Inspiration

if you ever were to lose your arms one of these days.

Character

Date: 19thAug 07


Time : 0915hrs


Venue: Tanglin Sec













Squad:
Zhanwei - GK
Kok - LB
Zhanyao - RB
Meng - CB
Junwei - CB
Andy - DM
Ian - ML
Weixiang - AM
Vincent - SC
Poh - Late




As Claudio Raneiri used to say "I liked the way we played today, we played with alot of character".

Well, we certainly had alot of it in today's game. I'm sure even Raneiri would have been proud of us.

At the beginning of the game, we would have gladly settled for a 3-3 draw if offered. At the end of the game, we went out proud of the eventual scoreline and the way we played. I can safely say that we have never really played better than today, never ever played with the kind of discipline that is comparable with Chelski.





This was how it went.....





It was a bright and sunny sunday morning.
We started off the morning with only 12 players scheduled to turn up.
1st to arrive was Weixiang at 8.30am
As he was early, he earned himself a berth in the starting lineup.


Or so he thought. In the end, he realised tt his starting berth was actually guaranteed cos we only had 9 players.
As it turned out, Hubert called Vincent and complained of a fever.
GY no.1
Next, Vincent called Weihao only to find out that he had told Hubert that he was not coming.
GY no.2
Last on the GY list was Poh.
As it turned out, he was still in bed at 9.15
But he did turn up towards the end of the 1st half so we should only take him as a half-GY then.


On top of that, Zhanyao started to develop some kind of alcohol addiction by drinking till 6am.
Meng was injured in his right foot.
Andy was having his 1st game since his ACL injury 8 months back.
Kok had a stubbed toe and a strained thigh.
Vincent had a knock in his heel which was giving him problems.


Things did not look any better when we saw that our opponents had 1/2 a team of malays. We looked like we were in for a thrashing.

So as it turns out, we started the game with 9 men, against our opponents with 10.
Only 1 man short, yeah right.
Their re-inforcements came in no longer than 10 mins.
So the game went on with 9 vs 11.
But we showed that we still managed to play well with 2 men less.

It was then to everyone's surprise when we drew 1st blood.
A few pinpoint long passes over the top had already signalled our intention early on. Weixiang have already had a good chance saved by the GK when bearing down on goal.


Then a long ball to the left had Vincent running after it.
As he cut back in and released a shot, the ball was blocked and it fell to Zhanyao. As Zhanyao tried to shoot again, the ball was flicked up and it hit a defender's arm. The referee blew for a penalty and Junwei duly dispatched it. 1-0 to the GYs!!!



Not long after, our opponents managed to pull one back, taking opportunity of some confusion in our penalty box.
Their tall malay striker with a weird hairstyle that looked to have come out from the 80s scored from within the penalty box. 1-1

But we refused to give it up and pressed on, but still defended cautiously.
Precise through-passes from Junwei and Vincent were giving up numerous opportunities to get the lead back. One such opportunity fell to Weixiang and he shrugged off the attention of a defender before putting the ball past the GK. 2-1 to GYs!!!



There was also a moment of worry for the GYs as an opponent looked to have broken the offside trap and was through on goal. The GYs had Kok to thank for running after the striker and using all dirty tricks to pull him back in order for the defence to recover. It was a close one as the referee might have considered sending Kok off he had made a tackle on him. The GYs would have been really down to 10 men then.

Half-time.

We were very reluctant to go out onto the field at HT and even contemplated running off with the score at 2-1. But we eventually did not as we decided that we were too tired to actually do so. Walking around on the pitch still seemed like a less tiring option.



As the 2nd half got underway, we begun the way we did in the 1st half. We had good possession of the ball and were rarely threatened by the opponents. But a long way up from their defence caught us out on one occasion. As luck conspired against us, Meng had a slip and the striker went past him. Junwei too had a slip so the striker was breeezing through our defence. Meng & Zhanyao tried to recover to stop him but it was too late. He had unleashed a shot that managed to take a wicked bounce and squirm under the body of Zhanwei. 2-2

Not long after, it soon became 3-2 for the opponents.
It was all against the run of play as a long ball was punted upfield by the opponents again. Their striker was offside but the referee decided to turn a blind eye to it and allowed him to run off and score against us. We tried our very best to argue but it was to not avail as the referee was also a Malay.

There was still time for Poh to miss a free header right in front of goal from a Zhanyao cross from the right. Luck was not with us as the ball would have dropped to Kok in front of an open goal if Poh had manged to flick the ball back or missed it completely. In the end, he decided to head the ball out of play. Kok rued the missed opportunity to score his 1st goal for GYFC.



It was thought that all was lost but with just the last kick of the game, Zhanyao took a ball from a corner from Vincent, shrugged off a defender and unleashed a powerful shot with his right foot and it went right into the top corner. It was later argued that the ball had rolled from the outside of his foot to the inside and back out again, thus resulting in the wonder strike. 3-3!!!

Man of the match was given to Zhanyao for his great play down the whole of the right wing and for his brilliant equalizer.

As a sub topic, at full-time, a comment was made saying that we played better when we had only 9 than when Poh came into the fray. Poh defended himself by arguing that we could have all collapsed on the field if we had played the whole game with 9.

GYFC 6 Oranges 1

GYFC came back from a goal down to record a restounding 6-1 victory over the Oranges in a game played at Westwood Sec.

