What a game.. what a game.. wow.. what a game...

Its true.. Temasek Hockey has entered the final of the Singapore Hockey Federation Div 3 Promotion Final.. Power.. And what a game to bring us to the final... After a bad game by Man U the previous day.. haha.. 4-3.... Temasek took the lead FOUR Times.. I cant forget the jubilation and joy on hearing the final whistle.. and the Tornadoes slammin their sticks on the floor.. Coach Nirmal shouting and screaming away.. all the young kids went after him and hugged him like disciples to their master.. it was indeed a grand show by the coach.. I as a keeper made few impt saves yet conceded 3 goals.. so somethings to improve on.. but still crucial saves.. what a game..it was pure unbridled chaos and pandaemonium!! what a game!! Flash points....

Game started with veera on the sub bench and huzer still wearin his shin pads.. game goes on

short corner to Temasek.. Coach Nirmal hits it straight at the keepers pads.. and his second swipe crushed the defenders hands.. so foul.. that was the chance gone..

short corner to tornadoes due to some silly mistake... drag flick by malaysian who a real menace the whole game.. to the referee as well as the team Temasek.. Drag flick saved by Keeper Manish.. first save of the game.. power!!

next short corner to Temasek.. Nirmal hits and scores.. 1 nil to Temasek...

short corner to Tornadoes.. Drag flick taken by Malaysian.. and goal.. Keeper was caught out to the ball being unsighted and sheer pace of the ball... 1-1...

short corner to temasek.. zarir stops out of coach's range.. he improvises and sweeps the ball in for a 2-1....Half time.. with a green card to malaysian.. one of our best halfs ever played in TEmasek jerseys...

Second half starts with poor defensive clearance by Coach.. he is dispossessed.. Striker runs straight towards to Keeper Manish.. squares the ball.. deflects of Keeper's Pads... yet Malaysian is there for the rebound...2-2...

Moment of the game.. Marrick with ball with stick in the D.. Keeper comes chargin out all guns blazin ready to destroy anythin in its path.. and what did he do.. Simply uncalled for.. Unforgivable.. cannonballed into marrick and the defender.. Flick.. Azri steps and scores agst the inadequately padded up stand in keeper... Power..3-2...

Next is a series of events that simply show the unpredictability of Temasek.. Jigar got a lambastin from Coach Nirmal for stealin his ball.. Jigar turns away.. and smiles.. Nirmal is pissed and calls his name again.. Now he acknowledges his mistake and moves on a jinkin run aka Moritz Volz style.. almost ends in a goal..another short corner to Tornadoes.. This time around Azri makes a goal line save.. Power to Azri.. Then another moment.. Ball comes Flyin to the post.. Keeper makes a deflected save.. yet the follow up hits azri.. and its a flick!!!!... Up stands Malaysian zooms the ball to the right.. 3-3... Temasek cant believe their luck.. Final Whistle.. Golden goal is next....

Marrick is out.. Teck Gin is out.. Huzer is out of gas... Nirmal has a twisted ankle and bloody fingers..Robin has a sore chin.. Jigar got elbowed.. Manish is wondering what will happen if it goes to flicks again.. Booom!!!!!!! Nirmal from a set piece intelligently set up by Right back jigar.. Takes a swipe.. Ball deflects of a Tornadoes player and into the far post!!! That was it to spark a roar of simply unimaginable joy and orgasm!!!!! It was purely pure.. it was humungous.. it was simply out of this world.. it was worth playing for.. it was worth it.. it was just simply Temasek... 4-3 to Temasek!!! Tornadoes the league leaders are out.....

Oct 14th at the Delta Stadium.. Be there or miss out on the greatest final in TEmasek History... TTTTTTTTTTEeeeeeeemmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaseeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hallelujah gentlemen

Great news!! ORA has beaten SCC 2-1.
Which means Temasek Hockey is in the SEMIS!! Good news delivered by Marick via Ahmad.After last week's encounter draw with ORA and Khalsa's shock loss to SCC, we had ended up in a very unenviable position. That of hoping for results of other games to go our way.It did fortunately and now we play again. We'll be playing arch-nemesis Tornados. Going back earlier in the season, you would recall that we lost the first game by 2 goals and drew the second with one a piece. Now we're playing them a third time.
They are a strong team; sitting pretty on top of the table with 34 points. They now have a superb Malaysian forward who is mostly behind all the large Tornados scorelines of late. Their shot corners are sharp and they will be ready to punish any mistakes we make.That being said, they are still a Div 3 hockey team. And the Malaysian player, though fantastic, is simply just a man. And any man can be beaten if you just know how. Tornados is beatable as has been shown by Khalsa and NYP. Heck, any team is beatable.We got to keep things in prespective, play our game hard and things will follow. We have a great team as well.
Why do I say that? The mark of a great team is when you don't have key players around and are still able to produce results. That, we have done, many many times this season.Believe in yourself gentlemen, and we shall prevail. Glory to Temasek Hockey!!

