Coomera Soccer 12 Div 2

The weather has now intervened in a dramatic way to stop any training and games for long enough to give the boys an unscheduled fortnight break.

The Pacific Pines game has now been rescheduled to 9.40am on Sunday 22 June on Coomera Field 2.  I am aware that Andrew will be away for games that weekend and the following weekend. All the best for their trip away.

This Saturday’s game is at Gold Coast Knights at 8.30am. Please be there at 8am. Gold Coast Knights are located at the Croatia Australia Club on Nerang Broadbeach Road – to the south-west of Cararra Stadium. I believe there is a right turn lane into the Club.  Can you please let me know if you can’t play? At the moment we don’t have Ray or James so we will need as many that we can muster.

Give me a call to 0439467082, text or email c.w.mcmillan@gmail.com with any updates of player availability.

See notice from Coomera Soccer

Unfortunately, training has to be cancelled today. We did not have a game scheduled for Saturday and I had given families the public holiday on Monday off training. I’ll see everyone on deck next Wednesday for training. It has become a bit of an unscheduled break which is a shame so I hope the boys keep up their fitness and skills in some other way. Please let me know if you are not receiving my text messages.

Also, families have until next week now to pay any outstanding fees – or their player will not be able to take the field. I don’t believe we have any problem in our team, but I need to give everyone the message.

Cheers,

Chris

Please note that Gold Coast City Council have closed the grounds and this weekend’s game has been cancelled. I will post here when the game is rescheduled.

The normal protocol is for the game to be rescheduled for the following Sunday but I will definitely be endeavouring to have it on a week night. We have an 11s carnival next Sunday. I will let you know.

Chris

At the end of the first round of games. we have seven points. It is a good chance to review how we have been travelling.

In terms of competitive play, we could easily be in the middle of the table. I’m sure that everyone agrees that no team from the table leaders down is vastly better than Coomera. The better teams have one or two quality players who tend to tilt the balance in their direction. We are now not conceding the number of goals that we were earlier in the season, so that is something to be proud of. We are getting goals but not getting away the shots on goals that we need to.

There is no team to dread playing, we can beat any team.

The foci for the team are:

• taking up many more scoring opportunities with earlier and longer shots on goal
• dominating in the mid field and controlling aerial balls
• tweaking around defensive roles
• focus on one on one techniques eg cutting behind – lots of small tussles at training

But without scoring more goals, we will not move up the table.

I top half table position beckons for the second round and then on to knock on the top four club. It can be done when we unlock to key to scoring.

We have a number of players who are capable of playing in the goal keeper position but no-one who wants to dedicate themselves as a full time goalie. At the moment, we have five to six players who can be rotated through the position for around a half every two to three weeks.

Players who play in goals will generally be the only players to get a full game that week. If we have three reserves, all other players can expect a quarter of the game on the bench. This is as fair as can be. Whilst people may believe that we should have our strongest team on the field each week, all families pay the same amount and their boys are each as keen in coming to games and training so a fair game time approach will continue.

Players will only get less time because of behaviour or otherwise letting down the team. Players may expect less game time or being dropped for game(s) due to any breaches of the player code of conduct. All players that do the right thing in coming to training and trying hard for the team will receive fair game time regardless of their ability. Players won’t improve without game time. As the players are in the 12s, they can still expect to be tried in different positions as developing players for the next year or two.