THIS WEEKS FINES
ALL
FINES ARE FREE THIS WEEK
CA 20k Fine. Cannot find this player. S D. M. Milamber
AP 20k fine. Cannot find this player. CB M. Man_1 – You have
no such player
SS 20k Fine. Cannot find this player. GK E.Irvine
SS 20k Fine. Cannot find this player. AM J. Villenueve
PURCHASES FROM THE DRAFT
Draft
was closed this week
TRADES
AA, sends TB
WH K. Illbill ,
nsl 10, 26 yo
TB sends AA
CM B. As nsl
8,75 21 yo
AP sends JG
CF E.Mbamba
11.00 27
$250,000
JG sends AP
W M.Uttemanneke
9.75 23
S M. Sonck 9.00 24
CF G. Batata 10.00 25
TB>AR
WH
AM R. Mitreski 24 8.5
AR > TB
S S.
Blank 22 10.0
600K
AA SEND OC
CM B. Wictoria
12.25 30
S P. Jevons 8.25
23
OC SENDS AA
E. McHale 20 FB 7.5
F. Ball 24 FB 8.5
R. Holt 21 CM 8.75
AP sends AA
$200k
AA sends AP
CM M. Brown 9.25 26
JG sends TB
GK F. Fool 26 9.25
S C. Cutter 20 7
TB sends JG
30 DM 10 M. Piper
24 CM 8.75 B. Brand
26 CM 8.5 S. Shaft
DL sends JG
CB Guyet
23 10
JG sends DL
CB Atreides
20 9
EU -> FI
MF A. Souza age 25 NSL 10
FI -> EU
WH M. Intencionado age 25 NSL 10
FI -> TB
S P. DeBoer age
20 NSL 7,25
MF S. Craque age
25 NSL 10
200k
TB -> FI
AM J. Saartje
age 26 NSL 10
AS D. Wilson age 23 NSL 10
TB sends AA
DM W. Ildromance 20 yo 8
AS C. Canon 29 9
AA sends TB
AS B. Eftekkel
8.5 23
FB L. Croft 5.5 20
FI -> PN
MF A. Souza age 25 NSL 10
PN -> FI
CM H. Stoichkov
NSL 9.25 age 23
AA -> FI
FB B. Fall NSL 8 age 23
FI -> AA
75k
TB sends to SH
WH Killbill - 26 -
10.00
SH sends to TB
AS Palmer - 28 - 10.00
TB sends EW
S. S. Blank 22 yo nsl 10
EW sends TB
AS Q. Donaldson nsl 10.00 age 25
TJ sends FI
220k
FI sends TJ
AM J Allenca NSL 9.25 age 26
AA sends JG
DS 22 10 Brant
CB 29 9 Titzlinger
DM 9 24 Yakubu
+150k
JG sends AA
FB 20 8 Harkonnen
W 22 9 G. Flyer
MF 22 7.75 F. Mint
PRESS REPORT
DIVISION 1
Alcohol Anonymous
Make no bones about it, last season was a struggle for AA. But early indications that this season might be one where AA, perhaps after a few weeks of testing, get back to their best.
Out of the 35 players on the roster at the end of the season, 22 put in improved training performances – measured using a number of methods - with only 7 training less effectively. In particular, gaffer N.A.Clue noted the excellent determination and professionalism of DS W. Altercapio, of AS L. Fontaine, of W M. Essien and CF M. Addog.
“The club paid good money for these players
some time ago – but AA will now reap the rewards of investment. I have been particularly impressed with the
stature and confidence of Altercapio, and he will be
the new club captain where selected, with Brant,
The AA manager also highlighted the improvement made by the likes of J. Edinburgh and A. Hleb.
”I have been waiting for some time to place Jason in the team. Although he has some way to go to fulfilling
his potential, he can now be deemed a top 11 player. People like Hleb, Mirza, Johnson1 and Cullingford
also have potential and this year should see one or two of them step up to the
plate.”
So, can AA fans expect a title push. Clue was wary to give too many clues as to his expectations:
“Let’s just take it week by week. No doubt the squad is stronger than last season – but it’s only season 2 out of a 3 season plan. Not saying that I wouldn’t welcome a push for the championship. AA are always to spend big money on the big players. But I will not break up what could be the most exiting squad ever assembled at Anonymous for the sake of a good week or two”.
So, you heard it here first. Put your money on AA for relegation!
