Sunday, May 30, 2010
MATCH 7 Evergreen United 1-1 Genesis
Its been 7 match....5 more matches and its half the season, but the draw of the game with Genesis makes our progress 1 win, 3 loses and 3 draws. Not a good result to be hold of...but still....not much we can do....
Today's game with Genesis isn't a particularly tough one, but still not a particularly easy one as well. Although Genesis hold their game in a slower pace, much slower than us, but with good control and body advantage they even things out with us. We started the game greatly by a 1-0 lead through a calm cool chip over the keeper by our coach 老崔. But sadly things turns sour as we have a free kick conceded right on the outside of the box. I was sub at first half and was due to go in on second half, so i was keep analyzing their game and such. When we were hit by the free kick i notice our GK have stand out of his line quite far, almost 1 meter out of the line, and i was thinking this isn't good....as they might chip in from there.....and turns out they did ! They have a good but slow curler in, GK managed to beat it out but hits the back post and rebounded into the goal after hit the GK's back. But nonetheless we struggle on and almost have a good chance when Ryan was found 1 on 1 with the keeper, but the keeper deny it subsequently.
Second half comes in and i was introduce to the game. I was having quite alot of trouble with me goal kicks as the wholeeee penalty box area was muddy and without the presence of grass, as a result i dun have any grip at all in the penalty box, not to mention kicking the ball over the halfway line....in one instance i 'drifted' in the penalty box somemore....damn T.T
The mud on my shoe..
Literally no stud !!!
Lucky its not me new shoe.....i dun noe...some how i found that i have better luck with this shoe....hmm......
Anyway, i pulled off 3 or 4 saves and the match ended without any goal scored amongst two team. Does this counts as a clean sheet???? Well Cruz say it is even though it just 35 minutes...........should i put it as a clean sheet of half a clean sheet????
We played our game too fast......way too fast, that we dun even have ball possession going. The moment we have the ball we send it straight up directly to our strikers, but with no avail. We concluded at the end of the day that we're too greedy, we wanted to take on our opponent in one goal; instead we should have start thing slow, get the feel first, and then maintain our possessions at first, before slowly pushing our possession zone up onto their side of the pitch. Sometimes football isn't just about scoring goals, it can be about controlling the ball as well, eventhough we wont score from that, we're not giving the ball away too.
So today's main topic ball possession........we had a good lesson today..........
Minutes un-scored: 0 (35 for me)
Today's game with Genesis isn't a particularly tough one, but still not a particularly easy one as well. Although Genesis hold their game in a slower pace, much slower than us, but with good control and body advantage they even things out with us. We started the game greatly by a 1-0 lead through a calm cool chip over the keeper by our coach 老崔. But sadly things turns sour as we have a free kick conceded right on the outside of the box. I was sub at first half and was due to go in on second half, so i was keep analyzing their game and such. When we were hit by the free kick i notice our GK have stand out of his line quite far, almost 1 meter out of the line, and i was thinking this isn't good....as they might chip in from there.....and turns out they did ! They have a good but slow curler in, GK managed to beat it out but hits the back post and rebounded into the goal after hit the GK's back. But nonetheless we struggle on and almost have a good chance when Ryan was found 1 on 1 with the keeper, but the keeper deny it subsequently.
Second half comes in and i was introduce to the game. I was having quite alot of trouble with me goal kicks as the wholeeee penalty box area was muddy and without the presence of grass, as a result i dun have any grip at all in the penalty box, not to mention kicking the ball over the halfway line....in one instance i 'drifted' in the penalty box somemore....damn T.T
The mud on my shoe..
Literally no stud !!!
Lucky its not me new shoe.....i dun noe...some how i found that i have better luck with this shoe....hmm......
Anyway, i pulled off 3 or 4 saves and the match ended without any goal scored amongst two team. Does this counts as a clean sheet???? Well Cruz say it is even though it just 35 minutes...........should i put it as a clean sheet of half a clean sheet????
We played our game too fast......way too fast, that we dun even have ball possession going. The moment we have the ball we send it straight up directly to our strikers, but with no avail. We concluded at the end of the day that we're too greedy, we wanted to take on our opponent in one goal; instead we should have start thing slow, get the feel first, and then maintain our possessions at first, before slowly pushing our possession zone up onto their side of the pitch. Sometimes football isn't just about scoring goals, it can be about controlling the ball as well, eventhough we wont score from that, we're not giving the ball away too.
So today's main topic ball possession........we had a good lesson today..........
Minutes un-scored: 0 (35 for me)
Training 36 and 37
More and more training sessions i participated in, the more confidence i get and i can felt the difference between now and before i started the training.
Alot of things have become sort of a common sense to me now. How to catch, how to position, how to jump, after jump, it all become almost a natural reflexes to me now. Still training on 36 was quite hard...
We start of with the running over the small Yellow dot which are cones actually, before sprinting through a ladder being lay flat on the ground, and jump over series of stands, before going sideways through the Red dot which are cones as well, and then running backwards to the other cone, and thn do another series of the stands, ladder and cone thing again, before going through a series of poles and running over them before start again. This was 1 set, we did 7 set i think......
Was gasping for air that time, its been a long time since the official training star that we have such intensive runs, but felt good after that. As we proceed to goalkeeper training amongst us goalkeepers as the coach didn't turn up this time, both the training as well. But overall was happy with the training on Thursday. Pulled some good saves and despite losing 1 ball which was a crazy screamer past the top right post, felt very confidence and feels good after that........
When can i become a pro level....
Alot of things have become sort of a common sense to me now. How to catch, how to position, how to jump, after jump, it all become almost a natural reflexes to me now. Still training on 36 was quite hard...
