Week 11 (27 June)
RESULT: LOSS 0:2
SCORERS:
Once again – a nail biting game! (for the parents!). The team played really well this week and held up great against a very good team. Saints United put the pressure on, and we had to play fast and had great saves from our goalies. Daniel in the first half saved quite a few attacks on goal, but as the team got a bit tired in the second half, Aytron our second half goalie came under a lot of pressure and handled it really great! Not a bad result, considering we’ve lost 3:0 the first time we have versed Saints United.
Thanks to Ari Lucero from under 7’s, who filled in this week, good passing to your team mates!
Man of the match: Ayrton Lucero

Week 11 (27 June)
Result: Win 7-0
Scorers: Southy 3, Ranga 2, Ranga 2.0 1, Potty
After a long layoff due to the rain, the Pumas were looking to bounce back from the horror loss to Normo and put some goals on the board. With Erik & Villas still warming the bench and Priddy joining Az on the long term injury list, we called on the support of Potty Watkins, who slotted in up front. Pumas were first on the board after about 5, with Range slotting away after a good run down the left. Ranga 2.0 then had about 2 weeks to line up his shot from the top of the box, and blasted it straight to the keeper, who dived out of the way to put us 2-0. Dru then gave away his second penalty of the season ($5), but Clayts psyched out G-Haven’s best player with the ‘I’m a muppet keeper, put it wide and you’ll score’ line, as the bloke sent it wide. Some average sledging and a nice hug to welcome Potty on the field was all G-Haven had after that, as we started to pile on the goals. Southy put away another couple either side of the half, with Potty also finishing strongly, booming one in the almost broke the net. Ranga was brought down in the box and missed his penalty ($5… I’ll have to buy a bigger fine jar) but put away the rebound. Southy finished off his hattrick with another breakaway, amidst a couple of reds for G-Haven, one for the hack on Ranga and the other for abusing the ref. The only other event worthy of mention was Clayts coming out onto the field from keeper (but not before 2 touch finding goals kicks… more fines). Unfortunately, he was sledged unmercifully every time he came near the ball. After a while though my voice became hoarse, so I quietened down and let Az take over. A much better performance from the boys, but with a mass exodus overseas planned for the big double header next week, we’ll have to step up again to lock in a top 4 berth.
MOTM goes to Ranga 2.0, both for his distribution in the first half, and making Dru come back on despite the fever he was running. Classic.

Week 10 (27 June)
RESULT Win 4-0
SCORERS: Zac Raddatz 3, Jeremy Jones
With an early start we headed of to Ryde. This weeks match was great Jeremy Jones scored his first goal this year, well done Jeremy. Zac scored the first goal within 2 minutes of play. We had no subs today so everyone had to run hard and play for the whole match. Samual and Luke were great goalies. Craig and Joel were great in guarding the goals. Aaron played like a trooper and cleared every ball that came his way. Aaron was awarded this weeks man of the match, well done Aaron.

Week 10 (27 June)
RESULT: WIN 4-3
SCORERS: Bryson Herald + 1, Ethan Husband + 1, Oliver Conn + 1, Charlie Stewart + 1
Great game today against a good opposition.
Ethan did some great passing today, had a good goal attempt and then scored. He didn’t believe it himself! Charlie did some great defence work this week and scored a goal from the halfway line. We were all watching eagerly as it rolled in. Ben also did some great defence work and was there as our sweeper to keep the opposition at bay. James did an awesome effort at whacking the ball again this week. Jasper was really getting in there and even took a ball in the stomach for the team! Both Olly and Bryson were constantly in there and going for some great shots.
Player of the week went to Timmy for some great running today.

