BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Monday, October 1, 2012

2012 UFL Cup preview: Q&A with Nomads coach Mick Denison


This appears in the Monday, October 1, 2012 edition of the Business Mirror.

Q&A with Nomads coach Mick Denison
by rick olivares

UFL: How does Nomads look into the new season?

Coach Mick: We have a very strong squad when everyone is available due to work commitments.


UFL: What changed in the offseason?

Coach Mick: Randy has stepped down as his wife is pregnant. He’s still captain but Nichi Severino is now my right hand man plus Paul Hynes is now assistant.


UFL: Does the club have enough funds now to sign players and compete?

Coach Mick: At the moment no we do not have money to compete. I am working on a sponsorship deal for the UFL league. Too late for the Cup. Our lads who do not work are basically getting minimal expenses for training and games.  


UFL: The UFL just got a whole lot more competitive with the promotion of Pachanga and their subsequent merger with Diliman. Has Nomads ever discussed as a team about staying in Division One and not wanting to move down?

Coach Mick: We will be OK. Similar to last year. 5th is excellent for us. We should not be in the bottom 3. We have a friendly versus Pachanga at Nomads on Sunday at 4pm.


UFL: Who are the new players and where did they come from?

Coach Mick: The two Fil-Brits Aaron De Rama and Jason Arroyo turned up for try outs and are very good players. They will be big assets for us. I want to give them contracts if we get a sponsor. John Atangana is still very raw from the 2nd team but has a lot of promise and I expect him to play well this year. He is a very nice lad and I like him very much. Mikael Carduso came from the 2nd team too, he can play football and I like him. The other new lads are very much an unknown at the moment as we have struggled to train because of the rain and pitch closure.


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