Walkover Woes

Bedok North Sec, 1500 Hrs

YSOSRS FC 3  Rosso 0 

(Walkover)

Finally A Win

Ping Yi Sec, 1500 Hrs

YSOSRS FC 5  Big Belly FC 2 

(Mahdi, Isk x2, AhCool x2)

Having notched a mere 2 points in our 1st 3 games, the jokers were staring down the barrel of a potentially barren season. Having shot ourselves in the foot on more than one occasion in what is turning out to be arguably the most competitive Div 1 season, we were looking to banish the demons of our failings in the 1st couple of games with a win today. 

As it would be, we made hard work of it on a tiny Ping Yi Sec pitch that had no water of any sorts. Relief came in the form of rain sometime midway through the 1st half. Oh shiok.

1-0: A long booming goalkick from our Mr-Ive-got-safe-hands was  cutely flicked on by our heading machine, Law. As the BBFC backline appealed for offside, East-Side-Di powered away from his marker to calmly roll the ball home in the 15th minute. 

2-1: Not long after conceding a penalty, the man with a cool side parting Isk, stepped up to wam-zam-smash a freekick through a whole host of bodies. It certainly helped that BBFC were concerned about providing their stand in keeper with more protection. Turns out the bodies acted as a distraction for we led again. Only just... 

2-2 at HT as we defended poorly. Kns. 

3-2: Isk reprised his role as FK specialist when he stepped up to beautifully place yet another curler into the bottom right hand corner. A specialist keeper would have struggled to get a hand to that as well. Mr act cool decided to celebrate with absolutely no emotions at all. (His celebration came an hour after the game via twitter: 2 free kicks, 2 goals. Oh Yeah! #likeaboss) Yes yes we know Isk. 

4-2: As BBFC threatened to hit us with their pace especially on the wings, our nearly forgotten winger, AhCool rolled back the years with some exhilarating wing play. Beating his man with a couple of lucky bounces of the ball, the man who really needed a goal finally scored as he found the bottom right hand corner of the goal with a placed shot. There were many of us who thought he had missed though due to the hole in the net, but golazo nonetheless. 

5-2: A flattering gloss to the scoreline was provided by the now confident AhCool as he took on his man from the left flank, beat a player and smashed home a wicked shot into the same corner. 

Posts were hit, open goals missed, near chances somewhere in the mix but the culprits of non-scoring shall go unnamed today. Decent win, and we look to build on the result. 

Bye. 

- Report churned out in double quick time because Bai would be on my case for being lazy. 

Naiveté in the Jokers Play Means 2 Points Dropped

Bedok View Sec, 3pm 

YSOSRS 3  Bakar 3

(Habib, Izwann, Zheng Yee)

On a day which everything was going according to plan. Yet we epicly shot ourselves in the foot after being 3-1 up having only 5 minutes to play. Chaos reigned in that last couple of minutes as the boys froze and seemingly forgot how to play. 

We most certainly had the better of play for most of the 2nd half and that was unfortunately not reflected in us notching a goal or 2 more. As it would be, we succumbed to the lack of composure and begrudingly had to go home with only a point when 3 seemed highly likely. 

We will definitely have to learn from this set back and continue moving on as we go in search of our 1st win. A long way back now...