SAEFL SEASON 11 WEEK 19

DIVISION 2 GAMES

In division 2, there are 3 issues that are exciting: 1) Who will win the battle for second place? 2) Which teams will reach the playoffs? 3) Can MR, AS or SH escape relegation, most likely at the expense of ES or maybe NH. That means that AS is one of those teams who is trying to stay in div 2. However, this week I don't think Colin counted on winning points, as African Selects had to play against Druss Legends, and we all no that there is no stopping DL this season. It still isn't official (although it could be next week), but everybody knows already that DL will be the div 2 champion this season. This week, Martijn didn't go all the way, and even rested players ( I guess he thought he could afford to give away one match), but since Colin already thought he wouldn't stand a chance, AS rested players as well, and so DL won: 22-12. Too bad for Colin, as if he would have played his best, he might have beaten the nr. 1 team. But hey, I can imagine that you don't take a chance on that. So, with 3 more points, DL are 1 step closer to the title, and AS will have to win their points in other matches, if they want to catch up with ES.

PLAYED AT	Liberation Park
ATTENDANCE	22146

African Selection				12		Druss Legends				22

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	D. Wau	10	11.11	43	22	GK	O. Hendriks	9.5	10.57	25	12
DS	A. Accra	8	8.49	0	0	CB	B. Gates *	10	11.71	0	0
CB	F. Biiskra	7	7.75	0	0	CB	K. Laploper	9.5	12.00	2	1
CB	G. Breen	8.25	9.13	0	0	FB	T. Cooper	8.5	10.28	1	1
MF	F. Zeila	7.25	7.35	1	1	MF	K. Ankerhoer	6.5	8.08	3	3
MF	D. Nyala Booked	7.5	7.92	2	1	MF	N. Haroldo	10	10.63	5	2
MF	E. Edjelé * #	7.75	8.35	1	0	W	V. Leugel	9.75	10.86	7	2
S	V. Zorin	7.25	10.43	3	1	W	L. Ulhannes	8.5	11.38	1	0
S	E. Adatez	7.5	11.08	5	3	S	J. Gold Booked	7.75	13.03	7	3
S	O. Giba Booked	8	12.15	9	4	CF	N. Euker	8	13.60	6	4
S	C. Bissau	8	13.07	4	2	CF	P. Eemofoos #	9	16.84	11	6
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		1	1

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	C. Kariba	10	0.00	0	0	GK	B. Steunbeer	9	0.00	0	0
FB	F. Cantro	10	0.00	0	0	CB	P. Arkinson	9	0.00	0	0
MF	D. Blitta	10	0.00	0	0	MF	R. Schouten	4.5	0.00	0	0
CF	C. Bukoba	7.5	0.00	0	0	S	S. Roberts	7.25	0.00	0	0
CF	R. King	10	0.00	0	0	CF	P. Fortuyn	7	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		LB				TACTIC		WP
	STYLE		TR				STYLE		AA
	FORMATION		3 - 3 - 4				FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5

	TOTAL NSL			76.50			TOTAL NSL			87.50
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			95.72			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			118.40
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			25.75			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			33.13
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			69.97			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			85.27


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED

SAEFL SEASON 11 WEEK 19

England Under 21 lost their runner up position last week, and it will be no surprise that they want that back. The first step towards that, of course, is win your own matches. Well, this week EU played Stannington Historical, the number last on the table. You'd expect that to be an easy win for EU, looking at the table, but that wasn't exactly true. Len is winning points in the last couple of weeks, and apparantly intended to continue that, because he played a boost. However, the home bonus for EU, plus the normal difference in NSL, made it that EU was the better team after all anyway, with more than 15 EMP difference. That resulted in a 18-13 victory. Mike will be happy to see EU do a good job in the fight for the second place, while for Len, it's getting more and more difficult to hope for that miracle.

