Whyalla Soccer Association

Yours truly is pleased to announce that I have been appointed Senior A Grade Coach of the Whyalla Wanderers Soccer Club for 2011.

There is no pressure to add to our tally of one flag (won in 1966) but I look forward to the challenge of lifting the club off the bottom of the table for the first time in 4-5 years...

Wish me luck.

There's a rumor circulating that your going to recruit Kevin Muscat.

Good luck HTWWW.

How many teams are in the competition HTWWW.

I wouldn't mind Kevin in our team.

There are 5 teams in our A and B Grade Comp - Wanderers, Lions, Steel United, Westlands United and Croatia. Croatia and Westlands are usually the top 2.

3 more are added in our Over 35s - Whyalla Town, Shadwell Town and Club Italico.

Thanks for that info. and let us know how your team is going during the season. Good luck.

No worries. Will do my best.

The Charity Shield - the WSA's season opener - was played on Saturday night between Croatia and Lions. Croatia ran out convincing winners with a score of 10-2, however, in fairness to Lions - their team was mainly their B graders and a few U/17s so perhaps not a truly reflective score.

Wanderers' season kicks off on the 20th March against Lions away from home in the League Cup.

League Pre-Season Cup began this weekend with PLENTY of goals, unfortunately none for my side as we were hammered 6-0 today...

I learnt that clearly my side either still have a heap of work to do on the training track or are finding it difficult to replicate what is being taught on the field.

Results:
Wanderers 0-6 Lions
Westlands United 7-7 Steel United
Croatia BYE

Two games and 20 goals scored, exciting stuff. Beats the boring nil all draws you often see in soccer.

3rd April - Wanderers Results vs Westlands United:
A Grade 0-5
B Grade 2-2 (after being 0-2 down)

10th April Wanderers vs Whyalla Croatia:
A Grade 1-9
B Grade 0-6

Thank Christ it's only pre-season, but it's not looking good for season proper...

17th April - Wanderers vs Steel United:
A Grade 0-4
B Grade 0-6

The league season proper begins in 2 weeks. I'm not liking our chances for anything at this stage. There'll be no surprises either for the optimists!

Firstblood wrote:There's a rumor circulating that your going to recruit Kevin Muscat.

Good luck HTWWW.

I NEED KEVIN NOW!!!

Rounds 1 & 2 - WSA LEAGUE:
B Grade: 0-5 vs Lions, 1-1 vs Westlands United
A Grade: 0-1 vs Lions, 1-2 vs Westlands United

Rounds 3, 4, 5 & 6 - WSA League:
B Grade: 2-3 vs Croatia, 4-0 vs Steel United (1st WIN), BYE, 3-4 vs Lions (after being 3-0 up at H/T!)
A Grade: 1-5 va Croatia, 3-3 vs Steel United, BYE, 3-1 vs Lions (1st WIN)

A relatively successful campaign so far with some disappointments but after being wooden spooners for a couple of years with an average losing margin of 5-6 goals, their is optimism around the Wanderers Club that we ain't the easybeats anymore.

Recent Results:
B Grade: 0-7 vs Westlands, 0-6 vs Steel United, 0-4 vs Lions
A Grade: 0-6 vs Westlands, 0-5 vs Steel United, 0-3 vs Lions

Have not scored a goal in 3 games now which is bloody frustrating. What's worse is many of my players have decided that their going to be comfortable reverting back to their old ways and receive a caning each week...

Do you get a full compliment of players out this time of the season or have they started to drop off as the season progresses ?

Nah, no drop offs really. Just some shift work getting in the way from time to time.

Unfortunately, as I've discovered in the last few weeks, I'm feeling a lack of trust from many of the older senior players and apparently I'm too radical in my thinking.

What pissed me off most on the weekend is that the A Grade were 0-3 down and half-time and all the players came to the huddle saying "Hey, we're playing well. We can get back in it." etc etc. I must have been watching a different game, because I was pissed as hell. My reply was, "Well, if we're doing so ******* well, why are we 0-3 down after 45 minutes??" and I gave the the public bollocking of a life time. Whilst it worked for most of them, a couple defied team orders and I dragged them. A few heated words we're exchanged. I left the arena about 15 min into the 2nd half...

Sorry I had to vent. It's still pissing me off 24 hours later.