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Season Analysis: Goalscorers

This post was written by an individual that was granted a permission to write in this blog. It is not necessarily reflect CFC's perspective.

28 Matches, 141 goals. Forget about 4 own goals from New Venture, 137 goals scored by 54 players. Attacking forces are proven crucial in this league as goal differences made the different in the league position - look at 2nd and 3rd, as well as 4th to 6th.
Golden Boot award will be handed to Raj(again) from Machanz FC, with the total of 11goals almost half of their total. His teammate Lingesh followed closely with 9goals, thanks to 7 he had against New Venture - while Raj took the remaining 4 they got in that match. This partnership contributed to almost all goals for Machanz, because 2 each from Trish and Ringgo completed 24 goals for them. Raj scored in all games except when they lost to Trinity, which means they lost their medal for this season.
The Champion Sabah FC scored 31 goals in the campaign, 2 of them came from NV's own goals. Jorden lead their goal chart with 6goals. Eventhough that amount of goals put him 5th place (with Nadun from Eagles), but they have 11 players scored throughout the season to help them winning the league. Taha, Fir and Ahmed contributed 4 each, and Nan scored 3 before he broke his collar bone. Sumit and Berty scored twice, while 4 more scored once. Defender Julian's goal in highlight gave them the winning against main title rival (in week 6) Galacticos.
2nd place Eagles FC is 2nd in term of goals scored, with 29goals, one from NV player. They also had 11 players scored for them, including the 2 who involved in transfer windows with machanz - Samuel and Juma. Mmediong scored 8 to get 3rd in the scorers' rank, while Nadun matched Jorden's goal tally with 6. They also have Salim with 4, and Kimu with 3 - one from it when he equalized against Sabah FC. Ope had 2, while 6 more scored one.
Table leader in more than half of the season Galacticos who finished 3rd, only scored 20 (4th in term of goal scored) shared among 9players. Their star-man Steve lead the way with 5, and Sean scored 4. 3 more players scored twice, JJ, PK and Mseks. 4 other players scored one. One more goal is from NV own goal.
Kelkatu FC relied too much on the rookie Amirul who scored 7 for them, more than one third of the total 18. Salim and Abdi scored 3, while Mohsen had 2 for himself including the equaliser against Galacticos in the last match. 3 more players scored one.
Sheperd scored 3 for Trinity, and Dennie 2. 4 more players scored one.
As for UFC, they scored their opening goal in their shocking win against Kelkatu in week 3 through Farid. Daniel scored 3, and Rusy scored 2.
New Venture opened their goal in the first matach against Trinity by Ragu. But they had the own-goal issue in the following matches. Their ey-player Farouk however managed to score 2 more.

This analysis suggests that having a squad that is capable to score is very important, more important than just having one (or two) scoring machine in the team. It is proven when Sabah, Eagles, and Galcticos had 9 to 11 players scored for them. Machanz in the other hand was 'not-enough' to get top 3 even they have 2 top scorers in the league which gave them 20 goals amongst just the two of them.

Week 4 Summary

Theme - Keep clean sheet, you'll be on top.
Saturday
Kelkatu FC 5 Trinity 0
Trinity started this game with only 9 players, suspected that the rest are still recovering from the after-prom-effect (peace!). However, the full-team Kelkatu did not really capitalised the advantage they have, until Salim break the deadlock with a smart long-distance chip-shot. Kelkatu lead 4-0 in first half, 2 from Amirul and 1 from Abdi. Abdi added another in 2nd half, while Trinity got their men up to 11 after that to finish the remaining 20minutes.
Machanz FC 11 New Venture 0
Raj and Machanz combined together to destroy NV side. Machanz had 7-0 lead in the first half. Despite a slow start in 2nd half, Machanz scored 4 more to complete the disastrous 11-0 win to NV, with Hafeel notably made a funny handball foul for the only yellow card of the day. Lingesh was awarded man of match, for his 7 goals and some assists from 4 of Raj's goals. Lingesh is now league top scorer with 9, closely followed by 8 of Raj.
Sunday
Galacticos FC 11 UFC 0
Galacticos keep their net safe and away from any ball as they trash UFC side 11-0. For record, Galacticos haven't concede a goal this season, proved that Joel and Celestine worth their individual award last season. Galacticos started brightly from the very beginning and looked unstoppable. 7 players are on the scoresheet for them. UFC lost their goalkeeper Basil in the middle of 2nd half for injury. Celestine notably made a brilliant run just from outside his own penalty box, driblle past few players and sprint all the way to opponent's penalty box before calmly slot the ball in to add his name into the scoresheet.
Sabah FC 1 Eagles FC 1
The match to watch for this season as the previous time this 2 teams meet, the match didn't end. It is also a match that could make it obvious of which team is favorite to grab the league this season because they shared points on top of the table before this week start. A very entertaining match in term of quality, Taha's free kick was flick-headed by Jorden to give Sabah the lead in the first half. However, they lost Nan(subbed with Fir then) in the first half for an injury that loooked serious. A report later confirmed that he broke his collar bone. Both teams maintain their spirit in 2nd half, and Eagles got their equaliser by Kimu's long shot from outside the box. Sabah also lost Marco after that for a brave save from him in 1-on-1 situation, and Den replaced him in goal. Sabah was playing with 10-men for this incident as they made all the subs before it. The match ended 4 minutes before time as the field is too dark to continue, and the scoreline is fair for both team.