PLAYED AT	Uembley Arena
ATTENDANCE	22181

England U-21				18		Stannington Historical				13

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	E. Fechugol	9.25	9.98	24	13	GK	K. Loothommel	9	9.56	38	18
DS	L. Sanford	9.25	10.45	0	0	CB	J. Davis	8	8.46	0	0
CB	H. Lopez	8	8.63	0	0	FB	A. Hirsi-Ali	10	11.16	0	0
CB	N. Blima	8.75	9.71	0	0	FB	S. Reed	8	8.86	0	0
MF	D. Salguero	8.5	10.70	2	1	AS	R. Rosenthal # ^	10.5	10.53	1	0
WH	M. Intencionado	10	13.95	9	4	MF	B. Moreeke ^	8.25	8.31	3	1
WH	W. Hat *	9.5	13.47	1	0	MF	G. Tjirare Booked	8	9.66	1	0
AM	S. Andrews	9	14.10	3	1	W	S. Brooker	9.25	12.09	3	2
AM	K. Nihat	9	14.39	5	4	W	Z. Akhooi	10	11.64	5	1
CF	M. Kezman	10	13.09	5	2	S	J. Moranes ^	9.25	13.25	6	5
CF	P. Sage #	11.5	17.14	13	6	CF	R. Garcia *	9.5	15.67	5	4
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	Z. Thorton	9	0.00	0	0	GK	P. Musselwhite	6	0.00	0	0
CB	J. Carrica	6.5	0.00	0	0	CM	B. Barrel	10	0.00	0	0
MF	D. Marthinez	6.5	0.00	0	0	S	D. Enugu	7.5	0.00	0	0
WH	K. Hamlin	9.25	0.00	0	0	CF	P. Morales	9.5	0.00	0	0
S	S. Etoo	7.75	0.00	0	0			0	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		WH				TACTIC		WP
	STYLE		MD				STYLE		AA
	FORMATION		3 - 5 - 2				FORMATION		4 - 2 - 4

	TOTAL NSL			93.50			TOTAL NSL			89.25
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			125.63			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			109.63
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			39.05			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			34.43
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			86.59			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			75.20


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED

SAEFL SEASON 11 WEEK 19

I already mentioned that the fight for relegation was exciting. Well, in that light, it will be no surprise that the clash between the numbers 9 and 10 on the table promised to be a match with a lot of interest, for a lot of teams. For Bruce, it could mean a chance to bring back the gap between ES and MR to only 2 points, which is a nice perspective with 6 matches left. On the other hand: if Peter would win this game, he could increase the gap from 5 to 8 points, and be a lot safer from relegation (and I bet Colin and Len would not like that either). And besides that, it would bring ES back in the race for the playoffs. Well, where Peter wanted to make sure he won this match, and played a grudge, Bruce left his grudges in his pocket, and that made the difference between ES and MR too big to overcome: ES won easy: 12-0, and they are indeed back in the race for the playoffs. Even the red card for Vilas made absolutely no difference. With this loss for MR, we have seen the entire row of clubs in the relegation zone lose their match, while the nr. 9 won their match. That means that it will be a hell of a job if any of the 3 teams can manage to escape relegation in the end.3

PLAYED AT	Englehart Dome
ATTENDANCE	18298

Englehart Storm				12			Melchester Rovers				0

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	A. Aussie	10	11.07	0	0		GK	S. Given	10	10.00	26	12
DS	M. Villas SENT OFF 78	10	10.03	0	0	78	CB	A. Josemi	6.5	6.78	0	0
CB	M. ShakenNotStirred	10	12.07	0	0		CB	P. Puyol	9	8.48	0	0
FB	A. Lincoln	10	12.65	0	0		CB	B. Star Booked	10	10.42	0	0
CM	S. Hegarty	9	12.83	4	2		FB	F. Finnan	7	6.60	0	0
MF	K. Clown	9.5	14.34	5	2		AS	P. Neill	8.5	9.35	0	0
WH	Q. DeeJr	10	14.83	6	3		CM	M. Blue	10	12.56	0	0
AM	K. Putana	8	12.77	3	3		MF	S. Bryce *	11.5	13.01	0	0
AM	F. Kindler	8	12.39	1	0		AM	A. Xabi	5.5	6.17	0	0
AM	C. Flannery *	10.5	3.37	0	0	17 ( 23 )	S	G. Shaw #	9	10.37	0	0
CF	A. Morley #	10	12.69	7	2		CF	A. Mido	6.5	7.30	0	0
		PENALTY		0	0				PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	L. Phillips	9.5	0.00	0	0		GK	D. Star	7	0.00	0	0
CB	E. Storm OOP	9	0.00	0	0		FB	A. Star	6	0.00	0	0
CB	C. Enciso	8	0.00	0	0		CM	S. McCall	9	0.00	0	0
MF	N. Tsitses	8.5	0.00	0	0		MF	P. Hogan	7.25	0.00	0	0
WH	I. Drinkalot SUBON 17	7.25	10.41	0	0	17	S	C. Star	7	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		ONE					TACTIC		BC
	STYLE		MD					STYLE		UB
	FORMATION		3 - 6 - 1					FORMATION		5 - 3 - 2

	TOTAL NSL			95.00				TOTAL NSL			83.50
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			128.37				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			91.03
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			52.63				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			45.51
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			75.74				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			45.52


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD				MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD				MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY				TEAM PENALIZED

