Match Report v Havelock

VS
Havelock
(05/09/07)
FINAL SCORE LOST 5-3 (Half-time losing 4-3)
Scorers (Saif 2, Nakhuda)
MOM – Saif (Referee’s MOM Saif!)
Conditions : Dry Venue: Witton Park Astroturf (Pitch 4?) K/O Time : 21:00
Recent form (past 4 games)-
Players on form
Saeed 10 – 1 – 10 - 8
Yasir 7 - 9 – 8 - 8
Saif 8 – 7 – 10 - 9
Ishy C 7 – 8 – 1 - 10
QPT PLAYER CAM (Ratings and comments by Yasir) -

Zuber GK – 8 - Unlucky with conceding so many goals, can’t have been at fault for that top corner effort in the first half. Only played a few times this season but when called upon has played well (apart from the howlers!!)

Yasin DF - 8 – Got turned once or twice but considering we were playing the champions that was always going to happen. Made some vital blocks and clearances.

Usama DF - 8 – An above average performance, organised the defence well but has generally had a quiet season – only got one goal this season!

Imran LB - 8 – The veteran has come back into the team and showed glimpses of what he is capable of, an average performance.

Nakhuda Right Mid - 7 – Scored a sweet left footer (it was all Saif’s making) but apart from that didn’t do much else. Has started in every game this season so disappointed to go off injured close to half time.

Saeed – Centre Mid - 8 - Linked up well with Saif for the first goal (?) and put some decent challenges in, on form recently.

Saif - Str - 9 – The superstar does it again, scores two and sets one up. Fed up of giving tens!!

Subs:

Ebrahim - 7 – Fresh from a trip in Amsterdam (hehe!!) and replaced Nakhuda, won some aerial challenges and did extremely well considering he was ill.

Match Summary
We started brightly as Saifullah latched onto a Saeed pass, skinned the opposition defender and finished well. ‘Super Saif’ then scored another goal, largely due to a mistake by the opposition goalkeeper who failed to distribute the ball properly. QPT then dominated with Saifullah running down the right wing, Nakhuda just about keeping up and finishing from close range with a left footed attempt. That’s when it all started going wrong, defensive errors and complacency saw Havelock back in it with quick successive goals to make it 4-3 at half time.

Havelock dominated the second half but the score remained 4-3 until they scored and caused the loudest cheer for them which showed just how much we pushed them. In the future though we need to get results from these kind of games.

Feel free to add your comments on the blog, plus end of season review by Ebrahim to follow, also refer to spreadsheet enclosed for stats - http://www.queensparktorpedoes.blogspot.com


Overall Tables Summer 2007


Top Goalscorers MOM Awards Top Average Ratings Overall Most Full Appearances
I Chotia – 10 Saifullah – 5 Saif – 6.86 Nakhuda – 13
Saif – 9 I Chotia – 1 Nakhuda – 6.71 I Chotia – 11
Hasan Lambat – Husky – 1 I Chotia – 6.14 Saifullah – 10(1)
Saeed – 4 Nakhuda – 1 Usama – 9
Nakhuda – 4 I Mayat - 1 Saeed – 7(2)
Amin – 3 Saeed - 1
Mujy - 2

MEDIA FRENZY -
Chotia exit confirmed!

Chotia has left the club after months of speculation, and the reason being that he wasn’t feeling loved by QPT! This mirrors Shevchenko and his lack of love shown by Mourinho. Legend Marcel Desailly recently commented on this but QPT bosses claim the exit was purely for financial reasons. Chotia has not performed to his usual standards although he claimed top goalscorer once again this season and what surprised fans most was that he left with just one game to go. So no farewell party for one of QPT’s most popular talents, which left Nakhuda in tears. For sure they will stay drinking partners, but what will happen when they face each other next season? Mr Ebrahim Patel added to the departure claiming that it was one of the biggest losses in the history of QPT but that no player is bigger than the club.

Another story in Media Frenzy this week is that Saifullah Firfire ‘donated’ his player of the season trophy to his driving examiner – a bribe which worked as he can now drive. So to end the season’s Media Frenzy

Match report v King Edward, and a bit about Tom’s Shad Shop!

Match report v King Edward, and a bit about Tom’s Shad Shop!21/08/2007

Probably the easiest game we’ve had all season was welcomed after a mauling the previous week (let us not mention THAT score…)

The team was lively from the word go in this one as some of the absentees from last week came back. A 5-0 lead at half-time included a clinical hat-trick from Ishy Chothia, and it suggested we would impose return the drubbing we received in the last game to these lot. However, as so often is the case in such ‘easy’ games, the 2nd half was (a little) tighter, Saif bagging a cool no-other-word-to-describe-it hat-trick. I, myself scored an absolute blinder after receiving the ball from Saeed that resurrected some favourite chants from the crowd…!

Special mention for Yasin who came on for Imran in a slightly unfamiliar left-back position – he immediately made a vital interception and fought hard not to get outmuscled by their unavoidable ‘big boys’. A couple of excellent one-twos also led to openings for us and showed what he can do given the opportunity.

I don’t believe there is much to learn from this game as King Ed did not put up any fight. Last week’s game, however, was a different matter altogether. It has so often in the past that when teams ‘push’ us about and incur some crunching tackles on us, we simply don’t like it, i.e. we get intimidated and stop playing our game. This leads ultimately to failure – it seems that we can only play when things are rosy in the garden and conditions are right for us.

Tom’s Shad Shop was a different challenge altogether because they didn’t get rough with us. Instead, we were faced with some first-teamers unexpectedly not showing so that, at the last second, our regular subs were thrown on to make up the seven.

Granted, it was messy, and we immediately went a goal down. But I believe that this is when true stars have this exciting opportunity to help QPT grind out a performance by displaying the maturity and composure required of such players. The complete opposite happened – cries of “What’s going on?!” and an abusive negative vibe that works like a chain reaction, putting added pressure to an already challenging situation. Consequently, the chances that we had (and we easily had a handful of clear ones) went begging and players refused to do what they do best, i.e. their job!

It was embarrassing, especially since only their GK was really top class. The history books will say this is our record defeat, but the opposition was not worthy of it. For that, we should be ashamed; the positive spirit of QPT was lost that day, a perfect day for rising above a rough period and fighting through the challenge, both physically and (more so) mentally and psychologically.

My motto has always been to stay positive – keep it up guys.