SAEFL SEASON 12 WEEK 10

DIVISION 2 GAMES

Already after 6 weeks (or, should I say, matches), there’s a gap in division 2 between the top 6 teams and the bottom 6 teams. That gap is no less than 5 points, so the teams in the top or bottom half won’t change after this weeks matches, no matter what the result will be. The first match in div 2 this week, is between 2 top half teams, Adirondak Renegades and Dead Scientists. AR is 3 points behind DS, but have a better goal difference, so if AR wins, they pass DS on the table. And that is exactly what they did: win! With a strong ONE team, Dons AR performed very good, and the 135+ EMP would not look bad in div 1. And that was just too strong for DS. Tim was unlucky to see 2 of his better players leave the field with injuries, (which is a familiar sight for DS players, when the start of the season has passed), but even so, it would not have made a difference if they didn’t have those injuries. AR were simply too good. So, AR catch up with DS, climb the table, and now have to wait what other top half teams will have done. But in this form, I think only LU can keep up with AR.

PLAYED AT	War Dome
ATTENDANCE	28873

Adirondak Renegades				12		Dead Scientists				2

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	W. Evans	9.5	10.61	7	2	GK	Z. Kalac	9	9.28	28	12
DS	R Hulman	9	10.59	0	0	DS	T. Yorke	9.5	10.28	0	0
CB	K. Hickey	8.75	11.17	0	0	CB	M. Moonie	9	9.73	0	0
FB	T. Barker	9.25	11.81	1	1	CB	K. Packer	10	10.86	0	0
CM	S. Guerrero	10	15.02	4	2	FB	C. Moore *	10	10.11	0	0
WH	T. Dinning	8.25	12.99	4	1	MF	R. Murdoch	7.75	7.99	1	0
WH	W. Ittemik	8.5	13.39	3	2	WH	E. BaggioJr	8	10.69	0	0
AM	R. Mitreski *	10	17.20	5	2	WH	R. vanPersie	10	11.08	2	0	79 ( 56 )
AM	N. GoodmanJr	10	15.95	3	1	AM	M. Bresciano	10	14.60	1	1
AM	E. ShivuteJr #	10	16.69	7	3	S	J. Aloisi	9.75	.14	0	0	1 ( 26 )
S	E. West	8.75	11.17	1	0	S	T. Janssen # Booked	11	15.45	3	1
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	M. Jardim	9.5	0.00	0	0	GK	M. Bosnich	8	0.00	0	0
CB	F. Assassino	8.5	0.00	0	0	CB	T. Popovic	10	0.00	0	0
MF	G. Tjirare	8.25	0.00	0	0	MF	S. Lazaridis SUBON 79	9.5	1.19	0	0	79
AM	S. Mann	9.5	0.00	0	0	S	A. Thompson SUBON 1	8	10.74	0	0	1
S	D. Astokachi	8.25	0.00	0	0			0	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		ONE				TACTIC		WH
	STYLE		TR				STYLE		CA
	FORMATION		3 - 6 - 1				FORMATION		4 - 4 - 2

	TOTAL NSL			92.50			TOTAL NSL			95.00
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			135.97			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			112.85
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			34.58			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			66.36
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			101.39			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			46.49


	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 12 WEEK 10

England Under 21 against Oaklake City is the clash between the numbers 11 and 12 on the table. Of course, it will be no surprise that neither Mike nor Keith wants to be in that position at the end of the season, because that would mean relegation to division 3. So, this match against each other of course meant an excellent opportunity to do something about that poor league position. Keith understood that, since it was an away game, he had to throw in at least a boost to cope with EU’s home advantage, so that is what he did. While, on the other side, Mike hoped that the home advantage alone was enough to beat OC, so he could save his cards for later matches. It made that this was a very close match, with a red card on each side (so that was in balance), and –I suppose because of that boost- a slightly better OC. The difference wasn’t big, but it was in their favour, both in EMP and in chances. So, the victory in the end for OC was fair, although the 12-5 was not a fair reflection. Keith won’t mind though, as this is the first step towards keeping OC safe from releation. Mike won’t give up either, as OC may have win this one, but they’re only 1 point away, so everything is still possible.