We start of with the running over the small Yellow dot which are cones actually, before sprinting through a ladder being lay flat on the ground, and jump over series of stands, before going sideways through the Red dot which are cones as well, and then running backwards to the other cone, and thn do another series of the stands, ladder and cone thing again, before going through a series of poles and running over them before start again. This was 1 set, we did 7 set i think......
Was gasping for air that time, its been a long time since the official training star that we have such intensive runs, but felt good after that. As we proceed to goalkeeper training amongst us goalkeepers as the coach didn't turn up this time, both the training as well. But overall was happy with the training on Thursday. Pulled some good saves and despite losing 1 ball which was a crazy screamer past the top right post, felt very confidence and feels good after that........
When can i become a pro level....
Friday, May 28, 2010
A day on engine dyno..
Today at work, it was boring as hell as not much business was going around, bosses spend most of the time prepping a Chrysler V8 engine for a customer's Dodge Challenger.
Anyway, the V8 engine if not mistaken is a 565 cubic inch or 8.7 liter carburetted OHV engine. Prior to today's testing the engine wasn't going more then 5200rpm and later discovered cracked valve retainers were the culprit. After later dismantling the valve retainers the customer subsequently found out that one of the lifters weren't pushing on the push rod as it should be.
Typically, an OHV (Over Head Valve) configuration engine is an engine with the camshaft on the middle of the engine, as opposed to the Over Head Cam, which have camshaft on the top of the engine. It opens and closes valves via the operation of the Lifter, Push Rod and Rocker Arm.
A lifter, oso called hydraulic tappet, is a device use to maintain a zero-gap between the camshaft lobe and the push rod. The push rod is then attached to the lifter on one end, and to the rocker arm at the other end. Thus when the cam lobe rise over, it will pushes the lifter - push rod - rocker arm, before the rocker arm converts an upward motion into a downward motion and presses down on the valve. The lifter have Hydraulic and Solid type. In which the main difference is that Hydraulic lifter doesn't need adjustments while Solid does. Should theres no lifter in the process, the push rod would not have follow up with the motion of the fast rotating motion of the cam lobe, and thus will result in the valves not opening and closing properly.
The Red square marks the lifters while the Green marks the push rod, while the rocker arm is Yellow.
What happen before hand is that one of the lifter on one of the engine have failed and therefore the customer re-ordered a brand new sets of lifters from America's top brand Crowers. Before this he was using Crane, which is also a top brand. After bolting everything back on smoothly it went on the dyno today. And for everyone that knows or seen how to basically operate a chassis dyno, engine dyno is 10x more difficult.
At first i thought i was looking at some hugely complicated equations and numbers followed by numbers that all seem to be pointing to something but not to my understanding. It is as complicated as piloting a jet fighter, and there is ton of information being shown on the screen, and there are page 2, 3, 4 and so on, so theres almost 4 page full of information displayed that you can extract out of. And this is just from a carburetor engine, imagine a fully computerized EFI engine.....
Some of the 'normal' ones i can get was RPM, Torque, A/F left A/F right ( i assume is air fuel ratio for the left bank and right bank, oil pressure and temp and a little bit more, but wat i learn today, was the term Brake Specific Fuel Consumption. It is actually a measurement for the fuel consumption vs the power being outputted by the engine itself, aka the calculator for fuel efficiency. And in terms of generating big horsepower, everything have to be balance, as the carburetor is a four barrel type and uses two fuel bowl, both the fuel bowl's output volume must balance to a fine tolerance . In this case of the Chrysler engine, the difference between the 2 bowls are just +/- 1. And after just a a few runs, the car was making 650bhp at a increased 6000rpm and a staggering 701 nm of torque from 5100rpm onwards. This is proven to be a heck of a result as this car was meant to be a street car ! With just normal manifold and mild performance oriented parts this prove to be big big success.
But after finish the dyno, my boss suggest that we take the valve cover off to have a look, everyone was still joking about theres crack on the retainers, but then, my boss found something, the new lifters were fucked again ! This time 3 of them.....my boss suspect its something within the oil valley as when we start the engine up it was idling at perfection, but just might be that after the engine was turn off the oil starve up on the lifter.........
Such a shame things like this happens, but in all the bad scenario that it could happen, it happen here on the work shop, so it was a blessing in disguise actually. The customer was relatively positive bout it, stating that now that he knows theres a problem, when he fixed the problem, there will be a horsepower rise for sure !
Anyway, the V8 engine if not mistaken is a 565 cubic inch or 8.7 liter carburetted OHV engine. Prior to today's testing the engine wasn't going more then 5200rpm and later discovered cracked valve retainers were the culprit. After later dismantling the valve retainers the customer subsequently found out that one of the lifters weren't pushing on the push rod as it should be.
Typically, an OHV (Over Head Valve) configuration engine is an engine with the camshaft on the middle of the engine, as opposed to the Over Head Cam, which have camshaft on the top of the engine. It opens and closes valves via the operation of the Lifter, Push Rod and Rocker Arm.
A lifter, oso called hydraulic tappet, is a device use to maintain a zero-gap between the camshaft lobe and the push rod. The push rod is then attached to the lifter on one end, and to the rocker arm at the other end. Thus when the cam lobe rise over, it will pushes the lifter - push rod - rocker arm, before the rocker arm converts an upward motion into a downward motion and presses down on the valve. The lifter have Hydraulic and Solid type. In which the main difference is that Hydraulic lifter doesn't need adjustments while Solid does. Should theres no lifter in the process, the push rod would not have follow up with the motion of the fast rotating motion of the cam lobe, and thus will result in the valves not opening and closing properly.
The Red square marks the lifters while the Green marks the push rod, while the rocker arm is Yellow.