Week 11 (27 June)
RESULT: Loss 1- 4
SCORER: Samuel Dethan (1)
This is the first time we played against WPH .They are the leaders of the group and we knew it was going to be a hard one.
Before starting the match we were already up to it with 2 of our players unable to play because of sickness. When you have only 11 players on our books that means 9 players only on the park. On top of that we had another 2 players on the field that were also sick, one being our main goal scorer Madison and Josh one of our midfielder( Thanks both of you for staying on). They did the best they could despite being pretty crook. Finally our right back Callum had forgotten one of his soccer boots, so he played with his sport shoes. On a wet ground, it meant he had no grip whatsoever.
Not bad for a start! WPH was also missing one player as well.
Our team finished the first half being lead by WPH , 2 goals to 1.The goal was scored by Samuel Dethan (his 5th one for the season and our leading goal scorer). Samuel was able to score after some hard work done by our sick girl Madison.
The second so WPH scoring 2 other goals wit the match finishing 4-1.
The score does not quite reflect the physiognomy of the game as our team was certainly not run out of the park.
PHD fought valiantly and at no point, did they show any signs of giving up. They neither gave any signs of being a weaker team. This augurs well for the other 2 matches we have to play against this team, hopefully this time with a full team with no sick players.
A big thank you to each and every one who gave it all for the team and my special appreciation to those players playing out of their usual position and still doing terrific.
Those that were healthy worked like Trojans and never stopped running.
One that never stopped running is Nick Keough. He was like a machine, up and down the field, full on attacking and defending.Nick deservedly got the player of the match award .
To all the team you are terrific and a joy to coach!

Week 11 (27 June)
RESULT: Draw 3-3
SCORERS: Thomas Churchill ( 1 ) Deflected ( 1 ) Joshua Scappa ( 1 )
A cloudy day saw the 12/5’s without Christine and Emily. With no reserves PHD took to the field and immediately showed effectiveness in their attack. Olly and Tom C fed the ball through to David and Josh. On occasions Glenhaven showed their strength and managed to get the first goal. Tom C responded with one of his making it 1-1.
Good defense from Jordan, Sherry, Tom P and Paul found the ball at the other end of the field. With relentless attack form our forwards the pressure mounted eventuating in a deflected ball off Glenhaven finding it’s way to the back of the net.
With Glenhaven working their reserve bench they gave Michael plenty to think about in goals. Michael gave his all throughout the game showing that he works well under pressure. That pressure was released on many occasions with good kicks putting defense into attack.
Courtney continually involved herself in the game not only showing courage and effectiveness in defense bur making herself available in unmarked space to take the ball up and into attack earning herself the player of the match trophy.
Nathaniel brought excitement to the game with a well thought plan to keep the score 2-3 to Glenhaven.
Josh showed his competitive nature and generous skill set to take the score to 3 all at the close of the game. A game that had it all ( including dogs ) with a great effort from the team playing as a team. Well done and if you keep it up the wins will come.

Week 10 (27 June)
RESULT: Loss 6-2
SCORERS: Riley Bower (1) & Daniel Guy (1)
Despite the loss today, everyone worked extremely hard. All of the boys are gaining more confidence and focus. This week the boys have been working on their kick-ins from the side line and learning the importance of trapping and passing and put this into play today. Jones and Riley protected the goals from a number of potential goals. Player of the week went to Harrison showing great improvement with some solid kicks.
Keep up the good work boys!

Week 11 (27 June)
RESULT: win 2-0
SCORERS: Jeremy Bingham, Christopher Stroud
We dominated play in the first half and the ball rarely made it out of their half. A huddle in the first half saw Jeremy sneak in an early goal. Some great mid-field defence ensured that the pressure was kept on although too much bunching up meant that we missed converting some great opportunities. Chris was finally rewarded with a goal in the second half – he had many strikes on goal. The other team perked up a little and we had to rely on Oliver to make a great intercept under pressure to avoid a consolation goal to the them. Player of the Week: Daniel Wilkins for some great twisting and turning runs down the field.

Week 9 (20 June)
A very wet morning yesterday, thank you all for persisting in the rain. . Congratulations, to our player of the week Troy Theuns.

