THIS WEEKS FINES
DIVISION 1
TB 20k Fine. Cannot find this player. GK R. Thomas
TB 20k Fine. Cannot find this player. DM M. Jack
EW 20k Fine. This player cannot play (inj/susp). S B.
McCarthy1
DIVISION 2
GU 20k Fine. Cannot find this player. CF Z. Pango
DIVISION 3
AV 20k fine. Cannot find this player. DM B. Bamko
VA 20k Fine. Cannot find this player. GK H.Wapenaar
VA 20k Fine. This position does not exist. S. Y. Hersi
CUT PLAYERS
TB AM D. Druss, nsl
7.75, 26 yo
TB FB R. Goussen, nsl 6.75, 26 yo
DL DM S. Stoephoer age 32 NSL 7,25
PURCHASES FROM THE DRAFT
FU Bid
$1005 for GK NSL 8.25 named F. GinJr (From GU)
FU Bid
$1005 for S NSL 8 named M. Mhoram (Free Transfer)
TRADES
AR>AK
GK P Statto 27 9.0
CB J Davids 24 8.5
AK>AR
CM H VanderWestvizen 23 8.0
S D Astokachi 21 7.25
40K
AK -> FI
89k
FI -> AK
S W. Rosencrans age 28 NSL 8
FU -> FE
CF F. Gob 7.75 23
FE -> FU
CF S. Gepston 7.5 29
30k
FE sends to SH
DS R. Dippenaar 9.25 24
SH sends to FE
CB E. Luxor 7.50 22
+ 30K
FU -> JG
CM S. Berry 8.00 23
250k
JG -> FU
DM Yakubu 9.00 24
CM Shaft 8.50 26
FE sends JG
250K
JG sends FE
CB V. Nogoto 8.5
age 27
FU -> FI
99k
FI-> FU
DS B. Wofolo 8,28
PRESS REPORT
DIVISION 1
Alcohol Anonymous
A HISTORY OF
SAEFL & AA (Season 3) GOOD MANAGERS SUCCEED, AND OC MANAGER FAILS, IN
SEASON OF UPS AND DOWNS
With season 2 seeing IQ again victorious, and AR winning the first ever division 2 title, season 3 would see battles galore and a changing of the guard. Lets take a look
Season 3 got off to a thrilling start with CA
playing newly promoted PN. And PN saw
what they were up against they got an 8-0 pasting away from home, with 8.5 20
Berlinnin captaining his side to a
easy win. IQ did not start so well
however a draw against HD perhaps giving second thoughts to the management
about some trading in the weeks to come. OC got soundly beaten by NH, while NW
took it to TH. AA snuck past AR and MR drew
0-0 with GU (McGoo now an 8.75 player emping very well but his best was yet to come J)
Season 3 was the term when trading really began to
kick into gear, and week 1 saw several interesting deals, including AP trading
DS a young WH called B. Star. Would the Apocs live to regret this deal?
Week 2 saw another defeat for IQ at the hands of
auld enemies CA. Surprisingly, not a grudge card in sight (must have been
saving them up for AA J). Mind you, the alcies
were also looking weak sneaking a draw against NH with albeit a good EMP to
NSL ratio. A changing
of the guards, maybe?
Division 2 saw JG play LU (Peter : Look where
they are today). NSL played
74.75 and 73.5. Although the game ended
0-0 (JG LU games are traditionally tight), me thinks the performance levels of
these two great names has risen since this point. Out of interest, JG played a young CF called
S. Rowbottom (6.5 NSL). We shall be keeping an eye on this young lad
over the next few weeks.
Week 3 sees the cup.
EU get hammered by CA 13-3. But who is this I
see in
Week 4 and AR start to utilise their old tricks of
managing to mess up games! Had the
manager at the time played a decent captain, they would have probably got a
draw out of the game with Oaklake. As it was, they lost by 2-1 with a EMP difference of 12, with no captain selected. Dear oh dear.
MR were a feared team at
this point in SAEFL. Take a look at
their EMP to NSL ratio in week 4 - and this is with 2 sending offs. No wonder NW were left scratching their
heads. In division 2, GOONIE again
blitzed it up with 23.45 EMP and a hattrick against
EU. Nice work fella!
Finally, week 4 also shows that teams do make
mistakes on styles and players. As we
all should know, wingers are not allowed with a AD
style. No one obviously told TB and W. Claessens this
but the Booeys
still won.
