Ba focus on tougher O-League competition October 14, 2008
Following their loss in the final of the 70th Inter District Championship at home, the Ba soccer side has shifted its focus to the Oceania League which kicks off next month.
The Vodafone Men In Black who lost 1-0 to Lautoka in the grand final have put the loss behind them and will march into camp this weekend to prepare for the Oceania League which features the best clubs from New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu.
Ba soccer boss Rishi Kumar said they have much bigger task at hand in the O- League and will be concentrating on the physical, mental and skills aspect of their players to ensure that they are ready for stronger level of competition.
“The IDC is over and now we will commence our preparation for the O League which is a far much bigger event, said Kumar.
“We will be representing the nation in the O League and need to prepare well and are calling for support from all soccer loving fans.
“There are many injuries in the team and we are hopeful the players will recover in time for our first match which will be against the club from Solomon Islands on November 1 at Govind Park.
“Ba is grouped in a tough pool but we will give in our best to qualify for the final and progress further from there” he concluded.
The 2008-2009 O League fixtures:
November 1: Vodafone Ba vs Koloale FC at Govind Park Auckland City vs Waitakere in Auckland November 22: Waitakere vs Port Villa Sharks in Auckland Koloale FC vs Hekari Souths in Honiara December 13: Ba vs Hekari Souths in Port Moresby.
February 14, 2009 Vodafone Ba vs Hekari Souths at Govind Park Auckland City vs Port Villa Sharks in Auckland
March 7
Port Villa Sharks vs Waitakere United in Port Villa Hekari Souths vs Koloale FC in Port Moresby
March 28
Koloale FC vs Vodafone Ba in Honiara Waitakere United vs Auckland City in Auckland.
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vinesh_prasad
Wednesday, October 15 2008
Bunch of cry babies..........Go Bluez
Ba tho Baha hai
Lautoka ke niche dabha hai
labasa_kai
Wednesday, October 15 2008
Will all respect to the Ba team and their achievements......... they are just admirable and awesome. The are the only district that have featured in most of the finals, won most of the finals and IS THE ONLY TEAM IN FIJI THAT HAS LOST BY SEVEN GOALS (7 GOALS) IN 1983 IDC FINAL ........... GREAT ACHIEVEMENT THOUGH!!!!
khanna
Wednesday, October 15 2008
It just shows that the hatret will alaways stay there cos BA has put its sword in every ones mind and heart by jus being the champion side for yonks and yonks. Yes thats true, just take the fact and if you cant than im sorry to say that you have to bare with it. Ya thats true ..you may call chumps, cry babies or watever ..it will not change anything,, the jealousy will remain cos Ba is the only dominant team in fiji..ya proof me wrong there, ...its fools statement to blah blah about that Bas winning cos of the imports ...So you ppl mean that BA just started winning recently...!! Doesnt make sense to me or any other person cos as far i know and you people know this as well that BA is the only team from decades that has got a standard record!! so you wana proof me wrong there..!!Teams go up and some jus fall, but some fall rite to the bottom,, as where my dear frens Ba has always reamined the so called Ba, which they are known for.
Nothings have changed....i wont even say that its matter of time, cos theres only one champion to date and thats BA.
PROOF ME WRONG!!
BA TO BA HAI
hkhan3
Tuesday, October 14 2008
The comments of Rishi is what in psychology is called "cognitive distortions". First of all, IDC is the biggest local tournament, Rishi knows this well himself. Second, Ba is representing Ba in O-league, not Fiji. The O-league may be a game at a different level, but it is nowhere near as prestigious as our beloved IDC. When one is feeling defeat and has anxiety, it is natural to use denial as a defence-that's exactly what Rishi is doing.
kamauto
Tuesday, October 14 2008
GET some more local imports for
O-LEAUGUE
LabasaLion
Tuesday, October 14 2008
lets see how the Bazaar soccer chumps of fiji fare in the o league. no surprise if they lose - which they will 100% cos they will still bark about their bazaar records blah, blah, blah!!!! prove me wrong will ya????
elvin928
Thursday, October 16 2008
facts and figures:
highest record in a i.d.c final
lautoka 6 - ba 0
lauotka 7 - ba 0
i am pretty sure no one can beat this record ever...
2- ltk first team to win i.d.c: 3 yrs in a row..
3- ba won their first i.d.c via a lautoka import...one of the greats AUGUSTINE THOMAN..and then many other players from lautoka LORIMA BATIREREGA...theres a whole lot more...bt i guess this will be too much for the ba fans..peaceout...bluezzz all the way...
LabasaLion
Thursday, October 16 2008
mr khanna. ba's record is only for ba people. u can keep it, cook it, drink it, sleep it, or WHATEVER!!!!dont try to blah blah blah about it to non-ba people cos who gives a damn anyway. only time when u talk about it is when u lose. its become too boringly common. lose n u go on about u records as if they gonna give you anything - or maybe sweeten da sour grapes. apart from records ba has nothing no wonder u guys cling to it as if ur life depended on it. we dont hate soccer. its just that ba people act so arrogant as is they have won the world club championship which they never will. they can just win in fiji n blah blah blah
elvin928
Monday, October 13 2008
you guys couldnt beat laukoka with 3 overseas players letz see you beat em with elven players from overseas...all the best tho...bluezzz fan
vinesh_prasad
Monday, October 13 2008
Ba will loose all games.fullstop
bhanp
Monday, October 13 2008
its about time the Ba fans shift focus from IDC loss and support MIB for O'League. We have won so many domestic championship. Win or loose in domestic games does not matter. For record in last 3 Ba won IDC 2 times, BOG 3 times, Fiji fact 2 times, League 2 times and CVC 2 times. Some teams have never won anything in last 3 years such as Nadi, Suva, Rewa. So my dear MIB fans move on and lets look forward for O' Leauge and yes those MIB fans living and working in Lautoka please join the Blues and celebrate with them, they were better team in the final and nothing is to be taken away from them.
saynexy
Monday, October 13 2008
Go get them... all the best Ba
Sami
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papussy
Monday, October 13 2008
they gotta keep moving..winning and losing is part of soccer.
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