PLAYED AT	Uembley Arena
ATTENDANCE	21536

England U-21				5			Oaklake City				12

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	V. Baia	10	10.52	23	12		GK	M. Trufant	10	10.64	21	5
DS	O. Aleijador SENT OFF 32	9.75	3.79	0	0	32	FB	P. Fry SENT OFF 57	8.5	6.53	0	0	57
CB	K. Ratcliffe	10	9.90	0	0		FB	G. Seitaridis ^	9.75	10.76	0	0
CB	N. Blima	9	9.63	0	0		FB	N. Penta ^	10.5	12.73	1	1
CM	P. Gervais	8	11.07	2	1		AS	I. WindyPop	9	11.17	5	2
MF	J. Morales *	9	11.24	2	1		AS	R. Meireles ^	10.25	13.21	6	2
WH	M. Ferreira	10	12.34	5	1		AS	J. Tossi	10	13.53	0	0
AM	P. Mendes	9	10.84	4	0		DM	S. Organista *	10	12.89	4	3
AM	K. Nihat	9.25	13.07	2	0		CM	B. Barrel	10	10.91	5	3
AM	A. Most	10	12.76	3	0		MF	M. Chapeleta	9	11.05	1	1
CF	P. Sage # Booked	12	12.94	3	2		S	S. Pacheco #	7.75	8.83	1	0
		PENALTY		1	1				PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	E. Fechugol	10	0.00	0	0		GK	S. Loser	10	0.00	0	0
DS	L. Sanford	9.5	0.00	0	0		FB	F. Ball	9.25	0.00	0	0
MF	D. Marthinez	7.5	0.00	0	0		AS	L. Legion	10	0.00	0	0
WH	M. Intencionado	10	0.00	0	0		CM	R. Joca	9	0.00	0	0
S	D. Cadorin_1	6.5	0.00	0	0		S	P. Jevons	7.5	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		ONE					TACTIC		CP
	STYLE		MD					STYLE		CA
	FORMATION		3 - 6 - 1					FORMATION		6 - 3 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			96.00				TOTAL NSL			93.25
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			107.59				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			111.61
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			35.57				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			41.19
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			72.02				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			70.41


	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 12 WEEK 10

Defrosted TunaFish against Deo Volente is another clash between 2 bottom half teams, with DV in the relegation zone, and DT only 1 win away. So, DT would have to win this one to create a little “breathing space” , while DV had to win this one to set a good step to avoiding relegation. And like in the previous game, Otto played a boost to counter DT’s home advantage, and played OFF to counter DT’s Wingplay, where Claudio trusted he wouldn’t need to play a boost, and the home advantage would be enough. That was a risk to take, but Claudio guessed right. Unlike the previous match, Otto’s boost didn’t do the trick. In fact, for the 3rd time this week, we see OFF fail as anti-tactic against WP. Good news for DT, as their strong attack brings them another 3 points, where DV remain in the danger zone.

PLAYED AT	Battlefield FC
ATTENDANCE	24999

Defrosted TunaFish				13		Deo Volente				9

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	I. Zack	9	9.96	22	9	GK	P. Marcellus-I	9.5	10.51	27	13
DS	S. Loefler	9	10.68	0	0	FB	P. Simplicius-X	9	9.96	0	0
FB	S. Seifer *	10	12.15	1	0	FB	P. Pius-X	9	9.26	1	0
FB	S. DoubleOSeven	9	10.59	0	0	AS	C. Palmer	10	11.61	2	0
MF	D. Rico	10	12.71	3	2	AS	A. Dulterionatus-IV	8.5	9.14	1	0
MF	F. Mint	8.75	10.56	1	1	AS	P. Agere-Porcos * ^	9	11.01	1	0
W	W. Smell Booked	9.25	10.12	5	2	CM	M. Fanatic ^	10	12.25	3	2
W	C. Phillips	10	9.96	2	2	CM	P. Abortus-I ^	9.75	11.20	5	2
S	M. Reyneke #	10	12.55	5	2	CM	M. Blonde	8	10.05	3	2
CF	Y. ojimbo Booked	9	11.12	7	1	CM	P. Sabinianus-I	8.25	9.96	3	2
CF	M. Rhaj	11	12.07	3	3	S	S. Snotling # Booked	9.25	11.90	3	1
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	F. Costanzo	9	0.00	0	0	GK	P. Viri-Probati	9	0.00	0	0
FB	J. Saul	9	0.00	0	0	FB	G. Berger	8	0.00	0	0
W	B. Brouwmeester	8.75	0.00	0	0	CM	P. Adrianus-VI	7.75	0.00	0	0
S	J. Aliadiere	9	0.00	0	0	S	P. Kontianus-I	7.25	0.00	0	0
CF	F. Nimo	8	0.00	0	0			0	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		WP				TACTIC		OFF
	STYLE		TR				STYLE		AA
	FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5				FORMATION		5 - 4 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			96.00			TOTAL NSL			89.25
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			112.52			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			106.36
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			28.78			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			44.29
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			83.74			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			62.07