What happen before hand is that one of the lifter on one of the engine have failed and therefore the customer re-ordered a brand new sets of lifters from America's top brand Crowers. Before this he was using Crane, which is also a top brand. After bolting everything back on smoothly it went on the dyno today. And for everyone that knows or seen how to basically operate a chassis dyno, engine dyno is 10x more difficult.
At first i thought i was looking at some hugely complicated equations and numbers followed by numbers that all seem to be pointing to something but not to my understanding. It is as complicated as piloting a jet fighter, and there is ton of information being shown on the screen, and there are page 2, 3, 4 and so on, so theres almost 4 page full of information displayed that you can extract out of. And this is just from a carburetor engine, imagine a fully computerized EFI engine.....
Some of the 'normal' ones i can get was RPM, Torque, A/F left A/F right ( i assume is air fuel ratio for the left bank and right bank, oil pressure and temp and a little bit more, but wat i learn today, was the term Brake Specific Fuel Consumption. It is actually a measurement for the fuel consumption vs the power being outputted by the engine itself, aka the calculator for fuel efficiency. And in terms of generating big horsepower, everything have to be balance, as the carburetor is a four barrel type and uses two fuel bowl, both the fuel bowl's output volume must balance to a fine tolerance . In this case of the Chrysler engine, the difference between the 2 bowls are just +/- 1. And after just a a few runs, the car was making 650bhp at a increased 6000rpm and a staggering 701 nm of torque from 5100rpm onwards. This is proven to be a heck of a result as this car was meant to be a street car ! With just normal manifold and mild performance oriented parts this prove to be big big success.
But after finish the dyno, my boss suggest that we take the valve cover off to have a look, everyone was still joking about theres crack on the retainers, but then, my boss found something, the new lifters were fucked again ! This time 3 of them.....my boss suspect its something within the oil valley as when we start the engine up it was idling at perfection, but just might be that after the engine was turn off the oil starve up on the lifter.........
Such a shame things like this happens, but in all the bad scenario that it could happen, it happen here on the work shop, so it was a blessing in disguise actually. The customer was relatively positive bout it, stating that now that he knows theres a problem, when he fixed the problem, there will be a horsepower rise for sure !
Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
MATCH 6 Evergreen United 0-3 Kakibangku FC
Today, we played our match against the top players of the league....the Man Utd of EPL, the AC Milan of Serie A, the Real Madrid of La Liga.....we face against....err......Kakibangku FC.....hmm ....
Well to be honest, i just wanted to make our lose seems easier for people to absorb......losing 3-0 in both game back to back and 6 goals conceded in 2 match doesn't sound too positive for other people especially those who have no knowledge in football but still criticizes and gives opinion base on common sense alone......anyway....
Ironically, Kakibangku FC is a team that is based by Malaysian players, with mostly Malay players.....it seem strange, probably cuz i havent heard a Malay player played in such a long time, their language their aggressiveness have faded from my mind, nonetheless, they are still as aggressive and have the tendency to gives you the feeling of a fight is ready to erupt at any time.
Kakibangku FC is currently on the top 2 of the table and is, as expected from typical Malaysia-based team, excels in playing high balls and through balls, as well having a tremendous physical and speed advantage over our players. Clearly they are operating on a higher level than us.
For those of you that followed would probably noticed that i am currently pursuing a 3rd consecutive clean sheet at the moment, and clearly on my 3rd game i conceded 3 goals this time. First goal came from a high long ball that was slow but dipping right on the angle of the goalpost and the goal line, having spotted this i have being able to grap the ball firmly before realizing that my body is slowly 'floating' into the net, unable to do anymore but to push the ball outwards i did, but unfortunately the opponent's striker was already there, 2 infact. And even as i have got up and prepare to recover the loose ball i was finished by the first goal.
2nd and 3rd goal came from corners as poor defending had the defenders just scrambled and couldn't man-marked the scoring players, but nonetheless.......i felt deeply responsible for the first goal and that my reaction, my goal kick, my anticipation could have been better all around today......
We didn't give up anyway, but found hard to penetrate their defence, as speed deters Frank from penetrating, and physical skill deters possession being made possible even by the experienced older players...however credit to the guys for never give up and still fight till the end....
I would really want improve my reaction, my distribution as well as getting yet much more bravery into my own playing style...i started to miss back the old days where i played without fear and 100% aggressive playing style.......would try to set a personal goal of playing back that playing style by the end of the year..........would i make it ???
Numbers of minute un-scored : 0 (0 for me)
Well to be honest, i just wanted to make our lose seems easier for people to absorb......losing 3-0 in both game back to back and 6 goals conceded in 2 match doesn't sound too positive for other people especially those who have no knowledge in football but still criticizes and gives opinion base on common sense alone......anyway....
Ironically, Kakibangku FC is a team that is based by Malaysian players, with mostly Malay players.....it seem strange, probably cuz i havent heard a Malay player played in such a long time, their language their aggressiveness have faded from my mind, nonetheless, they are still as aggressive and have the tendency to gives you the feeling of a fight is ready to erupt at any time.
Kakibangku FC is currently on the top 2 of the table and is, as expected from typical Malaysia-based team, excels in playing high balls and through balls, as well having a tremendous physical and speed advantage over our players. Clearly they are operating on a higher level than us.
For those of you that followed would probably noticed that i am currently pursuing a 3rd consecutive clean sheet at the moment, and clearly on my 3rd game i conceded 3 goals this time. First goal came from a high long ball that was slow but dipping right on the angle of the goalpost and the goal line, having spotted this i have being able to grap the ball firmly before realizing that my body is slowly 'floating' into the net, unable to do anymore but to push the ball outwards i did, but unfortunately the opponent's striker was already there, 2 infact. And even as i have got up and prepare to recover the loose ball i was finished by the first goal.
