An up and down weekend

An up and down weekend for myself but a great week for Castleview! Well the weekend started with me looking at the league table thinking if Everton beat West Brom and Liverpool lose we could be ahead of the old enemy on sunday evening! When Everton duly delivered with a clinical 2-0 victory over the baggies we were half way there. Some strange results followed on saturday with Arsenal losing to London rivals QPR and City drawing with Sunderland. I think we will have a few more upsets before now and the end of the season, especially with 5-6 teams in the relegation battle.

Sunday morning was a beautiful morning, the kind of morning you want to wake to when you know you have a match, but sadly we lost to what seem to be our bogie team this season Tramore Ath. On the plus side it was a cup match so no ground lost on our league rivals! The pitch was horrible, it was rock hard, it seemed like it was about 10 yards across and the bobble didn’t help anybody but then again Tramore had to play on it aswell! But fair play they are through to the next round and I wish them all the best. 

I managed to catch the second half of the Liverpool game yesterday and it wasn’t the best match, terrible football and loads of mistakes. Newcastle deserved their win and seem to be very good value for money in the league this season, but what is going on with Liverpool? Do they need a change? Do Liverpool fans consider this a good season? Are they at the level they should consider their norm now? I don’t think so, they are still in the top 3 big clubs in English football. They should be top 3 in the league every season, but do they have to make fundamental changes to their ethos to move forward again as a club!

This week Castleview AFC’s under 19’s won the Premier League by a massive 9 points, this truly shows that if you focus on the youth you will get huge benefits in the future, I’ve seen first hand this season when a few of the lads were called to play for the Seniors and slot into the team perfectly. They are on for the treble this season after winning 1 cup and in the semi final of another. I look forward to the coming seasons to see this young guys mature into great senior players. Well done to everybody involved in the Under 19’s.

Dean