Pre-season 11 cannot be said to be the most transfer-crazed for AA, but in the weeks before kick-off, manager clue has been moulding his squad by wheeling and dealing, in long-term looking moves that, one suspects, may take at least a season to come to fruition.
In the biggest deal, chairman Foss gave Clue the money to trade with his old club, OC, to bring in a number of players.
In comes highly exiting CM R. Holt, together with promising FBs E. McHale and F. Ball. However, AA had to give up their best player, CM Wictoria, to clinch the deal.
Clue tried to calm angry fans by saying: “Yes, I know that this deal is controversial. Wiccy has been a superb for AA over the years. But every player has his price. This is a building year, and the club looked at the situation and decided to sell while his market value is high. Although the lad’s still getting better, he’s 30 now, and we felt that as the club are looking towards next season, that nabbing players like Holt and Ball was too good to pass up”.
The deal also saw early-peaking striker P. Jevons leave the club. We wish them both well.
In the other main deal. WH K. Illbill, who had an excellent pre-season, left for pastures new, joining TB for another good prospect – CM B. As.
AA thanks both managers for their professionalism in doing the deals.
In other deals, legendry player B. Simpson left the Alcies on a free transfer, given because of his outstanding service to the club. B. McCarthy, M. Blonde and M. Brown also left the club.
Lastly, another legend, D. Mills retired. Mills has immediately taken over the post as assistant manager to Clue, and expects to take over management of AA when Clue himself retires at the end of the season. Old club made has also joined as head of youth development, while Simpson is expected to take up a role with the club next year – possibly as assistant to Mills.
Clue is expected to continue dealing over the next few days. He is expected to try to bring in a midfielder and a defender.
At a total cost of 2.5 million – both going for record fees at the time (Mills 800k and Simpson 1.7 million), the bedrocks of the defence of steel played week in, week out for AA (Mills 86 appearances; Simpson 91). In total, Mills played 125 first class games, and 10 international games. This in an era of mass deals.
Simpson, expected to retire at the end of
this season, has to date played 101 first class games, and 9 internationals.
DS Sylfar, the other rock that AA was built on, should not be forgotten. Before he left the club at the end of last season, he had racked up 92 league matches (all for the Alcies), and internationals.
269 league, and 27 internationals. Will there likes ever be seen again?
As a club who prides itself on giving its youth players a decent chance to stake their claim for first team games, AA this week picked the six players it thinks can make a real impact in the world of football. They are:
|
DS |
C. Davies |
4.00 |
19 |
|
CB |
C. Davenport |
7.50 |
20 |
|
FB |
L. Croft |
5.50 |
20 |
|
DM |
|
5.75 |
20 |
|
S |
Q. Owusu-Abeyie |
9.00 |
20 |
|
CF |
T. Walcott |
2 |
18 |
Obviously, attention will focus on exiting prospect Owusu-Abeyie. But manager Clue also noted the potential of another of the band:
“I really like the look of
Overall, Clue was pleased with his crop. Although not all will have careers at the Alcies of Simpson, Mills and Sylfar, we can only hope that one or two are able to forge long-lasting and glorious careers at the greatest club in SAEFL history.
Well, well, well. Who’d have thought it. Well, pretty much everyone, I would have thought.
Because AA and NW, two of the big guns in SAEFL, are set to slug it out in week one of season 11. Expect bruised bodies, and bruised egos. These two clubs (and managers) have huge respect for one another – but they will take no prisoners on the day.
Foss said of his counter chairman “Mike is a true great of SAEFL – as much as I hate to say it J. We have had many battle over the years, and, although both clubs are going through periods of change, it is likely to be as tight, and as exiting, as ever”.
Foss will try out his BC tactic on NW. Although not his strongest suit, Clue feels that Noshaki may look to use his CP tactic on the Alcies (although WP is another alternative). Fans of AA are expected to give Wictoria a huge ovation before he plays his final game for the Alcies.
Apocalypse
After an fantastic first full season under the stewardship of
Manager Martin Bell, Apocalypse finished an excellent 3rd place, with hopes of
clinching the 2nd spot still a possibility on the final week of the season.
Pre-season has seen a
few changes to the AP squad with 4 new players brought in to bolster the first
team. Week 1 of the new season will also
see the last game for the class striker E. Mbamba who
moves on to JG.
What should be
expected from AP this season? The club
hopes to remain though to beat, and expect it to be entertaining along the
way. Another 3rd place finish would be a
great season for AP, although they expect a more competitive challenge from a
number of teams in the battle for a place in the top half of the table. Like every team as they begin a new season AP
has aspirations for the title, but the Manager feels that they are a number of
quality players away from a title challenge.