2nd and 3rd goal came from corners as poor defending had the defenders just scrambled and couldn't man-marked the scoring players, but nonetheless.......i felt deeply responsible for the first goal and that my reaction, my goal kick, my anticipation could have been better all around today......
We didn't give up anyway, but found hard to penetrate their defence, as speed deters Frank from penetrating, and physical skill deters possession being made possible even by the experienced older players...however credit to the guys for never give up and still fight till the end....
I would really want improve my reaction, my distribution as well as getting yet much more bravery into my own playing style...i started to miss back the old days where i played without fear and 100% aggressive playing style.......would try to set a personal goal of playing back that playing style by the end of the year..........would i make it ???
Numbers of minute un-scored : 0 (0 for me)
Training 34 and 35
Finally, i'm getting more intensive goalkeeper training....the new goalkeeper coach is really a great boost for me though, we did some basic diving as well as specialized left and right side dives as apparently my right side dives were the lesser one compare to the left dives, ironically as im a right handed guy ... hmm
Anyway, not much to be said about this training sessions as TIRED, EXHAUSTED, and not the least, EXCITED!
There's one point where, we were having a corner drill, and i was struggling with intercepting, or should i say attack the ball bravely. After quite playing for quite awhile, i began to aware that, a good goalkeeper, when they make a saves, the save comes from their subconscious. Moves or actions that comes out naturally from you without any thinking to make it happen is the purest sense of agility or reflex one could have. After playing for almost 5 years now i still canot explain nor have a way to improve such 'natural reflex' are to no avail.....
But this kinda natural reflex kick in on the training as i just run out and raise my hand, knuckle up, and leg up and with no hesitation at all punch the ball away, even though i collided heavily with a striker and hit straight on my lung and ribs. For that moment i canot breath at all as if my lung collapsed, with pain just streaming out from my lung, but all i can hear was just well done and well done all over my head, and with the coach and all the players give me a hand up while everyone repeatedly pat my head.........
It comes to my head, how that, why everyone pats the scorer in the EPL game or such in such a exaggerated manner, now i realize, as that feeling of some kind of support+encouragement+recognition+all sort of positive feeling u can imagine, is what i would call, my own definition of drug.
At the end of the day, theres one word i will remember forever in my life, and that word alone, will be one of those things that gonna be my motivation in whatever thing in my life....
"Thats solid, Han."
Anyway, not much to be said about this training sessions as TIRED, EXHAUSTED, and not the least, EXCITED!
There's one point where, we were having a corner drill, and i was struggling with intercepting, or should i say attack the ball bravely. After quite playing for quite awhile, i began to aware that, a good goalkeeper, when they make a saves, the save comes from their subconscious. Moves or actions that comes out naturally from you without any thinking to make it happen is the purest sense of agility or reflex one could have. After playing for almost 5 years now i still canot explain nor have a way to improve such 'natural reflex' are to no avail.....
But this kinda natural reflex kick in on the training as i just run out and raise my hand, knuckle up, and leg up and with no hesitation at all punch the ball away, even though i collided heavily with a striker and hit straight on my lung and ribs. For that moment i canot breath at all as if my lung collapsed, with pain just streaming out from my lung, but all i can hear was just well done and well done all over my head, and with the coach and all the players give me a hand up while everyone repeatedly pat my head.........
It comes to my head, how that, why everyone pats the scorer in the EPL game or such in such a exaggerated manner, now i realize, as that feeling of some kind of support+encouragement+recognition+all sort of positive feeling u can imagine, is what i would call, my own definition of drug.
At the end of the day, theres one word i will remember forever in my life, and that word alone, will be one of those things that gonna be my motivation in whatever thing in my life....
"Thats solid, Han."
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Old days that is ahead us...
Some past are meant to be stayed in,
some past are meant to be relived,
some past are meant to be remembered,
some past are meant to regarded.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Jenson Button - tour around McLaren Technology Centre
McLaren..... This is what a top F1 team's headquarters, assemblies, facilities and details look like...
Monday, May 17, 2010
MATCH 5 Evergreen United 0-3 Thai FC
We faced against the feared Thai FC, which amongst those that is reigning on top of the table at the moment. We've seen them play and was instantly petrified by the way they spread wide open and how accurately and simple their passing is.....
We started out without 3 main key players, as they were away for personal matters and this really brought us down as 2 of the 3 players are responsible for the defensive while the other one was crucial in sense of winning balls and possessions...
Unexpected, we started out our game losing 1 ball within the first 10 minutes from a controversial goal resulting from a hand-ball situation in front of the goal post after the keeper have parry out the ball. The opponent striker than pound on the loose ball with his hand first and then put the ball into the net with his leg. We protested but unbelievably unprofessional referee spoil most of the game for us. And by 1st half we were down 2-0.
2nd half we started out with some good runs and good chances, almost 4 chances we have, but the decision to stick to the middle did not pay out as they've line up all their defenders right at the middle while clearly exposing the wing or side channels. Thai FC weren't at their best shape today, their passing and possessions weren't as pressuring towards us at all, in fact in 2nd half, once we neutralize their center midfield or the "Number 10" of the team their attack simply gone kaput and was nowhere threatening. But by having the "Number 10" covered we sacrifice possessions in the middle and were unable to counterattack fast enough. As a result of another goal ended today's game with a 3-0 defeat.
Thai FC excels in simple and wide covered passes as well as great sense of positioning. They use their position wisely as to they dun need to run around the pitch, rather take zone by zone into account. But sometimes they relies solely on their teammate's passes and distributing. In other words, if we disable one player, almost 50% of the attack can be halt. Or if we disable their partners, they will not have anyone to pass too and this will lead to a mistake. This is my analysis towards them.
