SAEFL SEASON 10 WEEK 10

DIVISION 1 GAMES

InterQuartile Rangers are a team that perform nice every week, but remain without points in spite of that too often. Having won only 1 out of 6 matches, IQ are a relegation candidate, being in the danger zone, something that you wouldn't expect when you look at the EMP they have week after week. So, of course, in a situation like this, you can only wait until their good performance finally pays off. Luckily for Terry, already this week was his lucky week. This weeks opponent was Jazz Greats, the nr. 4 team of the league, and so a pretty tough opponent. The match was very exciting. Both Terry and Bart fielded an almost equally strong team. Barts team would have been somewhat better, if it weren't for that red card for Mantorras. That made him miss 6.81 EMP, which would have probably been enough for the victory. However, that was not the only reason for JG's defeat. Because even in the current situation, IQ were given 32 chances, against 31 for JG. That difference is not that much, and when you consider that IQ was playing with a NSL 9 GK, and JG with a NSL 10 GK, JG still should have won this game. But they didn't. IQ's goalie simply had a magical day, and that finally resulted in another 3 points for IQ. Due to goal difference, it will probably not be enough yet to escape the relegation zone, but it sure brought IQ a lot closer to that escape. JG fail in their attempt to chase the top 3. Does this mean midtable for the Greats?

PLAYED AT	InterQuartile Stadium
ATTENDANCE	23538

InterQuartile Rangers				15		The Jazz Greats				11

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	C. Keller	9	9.82	31	11	GK	A. Apsalar	10	10.65	32	15
CB	F. Quiroga *	9	10.18	0	0	DS	B. Brant	10	12.23	0	0
FB	P. Karaxure	9	10.54	1	0	CB	T. Titzlinger	9	10.38	2	1
FB	E. Pope	9.5	11.17	2	0	FB	K Sheedy	9	9.62	2	0
CM	B. Olsen	9	11.17	3	0	MF	A. Eriksson	9	10.76	1	0
CM	E. Stewart	9.5	12.32	1	1	MF	T. deMeersman	9	10.49	2	1
MF	D. Iego	9.5	13.09	5	2	W	W. Smell	9.75	12.58	6	1
AM	S. Gerrard_1	9.5	15.09	8	5	W	R. Castelen	10	12.60	6	3
AM	M. Hamm #	10	16.14	3	2	S	I. ColdAsIce Booked	9	13.68	1	0
AM	B. Albert	10	15.22	5	4	CF	R. Rowbottom *	10	18.97	7	3
CF	A. Wambach	9	10.99	4	1	CF	P. Mantorras # SENT OFF 56	10	11.22	4	2	56
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	T. Howard	7.75	0.00	0	0	GK	R. Ruathain	9.5	0.00	0	0
AS	R. Carvalho	8.5	0.00	0	0	DS	G. Tarrant	8	0.00	0	0
WH	T. Sanneh	7	0.00	0	0	MF	H. Ellraiser	9.75	0.00	0	0
S	L. Fabiano	8.75	0.00	0	0	W	D. Malfoy	8.25	0.00	0	0
		0	0.00	0	0	CF	E. Mbamba	11	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		ONE				TACTIC		WP
	STYLE		MD				STYLE		TR
	FORMATION		3 - 6 - 1				FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5

	TOTAL NSL			94.00			TOTAL NSL			94.75
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			125.91			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			122.52
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			46.80			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			29.57
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			79.11			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			92.95


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED

Without a doubt, the match of the week could be no other match than the clash between the numbers 1 and 2 in division 1. Catbel Athletic were 1 point ahead, so they could create a gap by beating FC Inferno, while on the other hand, FI could take the lead by beating CA. That promised a lot of excitement, and of course both Marco and Ivo realized the importance of this outcome too, as Marco played a boost and Ivo even played a GC. And that grudge turned out to be enough to secure the victory. (Believe me: when CA play their strongest team in a home game with a grudge, no team can beat them before midseason aging. Well, except for DL maybe, but they play in another division) Just look at the EMP: over 151, and if Ivo would have kept his nerve when he tried to copy and paste AS Damaseb, it even would have been higher! FI on the other side show that they have a top team, reaching almost 130 EMP in an away game, when dealing with an injury. That should and probably will be enough for a high position this season, but this week it wasn't enough to beat CA. CA are four points ahead now, and AA can walk away 3 points from FI too. Let's see what they have done this week.....

