Friday 23 May 2008

Lightning hosted the Brisbane Strikers in the top of the table battle and those who stayed to watch were not disappointed with a cracking game in the balance right to the final whistle (9 minutes into injury time if you please) Logan started strongly and created several chances before Matty Hanlon ran onto a sweet ball from midfield to calmly round the keeper and put us one up. Some sloppy marking saw strikers level and against the run of play they broke to score a second and take a 2 - 1 lead into the break.Some reshuffling of the back four and a commitment to throw players forward saw logan dominate the second half.Chances went begging as we hit the post then the crossbar and the ball cleared off the line on more than one occasion .With the strikers looking shaky on thier left hand side logan took advatage and began to shift the ball left on every occasion. With 9 minutes to go a foul on that side saw Blake Greenwood thunder a shot into the penalty area to see both our strikers lunge but fail to get a touch but that was enough to put the keeper off and the ball snuck inside the right hand post.Two minutes later Nihad Fatic logans best on the night slotted home the winner with a deft touch from a corner. The home team then had to endure 9 min of added time which saw logan keeper cameron Gibbons pull off an outstanding save in the dying stages to keep all the points.Crouchy Burfield squandered a great one on one chance in the final seconds but the win was complete.Best for logan Nihad Fatic,Joel Lacey Micheal Andrews and Kyrin Downs with a pleasant return to form from Matty Hanlon.

Friday 09 May 2008

Loganholme faced a determined Brisbane City in round 9 at home on Friday with the boys coming out on top 3-1Joel Lacey opened the scoring with a clinical finish to a fine passing move in the 20 minute .A goal straight from the training paddock produced the second.A sweeping move involving Andrew Walker,Jacob Steele ended with a thunderous shot from Blake Greenwood which produced a great save from the City keeper only for "Crouchy" Burfield to tap in from close range. City pulled one back just before the break but it was all Loganholme in the second half with several chances being wasted before Sam Massie got the goal he has threantened to score for some time now with a powerful header from a corner.Best for Loganholme were Andrew Walker ,Joel Lacey,and Blake Campbell with another solid display from keeper Cameron Gibbons.The win now takes lightning 4 points clear at the top ,well done boys.

Friday 25 April 2008

Lightning faced upto a challenging match against quality opposition with Bris Force fielding some of their premier youth team players in a bid to take top spot .After a nervous start logan began to take control of the match and sustained pressure saw us go into the break 1 -0 up. From the kick off for the second half Jacob Steele scored from a spectacular set peice from halfway which the boys had been practicing for the last 12 months to take logan 2 - 0 up .The boys then dug in to control the match and apart from a double save from keeper Cameron Gibbons and late own goal from Micheal Andrews Lightning insured top spot was secured for another week.Captain Nihad Fatic again lead from the front with Blake W ,Daniel Augustine and Joel lacey all making huge contributions.

Friday 18 April 2008

Youth team traveled to Wynnum on Friday night in the top of the table contest with the undefeated Bris Wolves.The match was expected to be an arm wrestle and it did not disappoint with wolves backing up four of thier premier youth team players for the clash.Lightning already missing two strikers for the game were dealt another setback when starting strikers Corey Burfield and Matt Hanlon both succumbed to injuries with in the opening 30 min.The match came alive after the break whenSam Massie make shift striker latched on to a through ball only to be brought down in the box by the goalkeeper.Penalty and a send off everyone thought but to the amazment of the crowd only a yellow and a freekick on the edge of the box.Justice was done when Blake W.slammed the kick into the net. The defence then held strong as the referee played an amazing 7 min of injury time with great efforts from Micheal A and Brent D along with Blake Campbell making a welcome return to form. Kyrin Downs was again outstanding at right back.

Friday 11 April 2008

The Youth team continued the climb to the top of the div 2 comp with an emphatic 8-0 win over bottom placed Westside.With top spot up for grabs goals were always going to be a priority and the side did not disappoint going into the break with a 4-0 lead. Sometimes teams can switch off with such a comfortable lead but the lads continued the intensity and banged another 4 goals. Lee Mollenhauer bagged a hatrick with Corey (Crouchy) Burfield getting two and one each from Blake Campbell,Joel Lacey and Matty Hanlon.