Check out the link, quite a funny read ;)
http://www.dearmrlevy.com/dml/2009/6/24/what-if-daniel-levy-actually-replied-to-one-of-my-letters.html
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
FARM FC 2 RMM 2
21st June 2009
Venue: Garden Int School
Scorers: Iceman(pen), Flash
Squad: Shark, Snake, Foo, Batigol, SiYeh, OK Danny, Iceman, Guvnor, Jason Yap, Red Devil, Speedie, Thong, Flash, Archi.
After weeks of being down to their bare bones with their already paper thin squad, RMMs Guvnor finally had 14 players to choose from at the awesome GIS pitch. It’s one of the few full sized football pitch using artificial turf in the Klang Valley. Little wonder that some not so bright RMMers were thinking aloud that the game was to be played using futsal rules...
Unlike previous weeks, FARM FC looked to have an age and physical advantage over RMM (which in truth is nothing to shout about if you consider that both of RMM most widely used keepers average @ 5 feet and 40 years old). However, if they were sneaking any peeks at the RMM end during warm up, they surely would have been both impressed and also intimidated by RMMs shooting power. Led by the supremely powerful Batigol, RMM players pounded their keepers like Baghdad during Operations Desert Storm. The booming sounds from their powerful shots were deafening and could been heard from Mont Kiara’s apartments.
As anticipated, the game turned out to be a bruising encounter. Many will scoff at RMMs average age but this was exactly the type of physical battle that the old warhorses of RMM relishes. It was cat and mouse for the first 15 minutes or so but as RMM started to adapt to the artificial surface and easily contained any threats at goal. Although Shark was evidently confused by the array of colorful lines on the pitch, he still managed to put up a reassuring display for his teammates in goal.
A very confused looking Shark
Flash That's equaliser
Our resident pundit and master of the alternate universe's observed that RMM would have had a better result if they were better at 'slicing' like Farm FC. Rumour has it that Guvnor will be ordering 'slicing' training for all RMMers soon.
We look forward to a rematch…
Match report courtesy of Iceman
Venue: Garden Int School
Scorers: Iceman(pen), Flash
Squad: Shark, Snake, Foo, Batigol, SiYeh, OK Danny, Iceman, Guvnor, Jason Yap, Red Devil, Speedie, Thong, Flash, Archi.
After weeks of being down to their bare bones with their already paper thin squad, RMMs Guvnor finally had 14 players to choose from at the awesome GIS pitch. It’s one of the few full sized football pitch using artificial turf in the Klang Valley. Little wonder that some not so bright RMMers were thinking aloud that the game was to be played using futsal rules...
Unlike previous weeks, FARM FC looked to have an age and physical advantage over RMM (which in truth is nothing to shout about if you consider that both of RMM most widely used keepers average @ 5 feet and 40 years old). However, if they were sneaking any peeks at the RMM end during warm up, they surely would have been both impressed and also intimidated by RMMs shooting power. Led by the supremely powerful Batigol, RMM players pounded their keepers like Baghdad during Operations Desert Storm. The booming sounds from their powerful shots were deafening and could been heard from Mont Kiara’s apartments.
As anticipated, the game turned out to be a bruising encounter. Many will scoff at RMMs average age but this was exactly the type of physical battle that the old warhorses of RMM relishes. It was cat and mouse for the first 15 minutes or so but as RMM started to adapt to the artificial surface and easily contained any threats at goal. Although Shark was evidently confused by the array of colorful lines on the pitch, he still managed to put up a reassuring display for his teammates in goal.
A very confused looking SharkRMM were comfortable without being too threatening themselves with Flash That coming close on only one occasion. His partner upfront, superstar Batigol struggled to keep possession all evening playing as if he was playing with two left feet (and believe us, his left peg is awful). Having said that, RMM didn’t create too much either and when the half chances did come, the Scud Missiles from training became duds. Guess it’s different when you don’t have the luxury of placing the ball down to the exact spot, walking back 10 yards, running up slowly then slamming the ball…..
Suddenly, against the run of play, cue the regular RMM comical defending. Shark collided with OK Danny whilst collecting what appears to be a bread and butter catch. He was however quick enough to recover to a position to pick up the loose ball but was beaten to it by SiYeh who attempted a feeble toe poke clearance. FARM FC somehow failed to capitalize on it in the resulting melee but managed to win a corner kick.
RMM paid for it as the floated corner beat a very static RMM defence. First, SiYeh avoided heading the ball by imitating a tortoise retreating it’s head into it’s shell, then Foo failed to track his man to allow him to smash a diving header past a grounded Shark. 0-1. Cue Guvnor shouting and screaming about the poor marking...
It started pouring down after that and tackles were flying in fast and furious. The half ended with RMM coming close on several occasions but could not find the net.