SAEFL SEASON 10 WEEK 10

PLAYED AT	Union Ground
ATTENDANCE	34422

Catbel Athletic				14		F.C Inferno				6

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	I. Akinfejev	9.75	11.10	13	6	GK	C. Ryan	10	11.01	33	14
FB	J. Carlos	10	13.64	2	1	DS	M. Salmon ^	9.5	11.76	0	0
AS	R. Shipena	10	15.48	6	3	DS	O. Aleijador ^^	10.75	12.11	0	0
AS	A. Tacchinardi	10	15.43	3	1	CB	N. Dame	10	11.59	0	0
AS	A. Thor OOP	9.38	15.48	5	3	AS	D. Wilson	10	11.74	2	1	77 ( 27 )
DM	N. NAME *	10	15.57	3	0	CM	H. Stoichkov ^	9.75	14.61	0	0
DM	A. Thor Booked	12.5	19.19	0	0	WH	W. Hop	10	13.01	2	1
CM	G. Garanhao	10	16.13	6	2	WH	M. Jackson *	10	14.67	2	1
CM	B. Vulakazi	10	13.97	2	1	AM	O. Garotinho # ^	9.5	13.57	1	0
MF	G. vanMaasakkers	9.25	14.52	0	0	AM	J. Saartje	10	14.21	3	2
S	M. Milamber #	8.5	12.03	6	3	S	G. Matador ^	9.5	10.46	3	1
		PENALTY		1	1			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	F. Costanzo	9.5	0.00	0	0	GK	G. Harriston	9	0.00	0	0
FB	R. Weasley	10	0.00	0	0	DS	Q. Beleza SUBON 77	8.5	1.70	0	0	77
AS	A. McPhysto	9	0.00	0	0	WH	S. Correria	10	0.00	0	0
CM	B. Bremmner	10	0.00	0	0	AM	D. Engine	9	0.00	0	0
S	D. Lazovic	9	0.00	0	0	S	O. Tosco	7.75	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		CP				TACTIC		ONE
	STYLE		CA				STYLE		MD
	FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1				FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			99.63			TOTAL NSL			95.50
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			151.43			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			129.43
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			50.16			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			59.98
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			101.27			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			69.45


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED

Excelsior Warren and Apocalypse are 2 teams that are very close in the league table, for already a long time. This season, so far, has been no different: EW have 7 points, and AP have 6. That is not enough yet for a position in the top half of the table, where we are used to seeing them, but then again, the top half of the table is only 1 win away. The only trouble is that in this match, only one team can win. (Of course Peter, I know that goes for every match, trust me.) So, (and especially if EW should win this), if this game does not end in a draw, we could witness a gap between these teams. Simon apparently was destined to be on the good side of the gap, as he played a grudge where Martin decided to leave things as they are. And that was just what made the difference. The Grudge was helpful enough to give EW the extra EMP they needed to secure a win, and that did it! With 14 goals against 7, EW add 3 points to their total, and jump up the table, only behind JG on goal difference. AP however, have as many points as IQ, and they have to wait for what OC have done this week, or they might end up in the relegation zone.

SAEFL SEASON 10 WEEK 10

PLAYED AT	Monument Park
ATTENDANCE	25224

Excelsior Warren				14		Apocalypse				7

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	A. Manchester *	10	11.01	19	7	GK	G. Coutinho	10	10.31	27	14
DS	B. Churchill	8.25	10.05	0	0	CB	M. Jansen1	10	11.73	0	0
CB	H. Grey	9	11.90	0	0	CB	M. Dingsdag	10	10.29	1	0
CB	C. Sebastian	10	13.93	1	1	CB	J. OShea	10	10.31	0	0
AS	J. Davout	9	11.60	0	0	MF	S. Schaars	9.75	11.04	3	0
DM	D. Lear	9.75	12.76	0	0	MF	A. Rankovic	10	9.89	3	1
DM	P. Walter	10	13.44	1	0	W	K. Sone	10	13.58	5	2
S	M. Hof	9	15.69	5	1	W	M. Uttemanneke	9.75	12.08	1	1
S	C. Soult	9	15.73	11	8	S	B. Urnley	10	14.59	2	2
S	B. McCarthy1	9	13.32	2	0	CF	M. Harrold	9.5	15.20	2	0
S	S. Blank # Booked	10	17.03	7	4	CF	G. Batata * #	10	16.85	2	1
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	A. Marmont	9	0.00	0	0	GK	B. Wijnen	10	0.00	0	0
DS	M. Buchan	8	0.00	0	0	CB	R. Knol	8.5	0.00	0	0
CB	B. Magruder	7.5	0.00	0	0	W	N. Dyer	9	0.00	0	0
DM	N. Kalahari	8	0.00	0	0	S	M. Sonck	9	0.00	0	0
S	W. Pigeon	8.25	0.00	0	0	CF	B. Peeters	8	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		LB				TACTIC		WP
	STYLE		ST				STYLE		TR
	FORMATION		4 - 2 - 4				FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5

	TOTAL NSL			93.00			TOTAL NSL			99.00
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			135.45			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			125.56
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			69.49			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			27.73
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			65.96			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			97.83


