Match Day 11

Up against top ranked, 9 and 1, U of A and we have something to prove since they beat us 4-1 when we were up in Edmonton playing them. We know who their strong players are; a few players in the mid and a big guy on their back line can win in the air. Before the game I told my coach that I had him, and he didn't win one header in our third. I don't know what it is with most of the guys on the team when they get on the field with talking. They can talk for hours off the field and then when we get on the field they can't even say "man on". I'm not saying I'm perfect and am always talking but I try my best to see everything and give direction, but some guys don't say a word for 90 minutes. Or there are the guys who talk but it's so quiet that you can't hear them and then they try and get mad because you weren't listening. And then there are those guys who get mad at you when you yell at them. It's almost like playing with 12 year olds in that aspect. We all need pull our socks up and start playing like men; we are the men's soccer team, not the boys. Start getting angry and play like you have something to prove. Show the coaches and other players that you should be out there. Stick someone when it's appropriate and if you need to take a card then so be it. Run your ass off for every ball and in every play. Everything I just talked about, we haven't been doing this year. Well there was one game and that was against UBC, and in that game all 11 players on our side came to play. We had communication, intensity, urgency, and most of all we wanted to win. We gave it everything we had and we left it all out on the field. Today however, there were maybe 5 or 6 guys ready to do whatever it took to win and that was in the first half, by the time the game was coming to an end there was about 3 or 4 that still wanted it. And this is why we ended up losing 3-0. Tomorrow is our rematch against U of S and when we were there they beat us 8-0, if this doesn't set a fire up our asses for a win then I don't know what will. More on tomorrow's game to come....