Using your grudge cards at the correct time can be
the difference between success and failure for teams. In OC's case,
success meant staying in the top flight in season 3. Their manager at the time used a GC to defeat
MR in the cup. Now this might have
seemed like a good move at the time. But
realistically, the Oakies were never going to win the
cup; and that GC could have been used to greater effect in getting 3 points for
the club. In the end, the club would be
relegated by a small number of points
The grudge card could have been used in the next
game. They lost 9-8 to CA. The grudge here would have probably netted
them the game. On such fine lines are
managerial decisions made.
Week 7, and the good use of a tactic combined with a
grudge, and marking to back it up. MR v
AA, and Ed (wouldn't it be nice to see him back in
SAEFL :)) guessed correctly that Melchester
would go all out with a WP tactic to try and rip the alcies
to pieces.
Ed therefore countered with a very nice OFF together
with a grudge card of his own. Result =
only one winner (although MR's keeper didn't help -
in these games, ALWAYS play your best keeper, as an 8 NSL lad just won't do the
bizz).
Check out the marking as well - Ed really hurt Dalglish and Deane with the close attention paid by Basto and
Like
Week 9 - and how did AR pull off a draw v CA. Questions on a postcard,
anyone? Ourgunned
by 30 EMP (albeit both played defensively), and Catbel
didn't get a shot on target.
Inconsistency can really hurt teams, and in OC's case we are talking REALLY inconsistent. They move from NMRing
in week 9, to drawing with IQ in week 10.
That kind of thing makes "homer mad, homer smash!"
Not to say that Peter never has technical glitches
in SAEFL, but this game makes interesting reading:
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Alcohol Anonymous 0
NoShaKi WC'98 0
AA home WH RG Boost
GK Grolsch 10 10.08 Saves 0, CB VanSteenkiste 9 11.88 , CB Newton ^^ 11.5 14.03 , FB
Donaldson * ^ 10.5 14.04 , MF Hefe ^^ 10.75 13.70 ,
WH Budweiser 9.5 12.39 , WH Djordic 9.5 12.54 , AM
Jackson 9 14.31 , S Heathcoat ^ 9.5 14.82 , CF Davis *** 10 13.58 , CF Jardel ^ 9 12.18 NSL 93.75 - EMP 133.48
NW Away ENF ST (No Captain Selected)
GK G. Buffon 8.5 8.57 Saves 0, DS J. Baiano 9 11.72 , CB M. Fish 8 10.65 , CB S. Campbell 8
10.65 , CB D. Barrett 7 8.92 , DM F. George 8.25 11.07 Booked, DM E. Davids 6.75 8.02 Booked, DM D. Deschamps
8.25 10.37 , DM P. Njanka 6 6.79 , DM M. Kingi 10 11.50 , S V. Montella
8.25 9.76 NSL 79.5 - EMP 99.44
Markers
~ DM P. Njanka marks CF Jardel
~ DM E. Davids marks CF Davis
Hmm
.
(Peter : This game was one of the reasons the Smoother rule
came into play, NW had everything in Def and AA got no normal shots)
Week 11:
MR Bids 751 000k for S age 25 nsl
11.25 named C.Sutton (Peter : Ok I lied so
I did put another freak on the transfer list)
IQ bid $285,000 for the 19yo CM nsl=7,
to be named P.Gasgoigne
Looks like Peter has put more than one freak on the
transfer market since records began. (Peter : Ok so I lied so I did put
another freak on the transfer list)
A nice deal for MR, and just as good a deal for IQ if memory serves
me well.
In week 12, AA demonstrate
the importance of playing more than one tactic.
Able to play WP and ONE for starters, most clubs would not think that
they could play a defensive tactic quite as well. Does 141 EMP seem OK to you? The ability to switch between defensive and
offensive tactics makes it that much more difficult for an opposition manager
to read what you are going to do - and therefore gives you that extra chance of
winning that can be the difference between a good season and an average one.
Week 13, and the Division 1 v
Division 2 game.
Good stuff as Div 1 beats Div 2.
Perhaps the Commy can look at this kind of
game again (although difficult with 3 divisions!) (Peter : Wonder when I
stoped the all star games Ill try and start them
again)
Week 13 also saw CA splash out 700k on a 9 19 AM
called Todi.
Good pick :)
Ageing tracker
ageing
tracker
Week 14 sees ageing in SAEFL. What would it bring to the various players in
SAEFL? Let's take a look at some of the
legends: (Peter : What season what Midseason aging introduced into
SAEFL ?)
