shoe boy wrote:Down the Hill wrote:Can't get more accurate than 7-0. A good effort from our U16's compared to their previous FH encounter. More than half the team were heading off on a ski trip or playing a big volleyball tournament later that day so they could have been excused for being distracted or playing bruise free for fear of injury. Good to see closely fought junior games where the lads just want to play footy without any young "wannabes" running around. Same for the thrilling U18 game.
DTH please explain "wannabes"
Maybe a poor choice of word. Basically lads between the age of 16 and 18 that think a game of footy is an opportunity to trash talk their opponent or believe that being fairly tackled or bumped is invading their personal space so gives them the right push and shove (or worse) in return etc. etc.
The irony is - these are often the lads that won't put their own head over the ball or will let an opponent run past them so they can apply the tackle rather than try and win the ball themselves.
Having said that, no major problems with the U16 and U18 comps in recent years, but still a few clubs who don't do enough to discourage poor behavior.
The thing that does make me laugh is that officials and parents watch their team every week and watch the aggressive behavior of their team or certain players and put it down to good tough footy, but as soon as one of their players is on the receiving end of "good tough footy" they cry foul. There are some big rose coloured glasses being worn by some.