THIS WEEKS FINES
DIVISION 1
LU 20k Fine. Cannot find this player. S N. Gomes
FI 20k Fine. Cannot find this player (sub). WH S. Fuzuê
DIVISION 2
TJ 20k fine. Cannot find this player. DM R. Villa
TJ 20k Fine. Cannot find this player (sub). DM Mermaid
DIVISION 3
TS NMR FINE
50K
VA NMR FINE
50K
CUT PLAYERS
OC D.
OC T. Fly,31,AS,6
PURCHASES FROM THE DRAFT
TB Bid 820
K for CF B. ArtsWish, 24 yo,
nsl 8 (NZ)
JG Bid 513k
for 23 DS 7.75 named R. Remillard (NZ)
SG bid 650k
for GK 8.25 23
ARG named E. Naruseb (ARG)
TRADES
DT sends AR
$100k
AR sends DT
CF W Bullock 23 4.25
FB G Jardim 22 5.5
DT sends CA
50k
CA sends DT
MF Redknapp, 30 yo,
NSL 8
FE send AK
CB E. Luxor 7.25
23
CB V. Nogoto 8.25
28
AK sends FE
J.Davids 8.75 25
DT sends AA
$625k
AA sends DT
MF F. Mint NSL 8.25 Age 23
AA sends TB
GK D. Barker 6.25
23
TB sends AA
50 K
PRESS REPORT
DIVISION 1
Alcohol Anonymous
Campbell,
Berlinnin, Simpson, Donaldson, Maldini? The choice is YOURS!
So, GK Mill,
DS McGoo and CB Mills are already in the SAEFL
All-Star squad. Who will join them in
the FB ranks?
Full backs
tend to peak earlier than CB and especially DS.
They are known for their graceful overlapping runs and the ability to
score the odd screamer.
Below, we have
22 quality FBs from every season of SAEFL
history. But
who will get your vote?
Remember, it’s
your 1,2,3 we are looking for. 5 points for 1st
place, 3 for 2nd and 1 point for 3rd place.
All
participants are awarded with 15k in the bank.
For all those managers spending £1 million on 8 20 midfielders, that
money could come in handy J
Voting
ends Once next week’s EB is reached.
U. Sam – JG/AA/TB – from season 5 to season 10; 85
games, 13 goals; four yellows, no reds;
6 international games
Sam started
life at JG, but he didn’t stay there long.
Instead, UB moved to AA in what proved a very profitable move the
club. Joining the likes of Simpson in
the Alcies side, he soon won a championship medal
with the club, before being off-loaded to The Booies,
who he served with distinction before finally retiring last season.
Sometimes a
club gets lucky. And boy did IQ get
lucky when they snapped up
And as a 9.25
22 FB,
He followed up
that championship win with another in season 2, and would probably have been
top defender that year if the award had been introduced.
It is no
surprise that IQ’s demise for several terms followed the demise of
L. Donaldson JG/AA/NW/IQ – season 1 to the end of season 6;
102 games, 26 goals; no reds and no yellows; 6 international games
Quality full
backs that stay quality year after year after year are really hard to come
by. So Donaldson was quite rare. He may have played for four clubs, but we can
pretty much ignore NW as he moved on from Mike’s side as quick as you can say
*…* J.
But Lou did
serve JG, AA and IQ with an unswerving commitment that you rarely find in
SAEFL.
A championship
winner with AA, he also captained IQ to cup success in season 5. He was perhaps AA’s original super defender,
before the likes of Mills and Simpson (who really replaced him).
Most
impressively, in 102 games, he did not see a red; nee even a yellow card. Quite some achievement.
When you take
the FB position into consideration, you also take into account the type of
managers that choose a player. Bart,
Edwin, Mike and Gregory all chose this lad.
Quality managers – quality player.
(eer I got rid of him – not a
quality manager ;))
B. Gnasher
TJ – season 2 to
end season 9; 118 games, 30 goals; 1 yellow, no reds; 4 international games
Gnasher might not have been the most sexy of players, and he might not have played for one
of the what you might call sexy teams, but like Dennis the Menace’s dog, Gnasher could really bite at a forwards ankle.
Despite his
strong-arm tactics, BG was a fair soul at heart, an
was booked only once in his career.
