The Cult Of Foster.

[kynan]

After a flying start to the season the goals have been a bit harder to come by for Foster. In the last 5 league matches Foster has only managed to add one more goal to his tally, with an assist too in those 5 games.

He has managed to get 3 goals in two Champions League games, plus 4 goals and 3 assists in 3 Cup games to add on to his tally however.

The league is really tough this season and even with Foster doing so well Halifax are struggling to keep the top spot. They are currently 1 point clear, but there are a host of clubs behind waiting for any slip up.

[kynan]

The goals are still coming, although not as fast as at the start of the season now. 46 for the season to date so far, with 18 assists and 13 MOM's is a very good return for this time in the season.

The nature of the Cup has put Halifax in a very impossible position against much stronger teams and as a result they lost 3-1 in todays first leg. There is very little hope of turning the result around, but with Foster on 49 Cup goals it would be nice if he could get another this season in the second leg to notch up the big 50.

Foster has come up with some important goals in the League recently however as the overall teams performance has been less than impressive. 2 points clear at the top of the table, but not playing well as a team. There is doubts on if Halifax can take the title, but we are still in a strong position due to Foster's impressive start to the season.

[kynan]

As expected, the Cup gulf was too big and as a result Halifax have crashed out for another season. Not before Foster managed to get to 50 Cup goals, as well as getting himself an extra assist too. An injury in the league stopped him from adding further goals today, but even with that done, he sits on 48 goals so far this season.

Foster as a result is now on 379 goals for the club, with 171 assists.

[kynan]

A goal in the Champions League, followed by another in the League takes Foster to 50 goals for the season.

Out of the Cup, but with a slender lead in the CL (won first leg 2-1) and a 1 point lead in the league, its still all to play for.

[kynan]

Foster seems to be in a bit of consistent and steady period at the moment, often scoring once in every game. He has done that in the last few, helping Halifax through to the next round in the Champions League, whilst popping up with the winner in the League today.

The only negative on his book is that in todays Champions League game he got his second yellow of the season and as a result will sit out the first leg of the next round with a suspension.

Up to 53 goals for the season though, with 21 assists. A MOM in the League game took him to 14 for the season and as Foster got 1 cone earlier this season in the random daily gifts from friends he has now managed to go from 220 to 221 in quality.

[kynan]

As Foster celebrates his 150th league game the goals look to have dried up. Having had two yellows in the Champions League Foster had to sit out the first leg of the semi final yesterday. He did grab the winner in the league game later on yesterday, but it was another tight game with not much action.

In the last 3 league games Foster has only managed to net once, in the game yesterday, although he has assisted twice too in those games and won one MOM award. His overall performance in the league games has helped to push Halifax to a 8 point lead with 4 games left.

54 goals for the season with a few games left, which isn't a bad return for the season at all, but with such a fantastic start to the season it does feel the second half of it has slowed up a little bit for Foster.

Of course, the ridiculous new league structure isn't helping things either, with Halifax yet again put in a shark league, but it is what it is and the team and Foster have had to adapt accordingly.

[kynan]

Another game and another goal in the league for Foster today. Again, he is scoring almost every game, without really making his mark. In today's Champions League Semi Final Second Leg game however Foster ran the show, scoring twice and assisting twice on route to picking up another MOM. Halifax are through to the Final again thanks to Foster's great dominance today.

The season is coming to an end soon and its been another good one to date for Foster. He has slowed down on his goal return in the last two weeks of the season compared to how quickly and on fire he was at the start of the season, but his overall return, 57 goals and 25 assists to date, is more than acceptable really. 3 more league games (Against the teams in 2nd, 3rd and 4th no less!) and one more Champions League game to go, so it will be interesting to see if Foster can add to his tally.

[kynan]

Foster popped up with the only goal in todays Champions League Final, to give Halifax the cup. The title is also Halifax's now too, although Foster didn't score in todays game - but he did assist twice. Just one more game in the league to go, but its a dead rubber now.

Truth be told I think everyone will be glad to see the back of this season. It started very well for Foster with him scoring for fun, but the last two weeks has seen a bit of a drought - with Foster having gone a long time since he last scored twice in a league game. His assist making has increased whilst his scoring has decreased, so its not all doom and gloom.

58 goals as a return for the season is far from poor too in all fairness. Can't really complain with that. Just one more game to add to it however if possible.

[kynan]

The season is now over, with Foster managing to get one more goal in the last league game of the season.



Overall for the season Foster has 59 goals and 27 assists from 48 games. His performances won him 16 MOM awards too. He finishes as both the league scorer and the best average rating winner, whilst being the 2nd best assist maker.



The pleasing part this season seems to be Foster's return in the Champions League and in the Cup whilst we stayed in it, where he put in some fantastic performances to end with some very decent figures.



This puts his stats to date at the end of the season as the following



Up to 117MOM awards too now.

It is hoped that we will get a kinder league draw next season, as it sucks to be given hard teams every season. The cup is expected to be a joke for us again and with no intention to increase the overall quality of the team next season apart from Foster's power training it will be expected we will be making a speedy exit from that competition.

[kynan]

A new season means one thing - Foster is called into training early morning and put through his paces. He is fed green pack after green pack, then given training after more training until simply he can not take any more. To the point where he can't get any better and he is simply the best he can be. Over the threshold of 10 star again after an hour and a bit of non stop power training.

The squad has been supplemented with a few new signings to go along side the new and improved Foster as he looks to keep FC Halifax going on.

The first game of the season was fast approaching too, against a team two leagues above Halifax - and Foster managed to net once as Halifax pulled off a very impressive 3-0 win. Hopefully that's a big enough buffer to hold onto in the second leg - although the teams awaiting Halifax are even harder should they get through.

Back up and running, now as a 24 year old and having already got off the mark for this season.