CF G. Schockaert 11 (TB)
AM Hoddle 9.25 (IQ)
DS I. Borgsen 10 (FI)
WH Djordic 10.5 (AA)
DS McGoo 10 (GU - and the
legend is really born)
CF Dalglish 11.5 (MR)
CB Danny Mills 8 (EU)
CM J. Cole 10 (EU)
CF GOONIE 12.25 (TJ- dropping)
GK THE CAT IN THE HAT 10 (TJ)
FB B. Berlinnin 9 (CA)
CF J. Rowbottom 7.5 (JG)
Even the best managers make mistake, and when we get
to week 18, we see the IQ and the AA bosses both forgetting to pick captains.
While IQ had plenty in the bank to beat AR, AA got punished by losing to MR by
a single goal. Even worse AA used a
grudge to try and get the win. The defeat
would cost the club dear.
The following week would see CA edge out AA by a
goal to nil in a MASSIVE game. CA emped 154 points to 140 from AA. The win pretty much sealed the title for the
home side.
In division two, TB and FI were ripping it up, and
in the same week that saw the top 2 in SAEFL going head to head, FI shocked TB
by a single goal to open up the championship race.
Week 20 and a fan fare (or perhaps more
realistically a slight breeze) saw a certain
Nathan Fossey enter SAEFL for the first time. He had played with a Mr Babcock in L&AEFL
a couple years before, and, while still at university (crumbs,
that feels a long time), he took on the seemingly impossible job of
keeping OC in the top flight.
Somehow, I immediately picked up the tactics and
correctly picked that Mike would play WP with NW. Got a draw
but hardly likely to make a dent
in the battle against the drop.
Week 21 sees NF down to earth IQ beat OC 10-7,
with Screwdriver looking a shadow of his former self. By this time, I had already decided that,
unless significant trading took place, that an ageing OC squad would get even
older and perpetually decline.
In the big game of the week, CA plays MR and wins
7-3. TB sneak a
win whilst FI slipped up to EU in the 2nd division.
Week 22 sees CA slip up (a mere draw!) to give AA a
snip of a chance at the title but they then only get a draw as well. OC wins (yay!) with
a pathetic EMP total to make their points total look half reasonable.
Week 23 and OC draw level on the sides above them with another draw. Goodness only knows how I managed that! (the bribes worked Peter Ill keep them coming for this season).
More importantly, CA win the title (a great manager in Vince got his just deserts) with a confident win against TH.
In another top match, IQ play AA with everyone expecting IQ to rest. AA win but IQ dont rest anyone. IQs press showed the rivalry between the two bosses at this time:
This week IQ get
an opportunity to end AA's title asperations, and the
perenial bridesmaids (AA) will be hoping to put one
over the club that has pipped it for the championship
in the first two seasons of SAEFL. It would be ironic if IQ were to end AA's
hopes of claiming the Season 3 championship, even though IQ itself is out of the
running.
Week 24 sees CA forgetting to pick a captain and
losing (Vince must have been drunk no shock there ;)). OC get relegated by being taken to the
cleaners by AA.
As this is (to date touch wood) the only time I
have been relegated in my time as a SAEFL manager, to get pushed through the
trap door by AA is (now I look back at it), somewhat ironic.
With NW sneaking the cup, and TB and FI safely up,
concentration fell on the play-offs. In
the end, TJ snuck up with JG getting hammered in the first round (never mind,
eh Bart ;)). (Peter : This just shows what Managers can do with a team)
All in all, a great season that saw SAEFL move to
new heights although there were still too many missed captains, too many
formation errors. This has improved such
a lot since, and shows the importance of experience in the league.
And
one final note Marco Cecilio made manager of the
season. Then with TB,
now with FI. Still a great boss J (now can you let me have that 12.5 20 5 5 FB
for a lower price Marco?)
Next
week, and its sad departures and new arrivals as the nearly men become THE men
of SAEFL.
Apocalypse
Catbel Athletic
Excelsior
From the
Excelsior Herald...
A horrible defeat at the hands of The Boelewieten last week truly exposed the shortcomings of
Excelsior's squad and tactical knowhow. The alarm
bells must now be ringing at
F.C Inferno
It's quite interesting to see people interest on good
AS! Half the league mailed me! ;) Peter, how many players do we have on each
position in the league? Can you say that? (Peter : Not as that would change
the price of certain players J)
Commenting our adversary this week, I think OC is a
very strong team and playing away will only make things worse. However, I
expect a very even game... Maybe we can get another win!
