THIS WEEKS FINES
DIVISION 1
DIVISION 2
DIVISION 3
CUT PLAYERS
DL S R. Anddebiel age
28 NSL 6
DL CF M Bijlmakers age
29 NSL 7,25
EW Striker M. Mhoram
PURCHASES FROM THE DRAFT
OC Bid
480,001 for DS 22 8 Named E. Katt
TH Bid 666K
for 18yo DM NSL 3.75 Named : B. Korenwolf – (Peter: I can imaging the comments on this, but
we have 6 bid s around this area then I have a 2k and a 4k bid J)
TRADES
EW -> FI
75k
FI-> EW
DS M. Buchan 8,00 age 32
DT sends NW
50k
NW sends DT
WH A. Pirlo 5.50 22
TB sends TS
C. Palmer AS 10,00 28
TS sends TB
B. Rousouw, nsl 8.25
23yo
JG sends TH
FB Kampala 26yo NSL 9
400K
TH sends JG
MF Eriksson 23yo NSL 9
JG sends 30
FB 8.5 S. Storm
DV sends
10k
DV sends DT
CB F. Days age 32 NSL
7,5
MF T. extreme age 30
NSL 7
DT sends DV
15k
SS sends TH
FB N. Karthikeyan 23yo
NSL 9.5
TH sends SS
100K
DV sends SS
AS P. Sixtus 28 9,5
FB G. Gajus 20 5,25
SS sends DV
AS F. Massa 22 6,5
FB G. Berger 26 7,75
VA sends
S T. Jansen 23 12.5
MF De Meersman 22
9
JG sends
CB 23 10 Guyett
FB 22 4.75 B. Si
DM 30 10 Piper
DM 20 4 Tleilax
20 3.75 LetoII
23 MF 7.25
22 9.25 Osric
200k
DT sends FI
S Q. Zell 8.00 22
FI sends DT
AM M. White 9,25 age 27
AM J. Jarne
9,5 age 27
PRESS REPORT
DIVISION 1
Alcohol Anonymous
A HISTORY OF
SAEFL & AA (Season 2) – RIVALRIES ARE BORN, LEGENDS ARE CREATED
Season 1 of SAEFL saw IQ victorious in the league, and showed that with any new game (ooh, I just called SAEFL a game – I can see the Babcock police coming to take me away any day now @;-))) (Peter : Yes its not a game it’s a life style J), that the use of tactics by managers was not always well advised, even considering that most teams didn’t have a big pool of players to select from.
Still, the season was a big success overall, and with a selection of youth players (with managers hopefully taking into account their future player and tactical needs), season 2 began with a BANG.
Oh – before I continue, the results of last weeks player test. I gave you the name of 4 players for you to then decide which team they played for, position they tried to occupy, and, for bonus points, their ability to do so (NSL) (the first half of the season). I can now confirm the results:
S Smooch –
S, GU. 4.25
Screwdriver
– CF, AA, 10 (a great centre forward that did not always produce his best at
AA. He had to move to OC to truly show
off his silky skills)
J. Bleach –
MF, PN, 7.5
Jay –
£1 extra will be credited to your club roster accounts if you got all of them right (and if any of you did, you must have cheated ;))
Season 2
Season 2
started with a fanfare for one particular reason – the creation of a division
2. So a little more work for Peter, and
a LOT more work for me as I look through the seasons (damn, I thought SAEFL
stuck with the one division ;)).
Looking at
the teams that were created at the beginning of season 2, it’s interesting to
note which teams have prospered, and which have not.
EW, EU, LU,
TB, ES, TJ, HD, DS, AR, TH, DL, AP.
Out of
those, the teams that have obviously progressed a great deal are LU, TH and
AP. EW, TB and a couple other teams have
experienced the thrill of promotion and gut-wrenching relegation, while teams
like DS and AR have, to my knowledge, never been promoted (or relegated for
that matter ;)) – but perhaps my memory is playing up on me. I’ll let you decide why LU, TH and AP have
been successful in getting promotion and staying up.
