Saturday 12th July v Ashburton.
Strong Opposition but still no match!
The teams looked evenly matched in the size and physique area and the game started off very even. Ashburton were not intimidated at all and were attacking quite freely. Our midfield in Ryan, Jack and Cheney were helping the defence mop up initial early attacks and turn them into Doncaster offensive moves.
The boys once again were lacking structure to start off and the game was getting bogged down in the Ashburton half with no real chances coming for the first five minutes.
The deadlock was broken when an attack down the right saw Josh pass to Ryan who slotted the ball in for Alexandre to hammer home. 1-0.
Once again Doncaster were having the majority of the ball with many chances either going at the keeper or wide as the boys overran the ball.
Cheney made it 2-0 on 9 minutes when a nicely floated corner came in from Alexandre straight through to Cheney who easily converted.
Although there was a great deal of attacking it was not all one a way street. Ashburton were having several attacks of their own but it was good to see the Doncaster defence handling these quite easily especially when they were backed up by the midfield boys. One such example was a great corner by Ashburton which was headed clear by Jack to Cheney who passed forward to Christos who passed forward to Josh only for the ball to go just wide of the net. A great sweeping move.
Half time 2-0.
The second half was going to be easier just because we were now playing downhill.
After a few minutes the boys created a goal from nowhere with a superb move. Christos to Dion who moved it inside to Jack whose side of the foot flick found Josh to hammer home. 3-0.
Within a minute, Josh became provider from the right with a low cross which was met on the volley by Jack for Doncaster’s fourth. 4-0.
The boys were in the zone from then on and several attacks resulted with excellent work down both wings by Cheney, Josh and Christos backed by solid graft in the middle by Jack, Dion and the ever running Ryan.
The only slight scare we had was when Ryan had been switched into goal and Ashburton had an attack down the right. Just when you thought Aaron had it covered he managed to sneek a cross in which was met by a looping shot. At one point I thought it was in but Ryan reached up his right hand and batted it away.
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Monday, 14 July 2008
Round 12 - U14A - Match Report
U14A Doncaster Rovers vs Manningham 13th July
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On a cool and cloudy day with a cold Northerly breeze keeping the extemities numb Rovers were set to give Manningham a game without Joel, Jansen and Dion, as well as Phil still coming good.The boys started out with purpose and were soon dominating the game, kicking with the wind. Some good passing and linking up down the right between Drew and Alex and then Chris saw a corner result. Chris took the well weighted kick and Nik D connected with a good header only to see the ball rebound off the right post. Any balls that came into the midfield were quickly controlled by Chris, Alex, Steve and Nik D, while up forward Nick V and Michael Palomares were under notice with good pressure at the ball.
Steve had a long run, but dribbled too far forwards and the keeper neutralised the attack. Shortly after Steve had another chance but shot directly at the keeper. The pressure was mounting. Phil was brought on to replace Michael Palomares and had an immediate impact. A good corner by Chris put the ball right in front where it bobbled around off a couple of defenders allowing Phil time to pounce and put away our first goal. It looked easy.
The defenders were well on top with Drew, Nik D, Matt, Elliot and Michael Piccoli feeding the ball forward with well placed passes to advantage, however the forwards could not find the goals. Whenever the ball went closer to goal Luke was well placed to clean up any miss-kicks that occurred. Alex hit the crossbar with a chip that bounced down only for the keeper to grab. Michael Pal had a couple of chances that both went wide. Then a few optimistic long shots all went over the top, before Alex had a great run from the wing and beat his man as well as the keeper but his outside of the foot flick sailed right across goal and out! Drew came off injured and was replaced by Michael Palomares, leaving the team with only eleven boys, for the rest of the game.
Half-time score: Rovers 1 : Manningham 0
The second half started out in the same manner with Rovers playing confidently but not showing any respect to Manningham who had the wind. A back pass by Manningham was picked up by the keeper, and the resulting free allowed Alex to drive in a good shot high into the right corner of the net for Rovers second goal.
From here on Rovers played without any enthusiasm and started ball watching as mentally the game was already over. Manningham seized on a couple of Rovers bad defensive errors with an across the goal defensive lob coming unstuck to quickly goal and bring a draw back into contention. Rovers were still going forwards from time to time with long range shots off target or straight to the keeper. In one of the play of the days Nick Vass ran the ball forwards and passed right to the feet of Michael Pal in the clear, but he rushed his shot and the opportunity went well wide. Rovers defense came under more attack and looked less than comfortable with a couple of close calls, before the ref blew his whistle for only the fourth time of the day!
Scores at full-time: Rovers 2 Manningham 1
GO ROVERS !! – sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards!
