THIS WEEKS FINES
OC 20k fine. Cannot find this player. GK B. Vale
DL 20k Fine. Cannot find this player (sub). CB J. Wool
DT 20k Fine. No position list for F. Costanzo
EU 20k Fine. This player cannot play (inj/susp). DS O. Aleijador
EW 20k Fine. Cannot find this player (sub). CB B. B. Magruder
EW 20k Fine. Cannot find this player (sub). S T.Raicer
TJ 20k Fine. Cannot find this player. GK S. Pooe
CUT PLAYERS
PURCHASES FROM THE DRAFT
IQ 800K for
AM 7.75 19 named D.Beasley
VA Bid DS
20 8.0 609K D Sweeper
SH DM 9 28 L. Valasquez Bid 302,000
TRADES
TB
sends EU
250K
EU sends TB
DM B. McBlaine, nsl 9, 33 yo
VA
> SH
GK P
Velthuizen 28 8.5
SH
> VA
75K
PRESS REPORT
Adirondak Renegades
. Adirondak
Press (AP): A Division 1 Win!
Manager
Fulmer (MF): Yes, that was good to see, especially against a strong side like
FI.
AP: Now
that you have had a couple of weeks to see the teams this season, who do you think the favorites are?
MF:
Excellent question. Division 1 looks strong and very balanced this season. TB
was my preseason favorite, and they still are, but
they will have a lot of company at the top. AA and FI look very strong,
although FI has gotten of to a very unlucky start. IQ also looks very strong,
and with the improvement of WK Ballack, WH Tevez, and CF Wambach, to go
along with AM Hamm, they can put out a very powerful side. They should be a top
team for the next 2-3 season with these players. Plus, don't forget CA. Ivo has
been quiet and rebuilding since his title. I don't think CA is there yet, but
don't count them out.
AP: How
about defending champ JG?
MF: Nope
AP: How
about teams facing relegation?
MF: That
will also be a tough battle, but I'l going to be a
chicken and not address that.
AP: OK,
maybe you'll talk about the Cup.
MF: Sure.
This depends on which teams are going to make the Cup a priority. With the
balance in Div 1, it will be very tough to go for the Season and Cup titles. So start with any title contenders that want to focus on the Cup.
Add TH, always add TH when it comes to the Cup. Mark seems to have dropped of
the face of the earth since he had child #2, at least of the face of the e-mail
soccer earth, but he will still find time to make a Cup run.
AP: Any
Division 2 or 3 teams that will make a strong run?
MF:
Definitely, but it is very hard to predict. Last season TS made a great run, but
I don't think anyone would have predicited it befoe the season. I think SH is strong enough to lmake a strong bid, but I think Len's priority is to get
back to Division 1 and I don't know if SH has enoughh
depth to do both.
Alcohol Anonymous
Catbel Athletic
Druss Legends
F.C Inferno
InterQuartile Rangers
Well,
a one point victory may not sound like a big deal, but it's the first time I've
beat Ivo in a long time. But then I have
a decent CP to play against his CP.
Usually, it gives him a small advantage against my most powerful ONE. So it's a benchmark of the progress I've
made. When I first started in SAEFL IQ
was so bad I had a wide variety of tactics to choose from. After all, crap is not that much different
from crap. Then for a couple of years I
only had a choice of one tactic which made things predictable. So having a choice of several tactics makes
it much more enjoyable. I still need a
lot of luck since the RNG does weird things.
The
cup starts again. Speaking of luck, do I
run into a serious contender early again?
Or do I get to make it to the final without serious competition as
happened 2 seasons ago?
Still,
considering how well I've improved relative to CA going for the league is also
an option. Decisions, decisions... Guess I'll figure that out in a few weeks. Maybe it will be a repeat of last year and I
just float in the middle of the division?
Stats
for Div 1:
|
TEAMS |
NSL
avg |
EMP
avg |
EMP/NSL |
max
NSL |
min
NSL |
max
EMP |
min
EMP |
Diff
NSL |
Diff
EMP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AA |
100.13 |
134.04 |
1.34 |
100.75 |
99.5 |
138.08 |
130 |
1.25 |
8.08 |
|
AR |
101.5 |
139.15 |
1.37 |
101.5 |
101.5 |
142.47 |
135.82 |
0 |
6.65 |
|
CA |
97.25 |
135.67 |
1.4 |
97.25 |
97.25 |
142.64 |
128.7 |
0 |
13.94 |
|
DL |
93.13 |
118.39 |
1.27 |
96.25 |
90 |
118.57 |
118.2 |
6.25 |
0.37 |
|
FI |
101.13 |
137.61 |
1.36 |
101.5 |
100.75 |
139.95 |
135.26 |
0.75 |
4.69 |
|
IQ |
96.63 |
123.47 |
1.28 |
101 |
92.25 |
126.45 |
120.48 |
8.75 |
5.97 |
|
JG |
102.63 |
125.19 |
1.22 |
102.75 |
102.5 |
133.9 |
116.48 |
0.25 |
17.42 |
|
LU |
94.5 |
130.66 |
1.38 |
97.25 |
91.75 |
137.46 |
123.85 |
5.5 |
13.61 |
|
NW |
99.25 |
130.54 |
1.32 |
99.25 |
99.25 |
132.57 |
128.5 |
0 |
4.07 |
|
PN |
97.88 |
121.66 |
1.24 |
98.25 |
97.5 |
124.87 |
118.44 |
0.75 |
6.43 |
|
TB |
96.5 |
122.12 |
1.27 |
96.5 |
96.5 |
126.25 |
117.99 |
0 |
8.26 |
|
TH |
95.63 |
134.95 |
1.41 |
97.5 |
93.75 |
139.39 |
130.5 |
3.75 |
8.89 |
|
|
98.01 |
129.45 |
1.32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
We
have to rest players, the cup is to forget.