As for the cup – well we’ll just have to wait and see.
Catbel Athletic
Well well, after a long break, SAEFL is finally starting again.
Season 11 is about to
begin, and at the time the few of you that actually read press are reading
this, we have played the very first matches.
First of all I'd like
to welcome the 12 new managers in division 3.
It's great to have 12
new (or in some cases: older) enthousiastic managers
added to this fantastic game. Let's hope that you will enjoy it to the max, and
if you do, you will probably get hooked on it enough to see your teams get
better and better.
For Catbel Athletic, the new season will be some sort of test.
In season 9, all of a
sudden we relegated to div 2, quite unexpected. So last season, of course, the
objective was to win the Championship, or at least win promotion back to
division 1.
We were happy to see
that those goals were achieved, and even though at the beginning of last leason, some older players were obtained for their NSL, we
did not have to sacrifice too much talented youth for it. In the CA roster,
that contains 38 players, only 6 players are dropping (including killer players
like McPhysto, Maasakkers
and Milamber), so we expect to grow stronger and
stronger in the future.
However, even though
CA is getting stronger, will it be strong enough to survive in division 1 this
season? That is the test I was talking about.
Season 11 promises to
be extremely difficult in div 1. If I want to stay in with CA, I know what I
have to do: make sure to keep 3 teams beneath CA.
But if you'd ask me to
name 3 teams, I wouldn't know which teams to pick.
Sure, it might be
obvious to pick the new teams, the teams that came from div 2.
But look at IQ: Terry
has done a wonderful job last season, and already had a lot of young players on
the best Midfielder list. Those players have only got better and better, and
since most of the players in his roster were young and rising, IQ has only
become a lot better. Besides, Terry has proven in both cup and league last
year, to be a very good manager.
The promotion of OC
has been not much of a surprise either. OC always has had a lot of potential,
and when Keith took over, OC again had a manager with a lot of experience, and
having been a commish of a EFL game himself, Keith
knows the ins and outs of this game, and that brought back the old glory to OC.
In season 11, he will surely use that experience to keep OC in div 1.
So, what other teams
might be candidates for relegation? The teams that were already fighting the
relegation battle last season, and managed to escape?
Phew.....just have a look at those teams: JG, TB and AA.
Bart, Jeroen and Nathan have been rebuilding last season, and
with their young and talented squads they have managed to stay in div 1 thanks
to their managing skills. So, if their ability as a manager hasn't changed all
of a sudden, and their young and talented squads have only got better, they
will definitely be too strong to relegate.
Last seasons title
candidates, TH (who eventually did win the title), NW and AP may have got a
little weaker in some area's, due to the sacrifices
they had to make in their race for prizes.
But hey, everyone
knows that a team that is good enough for a top 3 position, does not turnover
to a relegation candidate in the next season, after just 1 aging. Besides, when
you look at the managers ranking, you will see that Mark, Mike and Martin have
the top positions over there, and that isn't for no
reason.
The
"subtop", being EW, LU and FI? Will they be relegation candidates this
season?
To be honest, I can't
see why. Not only are Simon, Nuno and Marco
wonderful, experienced managers, but the teams that they have been building in
the past seasons might be ready now to challenge a title candidate like TH,
especially since they did not have to make sacrifices in the end that would
make their team weaker, in a race for the title.
Would that
automatically mean that CA is relegation candidate number 1, since all the
other teams are actually too good for places 10, 11 and 12?
You might almost think
so, but in fact, I think that CA is another team that is actually too good to
fall back to div 2, although that will be very difficult, because of all the
reasons I just gave.
So, it will be a very
exciting season. Not only when it comes to relegation by the way, because
actually, all those reason work the other way of the table as well.
The differences in div
1 are very, very small this season, and as exciting as the relegation battle
promises to be, the race for the title promises to be just as exciting.
TH is still my nr. 1 candidate, although Marks team has lost some strength.
But still, the depth
in the TH roster is still amazing, and even though TH got weaker, they
must be able to go for a top position, maybe even nr. 1.
The only exception
would be if Mark decided to go for the cup. In that case, we all know that he
neglects a lot of league games (matter of priorities), and that might result in
a midtable position (safe though). However, teams
like EW, AP, NW and AA can be just as good, if they forget about the cup.
And
what about FI, LU and JG?
Do they have the depth in their team to perform week after week?