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On a cool and cloudy day with a cold Northerly breeze keeping the extemities numb Rovers were set to give Manningham a game without Joel, Jansen and Dion, as well as Phil still coming good.The boys started out with purpose and were soon dominating the game, kicking with the wind. Some good passing and linking up down the right between Drew and Alex and then Chris saw a corner result. Chris took the well weighted kick and Nik D connected with a good header only to see the ball rebound off the right post. Any balls that came into the midfield were quickly controlled by Chris, Alex, Steve and Nik D, while up forward Nick V and Michael Palomares were under notice with good pressure at the ball.
Steve had a long run, but dribbled too far forwards and the keeper neutralised the attack. Shortly after Steve had another chance but shot directly at the keeper. The pressure was mounting. Phil was brought on to replace Michael Palomares and had an immediate impact. A good corner by Chris put the ball right in front where it bobbled around off a couple of defenders allowing Phil time to pounce and put away our first goal. It looked easy.
The defenders were well on top with Drew, Nik D, Matt, Elliot and Michael Piccoli feeding the ball forward with well placed passes to advantage, however the forwards could not find the goals. Whenever the ball went closer to goal Luke was well placed to clean up any miss-kicks that occurred. Alex hit the crossbar with a chip that bounced down only for the keeper to grab. Michael Pal had a couple of chances that both went wide. Then a few optimistic long shots all went over the top, before Alex had a great run from the wing and beat his man as well as the keeper but his outside of the foot flick sailed right across goal and out! Drew came off injured and was replaced by Michael Palomares, leaving the team with only eleven boys, for the rest of the game.
Half-time score: Rovers 1 : Manningham 0
The second half started out in the same manner with Rovers playing confidently but not showing any respect to Manningham who had the wind. A back pass by Manningham was picked up by the keeper, and the resulting free allowed Alex to drive in a good shot high into the right corner of the net for Rovers second goal.
From here on Rovers played without any enthusiasm and started ball watching as mentally the game was already over. Manningham seized on a couple of Rovers bad defensive errors with an across the goal defensive lob coming unstuck to quickly goal and bring a draw back into contention. Rovers were still going forwards from time to time with long range shots off target or straight to the keeper. In one of the play of the days Nick Vass ran the ball forwards and passed right to the feet of Michael Pal in the clear, but he rushed his shot and the opportunity went well wide. Rovers defense came under more attack and looked less than comfortable with a couple of close calls, before the ref blew his whistle for only the fourth time of the day!
Scores at full-time: Rovers 2 Manningham 1
GO ROVERS !! – sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards!
Round 12 - U10 Blue - Match Report
DATE: 12.07.08 OPPONENTS: MOOROOLBARK LOCATION: ESTHER PARK RESERVE MOOROOLBARK
JUST NOT OUR DAY
With John and Peter now in Greece, and with Christopher and Justin still overseas, and with Ethan
unavailable, it was always going to be a difficult match against Mooroolbark.
The condition of the ground at Esther Park Reserve certainly didn’t make things easier.
The Blues started of well, but with a momentary lapse of concentration in our defense Mooroolbark were able capitalize on it and take an early lead 1-0.
Our boys worked hard and had a lot of possession of the ball but were unable to get the ball in the back of the net.
Mooroolbark had another opportunity in front of goal just before half time and with a well hit strike made it
2-0 down for Doncaster.
The second half started with a lot of promise for the Blues. Marko was kept very busy in goals making some excellent saves and clearing the ball well. Billy, Declan and Stefan did well protecting our goal and pushing the ball to the wings and to our midfield. Corey showed great improvement by clearing the ball well and contributing both in defense and up forward at different stages of the game.
Damian and Alexander applied a lot of pressure in midfield but still helped out in defense and up forward.
Michael made his presence felt with some great clearing
which helped push the ball towards our forward line.
Tim and Jake did a lot of running on the wings and distributed the ball with some great passing to our strikers. Jack and James created a lot of opportunities and had quite a few shots on goal, most of them only just missing the target. The one time we did put the ball over the opposition’s goal line after a great combination between Tim and James it was only to be disallowed by the referee. The Blues threatened to score many times but the ball just did not reach the back of the net.
Stefan and Jack showed the crowd what the Rovers are made of by recovering well and quickly, after both having taken heavy falls then throwing themselves back in the game and giving it their all.
Just before the final whistle blew Mooroolbark took advantage of an opening and scored making the final result Mooroolbark 3 Doncaster Rovers 0.
The Blues played well and had a lot of great moves and passes, and created many chances but unluckily were not able to score. It just wasn’t our day.
JUST NOT OUR DAY
With John and Peter now in Greece, and with Christopher and Justin still overseas, and with Ethan
unavailable, it was always going to be a difficult match against Mooroolbark.
The condition of the ground at Esther Park Reserve certainly didn’t make things easier.
The Blues started of well, but with a momentary lapse of concentration in our defense Mooroolbark were able capitalize on it and take an early lead 1-0.
Our boys worked hard and had a lot of possession of the ball but were unable to get the ball in the back of the net.
Mooroolbark had another opportunity in front of goal just before half time and with a well hit strike made it
2-0 down for Doncaster.
