NPL Tasmania
South Hobart 2 (T Herweynen 84, K Hallam 90+1) beat Kingborough Lions United 1 (K Kemp 79 pen)
Devonport Strikers 7 (Smith 25, 91, Lamb 34, Denehey 41,43, Lanau-Atkinson 58, Esomeju 71) beat Clarence Zebras 0
Olympia Warriors 2 (A Pacey-Mayne 32, F Baddiley 76) lost to Launceston City 3 (G Krusa 12, Y Mohammadi 24, S Tantari 34)
Riverside Olympic 0-3 Glenorchy Knights
NPL Tasmania standings (As at 14 August 2021)
|
TEAM |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
Devonport City |
17 |
13 |
2 |
2 |
48 |
11 |
41 |
|
Glenorchy Knights |
17 |
12 |
4 |
1 |
50 |
17 |
40 |
|
South Hobart |
17 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
41 |
20 |
34 |
|
Kingborough Lions |
17 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
30 |
33 |
24 |
|
Launceston City |
17 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
24 |
36 |
22 |
|
Clarence Zebras |
17 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
27 |
46 |
15 |
|
Olympia Warriors |
17 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
26 |
42 |
14 |
|
Riverside Olympic |
17 |
0 |
3 |
14 |
21 |
63 |
3 |
Photo: Olympia's Ashton Pacey-Mayne dispossesses Launceston City's Yasin Mohammadi. [PlessPix]
Men’s Southern Championship
South Hobart 6-1 Glenorchy Knights
New Town White Eagles 7 (Huigsloot 3, Leszczynski 2, Fagg, Whitehall) beat Clarence Zebras 0
Kingborough Lions United 4-0 South East United
Taroona 3-1 Metro
Olympia Warriors 2 (Houston, Kenyi) lost to University 5 (Carnaby 2, Clarkson 2, Connelly)
Beachside 2-2 Hobart United
Men’s Northern Championship
Riverside Olympic 5-3 Somerset
Northern Rangers 7-0 Launceston City
Launceston United 0-0 Ulverstone
Devonport Strikers 4-1 Burnie United
Women’s Super League
Devonport Strikers 1-2 Clarence Zebras
Launceston United 1-3 Kingborough Lions United
Women’s Northern Championship
Devonport Strikers 1-2 Burnie United
Riverside Olympic 9-0 Somerset
Launceston United 3-6 Ulverstone
Northern Rangers 5-0 Launceston City
Photo: South Hobart's Jacob Lancaster wraps a leg around Kingborough's Adam McKeown as he goes for the ball. [PlessPix]
28 comments:
That penalty decision by Stratos left me scratching my head... What was it actually for? Because there's no way it's handball.
Love the post Hallam winner photo. Shades of the iconic post Aloisi penalty shot. Wins like yesterday's at Darcy st can get a teams mojo back. I hope so and South go on to finish the season as they began it.
Looks like the 1000 people crowds figures are going well. Lucky to be 100 at all games
Why go? The standard is garbage.
Because one loves football?
Yep, baffling. The player had his back to the ball and his arms were down. What was he meant to do? Also couldn't believe there was no booking for the high boot challenge on Hallam in the 90th minute, only a free kick.
To ‘ Why go? The standard is garbage comment’ Interesting to say this. You obviously follow the media coverage, so if the standard is garbage, I ask you why even comment or why do you read the updates? Some of these teams have very young players coming up through the ranks who are working hard to become the best players they can. So nice of you to encourage young players with a comment like that! And it’s fantastic to have a season that isn’t overloaded with imports! If you find the standard such garbage, maybe don some boots and have the guts to get out on the field and show us all what standard you expect!
I love football. You can watch most on the live stream. Why go pay money to watch it ? The standard is garbage. It's not worth it.
The player made no play for the ball, he had his back to the ball and just blocked the run of the attacker. Coincidentally the ball hit him on the back just to reinforce he had no idea where it was.
Aussies are sport snobs and out of touch when it comes to football Tasmanians especially
Im too old to play now. I said nothing about the younger players so calm down. The reality is the quality of football on display at NPL is on the whole crap.
There have been some great games but no consistency across the season.
Im sorry my opinion upset you so. I do believe though I'm not alone in my belief.
I had read the comments about the Stratos penalty decision and having not watched any of the South V Lions game before i watched the the recording. I'm not sure what the defender was doing either but he wasn't watching the ball, he did however lightly jump into the Lions player, in my opinion it was a foul, albeit a light one, he obviously had no intention of playing the ball and was intent on the attacker, it was a light foul but i think it was a foul and it was committed in the penalty box. Any way it didnt effect the outcome of the game.
Maybe it did not effect the outcome of the game, but it could have! But the really poor call was a few minutes later when Stratos calls play on, when clearly Kasper was taken down in the box. The replay clearly shows that and I really don’t know how that conclusion was reached. Two critical calls that could have changed the result.
Love it when passed "players" talk about how bad the game is now. Be brave and at least say what team you played with and some of the other players around you so we might compare. Seriously what era are you talking about. I played through the late 70's into the 80's and early 90's, some great players and good coaches about but I honestly believe the overall individual skill level of players has improved, the education offered to coaches has improved and if they have taken the opportunity and then passed their knowledge onto players both junior and senior then the standard of football has improved. Its all subjective but to just say the standard is "Crap" is rubbish.
I played early 2000s and the Uni, Knights, South and Zebras teams of this time would absolutly spank the teams of today especially in the physical side of things. Thats without any pop stars getting paid
Then you and I may well have crossed paths. I agree the individual skills have improved but come on. If your watching then you know most sides struggle to string 3 passes together. That's crap no rubbish about it.
Anon 1.16.