It's hard to predict,
but let me try to make some predictions for Season 11:
Div 1:
1. Tottenford Heats
2. Apocalypse
3. Excelsior
Div 2:
1. Druss Legends
2. Grammar
United
3. Point
of Napier
Div. 3:
1. Deo Volente
2.
3. Fanatics
United
Cup:
1. Jazz
Greats
2. NoShaKi WC'98
3+4. InterQuartile
Rangers + Tottenford Heats
Of course, it is
shooting in the dark to predict these things, especially for div 3 as I have no
ideas how good these managers and teams turn out to be. For almost all of the
div 3 teams, I don't even know what players they have or what tactics they want
to play.
However, it wouldn't
be fun not to
predict div 3 too.
For the cup, it's also
a guess of course. As soon as one of these teams starts to worry about
relegation, they will
probably forget about the cup, and then some other team might
benefit.
However, let's just
see what happens for now, and after midseason aging, we will have a midseason
review and analyse the situations again, and this
time with a lot more knowledge about what's happening and what might be
possible.
So, for all you guys:
good luck and have fun!!
And Peter: thanks man!
Ivo, Catbel Athletic.
Excelsior
From the Excelsior
Herald...
A new season looms over
F.C Inferno
WHAT IS GOING ON AT
INFERNO
FI had a wonderful
season 10. Recently promoted, the team managed not only to stay in division 1
but also to win the cup. Thus, this can be considered the most successful
season ever by the team and will be always remembered by the fans.
Now, what to expect
for the future? Some FI players have dropped and many others are still growing.
Basically, we aim the same as last season: to do a fine job in division 1 while
constantly building a pull of young talent.
We are making some
interesting trades this week, and cracking players like MF Craque
are leaving. However, we expect to receive good material for that and we will
be stronger in the future. Watch, for example, the fine CM Stoichkov
just acquired from PN or AS Wilson.
Always interesting in
week 1 is to see how teams aged and what they are planning with trades. Here
are some ideas I have and that might be totally wrong after week 1:
TH: Not as strong as
last season, but still the powerhouse and title favorite.
NW: Also will lose
power compared to last season, since Mike traded some youth for NSL in the end.
AP: Again a very
string top 11, let's see if they come up with a strong backup tactic.
EW: Growing. Much probably a title favorite.
AA: Better than last season,
maybe an outsider for the title?
LU: Stable, as some
great players are losing NSL there are some other growing.
JG: Much stronger, a
favorite for the cup.
TB: Also stronger,
will be hot for the cup too.
CA, OC and IQ: I
haven't followed division 2 so close (ERROR!!!), but all teams look young and
growing. Last season, only one of the 3 promoted teams relegated. It won't be a
surprise if this is the true again!
InterQuartile Rangers
Season 10 ended rather
well for us. We ended up in division 1
and picked up a lot of awards for which I thank those that voted for IQ. I do agree with Peter that ES should have
received the Giant Killer award.
Ironically, after mid-season aging I said IQ was a fifth place team and
that's where we ended up! So how did I
promote to division 1?!?
My goal for this
season is simple; not to relegate. I
have a strong first 11. My depth may
still be a problem. The keeper situation
is also questionable. I did lose a
couple of games last season due to resting players, specifically
goalkeepers. Gomes had the leading save
rate until he aged. So I think I lost
those games due to not enough saves.
I still don't have a
strong enough team for significant trading.
Considering the list of 'surplus' players I saw from some of the Div 1
teams it bothers me a little. What am I
doing here?!?
The first couple of
weeks will give me a better feeling for how the season may go. The cup draw was fortunate. Some stiff competition, but not a group of
death. I don't know if I'll make it as
far this season. After all, I may need
those grudge cards to prevent relegation.
However it happened
I'm in Div 1and I'll make the best of it.
Just don't relegate, don't relegate......
It`s a new season. LU have more players to
rotate but not a strong 11 like last season.
We hope to stay in div1. As last season it
will be hard but we can do it.
Good luck all. Enjoy the game.
NoShaKi WC98
Season
Preview: OC heads into season 11 as perhaps the weekest
team in division 1.
OC was
lucky to grap the last promotion spot in the final weel of the season, and then
aged
poorly during the offseason. The only real positive
was the immergance of youth player M. Jayden.
The 20 year striker has proven to be a
very tallented player, and with NSL 10, Jayden will be the
target
for most league games this season:
OC's
primary goal for season 11 is to avoid relagation.
