Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Player Feature: Dian

Every team has a dependable Mr. Reliable to thank amongst their ranks, very much like Dennis Irwin of old Manchester United - so dependable, he was often Sir Alex's first choice penalty taker in a shootout.

This month's edition of Player Feature seeks to introduce Inglewood's very own. Here, we are also out to dispel a myth, that Dian has 4 lungs. Well I can assure you, there is absolutely no truth in that, and we can prove it.

Dian doesn't have 4 lungs...

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Player Profile:
Dian, Centaur, 8ft6in, 12 stones, 0-100kmh in 6s

That's right. Dian's gameplay is simple - "I'll out-run you and outlast out-running you". Leading out Inglewood's counter-attacks, he surges forward on all 4s, past midfield, past forwards, sometimes dribbling all the way out for a goal kick - possibly leading the entire opponent team on a wild goose (or horse) chase all the way back to defend, buying Inglewood's tired legs much needed rest time. Descendent of the legendary Centaur, he is 1/2 man, 1/2 horse, 100% Dian.

OJ managed to saddle Dian down for an interview. It's quite a mouthful, but to get the full experience, please read out loud:

"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haah! Heeeeeee ha Yishun hahaMmmmmmmmBBBrrrr... Mmmmmmmmmbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... MmmmBBBBrrrrr NTUC Foodfair heee hahaha... Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haah! Heeeeeee ha hahaMmmmmmmmBBBrrrr... Mmmmmmmmmbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... MmmmBBBBrrrrr ACL heee haaa...

MmmmmmmmBBBrrrr... Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haah! Heeeeeee ha Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haah! Heeeeeee ha Bryan Robson, Jorge Campos, Little Juninho and Javier Zanetti. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haah! Heeeeeee ha MmmmmmmmBBBrrrr... Middlesbrough MmmmmmmmBBBrrrr... Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haah! Heeeeeee haWWF MmmmmmmmBBBrrrr... MmmmmmmmBBBrrrrMmmmmmmmBBBrrrr Africa Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haah! Heeeeeee ha MmmmmmmmBBBrrrr... Fc Inglewood.

Hoof,
~Dian"

For the benefit of our human readers, please find the English version below:

"Ok boss heres my write up...

I have been staying in Yishun for the past 23 years, currently working in NTUC Foodfare doing some accounting stuff.

I started out playing football as a goalkeeper until my height became a concern. During poly, I started playing as a winger/cm and was enjoying myself until a basketball player's two footed challenge torn my ACL. I was out of football for about 1 year, came back and realise I had turn into a rubbish rubbish player. I switched to defence where I pretty much do nothing but run, plus doing my utmost to injure myself. My favorite players include Bryan Robson, Jorge Campos, Little Juninho and Javier Zanetti. 



I have been a supporter of Middlesbrough for the last 13 years. I like the idea of a small poor town having a football team that belongs to the community. I believe that is how football clubs should be, unfortunately my belief has made me endure years of watching rubbish football.

I spend my time at home rearing fishes, gardening and playing with my parrots. I enjoy watching animal channel, national geographic while drinking Chinese tea. Honestly, I was born into the wrong era, I would be happier if I was living during the kampong days.

I have nothing much special except maybe my collection of football injuries, classics include goal post falling on my head, diving into the goal post, having my elbow sticking out after sliding to clear the ball off the line,hahaa, in short I am lucky to be alive. 

My dream is to one day work for WWF and disappear to Africa to be with animals until then I should be playing for Fc Inglewood. 

Up the Boro!!!"

~Dian

Go for the Intercontinental Championship Belt~!

Monday, August 24, 2009

... And won!

Yes, we won! And rather hard fought indeed. 

I suspect it's got something do with us enjoying ourselves in the rain (parents forbade)...
Like kids whilst waiting for the opponents to gather up...
The joy we got simply from playing soccer that made us play soccer like we would have imagined it...

I suspect it was the advantage at the start of the game playing 11 against 8...
The advantage that gave us the confidence to go forward...
To go forward at the opponent's goal with purpose and intent...
With that purpose and intent, it manifested into a brilliant goal~!

A brilliant goal with a sublime setup...
A sublime setup that started with a luring back pass (which committed their midfielders forward)... =D
The end result of which, calmed our nerves...

I suspect the unfortunate sending off made us grit our teeth harder...
Gritting our teeth harder as we dug deeper into defence...
Digging deeper into defence to defend the slender lead against the advantage that suddenly turned against us...
We defended well - they didn't have much of half a chance...
They did eventually unfortunately, and they certainly made the most of it...

But above all, I suspect it was the belief that got us back into the game...
Refusing to believe that we could throw this one away like that...
I personally like our second goal - a sweet volley (or half volley?)
I ran more than half the field!
I ran more than half the field to celebrate with the goal-scorer...
Our goal-scorer our saviour...
Our saviour with a sweet half volley (or volley?)

Hits:
- Winning the game...
- Defending collectively as a pack...
- Picking up one another's slack
- Getting on one another's back for slacking off

Misses:
- Stringing passes together (especially when we were out-numbering them). I was thinking of 3-5-2, to wrest the control in midfield. To stroke the ball around left to right, to attack with proper build-up. ..
- Stringing passes together, to spray our passes around, to make our numerical superiority count for triple...
- Stringing passes together, to move the ball around, like how modern football should be played. Like how Barcelona plays...

I will talk more about our play in a later post. I just want to say for now,
WELL DONE INGLEWOOD!
Please read our match report here!

Thursday, August 20, 2009

This week, we play to WIN!!!

Gameweek this Sunday, 23 Aug 2009!

Fixture Date:

23-August-2009
Fixture Kick Off Time:

13:00
Fixture Pitch:

Orchid Park Sec School


TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts
Inglewood Football Club 7 1 3 3 14 17 -3 6
Eclectics Football Club 5 1 1 3 10 17 -7 4


Similar to all the games, not all players will be playing. If you are scheduled to play, your contact ICs will be sending out the smses by Friday.

Appreciate your prompt responses!

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Game on National Day


Inglewood Football Club
Played 5 Win 0 Draw 3 Neber win 2 Scored 6 Kena Scored 10 Diff -4 Points 3
Falcons United Football Club 4 0 1 3 3 10 -7 1 only

9-Aug-2009 Sun 11 AM Inglewood Football Club

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Falcons United Football Club Orchid Park Sec School

Hi Guys! I hope this post is informative.

Current Situation
We have 20 odd players in Inglewood, which also means not every player will play every week.

We will be smsing to players on Thursdays/Fridays to confirm attendance. So please respond to the sms immediately.

For those who did not received sms, it only means you have the privilege of taking a break that weekend. Please do your own fitness maintenance OTOT. (own time own target)


Responses to SMS
Sample of sms: This Sunday 9Aug. 11am at Orchid Park Sec. Please reply 'Yes', 'No' or 'Pending'.
If 'Pending', please state the day/time that you can confirm.

There are only 3 types of desired responses.
1. Yes
2. No
3. Pending. I can confirm by Friday 2pm.

This is to make life easier for the person who is doing the attendance for the gameweek. So Inglewood seeks your kind understanding & prompt responses.