That’s an average of 0.033 DP per game, or 0.008 yellow card per game. That
hardly worried his match fee!
Another one
team man, Gnasher eventually ended his career with TJ
after 8 seasons which saw first division action and several play off runs.
P. Maldini
TH /NW/ CA – season
3 to end of season 9; 115 games, 39 goals; 10 yellows and one red card; 0
international games
Full Backs do
tend to chip in with the odd goal, but Maldini really
did perform well in this regard. 39
goals in 115 games saw him score in 1 in every 3 games. That’s some going – more in line with a
midfielder or even an odd striker or two J
Maldini’s career was littered with awards,
mainly during his spell at NW, where he helped the club to back-to-back titles
and cup success. But he also helped TH
to build a dynasty that would in the end lead the Totts
to league glory. Sadly, his career ended
in relegation with CA, but his goal-hungry style – especially at NW – will go
down in the memory banks of those that saw him.
Oddly,
no international games.
B. Simpson AP/JG (but only for a few minutes)/AA/DV
– From season 5 to the current day; 115 matches; 35 goals; no red cards and
seven yellows; 9 international games
Bart Simpson is one of the players that will go
down in SAEFL legend. Brought by AP from transfer list in season 5 for
380k as an 8 22 FB, the player was soon earning rave reviews by all around him.
AA had missed
out on his signature by a few thousand pounds, and were sniffing around the
player even before he freaked out, becoming a 10.5 player in season 6.
After negotiating
for a long time with AP, it looked as if a potential deal had slipped through
the net despite an agreement being reached.
But JG did a deal with the Alcies that allowed
Simo to move to The Pub for £1.7 million – a huge
amount of money in those days.
Some managers
scoffed at the thought of paying such a serious amount of cash for a FB – but
with AA’s defensive line already consisting of men such as Mills and Sylfar, Simpson and AA flourished. Simpson was the captain of the club, both on
and off the pitch.
Soon, Sylfar was picking up all sorts of awards.
Bart won the player
of the season in SAEFL three years running – in seasons 7, 8 and 9 (and
obviously the defensive award). No other
player has EVER done that (CF Goonie won the award
twice), and no other defender has ever won the player of the season award at
all!
He also holds
the EMP record for a defender – 433.81 EMP in season 8.
His pure
genius captained the side to their second championship in season 8 – their
first for a number of years.
In the
twilight of his career, Simo was awarded a free
transfer to new Division 3 side DV as a mark of respect for his contribution to
AA. But Simo
is not quite finished – this season has seen him pick up a 1.5NSL bonus to once
again become a major force in SAEFL.
115 games and
counting, no red cards, 9 international games, 3 player
of the season awards, titles and many, many winning performances. Simpson will indeed take some beating in this
category.
B. Berlinnin
CA/NW – season one
to season 10; 141 games, 34 goals; 6 yellows, no reds; 11 international games
If there is
one player that could be said to match Simpson for sheer quality in SAEFL as a
defender, and especially as a FB, then B. Berlinnin
is your man.
His career in
SAEFL hardly started in a blaze of glory and publicity. In fact, CA signed him in season 1 as a 3.75
NSL 18 year old for a mere 40k.
But there were
already signs that this lad would truly turn out to be a man. When he was put on the transfer list, Peter
mentioned “lets see who cares about the future”. Hmm.
When CA
purchased BB, Peter again commented: “I cannot believe he only went for 40k!”. Perhaps the Commy knew more than he was letting on @;-)
Berlinnin didn’t become a star overnight. But his 5 5 stats
meant his quality was without question.
After a season, he was a regular starter in CA’s
very useful side, and he then captained Catbel to a
league championship in Season 3.
For
the next season and a half, Berlinnin, as a club
leader, grew in authority, and finally reached his potential when half way
through season 5, he freaked.
CA were not
quite the driving force in season 5 that they were in early days mind, and soon
other clubs came a sniffing. But while
some clubs (like AA J) would have liked Berlinnin,
but guessed CA would not sell, other clubs were not to be put off.
And offering a
massive (but still NW friendly) deal, Mike got his man in Season 6. NW were building a
empire, and how could Berlinnin not be a part of that
plan?