This team is not strong enough to compete
for the
title, or even to make a serious run at the cup. OC needs to get as many points
as possible
in an
effort to avoid division 2, while striving to get younger and better to help
them compete in
seasons
to come.
Key matches
of OC: IQ and CA make for chances for OC to try and get points. Although both a
good teams,
all 3
teams from division 2 will be competing to avoid relagation.
Also highlighted on the calander are
the 2
weeks against FI. Keith is the original manager of FI, and always enjoys
playing his old team.
Week 1
bring LU. LU was a top half finisher last season, and looked very srtong down the stretch.
As a CP/ZD
team, LU was one of the top defensive teams in all of SAEFL. Over the last 6
weeks of the season,
the
lowest NSL LU fielded was 93, making them one tough opponent. Although it is
impossible to guess what
aging
will have done to the team, it would be stupid to believe that LU would have
dropped off by too much.
To counter
the great defense of LU, OC will also go defensive.
OC will try out the new BC tactic, and try and win
through
time of possession.
Expected
results: OC 0-0 LU
The Boelewieten
The
Boelewieten InSight
Greetings to you all! Best wishes for season 11, have a great season, with great tradings, huge emps and lots and lots of Dutch spam!
Once, a few seasons ago, TB was a strong WP team, and at that time we loved playing against ZD teams! Then, at a stormy night in a Irish pub, the tradingfever caught manager Van Poppel and in a few hours time he sold his young stars to the Devil. The Devil offered him freaks for those youngsters, and somehow Van Poppel also lost that night his freaks! Shaky and with empty hands the manager went home, TB more dead than alive.
The day after, Van Poppel swore never doing trading again, till the last few weeks, the fever hit again. TB, turned from a WP team to a modest ZD team, got some very promising players from the youtdraft. TB bought also last season some topplayers from the draftlist, everything with the idea to have a backup tactic besides the ZD play. Guess what the manager did? Off course, trading your AM’s and WH, and why? Because the man thinks y can play CP with ZD players.
So what we see now in the TB squad. A defense with a very strong and promising section of AS. A volnerable section of FB, when are these gusys gonna drop? And a midfield with young and promising DM’s, great stats, but will they reach ever NSL 10? In the search of an extra DM because DM M. Piper is leaving TB, the manager faced a very stiff tradingmarket. No DM’s for sale or trade. So we looked at replacement from other positions, CM or MF. The manager traded AS Wilson and AM Saartje to FI, gaining MF Craque and 600 K. And why those bugs; manager Babcock put the knife on TB’s neck, he did not accept overdraft anymore. And with that trade the mill of trading started. How to replace my AS, how to secure y have quality enough so yo can trade some new top FB’s half season.
So, did the manager made a mess? We must look at the results coming next few weeks to say something about that.
Prediction for season 11,
Nr 1 FI
Nr 2 JG
Nr 3 NH
Winner of the cup; TB
Greetings, do well!
The Jazz Greats
Well, first off i want to wish everybody a very good season 12 and welcome
all the new managers in division 3.
After an exciting
season 11 where JG managed to stay in division one, allthough
it was close, the aging came as a bit of a disappointment.
Most players gained a
bit of nsl but especially in midfield some players
didn't grow as i thought they would and some players
even lost nsl unexpectedly. And the defense was, as
always, never any good to begin with.
So aging wasn't the
joy i was hoping it would be. But on the upside, JG's attack is as strong (even stronger!) then ever and
there is loads of trading material to strenghten the
midfield and the defense. This will be needed because after a rather anonymous
season 11 JG is now aching for a prize.
The title is still way
out of our league (err..) but JG management has
(modest as always) set hersights on the cup. Peter
has restyled the cup format and this particular compitition
looks more fun then ever. With a slim roster it's also the ideal opportunity to
some glory without having to have roster like TH.
The above will mean
that it will be a tough league season for JG. There won't be any easy matches
this season as, overall, division 1 looks closer and
stronger then ever.
So to summarize, it's gonna be loads of fun :)
Tottenford Heats
It's that time of the
year again. week 1 is there and everybody is busy
building a team.
Due to a holiday I
didn't have time to trade yet but TH will try to do some trading in the
following weeks.
We will have to trade
as the aging was not very friendly to my team.
The team is not as
good as last season but we will still be able to beat a lot of teams with our
starting eleven.
It's the rotation that
will be a lot harder this season.
I would also like to
welcome all new div3 managers. I'm realy curious to
know what kind of players they got in their rosters.
there are 336 new players in the game apart from all
the youth pulls of the existing teams. This means there is a lot of work to do.