SAEFL SEASON 11 WEEK 19

Grammar United climbed to 2nd place last week, where Dead Scientists fell to 7th position, which is not a playoff spot, so of course, Tim wants to be back in the top half of the table, where Michael wants to stay in that nr. 2 position. However, even in SAEFL, it's still not possible that both managers win 3 points. Tim played a boost, in an effort to either win the game, or at least not lose it. He might have known that we're talking GU here, and that it's sooooooo very hard to beat GU, in an away game, so it could very well be that he played it simply not to lose the game. In that case: it worked! Both teams were almost equally strong, in what can be called a typically GU game: 0-0. The sharing of the points was fair, but since we already saw EU win their game, we know that GU drop to 3rd position. DS win another point in their race for the playoffs. It's not a victory, but considering it's an away game against GU, it's a good result.

PLAYED AT	Olympic Park
ATTENDANCE	29531

Grammar United				0		Dead Scientists				0

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	D. Gin	9	10.14	0	0	GK	Z. Kalac	9	9.55	0	0	47 ( 19 )
DS	S. Nevland	7.5	11.63	0	0	CB	L. Milicevic	7.5	8.56	0	0
DS	F. FerdinanJr	7.5	11.27	0	0	CB	K. Packer	10	.25	0	0	2 ( 41 )
DS	D. McGoo3rd	9.5	13.87	0	0	CB	H. Foxe *	11.5	14.20	0	0
CB	W. Campbell *	9.5	13.37	0	0	FB	L. Neill ^	9.25	10.22	0	0
CB	D. Campbell3rd	10	12.64	0	0	MF	S. Lazaridis	9	9.10	0	0
AS	J. Black	9.5	11.25	0	0	WH	B. Siebenberg ^	8	10.41	0	0
DM	D. Tiatto	9	9.69	0	0	WH	E. BaggioJr	8.25	11.30	0	0
CM	C. Gus1st	8.5	9.83	0	0	AM	T. Callanan	9.25	12.50	0	0
MF	P. Tryharder	9	10.41	0	0	AM	M. Bresciano ^^	11.5	16.79	0	0
S	B. GazaJr #	9	11.58	0	0	S	J. Aloisi #	9.5	12.40	0	0
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	D. GinJr	8	0.00	0	0	GK	M. Bosnich SUBON 47 SUBON 0	7.75	8.22	0	0	47
DS	P. Neville3rd	6	0.00	0	0	CB	T. Popovic SUBON 2	10	8.37	0	0	2
AM	S. GoodmanJr	7.5	0.00	0	0	MF	R. Murdoch	8	0.00	0	0
CF	T. SpliffJr	6.5	0.00	0	0	WH	P. Doobs	5.25	0.00	0	0
		0	0.00	0	0	S	C. Tevez	8	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		TS				TACTIC		WH
	STYLE		ST				STYLE		CA
	FORMATION		6 - 3 - 1				FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			89.00			TOTAL NSL			91.25
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			115.53			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			114.09
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			87.38			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			58.19
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			28.15			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			55.90


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED

SAEFL SEASON 11 WEEK 19

Newton Heath are another team chasing the teams on the playoff positions, but after the victory for ES, they might be the team that has to look behind them, instead of in front of them, if they are to escape relegation. Robert in fact played a better team than Stewart, and had more EMP with that, but when you look at both the GK's playing in this match, you will see what made the difference, and why The Jazz beat Newton Heath 12-8. With this win, and the 3 points that go with it, TJ did a very good job in their race for the playoffs, and they even remain very much in the race for the nr. 2 position. NH's first priority, after this loss, will have to be avoiding relegation. Although of course that doesn't mean that they are out of the race for the playoffs yet. But they did lose expensive points, that's true.

PLAYED AT	Gold Trafford
ATTENDANCE	24632

Newton Heath				8		The Jazz				12

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	J. Mew	8	8.76	24	12	GK	M. Mouse	10	11.11	26	8
DS	C. Radford	9.25	10.13	0	0	FB	B. Goodman	9.5	9.96	0	0
DS	J. Nicholl	10	12.46	0	0	AS	G. Thundercats SENT OFF 33	9	4.37	0	0	33
FB	N. Cantwell	10	10.96	0	0	AS	R. Kirk *	12	15.17	4	3
MF	J. Heathcote	8.75	9.59	0	0	AS	C. Christian	8.5	9.68	0	0
WH	J. Kleberson	7.25	9.84	1	1	WH	R. Runner	8.5	11.75	4	1
WH	C. Spreksel	10	13.57	4	2	WH	G. Strachan	8.5	11.25	1	1
AM	I. Moir *	8.25	12.87	7	1	AM	L. Stitch Booked	9	14.34	4	0
AM	D. Viollet	10	14.46	6	2	AM	J. Allencar Booked	9	14.05	3	2
S	E. West	9	13.17	2	1	AM	P. Pluto #	9.5	15.38	6	4
S	G. Godsmark #	10	13.23	6	1	CF	S. Archabald	9	10.90	2	1
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		1	1