His superb
performances at the back meant that, despite not being a defensive outfit, NW were difficult to break down. He won his second and third championship
medal with Noshaki in seasons 6 and 7, as well as the
league and cup double in season 7.
Berlinnin slowed down a little before retiring
in season 10. He didn’t win player of
the season awards (other than season 6, when he was defender of the year)
because his sides played offensive football.
But his stats say it all.
Over 140 games
in a period spanning 11 seasons (albeit helped by his early start and the 1
ageing rule for the first couple seasons), no red cards in 141 games!, not to mention 11 international appearances.
The decision
of FB might indeed be the most difficult SAEFL owners have to make.
C. Cafu LU – from season 3, retired end season
9; 101 games, 24 goals; 4 yellows and no red cards; 13 international games
Cafu, like Campbell and Gnasher,
was a player that played for a solitary team in his 7 season career, despite
other clubs courting his services for a long time.
He was also
the third FB to freak after Berlinnin and
Simpson. He formed the mainstay of a LU
team that regularly used his defensive skills in a ZD tactic.
Cafu did not quite have the longevity of
Simpson or Berlinnin, but he still managed over 100 appearances,
and, more impressively still, 13 international caps – more than any other
player on this list – and he formed an outstanding backline at
FB C. Cafu 12 15.77, FB B. Simpson * 12.5 20.11
LU will do
better to have as good a defender as Cafu in the
future. The only Achilles Heel he had
was his 2 2 stats.
L. Thuram
AS/NW - season 2-
halfway through season 9; 107 games, 26 goals; 8 yellows and no red cards; 3
internationals
Thuram probably didn’t stand out in a team of
absolute stars at NW, where he played most of his 107 league games, but that
doesn’t mean that Lillian didn’t pull his weight.
The Argentinian, a 3 3 stats player,
was a regular in the NW side as they strolled to title success in seasons 6 and
7, and continued his good form as the club challenged AA and JG in seasona 8 and 9, before retiring, medals in pocket, and no
doubt very happy indeed.
J. Noah AR/ JG / AA/TH – from season 5, retired end season
9; 82 games, 22 goals; 3 yellows and no red cards; 6 international games
Noah really
never quite settled at any clubs, but if he is known for anyone in his career,
if will be for his time at first AR, who he struggled to make competitive, and
later at TH, where he won 2 cups, in seasons 7 and 8, and lost another in
season 6.
Only 3 yellows
in 82 games is testament to his fair play, and I am sure Mark will back me up
when I say that most sides would have rather had this lad in their side, than
face him.
B. Lees AA/NW/CA – from season 3, retired end season
8; 78 games, 16 goals; 9 yellow cards and 4 red cards; 3 international games
Lees was
another FB that saw action in three of the most well-known sides in SAEFL – AA,
NW and CA. A youth product for AA, he
was pitched into battle in season 4, where he helped the club to one of many 2nd
placed finishes in the top flight!
After a short
stint at NW, he then moved to CA, where he continued to play very solid
football. An oddity is that he has
amassed nearly as many red cards as yellows!
M. Lockwood – CA/AA/TH/AV – from season 6, still playing; 85
games, 38 goals; 10 yellow cards and 3 red cards; 9 international games
Locky is the fourth, and most recent, of the
FB freak line, on this list. Matthew was
signed by CA before being snapped up by AA.
Several good performances for the Alcies saw
him coveted by TH. I didn’t want to sell
him, but Mark can be a persuasive lad J
Locky’s spell at TH will be the period that he
will be best known for. Not long after
joining the club, he freaked out doh! Was heard all around
During his
time at TH, Lockwood was used as the base of a defensive-minded TH side that
gradually imposed itself on the SAEFL world – and his CP centred team was soon
top of the pile, winning the championship in season 10 after cup success the
year before – when Matt was at his best.
ML was not
always the cleanest of players, but the now 30 something, who could well get to
the ‘immortal’ 100 club at AV, is certainly a player who demands respect.
M. Brammer
ES/OC/CA – from season
4, retired season 9; 81 games, 16 goals; 1 yellow card and no red cards; 2
international games
Brammer toom quite a
while to get to the top, and he never really played for sides that gave him a
chance to earn medals and records, but Brammer had
good longeivity.