Not much chances Thai FC had throughout the game, only about 4 chances and they managed to convert 3 of them into goals, luck plays its part though....
But anyway, our team once again, prove to be no easy match, as we give our all out during the game and that was a noteworthy consolation point for us. Nevertheless, even Wigan got hammered 8-0 by Chelsea isn't it ...
Number of minutes un-scored: 0 (140 for me)
We started out without 3 main key players, as they were away for personal matters and this really brought us down as 2 of the 3 players are responsible for the defensive while the other one was crucial in sense of winning balls and possessions...
Unexpected, we started out our game losing 1 ball within the first 10 minutes from a controversial goal resulting from a hand-ball situation in front of the goal post after the keeper have parry out the ball. The opponent striker than pound on the loose ball with his hand first and then put the ball into the net with his leg. We protested but unbelievably unprofessional referee spoil most of the game for us. And by 1st half we were down 2-0.
2nd half we started out with some good runs and good chances, almost 4 chances we have, but the decision to stick to the middle did not pay out as they've line up all their defenders right at the middle while clearly exposing the wing or side channels. Thai FC weren't at their best shape today, their passing and possessions weren't as pressuring towards us at all, in fact in 2nd half, once we neutralize their center midfield or the "Number 10" of the team their attack simply gone kaput and was nowhere threatening. But by having the "Number 10" covered we sacrifice possessions in the middle and were unable to counterattack fast enough. As a result of another goal ended today's game with a 3-0 defeat.
Thai FC excels in simple and wide covered passes as well as great sense of positioning. They use their position wisely as to they dun need to run around the pitch, rather take zone by zone into account. But sometimes they relies solely on their teammate's passes and distributing. In other words, if we disable one player, almost 50% of the attack can be halt. Or if we disable their partners, they will not have anyone to pass too and this will lead to a mistake. This is my analysis towards them.
Not much chances Thai FC had throughout the game, only about 4 chances and they managed to convert 3 of them into goals, luck plays its part though....
But anyway, our team once again, prove to be no easy match, as we give our all out during the game and that was a noteworthy consolation point for us. Nevertheless, even Wigan got hammered 8-0 by Chelsea isn't it ...
Number of minutes un-scored: 0 (140 for me)
Friday, May 14, 2010
Nike Total 90 Laser II K-FG Review
Started using me new Laser II since the last couple of training....and heres my conclusion.
The shoe, being 0.5 of a size smaller (yes, there is a difference....) and boy does it hurts T.T but nonetheless it fits my leg like a glove, and i must say the lacing system is abit tricky to tie up.....and the e-Vent thing sometimes make ur feet feels weird, like theres something inside your leg or such, but after a while the feel lessens and i was able to use the shoe to lengths i have never ever achieved before.
Accuracy, Power, Swerve, all improved dramatically, and this was on the first time i try it out ~ what i canot do with a shoe i've been wearing for 1 year, i can do it with this shoe which i just wear for 1 day. It is that good!
One thing i would criticize is tat the boot seem fairly heavy....compare to the Laser I it is in a huge difference heavier. But perhaps its due to the smaller size that i experience it.....Just hopes now that it settles in to my leg in the later weeks...
Overall: Being that its my favorite color and possibly the BEST ever color a shoe will ever have, 10/10 ^^^^^
The shoe, being 0.5 of a size smaller (yes, there is a difference....) and boy does it hurts T.T but nonetheless it fits my leg like a glove, and i must say the lacing system is abit tricky to tie up.....and the e-Vent thing sometimes make ur feet feels weird, like theres something inside your leg or such, but after a while the feel lessens and i was able to use the shoe to lengths i have never ever achieved before.
Accuracy, Power, Swerve, all improved dramatically, and this was on the first time i try it out ~ what i canot do with a shoe i've been wearing for 1 year, i can do it with this shoe which i just wear for 1 day. It is that good!
One thing i would criticize is tat the boot seem fairly heavy....compare to the Laser I it is in a huge difference heavier. But perhaps its due to the smaller size that i experience it.....Just hopes now that it settles in to my leg in the later weeks...
Overall: Being that its my favorite color and possibly the BEST ever color a shoe will ever have, 10/10 ^^^^^
Training 32 and 33
Training 32 and 33 are both freezingggggg, its getting into winter now, so things are starting to get colder, and plus i didn't have a training tracks and i DUN like playing with tracks (long pants), so i have no choice but to bear with the cold freezing weather.
Dun get me wrong, i LOVE cold weather, the colder the better, but not when your wearing just a t-shirt and shorts =.=....
We had a goalkeeper trainer training us these days, and immediately we discovered our weakness, and where are our strong point. I began to understand that my strong points are my speed off the line and ability to sorta 'pre-determine' the journey of the ball. But my weakness is that i dun have enough physical appearance (which im well aware of~~) and my habit of second guessing, sorta too much unnecessary calculations on my brain....
What i really hope i can improve on is my diving and high ball....all those acrobatic saves, how can they do it !?
Dun get me wrong, i LOVE cold weather, the colder the better, but not when your wearing just a t-shirt and shorts =.=....
We had a goalkeeper trainer training us these days, and immediately we discovered our weakness, and where are our strong point. I began to understand that my strong points are my speed off the line and ability to sorta 'pre-determine' the journey of the ball. But my weakness is that i dun have enough physical appearance (which im well aware of~~) and my habit of second guessing, sorta too much unnecessary calculations on my brain....
What i really hope i can improve on is my diving and high ball....all those acrobatic saves, how can they do it !?
Monday, May 10, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
MATCH 4 Evergreen United 0-0 Revo
Today we played against Revo, a China-based team which is on the top of the league last year. We started out with me as starting goalkeeper, and immediately i spotted something different this time....
