Rockdale v Sydney FC

Hi guys,

this Wednesday at 7pm our first grade team will play Sydney FC at our home ground.

The club has requested that players from the PYL watch the match dressed in the Rockdale shirt, black pants and black shoes.

The Sydney FC players will meet all players after the match.

This is a compulsory event/

Thanks

N

Match Day Duties - Very important to pass on

Hi guys,

every home match, we have to supply 3 officials during the match and help in the canteen for the match before ours. REad all rosters below.

Please note that this has to be share out and if your parents/family can't help, you must swap dutie with other parents.

Attached is the roster for duty and the contact list for all player's parents.

Please do not fail in informing us as to what is going on. We're at home this weekend and we need to fulfil our duties.

Thanks

Nestor

Roster for Officials and Canteen Helpers for Rockdale City Suns Under 18’s Team

Officials:
•please wear the vest given to you and at the end of the game return it to the manager.
•please return any balls that leave the field on the seating side, back to the sideline.
•please close the gates at half time and full time before the players and referees leave and return to the field.
Canteen duty:
•please serve in the canteen from 1.15pm until 3pm.

If you are unable to do the duty on the assigned day, please make arrangements with another team parent, before the day, to swap or do the duty for you and let the team manager know.

Thank you for your assistance, Christine Alexander. (Team Manager 0425 345 339 please leave a message or text)


Game Date Round Officials x 3 -- Canteen x 2
26. 3. 2011 1 Angeleski Bangur Cross -- Drossos Fterniatis
2. 4. 2011 2 Graves Grozdanovski-- Ibini Iwata Kardoli
16. 4. 2011 4 Machado Mia Murrell -- Perrino Ristevski
7. 5. 2011 7 Srzich Angeleski Bangura-- Cross Drossos
21. 5. 2011 9 Fterniatis Graves Grozdanovski-- Ibini Iwata
28. 5. 2011 10 Kardoli Machado Mia-- Murrell Perrino
4. 6. 2011 11 Ristevski Srzich Angeleski-- Bangura Cross
25. 6. 2011 14 Drossos Fterniatis Graves-- Grozdanovski Ibini
16. 7. 2011 16 Iwata Kardoli Machado-- Mia Murrell
23. 7. 2011 17 Perrino RistevskiSrzich Angeleski-- Bangura
6. 8. 2011 19 Cross Drossos Fterniatis -- Graves Grozdanovski

Training Tonight

Hi,

please bring tonight and every training session, running shoes and shin pads. This is on top of football boots and training gear.

Please note that training is on.

Thanks

Nestor

Presentation this Saturday

Hi guys,

please note that this Saturday March 19 is the club uniform presentation.

It is at our home ground function centre and it starts at 7.00pm

All players must attend and there is a strict dress code:

Black Pants
Black Leather Shoes (no runners or sneakers)
Black Socks
White button shirt

It includes dinner and all players get free entry.

Parents and guests must RSVP and the cost is $30 for adults and $10 for children (10-18).

It will be a good way for us to start our season.

All must attend.

thanks

Nestor

V Marconi March 6

We are at home with everyone to be there no later than 2pm.
I need two parents/family/players to be there at 1pm for canteen duty:
This week it's Steven and Raf's
Please be there early.

Every Player Gets His Chance - Every Player Contributes

Gents,

much better performance against Bankstown. It was a team effort and in the end, the margin should have been greater.

Let's not get too carried away, as I think that is one good result after a very bad one.

I spoke to all of you about how as a group of players I once coached. I hope that you now understand that each of you have a role to play in a season. I told you of my experience in seeing a group that became a team. They picked up two runner up and two champion's medals after deciding collectivelly to train hard and be open and honest in their efforts. Not one player let the others down. They stuck together and pushed each other toward success.

This is what I envisiage for us.

On a similar note, here is an example of a player who sat and waited for his opportunity....
He was on the bench for 25 games in a row and finally this weekend had his debut. It was against Bayern Munich and he contributed to the victory. It was a victory that will now win them the championship and you can see how everyone recognised that by hugging the player at the end of the match. The player is the Australian goalkeeper Mitch Langerak.

Please pay attention to:

1. The final pass for the first Borrusia goal, perfect forward angle
2. How the nplayers break forward at pace and the balls is PASSED out quickly
3. The quality of the header for Borrusia's third (Mitch, Jason, Joshua, Phil)
4. Every player congratulating a "bench warmer" who has contributed toward a vital win. Every result counts and every effort should be recognised

We have a couple of tough weeks coming up. Let's do our honest best.

What are we doing wrong? There's no "i" in TEAM!

I have spent the last week trying to work out exactly why a group of sixteen good players are not producing results.

I thought it was shape. Wrong.

Fitness. Possibly

Hunger. I hope not.

Then finally it dawned on me.... We are not yet a team. We are a collection ofplayers who don't yet work together for a common purpose.

It is most evident at training and during matches when players have the ball at their feet. We fail to pass quickly and trust that our teammate will do what is required. We would rather carry the ball too far and lose it rather than pass it.

It is our failing and one we must address immeditely.

If you think I'm wrong, I welcome you to show me using the matches taped so far. I have concluded that you all take too many touches in areas of the park where first time balls and a "two touch" approach would be better.

It's evident that on the rare occasion that we play fast passes, we look dangerous and even score. Look at the goal v Wolves. It was a quick wall pass, first time cross and goal.

Please view the goal on this clip from the 1m50s mark. I have written about it before and we need to really study and see how many players dribble. The answer is none. NOT ONE PLAYER TAKES MORE THAN THREE TOUCHES!

We are not argentina, but we are better than what we displayed last week.