He ended his career on a down, as CA were
relegated.
Has a great DP
record, with only 1 yellow card to his name.
C. YangSawatsky
HD/SH (same team) –
from season 2 until season 7; 94 games, 4 goals; 2 yellow cards and 0 red
cards; 2 international games
YingYang to his friends has the rather unique
distinction of being the only man on this list to have played for one club with
two names. He was an excellent performer
for SH through many seasons, and nearly made the ton up club.
THOR TJ/SH – from season 3 until end season 9; 86
games, 21 goals; 10 yellow and 8 red cards; 3 international games
Thor was an
expert player through his time in SAEFL.
The ice man was very apt at stopping opponents, through fair means or
foul. And more often than not, this
meant taking his marching orders for stopping a player illegally.
His 10 yellows
and 8 red cards (a total of 120 DP, or nearly 1.5 DP per game) will be hard to
match in this league.
J. Saul CA/TH/DT – from season 6, still playing; 68
games, 12 goals; 16 yellows and 8 red cards; 5 international games
But his record
can be beaten by a man that still resides in SAEFL. Saul may not have played the most games in
this list – under 70 at his ripe old age would hardly
get you a gig at this party; but his man is different.
An incredible
16 yellow cards and a shocking 8 reds – that’s 144 DP to you and me – makes
this man the chopper harris
of full backs.
Wingers all
over this league will be glad when he hangs up his boots.
FB D. Unsworth
TH/AV – from season 6,
still playing; 75 games, 17 goals; 3 yellows and 0 reds; 11 international games
David Unsworth was at a TH side when they swept all before them
in season 10, and has also picked up cup awards. He has also picked up an
impressive 11 international caps.
His partner in
crime at TH and now AV, S. DoubleOSeven, just missed
out from making it to the shortlist.
FB R. Weasley
CA – from season 9 –
still playing; 40 games, 21 goals; 5 yellows and 1 red; 4 international games
Weasley is one of the younger FBs in this list, and one whose better days could still be
in front of him. Set to pick up a
championship medal with CA this season, he has 4 international caps, which he
will surely add to.
FB R. Carlos AS - from season 9, still playing; 39 games, 12 goals;
2 yellows and 0 red cards; 2 international games
Carlos is
another young player that is still at the peak of his game. He has to do a lot of work if he wants to
catch the likes of Berlinnin, Simpson and
C. Kampala AS/JG/TH – from season 8, still playing; 48
games, 12 goals; 2 yellows and 0 red cards; 4 international games
Kamapala has already been around three of the
bigger changing rooms in the SAEFL world, and he has many years ahead of
him. Could well get towards the 100 mark
if his quality stays high.
TB are enjoying a great season, and this lad has been one of
the chief reasons for their rise in the SAEFL world. He’s not afraid to put his boot in, as his 2
reds suggest.
FB Horne EW/TB – season 4 - season 10; 96 games, 30
goals; 6 internationals; 9 yellows, no red cards
This man gave
plenty of defenders the horn in his time with EW and especially TB. A game player, he came very very close to that all important 100 games point, and will
be very proud of his 6 international caps.
TB carry on their good tradition of FB today with Gentile, Skilgannon and Tyler.
Apocalypse
In a rare press statement, Apocalypse Manager Martin Bell, this week
spoke of his delight at the recent victory over NoShaKi
WC98 (NW), and particularly the performances of young centre backs F. Sinclair
and G.
Cahill.
Cahill and Sinclair (alongside Knol) stepped
up admirably to replace AP's three first-choice 10 NSL CBs, as they ran out 16-11
winners.
The win looks to have extinguished any chance of AP now being sucked
into a
relegation battle, which looked likely (albeit
unexpected) after the first
few weeks of the season.
"Everyone knows that AP are struggling a bit at the back with the
first-choice three.
They've been forced to play a lot of games and were in
need of a well-earned rest.
"I threw the young lads Cahill and Sinclair in, not expecting too
much from
them, and I'm amazed at the quality of their
performances. These two are
ones to watch out for - there's no doubt about
that.
