WXV: Pacific Islanders

[Jay]

Hello guys, I am Jayman the new head coach of the mighty Pacific Islanders Football Club. I would just like to take a moment to acknowledge the fine work of c4v3m4n on getting the Islanders up and running and providing a young quality list for me to work with as well as attracting a large amount of interest in this great football club.

In this thread I will include and update many key parts of the Islanders including draft picks, results, announcements etc.

Stay tuned... :)

[Jay]

COACHING PANEL

Head Coach - Jayman
Senior Assistant Coach - tabs
Trade advisor - upthemaidena
Draft advisor - tbagroxks
Assistant Coach - Maximus
Errands boy - Master Q :P



LEADERSHIP GROUP

[Jay]

STADIUM

The Islanders will now give you a sneak peak of our new stadium based in Port Moresby... Mercury Arena

This should be big enough for our large supporter base but on some big occasions I see the 91,170 capacity being an issue. Hopefully we can cram in all our faithful Islander fans though.

TEAM SONG

Written by Jukes in collaboration with Freddie Mercury
Performed by Queen

We've paid our dues
Time after time
We served our suspension
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
We've made a few
We've had our share of goals kicked against us
But we've come through

We are the champions - our fans
And we'll keep on fighting - till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are the champions - of the world XVs

We've taken our bows
And our curtain calls
You brought us fame and fortune and everything that goes with it
We thank you all

But it's been no field of dreams
No pleasure cruise
We consider it a challenge before the entire world
And we ain't gonna lose

We are the champions - our fans
And we'll keep on fighting - till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are the champions - of the world XVs

[Jay]

TEAM LIST

PACIFIC ISLANDERS   2016 Squad  with updated positions

Def: R Laird, M Hurley, M Suckling(D/F), A Tomlinson(D/F), C Hampton, L Spurr, J Kolodjashnij, S Day(D/F), J Hamling, T Mohr, A Otten, B Williams(D/M) J Tippett

Mid: A Gaff, T Mitchell, M Bontempelli, C Guthrie, M Rischitelli, J. Kelly, S Gibson, V Michie, M Goodyear, D Mountford

Ruck: M Leuenberger(R/F), J Witts(R/F), R Stanley(R/F), M Jamar

Fwd: M Barlow(F/M), S Motlop(F/M), D Smith, M Grigg(F/M), A Fasolo, B Howlett(F/M), M de Boer(F/M), L Duggan(F/M), M Taberner, J Lyons(F/M), P Ahern(F/M), J Lamb, C Ah Chee, M McGovern, H Himmelberg

Rookie List: H Dear(D), B Gowers(D), A Allir(D), W Fordham(M), T Read(R)

[Jay]

RESULTS & FIXTURES 2014

[Jay]

DRAFTS & TRADES

1. Pacific give: Sam Reid
    Pacific get: Lee Spurr

2. Pacific give: Shane Savage + Zach Williams + Dan Talia + pick 42
    Pacific get: Jarryd Blair + Terry Milera + pick 25

3. Pacific give: Jack Viney + Jackson Paine + pick 60
    Pacific get: Andy Otten + Lindsay Thomas + pick 15

4. Pacific give: Tom Rockliff + Luke Delaney + pick 78
    Pacific get: Jack Redden + Michael Hurley + Sam Day

5. Pacific give: Tom Nicholls + pick 25
    Pacific get: Josh Jenkins + pick 8

6. Pacific give: Chris Dawes + Matt Watson
    Pacific get: Phil Davis + pick 65 + pick 81

[Jay]

RESERVES

The Port Moresby Iguanodons


Logo designed by Toga. Big cheers to him!

The Iguanodons, named after a supposedly long-extinct dinosaur, will play their home games at Lloyd Robson Oval, a ground in Port Moresby which has a capacity of just over 10,000 as of early 2013. There are plans by the Pacific Islanders to increase this to 22,000 in the near future through redevlopments, in addition to state-of-the-art training facilities next door at the Tom Rockliff Centre of Excellence.

[Jay]

First game of 2013 review

So the club had their first game under coach Jayman last weekend and everything went well. The standouts include Sam Gibson, Matt De Boer, Claye Beams and also coach's pet Luke Brown made an impact and is looking to force his way into the best XV

We would like to see a bit more from Matty Leuenberger as he regains fitness. Rhys Stanley was disappointing but we have no worries that he will have a great 2013

We are in an interesting division involving Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Wellington and also New Delhi.

Keep an eye out as we take on the Armadillos this weekend

[Jay]

BREAKING NEWS

Jukes hands in his resignation - what does this mean for the Islanders?

Today we heard shocking news that football operations manager, Jukes is pursuing a head coaching role in Moscow. We wish him all the best and thank him for his services but of course we are sad to see him go. The Islanders assure there fans there will be no mercy next time we come up against Moscow.

We are now looking for someone to take Jukes' very important role and an announcement is expected to be made in the coming days...

[DazBurg]

lol Jay you obviously have announced it before jukes announced it  :P

[Jay]

lol Jay you obviously have announced it before jukes announced it  :P

Jukes is lazy :P He told me to post it lol

[DazBurg]

lol Jay you obviously have announced it before jukes announced it  :P

Jukes is lazy :P He told me to post it lol

no probs buddy was just amusing is all  ;)

[Jay]

:P Let the Jbag combo begin :P

In news that footy ops manager, Jukes is off to Moscow we have searched the nation far and wide to find a replacement for him. In our search we noticed a small club called the Tibet Llamas in which the quantity young talent really jumped out at us. We think, that coach deserves a shot at the big time with the most promising young list in WXV.

So to whoever has Taylor Walker, watch out next trade period because we now have tbagrocks joining the Islanders.

[tbagrocks]

Thanks J, let the destruction of the world begin!

[Maca24]

So is TBag assistant?
Tbag weren't you at Beijing? :P