The Scoreboard

PLAYERS

1st Half:

GK - Hero Zul-Afiq

DF - Azmi, Nasrul, Azman, Hafizh

MID - Hj Effendy, Aziri, Sofian, Ismail.

FWD - Amir, Dzulfadli.

Last game of November and Flyboys season is coming to an end. Since the Hari Raya break, Flyboys have been on an unbeaten run in the last 6 games with goals coming from the strikers and also the midfield. 

 

The loss of the uber-reliable wing-back Julian to Cadet Flying School has been minimal as a few new players have resurfaced in the form of Aiman, Akip and Afif. All three who will soon be dispatched to the Airbus fleet.

The game started with Flyboys on the backfoot. The Vanquish football team had a few new faces in their squad but still maintaining the core group. They started the game by releasing their wingers down both flanks which had both Hafizh and Azman working quite hard in the 1st half. Both Flyboy's centreback were also busy with Nasrul 'The Rock' and Azmi making last minute sliding tackles to prevent Vanquish from scoring. Effendy Gerrard and Aziri Carrick in the centre of the park were having a titanic battle with the midfield opponents. It wasn't an easy game for them and they found it hard to boss the midfield.

Flyboys had a few chances too with Sofian and Dzulfadli shooting in the box but it wasn't easy with the opposition defender's surrounding them and their shots were left flying skywards to the RBA GC parking lot. Ismail on the left wing made a couple of good runs and some fine crosses but unfortunately their goalie, Jossrie was on form and had his penalty box covered. 

 

Aziri also had a chance on goal and also Hafizh did a Julian by running down the flank and made a few passes and crosses.

 

But the best chance of the half went to Flyboy's seasoned striker, Amir when a superb pass by strike partner Dzul had him through one on one with the goalie but he took too many touches with the hope of rounding up the keeper. So because Amir was shit, he took himself off and was replaced by Syazwi.

 

Honestly, i wasn't paying attention to the build-up but i think someone took a pot shot at the Vanquish keeper and it bounced off his hands and Super-Sub Syazwi Serudin, evil twin and Strike Partner to Shaolin Soccer Specialist Simon, latched on to the rebound and scored. GOOOAAALLLL!!!!!!

FLYBOYS 1 - VANQUISH 0

Durng the goal, keeper Jossrie of Vanquish injured his hand so had to be substituted but he would later play another part in the game.

2ND HALF

GK - Rosli Rasit

DEF - Hafizh, Nasrul, Azmi, Azman 

MID - Akip(Ismail), Aziri, Aiman, Afif(Sofian)

FWD - Simon Newn(Amir), Syazwi S(Dzul).

Fresh blood was injected into the team during the interval. Not literally blood like those vampires in New Moon which i must say was an okay movie as the wife is a big fan and so i had to accompany her to watch it. Given the circumstances i think i'd root for Jacob because he gets to be a wolf with big teeth rather than Edward who's always pale and moody but finally i chose Bella because she's a babe and hot eventhough i hated it when she used Jacob to forget about Edward. Did i mention that Bella's hot? 

Oh ok, moving on.

The first move was to bring our seasoned striker, the above-mentioned Shaolin Soccer Specialist Simon Newn who's always been a good sport and always says he'll play 15 minutes but comes off after 10 minutes. The man may be over 50 but he can still play a bit and it showed when he made some pretty cool flicks on the build-up to the 2nd goal.

But before we had time to score it, Vanquish scored the equaliser with yes, Jossrie who was now a striker sliding the goal into the net from the left. Confound you Jossrie!

FLYBOYS 1 - VANQUISH 1

So okay, here comes the 2nd goal. And it was Simon i tell you, he ran what i think would be half the length of the pitch and then flicked the ball up and tried to use his head to get the ball(eventhough his head was waist-high at the time, so brave our B767 Fleet Manager, last thing we need is for him to be injured and have him answer to himself in the office) and this very complicated football technique by Simon had the defence confused. So confused that it enabled Syazwi to pounce like the wolf in the New Moon movie which is now playing in cinemas nationwide and using his left foot, he unleashed a shot to the bottom left of the net. GOOOOOAALLLLLL!!!!!!!

FLYBOYS 2 - VANQUISH 1 

 

And just when we thought it was all over, Vanquish scored the equalizer when a wayward cross into the penalty box had their midfield player head the ball into the net. 

FLYBOYS 2- VANQUISH 2

Oh man, end to end stuff here. This is like ESPN, no better, this is like Winning Eleven. With that in mind, the old guard of Sofian, Dzul, Amir and Ismail were brought in to put order in the chaos.