He went on to say:
"I had sought to bring in a few new faces a couple of weeks ago,
that wasn't
possible, but it looks like I've found the answer
in the youth ranks. If
they continue to develop as they are doing,
and with a few tweaks to the
squad, I think we'll be a force next
season."
LEG-END GETS CLOSER TO MILESTONE
AP manager Martin Bell called in the press pack this week to wish a
Happy
Birthday to SAEFL legend-in-his-own-lunchtime, Nathan Fossey, the
long-standing manager of Alcoholics Anonymous.
The press-core sat back in amazement as
that Fossey would be
celebrating his final year as a twenty-something.
"Happy 29th Birthday Fossey" declared
the AP head coach.
It was rumoured that as the journalists left
the conference, many were
amazed that Fossey was
just 29. One unforgiving reporter said:
"Surely no-one can look that bad at 29, even if they are
ginger."
Catbel Athletic
Excelsior
F.C Inferno
A win!!! LU is for sure not pleased with the result of
our last game, as we won 3-1 despite playing away. However, let’s not praise
our team... We were lucky to see Nuno forgetting to
pick up a tactic and took full benefit of this.
Now it's time to face TB. Jeroen's
side is already out of the cup and is in a late rush for the title. Thus, we
expect then to come with all guns blazing... can we stop them? Probably not,
but this side is worth a try!
However, rumors on FI says that the manager will leave
to team for a couple of beers in
InterQuartile Rangers
6 red cards and only 4 yellows. But in some wierd bizzaro world the cards
were concentrated on one team in each of several games. So if you had a card in Div 1 last week, you
were likely to have more than one! As I said, very wierd.
A win is a win but there wasn't much to
celebrate. I agree we probably would
have won despite EW getting 2 red cards.
But the ejections certainly helped.
The good news is that our 9 goals were spread out over 7 players. The bad news is that our 9 goals were spread
out over 7 players. Not one player had a
good game. Keller did well in the goal
until you compare him. He EMPed higher, but not by much considering
As for this week's game, we're playing at home. The question is is
that plus a boost going to be enough?
Here are the stats for Div 1:
TEAMS |
NSL avg |
EMP avg |
EMP/NSL |
max NSL |
min NSL |
max EMP |
min EMP |
Diff NSL |
Diff EMP |
AA |
93.06 |
126.43 |
1.36 |
99 |
85.75 |
142.3 |
110.84 |
13.25 |
31.46 |
AP |
96.23 |
120.75 |
1.25 |
99.75 |
88.5 |
138.84 |
107.84 |
11.25 |
31 |
CA |
99.2 |
135.06 |
1.36 |
102.5 |
96.25 |
151.43 |
118.16 |
6.25 |
33.27 |
EW |
91.05 |
113.22 |
1.24 |
94 |
86 |
135.45 |
87.42 |
8 |
48.03 |
FI |
93.98 |
121.57 |
1.29 |
97.25 |
90 |
131.41 |
90.1 |
7.25 |
41.31 |
IQ |
95.59 |
122.84 |
1.29 |
99.5 |
91 |
133.93 |
105.78 |
8.5 |
28.15 |
JG |
94.64 |
120.48 |
1.27 |
99.5 |
87.75 |
132.58 |
102.01 |
11.75 |
30.57 |
LU |
92.25 |
122.06 |
1.32 |
97.5 |
86 |
144.76 |
94.85 |
11.5 |
49.91 |
NW |
93.11 |
124.86 |
1.34 |
97.75 |
89.25 |
134.66 |
110.18 |
8.5 |
24.48 |
OC |
95.8 |
125.25 |
1.31 |
99 |
90.5 |
144.26 |
107.99 |
8.5 |
36.27 |
TB |
95.56 |
129.75 |
1.36 |
99.5 |
84.5 |
145.44 |
109.78 |
15 |
35.66 |
TH |
91.89 |
123.62 |
1.35 |
100.25 |
81.75 |
137.79 |
96.03 |
18.5 |
41.76 |
|
94.36 |
123.82 |
1.31 |
|
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Last week mistake cost us 3 points. Now We are
doomed...
NoShaKi WC98
The
following layers are available for sale:
W. Klink,32,FB,8
B.
Dommelsch,25,FB,8.5
P. Gonzalez,29,FB,8.5
J. Jefferson ,29,AS,8
M.
