Hands On Football

I am So Angry

What is going wrong with young men these days????????????????

Last night my son and 5 of of his mates were attacked by a group of 30 or so heroes who are apparently from a local gang called the “South Side Soldiers”. A Soldier is a person of honour and valour who defends the civillians of this country. These gutless, brain dead morons are far from soldiers.

My son was lucky and escaped with a few grazes and bruises. His best mate however is in hospital tonight awaiting surgery tomorrow to have plates inserted into his fractured jaw because the low life’s thought it would be fun to lay into him whilst he was laying on the ground.

I hear and read too many stories of how young men die from a single punch. To hear this story this morning and how close my own son could have come to being a statistic is every parents nightmare. Until I actually saw my son which was almost 2 hours after we spoke, my guts were just churning and my head was just processing all the possible scenarios.

No one died in this incident. But young men need to wake up to themselves and realise that punching someone for fun is NOT acceptable.

Grow a head you brain dead morons who think being in some kind of American style gang is cool. My only hope is that if you keep up the violent ways then Karma will catch up and put you in a grave at a young age.

I certainly hope I am not Robinson Crusoe here.

Terry

August 31 2008 | General | 1 Comment »

It’s All Good

It’s All Good

Football in this country is looking very healthy now. Our national men’s team has started preparation for round 4 of the Asian WC Qualifiers with a 2-2 draw to South Africa in London. There were some good performances and was a game to dust off the cobwebs before Tashkent in 10 days time.

In the past 12 months our National Woman’s team, The Matilda’s, have done themselves and the country proud. They are our most successful Football team ever. The forthcoming National Woman’s League will strengthen the sport here at home and give us fans more opportunity to see these ladies in action. Kickoff for the Westfield W League will be in late October some time.

The A- League kicked off 2 weeks ago with 3 draws and one result. I thought, oh no, what are we in for. Then round 2, and with the exception of the Roar v AUFC 1-1 draw, there were 3 stunning matches netting 16 goals. Now with 2 matches in round 3 we have seen 8 goals already. I am off to Suncorp this afternoon to see the Roar hopefully turn a dominant performance into a win. I will be watching from a corporate box courtesy of a generous supplier. Happy Days.

The National Youth League will kickoff on September 26 which will showcase our talented youth and give them a path to senior football in this country.

The FFA has also announced this week that teams from the Gold Coast and Townsville will enter an expanded A League for season 5. Living on the Gold Coast I am delighted, and will whole heartedly support the new kids on the block. I think Frank Lowy and the FFA have steered football in this country on to a very steady course which will reap benefits for the code here in Australia.

All this and NO reports of disgruntled players breaking contracts and skulking off to France. No alcohol fueled benders or getting shot at in Kings Cross. We even have the good news story of once drug affected Mark Bosnich returning to full time football for the first time in 7 years. Our code is showing the other codes in this country how to behave. It will bring more fans and more corporate support.

These are exciting times for Football in Australia and I am pleased to be amongst.

What do you think?? leave a comment

Cheers

Tezza

August 31 2008 | General | No Comments »

Olympics

Well the Olympics are over now and I for one loved watching them. We did not do well in the Football and there are many calling for the Head of Graham Arnold. I believe this is justified giving his poor record in charge of senior sides at a National level. He is rumored to be going to the North Queensland franchise in any case. We will just have to wait and see how that pans out.

Back to the Games themselves.

What was your memorable moment?

We won 14 Gold medals with some sensational performances in there from unexpected quarters like Kayak and Pole Vault. But I really loved the reaction of Sally McLelland as she crossed the line and then that fantastic interview after with Pat Welsh. “Did you see that?” she asked Pat.

Congratulations to all our Olympians, you have done you and your country proud. We look forward to 2012 in London now. The worst part about this is that the Poms will probably beat us by more than 5 Gold being the host nation. Did you see the billboards in London and 1 in Sydney? “Where the Bloody Were You” they screamed. Cheeky bastards. Bring on the Ashes so we can put them back in their place.

Leave a comment so I know what you think.

Cheers

Tezza

August 26 2008 | General | No Comments »

Appologies

I apologise to those regular readers for being so slack in the past couple of weeks. I would like to blame the Olympics, but I think I was just lazy. I don’t find writing that easy, but I started this and I will keep it going.