-veera

vs ORA Jnrs (100906)

We played so much better in this game. The return of Veera prompted the Temasek players to take their warm up much more seriously and the sight of the players actually running and stretching together brought back memories.. haha. Anyway, this was a crucial game and if we could win this, we would be assured of a place in the semis irregardless of the SCC's results. Prior to our game, we realised the importance of our result against ORA cos of the shock defeat of Khalsa to SCC.
The game started smoothly for Temasek as they were able to press down and pin ORA in their own half. A number of balls were sent into the D looking for deflections and one was duly converted in the 1st few exchanges. The Temasek players were playing with self-belief. Passing had much improved from the Khalsa game. Half-time. 1-0 to Temasek.
Second half. ORA jnrs knew they needed to be at their best to snatch anything from this game. Unfortunately, Temasek's horrific man-marking on a long corner resulted in an easy tap in at the far post for the ORA forward. 1-1. Manish was having the game of his life as his unorthodox saves were keeping Temasek in the game. An incredible Matrix style save when he managed to get a hand to a definite goal was the highlight of the game. Temasek rallied and pushed further up looking for an opportunity and it duly arrived when Fang Hao cut in from the left into the D and squared the ball for a grateful Temasek player to tap in. 2-1. This was it. We just had to hang on. The cheers from the bench signified how much this goal meant to us. We had one foot in the semis. But as you all know by now, ORA jnrs somehow managed to get their equaliser late on. 2-2 it finished and our hopes rest in ORA's result against SCC.
Special thanks to Uncle Edwin, Veera and Manish who put in superb individual performances. Uncle Edwin's run from the centre of defence to the opponent's D was simply out of this world as well as the unforgettable save by Manish to deny a clear goal.

vs Khalsa(030906)

The season is almost coming to an end. This match was predictably gonna be a difficult one as the opposition was definitely a notch higher both in terms of gameplay knowledge and ball skills.
The young players of Khalsa started the game keen on avenging their narrow loss earlier in the season. They immediately pressed forward with a 1-3-3-3 formation utilising the space on the flanks.

Missing Zarir's determination and physical presence, Temasek were continuously on the backfoot and it seemed as though route 1 hockey was the only option left to break into Khalsa's D. Coach nirmal did present Uncle Teck Jin with a few half chances but we were unable to convert. Not suprisingly, Khalsa scored soon after. Half-time. 1-0 to Khalsa.

Another team talk inspired Temasek n we were back on level terms when Coach's free hit from top d was deflected in by Marick. 1-1. We were back in contention. The game continued for another 15 mins with Khalsa unable to capitalise with numerous attempts flying off. Temasek was doing her very best to defend but alas, another break on the right presented the Khalsa forward with a glorious chance n he did not disappoint as the Temasek players shook their head in frustration. This proved to be almighty blow for the Temasek players as they crumbled under pressure to another 2 goals, although we could be said we were hard done by the umpire who clearly allowed a goal from a short corner which was stopped in the d. Final whistle. A convincing 4-1 defeat to Khalsa.

On a side note, Coach Nirmal was also involved in an unnecessary skirmish with the umpire as he let his frustrations out in the open. It was painful lesson for the Temasek players whose hopes now lie in the next and final game against ORA juniors. With SCC hot on their heels, it proves to be another exciting weekend of hockey we can look forward to.
If Khalsa manages to thrash SCC, we will more or less be guaranteed irregardless of our final game as SCC would have to thrash ORA by double digits to even stand a remote chance. Huzer is suspended for the next game due to his picking up of too many greens. On a higher note though, Veera will be back for our final game after the doc cleared him to play. So come on guys, lets' step up a gear and improve from our last game and finish the season with a semi to look forward to.

vs Nomads-TPJC(270806)

was not around so can't really give much on match analysis. Yeah. But this convincing 4-0 wacking of our old rivals was a much needed morale-booster and gave our team another crucial 3 pts to continue our quest in our debut season to get to the semis. Manish hardly touched the ball in goal and goals from Marick, Zarir, and i believe Jason as well decided the game for us. In hindsight, this might just have been the game that separated us from SCC in the league standings.