VanDenBroek,29,CM,8.5
M.
McSporran,28,CM,8.5
P. Jevons,24,S,8
All are
available for
These 2 are
also available for good, young, rising FB (or maybe a CM or AS, but I'd prefer
a FB)
The Boelewieten
The Boelewieten In Sight
OUr
financial man is going crazy, this week again a
enormous bod on a player,
and
winning the bids means the third player this year choosing for TB. Van Poppel
is
preparing for the next season, searching for some strong attackers and maybe
trying to get
one or
two cm's. We sniffed on the title this year, a shame that the first half this
season we lost
valuable
points.
This week
again a tough game, and a bid counting that FI will res
key players. But, we thought that also two weeks
ago when
we had to play TH, and Mark surprised us, very, so we play this week the same
team as last week. Enough for three
points
and when CA loses this week, and AA loses, we are on for a big surprise.
We want
second place, the money you know, we need that for buying players ;-)
The Jazz Greats
Tottenford Heats
DIVISION 2
Adirondak Renegades
Adirondak
Press (AP): The comments for this weeks match listed 3 reasons AR lost to PN.
There is s fourth that the commentator didn't mention.
Manager
Fulmer (MF): And what would that be?
AP: The
manager is an idiot!
MF: Excuse
me.
AP: Didn't
you select a line-up to play OFF tactics, and work on OFF tactics in
preparation for the match.
MF: Ah.....
yes.
AP: Didn't
you give 2 players orders to mark Nol and Green in
anticipation of playing OFF.
MF: I don't
like where this is headed.
AP: Then,
when it came time to give the players their actual match tactics, didn't you
select ONE.
MF: Well,
they both have 3 letters and start with O.
AP: They
are TOTALLY DIFFERENT, YOU MORON!
MF: What's
that sound? It is growing louder.
AP: Are you
familiar with the story of Frankenstein? Think of yourself as Dr. Frankenstein.
Remember the scene where the mob of angry towns people
storms the castle to get the mad doctor?
MF: Ummmmm.
AP: We are
having a reenactment of that famous scene right here,
right now, with the angry mob of townspeople being played by very angry AR
supporters, and you, the idiot manager, are playing the soon to be lynched
doctor.
MF: But all
I did was to pick the wrong tactics in a critical match.
AP: Tell
the AR supporters that is all you did. Oops, too late.
It seems the AR supporters have broken through the door and are "discussing"
last weeks match with Manager Fulmer. Actually, it's more like they are yelling
and screaming….and rearranging Fulmer's body parts. Manager Fulmer is just
screaming.
MF:
HELLLLLLLLP!
AP: Hey, I just report the
news. You're on your own here.
AP: Oops.
Good bye. I'll clean up later.
AP: If any
of you happen to know someone who would like to manage an SAEFL team, I think
the AR fans just created an opening. Please contact Commissioner Babcock for
further details.
African Selection
battle of
basement this week. Hopefully we rise up out of the cellar. We are on our way
to away from Div 3. Mark my words.
Colin
Dead Scientists
Druss Legends
Englehart Storm
Grammar United
Melchester Rovers
This week we are playing our playing our last grudge,
so hopefully it will be enough for us to win.
We are playing TJ, who are right above us in the standings but have 4
more points than us. If we win, we will
not pass them but we would at least move a lot closer to them and also farther
away from the teams below us.
Last week, we played AR, and grudged them, and we also
came out with a pretty big win, which is good of course. As it turned out, we probably could have won
without the grudge but you never know that until afterwards so it is okay. This half of the season has been a lot better
than the first half so far, when we only won like two games. Hopefully, we will keep on winning and at
least stay in the playoff zone and then who knows what will happen.
Stannington Historical
SH is right where they are expected to be. In the
bottom place - 9 points from escaping the relegation. Is it possible to avoid
the drop...the answer is YES!.....Is it likely at this
stage of the season with the battered condition of SH's
lineup.....the answer is probably NOT!
When asked to comment about this ,
Manager Lear stated," I said sometime ago that with the Kiddies Corp
movement at SH . it wouldn't surprise me to see the SH
lads go to D-3 for at least one season because all of our youngsters still
haven't reached their potential in the aging process.