Sofian who is 85 years young took this opportunity to do what he often did in the days of his youth and that was to dribble pass a gazillion players. And this he did when he ghosted past the last line of defence in the box and had only the goalie to beat and this he did if it weren't for those darn nosey kids. I meant if it weren't for the goalie's last minute leg which prevented the winner. That should have gone in, man! What a dribble, what a shot, what a save!

Okay guys, this story is coming to a close. And this was when the evergreen Sofian from the half-way line released Amir, the other evergreen striker. But this time he started running like Victoria was chasing him and she's that evil Vampire from New Moon who is a hot redhead but Amir doesn't want to be bitten which is why he was legging it. He ran with the ball and this time, he refused to zig-zag the keeper. No, he's going direct to the waypoint and that was goal. No more insults from his fellow FlyBoys. A touch or two, a low show past the goalie and ladies and gentlemen, we had a winner.

GOOOOOALLLLLLLL!!!!!!   

And of course, he had to give his trademark pose, finger to the horizon and the other to his left nipple. Don't ask me why but he must think he's Alan Shearer or something.

 

FLYBOYS 3 - VANQUISH 2

So that's the match report. Well done to everyone especially to the defence who did very well in keeping the attack at bay, to both keeper Zul-Afiq & Rosli, to the evergreen squad, to Syazwi who scored 2 and to everyone lah. 

Next game is on the 1st December 2009 against RBRC members who are mostly expats i think. 

Till then, majulah sukan, don't get injured, who's julian, where's my bonus & increment and when's the B777 coming.

NOTOC

Hello everyone (Flyboys)... it has been almost 2 weeks since our last game. I am sure there are many keen legs to kick the ball again. So here's our next feature.As usual for this time of year, please come early (I'd say around 4.15pm) due to
early sunset... (Maghrib prayer).Oh maybe you guys probably wanna bring an extra underwear (if you ever wear one),
as it's the rainy season.

Good luck and fair play.

FLYBOYS vs REJAX

FLYBOYS   2    Joe Blog, Amir.


REJAX 1   Unknown

FlyBoys 2 - BPMC 0

Apologies for the late late report. I've been busy making other reports ie police report due road car incident, course report and now finally here is the match report. Haven't done this in a while so i'm a wee bit rusty.

Right, so it was a Friday and it was the day before Halloween 09. The game was against BPMC aka Berakas Power Management Company.
It was also Julian's testimonial before he went off to finally figure out how to fly an aeroplane. Really, it was an excuse for all of us to minta belanja from Julian Hassan Kamaluddin, our indefatigable right-back and full-time kitman.

Here was the line-up:

Goalie: Zul-Afiq

Defenders: Shukrimin, Hafizh, Julian, Zul-Amali

Midfielders: Aziri, Aiman, Akip, Aziim Na.

Strikers: Sofian & Syazwi S.


Subs: Amir, Ismail, Dzulfadli, Alan Rosberg.



Kick-off: 
The usual 4-4-2 formation was used because that was what we usually set up when we play Winning Eleven or PES. The first five minutes wasn't too bad. We were passing well but because of the make-shift defence our team couldn't cope with the fast wingers of our opponents. Shuk who is usually the midfield winger/creator was in the heart of the defence as was Hafizh.

Aziri who usually controls the midfield like the way he controls his HiLux was having an off-day. Aiman, our newest midfield maestro could only dribble so far but the defence had put 2 man-markers on him everytime he had the ball. Methinks rivals have been spying on our games because they seem to know our strategy. they came well prepared.
Basically, the midfield was out of shape, the strikers were blunt and our wingers couldn't get any crosses in. Their strikers were hungrier, their midfield faster and their defenders taller.
The only person that stood in the way of a first-half massacre was our first-choice goalie, Zul-Afiq.

He stood firm when the ground was shaky, he parried off all the 5 point-blank shots that were aimed at him like he was Neo from the Matrix and basically he was in 'the Zone'. Even when he was beaten by the opposing striker, his friend the cross-bar stood in the way from the ball entering the net. From a distance his performance made him look like Peter Schmeichel, sometimes he looked like Van Der Sar but what was undeniable was he was ZUL-AFIQ!!!!!!

Half-Time: FLYBOYS 0 - BPMC 0

So we were lucky to still be level in the first half and that was exactly what their player-coach, Amir told them in the dressing-room. He said with his Scottish Govan accent ala Ferguson:

"Aye lads, werr lockie in der first harf. If Zul-Afiq hadn't showed oop terrday, we wudda bin massakered by dose laddies." 

Using the highly advanced coaching tool known as CRM or popularly known as 'ask the other guy if he has any suggestions', the coaching staff devised a plan that would nullify their opponents. Yes, they decided to play like Bolton Wanderers.