NoShaKi WC98
Well
last week, we got pretty unlucky again.
The game was pretty close but we still ended up losing by one goal. We are now in the lower half of the table in
Division 1 and need to start winning if we hope to stay here for next
season. We did not have very high hopes
for this season coming into it but we would still like to avoid
relegation. Regardless, this week is a
cup week so the regular season does not matter right now. In the past, we have not tried very hard in
the cup but, for this game, we are fielding an average team. Perhaps this will be enough to win but it is
not crucial that we do.
The Boelewieten
What a mojor blow last week. The TB board was furious at the TB
manager. No way a loss as this can happen. The comment
of the respected I. Kroon said it all: "When you check out all the DL
matches. (Well, those of last season of course), you learn that DL plays WP
most of the times, with an occasional OFF. Against WP, I think CP still is a
better tactics than LB, especially when it’s your strongest tactics. Besides,
against OFF, CP is much much better of course".
And that was the point. The TB manager looked at the NSL that DL could mount,
not at tactics he played before. So, the board gave Van Poppel
a mission for this week, make a table of the played tactics of all div 1 teams,
like he did before. Pride comes before the fall.
The Jazz Greats
We
got 6 points from the first two matches which is alot more than i hoped for. But
now we face the harsh reality of a div3 team (EU) that can easily outemp emp
us!
But
we will see what happens. There is always the small possibiliy
that he will drop the cup. Yeah, right..
Tottenford Heats
DIVISION 2
Apocalypse
Thanks to
everyone for their kind wishes since joining the League at this week. This
first week may be a little experimental - but we think we can be Len's biggest
challenger for top spot in League 2 this season.
We watched
our game against todays opponents DV in the league at
the weekend - and think "we wuz robbed" in
only getting a draw - we fully expect to put that right today in the Cup and
claim a victory for my first game at the helm!
Defrosted TunaFish
Deo Volente
Excelsior
Fantastic eleven
Fanatics United
Grammar United
Smoking Guns
Stannington Historical
Another
solid win for SH this week. SH Manager Lear stated," I was rather happy
with this 9 - nil victory because it
showed to the other SAEFL teams that we can play defence
also, especially against an explosive team such as OC. I must give credit to
our backfield who time and time again shut down OC.
Probably the most beneficial deal to our club was the acquisition of CB Foxe and it paid dividends in our OC match. It definitely
filled a hole in our backfield. "
Lear was also happy for another reason
with SH. Besides our solid defensive play, our goal production is being spread
around. Unlike last season where most of our goals were from Garcia, Morales,
and Jayden, now players such as Brooker,
Griffith and some of our midfielders are starting to produce. I hope this will
start to cause some and worry to our opponents.
The problem that is facing SH now is how
to approach the upcoming cup matches. Everyone knows that the main goal of SH
this season is to get to D-1....so what do we do? Do we decide to take a bloody
good run at EW(our first cup opponent) and risk
possible injuries/suspensions to our top players such as Garcia and Morales or
do we play some of our extremely talented youngsters who deserve a spot in the
starting SH 11. This is always an issue
faced by numerous other managers.
What compounds all of this is the fact
our first Cup match is against EW managed by Sir Simon Bracegirdle. The teams
managed by me during the past many seasons have always had some excellent
matches versus sides managed by Simon. I know again this time it will be no
different as in the past. SH doesn't want to play a weak lineup against EW and
get totally embarassed. So I have to put my thinking
cap and come up with a strategy to do battle once again against EW.
Good
luck to all teams in the Cup Competition.
The Jazz
DIVISION 3
African Selection
After an
unfortunate GC played by the Speedsters, the Selects find themselves win-less
in the league.
This week
sees a big match against top flight club AR.
There are a
couple of debuts this week for the Selects. Newly acquired MF DeCeulaer makes his first everstart
for the club, so we are looking for big things from him.
The Selects
are going with a defensive line up against the top division side, so we expect
a low scoring game.
Aros VSK
Jings
man, we wun an wur no boatum o the league!
A seven nil
victory against oor auld enemy is
always
welcome and the fact wan o them goat sent
aff is a bonus. Up this week is a cup game an wur
luking fur bak tae bak wins. The tide hus
tae turn sumtime
fur us n
it may as well be the noo. We wull
be going fur it
against prelvious div 1 winners CA and wur
no hoading bak.
Hopefully
it all no blaw up in oor
face but its a cup gemme
and mibbee CA wull tak it easy oan us. :-)
Cum oan AROS VKan dae
it!!!
Blue Storm FC
Dead Scientists
Englehart Storm
Falcons
Cup games
are not our priority this season as we don't want to be found anywhere near the
bottom of the log again this season.
We rest
giving several of our youngsters a run.
Melchester Rovers
Speedsters
Trav Spoodle
Vitesse Arnhem