The second half started with a lot of promise for the Blues. Marko was kept very busy in goals making some excellent saves and clearing the ball well. Billy, Declan and Stefan did well protecting our goal and pushing the ball to the wings and to our midfield. Corey showed great improvement by clearing the ball well and contributing both in defense and up forward at different stages of the game.
Damian and Alexander applied a lot of pressure in midfield but still helped out in defense and up forward.
Michael made his presence felt with some great clearing
which helped push the ball towards our forward line.
Tim and Jake did a lot of running on the wings and distributed the ball with some great passing to our strikers. Jack and James created a lot of opportunities and had quite a few shots on goal, most of them only just missing the target. The one time we did put the ball over the opposition’s goal line after a great combination between Tim and James it was only to be disallowed by the referee. The Blues threatened to score many times but the ball just did not reach the back of the net.
Stefan and Jack showed the crowd what the Rovers are made of by recovering well and quickly, after both having taken heavy falls then throwing themselves back in the game and giving it their all.
Just before the final whistle blew Mooroolbark took advantage of an opening and scored making the final result Mooroolbark 3 Doncaster Rovers 0.
The Blues played well and had a lot of great moves and passes, and created many chances but unluckily were not able to score. It just wasn’t our day.
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Round 12 - U10 Yellow - Match Report
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Normal service is restored
Saturday 12 July (away) v Bulleen 1.
With the coach back after his 3 week scouting mission to England to look for the new Kewell or Cahill, during what could be said as many shopping expeditions to the high street, and his tour of Wembley to line up playing one of Rovers games there if they can accommodate their growing fan base, the only surprise on his return was his right-hand man, Carlos, had jumped ship to fill Big Phil’s boots as Portugal head coach. Obviously his impressive record of played 2 won 1 and his recruitment of numerous assistants on the sidelines had CQ their prime candidate.
Having a full squad available for the first time this season, pre-game photos were subsequently taken.
Acclimatising to the somewhat arctic conditions and bouncing back from last week’s first loss, we began slowly, but ground our way in to the game, taking the lead through James’ superb strike from the edge of the area. We remained solid and held our formation well, Jacob contributing very well down the right side.
With the wind at our back in the second half, we dominated possession and the pressure told when on his return, Josh added a second, followed shortly afterwards by Ari’s chip over the keeper for the third. Jonathon S hit the bar as we looked for more goals.
Despite Bulleen adding a 29th minute consolation, we ran out 3 – 1 winners. Again, defensively we looked strong, Jeremy commanding as last man in front of our goalkeeper, Kirk. Matty, Jonathon M, Anton, Jonathon N, Jason and Lachie all made telling contributions. James, Jacob, Jonathon S, Matthew and Ari each supplied the run and fight in midfield, whilst Alex, Yanni and Josh all applied pressure to the Bulleen defence.
Well done boys.
Training on Thursday, 6pm at Donvale Reserve.
Next week, home v Bulleen 2, 12.00am kick-off at Anderson Park, team official photo at 11am.
Season:- P 11 W10 D0 L1 Gls For 49 Gls Ag 11.
C’mon the Y1s
Normal service is restored
Saturday 12 July (away) v Bulleen 1.
With the coach back after his 3 week scouting mission to England to look for the new Kewell or Cahill, during what could be said as many shopping expeditions to the high street, and his tour of Wembley to line up playing one of Rovers games there if they can accommodate their growing fan base, the only surprise on his return was his right-hand man, Carlos, had jumped ship to fill Big Phil’s boots as Portugal head coach. Obviously his impressive record of played 2 won 1 and his recruitment of numerous assistants on the sidelines had CQ their prime candidate.
Having a full squad available for the first time this season, pre-game photos were subsequently taken.
Acclimatising to the somewhat arctic conditions and bouncing back from last week’s first loss, we began slowly, but ground our way in to the game, taking the lead through James’ superb strike from the edge of the area. We remained solid and held our formation well, Jacob contributing very well down the right side.
With the wind at our back in the second half, we dominated possession and the pressure told when on his return, Josh added a second, followed shortly afterwards by Ari’s chip over the keeper for the third. Jonathon S hit the bar as we looked for more goals.
Despite Bulleen adding a 29th minute consolation, we ran out 3 – 1 winners. Again, defensively we looked strong, Jeremy commanding as last man in front of our goalkeeper, Kirk. Matty, Jonathon M, Anton, Jonathon N, Jason and Lachie all made telling contributions. James, Jacob, Jonathon S, Matthew and Ari each supplied the run and fight in midfield, whilst Alex, Yanni and Josh all applied pressure to the Bulleen defence.
Well done boys.
Training on Thursday, 6pm at Donvale Reserve.
Next week, home v Bulleen 2, 12.00am kick-off at Anderson Park, team official photo at 11am.
Season:- P 11 W10 D0 L1 Gls For 49 Gls Ag 11.
C’mon the Y1s
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