Galacticos climbed to top this week, with 2 goals different advantage to the other 2 teams that share same points - 8. Sabah and Eagles are those sharing the points, with Sabah has more goals scored to be at 2nd spot. Machanz is just 1 point below them to follow closely. Kelkatu, Trinity and UFC followed with a staging points 5, 4 and 3 respectively. New Venture is still finding their point at the bottom.

Result and Fixtures Season 14

Last updates: 9oct 3:10am

Result

Remaining Fixture

Transfer Windows Closed

Sorry for inaccurate report previously about this issue.

After almost 3 weeks for the teams to re-strengthen their players list, some teams made effort to reorganise their players.
UFC made 10transfers, 5ins and 5outs. However, their transfers didnot involved other teams, meaning players out not joining any team, and players in are also not from any team, as simple as that.
Machanz and Eagles in the other and made a trade, in defensive department. Samuel joined Machanz in the value of Juma to go the opposite way.
There is also a transfer in New Venture because Andrea Ongeta left after finished his IEP, and replaced by a new boy.

Good luck to all for the remaining 4 matches!!!

Sunday Overview

Sunday. Galacticos enter the field against New Venture with high confident but with more cautious not repeat Kelaktu's mistake one day before. Galacticos won by 5-0 by the of this match. BUt they played with 10-men for about 50 minutes when captain Rabbit collected his 2nd yellow from a high-handball. Galacticos if now the only team in the league to keep clean sheets after 3 games. This could prove the worth of best-defender award Celestine got previous season.
The 2nd match between Eagles and Trinity was another title determining match, for both drew with Galacticos before, and beaten the 2 new teams. However, pre-match was disturbed by claims that Trinity will field unregistered players, which is still under investigation. The match went tight as expected, but Eagles proved they are the better side, and a side to be watched. Eagles won 4-2, and that brought them to 2nd spot with same points to Sabah. Sabah are above for 1 extra goal scored. This match saw another incident, where Eagles non-playing-members(manager, subs, fans) were celebrating their goal in the pitch line. An attemp from committee to stop that had also sparked another unhealthy arguement.
After all, the league is good so far after 3 matches. Transfer window is now open for teams to sharpen their line-up. We'll see how things go in few weeks time.

Kelkatu Dropped Out

Kelkatu FC 0 - UFC 1
Saturday, 5pm. Match between Kelkatu FC against UFC was thought by many to an easy for Kelkatu. Newly-formed UFC had conceded 20 in 2 matches, while Kelkatu drew with strongsides - Sabah and Machanz.
Overconfident Kelkatu fielded 5 strikers but UFC defended like Great China Wall in the first 20 minutes. A mistake from Kelkatu's defensive department opened opportunity for Farid to calmly slot a goal for UFC.
Kelkatu maintained the attacking pressure on UFC, but goalkeeper Basil and man-of-the-match Justin shut the goal's mouth pretty well. Match ended 1-0.
Kelkatu is now 2nd from bottom, while UFC just above them with 3 points from this win.

Sabah at the Top of Mountain

Machanz FC 1 - Sabah Fc 2
Saturday, 3pm. The match between 2 previous champions Machanz FC against Sabah was held with prematch talk about the injuries issue in both team. But, they fielded all the available players and the match went tight even without some big names.
Despite Machanz who had more players injured, it was Sabah who lost a player as early minute when AShvin had to be substituted. Jorden opened the scoring for Sabah, follwed by Taha's dribble from leftside of center line past 2 players, and beat 2 more when he cut inside to penalty box and slot the ball past Mohamed for Sabah's 2nd. First half ended with 2-0.
2nd half started with different approach from Sabah where they seem to play it safe to holding on with the 2 goal lead. Lingesh and the gang worked their socks off to get the goal, and Raj scored few minutes before time. BUt it was not enough, and Sabah gained 3 valuable points to make them the obvious favorite for the league title.
Both sides drew with Kelkatu FC before, and had big win against UFC/New Venture to be level before this match.