Guvnor then shuffled the lineup slightly with Archi replacing Shark in goal with Shark lining up alongside Flash That in attack and Foo back on the right flanks. Archie had a nervy start in the torrential rain as he almost gave away a penalty right from the kickoff as he ran off his line and tripped the onrushing FARM FC striker. Luckily for RMM, the idiot stayed on his feet.
But as RMM pushed players forward looking for the equalizer, gaps were appearing at the back especially on the flanks. Thong and Jason did their best to to sweep everything that got behind the fullbacks but were helpless when another diagonal ball was played through leaving Archi one on one with the FARM FC striker beating him with ease. 0-2. Cue more shouting and screaming from Guvnor…
Despite being 2 goals down, RMM responded well and pressed the opposition back into defence to force a corner. From the resulting corner, a penalty was awarded when the FARM FC defender handled the ball during a scramble. Iceman shrugged off offers from a couple of team mates and easily converted the spotkick to make it 1-2. Official photographer of the day, Mama Jo failed to recognize that it was the photographic moment of the day and therefore no pictures of the penalty was taken.
With the opponents rattled, RMM look threatening every time they crossed the halfway line. And in one lovely passing move played out from defence, RMM equalized. The move involved OK Danny, Jason, Snake and Foo who delivered a teasing cross from the right in which That’s blistering pace made sure he got there before the keeper to fire home. 2-2. Superb.
Suddenly, against the run of play, cue the regular RMM comical defending. Shark collided with OK Danny whilst collecting what appears to be a bread and butter catch. He was however quick enough to recover to a position to pick up the loose ball but was beaten to it by SiYeh who attempted a feeble toe poke clearance. FARM FC somehow failed to capitalize on it in the resulting melee but managed to win a corner kick.
RMM paid for it as the floated corner beat a very static RMM defence. First, SiYeh avoided heading the ball by imitating a tortoise retreating it’s head into it’s shell, then Foo failed to track his man to allow him to smash a diving header past a grounded Shark. 0-1. Cue Guvnor shouting and screaming about the poor marking...
It started pouring down after that and tackles were flying in fast and furious. The half ended with RMM coming close on several occasions but could not find the net.
Guvnor then shuffled the lineup slightly with Archi replacing Shark in goal with Shark lining up alongside Flash That in attack and Foo back on the right flanks. Archie had a nervy start in the torrential rain as he almost gave away a penalty right from the kickoff as he ran off his line and tripped the onrushing FARM FC striker. Luckily for RMM, the idiot stayed on his feet.
But as RMM pushed players forward looking for the equalizer, gaps were appearing at the back especially on the flanks. Thong and Jason did their best to to sweep everything that got behind the fullbacks but were helpless when another diagonal ball was played through leaving Archi one on one with the FARM FC striker beating him with ease. 0-2. Cue more shouting and screaming from Guvnor…
Despite being 2 goals down, RMM responded well and pressed the opposition back into defence to force a corner. From the resulting corner, a penalty was awarded when the FARM FC defender handled the ball during a scramble. Iceman shrugged off offers from a couple of team mates and easily converted the spotkick to make it 1-2. Official photographer of the day, Mama Jo failed to recognize that it was the photographic moment of the day and therefore no pictures of the penalty was taken.
With the opponents rattled, RMM look threatening every time they crossed the halfway line. And in one lovely passing move played out from defence, RMM equalized. The move involved OK Danny, Jason, Snake and Foo who delivered a teasing cross from the right in which That’s blistering pace made sure he got there before the keeper to fire home. 2-2. Superb.
Flash That's equaliserIgnoring Sepp Blatter’s FIFA rules, the match had a 3rd half. In this half, more changes were made. This time Batigol and Shark spearheaded the attack. However, unlike last week’s successful partnership this time they failed miserably. Both players surrendered possession easily and did not managed to have a single shot at goal. It soon became clear that both sides were tiring fast due to the high tempo. Passes were going all over the place and it soon resemble a ping pong game with both teams just pumping the ball up and down without any real conviction.
Throughout the game, there were many running battles between players from both sides with Guvnor in the thick of it. Special mention also to Flash That and OK Danny who stuck it in with FARM FC’s irritating leftback.
The highlight of the 3rd half was Speedie’s (who had taken Archie’s place between the sticks) little bunny hop to paw a FARM FC hopeful punt upfield whose bounced looked like it had beaten the little oompa loompa. But paw it away he did.
In the end, 2-2 was a fair result for both sides on an enjoyable wet evening.
Throughout the game, there were many running battles between players from both sides with Guvnor in the thick of it. Special mention also to Flash That and OK Danny who stuck it in with FARM FC’s irritating leftback.