	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 12 WEEK 10

The match between Point of Napier and Newton Heath is the first match this week between a bottom half team and a top half team. PN is on 6th position, and NH on 9th position, and that may look like not such a big difference, but here it turns out that this difference between top and bottom half may be big indeed, as PN win very very easy, and that in spite of a red card already early in the match. Maybe Robert picked this match to rest players, and was that the reason that the difference was this big, but it was only because of the good performance of GK Howard that the win for PN wasn’t any bigger. Kelly won’t mind though, as the 3 points make that PN climb the table, even if only on goal difference.

PLAYED AT	Ayrton Senna Memorial Stadium
ATTENDANCE	24504

Port of Napier AFC				4			Newton Heath				0

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	T. Perkins	9	10.20	0	0		GK	T. Howard1	10	10.58	10	4
DS	B. Namof SENT OFF 13	10	1.64	0	0	13	DS	S. Brennan	7.5	9.65	0	0
CB	M. Petke	8.5	10.74	0	0		DS	A. Bell *	7.5	10.69	0	0
FB	V. Candela	9.25	10.64	0	0		DS	C. Radford	9.5	12.32	0	0
MF	C. Gomez	9.5	10.29	0	0		DS	E. Djemba-Djemba	10	12.91	0	0
MF	A. Souza	11	12.55	0	0		CB	J. Evans	7.5	10.58	0	0
W	G. Greene *	9	14.01	2	1		FB	N. Cantwell	10	11.83	0	0
W	J. Gros	10	13.94	6	2		MF	A. Turnbull	7.75	9.15	0	0
S	J. Moreno	8.5	13.96	0	0		MF	J. Heathcote	9	9.45	0	0
CF	C. Leeston	9	15.38	1	0		MF	J. Gotheridge	9	10.17	0	0
CF	S. Nol #	11	17.17	1	1		S	G. Rossi #	5.5	6.05	0	0
		PENALTY		0	0				PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	N. Rimando	8.5	0.00	0	0		GK	J. Mew	8	0.00	0	0
CB	B. Boswell	7.75	0.00	0	0		DS	L. Oliver	6.5	0.00	0	0
MF	M. Etcheverry	8	0.00	0	0		FB	L. Davies	6.5	0.00	0	0
CF	S. Ericsson	7.5	0.00	0	0		MF	N. Stiles	7	0.00	0	0
		0	0.00	0	0		S	H. Halse	7	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		WP					TACTIC		TS
	STYLE		AA					STYLE		AD
	FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5					FORMATION		6 - 3 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			95.75				TOTAL NSL			83.25
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			120.32				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			102.79
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			24.73				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			86.92
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			95.59				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			15.87


	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 12 WEEK 10

Lisbon United against Fanatics United is another clash between 2 teams in the top half. LU has proven to be the team to beat in div 2 this season, and in spite of the result, they give another stunning performance. Really, with all respect to Brian and his FU: Nuno is so unlucky to lose 2 points here. It already started with the red card for DM Shepperson, already in the first half of the game. That was a blow for LU of course, but they did not give in and remained the better team. By far! Even with 10 players against 11, the difference between LU and FU was more than 17 EMP! That resulted in 3 smother shots for LU, which is not that much for 17 EMP, but for a ZD team it’s quite a lot. However, LU’s bad luck did not just stick with that red card. It stayed the entire match, and made that all the 3 chances were missed, making that LU – FU ended 0-0, and a point each. Nuno will have a hard time to comprehend what happened here, while Brian can count himself lucky with the point won. Nuno now has to wait what EW will do, as they were also on 15 points, so LU could lose the lead……