Professionalism: Celebration

This is not a decision by CFC, nor an agreed situation by board of CFC. This is an opinion from a member that was granted a permission to write in this blog.

In related to the incident on sunday, the match between Eagles and Trinity, some aspect of the incident need to be clarified. This post will also try to explain some of the confusion that is seen in the chat box.
First thing to comment is the Eagles' celebration. In professional football, it is clear that players' who are not CURRENTLY playing in the 11 in the field, should not by any means intrude the pitch area. It includes NOT for celebration, medical reason, what else other negative things(if any).
However, we are being linean in such a way that we understand we don't provide proper medic staff etc to make the situation PERFECT for the league, so some cases is allowable. I mean, a teammate who is not playing may be allowed to bring his injured friend out of the field or anything like that.
However, some unimportant thing (like celebration), players shouldn't be allowed to enter the field. But, the scorer may want to go outside the pitch to celebrate with the subs(and fans, and manager), not the other way round. This should be the way.
It should be the manager's responsibility to understand this task, and make sure the players know what is can, what is cannot.
Second thing to comment, Rabbit involvement in the field for that moment. There has been few versions of stories about his action. However, from management point of view, CFC need to control such celebration to not go overboard, and as a high committee member and the official-on-duty for that match, Rabbit did put his effort to bring the situation into control. There might be some dissatisfaction from the other party, but in this case people should listen to what the official-on-duty asked you to do.

I am not in any power to make decision for this case, but I have suggestion. Eagles' celebration that day shouldn't be repeated in future, and committee can make it clear to EVERYONE about this.
Is there a need to punish Eagles this time? If yes, what kind of punishment? Only for certain players(yellow card for those who intruded?) or the punishment for team? If no, in what way we can make it sure that this will not repeat?
Should Rabbit be attacked for his action that day?
All these are the questions that we all should think about, properly, so that it will benefited all of us, the club, the teams, and the quality of the league itself.

Review: Eagles 12 UFC 0

Prepared by Abby for CFC Bulletin.
Eagles opened the scoring line as early as the 2nd minute with a goal by Nadun. Then a series of goals followed: Landy (6”), Mmediong (13” and 31”), Salim (24”), Nadun (30”), Samuel (32”) and Amate (34”). In the 2nd half, the series of goals continued: Kimu (42”), Mmediong (45”), Salim (58”), and Ope, who took the penalty at the 71st minute. Man of the Match was Nadun, who did a notably good job in the entire game.

Nadun, MOTM presented by Sedut(President)

Review: Machanz 1 Kellatu 1

Prepared by Abby for CFC bulletin.
Machanz started off with a bang when Safiq managed a double save and when Raj’s long shot hit the post. Raj eventually scored the lead in the 11th minute. Kelkatu had a few strikes by Salim and Azam (saved by Mohammad). In the 20th minute, Machanz conceded a penalty when Amirul was tackled in the box. Tompoq took the penalty and shot it right pass the bar. In the 33rd minute, Kelkatu equalized when Salim shot the ball into the back of the net after a cross from Mau. Another penalty was conceded by Machanz and somehow, Amirul’s penalty shot was saved by Mohamed. Kelkatu had just missed two penalties in one match. Man of the Match was Venket because he did a very good job with the defending.

Venket, man of the match awarded by Rabbit(VP)

Review: New Venture 0 Sabah FC 13

Prepared by Abby for CFC Bulletin.
Back again after a draw with Kelkatu, Sabah faced New Venture, whose hopes were brutally crushed in just about 15 minutes into the game when Sabah led the game with 4 goals. A hat-trick by Nan (6”, 8” and 9”) and Jorden’s ball which was blocked into the goal by NV’s Raymond. A series of goals by Sabah followed: Ahmed (17” and 25”), Cipriano (20”), Danny (penalty 23”), Taha (38”), Tammam (43”), Jorden (46”) and Sumit (54”). Man of the Match was given to Jorden as he assisted most of the goals that were conceded by NV.

Jorden, man of the match presented by Tompoq.

