Dawn of a New Era

Greetings Team,

Welcome to Maroubra United FC Mens O35s Season 2012. This season promises to be exciting with many new faces to the team offering unique skills in various positions, versatility and depth.

As much as I would like to win as many games as possible, my main priority for the team is to ensure we are competitive, enjoy each game and above all be a part of a fun and sociable team.

For me, this will be a learning experience as I enter the minefield of coaching so I am looking forward to the challenge and making you run laps around Coral Sea if we don’t win!! haha :)

As this is the introductory blog, there are a few items I would like to raise here which I would like to share with the team for thoughts and opinions and if everyone is happy to do so, implement these before the competition starts this weekend.

Leo.

** Players Player of the Year Award

For a small contribution from each team member, I would like to organise a Players Player of the Year Award. Voting is done on a 3,2,1 basis and will be selected by the player that brings the beer to the ground for that week (everyone will have a turn at this) and you cannot vote for yourself.  This will be issued to the Player at an End of Season function which we have plenty of time to think about later.

Ps: Any volunteers to bring beers for the first round game?

**Fernando Torres Golden Boot Award

Last year, our Top Goal scorer was John Fedele with 3 goals…yes, 3 goals. Sadly our “strike weapon” has moved on but with this creates an opportunity for anyone to step up to the plate.  We have an abundance of attacking options this year and it is too hard to call who will take out this award – will it be a tie? If so, it may well come down to which player has the best post goal celebration!

** Family Day BBQ

A proposal from the Social Events Committee have sounded out a Family Day BBQ at Coral Sea, ideally when we have an 11am kick off and if scheduling permits we can eat, drink and cheer on the O45s teams. More information is available from Frankie and Con.

These are some ideas (and no doubt more will follow in the coming days) to do for the season and as mentioned above, are open for team discussion and approval. As I was mentioning, this is not compulsory but throwing out some ideas to break the routine and enjoy the season in various ways.

** Team Photo

No season is complete without a Team Photo so when we have the opportunity and have the squad together we will have to take a picture to display in the Maroubra Hall of Fame. 

** Wet Weather Training

Given the fickle nature of the Sydney weather for the last year or so, Coral Sea is bound to be closed at some stage and force us to cancel training. To avoid this and keep us active and in top physical condition (like we are already) I am suggesting we utilise the indoor soccer facility at Heffron during these periods. I am not 100% sure what the costs are but we can look at this throughout the season and confirm when this arises.