InterQuartile Rangers
Does anyone want to try and tell me again that there's
not too much money in SAEFL???? Look at
this: TH Bid 666K for 18yo DM NSL 3.75 Named : B. Korenwolf. (Peter: I has other
crazy bid of 600,585, 550 and 501)
I had to give up a NSL 9 CF to get only 334K more than that. Considering the value of the bid he should
have been named Beelzebub, El Diablo, or Lucifer. This is another reason I shouldn't be in Div
1. I can barely afford 666K for an NSL 8
player.
I've been looking down since before the season
started! From my perspective, Mark
wasted his boost. I don't have a good
enough team to do well in Div 1. I'm
already fighting relegation. I have no
illusions. So most of the teams that
Mark are fighting with will get their 3 points when
they play me, and they won't need a boost.
So my contribution is drawing a boost so he can't use it against his
real competition. If anyone wants to
make a contribution to my bank account for helping out, I'm listening....
Unfortunately, this is beginning to remind me of my
first season in SAEFL. Relative to the
other teams in my division I had a very weak team. My only contribution to the league table was
upsetting a couple of teams. I
previously said my odds of relegating were 50-50. I've already revised that to 30 against
relegating. I only put the odds that high
because mid-season aging is still pending.
Anyway, another strong team this week, despite their
standing in the table. So we experiment
again. I don't have the best players for
BC, but it's worth a try. I certainly
don't see ONE working well against CP.
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 |
|
TB |
96.56 |
118.71 |
1.23 |
99.5 |
89.75 |
132.82 |
109.78 |
9.75 |
23.04 |
|
CA |
92.19 |
113.85 |
1.23 |
93.5 |
90.75 |
127.39 |
98.19 |
2.75 |
29.2 |
|
TH |
95.88 |
123.02 |
1.28 |
100.25 |
93.25 |
132.24 |
107.25 |
7 |
24.99 |
|
AP |
97.19 |
119.91 |
1.23 |
99 |
93 |
131.97 |
107.84 |
6 |
24.13 |
|
LU |
93.12 |
122.07 |
1.31 |
94.75 |
91.21 |
131.52 |
104.9 |
3.54 |
26.62 |
|
FI |
94.31 |
122.2 |
1.3 |
97 |
91 |
127.08 |
118.15 |
6 |
8.93 |
|
OC |
96.94 |
125.31 |
1.29 |
99 |
95.5 |
132.42 |
122.02 |
3.5 |
10.4 |
|
AA |
96.94 |
126.9 |
1.31 |
99 |
95.25 |
129.42 |
123.51 |
3.75 |
5.91 |
|
IQ |
95.31 |
127.39 |
1.34 |
96 |
94.75 |
131.41 |
122.01 |
1.25 |
9.4 |
|
JG |
95.5 |
127.21 |
1.33 |
98.5 |
92.25 |
131.71 |
116.8 |
6.25 |
14.91 |
|
EW |
99.5 |
131.35 |
1.32 |
101.75 |
96.25 |
146.01 |
120.94 |
5.5 |
25.07 |
|
NW |
91.38 |
125.59 |
1.37 |
93.5 |
89.5 |
134.66 |
116.34 |
4 |
18.32 |
|
|
95.4 |
123.63 |
1.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NoShaKi WC98
The Boelewieten
The Jazz Greats
Tottenford Heats
DIVISION 2
Adirondak Renegades
Adirondak
Press (AP): Another tough loss this week, this time 1-0 to title contender EU.
Last week, after a 1 goal loss to AA in a cup match, you were satisfied and
said "we got what we wanted out of the match". Are you satisfied with
this week's performance against a clearly superior side?
Manager
Fulmer (MF): No.
AP: You lost 1-0 in an exciting match, a much
better result than expected.
MF: So.
AP: What is
the difference between the 2 close matches 2 excellent teams?
MF: We need
points in the league. We got none.
AP: Not too
talkative today, huh.
MF:
.........
AP: OK. So
let's talk about the match. You used a new defensive tactic, Man to Man
marking, and it was very effective. Statto was
excellent in goal saving 6 of 7 chances, fantastic for a back-up GK. Fantastic for a #1 GK for that matter.
MF: He was
OK. I'm sure David at AK hopes he plays like that.
AP: Why
would David care how Statto plays, AK is in Div 3.
Wait a minute, did you trade Statto
after a performance like that????
MF: Maybe
AP: Don't
tell me.
MF: OK, I
won't.
AP: And
since you have been focusing on defense so much
lately, you probably also included a defender.
MF: Maybe.
AP: DON!!!
MF: OK, I
included CB J Davids.
