Prescot Cables Football Club
Hope Street
Prescot
L34 6HD
Hope Street
Prescot
L34 6HD
Tel 0151 430 0507
Fax 0151 426 6440
Mob 07745 068935
Fax 0151 426 6440
Mob 07745 068935
Email
prescotcables@hotmail.com
prescotcables@hotmail.com
2009 - Celebrating 125 Years of Football History
Gibiliru - The Gaffer (cont)
Joey was proud of the fact that prior to Christmas the
training sessions had been going very well due in part to
the discipline enforced about attendance. However he
was annoyed that it had proved difficult during the bad
weather to maintain momentum with no games and
disruption to the training schedule.
Gibiliru's first game in charge was a baptism of fire, an away fixture to promotion hopefuls Lancaster which resulted in a heavy defeat. When asked how that affects confidence he was quick to respond, "the game was frustrating, losing through a number of general team mistakes that caused the goals, but either way I had to pick a team upon which to build. Whilst it wasn't the start I'd hoped for you have to put it behind you and move onwards and upwards".
As the squad has developed a number of players who were given a chance have now left the Team. Joey pointed out that it does not always work out, prime examples being Ian Callaghan and Karl Carney who he liked as players and hoped that they would do much better in the team but it was not to be. In this league prolific goal scorers, or 'Foxes in the Boxes', as Joey calls them, are extremely hard to come by. A player that Joe admires as a striker left Cables at the end of last season and he openly admits that he, " would have liked Darren Byers to have stayed from last seasons squad but unfortunately he left for Burscough. But I would have to say that a number of younger players in our squad, you can clearly see, have the potential to do well at this level
Gibiliru's first game in charge was a baptism of fire, an away fixture to promotion hopefuls Lancaster which resulted in a heavy defeat. When asked how that affects confidence he was quick to respond, "the game was frustrating, losing through a number of general team mistakes that caused the goals, but either way I had to pick a team upon which to build. Whilst it wasn't the start I'd hoped for you have to put it behind you and move onwards and upwards".
As the squad has developed a number of players who were given a chance have now left the Team. Joey pointed out that it does not always work out, prime examples being Ian Callaghan and Karl Carney who he liked as players and hoped that they would do much better in the team but it was not to be. In this league prolific goal scorers, or 'Foxes in the Boxes', as Joey calls them, are extremely hard to come by. A player that Joe admires as a striker left Cables at the end of last season and he openly admits that he, " would have liked Darren Byers to have stayed from last seasons squad but unfortunately he left for Burscough. But I would have to say that a number of younger players in our squad, you can clearly see, have the potential to do well at this level
and then progress further".
So, when asked how he thought the first half of the season had gone, Joe with a slight edge of satisfaction stated, " I am comfortable with the first half of the season, we are in a decent position in the league although I would have liked to have still been involved in a cup competition. Games that stand out for us were the Halifax and Skelmersdale fixtures as we weren't really expected to win. On the other side I feel we really should have won games at both Atherton and Ashton."
Having spoken to Joes partner Cath, it would appear that the Gibiliru household has an atmosphere that can be cut with a knife following a Cables defeat. So what is Joey's take on how he deals with losing? "When the team performs badly and we lose, it would be true to say I am not a happy person. When we lose I talk to the players about the game and refer back to previous games when we have played differently and that has produced a positive result. I will always listen to players and would be the first to take any positives out of suggestions, but if I don't agree I tell them straight".
Cables have presently earned 29 points out of a possible 66 in 22 games. When looking at the Unibond Premier League, Hucknall Town have achieved 33 points out of the same number of games. Hucknall town are in the play-off zone. Cables are 9th.
So, when asked how he thought the first half of the season had gone, Joe with a slight edge of satisfaction stated, " I am comfortable with the first half of the season, we are in a decent position in the league although I would have liked to have still been involved in a cup competition. Games that stand out for us were the Halifax and Skelmersdale fixtures as we weren't really expected to win. On the other side I feel we really should have won games at both Atherton and Ashton."
Having spoken to Joes partner Cath, it would appear that the Gibiliru household has an atmosphere that can be cut with a knife following a Cables defeat. So what is Joey's take on how he deals with losing? "When the team performs badly and we lose, it would be true to say I am not a happy person. When we lose I talk to the players about the game and refer back to previous games when we have played differently and that has produced a positive result. I will always listen to players and would be the first to take any positives out of suggestions, but if I don't agree I tell them straight".
Cables have presently earned 29 points out of a possible 66 in 22 games. When looking at the Unibond Premier League, Hucknall Town have achieved 33 points out of the same number of games. Hucknall town are in the play-off zone. Cables are 9th.