Thursday, February 23, 2006

Captain's Corner - February 2006

This is Paul's mid-month installment:

"As we approach the last half dozen games of the season, it’s something of a crunch-time for us right now. We’ve put ourselves in a good position to achieve the target of a top half finish.

We’ve shown our quality and potential, as demonstrated when finally achieving a victory against West Ken Kings. However, the 4-0 reverse against Celtic brought our long unbeaten league run to an end and we know our form in the cup competition has been poor.

Clearly we mustn’t allow the poor results we’ve experienced recently to damage our confidence and judging by our comeback victory against Madras, it’s fair to say we’ve managed to retain confidence and belief.

We are a very capable team, as we’ve shown, but must be mindful that we are treading a fine line between success and disappointment.

An unbeaten run between now and the end of the season is not unrealistic. Of course we must respect our opponents in every game regardless of league position but at the same time have desire and confidence to win every game.

So, let’s be positive and maintain the high standards we’ve set. That means the level achieved against WKK (2-1 victory) or the second half against Madras. That’s what we’re capable of and that’s the way it should be."