Week 10 (20 June)
RESULT: LOSS 1-3
SCORERS: Harry
Poor weather and field conditions did not dampen the spirits of all players involved in this game and the score does not indicate the closeness of both teams. Conditions however did restrict play on the left-hand side of the field.
Two early goals by Sharks were the result of lapses in defense by PHD. However Pumas were not defeated and rallied well with strong and repeated attack, mainly by the great team combination of Aiden, Mark, Matt Pitman and Nick Grul. This passing showed a much improved effort and resulted in a penalty in the box that Harry converted to a goal. At half time the score was 2:1.
The second half saw persistent defensive and attacking efforts by Sam Liu, speedy running in attack by Mark, insightful passing by Aiden, fine efforts in constant running defense by Jeremy, good goal saving by Tom, powerful breakaways by Nick Grul , consistent defense by Nick O’Neil, a strong cross by Justin and Harry nearly scoring again with another penalty. Unfortunately PHD could not successfully land any of the repeated goal shots with Sharks goalkeeper working determinedly to keep us from leveling.
Unfortunately Sharks scored in the last 30 seconds of the game to win 3:1, which was not a truly reflection of the quality of play.
Well played Pumas.

Week 9 (20 June)
RESULT Win 3-0
SCORERS: Zac Raddatz 2, Royce Bunnag 1
This weeks match was going to be fun!! It had just finished pouring with rain as we arrived to a very muddy wet field. All of the boys were so excited to play in the mud of course, however we knew that this weeks team were really well coached and a very good team. An early goal by Zac, put us 1 up at half time. All of the boys were struggling a little with a very wet heavy ball, however this was great experience for all of them. Jeremy played the match of his life. Jarrod, Aaron and Joel were once again terrific in defense. Luke and Zac worked together up the middle to ensure we had another goal on the board and Samual was a terrific goalie. Royce managed a goal in the second half. Royce was awarded the man of the match. You boys Rock!

Week 10 (20 June)
RESULT: LOSS 0:2
What a wet challenge! Well the game was on and it was a great challenge for all the boys out there! Slippping and sliding through mud puddles, we unfortunately could not fend off two goals. The Thornleigh boys were just the better team on the day. We have had a few good opportunities in the second half, but eventually ran out of time. The boys certainly learned that it is very different playing in the rain and hopefully can adapt to such conditions a bit faster next time. Thanks to Preston
Stewart and Jeremy Bingham who filled in on short notice, as two of our players fell ill.

Week 10 (20 June)
RESULT: Draw 2 - 2
SCORER: Maddison Hardy (2)
This is the third time we played against STU .After a 6-1and 3-2 loss(after PHD leading 2nil at half time),we got a draw on Saturday and a hard fought one at that ,as always with STU. They have some good players and are not easy to beat. Our kids did well. STU scored first , we came back shortly after with a goal from Madison Hardy. We scored a second goal by Duncan which was disallowed by the referee. To this point I wonder why.
At the end of the second half our team was really pressed hard by STU and they scored their 2nd goal. PHD came back on the field after the break and played very well. They held STU at bay and we scored our 2nd goal through Madison, again! This time our kids held on , maintained discipline, never gave up on their defensive work and even had a couple of opportunity to score on counter attacks.
Again our 2 goal keepers Josh and Meg did an excellent job with some great saves. Our defensive line had a couple of lapses in the first half but worked superbly in the 2nd half. Our midfielders, as usual, worked tirelessly all over the park, and credit to Jesse who kept on running despite a painful leg. Our 2 forwards did great. Duncan worked hard and unluckily got a perfectly good goal disallowed by the referee,and Madison with a sore knee managed to score 2 goals. Brilliant!
How’s that for a team with no subs, as opposed to 3 subs for STU!
Well done you splendid players and well done for applying the recommendations I mentioned to you at half time.It paid off.
The player of the match award was given deservedly to Meg Gasser who did great in the goals but who also created some panic in the STU defense with her incisive runs in the 2nd half.
To all the team you are awesome! I am proud of you.