The journey to the West for the GYs was a fruitful one eventually, though it certainly did not look like so after just 20mins. Substitute goalkeeper Kok Song Ling was only on the pitch for less than a minute before a long ball over the defence caught the back four out.

The GYs recovered almost immediately. Yi-xiang received a cross just outside the six-yard box to score with a shot of the post ala Takahara.

Before half-time, Weihao netted a scorching left-footed shot from a well-worked throw in from the right.

Despite sitting on a 2-1 lead, the GYs came into the second half in attacking mood. Mingjing, in a rare foray up front, scored from a tight angle. Zhaoyao added another to make it 4-1.

Minutes before the end, Poh took a brace with two simple tap-ins to seal the game for the GYs.

In a post-match interview, two-goal hero Poh had much heart-wrenching comments to make to the press over the recent developments of the team. He said, "I think our form has been good only after Rui was out injured. I won't say it's because of him, but I think the statistics is for all to see."

The GYs then packed their bags to go for lunch, knowing that they have to return to Tanglin Sec the following week, the very ground where Lie Wei Xiang was brutally assaulted not too very long ago.

Team GY Loan Returnee Jiate with the custodian, KokKok in action (no pun intended)

Fulltime looms as Lie decides if he wants to return to Tanglin Sec

Westwood Sec. The Theater of (GY) Dreams

Some Videos

Just some videos to add on to GYeo's previous post. 881 is a movie that I definitely will be watching. Big fan of local movies ever since the days of Forever Fever (rent it if you haven't seen it). Right, first up is a sneak peek video that came out before the film:



Next is just a couple of MVs that were produced for the show:





Anyone knows if the OST is available for sale? This seems like a decent one to buy.

P.S. GYeo please send me the pictures from Sunday so I can do a posting. Or would you prefer to do it?

My five minute take

The blog's been a bit on the slow side of late, thus I have decided to post this entry.

It's about the two films with I have watched over the last month (I watched more than two, but these two sort of stays in my mind)

I CANNOT understand what is it about Transformers. Every single one whom I have spoken to have told me that they like the film.

Fine. The CGI are cool. The soundtrack is respectable.

But the story does not make sense! Why would they want to go the city in the last major fight scene??? So that MORE lives will be lost?? Can't they do it in the desert??

"More than meets the eye" was spoken so many a times that it was CHEESY. Argh!

1 star out of 5



In stark contrast, I felt 881 by Royston Tan was a masterpiece.

It is almost like a Hokkien musical with some really good songs written for the film. Mindee Ong and Yeo Yann Yann are flawless as a double act. Royston has proven that you don't need a huge budget and fancy CGI (read: Transformer) to tell a compelling story.

Go catch 881 - support local, for if not no one will.

GY test

Test your GY-ness.
Looks like I'll have to buck up at being a GY.


"Almost Angelic"


Good vs Evil

Good for you, you're just a little evil. All of us have bad thoughts, and you may have acted on a few of yours, but you're probably safe traveling through Buffy's turf. Or maybe you're an aspiring evil person and you've never given yourself a real chance. Go ahead and forgive yourself for the mean-spirited — but ultimately harmless — pranks you pulled in grade school. Whispering behind your co-workers' backs won't flood you with bad karma. And, hey, we've all held out for ourselves in the throes of passion a time or two. So keep listening to that conscience of yours, but don't worry about tuning it out every so often.



not sexually evil vs sexually evil

So, you have a healthy sex drive — good for you! No one likes a prude. In general, you give as well as you get, though everyone can get a little selfish under the covers, so don't beat yourself up about going for the big one on your birthday. And while you're at it, go ahead and admit it — you've probably flashed a big smile to get your way in the bedroom (or to the bedroom!) before. But for the most part, you strike us as a generous lover who's doing pretty good at keeping your raw, sexual power in check. Yeah, baby!



not passive aggressive vs passive aggressive

Okay, admit it — sometimes you'd rather avoid face-to-face conflict. Now, was telling us that to our face so hard? Of course not! Being up-front about any objections or concerns as soon as you have them, rather than letting them build up and turn into, say, a tire-slashing incident, is a good thing. And it sure beats getting a reputation as someone with a taste for revenge. Sure, you probably wouldn't make a very good bouncer, but that's okay. Take comfort from the fact that, overall, we think you're just swell.



not black hearted vs black hearted

Your heart may be a little dark, but your kindness makes up for any evil deeds (except for that stunt you pulled in elementary school — yes, that one — tsk, tsk, shame on you!). But you can forgive yourself for being a meanie, because if you were 100 percent sweet, you just wouldn't be normal. So continue being considerate of others, and remember — when you get cut off in traffic, it really is okay to give the jerk the finger every once in awhile.





You're a Almost Angelic!

Are You Evil?
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Kids these days

I'm simply amazed at kids these days, they are simply amazing.
Is it cos of the better genes of parents?
Or the milk powder they drink that is so full of DHA and AHA or whatever HA (HA) in it.
We now have kids who can play the drums at 3, learn over 4 languages by 7, have a body builder physique by 9.
Makes me feel like I've been born with inferior genes.
Just to make my point, check out this 9 yr old.
He would have been a great addition to our team if MU had not signed him from right under our noses.