PRESS REPORT

 

SAEFL Commish

 

I’d just like to thank you guys for the efforts you put in to make this game fun to be involved in. It’s been a really interesting season which has seen us adding a third division which (was more work than I expected) but its added a new dimension to the league and I think its worked out well. Will be interesting to see which Div3 team makes it to division 1 first J

 

InterQuartile Rangers

IQ is in the cup final.  JG is wrong about me just discovering the OFF tactic.  I've known  about it and used it before, to no avail.I finally have a strong enough team that multiple tactics are workable.  Having said that, I'm doing anything tricky in the final.  Just going with that which has worked well in the past.

 

We go into the final after defeating number 1 in the Div 1 table!  Napoleon is said to have prefered marshals who were lucky rather than good.  Maybe I should apply for a job?  I looked at the last 5 weeks of the league play with trepidation.  Every team I was to play was higher in the table.  So hwo did I come away with 5 wins?  Luck!  In 3 of the 5 games my opponent got a red card which might have been just enough to swing things my way.  Yes careful selection of tactics on my part made the game close, but I would have expected draws without the cards.  In one game I got the red card.  But, my opponent that week had 2 injuries that evened things out.  So only one game was a straight win without other factors effecting the outcome.  I don't know if that qualifies as giant-killing since I started in something like 8th place, but there were a lot of bodies in my wake.

 

 

It doesn't mean a lot anymore but 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

93.35

126.78

1.36

99

85.75

142.3

110.84

13.25

31.46

AP

96.6

120.41

1.25

101.5

87.5

138.84

103.44

14

35.4

CA

99.54

134.61

1.35

102.5

96.25

151.43

118.16

6.25

33.27

EW

91.3

114.25

1.25

94

86

135.45

87.42

8

48.03

FI

93.88

121.8

1.3

97.25

90

131.41

90.1

7.25

41.31

IQ

96.24

124.24

1.29

99.75

91

133.93

105.78

8.75

28.15

JG

93.84

119.75

1.28

99.5

85.5

137.05

97.59

14

39.46

LU

93.46

124.43

1.33

97.5

86

144.76

94.85

11.5

49.91

NW

93.63

125.71

1.34

98

89.25

138.08

110.18

8.75

27.9

OC

95.4

124.62

1.31

99

86.75

144.26

107.99

12.25

36.27

TB

96.1

131.18

1.36

99.5

84.5

152.98

109.78

15

43.2

TH

92.01

124.37

1.35

100.25

81.75

139.64

96.03

18.5

43.61

 

94.61

124.34

1.31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Jazz Greats

So this is it. The Cup Final. I wonder...

 

I did everything i could do to field a team that can win this match. I even tried a feeble attempt to persuade Terry not to play OFF against me and i kicked out every player that has a tendency to get red carded. Now we'll see if it's enough.

 

Beforehand i guess our teams are quite evenly matched. We'll see some emp difference either way depending on tactics but basically it will boil down to red cards and goalkeeping. And we both have players on the pitch that aren't too hot tempered and we both have GK 10. No difference there.

 

So as a conclusion: Normally i don't mind a little arrogance here and there before a match but in this particular case i don't think it would be justified. Like i said, it's gonna be a close one :)

 

For next year we are going to focus more on defence and less in attack. If you see our defence line and our attack line you'll probably understand why. I truly hope the trading of  our star defender Brant won't cost us heavily. Anyway, lastly i want to thank Peter for another great season. Good job!

 

Good luck Terry!*

 

Bart-JG

 

*For next season of course :)

 

Aros VSK

FE will probably play WP here. There is no way for me to win unless I try to counter that. So I use OFF.