I guess I blog once a month now.
September was a good month for VPS. We played 4 games and got 8 points. In the last three games we haven’t conceded
any goals and now we’re in a good position to finish top 6. It’s by no means guaranteed though because
our last three games are all against teams we’ve been miserable against this
year (5 losses and 1 draw).
This time of year it’s always best to play teams that have
nothing to play for. Unfortunately we’ve
got the opposite of that this year. SJK
is fighting with Lahti for the silver, HJK has nothing to play for but they’re
just way better than us, and KuPS are directly fighting with us for
position. Of course we can win any of
the games now that our team is fully healthy, but we won’t be favorites in any
of the remaining games.
Going back a bit, I have to mention that I scored another
goal! It was MAAAAAAAAAAAYBE offside but
I deserved to get away with one especially after this atrocity of an offsides
call:
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| OFFSIDE?! On by 3 yards... |
Anyway, a goal means only one thing…dancing bear!
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| Jaro |
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| KuPS |
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| Jaro |
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| Honka |
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| Lahti |
Aside from soccer I haven’t really done much since our last
break finished. This whole month I’ve only
been to the center two or three times. Staying home has only had the advantage of saving me money, but at the risk of my sanity. Also this sun setting at 7pm is making me sad.
Last week, I was completely ready to go on an epic rant
against the officiating in this league.
Fortunately (or perhaps unfortunately for the readers wanting a laugh)
our last two games have been well officiated and I’m stepped back from the
edge. The only negative thing I have to say about Veikkausliiga right now is
that the season should be over next weekend.
I’ve played two Octobers already in Finland and both times I’ve been
forced to play on ice covered fields.
Those kinds of games are useless. The level on the field goes down significantly
from the late summer games and to be honest nobody wants to play when it’s -10
and the field is frozen. It also sucks
for the players because the risk of injury is much higher on a frozen field and
the majority of us don’t have long term contracts. If I tear my ACL because I tried to plant on
a patch of ice what will I do? No way
VPS or any other club is going to pay for me to get my knee surgically repaired
and rehabbed. I’d be out for 6 months,
have no way of getting proper physiotherapy and be out thousands of euros. And those are just the legitimate reasons I
wish the season ended sooner. I won’t
even go into the fact that I just don’t like being out in the cold or I get
sick easily or I’d just rather be inside.