AP: I'm
confused.
MF: You are
not alone :)
AP: I'm
afraid to ask why you traded them.
MF: OK, so
don't.
MF: Its not
often you get a chance to pick up a young talent like CM H VanderWestvizen.
He can provide rotation for MF Pulmao now, and will
play an important role when we play more defensive tactics. And at only 23, he
has a great future ahead of him.
AP: I have
heard that Vanwhatshisname has good skills and has
very good ethics and determination and should fill an important role, but I
hear you also picked up another promising young striker.
MF: Yes, we
have received some excellent reports on 21 year old striker D Astokachi.
AP: That
gives you 4 very promising strikers from age 19-21. You
usually only play with one striker at a time. Why do you need all of
these promising attacking players?
MF: So I
have some players to trade???
African Selection
Dead Scientists
Druss Legends
Englehart Storm
Grammar United
Melchester Rovers
Don't have much
time but hope we win after the bad game/loss last week.
Stannington Historical
SH is experiementing with
their roster. Manager Lear feels that they having nothing to lose by doing
this. "We have a number of different tactics and lineup combos that we can
go with using our Kiddie Corp. So, we feel now is the
right time to do it."
Also, SH is not worried about our win/loss record
because when the aging comes along we are rather confident it is going to help
us and SH will be a different club in the 2nd half of the season."
Len Lear is
glad a former club of his is off to a good start this season, Englehart Storm. Lear said,"Peter
has been through a lot with ES. But he seems to be using a nice, patient
approach to things and it seems to be paying off for him. Go, ES, Nice work,
Peter G. (Peter
: I have to agree it seems ES has been jinx since it has been in SAEFL I HOPE
WE HAVE NOT JINX HIM NOW J)
The Jazz
DIVISION 3
Sorry all,
too busy to write any press this week.
As it is, I'm barely going to get in before the NMR deadline due to real
life stuff.
Aros VSK
Blue Storm FC
Blue Strom
FC underwent a welcomed hostile take over this week. The new Manager of the
team, Bryan Banfield, has brought with him his
experience from years of sending teams to the First Division. S. Guerrero, the
teams captain spoke with us this we and had the following to say:"We are very excited about what the future has in
store for us,
Blue Strom
FC was taken over by Wayne Ent.
Danielle Cook, Wayne Ent's
PR officer say that they have high hopes for the new team and are looking to
run a survey to see that the local supporter feel about changing the teams name
to "Wayne United". Danielle say that they
were concerned about how the players would take to a name change but were supprised to find that they were all behind the it.
Should you
wish to see the name of Blue Storm FC changed to "Wayne United"
please contact bryan@salestechnologygroup.com with a YES in the message of the
mail with a few words of encouragement and your mail will be take
to the relevant Commissioner.
Looking
forward to seeing you in the stadium this weekend!!
Defrosted TunaFish
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DefrostedTunaFish having a great run here
lets hope it lasts :)
VINI VIDI VICI!! |
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Deo Volente
Falcons
Reduced to 9 men last week the coach had stern words
with the team this week regarding their discipline. With two first choice
players suspended as a result the falcons are definitely taking their sangoma with down to the Battlefield FC grounds.
Nik Albert [FA]
Fanatics United
Reporter:
Do you like to result that you got last week?
Manager: It
was a good game, I was proud of the shots at goal, there could have been more.
Reporter: As
the league leader, do you think you will out run the Speedsters?
Manager:
No, I think that Magnus has some good players on his side and has a solid
strategy, and it might pay off for them today.
Reporter: I
hear that you hit your head last week, what happened?
Manager: No
it was the roof, when heard the result on the FE vs. TS game.
Reporter:
Any more injuries, "bites", ect...
Manager:
No, the team has come to be a real family, and everyone is learning from
strengths and weakness. I have some more players that are coming in this week, I am hoping it will be a smooth transition.
Just some
advice to AK, take out Vedder's knees before the
game.
And I would
like to invite everyone and their mothers to come watch in my new improved
stadium in week 10, I guarantee a excellent game.
Fantastic eleven
The first win of the season for FE and what a win. Against one of
the top teams in SAEFL. Hopefully the first of many
more to come. My team is still young so we will have to see next season
how they will perform. Will get back to Brain later and his
little RIP. As I will be starting my own collection
soon.
Smoking Guns
Speedsters
Trav Spoodle
Hi
BART! Ivo to win the cup!! Go CA!!! I'm dying for
some Mexican food!!! Have a good game fellah's
(and lady)
Vitesse Arnhem