Past few games, we always started out losing possessions at the middle and was always pressurized on our first half of the pitch. But this time, is was us that was containing the ball in the middle and was actually, for the first time, moving the ball around.
First half of the game, we play good contain strategy in the middle. Contain means the midfield kept possessions of the ball in the middle, thus 'containing' the ball to our self, and was at times, illustrating some clever switches and back passing to maintain possessions, and although we started out without Frank our speedy striker, and uses Ryan as a lone striker with 老崔 on the back of him supporting him, we still managed to get some good chances and runs into the box but sadly, tall and fast defenders of Revo keep us out from getting a goal. Thing wasn't too dramatic back in our defense line for the first half, the defender have done a very good job at closing down the angles and and the whole team have done well at maintaining and winning back possessions.
Second half starts, and we were on the move. The wings played very well today with Jonathan and Henry both supported the wing perfectly, while 燕航 did a fantastic job today with all the runs and tumbles he suffered from attacking whilst creating chances, a very very good applaud to him as he's almost to he's 40's now.......
This time, instead of getting pressured by other team we were the one that was pressuring on the team and keep on finding way to get past them, as from the start we introduce Frank into the game, they've been playing a very defensive style and have even hand marked Frank as the danger man to them, and once Frank got the ball 2 or 3 defenders were on he's toes. The defenders of Revo are not an easy force to deal with. They are fast, tall, experienced, and was more than capable to disable Frank from scoring goals. Unlucky to us, BQ, who have improve dramatically since the last few matches, manages to create at least 3 chances for us, 2 from fouls and 1 near-goal experience. Sadly the defenders were too much for him and Frank was unable to use his speed in this game. Revo have a couple of good shots for themselves, albeit all denied by me. Some of the noticeable effort i made was the dive out of the post to intercept a cross in from the right side of the field and into the center, subconsciously i know there was a Revo player just beside me and on first reaction i deal with the ball and managed to push it out to the middle for the defenders to clear. And after awhile i managed to get a touch on a free kick and send it over the bar. Nonetheless, final whistle blowed, and i was extremely glad i got my 2nd clean sheet in a row and is now 140 minute un-scored.
Some points i think we can improve, is that the midfield have done a superb job on possessions, but still doesn't quite follow up to the winger when they crosses in. Although doesn't quite follow isn't didn't follow at all, they've surely improve and is now a working motion when we're attacking, but they need to learn to position themselves across near post and far post. As there is one chance today, where the opponent's defender made a mistake, and should there's someone on the far post, we would have gotten a goal. The other thing is, to overcome the dependent nature of us towards Frank as a sole striker and goal scorer, we must develop a Plan B, just in case the opponent we meet in the future does a good job in disabling Frank, in another words, we should deploy more variety in our attacking, whether its from set pieces, runs, or even from free kick and spot kick, when these chances are presence, we must assure that we can score from them. Football is a game of varieties, and most of the times, what works well last game wont work again on the next game, which is why we canot rely on solely one method and the same kinda player all over again, during the whole duration of the league.
Today's game have re-assured some of the uncertainties in my mind of the team's dynamics, fuck today we play a better game then some of La Trobe's game. Nevertheless, even though we ended up 0-0, it was a beautiful game, and it was worth playing, even it doesn't ended up with a winner.
Number of minutes un-scored: 70 (140 for me)
Past few games, we always started out losing possessions at the middle and was always pressurized on our first half of the pitch. But this time, is was us that was containing the ball in the middle and was actually, for the first time, moving the ball around.
First half of the game, we play good contain strategy in the middle. Contain means the midfield kept possessions of the ball in the middle, thus 'containing' the ball to our self, and was at times, illustrating some clever switches and back passing to maintain possessions, and although we started out without Frank our speedy striker, and uses Ryan as a lone striker with 老崔 on the back of him supporting him, we still managed to get some good chances and runs into the box but sadly, tall and fast defenders of Revo keep us out from getting a goal. Thing wasn't too dramatic back in our defense line for the first half, the defender have done a very good job at closing down the angles and and the whole team have done well at maintaining and winning back possessions.
Second half starts, and we were on the move. The wings played very well today with Jonathan and Henry both supported the wing perfectly, while 燕航 did a fantastic job today with all the runs and tumbles he suffered from attacking whilst creating chances, a very very good applaud to him as he's almost to he's 40's now.......
This time, instead of getting pressured by other team we were the one that was pressuring on the team and keep on finding way to get past them, as from the start we introduce Frank into the game, they've been playing a very defensive style and have even hand marked Frank as the danger man to them, and once Frank got the ball 2 or 3 defenders were on he's toes. The defenders of Revo are not an easy force to deal with. They are fast, tall, experienced, and was more than capable to disable Frank from scoring goals. Unlucky to us, BQ, who have improve dramatically since the last few matches, manages to create at least 3 chances for us, 2 from fouls and 1 near-goal experience. Sadly the defenders were too much for him and Frank was unable to use his speed in this game. Revo have a couple of good shots for themselves, albeit all denied by me. Some of the noticeable effort i made was the dive out of the post to intercept a cross in from the right side of the field and into the center, subconsciously i know there was a Revo player just beside me and on first reaction i deal with the ball and managed to push it out to the middle for the defenders to clear. And after awhile i managed to get a touch on a free kick and send it over the bar. Nonetheless, final whistle blowed, and i was extremely glad i got my 2nd clean sheet in a row and is now 140 minute un-scored.