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	D. Gaskell	6.25	0.00	0	0	GK	S. White	6	0.00	0	0
DS	A. Bell	8.5	0.00	0	0	DM	R. Villa	10	0.00	0	0
MF	N. Stiles	6.5	0.00	0	0	DM	L. Mermaid	7	0.00	0	0
AM	J. Mitchell	7.25	0.00	0	0	MF	T. Thing	8.5	0.00	0	0
S	H. Halse	8	0.00	0	0	S	B. Gaza3rd	9	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		WH				TACTIC		ONE
	STYLE		RG				STYLE		MD
	FORMATION		3 - 5 - 2				FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			92.50			TOTAL NSL			92.50
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			120.27			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			116.85
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			50.81			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			30.46
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			69.46			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			86.39


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED

SAEFL SEASON 11 WEEK 19

Point of Napier and Adirondak Renegades are the numbers 5 and 6 on the table. That means that they are both on a playoff spot, but since they play eachother this week, at least 3 points will be lost, and of course, neither Kelly nor Don wanted to be the one to lose them. However, there were 3 differences: 1) Kelly played a grudge where Don "only" played a boost 2) Dons MF Hellraiser was sent off already in the 7th minute, causing a loss of 12.80 EMP 3) PN had the home advantage. Of course, you cannot predict difference nr. 2. But that was only 12.80 EMP difference on a total of 20 EMP. So, even if AR would have finished the game with 11 players, PN would have been the better team. And since both teams played with a NSL 9 GK, that wouldn't have made any difference. So, in my opinion, I think it's the home advantage and the fact that a grudge beats a boost, that made PN win 3 points and leave AR empty handed. PN and AR switch places, as PN climbs to 5th position. But also AR is still on a playoff spot, although Don has to watch out carefully, if he doesn't want to give it up.

PLAYED AT	Ayrton Senna Memorial Stadium
ATTENDANCE	26927

Port of Napier AFC				16		Adirondak Renegades				7

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	T. Perkins	9	10.11	14	7	GK	M. Jardim	9	9.87	32	16
DS	B. Namof	10	12.23	0	0	CB	K. Hickey	8.75	10.90	0	0
CB	D. Dorus	8	10.82	0	0	CB	C. Smith ^	9.25	10.79	0	0
CB	D. Delaney	8.25	9.68	2	1	CB	M. Dawson	9	11.22	0	0
DM	S. Maugham	9	9.53	0	0	FB	T. Barker ^	9	11.09	1	0
MF	C. Gomez	9.25	10.85	1	0	DM	C. Albers	9.5	11.17	2	1
W	S. Pido	9.25	12.44	2	2	MF	H. Ellraiser # SENT OFF 7	10	1.08	0	0	7
W	G. Greene *	10	16.56	7	5	AM	R. Mitreski *	9	15.04	3	2
S	J. Moreno	8	14.07	5	1	AM	N. GoodmanJr	9.5	14.79	3	1
CF	I. Odingsells	7.5	14.18	6	2	AM	E. ShivuteJr ^	10	16.03	2	2
CF	S. Nol #	12.5	21.04	9	5	S	G. Williams	7.5	9.57	3	1
		PENALTY		1	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	M. Locklear	8	0.00	0	0	GK	W. Evans	9	0.00	0	0
CB	U. Broline	8	0.00	0	0	CB	F. Assassino	7.75	0.00	0	0
CM	L. Armpitt	7.75	0.00	0	0	CM	H. VanderWesthuizen	9	0.00	0	0
S	V. Daylight	7.5	0.00	0	0	AM	S. Mann	8	0.00	0	0
		0	0.00	0	0	S	D. Astokachi	7.75	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		WP				TACTIC		ONE
	STYLE		AA				STYLE		MD
	FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5				FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			91.75			TOTAL NSL			90.00
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			131.41			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			111.70
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			38.18			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			53.07
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			93.23			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			58.63


	GRUDGE CARD			YELLOW CARD			MARKING PLAYER			1.5 BOOST
	OUT OF POSITION			RED CARD			MARKED PLAYER			0.5 BOOST
	CAPTAIN			INJURY			TEAM PENALIZED