What are you on? Players individual skill level may have improved in some areas. I say some areas because none of them today can head a ball to save themselves or winning a 50/50 ball or a striker who gives absolutely everything in the box to score a goal.? No way ! Are you still involved in coaching these days ? I guess not judging by your comments.
During the 70s, 80s and early 90s the supporters would have witnessed some of the best imports from overseas and best local talent that this state may never see again.
You believe that the standard was better then than now ? Doubt it very much. How can you compare the abilities of Swinscoe , Guest brothers ,Savill, Morton, Southworth, Davidson, Brine, Young , Charlton , Ward and so on with what is running around today ?
The problem with the youth and league these days is that the young players think they are much better than they actually are. They are not selected by their own club so they prostitute themselves to others and then are offered payment way over the top , for what they are worth. There is the problem. To say that todays standard is better than 70s 80s and 90s is ridiculous.
We always get this - "it was better in the old days " etc and I love that most who post don't put their names to the post. I played in the late 80's, 90's and 2000's and have coached across the board since then.
Technically all players in the top 2 tiers are better now then in the past and that's down to coaching across the junior ranks which has drastically improved.
limitless, Show time , Mortons etc are all examples
We had what I believe were better individual players in the the "old days" - due to the great imports (Morton, Parker, Hales, Sawdon, Savill, Smith, Crossin etc all who not only played put taught and coached) and a stronger emphasis on outdoor sport in society compared to playstaion and TV etc .
All weekend trading and full national and international coverage of sport on TV has changed the game. Supporters now stay at home , We no longer have the older players playing at the top level (due to work and family) therefore losing their ability to teach the young ones on and off the field , this is a massive loss and difference.
Rules and interpretations have also changed and this has meant the style (more physical - because it was allowed ) has changed the game.
The "wonderful" 4-3-3 and curriculum that FFA "made us play" didn't help and created well drilled robots which again has thankfully now been moved past and coaches and players are being encouraged to think for themselves again.
I think if we looked at the best 10 individual players from each decade - the older generations quality would come out on top - but I don't agree with todays level being called "crap".
The Long ball english style of the 80's and 90's wasn't exactly pretty and more then 3-4 passes was not the normal.
On paper I would put the Eagles team of the 90's ,the Croatian team of 2000's and the juve team of 2006-7 against any of the Sth hbt, Devonport or knights teams of the present.
But I also recon that ManUtd 99 would beat Man City 2020...
I challenge any past players to not put the current game down, but to get out in the fresh air and get involved with a club at any level that suits, you may actually help and enjoy it.
Brett Pullen
Best teams I have seen over the last 25 years
White Eagles lates 90's
Knights 00 & 05
Uni 03
South Hobart 2008 - 2011 (they continued into 2012/13/14 albeit weakened) were a fair squad.
Devonport have shown they know how to win in recent years (2018 onwards).
Brett , all weekend trading , national and international coverage of sport occurs in all other states too, not just in Tassie. You may find that NPL leagues in other states have many more mature players than we do. The youth of today think they are better than they are. I guarantee you that if you ask many of the players playing today if they watch the A League, the reply would be, "why would I watch that sh...t ?" It is still a much better league than ours and our players would learn a hell of a lot if they watched and took notice of what the teams do and how they try and play. Watching players that play in your position and see how they go about things. But they don't. Ask them how many watched the Matildas play during the Olympics. It was on free to air TV.I bet it would not be many. They were great to watch at the Olympics because the cameras at the stadiums were positioned quite high so you had a good view from almost above the play. Also because the women's game is a little slower than the men's , you can see much more in relation to how they are trying to play and running patterns and movement. The problem is they are not 100% committed down here and nearly enough is good enough and you yourself know it isn't.
Things wont improve unless there is committment.
Absolute rubbish and lazy generalisations. I work in a school and nearly every kid I spoke to (let alone those that play) watched the Matildas. And a lot of the kids who do play train three or four times a week. You can't expect a small island with 50000 people, a useless football federation, and a range of competing sports that are much better supported by the government, to be producing a constant flow of top level players.
Anon 5.18 AM.
Absolute rubbish you say ? I also argue it is not a lazy generalization as you describe it.
As you say you spoke to kids at the school you work at. I wasn't speaking or referring to kids. I was referring to youth/senior players.
You are also , obviously , referring to 'kids ' that attend soccer academies/schools if they are training 3 or 4 times a week ? A that level they are committed and interested. As I stated before , I was speaking and referring to mainly youth / senior players.
My point being that even at senior level you can learn alot from watching these games as well as A League, EPL , Serie A , La Liga and so on but these 'youngish'/ senior players are not interested in doing so and hence their commitment to their own improvement is non existent as they believe they are much better than they actually are.
Your last sentence does make sense however and an increase in personal commitment from older juniors to youth players , together with good examples set by established senior players , will increase the flow of top level players if everyone's attitude toward personal improvement and growth of the game shows any improvement.
Youth are kids you moron.
Plenty of 13-17 year Olds at some clubs training 3 times a week as part of academy programs.
Anon 6.44 AM.
Grumpy are we ?
Read my entire comment YOU moron !
Youth is 17 ,18 19 year olds I believe . But I may be wrong according to you .
My orignal comment did not refer to kids, which I consider are 16 and younger.
I hope that is not too difficult for you to understand moron!
Anon August 24 - 4.24pm
I think you owe Anon 6.44am an apology.
According to the Football Tasmania website, and the rosters, Youth are Under 13 upwards to Under 18s. Who is the moron LOL!!! You are wrong, not only according to Anon 6.44am, but according to the Football Tasmania website. As far as I know 12 - 17 year olds are also in school.
Anon 1.18pm.
Hallelujah.
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