The highlight of the 3rd half was Speedie’s (who had taken Archie’s place between the sticks) little bunny hop to paw a FARM FC hopeful punt upfield whose bounced looked like it had beaten the little oompa loompa. But paw it away he did.
In the end, 2-2 was a fair result for both sides on an enjoyable wet evening.
Our resident pundit and master of the alternate universe's observed that RMM would have had a better result if they were better at 'slicing' like Farm FC. Rumour has it that Guvnor will be ordering 'slicing' training for all RMMers soon.
We look forward to a rematch…
Match report courtesy of Iceman
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Check it out y'all
Not only are RMMers the bestest Sunday League footballers around, we are also proud to say that we're also giants of the intellectual world.
For evidence of that, look no further than the world renown Football365.com site to read 2 letters from RMMers published there for the world to see...!
The emails can be read @:
http://www.football365.com/mailbox/story/0,17033,8744_5382275,00.html
http://www.football365.com/mailbox/story/0,17033,8744_5375999,00.html
Aren't RMMers the bestest!?
For evidence of that, look no further than the world renown Football365.com site to read 2 letters from RMMers published there for the world to see...!
The emails can be read @:
http://www.football365.com/mailbox/story/0,17033,8744_5382275,00.html
http://www.football365.com/mailbox/story/0,17033,8744_5375999,00.html
Aren't RMMers the bestest!?
MISS OF THE SEASON – Nominee # 2 (Batigol v KUNT Team)
It would have been Batigol's moment of glory. A hattrick was beckoning. The matchball was already on the way home with him.
But no, 8 yards from goal, with defenders backing off, the goalkeeper frozen with fear and the momentum firmly with him, Batigol's effort had more power than required and like all his warm up attempts, it went way over the bar.
But no, 8 yards from goal, with defenders backing off, the goalkeeper frozen with fear and the momentum firmly with him, Batigol's effort had more power than required and like all his warm up attempts, it went way over the bar.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Post game dinner with RMM - Segambut
Post RMMs convincing win against KUNT Team, the boys decided to have a mini celebration and opted for a rather nice steamboat dinner in Segambut with their 2 most loyal WAGs.
RMMs resident party organiser enjoying a quieter evening...
Dinner of champions!
Iceman showing off his passing abilities
Thong looking decidely less lively without RMMs Ultras with him
Party man Eddie starts the ball rolling
WAGs joining in the fun
OK Danny scooping it up
Sun sets on another weekend.....
Party like RMM - June babies celebration 09
RMMs 1st 11 + 2 subs
Iceman huffing and puffing away in the middle
The perks of being a RMMer
The man in white is Eddie Ee - RMMs party organizer extraordinaire
Thong - looking livelier than he ever was on the pitch
RMM supporting Ultras
Mama Jo and her Ultras crewMonday, June 15, 2009
Special announcement to all RMMers: Upcoming RMM game
Kindly be informed that this Sunday's game, 21st June 2009 will be played at Garden International School, Bukit Kiara which features an artificial turf. Make sure you do not miss out on playing on this excellent and even playing surface.
Please make your way there by 4.15pm.
Please click on map for clearer view or contact Guvnor or Iceman if still unsure of location.
Match Report: RMM 3 KUNT team 0
Once again, RMM squad was down to it’s bare bones for this game with only 9 players reporting to the game on time. Given that the opponents were RMMs arch nemesis, KUNT team, it was imperative that RMM put up a good showing today. Thankfully, the latecomers arrived just in time to ensure that RMM started the game with 11 players.
With the goalkeeping position still in discussion, Shark stepped up to the plate for the 1st half. He was shielded by a makeshift back four of Thong, Siyeh, BengKoh and Snake. That back four were in turn protected by Guvnor and Iceman running the engine room in the middle with Speedy and TyPoon flanking them of the left and right respectively. Upfront, the preferred duo of Batigol and That starting.
RMM started the game well and were in full control for much of the first half. Their players looked sharp and were always first to the ball. With KUNT Team’s main Kunts missing, they didn’t look like they were that up for it. Maybe it was that, or maybe it was just that RMM never let them into the game. Siyeh and BengKoh looked solid for most of the game and only had the occasional lapses in concentration. Even when that happened, Shark in goal was sharp and fielded the few attempts comfortably.
RMM finally made their superior play count when star man Batigol scored from an uncontested header during a corner.
Batigol reeling away in delight after scoring RMMs first
With only a striker with BO doing the most of running, KUNT team still managed 2 golden opportunity to equalise.
The first was when the ball was played into the box and with all the RMM defenders having missed the ball, it was up to Shark to stop KUNT team’s front man in a One v One situation. KUNT team had a 2nd opportunity when BO man ran past a static defense on the left and rolled the ball across RMMs goal. With the defence backpedaling, the KUNT Team’s 2nd striker slammed the ball with his left leg into his right instead.