Anyway, week
one got off to an inauspicious start, with AS, GU and ES not selecting
captains. “Doh!” – a potential 5%+ (Peter : see not even
old farts I mean managers at this games know the rules is 10% J) loss for
team EMP; and with AS losing by 2 goals and GU losing by 3 goals, the
importance of selecting a team leader is really shown in detail. Even if a manager is not sure of his best
captain, pick one – it’s better to make a bad choice than no choice at
all. If the individual you select is no
good at leading other men, then at least you will know not to put a star by his
name again. J
On the
player front, and things are warming up nicely.
The following players in particular spring to mind:
NW – CF, M.
Salas, 9.5
JG – CF,
Miles Davis, 10
IQ – FB,
EU – CM, J.
Cole, 9.5
LU – MF, L.
Figo, 10
TB – CF, G.
Schockaert, 9
And the
league saw its first freaks created!!
NH – S, E.
Nevland 12.5
TJ – CF,
GOONIE, 12.5 – (Peter: Oh I remember this guy , Question for 10 points which Div1
team stole him from Div2 ?)
Out of these
two, Goonie (I’m not going to capitalise him throughout this press) was the
first real superstar of SAEFL, and I will try and pick out some of his
performances in this press. In week 1,
he captained his side, emping 21.38, and scored a goal to shoot his side to a
9-16 win over ES.
Week 1 also
saw improvement for DS McGoo from GU.
The 7 19 buy shifted up to 7.75 NSL, and emped an impressive 9.3
points. This would have been decent at
home with a defensive tactic – but the fact that GU were away from home playing
a ONE tactic showed that this lad could be something special if he applied
himself – and boy did he apply himself J
Oddly enough, managers were still reluctant to trade this early in the season, with only three swap deals made.
We talked last week about huge NSL and EMP, and how this was not always the way in SAEFL. A game in week 2 proved that the league was very much still in its infant stage:
Attendance :
13492
African Selection 3 (AM De
Boer,CF Amokachi,CF Suker)
InterQuartile Rangers 4 (CF Avalos ,CF Chubenko,S Tihonov,
GK Songo’o 9.25 9.26 Saves 5,CB Staam 7.25 8.38 ,FB Thuram 7.5 8.23 ,FB Babangida * 9 9.43 ,DM Khumalo 8 9.32 ,DM Yekini 8.25 7.72 ,AM Okocha 9 8.78 ,AM De Boer 8.5 11.01 ,S Ikpeba 7.75 8.57 ,CF Amokachi *** 8 9.90 ,CF Suker 8.25 9.53 NSL 81.5 - EMP 90.86
Markers
DM Yekini
marks CF Chubenko
IQ AWAY WP
MC
GK Bartez
9.75 9.76 Saves 2,CB Grant 8 9.93 ,FB H.
Ford 9.5 11.03 ,FB S.Campbell* 9.5 12.93 ,DM A.Neilson 8.5 3.36 (SENT OFF 29) ,MF Fox 7 9.53 ,W Ganenkov 9.5 8.49 ,W Anderton 10 9.31 Booked
,S Tihonov 8 11.03 ,CF Chubenko*** 9 8.83
(SENT OFF 83),CF Avalos 8 11.87 NSL 87 - EMP 96.32
The fact
that IQ could have two men sent off, emping under 100 NSL, and still beat AS
(remembering that IQ were the reigning league champs) highlights that players
had still to fulfil their potential.
Week 2 also
saw McGoo captaining his side at home.
7.5 NSL, 11 EMP with a LB tactic!
The lad was obviously very good indeed.
Oh, and
what’s this? Mr 18 3.75 £40,000 B.
Berlinnin now a 19 8 FB, captaining his side to generate 12.36 EMP in a ZD
formation. A truly great player had
began his ascent in style and it did not end here.
Mike from NW
gives a good overview of the teams in the first division this week (week
2). Take a look, and you can see that a
good manager understands as much about other teams as he/she does their own
squad.
Week 4 saw
the cup starting, and an early peek of another future star. WH Nartov (7.5) for IQ anyone?