Experience tells us
there will be some management changes in div 3 the coming season. When you get
12 new guys in a game there are always some guys who quit during the first
weeks. Most of the time the reason is they don't understand the game. If there
is any new manager out there who has a question no matter how stupid it is,
please drop me an e-mail I will be happy to help you out. Also if there is
anyone who would like to exchange rosters please drop me an e-mail. It's always
good to know eachothers players,
it helps with trading for both sides.
And last but not least
i would like to wish the manager of the defrosted tunafish all the best in his first weeks as a SAEFL
manager. :)
DIVISION 2
Adirondak Renegades
Welcome to
Season 11 and the continuing rebuilding of AR. Of course, if AR are rebuilding,
that implies that they were good at one time. From what I can find, AR started
in the new Second division the second season of SAEFL. They were promoted to
Division 1 for Season 3, and have been buried in Division 2 ever since.
I would
like to announce the long awaited return of AR to Division 1! Unfortunately,
that announcement will probably have to wait until season 12 (: While I think
AR is vastly improved in the year and a half I have managed them, they are
still not strong enough to win promotion.
Aging was not as kind as I had hoped, and the youth class, while very
promising, will not make a major impact until next season.
AR
management has spent a season and a half building a strong young team, and they
have done a good job on half of the task (does that mean management has done a
half-assed job?). AR is indeed a young team. Of the 35 players on the roster,
28 are age 24 or younger. Of the remaining 7, 2 are 25, 2 are 26, and 2 are GK,
a situation which hopefully will be fixed as discussed below.
AR is being
built as a strong attacking team, and I feel we have made great success in that
area. However, we must make at least some effort to stop the other team and we
have not been fortunate here. A major trade was made in season 10 to fix the GK
situation, hopefully for several seasons. A strong, talented CB was traded to
acquire GK R. Maida, age 22 nsl 9.75 and rising. He
is now age 24 nsl 8.0. Quit smiling Marco : Youth GK W Evans 20 8.0 shows great promise in
solving the GK problem, but that will not occur until at least next season.
The defense last season was carried by some strong veteran
defenders who retired. The current defenders are not ready to carry the load.
This is an area AR would like to improve through trade (no Marco, you still
can't have ShivuteJr), so let me know if you are
interested. The AR squad is full of nsl 8-9
defenders, none of whom stand out and deserve special mention.
Despite the
pessimistic tone of the season preview this far, AR management is very excited
about the future. Management focus has been on building a strong midfield and
to date they feel they have been very successful. The current midfield roster
includes:
CM D Ilkes 24 8.25
MF O Pulmao 23 8.5
WH A Kertez 20 5.5
WH
WH W Hall
22 8.75
WH W Hell
23 9.75
WH T Niven 26 9.5
AM H
Callahan 20 4.5
AM S Mann
21 7.25
AM
AM A
Monster 23 8.75
AM A Man 23
10.0
AM R Mitreski 24 8.5
AM
AM D
Fletcher 25 9.0
All except
Fletcher, and of course the youth, increased last aging. AR management hopes
that if the next 2 agings are kind, this midfield
will lead AR into Division 1.
Strikers
are unimportant. My kids, who have both played football for years, agree.
African Selection
All
Right.....another season is under way. Luck was against the Selecs
last year and they find themselves back in Div 2. No matter, it promises to be an exciting season as Select management have their work cut
out for them. They have to identify the needs of the team in order to get back
to Div 1 and to then go out and get the players that will get them back up to
the top flight.
Also, the
Selects are looking forward to the Cup this season. "Over the past few
years, we have been known to mail in our appearances in the Cup" commented
coach Charlie McKenzie. "However, this year there
are no SAEFL teams, which is a good thing. Also, with
the additional division the format has changed and it promises to be a little
more interesting. The Selects are in a tough group with two Div 1 teams as well
as SS from the lowest tier, so we will have a battle on our hands."
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I hope that
everyone had a safe and wonderful holiday season.
Best of luck in the season.
Colin
Oh yeah.
Does anyone know who the reigning World Junior Hockey Champs are????
C-A-N-A-D-A!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, I
think the defending Olympic champs are Canadian as well....men and
women!!!!!!!!
Dead Scientists
After what can only be
described as a disastrous Season 10, The Dead Scientists are set for a major
turnaround in Season 11. The Club have long been
considered the underachievers of the league, but this season could finally see
them achieve something. Promotion may be a bit unrealistic, but I'm confident
the club will hold it's own in this division and may even surprise a few bigger
clubs in the cup. 26 year-old CB H. Foxe could be one
of the stars of the season, while AM M. Bresciano,
24, could play a major part in the second half of the season if he continues to
improve. The goal for this season is to reach the playoffs...anything more than
that is a bonus.