The second half started in similar fashion from the first. RMM stroked the ball around with minimum fuss and were dictating play. The introduction of Red Devil and OK Danny also provided fresh legs for RMM. With Speedy’s crab walking antics last week fresh in everyone’s mind, Shark had decided to stay on goal to help protect the slender lead.
Fans were then treated to the RMMs weekly Red Mist Show when BengKoh, ignoring the age old ‘Play To The Whistle’ advice, decided to pick up the ball that had obviously rolled out of play even though both the ref and linesman hadn’t seen it. An incensed BengKoh was then yellow carded for his verbal abuse to both officials. Still not satisfied, BengKoh demanded his teammates to ‘go get them’. His baffled teammates were unsure who they were supposed to get and spent the rest of the game trying to figure that out. Maybe he wanted to tackle the linesman. Who knows?
When BengKoh finally cooled down, Batigol grabbed his second of the game from an assist from Speedy.
Up until that point, both Speedy and TyPoon were pretty much the anonymous players in the RMM team. Faced by the much shorter, older and fatter Goggleman, Speedy was not able to make an impression on the game. TyPoon on the other side was also unable to make his obvious speed count for much as his close control was totally out.
Shark then decided he wanted a share of the glory and hauled Speedy into goal. The result was a slight reshuffle with That shifted to the left and Shark joining Batigol upfront. The reshuffle did nothing to stem RMMs attacks and Batigol soon had an opportunity to bag his hattrick. The sight of Batigol steaming towards the goal like a runaway Jumbo had the KUNT team’s defense parting like the Red Sea out of fear. With an open goal beckoning and goalkeeper frozen with fear, RMMs star striker launched the ball into row Z from 8 yards out.
RMM soon got their deserved 3rd goal when Guvnor who had been returning all of KUNT team’s goalkicks headed one of them straight back to Man Of The Match Batigol who managed to flick the ball past a static defence to an alert Shark. Shark managed to squeeze the ball in from a narrow angle to earn him the record of scoring and keeping a clean sheet in the same game.
Shark nearly scored a second minutes later when he cleverly flicked over his head with his back facing goal, swiveled and took a shot on the run from 25 yards out. Only the bar stopped him from having an entry in the goal of the season stakes.
RMM then finished the game on autopilot. It was one of the most comfortable victories RMM had experienced in recent times and it was all the sweeter as it was against KUNT team.
Well done boys and a big thank you to the WAGs who attended and supported the team.
With the goalkeeping position still in discussion, Shark stepped up to the plate for the 1st half. He was shielded by a makeshift back four of Thong, Siyeh, BengKoh and Snake. That back four were in turn protected by Guvnor and Iceman running the engine room in the middle with Speedy and TyPoon flanking them of the left and right respectively. Upfront, the preferred duo of Batigol and That starting.
RMM started the game well and were in full control for much of the first half. Their players looked sharp and were always first to the ball. With KUNT Team’s main Kunts missing, they didn’t look like they were that up for it. Maybe it was that, or maybe it was just that RMM never let them into the game. Siyeh and BengKoh looked solid for most of the game and only had the occasional lapses in concentration. Even when that happened, Shark in goal was sharp and fielded the few attempts comfortably.
RMM finally made their superior play count when star man Batigol scored from an uncontested header during a corner.
Batigol reeling away in delight after scoring RMMs first With only a striker with BO doing the most of running, KUNT team still managed 2 golden opportunity to equalise.
The first was when the ball was played into the box and with all the RMM defenders having missed the ball, it was up to Shark to stop KUNT team’s front man in a One v One situation. KUNT team had a 2nd opportunity when BO man ran past a static defense on the left and rolled the ball across RMMs goal. With the defence backpedaling, the KUNT Team’s 2nd striker slammed the ball with his left leg into his right instead.
The second half started in similar fashion from the first. RMM stroked the ball around with minimum fuss and were dictating play. The introduction of Red Devil and OK Danny also provided fresh legs for RMM. With Speedy’s crab walking antics last week fresh in everyone’s mind, Shark had decided to stay on goal to help protect the slender lead.
Fans were then treated to the RMMs weekly Red Mist Show when BengKoh, ignoring the age old ‘Play To The Whistle’ advice, decided to pick up the ball that had obviously rolled out of play even though both the ref and linesman hadn’t seen it. An incensed BengKoh was then yellow carded for his verbal abuse to both officials. Still not satisfied, BengKoh demanded his teammates to ‘go get them’. His baffled teammates were unsure who they were supposed to get and spent the rest of the game trying to figure that out. Maybe he wanted to tackle the linesman. Who knows?