The
following week sees IQ emp 130 with 94 NSL on the pitch against GU (away from
home, without a grudge). Although this
kind of emp may seem only decent these days, in season 2, this was pretty huge. Players like
The
importance of stats are highlighted in week 7.
With only 88.75 NSL on the pitch, AA emped nearly 130. Now they did use a boost, but Ed was a master
at picking players that performed, and with the purchase of Miles Davis a
couple weeks before, the Alcies were beginning to build a dynasty that has never
really ended.
CA are also
pretty good in the stats game, and with a mere 81.5 NSL on the pitch against
the alcies, aided by a grudge, Catbel emped 130.5. AA won because of their superior keeper, but
for all managers that want to take a look at what can be achieved with the help
of minimum NSL, this is a great match to research.
Week 9 and
check out MR. 145 emp with the aid of a grudge.
Deane and Dalglish were a combination to fear in SAEFL in season 2, and
a cobined 37 emp and 8 goals shows why teams with lesser abilities than AA
didn’t like to come up against them.
Week 9 also
saw another steal in the transfer market.
I give you FI I. Borgsen DS 5 19 131,000. FI would get a nice bargain there J.
Equally
interesting, Peter putting a freak up for sale?
CA
Bid (402K) on 25yo MF NSL 10.5 name K.
Francis. Francis went on to prove that
402k was well spent on the midfield enforcer.
Can you imagine Peter sanctioning 400k for a 25 year old freak these
days? (Peter : more like 4 mill J, I think that’s the
only freak ever to be put on the transfer list)
Week 10 saw
OC buy MF R. Keane (8.25, 22) for 295k from the market. Keano played for OC for quite some time, and
proved an inspired catch.
Avoiding
grudges helps a side do well in SAEFL.
Some managers are better at doing it than others. At this point in the lifespan of the league,
Edwin was not. Week 11 saw the umpteenth
grudge against AA (7 in 11 weeks). No
wonder the club never win the title! (Peter: Hence the reason why teams with weaker
EMP could win the league title, pity guys don’t take out the big boys anymore
like they use to, was fun to watch the big guys fall each week in SAEFL)
In week 12,
the kind of crazy deal that Peter might not be so keen to let through these
days:
AS send AR
V. Ikpeba 22
S 7.75 + 35k
AR send AS
DS J. Seahorn
is 18 yo and nsl 5
DM J. Stae
is 18 yo and nsl 5
W B. Man is
20 yo and nsl 6.5
… and Don
wonders why AR were in so much trouble when he took control of them?
Financial
acumen is also important in SAEFL. Week
12 saw plenty of fines for teams that didn’t correctly prepare their
orders. Week 13 saw Mike (tut tut J) playing a 65 NSL team, when the minimum NSL for division 1
teams was 70 NSL. 50k wasted (plus
another 20k for order problems) - seems like small fry these days.
NH have a
history of managing to pick excellent young talent, and week 13 saw Bojan
Djordic (8.25, 22) sign for 325k. He
would go on to excel in SAEFL. Who would
have thought that the real life Bojan would go on to play for the mighty
Plymouth Argyle!
Season 2
also saw the introduction of scouts, physios and coaches. But in the days of season 2, assistants did
not come for a fixed fee. Oh no – they
had to be bid for based on highest price offered. IQ were the early big
spenders in this regard. (Peter: wow I forgot all about that Scouts use to be like players J - the early managers had It tough )
Rivalries in
SAEFL are now well defined. But even as
early as the second season, bosses were beginning to fight tooth and nail
against one another. Take IQ’s boss
(Nigel Gregory):
“Another hard fought win for the IQ boys last week against the clubs arch rival NW. Mike is a classy manager and top blkoke, but that dies not hide the fierce competitiveness between he and Nigel”
Week 15/16 and
transfer market time –
PN - MF C. Jones nsl 2.75 age 18 bid 20 000
NW - R. Giggs
w age 18 nsl 5.5 bid 111,111
Two points to
anyone that can tell me a) Jones top NSL or b) Gigg’s stats … all I’ll say is
bargain. I’d like to see more of these
lower starting NSL players on the transfer market – especially at those prices!