Some points i think we can improve, is that the midfield have done a superb job on possessions, but still doesn't quite follow up to the winger when they crosses in. Although doesn't quite follow isn't didn't follow at all, they've surely improve and is now a working motion when we're attacking, but they need to learn to position themselves across near post and far post. As there is one chance today, where the opponent's defender made a mistake, and should there's someone on the far post, we would have gotten a goal. The other thing is, to overcome the dependent nature of us towards Frank as a sole striker and goal scorer, we must develop a Plan B, just in case the opponent we meet in the future does a good job in disabling Frank, in another words, we should deploy more variety in our attacking, whether its from set pieces, runs, or even from free kick and spot kick, when these chances are presence, we must assure that we can score from them. Football is a game of varieties, and most of the times, what works well last game wont work again on the next game, which is why we canot rely on solely one method and the same kinda player all over again, during the whole duration of the league.
Today's game have re-assured some of the uncertainties in my mind of the team's dynamics, fuck today we play a better game then some of La Trobe's game. Nevertheless, even though we ended up 0-0, it was a beautiful game, and it was worth playing, even it doesn't ended up with a winner.
Number of minutes un-scored: 70 (140 for me)
Training 30 and 31
Woohoo, 30th training session, and i was absence AGAIN! =.= but this time there was a really good reason, so good, that i'm going to put up a post for it in the future...hehehe...
But managed to made it from work on Thursday after i finish work late, and did just some few goalkeeping for practice match.....felt sorry that the Thirds still can't find their way as they had their 3rd consecutive loses while after suffering 2 early loses, the Fourths finally got their first win in a 5-3 bombardment. That day i realize and i learn a new thing again, although i can't specified what it is but i greatly felt my goalkeeping is improving just with that extra little something ^^
Also can't wait to try out my new Laser II boot (yes ! i havent try it out on a field yet !) and after months of hardcore usage the glove finally show defects as rubber are getting more slippery means the first layer of rubber have been completely worn out.
GOALKEEPER GLOVE'S SCIENCE.
this can be seen as when u purchase a new glove, the palm area feels sticky and sounds 'squeeky' when u rub against them, this is the first layer of the rubber that u are touching, and usually, this first layer is the layer which gives u grip. While underneath this layer is another series of layers of rubber call 'secondary' layers. Example for a 3mm glove (which means the glove have 3mm of rubber embedded to the surface) the first layer may just covered 0.5mm, and the secondary layers makes up for the 2.5mm. These 'secondary' layers of rubber are there to give cushioning as well as holding the first layer intact, the grip they provided are inferior to the first layer's grip. And after the first layer is worn out, the gloves become slippery, due to the secondary layers, although it looks as if it still got alot of rubber on it.
Another factor that compromises the grip after the first layer is worn is is dust and dirt. The first layer is also there to prevent dust and dirt sticking onto the gloves, after the first layer is worn out, dust and dirt then starts to accumulate to the second layers of rubber and this compromises grip instantly in a huge difference. This is worsens when yours playing in field where the goal post area is mostly covered in sand, one dive, and that's 5 minute washing them. One way to preserve or maintain the glove is to wash it profoundly, as well as keep the glove moistured as this will prolong the life of the rubber, as well as providing some more grip, as rubber when dry is like biscuits, they crumbles into bits and pieces.
The description above is mainly and purely of my experience.... But back to my glove, grip now is still fine, just that now i cannot purely rely on the glove to gives me grip, and that some sewing points have been fucked, making some parts hanging out (due to my careless behavior when putting them on....take time on putting goalkeeper gloves on, as they are hard to be put on, due to the fact they must fit ur arms properly. ) But is still alrite, i guess its good till the rest of the season finish.
But managed to made it from work on Thursday after i finish work late, and did just some few goalkeeping for practice match.....felt sorry that the Thirds still can't find their way as they had their 3rd consecutive loses while after suffering 2 early loses, the Fourths finally got their first win in a 5-3 bombardment. That day i realize and i learn a new thing again, although i can't specified what it is but i greatly felt my goalkeeping is improving just with that extra little something ^^
Also can't wait to try out my new Laser II boot (yes ! i havent try it out on a field yet !) and after months of hardcore usage the glove finally show defects as rubber are getting more slippery means the first layer of rubber have been completely worn out.
GOALKEEPER GLOVE'S SCIENCE.
this can be seen as when u purchase a new glove, the palm area feels sticky and sounds 'squeeky' when u rub against them, this is the first layer of the rubber that u are touching, and usually, this first layer is the layer which gives u grip. While underneath this layer is another series of layers of rubber call 'secondary' layers. Example for a 3mm glove (which means the glove have 3mm of rubber embedded to the surface) the first layer may just covered 0.5mm, and the secondary layers makes up for the 2.5mm. These 'secondary' layers of rubber are there to give cushioning as well as holding the first layer intact, the grip they provided are inferior to the first layer's grip. And after the first layer is worn out, the gloves become slippery, due to the secondary layers, although it looks as if it still got alot of rubber on it.
Another factor that compromises the grip after the first layer is worn is is dust and dirt. The first layer is also there to prevent dust and dirt sticking onto the gloves, after the first layer is worn out, dust and dirt then starts to accumulate to the second layers of rubber and this compromises grip instantly in a huge difference. This is worsens when yours playing in field where the goal post area is mostly covered in sand, one dive, and that's 5 minute washing them. One way to preserve or maintain the glove is to wash it profoundly, as well as keep the glove moistured as this will prolong the life of the rubber, as well as providing some more grip, as rubber when dry is like biscuits, they crumbles into bits and pieces.
The description above is mainly and purely of my experience.... But back to my glove, grip now is still fine, just that now i cannot purely rely on the glove to gives me grip, and that some sewing points have been fucked, making some parts hanging out (due to my careless behavior when putting them on....take time on putting goalkeeper gloves on, as they are hard to be put on, due to the fact they must fit ur arms properly. ) But is still alrite, i guess its good till the rest of the season finish.