When BengKoh finally cooled down, Batigol grabbed his second of the game from an assist from Speedy.
Up until that point, both Speedy and TyPoon were pretty much the anonymous players in the RMM team. Faced by the much shorter, older and fatter Goggleman, Speedy was not able to make an impression on the game. TyPoon on the other side was also unable to make his obvious speed count for much as his close control was totally out.
Shark then decided he wanted a share of the glory and hauled Speedy into goal. The result was a slight reshuffle with That shifted to the left and Shark joining Batigol upfront. The reshuffle did nothing to stem RMMs attacks and Batigol soon had an opportunity to bag his hattrick. The sight of Batigol steaming towards the goal like a runaway Jumbo had the KUNT team’s defense parting like the Red Sea out of fear. With an open goal beckoning and goalkeeper frozen with fear, RMMs star striker launched the ball into row Z from 8 yards out.
RMM soon got their deserved 3rd goal when Guvnor who had been returning all of KUNT team’s goalkicks headed one of them straight back to Man Of The Match Batigol who managed to flick the ball past a static defence to an alert Shark. Shark managed to squeeze the ball in from a narrow angle to earn him the record of scoring and keeping a clean sheet in the same game.
Shark nearly scored a second minutes later when he cleverly flicked over his head with his back facing goal, swiveled and took a shot on the run from 25 yards out. Only the bar stopped him from having an entry in the goal of the season stakes.
RMM then finished the game on autopilot. It was one of the most comfortable victories RMM had experienced in recent times and it was all the sweeter as it was against KUNT team.
Well done boys and a big thank you to the WAGs who attended and supported the team.
Monday, June 8, 2009
RMM party coming right up.
More messages from the very busy Guvnor today....
Come celebrate the JUNE birthday boys & girls of RMM
After the successful celebration of Original WAG Boom Jo’s 23rd birthday party complete with live band and free flow of beers and women, the month of June sees birthday shouts to Adrian Snake, Nitro Tong, Hitman Jason John and Guvnor Chen.
Sorry if I missed out any other June babies, but that’s all I have on record.
So come celebrate the birthdays this Thursday 11th June at Waikiki Too @ TTDI Plaza @ 10pm sharp!!! The live band will be there. WAG queen Boom Jo is lining up a chorus line of Moulin Rouge girls. El Loco Shaunn’s “bottle of whisky due to error of letting the ball bounce over my head” will be there. So please rsvp your attendance.
A June baby too, Guvnor
Come celebrate the JUNE birthday boys & girls of RMM
After the successful celebration of Original WAG Boom Jo’s 23rd birthday party complete with live band and free flow of beers and women, the month of June sees birthday shouts to Adrian Snake, Nitro Tong, Hitman Jason John and Guvnor Chen.
Sorry if I missed out any other June babies, but that’s all I have on record.
So come celebrate the birthdays this Thursday 11th June at Waikiki Too @ TTDI Plaza @ 10pm sharp!!! The live band will be there. WAG queen Boom Jo is lining up a chorus line of Moulin Rouge girls. El Loco Shaunn’s “bottle of whisky due to error of letting the ball bounce over my head” will be there. So please rsvp your attendance.
A June baby too, Guvnor
POLL: ARE WE IN THE MARKET FOR A KEEPER?
Post more comical goalkeeping from RMMs keepers over the weekend, the guvnor has decided to do a poll and wrote the below...
The Goal Keeper position over the past year or so has been used as a “rehab centre”, as a “punishment for being late” position, also as a “if you really want to play a full game, play one half as a keeper” to being a position for outfield players to use to catch their breath.
Lets hear how you feel about this position?
1) Continue to use goal keeper position for the above reasons.
2) Get a real keeper dedicated to the RMM ethos.
3) I’m (YOU THE READER!) the keeper you all want.
The Guvnor wants to know.
RMM 0 Chinese Chelsea 1
Match report this week courtesy of Guvnor:-
Formation: 3 – 4 – 2, then 4 – 4- 2 when we had 11, then back to 3 – 4 – 2 after Joe’s red card
Squad: Shark (keeper 1st Half, Forward 2nd Half), Jeff ‘Speedy’ Legend (left mid 1st Half, Keeper 2nd Half), Snake, Beng Koh Shaunn, Danny, Meng Red Devil (defenders) Guvnor, Giggsy, Iceman, Foo, (midfield), That (striker)
Dark Day for RMM – A soul searching moment for RMM indeed.
Cochcrane, the fortress for RMM. The venue that saw the championship won in 2007. The theatre of dreams for many a memorable wins. Well, on 7th June 2009, the venue has reduced RMM to their personal nightmare. “You never walk alone” bollocks indeed. On this dark day, we walked alone alright...............
