Some of my longer-term readers will be happy to know that the Saitama Jets have finally broken their jinx of losing heroically in finals or semi-finals of JET/ALT football tournaments.
Yup, this time, we changed tactics completely, and decided to bomb out horribly in the quarter-finals at Nagano, to a Gunma team we thumped 3-1 just a couple of months ago. This saved us the heartache of losing on penalties again.
Gunma got all the way to the final, where they presumably lost to Sala (Chiba), but we didn't stick around to see the game. We did stay to watch our old mates from Niigata lose in the semi-finals.
(if anyone from Niigata is reading, is there nothing you can do about the man with the dreads? Are there no therapists in Niigata?)
On a serious note, we went to try and win the competition, and should have got at least to the final. The fact that we went with 20 players did not really help us. It was extremely difficult to decide who to play and for how long, and this was even with two of us organizing things. If we want to do better next time, in October, we need to seriously consider our approach to the tournament.
Posted by Gary at June 27, 2005 05:39 PMhey, Gary. Warm regards from Indonesia (hope u know where it is :p). Just let u know that I follow ur blog also, really nice to read ur life there coz I like Japan and still miss it a lot (I miss Shinjuku on Christmas haha~). Read ur blog like remind me of that days. Wish u the best with ur future baby.
sore deha mata