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Post by imeg4fun on Dec 21, 2003 16:14:29 GMT -6
your an idiot. dont post again. sulphur will not lose to westgate.. i agree with you that carencro is getting better and better but i think we can win. we beat them once 2-0 and we play them again on tuesday. everyone in the lafayette area go to this game. 7 oclock december 23rd @carencro.
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Post by maddie86 on Dec 21, 2003 21:24:21 GMT -6
i seriously think acadiana will win this district... lafayette gave them a run for their money in the first game and sulphur beat them in a shootout. but honestly when acadiana is on top of their game i dont think anyone in the district can beat them
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Post by hdkjga on Dec 21, 2003 21:58:31 GMT -6
After seeing the Northside Tournament and the Showcase Tournament, I think Lafayette is the best team in this district. Will they beat Acadiana the second time? Maybe. But since the Northside Tournament, Acadiana hasn't really gotten better. Lafayette has. I think Lafayette will beat Acadiana the next time they play and to be honest, I think Sulphur might beat them as the second time as well. Maybe I am wrong, but I can only go by what I've seen and Acadiana is in for some tough games coming up in district.
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Post by goat on Dec 22, 2003 9:25:32 GMT -6
hdkjga you sound just like coach belfour, he always says acadiana is as good as they are going to be while his team is not up to there potential yet, give me a break, if you really looked at the players on the field at the showcase for acadiana you whould have seen the 2nd string goalie running on the wing, the thrid string midfielders playing a lot of time in the vandy game, the thrid string goal playing the whole second half in the vandy game. my point is this the acadiana coach has a lot of class and gets all his kids in the game in tourny;s so they can get playing time. when it comes to district he plays to win!! and his team will get better as well as the season goes on. belfour will tell you he still doesn't have a set line up and he is still playing with it,(and he is), but come on acadiana will improve just like lafayette high will.
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Post by McScruff on Dec 22, 2003 9:57:24 GMT -6
Goat, you are right. Lucious likes to move people around a lot when the games don't mean as much. However, look at Acadiana's line-up. It is a lot of returning players from last year. Goody, Mike LeBlanc, Stinson, Hofland, Colby Neal, Chris Wilks, Yandle have all played together for a long time. Lafayette returned McNamara, Carlos, and Brennan Pierce. Belfour was hurt for most of last year and came off the bench in the playoffs. Acadiana should improve as the year goes on, but Lafayette has the potential for more improvement than does Acadiana.
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Post by goat on Dec 22, 2003 10:04:23 GMT -6
OK mcscruff i'll give you that, but to say lafayette is the only team that will improve like some people are saying is crazy. both lafayette and acadiana are real good and i think will go deep in the play-offs. cro is an example of improving they are starting to play up to there potential and could make a hard run in district. congrats on the finals and see you at the soccer fields.
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Post by hdkjga on Dec 22, 2003 16:44:34 GMT -6
Let me clear up what I said. I figured after posting some Acadiana players and fans would jump on this. I said, from what I have seen from the Northside and St. Louis tournaments, Acadiana has not shown improvement. I didn't say they can't improve. I understand the coach's move of getting people playing time. I agree with that for the most part. I have known Lucious for a while now and I respect his coaching ability. I think it will come back to bite Acadiana though, that they didn't send their varsity to the Sulphur tourney and only few of their starters have played a full game in tournament play. Lafayette's players were dead at the final. But in district when you only play one game a day, those players will be running for 80 minutes plus if need be. This was a different Lafayette team than the oone I saw in the Northside tourney. They played a different style of ball. Acadiana on the other hand, played the same way they did at Northside. I wasn't impressed. Maybe they will begin a peak coming up or something. I just don't think that a rested Acadiana team will beat a rested Lafayette team. It won't shock me if they do, I would just bet on Lafayette. Also, the reason I think Sulphur might give Acadiana trouble the next time is that I watched Sulphur and they play a high pressure style of game. That will give Acadiana problems. I Acadiana is going to pick it up and make a run, they need LeBlanc to step up (which he did in the Rummel game), Wilks (sp?) has to be an animal in the middle, Goodwin has to keep making plays like he is, the defense needs to step up, and #19 (I think they call him Sabo) needs to trail back when someone beats him rather than stopping and watching the guy run down and shoot on goal. When all is said and done, I think Lafayette and Acadiana will be top 2, but it wouldn't shock me if Sulphur gives Acadiana a second loss. All three teams are excellent and could make a run, it's just a matter of who decides to step it up. As of Saturday, it looked like Sulphur and Lafayette were ready to make that step.
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Post by goat on Dec 22, 2003 18:12:52 GMT -6
once again hdkjga everyone is intitled to thier opinion. i just happen to disagree. the one thing that i will agree with is what you said about saboe, and don't worry i'm sure coach lou will point that out to him. hey i won't be suprised if both lafayette and acadiana have another loss to some other than each other, sulphur and cro can beat anyone if they are on top of there game. just remember one thing as of today sulphur is in first place in the district, not lafayette or acadiana, so anything can happen.
i just don't understand why ya'll think lafayette is going to get sooooo much better than they already are. i think every team has room for improvement but come on, when it comes down to it lafayette and acadiana games will be a war no matter what. one other thing i don't understand is your statement that a well reated lafayette team will beat a well reated acadiana team, didn't acadiana win the district game played so far, and weren't both teams rested. acadiana has loss 3 games this year by a total o 3 points and a shootout loss. it seems like they know what they are doing.
i do know one thing for sure lafayette and acadiana have very good soccer teams and beleave it or not i always pull for the lions except when they play acadiana.