The opponents, Chinese Chelsea, has always been the traditional whipping boys for RMM over the years. A quick check on Jeff’s past match reports reads P23, W23, F398, A2 in favour of RMM. Minus one or two goals, we’ve lost count. That is how much we have crushed this team in the past. It was with this mindset that RMM walked onto the pitch, working out in our minds how we would celebrate the goal we were definitely going to score, targeting personal hat tricks and all. That was the start of RMM’s fall on this black day.
First mistake. Guvnor’s team formation reeks of over confidence. Playing a 3 man defence Shaunn, Danny,and Snake, whose combined speed rivals olympic 100m sprinter, Jessie James.......now. Central Midfield combo of Guvnor and Giggsy were more interested in scoring rather than to defending. Right winger Foo drifted in as a striker. Central midfield playmaker Iceman as target man. Jeff legend as left sided striker. Meng as Right sided striker.
2nd Mistake. Collectively we have already won the game in our minds before the game has started. This resulted in many challenges in the field not won, many positional play not attended to, expecting the ball to miraculously come to our feet. The opponents definitely wanted it more.
3rd Mistake. In another moment of madness, Giggsy lashed out at an opponent who had the temerity to nick the ball of his feet, resulting in a straight red. This changed our formation again, with Iceman pulled back to midfield and Ah That (who finally arrived) coming on as a striker. Ill discipline has reared its ugly head in RMMs camp again. Let this be a lesson to all of us, keeping a cool head in the field will invariably win us games.
4th Mistake. Although RMM had 90% possession of the ball, we failed to create many clear cut chances mainly because most of us, (and I’m holding my hand up here), were guilty of trying to score the perfect goal. I had a new pair of boots to christened as my excuse, what’s yours?
5th Mistake. The only goal from the game came from a long hopeful pun from defense, which Shaunn failed to deal with, letting it bounce over his head. The Chelsea striker then had the ball at his feet, facing Jeff Legend the keeper.
6th Mistake. Instead of rushing out to close the angle, RMM keeper for the half, Jeff Legend proceeded to crabwalk to the side of the goal, leaving the Chelsea striker with the entire goal at his mercy. As bad as they are, no player with two left feet can miss an open goal at his mercy, courtesy of the keeper. Well, this same passage of play was repeated again 10minutes later, but the Chelsea player did really have 2 left feet and he missed the open goal by hitting the post. Jeff, we need your explanation on this 2 incidence. WTF?
7th Mistake. This is an on-going perpetuating problem. Lets put a vote in. Should we go out and get ourselves a proper keeper? I’m not interested to blame any of our volunteer keepers, and I’m certainly not interested to play that position anymore. What say you? Lets hear your opinion on this.
8th Mistake. Actually, there were collectively more individual mistakes than I care to remember. Nobody came out of this game with any positives. Sorry, to say this, but we were worst than Liverpool this season........at least they drew those 7 games that they dominated. We fucking lost.
BUT, there is a silver lining here somewhere. For starters, referring to mistake number 5, Shaunn has agreed to buy a bottle this Thursday for not heading the ball. Then there is also the promise that Joe made that he’ll curb his on field temper. Also, we surely can’t collectively perform as bad as this anymore this year, so that albatross is out of the way. And we’ll get our rematch next month.
And I’m going to grab my hat trick against them Chinese Chelsea then. You can bet on it. Ha ha ha. Oops, this reeks of mistake number 2.
Looking himself in the mirror tonight, and shaking his head a tad, Guvnor Chen.
As an aside, today RMM we graced with the appearance of our 2 original WAGs.
Sorry we had to put you through this mess today girls, but Boom Jo and Nat can at least claim to be there when this watershed moment played itself out today.
Formation: 3 – 4 – 2, then 4 – 4- 2 when we had 11, then back to 3 – 4 – 2 after Joe’s red card
Squad: Shark (keeper 1st Half, Forward 2nd Half), Jeff ‘Speedy’ Legend (left mid 1st Half, Keeper 2nd Half), Snake, Beng Koh Shaunn, Danny, Meng Red Devil (defenders) Guvnor, Giggsy, Iceman, Foo, (midfield), That (striker)
Dark Day for RMM – A soul searching moment for RMM indeed.
Cochcrane, the fortress for RMM. The venue that saw the championship won in 2007. The theatre of dreams for many a memorable wins. Well, on 7th June 2009, the venue has reduced RMM to their personal nightmare. “You never walk alone” bollocks indeed. On this dark day, we walked alone alright...............