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED

.....and here's the answer to the question of that previous match. Alcohol Anonymous did not win their game. However, they didn't loose it either. So, they climb from 3rd to 2nd place, with 1 point more than FI now, although the gap with CA increases to 3 points now, so we can state that CA is the big winner this week. For AA however, the draw was fair. Their match against Lisbon United was a tough one, and as far as I can remember, matches between LU and AA have always been tough, and close. Nuno and Nathan played an almost equally strong team, created almost the same EMP, created 5 chances each, and both managed to score 1 of those. The only thing that jumps out of it, is that AA played with a NSL 8.5 GK, while LU played with a NSL 10 GK. So, in case this match did deserve a winner after all, it should have been Nuno, but actually, I thing looking at all the stats, this draw is a fair result. (Although I can understand that Nuno has a somewhat different opinion)

SAEFL SEASON 10 WEEK 10

PLAYED AT	Stadium of light
ATTENDANCE	27770

Lisbon United				1		Alcohol Anonymous				1

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	I. Okashi	10	11.40	5	1	GK	L. deCarpolini	8.5	9.30	5	1
FB	M. Pink	9	10.95	0	0	DS	W. Altercapio *	10	13.38	0	0
FB	L. Moura	9	11.73	0	0	AS	J. Probst	8.75	11.93	0	0
FB	H. Luz	9.5	13.23	0	0	AS	C. Canon	9	12.75	0	0
DM	H. Stern *	9	13.04	1	0	AS	L. Fontaine	10	14.48	0	0
DM	A. Shepperson	10	14.05	0	0	DM	W. IldRomance	8	11.43	0	0
DM	A. DeGrote	10	13.89	1	1	CM	N. Mirza	8	12.00	2	1
CM	D. Carvalho	9	13.03	3	0	CM	B. As	8.75	12.80	0	0
CM	J. Agackapoulus	10	12.71	0	0	CM	R. Holt	8.75	12.59	1	0
CM	F. Adu	10	14.18	0	0	MF	A. Jardim	8.75	11.51	0	0
CF	M. Tsigalko #	6.5	7.63	0	0	CF	M. Addog #	10	10.45	2	0
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		1	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	M. Chau	9	0.00	0	0	GK	L. deCarpolini	8.5	0.00	0	0
FB	D. Dente	9	0.00	0	0	DS	R. Neethling	10.75	0.00	0	0
DM	J. Barnes	8.75	0.00	0	0	DM	V. Diaby	7.25	0.00	0	0
DM	J. Perestrelo	9	0.00	0	0	MF	J. Skoko	8.25	0.00	0	0
		0	0.00	0	0	CF	S. Hittingbricks	10	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		CP				TACTIC		BC
	STYLE		FL				STYLE		ST
	FORMATION		3 - 6 - 1				FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			92.00			TOTAL NSL			90.00
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			124.44			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			123.32
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			43.22			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			74.11
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			81.22			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			49.21


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED

Oaklake City and NoShaKi '98 are 2 of the 3 teams in the relegation zone, and although it is still early in the season, I think it is realistic to say that we have a true relegation battle here, or a sixpointer, if you prefer. In spite of the huge interests of this game, neither Keith nor Mike played a grudge, no, they did not even play a boost! However, since they both did not play any extra's, it only meant that this game was still in balance, as they both were almost equally strong, not just in NSL but also in EMP, and in fact they even created the same number of chances: 33. So, up till this point, it's the same story as the previous game. But that is where the comparison ends, as in this game, we also had 2 GK's with different NSL. In this game, the difference was much smaller (10 against 9.75), but the consequences were much bigger: OC scored 15, and NW only 11. So, OC escape the relegation zone (after we already witnessed AP lose their game), while NW's problems increase. Is Mike looking to rebuild in div 2, and then come back to div 1 with a lot of Championship dollars? You never, know. I mean, CA did not relegate on purpose, but the 1 year in div 2 has been very good for them, just look at where they are now. But still.....this is so unlike NW.....