Sure, we have played quite nicely in the 2nd half of
this season but realistically speaking, SH is still another season away from
reaching their true potential.
SH has yet another match vs. AS in the ongoing
Canadian rivalry. Lear said,"AS has had not the
best of seasons....neither have we. I couldn't care less about this perceived
rivalry. All I can say is,"May the best team
win.
The Jazz
TJ played
NH away last week and came away from the Gold trafford
ground with a vital win to keep in the race for 2nd place. This week TJ face PN
in a game where both are involved in the
race for the play off position, this will be a hard throught
game which the TJ manger whats a win at home and if
results go there way TJ could be in 2nd .
DIVISION 3
Kickers in Late Run?
After
winning the last couple of games it looks as though the Kickers are making a
late run for the playoffs. Yes, that is
correct, THE PLAYOFFS.
This all
seemed to happen after a rival fan and myself included
said that the fans were revolting. Has
this been the spark the team needed or is it just the fact of coming up against
teams resting some of their players?
This week sees the Kickers playing against Vitesse
Arnhem and i caught up with
David to discuss the game and the recent form reversal.
SB: Hello David.
DT: Hi
Stephanie, what can I do for you?
SB: Just want to give our readers some insight
into this week's game and the recent form reversal. Do you have time to talk?
DT: (looks stephanie up
and down in her tight fitting summer clothing though it is the middle of winter) Sure Steph, anytime. (winks at her)
SB: (blushes) Thanks David. Firstly this week sees the boys playing
against VA, how do you see the game panning out?
DT: VA are a good team
but only really on about the same level as us.
They are only 5 points in front of us and a win this week away could put
us even closer to making the playoffs.
SB: It should be a good game and a close run to
the playoffs which brings me to the form reversal.
DT: What about it?
SB: What do you attribute it to? Is it just a case of the oppostion
being weaker or resting their good players or is it something else.
DT: The comments the other week about our fans
revolting and leaving the club stung us.
The playing group took a good look at themselves
and thought hey, if the fans are doing this now, what fans are going to be left
if we keep losing.
SB: Go on.
DT: We then started to go back to basics. Nothing fancy on the pitch except for a
couple of long range strikes from outside the box which if they didn't go in
the forwards were there for the easy tap in.
We have also be working hard in training on our
set pieces, offensively AND defensively.
SB: There are some tough games and top sides
coming up in the final few games, do you think the club can make the playoffs?
DT: Anything is possible. We are playing well at the moment and it just
takes a loss or two in those teams just in the playoffs and us to keep winning
to make it. If we don't make it then at
least we will put up a fight and only just miss out. Our goal difference from the middle of the
season may come back to haunt us though.
SB: Thanks
for you time David.
DT: (checks
her out again) As I said before Steph,
anytime.
They you
have it Kickers fans, the players are confident and so is the manager. so let's get behind
them and help them push for the playoffs.
Keep on
Kicking!
Stephanie
Burrows
Aros VSK
Blue Storm FC
Greetings all. Well this week we find BS up against a formidable foe. Fantastic eleven
has done really well during this season and and Bs is
looking forward to having their players skills tested against such a worthy
combatant.
Have a
great day and we look forward to seing you in the
stands this week.
Defrosted TunaFish
With
the championship so close I cant afford to make any
mistakes…. And this being the hardest week - facing TS, FU
and DV all in a row… Good Luck to everyone!
Deo Volente
Falcons
Falcons surprised themselves last week with an
impressive performance away to FE. Man of the Match Darren Dunkin was in
inspired form to deny FE a victory. This week see us against SS and we could
possibly move out of the red.
Fanatics United
Crap, I
don't believe you Grude Carded me DV. Why? It's not
as if you are going to win the league, you are in the playoffs. I now cannot
win the league. I was the only team that could beat DT and be on top of the
league, but now you have just handed it to them.
Anyway, to the home game with no morale. The fans should be entertained by the brother
and sister Squigs on the field,
I hope there twin combination will work. It is going to be the most watched
match in division 3 and should be a kicker of a game.
P.S.
Travis, one eye open there, but I think you are going to need both.
Fantastic eleven
Smoking Guns
Speedsters
Trav Spoodle
Vitesse Arnhem