The opponents, Chinese Chelsea, has always been the traditional whipping boys for RMM over the years. A quick check on Jeff’s past match reports reads P23, W23, F398, A2 in favour of RMM. Minus one or two goals, we’ve lost count. That is how much we have crushed this team in the past. It was with this mindset that RMM walked onto the pitch, working out in our minds how we would celebrate the goal we were definitely going to score, targeting personal hat tricks and all. That was the start of RMM’s fall on this black day.
First mistake. Guvnor’s team formation reeks of over confidence. Playing a 3 man defence Shaunn, Danny,and Snake, whose combined speed rivals olympic 100m sprinter, Jessie James.......now. Central Midfield combo of Guvnor and Giggsy were more interested in scoring rather than to defending. Right winger Foo drifted in as a striker. Central midfield playmaker Iceman as target man. Jeff legend as left sided striker. Meng as Right sided striker.
2nd Mistake. Collectively we have already won the game in our minds before the game has started. This resulted in many challenges in the field not won, many positional play not attended to, expecting the ball to miraculously come to our feet. The opponents definitely wanted it more.
3rd Mistake. In another moment of madness, Giggsy lashed out at an opponent who had the temerity to nick the ball of his feet, resulting in a straight red. This changed our formation again, with Iceman pulled back to midfield and Ah That (who finally arrived) coming on as a striker. Ill discipline has reared its ugly head in RMMs camp again. Let this be a lesson to all of us, keeping a cool head in the field will invariably win us games.
4th Mistake. Although RMM had 90% possession of the ball, we failed to create many clear cut chances mainly because most of us, (and I’m holding my hand up here), were guilty of trying to score the perfect goal. I had a new pair of boots to christened as my excuse, what’s yours?
5th Mistake. The only goal from the game came from a long hopeful pun from defense, which Shaunn failed to deal with, letting it bounce over his head. The Chelsea striker then had the ball at his feet, facing Jeff Legend the keeper.
6th Mistake. Instead of rushing out to close the angle, RMM keeper for the half, Jeff Legend proceeded to crabwalk to the side of the goal, leaving the Chelsea striker with the entire goal at his mercy. As bad as they are, no player with two left feet can miss an open goal at his mercy, courtesy of the keeper. Well, this same passage of play was repeated again 10minutes later, but the Chelsea player did really have 2 left feet and he missed the open goal by hitting the post. Jeff, we need your explanation on this 2 incidence. WTF?
7th Mistake. This is an on-going perpetuating problem. Lets put a vote in. Should we go out and get ourselves a proper keeper? I’m not interested to blame any of our volunteer keepers, and I’m certainly not interested to play that position anymore. What say you? Lets hear your opinion on this.
8th Mistake. Actually, there were collectively more individual mistakes than I care to remember. Nobody came out of this game with any positives. Sorry, to say this, but we were worst than Liverpool this season........at least they drew those 7 games that they dominated. We fucking lost.
BUT, there is a silver lining here somewhere. For starters, referring to mistake number 5, Shaunn has agreed to buy a bottle this Thursday for not heading the ball. Then there is also the promise that Joe made that he’ll curb his on field temper. Also, we surely can’t collectively perform as bad as this anymore this year, so that albatross is out of the way. And we’ll get our rematch next month.
And I’m going to grab my hat trick against them Chinese Chelsea then. You can bet on it. Ha ha ha. Oops, this reeks of mistake number 2.
Looking himself in the mirror tonight, and shaking his head a tad, Guvnor Chen.
As an aside, today RMM we graced with the appearance of our 2 original WAGs.
Sorry we had to put you through this mess today girls, but Boom Jo and Nat can at least claim to be there when this watershed moment played itself out today.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
MISS OF THE SEASON – Nominee # 1 (Giggsy v Chinese Blue Boys)
Giggsy’s miss from right under the bar is RMMs first MISS OF THE SEASON nominee.
With RMM totally dominating this game up to that point, it was hoped that Giggsy would finally make that advantage count.
But alas, he somehow managed the impossible by scooping the ball wide left away from goal from right under the bar after receiving the ball from the right.
With RMM totally dominating this game up to that point, it was hoped that Giggsy would finally make that advantage count.
But alas, he somehow managed the impossible by scooping the ball wide left away from goal from right under the bar after receiving the ball from the right.
RMM 1 Chinese Blue Boys 0
With our regular million ringgit team coach in the workshop, RMM players were forced to make their own way to the venue. Given the fact that RMM players are notoriously bad in listening to instructions, it was no surprise that several players ended up in the wrong Maktab in Cheras.
However, this is Malaysia and everyone operates on Malaysian timing. This meant that even after the last of the RMM players finally found the venue, the opponents and the match officials were nowhere in sight.