(Peter: don’t think you will see those
prices again after what the player this week end for)
Class press
from AA in week 15 as well … but I’m afraid I might get in trouble from Peter
if I print it, ‘cause its XXX rated!!
Obviously
season 2 also coincided with 1999 and a treble for Man U based on the
press. How times change ;) (Peter the glory days J - no wonder I put a freak on the transfer list)
Week 16 and a
MAMOTH game saw AA come up against IQ. Grudge
went against grudge; top player faced off against top player. 150 emp played 146 emp. Even today that is GREAT going. 4-4 the final score (but the alcies should
have won ;)). It’s a shame that, despite
being a great manager, Ed couldn’t read, as his week 17 press showed:
“After the 3 - 3 draw last week between SAEFL titans AA and IQ both managers were lyric”.
Things change
in SAEFL. Week 18 saw the cup ¼ stage
played at neutral venues. What was that
all about Peter? Still, AA won 18-0 so
I’m not complaining. (Peter: I think I was running
the games on a excel spreadsheet in those days J took about 40 min a games so I
guess it was to cut down the number of games, its over 7 years ago so cannot
really remember dam I was 24 then)
Hmm … week 19
press and Edwin again – Peter, would you like to read the press and deny (or
otherwise) the allegations laid against you.
If you bleat on too much, we’ll know you are telling porkies. (Peter : No comment J)
Week 23, and
Nigel seals the 2nd title in a row for IQ. Great team, great stuff.
Week 24, and
AR won the second division – which just goes to show that my memory is crap!
Interesting to
see that AA had no less than 5 clubs grudge twice against the club in season
2. That’s pretty awesome – and the club
still finished 2nd, only just behind IQ.
Another great
season in SAEFL. Season 3 will see a
shift in league power, and a new, pretty poor manager join the league with OC J
McGOO – THE BEST DEFENDER IN SAEFL? YOU DECIDE
As an aside to
a comment by Peter last week, he comments that DS McGoo was, for him, the
greatest defender in the history of SAEFL.
Now everyone has their faves, but I would have to disagree with Peter
for once and go for Simpson as the number one defender in SAEFL.
Three times the
player of the season to McGoo’s zero (McGoo was defender of the year twice);
433 EMP (more than any other defender in the league, ever). Class J
More on the
best players in the history of SAEFL much later in the season.
Apocalypse
Catbel Athletic
Excelsior
From the Excelsior Herald...
Excelsior for the cup?? Surely not. A team which has no cup pedigree of any sort seems to have taken to the new format of the cup. In his press conference after the match a typically dour Bracegirdle said that he still regarded the cup as a trivial irrevalance and went on to say that his number 1 priority remained survival in the league. Mind you he was banging on about survival when the team reached the giddying heights of second place for a time last season. Not for the first time the faithful are left wondering how such a born pessimist can hope to motivate a squad of highly paid and morally suspect prima donnas.
F.C Inferno
Has
anyone made any calculations so far on how many points will be needed to move
to the next cup stage? Probably 6 points will be enough, but one team might
secure 6 points and still don't qualify! So watch your GD, people! ;)
On
the league, FI faces a NW team with the best EMP/NSL ratio on the league.
Mike should play CP, ZD or even MM, as I don't expect
a WP-ONE battle. Once again, the answer to the game could be on the GK hands.
InterQuartile Rangers
An
interesting game last week. It all came
together for us. It was also a big
contribution to our GD for the Cup.
There were many good performances.
Several of our players shooting 50% or more. Wambach must of heard my comments from last
week's press. Wambach made 4 goals on 5
shots! That's 80% a recent team
record. I think DS helped us along
though. They played WH an offensive
tactic, but actually had more defensive EMP on the split. The referee also stayed out of this game
which I think was important.
The
GD was nice, but not enough. GU won big
time last week. So I'll have to rely on
points to win the group. If GU wins in a
couple of weeks I'll finish second. I'll
need a tie or a win to finish first. I'd
like to make it to the next round to have something to show for the season.
