The World Cup - Go the Socceroos!

Hope you're all following and cheering for the Socceroos. In order to definitely make the World Cup next year they have to win two games in Australia this month. They won the first one against Jordan on Tuesday last week. The highlights from the game are below. Some great goals and a man-of-the-match performance from Robbie Kruse. Fingers crossed they can beat Iraq this week!! Enjoy.

Raiders vs Mt Gravatt Melbourne Heart

Tough game for the boys this week, some great defence kept us in the game! We were just a little unlucky not to bag a goal or two, and unlucky to concede a couple of own goals from corners (oops!).

Congratulations to Mateo for his man-of-the match performance! He pulled off the save of the season in the first half, and in the second half Mt Gravatt couldn't get the ball off him on his marauding runs forward.

 Geordan was unlucky not to score a goal late in the game with a fantastic run forward, just wasn't able to get his shot off in time.

Christos keeps getting better every game, while Jadrian, Ralph, Harry and Ethan all played well too.

A bunch of photos from the game are below.

Man of the Match! (Well done Mateo) Go Harry! Christos never gives up Ooopps! Ethan get's stuck in Jadrian and Ralph Half time Nice control Ralph Mateo unstoppable Serious defence!

My Favourite Player - Gareth Bale

I thought I'd share my favourite player in the world at the moment - Gareth Bale. I'm a little biased because he plays for my favourite team (other than the Brisbane Roar) Tottenham Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur (everyone calls them Spurs) play in the English Premier League. I've been a Spurs fan since I was 7! Their best player is Gareth Bale. Some people say he's the third best player in the world at the moment after Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo. He's 23 and is from Wales. He plays on the left wing, but he also plays as an attacking midfielder in the middle and scores lots of goals. He's very skilful, lightening fast and has a really powerful shot. Here's a short video of Bale in action and the top 10 goals he's scored this season.

Who's your favourite football player?

Raiders vs Annerley Bulls (1 June)

Hi everyone!
Well played again this week. While the Bulls scored a few goals, I think the game was actually pretty even. In the first half both teams had about 5 shots on goals, we were just a little unlucky that none of our shots went in the back of the net.

• Congratulations to Ralph! A great man of the match performance in the second half. Ralf didn't stop running and never gives up. Great work Ralph.
• Harry had some fantastic runs as striker in the first half and was really unlucky not to have scored a goal or two.
• Geordan had some good runs forward as usual and even more importantly made a couple of great saves as goalie in the second half.
• Another solid game from Christos, particularly in the second half where, as our right back, he made at least 2 goal saving tackles.
• Ethan and Mateo are both improving every game. Mateo never gives up the ball easily and made some good runs and crosses playing down the left wing in the second half. Ethan also looks dangerous in attack with the ball.
• Good efforts finally from Raiden and Jadrian. It was Raiden's first full game for our team, while Jadrian had some good kicks in the second half.

Look forward to seeing you at training this week.

Trent