Druss Legends
Englehart Storm
Grammar United
Melchester Rovers
The chairman of the
board here...
After last seasons, to
put it mildly, dissapointing results I have had a
"chat" with our manager of this once great, eh, well, good, hmmm, or rather mediocre club.
Well, he has promised to put in more effort this season (he better,
or he gets kicked out!).
For the first match we
face EU away. Had this been last season we would have gone with an ultra defensive
tactic trying to grind out a boring goalless draw. But to please our few
supporters still holding out Robert has promised to go all out for an exciting
match where we simply try to outscore our opponents. Hopefully we will do just
that...
Well the new season is
starting and we have high hopes for this season after last season's not very
great ending. After being in second
place for a lot of last season, we lost our promotion in the last game of the season
on a Grudge card that was played against us.
By that time, our team had such low stamina points as a whole, that we had no starters left for the playoffs so we
lost the first game and here we are again in Division Two. But we are over that now and ready for the
new season.
I am not sure that our
team is really that drastically better than last year but we definitely are not
worse either, so it should be interesting to see how we have turned out. Last year, our goal was to make it into the
playoffs, which we did easily, rather surprisingly, and actually went one step
further and almost got promoted, which was pretty cool. But then we didn't, so that is our goal this
year. Who knows whether it will happen
or not but everyone can have wishes, right?
This week we play AS,
who relegated, so it should be an interesting game to tell us where we are for
this season in relation to everyone else and will put us on the way to our goal
if we win but there is still the whole season ahead of us, which seems a long
way off right now.
Stannington Historical
"We have turned
SH from a squad of Senior Citizens to a team whose nickname will be "The Kiddie Corp", said Manager Lear.
"After all, last season for SH was an absolute disaster where
nothing went right from the start to the finish. So, we had to do a shakeup of
the club."
Lear added,"We
left a few veterans on the roster to help guide The Kiddie
Corp until they develop into a solid functioning unit. SH is prepared to take
their bumps this season even if it means getting relegated to the lowly depths
of Div. 3."
However, not all is doom and gloom with the
SH'ers. SH has managed to sign a couple of young
prospects that are bound to cause SAEFL managers to drool when they see these
players on the pitch. I know I will get the vultures trying to pry these
players from my clutches.
*The 1st player is a
19 yo. 8.00 GK S. Tained.*
He hails from a small village in
*The 2nd player is a
20 yo .9.50 DS
B. Talon.* Talon comes from somewhere in the steamy depths of South Africa who
happens to be an Everton fan, unlike all of his SAEFL counterparts who happen
to be Man U(who??). supporters. Talon has speed to
burn and possesses a skill level unlike anyone else his age. Lear told
reporters that Talon was voted the youngest player coming out of
SH wants to let the rest of the SAEFL know
that they will be making few deals this
season because the plan at SH is that they are going to let their young players
grow over the next couple of seasons, thus insuring the long term viability of
the team.
Lear stated,"I
can't wait until our Kiddie Corp have reached their
potential because I firmly believe that if we live up to our long term
potential, people will see SH challenging for the top spots in D-1 in a couple
of seasons. The only drawback is that we may have to drop a division in the
short term in
order to achieve our long term goals."
SH would to wish all of their SAEFL friends
a Happy New Year and Good Luck in the upcoming season.
The Jazz
Hi everyone
hope you all had a good xmas
and New Year. The Jazz all returned to pre season training ready and waiting
for the new seasons to start. Looking for a play off spot or to avoid religation this seasons.This
seasons first game is
against SH who will be trying to get back into Div 1 this year after religation, a hard away game to start of with but the Toons will enjoy the away game playing SH again the last
times they played was in the div 2 play off final which SH won 4-0 so The Toons will be looking for a good start and hopefully a win.
DIVISION 3
"I
have every confidence in the lads," said David, "they have played
well in the lead up to our first real game and with those results we are
looking for a finish at the end of the season at or near the top of the table."
So the club
hopes that all travelling fans will make their way to the game to support the
kickers in their inaugural game in their inaugural season.
Let's get
kicking.
Aros VSK
Here is a short presentation of the manager
of Aros VSK.
My name is Christer
and I have managed in SAEFL before. I started out in SAEFL just when L&AEFL
died back in season 1.