SAEFL SEASON 10 WEEK 10

PLAYED AT	Dome of the Oaks
ATTENDANCE	27172

Oaklake City				15		NoShaKi WC98				11

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	S. Haffner	10	11.27	33	11	GK	P. Cech	9.75	10.43	33	15
DS	S. Lundeen	9	10.45	0	0	FB	F. Back	8.75	9.80	0	0
AS	J. Jefferson *	9	14.31	2	0	FB	T. Cornelisse	9.25	10.97	1	1
AS	J. Tossi	9.25	13.07	3	2	FB	G. Enela	10	10.78	2	2
AS	I. WindyPop	10	13.01	3	2	MF	C. Chevalric OOP *	8.5	10.83	0	0
DM	P. Reid	8.5	11.17	3	2	MF	G. Silva Booked	8.25	10.15	5	3
DM	S. Organista	9.5	12.28	3	3	W	F. Kinder	9	11.47	3	1
CM	R. Joca	10	11.96	5	3	W	L. Griffith	9	11.59	3	0
CM	P. Castro	10	13.27	5	1	S	J. Torres	12.5	15.34	9	0
MF	J. Reed	10	14.50	5	0	CF	H. Hercules	9	15.05	6	2
S	M. Jayden #	10	11.11	4	2	CF	D. Makeni #	10	16.46	4	2
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	S. Loser	9	0.00	0	0	GK	K. Loothommel	9.25	0.00	0	0
DS	A. Woods	8.75	0.00	0	0	FB	A. Heintze	8.25	0.00	0	0
AS	L. Legion	9	0.00	0	0	DM	L. Miller	9	0.00	0	0
CM	M. McSporran	8.75	0.00	0	0	W	C. Eagles	8.25	0.00	0	0
S	P. Jevons	8.25	0.00	0	0	S	C. Kano	9.25	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		CP				TACTIC		WP
	STYLE		CA				STYLE		AA
	FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1				FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5

	TOTAL NSL			95.25			TOTAL NSL			94.25
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			125.12			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			122.43
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			44.69			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			28.91
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			80.43			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			93.52


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED

Another Dutch clash this week. (Well, next season we will have Martijn in div 1, and the season after that Otto and Wouter will follow, and in 3 years I expect to have at least 2 dutch clashes every week! If only we can manage to keep Jeroen in div 1.....) Anyway: another dutch clash, in the match between Tottenford Heats and The Boelewieten. Both Mark and Jeroen are specialized in playing either a strong ZD or CP, so for both teams, it was puzzling whether they had more chances playing ZD or CP. Playing ZD would most likely reduce the chances of losing, but then again, it would increase the chance on a draw. Well, that problem could be solved if you play a boost, and Jeroen was the only one who wanted to spend it this week. And indeed this boost made TB too strong for TH, as it resulted in 2 smother shots, of which 1 was scored. The fact that TB also used their awarded penalty was merely for the statistics. The 3 points for TB make them climb to 4th place, with 13 points chasing the top 3 teams, and now only 2 points behind FI, and 3 points behind AA. And since next week we have FI-AA on the table, who knows what lies waiting for TB? On the other hand, Mark drops to the bottom half of the table with TH, but since the differences in the midtable are still small, Mark won't care too much I guess.

SAEFL SEASON 10 WEEK 10

PLAYED AT	Stubborn Park
ATTENDANCE	30000 Locked out : 2253

Tottenford Heats				0		The Boelewieten				2

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	A. Chocolate	9	10.24	3	2	GK	P. Adams	9.5	10.52	0	0
FB	P. Mexes	9	12.80	0	0	FB	T. Again	10	15.07	0	0
FB	C. Kampala	9	13.53	0	0	FB	S. Tyler	10	14.66	1	0
FB	N. Karthikeyan	9.5	14.09	0	0	FB	S. Skilgannon	10	14.76	0	0
FB	W. Bouma	10	14.64	0	0	AS	A. Gamberini ^	10.5	14.88	0	0
AS	J. Ramone *	9	14.61	0	0	AS	Q. Donaldson * SENT OFF 77	10	12.61	0	0	77
AS	R. Rage	9.5	13.87	0	0	DM	T. Future ^	9.5	14.60	0	0
DM	B. Kriek	9	12.48	0	0	DM	W. Jack	10	14.76	0	0
DM	T. Lucius	9.75	13.61	0	0	DM	K. Kallstrom	10	13.88	0	0
MF	B. DeCeulaer	8.5	12.07	0	0	MF	S. Craque	10	14.97	0	0
CF	G. Bush #	9	12.16	0	0	S	U. Untouchable # ^	10	12.83	2	2
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		1	1

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	M. Spreksel	10	0.00	0	0	GK	F. Fool	9.25	0.00	0	0
FB	B. RedWine	9	0.00	0	0	FB	B. Rousouw	8.25	0.00	0	0
AS	B. Maes	8	0.00	0	0	AS	D. Onopko	9.5	0.00	0	0
CM	J. DeGuzman	8	0.00	0	0	DM	A. Bsint	9.25	0.00	0	0
S	B. Tripple	7.75	0.00	0	0	S	S. Blade	8	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		ZD				TACTIC		ZD
	STYLE		AD				STYLE		AD
	FORMATION		6 - 3 - 1				FORMATION		5 - 4 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			92.25			TOTAL NSL			98.50
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			133.87			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			143.02
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			101.12			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			107.88
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			32.75			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			35.14


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED