Up and downs

Golden's inconsistency since the beginning of the season leaves every one with uncertain ideas of the team's future. What will happen, we don't know. What we know, is that the Management Team didn't take any Christmas holidays, instead they got together on an urgent meeting to discuss where the team is going, and where to aim at.

Last Sunday Golden suffered a 4-0 defeat at hands of direct rivals to remain in the category, FC Rietlanden. The previous weekend, Golden got an amazing and inspiring 7-1 win at home, against Noordburgum Helden, team that defeated FC Rietlanden on a previous match. Due to this fact, the coaching team and the players got over-confident, maybe the reason for the loss.
This result was unacceptable for the Management Team, and now there's a trail of mystery and fear in the club.

Soon after the match, Romanian mid-fielder, Ionel Bâlea, announced he would like to leave the club and requested to be transferred. After a long meeting and some negotiations attempts, the player stood up and left the room with no more words.
It is true its performance has been decaying over this season, his form is not the best, and his skills had been diminishing. However, his experience could still be valuable for the team.
Ionel is the 3rd player transfer-listed this week, together with Arne Goedee and Leslie Bierenbroodspot.

In order to compensate and to bring experience to the team, Management had brough 38 year old player, Mehmet Ali 'the turkish thunder' Akbaşak. The idea of the club was to bring someone with experience and a good football vision to the team. Mehmet has not yet been seen in the pitch, but it has been making a lot of improvement in the trainings. All is left are his amazing stories of great plays from his youth and a formidable playmaking skill that is boosting the team's morale.

The team now prepares to fly to Spain for a friendly match against Nachos Team, a team from the Spanish IX series. Good opportunity for the young players to keep improving those assassin skills, Cobra Strike, and Dragon Kicks.

Until next week...