I then took over PN and played with them
for some time. But while playing SAEFL my life made some big changes that
forced
me to leave the managers job for a while. I met a girl, got married,
became father, became father again and now my kids are
2 and 3 years old and I have actually got some time over to return to SAEFL (Peter : You lie its just an excuse not to change nappies).
This time I got the opportunity to create
my own team from scratch.
I called my team Aros
VSK. The "Aros" is the old name of my
hometown
soccerteam I support in real life. Its called
relegated last season :-(
When not spending time with my family or
taking care of our house I play bowling in a club called Wictoria.
(I named a player
after my bowlingclub when managing PN. I am
pleased to see that she became a freak.)
I have just turned 37 years old so I am
still young.
Blue Storm FC
Defrosted TunaFish
Let The Games Begin!
Deo Volente
In our first SAEFL match we welcome the
poor VA buggers to our In Ri.
"It's going to be painful"
manager Otto stated,
"very
painful"
"I would have liked to keep this
civilized, specially Wouter
being an old friend and all.
But tensions had already risen with all
that crap in the local
Specially that remark of VA's
I even had to keep him on the bench this
game, otherwise i fear things would have gotten
completely out of hand.
It's a good thing Amoah
is leaving VA soon. But Wouter better get a grip on
his team fast and starts acting like a real manager, else the commish has no other way then to take control.
As i said before,
i would have liked to keep things friendly, but Wouter leaves me no other way then to grudge him in our
first game.
Not that i needed
that grudge to win from VA offcourse.
Since all that mismanagement and financial
trouble, VA had to rent out their own soccer field to a cowfarm.
We let them use this little Dome, so it's not to much
trouble for us to scout them. Therefore i'm confident
we would have won this without a grudge."
Hopefully in half a year or so they will
have their stuff in order and next game can be played at VA’s
own stadium
I expect to reach just below 110 emp playing against VA
Anyway. A few weeks ago i was very confident that
winning division 3 would be as a walk in the park for DV,
but after playing a few test games and sobering up i
have to admit, 3th spot is probably as high as we can
get this season.
So we had to change our tactic and aim for
the next round in the cup instead.
But there we got drawn in the same as group
as TH and CA, who won the 1st and 2nd division last year.
So that rules out a next round in the cup.
However, since there are no prizes to be
won this year, i can use my grudges and boosts for
fun,
and,
There
Can
Be
No
Bigger
Fun
Then
Beating VA!!!
This first year is going to be year of
rebuilding.
The second year DV will win division 3
The third year...
It's all in the book.
blessings
Falcons
All the players and
management of the falcons FC are excited at the prospect of getting the season
underway. The pre-season training has been beneficial and the several friendlies played over the festive season have given most
of the squad a chance to ease into this league.
Nik Albert [FA]
Fanatics United
Hi, as my
first game in the session I would like to excuse my team of misfits, they are
new together and if we lose it was our fault (animosity), but if we beat you to
the ground, enjoy the dirt. I would like to introduce
my team and some of the star players.
B. Squig our current captain, some background on the squigs, they are round, short (+- 1 metre) creatures with
sharp teeth, their teeth take up about a quarter of their body. With two strong
stubby legs he can jump about 5 times his height, squigs
normally come in a range of colours and B. Squig is
blue. Their temper is nothing to be played with and no-body questions him or
his sister’s (S. Squig) decisions.
More
players to follow...
Fantastic eleven
Smoking Guns
My name is Iman Widjaja, the new manager of
Smoking Guns in division 3.
A little bit about
myself I have played in MSWL leagues in MSWL itself, MSLF, SESL and will
commence in FLATNZ pretty soon. This will be my first time playing in a
SAEFL-like league. It's great to be in SAEFL. It will be a challenge to be able
to achieve great results in the league as there are pretty complex elements
involved such as qualities of players, positions of players, a variety of
styles and tactics, etc. Despite that I won't be intimidated by all these and
will rise to the challenge to achieve glory no matter how long it will take to
do so. Last but not least, good luck to all managers for this season.
Speedsters
Trav Spoodle
Introduction, Travis,
possibly the hugest fan of liverpool
and football in general. Play a ton of it, and watch almost as much. Man-U is
an abomination! (mostly coz peter supports them Ü)
South African women rock and are definitely the hottest women around!! And
South African men have got the biggest.... er.... appetites
in the world. Good luck to all, and hope things go well... For
TS in particular. :)
Vitesse Arnhem