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Post by hdkjga on Dec 22, 2003 18:26:54 GMT -6
In my opinion a shootout win is a tie and a shootout loss is a tie. I know district games can't end in a tie so they go through all the motions to determine a winner. With that said, Acadiana hasn't lost in district yet, just tied and lost in the shootout. Lafayette hasn't lost in district they tied and lost in a shootout. I am no longer affiliated with any team. I have no real loyalties. I just try to be as objective as possible based off of what I see. I have no doubt that Acadiana will play twice as good as they did in the tourney, when they play Lafayette. I just think when all things are equal, Lafayette is a stronger team. As the year proceeds, that could and very well might change, but right now, Lafayette has played in 3 tournaments. Lost in the semis at Northside, won the Sulphur, and lost in the finals at St. Louis. Acadiana lost in the finals by 3 points to Jesuit at Northside, didn't break bracket in the Sulphur b/c they chose not to bring their varsity, and didn't break bracket in the St. Louis. Lafayette has 4 recorded losses.....1-2 to Acadiana, shootout loss to Acadiana, 1-4 to St. Louis, 0-1 OT loss to Brother Martin. Acadiana has 3 recorded losses: 2-5 to Jesuit, shootout loss to Sulphur, 2-3 loss to Vandy. That is a very good start to the season for both these teams. I have my opinion as do others. I agree that come the next Lafayette/Acadiana game it will be a war. I LOVE THIS GAME!! Good luck to Acadiana, Lafayette, Sulphur and the rest of District 3. Hopefully we can see an all district 3 final in late Feb. I have seen Jesuit play and they can be beaten all 3 of these teams, but only time will tell.
ps - Lafayette plays BM at 1pm Sat. at LHS. Should be good soccer so come check it out. Also, if you are in the Covington area, check out the St. Paul's tourney. I wish I could go, but the holidays have me grounded. Good luck to all teams.
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Post by goat on Dec 23, 2003 8:22:29 GMT -6
all good points hdkjga and you may be right. lets look at some history and see if my opinion has some merit. acadiana won the state champ. in 97 and 98, they went to the st.paul tourny both years and didn't break bracket. the year they went to the finals and loss to BM they went to 2 tourny and didn't break bracket. they also went 2-1 against lafayette with the second win being a shootout win to break the tie for 1st place in district. i guess you get my point , who cares what happens in a tourny! the only thing that matters is the state playoffs. every year lafayette looks better than acadiana on paper, and while lafayette has come on strong the last two years acadiana has a better state playoff record than lafayette over the last 6 or 7 years. acadiana will be there in the end and will play there best soccer in the playoffs like they always do. good luck to all of dis. 3 and i hope everyone has a very happy and safe holiday season.
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Post by hunter_killer on Jan 6, 2004 16:39:37 GMT -6
There might be some surprises.
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Post by barbe34 on Jan 6, 2004 23:10:28 GMT -6
ok i guess nobody cares about barbe they are 4-3 right now in district. yalls picks are way off. acadiana and lafeyete will finish uptop this is how i see it
lafeyette acadiana barbe carencro sulphur westgate comeaux nish
barbe has won 4 district games straight. they are getting better by each game. i think it will be a close one who finishes 3rd out of barbe and cro but i think it will be a good game when they do meet again barbe has improved alot. i think lafeyette is better than acadiana. but sulphur has to be the most overrated team in the district i dont see how acadiana would ever come close to loseing to them.
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Post by cockysoccerplayer on Jan 7, 2004 1:03:56 GMT -6
barbe34... u need to chill out with u and ur team... u will get recognition when the time is right. barbe's district losses have been to carencro, acadiana , and lafayette... when u beat one of those teams u can start talking... wait til the match up wit acadiana... i think acadiana will take this one 4-1
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Post by hdkjga on Jan 7, 2004 1:16:42 GMT -6
I think district will fall:
1)Lafayette 2)Acadiana 3)Cro 4)Sulphur 5)Barbe 6)Comeaux 7)NISH 8)Westgate
After seeing that Sulphur and Barbe are tied at 4-3 in district play and see as how Sulphur was beaten by Barbe on their losing streak, I think Sulphur will bounce back. It won't be that close between Barbe and Carencro, I think it will be a good exciting game, but Barbe is not that good yet. My advice to Barbe. Take it one game at a time. I am happy you have beaten the bottom 3 teams and Sulphur, but you have too many games left to be saying you will be battling Cro for third.
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Post by maddie86 on Jan 7, 2004 7:18:16 GMT -6
i guess they think barbe is the better team then sulphur when sulphur had 25 shots against them
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Post by willwright on Jan 7, 2004 15:39:19 GMT -6
i think barbe will win out in district and celebrate bc they won a district title
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Post by soccerstud722 on Jan 7, 2004 19:41:52 GMT -6
hahahahahaha thank you barbe34 for making my day. You are a real funny guy. do u think yall can actually beat carencro, sulpher again, como again, and nish and westgate again? u have got to be kidding me. yall r not that good. i have to give u some respect for what uve done so far this season but get real. i didnt even think yall would win more than 2 games. but u r just setting urslef up for a big let down when u dont make the playoffs. and putting westgate finishing before como. thats another good one. but i guess we r all entitled to our own opinions right?
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Post by BucD on Jan 7, 2004 20:19:18 GMT -6
Barbe34 isnt even on barbe varsity...and nobody from the team istalking down any other teams.....or promising anything....were just working hard....game by game....
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Post by McScruff on Jan 7, 2004 20:20:58 GMT -6
hey hdkjga, did you mean for Barbe to tank it one game at a time, or take it one game at a time?
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Post by hdkjga on Jan 8, 2004 4:58:34 GMT -6
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