So 4-5-1 was the plan. Crowd the midfield and put in our secret weapon, the tallest player in the team, Alan Rosberg as lone striker. He was gigantic in height ,such that when we speak to him, the first thing we ask him is how's the weather up there.
Dzul-fadli was placed with Aiman & Aziri in midfield ala Chelsea's diamond and Ismail on the left wing. Aziim Na & Akip were taken off to have a breather and probably a fag as well. Juliana was moved to right-back and Zul-Amali was shifted to the left. Player-coach Amir was moved to the right wing where no-one could hear his rants. Hafizh & Shuks stayed put in defence.

2nd Half:
After the harsh words and the hairdryer treatment given by Sir Amir, the players felt more determined to shut his mouth and prove that no, we were not as shit as you said we were and we can do it. Flyboys kali ah.

The whistle blew and Flyboys took off. This was a different team, they wanted to win for Julian. Actually no, they wanted the kebabs Julian promised them after the game. The war cry was Kebabs! And it was working. They were running and salivating at the same time. Imagine that, the men were multi-tasking.

Aziri was controlling the midfield as was Aiman who used his dribbling skills in the last third of the pitch. Ismail was causing havoc in the defence and Dzul was stroking the ball like he stroked his......oh waittaminit, wrong report. Dzul was stroking and spraying the ball ala Xabi Alonso.
Alan was causing havoc with the now very short opposing defenders. Hah! Rasa-in kamu.

Even Julian was determined to make sure his kebab money wasn't put to waste. One thing that he wanted badly as much as he wanted his ATPL was an official FlyBoys goal. He had missed a golden opportunity a few games ago(an incident now dubbed: I'm Not Hj Fendy-Gate)and this time he wanted to make amends. So he ran all the way upfield down the wing only for that dragon-breather Amir to waste a pass to him.

At the heart of defence, they were coping well. They were now covering their markers although a lapse in concentration had an opposing striker run through on goal only for yes, you got it, ZUL-nothings-gonna-get-through-me-today-AFIQ to save it with his right hand whilst his other hand was busy sms-ing Aainaa.

Then there was the turning point of the match.
Zul-Afiq who was now thinking of signing up for DPMM FC(subject to approval from FIFA) kicked a high probing ball to the right side of the half-way line. Amir managed to deceive the balding left-back and was scot-free when he set TOGA on his run.
He ran clear the right side and started to run in-field with his marker eating his dust. He looked up, saw a running midfeilder and it was Aiman and squared the pass to him. With only his second touch on the ball and outside the penalty box, Aiman struck the ball with his right foot on whilst on the run and the ball dipped into the bottom-left corner of the net.
GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!!!    FLYBOYS 1 - BPMC 0

Debut goal for Aiman. What a great kick from Zul-Afiq, good run from the ever-green Amir and finally a great goal from Aiman.

BPMC were shocked. They had controlled the game in the first half and deserved to be leading the game 5-0 but now they were a goal down. How quick things change in football.

FlyBoys were now on top and could smell blood. In their minds, they could hear the famous mantra,
"Finish Him".

And that they did.
A corner from Ismail had the ball cleared by BPMC only as far as Shuk.
Shuks you ask? What the heck was he doing up there? Isn't he the defender?
We don't know either but we're glad he was up there because he did one of his Zidane-esque tricks and this time he flicked the ball at an angle of 125 degrees. It landed at a rate of 80 feet per minute on Aiman's right foot and was intentionally passed to the penalty box onto Alan's foot. With one-touch of his right foot it went to the space in front of Amir and with also his first touch, Amir placed it into the bottom of the net and had the keeper floundering. GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!

FLYBOYS 2 - BPMC 0

Minutes later, the whistle blew and FLYBOYS had won.Yayyyy, now we can eat our kebabs in London.
It was a game of two halves with Flyboys struggling in their OPC but shining in their LPC which resulted in a B- grade from the sim instructor.
Well done guys and see you on Tuesday 10th November at 4pm. Thank you Julie for being our official kitman. Hafizh has now taken over your post and also thanks for the kebabs. Pictures can be found on my FaceBook album.

Man of the Match: Zul-Afiq. Awesome performance.

Moment of the Match: the one touch football that led to the 2nd goal.

All the best to you Julian and also to Zulkhair, Aslam and Hanif. Remember, it's only 13 months. Give it your all because when you guys get back, we expect to eat at a better eatery than London Casbah. Somewhere like Excapade.

Remember, Attitude = Altitude. FlyBoys signing out. Apakan.

- Match Reporter,  Ameeeeeeer.

NEXT GAME: TUESDAY 10th NOV 09.

Time: 1600hrs

Venue: RBRC Field

Please Bring $3, Boots and Iron Lungs.

Scoreboard

Well done flyboys.... this game won't be the last time. I heard they want another rematch
and this arrangement will be made as a monthly meeting.