Review: Galacticos 0 Trinity 0

Prepared by Abby for CFC Bulletin

After a two week break, the teams are back for their second match. Both teams had a good start with a few off-target shots by PK, Adi (Galacticos), Philip and Baller (Trinity). Shortly after, Vincent’s try was saved by Joel. Galacticos had the better start to the second half with a few tries by Mseks, Steve and JJ who had a free kick (both saved by Hilary), and PK. The ball went on the other side with more tries from Baller, Kuda and Danny, which all went off-target or were saved by Joel. Few minutes before the match ended, PK had an open chance to score the last-minute winner for Galacticos but he missed. Both teams left with a point each, with Man of the Match awarded to newcomer Trinity player, Danny.

Danny, man of the match presented by Rabbit(VP)

Review: Machanz FC 8 UFC 0

The title holders, Machanz, went up against the other newly formed team, U. FC with the comeback of Trish, after a break due to a leg injury. He and Lingesh had a few tries before the ball finally hit the back of the net thanks to Ringo in the 13th minute. 2 minutes later, Lingesh added another goal to the score line. Raj had a try but it went off target. He did however assist the third goal for Machanz, which was scored again by Ringo. Hasnat made a number of fantastic saves for U.FC while Mohammad, on the other end, was barely tested. After a few attempts, Raj scored the 4th goal at the 48th minute. Comeback Trish scored the next goal with a header crossed by Ringo. He then assisted the next goal that was scored by Lingesh. It was he again who scored the next goal 3 minutes later, with a pass by Lingesh. In the 77th minute, Raj wrapped up the game with the 8th goal for Machanz, sealing the win and Man of the Match award, which went to Lingesh.

Review: Kelkatu FC 2 Sabah FC 2

Kelkatu FC, back again with mostly the same team as last semester, meets Sabah FC, back with several changes, such as the absence of Sultan, who was awarded the Best Athlete at last semester’s Sport Night. Ahmed had the first few tries in the 6th and 12th minute which both went off-target but it was rookie Amirul who scored the opening goal for Kelkatu 5 minutes later, with a superb pass from Mohsen. Both sides had a few more attempts by Amirul, Mohsen, Safiq and Cipriano but the score line stayed stagnant. Sabah equalized 4 minutes into the 2nd half with a goal by Ahmed. Tompoq’s free kick was blocked out by Ashvind on the line, and Pee Chee received his 2nd yellow card and was sent off. The referee then made a few controversial decisions and issued more yellow cards to Ahmed, Danny Ooi and Ashvind. Ashvind’s conceded free kick was taken nicely by Tompoq, whose deliver was headed in by Amirul, scoring his 2nd goal in his debut match. Taha then took advantage of Hafiz’s blunder when he scored the equalizer for Sabah by firing a long shot goal from the center line during kick off. The game ended with a draw and Amirul was the Man of the Match because of his outstanding performance.

Prepared by Abby for CFC Bulletin

Review: Trinity FC 3 New Venture 1

Previously 2nd in the league, Trinity faced newly formed New Venture, who is under the CFC’s advisor, Mr. Azhar, next. Trinity dominated the game right away, with a goal by Philip in the 6th minute. They had a few more attempts but more noted was Ma Xiao’s shot, which was on target but saved by Trinity’s new GK, Hilary. 10 minutes into the second half, Ragu scored the equalizer for NV, with swift assisting by Rohit. Their celebration is cut short when Trinity became another goal up with an own goal by Hafeel 3 minutes later. 3 minutes later, Taurai scored the third and final goal for Trinity and the match. Raymond from NV was chosen as the Man of the Match.

Prepared by Abby for CFC bulletin

Review: Galacticos 0 Eagles FC 0

The first game of the league kicked off with a match between Galacticos and Eagles, who were unfortunately disqualified from the league last semester due to a dispute. Galacticos had more possession of the ball for most of the first half and JJ, a new installment for the team, had a shot that went wide in the 25th minute. Five minutes later, Amate tried but it was Salim’s free kick that missed a goal by just a few inches when it went slightly over the post. Shortly into the second half, yellow cards were issued to PK and Fejiro after having a dual struggle and also Galacticos’ captain Ralph for unneeded argument with the referee. Michael Owan had a really close on-target shot but it was saved by last semester’s best GK, Joel. Celestine was awarded Man of the Match for his brilliant defending once again.