As
for the league, I haven't played enough games yet. I play TH this week. You can't tell it from the league table, but
they are still a very strong team. So we
try a switchout and go defensive again.
It may offset his CP, hopefully. I'd put my current odds of relegating at
50-50. I'd say I had a good shot at
staying Div 1, but I've already lost 2 games despite having higher EMP. So it's very difficult for me to say.
Since
it was a cup week there's no point doing the stats.
Let`s
see if we can force JG to a draw.
NoShaKi WC98
The Boelewieten
The Jazz Greats
Tottenford Heats
DIVISION 2
Adirondak Renegades
Adirondak
Press (AP): Tough loss this week, against a Division 1 power.
Manager Fulmer
(MF); Yes but we got what we wanted out of the match.
AP: Then
you must be a very satisfied manager this season as AR has lost 4 of 5 matches.
MF: Yes,
but….
AP: Let's
see if we can find something positive to talk about. You used a very different
line-up and formation this week.
MF: Instead
of our usual attacking 3-6-1 we went with a more defensive 6-3-1. As I
mentioned last week, we need to focus on being able to play tough defensive
football when the situation calls. We were able to hold AA to 2 shots. Of
course they were able to finish both, but that is more a comment on our GK
situation than poor defense. Had we been able to stop 1 of 2 chances we would
have tied.
AP: This
close result was against less than AA top side.
MF: While I
agree to a point, any line-up with Altercapio and Neethling is tough.
AP: You
said you got what you wanted out of this match. I'm almost afraid to ask, but I
must. How so?
MF: AS far
as the cup goes, since we beat NW in the first round we will go through if we win
our next match against Div 3 BS. If we win and AA wins, we both go through. If
NW beats AA, 3 teams have 2 wins. However, we will advance based on goal
differential over AA. That is why, although we lost to AA, it was important
that it was a close match to put the goal differential in our favor.
AP: I
suppose I can accept that logic. It makes more sense than some of your trades.
MF: Also,
we were able to try defensive tactics and I was reasonably pleased. They will
definitely be used again. DSs Yorke and Hulman played their first of many
matches for AR. Yorke played very well and Hulman showed flashes of the promise
we hoped for when we bought him from the transfer list last week. This week we
moved to further strengthen our defense. We acquired FB T Barker, DM C Albers,
and CB F Assassino through trades. They were brought in to play, not sit in a
heated booth stuffing their face and making random meaningless comments like a
reporter.
AP: So you
are done trading now?
MF: Of
course :)
MF: But if
anyone is interested in discussing a trade, I can be reached at dfulmer1@neo.rr.com.
African Selection
Dead Scientists
Druss Legends
Englehart Storm
Grammar United
Melchester Rovers
Well
that was our second cup game that we did not really care about and we ended up
almost winning again. The game probably
should not have even been close because TB had about 10 more NSL and almost 20
more EMP but they only won by 1 goal. So
overall, it was a pretty close game that we ended up losing but its okay
because everyone already knows that we are focusing on the league.
So
for the league game this week, that we are focusing on, we play ES. They are right below us in the standings,
with only one point less than us so it should be a pretty close game. We have been emping a tad more than them but
you never know what can happen. The
interesting game of the week will be between TJ and DL. They are the two leaders in Division 2 so if
one loses, it will move us closer to the top of the standings. We can only hope for the best (a win) for our
team because who knows what will happen with everyone else.
Stannington Historical
The Kiddie Corp of SH took a pounding in last week's Cup match.
However
SH Manager Lear was not upset by this result. "Our kiddies are playing to
the best of their ability, thus gaining valuable experience for the long term.
Spirits and morale on the SH squad remain high and shoudl continue to do so,"
stated Lear
In a moment
of reflection this week, Lear told a couple of SH supporters,"I am
definitely looking forward to aging this season. I must be out of my mind for
saying this but with the vast reservoir of young talent on our squad just waiting
to be released, it is going to take the aging process to carry this out."
The Jazz
The Toons
faced Oaklake city in the second game of the cuplast week hoping for a win.