During the excessively long warm up, President For Life, Guvnor was seen having a quiet word with top top RMMer Batigol. It was felt by many that Batigol, no matter how important he was to the future of RMM, had over stepped the boundary last week with his tantrum. RMMs superstar then issued a public apology to his teammates before kick off (very much like Ronaldo’s apology to kit man Albert @ ManYoo)
For the first time in weeks, RMM had 13 players available for selection and Foo, still recovering from an ankle injury and last week’s horror show in goal, decided to once again volunteer to keep goal. Given that the weather was quite decent, no one argued.
Once the game started, it was very evident that the Chinese Blue Boys were not on the same level with RMM. RMM dictated play early on but made no headway in the final third. Again, RMM were unable to play their sleek passing game as the hard playing surface made zipping the ball around impossible. All the players had problems controlling the ball that bounced all over the place. Foo had to content himself with butterfly watching much of the first half where the only highlight was Snake’s sudden burst of speed saw him go between the opponent and the ball leaving both behind.
The second half followed much of the same pattern as RMM dominated play and came close several times from set pieces (excluding Speedy’s direct freekick that hit the player on the wall’s shins). Giggys then got himself in the spotlight with his potential miss of the season, clearing the ball wide from right under it. There were many, many chances for RMM as the Chinese Blue Boy’s defending were even more comical than RMMs own. Almost every corner resulted in a pinball game right in the Chinese Blue Boy’s penalty box but RMM were unable to capitalize.
The deadlock was finally broken when Snake had another surge and this time, he found himself in the box before crossing in a mid height to Batigol from the left byline. In the ensuing melee, a Chinese Blue Boy defender was seen smashing the ball high into the roof of his own net. The Dodgy Goal Panel later awarded the goal to Batigol by the virtue of his apology to his teammates before the game.
Ironically, the goal also triggered a Batigol like meltdown in the Chinese Blue Boy's ranks. Their keeper was incensed by a imaginary insult by an imaginary teammate and proceeded to strip off his kit before walking off the pitch, screaming and shouting much to the amazement of friend and foe alike.
Snake’s virtuoso performance was likened to Franz Beckenbaeur in his heydays and it perfectly illustrated the gulf of class between both teams.
RMM tried their best to double that advantage but the game finally ended the way it started. With the ball bouncing all over the place.
Overall, it was decent performance but RMM lacked the cutting edge this week.
However, this is Malaysia and everyone operates on Malaysian timing. This meant that even after the last of the RMM players finally found the venue, the opponents and the match officials were nowhere in sight.
During the excessively long warm up, President For Life, Guvnor was seen having a quiet word with top top RMMer Batigol. It was felt by many that Batigol, no matter how important he was to the future of RMM, had over stepped the boundary last week with his tantrum. RMMs superstar then issued a public apology to his teammates before kick off (very much like Ronaldo’s apology to kit man Albert @ ManYoo)
For the first time in weeks, RMM had 13 players available for selection and Foo, still recovering from an ankle injury and last week’s horror show in goal, decided to once again volunteer to keep goal. Given that the weather was quite decent, no one argued.
Once the game started, it was very evident that the Chinese Blue Boys were not on the same level with RMM. RMM dictated play early on but made no headway in the final third. Again, RMM were unable to play their sleek passing game as the hard playing surface made zipping the ball around impossible. All the players had problems controlling the ball that bounced all over the place. Foo had to content himself with butterfly watching much of the first half where the only highlight was Snake’s sudden burst of speed saw him go between the opponent and the ball leaving both behind.
The second half followed much of the same pattern as RMM dominated play and came close several times from set pieces (excluding Speedy’s direct freekick that hit the player on the wall’s shins). Giggys then got himself in the spotlight with his potential miss of the season, clearing the ball wide from right under it. There were many, many chances for RMM as the Chinese Blue Boy’s defending were even more comical than RMMs own. Almost every corner resulted in a pinball game right in the Chinese Blue Boy’s penalty box but RMM were unable to capitalize.
The deadlock was finally broken when Snake had another surge and this time, he found himself in the box before crossing in a mid height to Batigol from the left byline. In the ensuing melee, a Chinese Blue Boy defender was seen smashing the ball high into the roof of his own net. The Dodgy Goal Panel later awarded the goal to Batigol by the virtue of his apology to his teammates before the game.
Ironically, the goal also triggered a Batigol like meltdown in the Chinese Blue Boy's ranks. Their keeper was incensed by a imaginary insult by an imaginary teammate and proceeded to strip off his kit before walking off the pitch, screaming and shouting much to the amazement of friend and foe alike.
Snake’s virtuoso performance was likened to Franz Beckenbaeur in his heydays and it perfectly illustrated the gulf of class between both teams.
RMM tried their best to double that advantage but the game finally ended the way it started. With the ball bouncing all over the place.
Overall, it was decent performance but RMM lacked the cutting edge this week.
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