Keep Drifting Fun~ s
Im not a huge fan of drifting, but im a huge fan of Kazuhiko "Smoky" Nagata, the founder and boss of Japan-based Top Secret tuning company.....and found this pic to be veryyy interesting haha
Sunday, May 2, 2010
MATCH 3 Evergreen Utd 1-2 MCU
Third match of our league game was againts a team called MCU, which is a Hong Kong based team which i didn't played as it was Simon our first choice keeper's turn, but surprise to us, it was pack with Aussie players, including a Colombian ex-National Youth player...
As the score above probably have stated there that we lost the game, but wasn't to a un-fruitful one. We was bombarded by a series of controversial and unprofessional refereeing, and as a result a free kick from the top right of the penalty box, MCU scored as our first choice GK couldn't handle well the ball that was coming in and as a result the opposing player managed to tip in a goal. After a short while, yet another free kick was presented to them at the exact same site of the penalty box's top right angle. Diago, a Colombian ex-National Youth player, whip in a perfectly angled free kick and claim the goal. And for the whole first half we were pressured by them but was in no means of worse than them.
Second half started, and we started playing alot of through balls and counter attack from the middle. On the record we have 5 one-by-one chances by yet Lady Luck was on their side as none of them was converted to a goal. But anyhow, on the last 10 minutes, the pressure was on our side and we managed to hold them on their own half of the pitch while bombarding them with crosses and passes, and Frank prove to be a winner with a swift run into the penalty box and a cool finish ended it. More attack was put out by us and we managed to get a cross which resulted with Frank connected with a header on goal! Sadly the ball hit the bar and did not went in as a result. To be honest, the goal was a bit shorter in height, and the bar was crooked that it literally just hangs down on the middle, means the middle was the lowest part of the bar, should its a straight line it would have been 100% a goal. But sadly, unlucky is what hit our team today.
The point where i say it wasn't un-fruitful, was that even though we were againts all the odds today, they have better player, they have kickers, well organized, but still we were still able to bombard them with attacks and chances as well. It doesn't mean that, if overall we lose to them, it doesn't necessarily means that we've 100% lose, this is what football is, its never a thing that can be measured in percentage, it keeps on changing. What i am really proud of is that our team didn't even have the urge to give up, and that we're always on the move. We could have turn the tables around but clearly, unlucky~
Numbers of minute un-scored: 0 (but still a 70 for me)
As the score above probably have stated there that we lost the game, but wasn't to a un-fruitful one. We was bombarded by a series of controversial and unprofessional refereeing, and as a result a free kick from the top right of the penalty box, MCU scored as our first choice GK couldn't handle well the ball that was coming in and as a result the opposing player managed to tip in a goal. After a short while, yet another free kick was presented to them at the exact same site of the penalty box's top right angle. Diago, a Colombian ex-National Youth player, whip in a perfectly angled free kick and claim the goal. And for the whole first half we were pressured by them but was in no means of worse than them.
Second half started, and we started playing alot of through balls and counter attack from the middle. On the record we have 5 one-by-one chances by yet Lady Luck was on their side as none of them was converted to a goal. But anyhow, on the last 10 minutes, the pressure was on our side and we managed to hold them on their own half of the pitch while bombarding them with crosses and passes, and Frank prove to be a winner with a swift run into the penalty box and a cool finish ended it. More attack was put out by us and we managed to get a cross which resulted with Frank connected with a header on goal! Sadly the ball hit the bar and did not went in as a result. To be honest, the goal was a bit shorter in height, and the bar was crooked that it literally just hangs down on the middle, means the middle was the lowest part of the bar, should its a straight line it would have been 100% a goal. But sadly, unlucky is what hit our team today.
The point where i say it wasn't un-fruitful, was that even though we were againts all the odds today, they have better player, they have kickers, well organized, but still we were still able to bombard them with attacks and chances as well. It doesn't mean that, if overall we lose to them, it doesn't necessarily means that we've 100% lose, this is what football is, its never a thing that can be measured in percentage, it keeps on changing. What i am really proud of is that our team didn't even have the urge to give up, and that we're always on the move. We could have turn the tables around but clearly, unlucky~
Numbers of minute un-scored: 0 (but still a 70 for me)
Saturday, May 1, 2010
STOLEN CAR NOTICE !!
My dear friend, Juztin has just lost his Honda Civic EG Hatchback ysterday in KL, last saw at Sri Petaling opposite Endah Parade aka Carrefour
Number plate : PJD 9374
Color : White
Outlook : Replica Advan RG with AD07, clubeg6 sticker at front bonnet, I love JDM sticker at fuel cover, J's racing gold sticker at above exhaust muffler, fiberglass replica spoon ducktail.
Who ever read this, pls just drop a helping hand and post this on ur blog or anywhere as well, even if ur blog is not car-related or u just dun fuckin care, just help by copy and paste, spread it out please ~ A small token of appreciation would be given to whom that found he's car....
And just for the record, FUCK THE THIEF'S, doesn't matter if ur grandma was hog-tied and ransom for a EG Civic is send to u, FUCK U..
Number plate : PJD 9374Color : White
Outlook : Replica Advan RG with AD07, clubeg6 sticker at front bonnet, I love JDM sticker at fuel cover, J's racing gold sticker at above exhaust muffler, fiberglass replica spoon ducktail.
Who ever read this, pls just drop a helping hand and post this on ur blog or anywhere as well, even if ur blog is not car-related or u just dun fuckin care, just help by copy and paste, spread it out please ~ A small token of appreciation would be given to whom that found he's car....
And just for the record, FUCK THE THIEF'S, doesn't matter if ur grandma was hog-tied and ransom for a EG Civic is send to u, FUCK U..
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