August 26 2008 | General | No Comments »

Olympic Football

Olyroos Get a Lucky Point

On Thursday night the Football tournament started the night before the official opening ceremony. And our Olyroos kicked it off with a match against first timers, Serbia. The score ended up 1-1 which is obviously better than losing.

Tonight we take on defending Olympic champions, Argentina and the heir apparent to Maradonna, Lionel Messi. If we play like we did on Thursday night then it will be no contest and the Argentinians will walk all over us. The make up of this team has been widely criticized by the Australian Football media and Fans alike. However we are there now and must do what we can with what we have.

I thought Adam Federici, Jade North and Mathew Sporanovic were our best players with good performances by Carney in the 2nd half and our goal scorer Ruben Zadkovic. We lacked cohesion and gave the ball away too many times. Nicholas Topor Stanley had a shocker. He was MIA whenever the Serbs attacked.

We will have to be on our game tonight and I hope Arny gets the team and the tactics right. 7pm our time, and hopefully LIVE on 7.

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Cheers

Tezza

August 10 2008 | General | 1 Comment »

I am Feeling Very Olympic Today

I am Feeling Very Olympic Today

(Say that with a Jamaican accent and it will sound heaps better. Anyone remember the Jamaican Bobsled Team?)

I love the Olympics and I love being Australian. It is obvious that my favorite sport is Football, but I do have passion for the Worlds Biggest Sports Carnival.

I could not care less if they are jumping of a plank, swimming in a pool, riding a horse or have pegs on their noses. I will watch as many hours as I can over the next 2 weeks and support every Australian that is wearing the Green and Gold.

It must be the coolest thing to represent your country in anything. But to be part of the Australian Olympic Team must be the ultimate in my view. Our elite Aussie athletes will be part of a 433 strong contingent. What an awesome time they will have in the athletes village, competing and watching fellow athletes compete.

I have done 1 World Cup as a fan and will do many more before my time is up. However I do want to attend the Worlds Biggest Sports Carnival at some stage, to watch the Olyroos and Matilda’s do battle. My memories of Germany 2006 are still fresh in my mind where I had the best time of my life, and I only watched.

The 400+ athletes have already done me proud, the next 2 weeks is just icing on the cake.

I Am, You Are, We Are Australian

August 09 2008 | General | No Comments »

What A Champion

Pride Of Australia

There is a Banner down on the left side of this site for “Perth To Paradise”. I have mentioned it before, and young Jack gets another guernsey tonight. In todays Courier Mail there is a great article about Jack and his 4500km journey across Australia which kicks off on September 11 from Perth.

What is special about this article is that Jack has also been Nominated for a “Pride Of Australia” medal. What is that, I hear you say.

The prideofaustralia™ medal honours everyday Australians who do extraordinary things in our communities. They are our unsung heroes whose contribution to the Australian way of life is not widely known or recognised by the general public. Through their achievements, these remarkable Australians inspire us to help make Australia a better place to live.

I know this young man, and he is a champion bloke. Please make a donation to Perth to Paradise, it will make the lives of some young people a little better.

Cheers

Terry

August 05 2008 | General | No Comments »

Phone Home

Phone Home

Calling home is something most Football travelers do not do very often, unless you are keeping in touch with your better half who has graciously let you loose in a foreign country. What we do, is call our mates we are travelling with. The thing about that is the call is routed through Australia first because the phone number is an Australian phone Number.

I have found a SIM card where you can save lots of Dollars. And to prove the point I have chosen Australia’s first destination, Uzbekistan, as an example comparing 4 Australian carriers to TravelSIM

Prices are per Minute and in AU$

This works will most handsets and carriers except “3″. You will need to purchase a New SIM Card with a new phone number, and it is Pre Paid. Just top up as you need it. You can onsell it if you do not need it when you get home. You will also need to use it within 6 months or it will be disabled. Just make one phone call when your back home each 6 months. Although, with so many Australian matches overseas you may be lucky enough to keep using the TravelSIM.

Of the 7 countries we will be visiting over the next 18 months, only Qatar is not on the TravelSIM list. There are in excess of 140 countries where is will work.

Here are the rates for the 6 countries we will travel to.

Cheers

Tezza

August 03 2008 | General | No Comments »