a chance to enter a playoff to try and get into the provincial cup draw. If there was that incentive, you would see teams working harder to win the cup.


Cheers.

 

[Fat Bastard]

Just a couple of things I'd like to point out.

First, if UBC was one of the teams, then they can't bring anyone up on permits. They don't have another team below them. If UBC can't field a team then that's their problem. If it's true, my how times have changed. Remember when they horded players by the dozen?

Second, the coach of the Ajax is buddies with the someone on the Board, who happens to be an SBAA coach as well. Wonder why he can't go through him to get this dealt with? In any case, let's face it, SBAA Premier has had the League's ear for years. (They proposed the National/NTC player limit.)

Of course, if this is youth permits we're talking about then that's a whole different story. BCSA says you can only use three youth players in a game. The MWSL rules say five. Whose rules outrank whose? I dunno. They are allowed in League Cup play too. (And UBC can use these, and probably does, given their close ties to the Girls Metro League.)

By the way, has anyone else noticed that Inter-Club Permit is the incorrect term. It should be INTRA-Club Permits. I brought this up when I was on the board, but was shot down. Oh well. I suppose English is the least of the League's concerns.

Well, my return from exile will be shortlived. I shall now return to my cave with Osama and Elvis. Best of luck with the season everyone.

FBwonderinghowHOSandtheLittleHOSesaredoing...Hopetheylookliketheirmother!