Prepared by Abby for CFC Bulletin

Trinity in Risk of Losing Their Win

On saturday, seeded Trinity played the new-comer New Venture in the 2nd match.
The match ended on Trinity side 3-1.
However, club committees had dissatisfaction with Trinity's approach to that match in term of team discipline. The committee on duty had recorded some of the team's miscooperation and they are listed below:
1- Player list. Trinity submitted the player list without substitution players listed in it.
2- Sub form. As the standard of the league since last season, substitution to be made must go through committee on duty at the grand stand. However, Trinity made few changes at half-time without reporting to the organiser. This is actually a very serious misconduct as it troubled the committee to keep track on the players, cards, and goalscorers.
3- Team location. Trinity players were found gathered at the other side of the field, while all other teams as well as suppoprters were at the grand stand. Teams MUST be at the grand stand when the match is going on, and supporters are advised to be there too.
4- Long socks and shin pad. Some of Trinity players were recorded using short socks, and some without shin pad. There were some arguement about this when we tried to inform them about this issue after the match. Trinity claimed New Venture didnot use longsocks and shin pad too, but as recorded, only ONE New Venture player did this, compare to SOME from their side.

Trinity however on that day agreed to change their attitude to the game in future, and a verbal agreement made that if they did not improve in the next game in term of those factors, they'll get point deduction.
From the weekly meeting, the club committees had come to some decision about this matter. The verbal agreement is used, with 2 points deduction will be imposed if Trinity failed to fulfill their promises. The deduction will not effect the game's scoreline - Trinity won 3-1.
This incident should be an example to other teams also. Please follow all the rules, and cooperate. Thank you.

Ralph Suspended 1 Match for Misconduct

The weekly meeting this week came across few issues about our league and one of it involved a Galacticos player, Ralph or known more as Rabbit.
In the event of match against Eagles, there was a heated situation in Eagles' penalty box which led to some arguement, and Ralph was found walking into the field, while he is still a bench player. Please note that no player should go into the field if you are not allowed by the referee (for sub or medic-treatment-help reason)
His action was observed and recorded by the committee. The referee on duty had given him a yellow card for that.
However, club committees had found that his behaviour is considered a provokation that might lead to a more serious situation if it not stopped. Therefore, the committee agreed to apply 1 match suspension for this reason. Ralph will also be under probation, and reminded not to repeat such action.
As exercised in normal condition, the decision made by board can be appealed by the party involved, but needs to follow the procedure. It includes the formal appeal letter, and a fee of RM100. After that, the appeal will be discussed in a meeting. Without proper letter, and without the fee, the appeal won't be entertained. The board decision after that is final.
This decision is now also set a new standard that this kind of behaviour can lead to match suspension even though you are not involved in any fight. We are really hoping that everybody will take note on this, and behave properly to the league rules.

League Fee Settlement

During the weekly board meeting, another critical issue raised was the failure of some of the competing teams in the league to pay league fee on time. The teams who have not paid will not be announced here, but they are all aware of it themselves.
The board has decided that ALL teams must made the payment clear by this friday, 21st August by 5pm. Failure to do this will cause them to be punished in term of point deduction. 2 points will be deducted. All managers had been texted by our secretary about this, and immediate action is expected.
To keep everyone get the situation more clear, lets understand where the fee is spent. Fees will cover the referees, and some of the equipment. So far in this club history, no profit were ever made from league fee as it all goes back to the league itself. And, league has started while teams have not made the payment. This will trouble the cashflow in the club itself to run the league.
We are seeking teams cooperation on this matter, and we are not intending to deduct anybody's point because they are hard-earned points from 80minutes of battle in the field. So guys, please appreciate your sweats, and make sure your team pay the fee by this friday before it is too late. This league is now running on more strict approach, to make it fair to everybody, as much as how humans can do with it. Thank you.

CFC League - Saturday, 15 August 2009

Curtin Football League has just started yesterday with first match of Galacticos against Eagles. Both team were really strong. The final score is 0 - 0. First half was quite boring because not much attacking from both side but second half was good. Both teams really fight to score a goal and win the game.

Second match was between Trinity and new team called New Venture. Awesome match! New Venture's player are most of the player that wanna play football but doesn't have a team. Therefore, CFC created a new team for these people so that they can play their favourite sport. As a new comer, they really give a nice impact to the spectators that cheered for them yesterday. On the other hand, Trinity, who was the 1st runner up for last semester league, came out with some new faces replacing few of the players that playing for other team. The match ended up with Trinity won by 3 - 1.

There is a bit of misunderstanding in the field which leads to the new vice president, Ralph be given a yellow card because entered the field. CFC ARE REALLY TRYING HARD to avoid any kind of fight that involves racism or provocation but its kinda hard because we live in the environment that multi racial which includes international students. Really hope that every teams really give their best co-operation to CFC so that the same matter which happened last semester will not be repeated.

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