August 19 & 20 was the first NUFL for 2007
It was the first NUFL for Heads of State.
Unfortunatley we hadn't trained hard enough as a team before the event and we paid the price, with a 0-3 win/loss record.
Personally I felt I had an OK weekend, with some nice catches and a few nice throws. Despite being "D-moted" to D for the weekend, I still think there is a lot of room for improvement for me in my man on man D and that will be a focus for me in NUFL 2.
Sunday the weather really turned against us. It rained a lot (see pic below). So much so that the games got called off and we only got to play the one game against Firestorm. This was a great game. I didn't feel as nervous as I had the first time I played against my old temmates of Firestorm at Nationals and felt that I was able to make an impact on the game, both on and off the field. Having reaffirmed how I like to play wing deep (see previous post) made more me confident to yell at the HoS boys on the field and I think it made a difference.
It was the first NUFL for Heads of State.
Unfortunatley we hadn't trained hard enough as a team before the event and we paid the price, with a 0-3 win/loss record.
Personally I felt I had an OK weekend, with some nice catches and a few nice throws. Despite being "D-moted" to D for the weekend, I still think there is a lot of room for improvement for me in my man on man D and that will be a focus for me in NUFL 2.
Sunday the weather really turned against us. It rained a lot (see pic below). So much so that the games got called off and we only got to play the one game against Firestorm. This was a great game. I didn't feel as nervous as I had the first time I played against my old temmates of Firestorm at Nationals and felt that I was able to make an impact on the game, both on and off the field. Having reaffirmed how I like to play wing deep (see previous post) made more me confident to yell at the HoS boys on the field and I think it made a difference.
(Layout contest with aL, Brett and Friesy)
It was a see sawing game with Firestorm taking a 4-0 lead before we came back to 4-5. I felt like a lot of the time I could predict what Firestorm were going to do, which I tried to communicate to the team. But I guess it's no real suprise that when they are under pressure they will Huck it to big Mike Neild, although Sweet As did a great job of defending him all game.
I had two fun exchanges with J-Ray: First he was on the mark and I was up field after a stoppage - Jas yelled at my defender that I was just going to run long, which I promptly did and got the disc. The other time he was trapped on the right sideline just outside the endzone and I KNEW he wanted the hammer so I screamed "No Hammer, No Hammer", so much so that Jas had no choice but...to throw the hammer!
In the end Firestorm ground it out, with half their sideline having retreated to the shelter away from the cold and the rain, but I think the HoS boys earnt a lot of respect.
Bring on NUFL 2!!!