AS R Kirk
one the man of the match with a great display. S Erik got himself booked for
a over the
top tackle. The result would have been 0-0 if not a for last minute penatly
giving by
the ref {he musted have been paid, ha ha}. Hopefully gaining a win will put us
through to
the next round.
This weeks league game Is against DL at home,
we hope another big crowd turn up at
The
with a 100%
record. This will be a hard bit fair game and
both
playing this week after they rest last week, both will be excepted to score
goals this week.
Next week is another big game against
England U21 away from home. The scouts will be watching
EU this
week to been back a plan to beat them next week.
DIVISION 3
Sign Of Things To Come?
The kickers
last week managed a 6-6 draw with Druss Legends in the cup. This result all but assures them of a place
in the second round. A draw or a win
will see them through. In the league
though, this week will be a tough game at home against one of the stronger
teams in Defrosted Tunafish. DT last
week in the cup scored 17 goals but also conceded 10 against Trav Spoodle.
What tactic
will David use this week? A win is
important to go along with the cup success so far, however some of the players
are starting to tire and need to be rested sooner or later. David had this to say when asked.
"DT
are a good team, and the fact they won their away game a couple of weeks ago
shows they are not to be taken too lightly.
Having said that though the boys need some rest and gives us a chance to
see what the others can do. As the
season is still only early and we are currently still on the same number of
points as the last playoff spot, I think we can afford to rest some guys so
that are fully fit for the last cup match against Englehart Storm in 2
weeks. We need to be competitive in that
game to make sure we make it through."
David
appears to have maybe tipped his hand a bit at what the fans and opposition can
expect but is he just foxing? For that
answer we will all just have to wait and see.
So all you Kickers get down to Kicker Field and cheer the boys on.
This week's question.
17yr old
Amanda asks, "I think some of the guys are really cute and would like to
write to them. How do I do that?"
Amanda, all
players and officials can be contacted by writing to the club itself. All players will recieve the fan mail and
most are happy to reply within a week or so.
Keep on
Kicking.
Aros VSK
After
another week with sick children manager Christer was finally able to do these
orders while listening to the olympics.
AV
travel to BS for a very important game in the battle for playoff. AV are
looking for atleast one point. Rotation are starting to be more important now
as season progress. Av feel secure in that department with a few trades done.
Last
week AV won over MR in the cup. With that win AV are first in their group. The
final round see AV play PN. It will be a tough match when Christer faces his
old team.
Blue Storm FC
Defrosted TunaFish
Deo Volente
Will DV
remain unbeaten for another week? Fielding 77,75 NSl against SS might just put
that on a test.
I expect to
emp reach almost 110 emp with my ZD team. Hopefully that's enough for 1 or 2
smother shots
A win
against SS would be fun. even if it was just to piss Brian off, with FU
fielding 15 NSL more then DV and still not able to get ahead of "that
bunch of grandpa's"
Falcons
With the cup out of reach the falcons can focus on the
league. "Our ambition is to finish in the top 5" the coach was
overheard to say.
Fanatics United
These comments are coming from the Top Defensive Team in Division 3...
Our line up today is very interesting, and we have P. Adorso-II back from the hospital. There is still a bit of negative atmosphere in the team but I don't think that it will effect the game, they are grown up enough to leave it off the field, I am a bit worried though.
This match is going to be an interesting one because reviewing the team and I have found that they have some talent, if the manager actually shows some interest in his team some good old TLC I it will be a good game. T. Janssen is a good player and the manager just needs to find the right spot for him. Good luck to you VA and lets have a good game.
Yes, Yes I am not running my best squad today, but rotation is needed. This will not be used as a excuse if we lose, every player in this team can pull his own, and if we lose it's because VA was better on the field on the day.
Last thought, go FE go FE go, go FE go FE go... ;-)
Brian Murdoch
Team Manager of Fanatics United
"Creating fear and intimidation with our animosity and
stupidity."
Fantastic eleven
Smoking Guns
Speedsters
Trav Spoodle
Where you been lately man? U been a lil
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