PLAYED AT	Stadium of light
ATTENDANCE	25083

Lisbon United				0			Fanatics United				0

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	I. Okashi	9	10.16	0	0		GK	A. Bayes	10	10.60	3	0
FB	V. Veadinho	9	13.08	0	0		FB	P. Novatianus-I	9.25	10.95	0	0
FB	H. Luz	9	13.98	0	0		FB	G. Warboss	9.5	10.20	0	0
FB	L. Moura	10	14.58	0	0		FB	W. Snotling Booked	10	11.84	0	0
FB	C. Peixoto	10	14.22	0	0		AS	F. Ogres	9.25	11.14	0	0
AS	H. Tico	10	13.16	0	0		AS	P. Paulus-II #	10	11.50	0	0
DM	H. Stern *	8	12.48	0	0		DM	H. Ogres	8.5	11.18	0	0
DM	C. Costinha	9.25	14.22	0	0		DM	K. Kallstrom *	10	11.64	0	0
DM	A. Bsint	9.75	13.70	0	0		CM	B. Squig	9.75	12.23	0	0
DM	A. Shepperson SENT OFF 39	10	6.59	1	0	39	S	S. SpotBlob	8.5	10.41	0	0
S	N. Gomes_1 #	12.5	14.48	2	0		S	W. Walsh	9	12.04	0	0
		PENALTY		0	0				PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	F. Glaze	9	0.00	0	0		GK	S. Wall	9	0.00	0	0
FB	N. Nelson	6	0.00	0	0		FB	S. Hunter	9.25	0.00	0	0
DM	J. Barnes	8.25	0.00	0	0		AS	P. Adorso-II	12.25	0.00	0	0
CM	H. Bellion	7.5	0.00	0	0		CF	G. Wyvern	7.75	0.00	0	0
CF	M. Tsigalko	7.5	0.00	0	0				0	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		ZD					TACTIC		CP
	STYLE		ST					STYLE		CA
	FORMATION		5 - 4 - 1					FORMATION		5 - 3 - 2

	TOTAL NSL			97.50				TOTAL NSL			93.75
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			130.50				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			113.12
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			102.75				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			41.03
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			27.75				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			72.09


	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 12 WEEK 10

…but Excelsior Warren did not benefit from LU’s bad luck. In their home game against Englehart Storm played an attractive LongBall tactics. Bert & Ron on the other side also played attractive, with a ONE tactics. Therefor, it is strange that, with 2 teams playing with rather attacking tactics, we did not see one single chance being created! For Simon that must have been the most disappointing, as with this draw EW was the only top half team this week not being able to beat a bottom half team, and as a result of this draw, they missed out on their chance to take the lead in division 2. So, the top 3 teams in div 2 don’t win their match this week, and with PN and AR winning theirs, it’s very very exciting in the top of div 2.

PLAYED AT	Monument Park
ATTENDANCE	24913

Excelsior Warren				0			Englehart Storm				0

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	A. Manchester Booked	8	8.89	0	0		GK	A. Aussie	10	10.64	0	0
CB	L. Johnson	8.5	9.18	0	0		DS	S. McIlroy *	8	9.60	0	0
CB	H. Grey	9	11.10	0	0		CB	E. Storm OOP	9.5	10.10	0	0
CB	C. Sebastian *	9	11.73	0	0		CB	M. ShakenNotStirred	10	10.68	0	0
AS	Z. Hoover	10	12.88	0	0		FB	A. Lincoln Booked	10	11.30	0	0
DM	D. Lear	9.25	11.31	0	0		CM	W. VanOranje Booked	9	11.14	0	0
DM	J. Tito	9.25	10.59	0	0		CM	S. Hegarty	9.25	11.71	0	0
S	G. Lightening	8.5	12.98	0	0		WH	Q. DeeJr	10	13.24	0	0
S	W. Pigeon	8.75	11.93	0	0		WH	B. Finch	10	13.45	0	0
S	B. McCarthy1	8.5	8.14	0	0	63 ( 17 )	AM	C. Flannery	11	16.09	0	0
S	S. Blank #	10	16.00	0	0		S	I. Drinktomuch #	9	9.57	0	0
		PENALTY		0	0				PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	T. Cat	6.5	0.00	0	0		GK	L. Phillips	8	0.00	0	0
CB	S. Rock	7.5	0.00	0	0		DS	M. Villas	10	0.00	0	0
AS	E. Latusek	4.25	0.00	0	0		FB	B. Marlin	7	0.00	0	0
DM	T. Cedar	7.5	0.00	0	0		CM	Y. Tuna	8	0.00	0	0
S	H. Shot SUBON 63	7.25	3.86	0	0	63	CF	A. Morley	8	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		LB					TACTIC		ONE
	STYLE		ST					STYLE		MD
	FORMATION		4 - 2 - 4					FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			90.75				TOTAL NSL			95.75
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			119.70				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			116.87
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			63.54				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			58.51
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			56.16				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			58.36


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