SAEFL SEASON 12 WEEK 10

DIVISION 3 GAMES

Fantastic Eleven and Trav Spoodle are 2 of the top teams in division 3. They are at positions 4 and 5, and although not leading the table, and no main candidate for the title, they can be that outsider, and at least they are favorites for a playoff position. That is…..after this match, I suppose only the winner will remain an outsider for the title, as losing this match would throw a team too far behind. So, it was no surprise that both managers wanted to throw in a little bit more. Clive played a boost, and TS even played a grudge! Both teams playing WP, it promised to be an attractive, attacking match. And it was. FE had the best of it. They played more NSL, and also had more EMP. Sure, TS were unlucky to see E.Vedder take an early bath after a foul in the 25th minute, which cost them 12.35(!) EMP. Nonetheless, even without that, FE would have had more EMP, and more chances. But on the other hand, given the fact that TS had the better GK, and looking at how that influenced the score in the end……..19-16 is so narrow, that without the red card, TS might have very well won this game! So, Clive can be lucky, to keep the 3 points at the House of Pain, and stay in the race for the title. TS is out of that race, but since they were unlucky and still performed rather good today, I still count them in for the playoffs.

PLAYED AT	House of Pain
ATTENDANCE	20000 Locked out : 1289

Fantastic eleven				19		Trav Spoodle				16

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	L. Yashin	9.5	10.88	34	16	GK	M. Dahlstroom	10	10.37	47	19
DS	C. Joyce	8.5	10.52	0	0	FB	B. Amstel *	10	10.62	1	0
DS	R. Cloete *	9	11.14	0	0	FB	B. Reynolds Booked	7.5	8.87	1	1
CB	E. Els	10	11.45	0	0	CB	S. Santiago Booked	10	11.49	0	0
MF	R. Montolivo	8.75	9.51	5	2	MF	P. oFeele	7.5	8.87	8	2
MF	J. vanRiebeeck	9	10.69	1	1	MF	A. Man OOP Booked	7.31	8.64	2	0
W	G. Flyer ^	10.25	13.82	9	2	W	P. vanHyden	9.75	13.63	5	3
W	J. Botes ^	10.5	13.06	8	5	W	C. Melville	9.25	13.56	3	2
S	J. Smith	10	16.14	5	2	S	S. Ameobi	10	17.22	8	5
CF	P. Mantorras Booked	10	19.06	10	4	CF	K. Hayes Booked	10	17.99	3	2
CF	Q. Catch # ^	10.5	17.63	9	3	CF	E. Vedder # SENT OFF 25	9	4.75	3	1	25
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		1	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	E. Fast	9.25	0.00	0	0	GK	R. Maida	7	0.00	0	0
CB	J. Davids	8.75	0.00	0	0	FB	G. Garth	7.5	0.00	0	0
MF	R. Schoeman	8.25	0.00	0	0	AM	D. Fletcher	7	0.00	0	0
W	C. Steele	8.75	0.00	0	0	S	J. Victor	8.5	0.00	0	0
CF	C. Mathee	9	0.00	0	0	CF	P. McKraken	8.5	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		WP				TACTIC		WP
	STYLE		AA				STYLE		AA
	FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5				FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5

	TOTAL NSL			95.00			TOTAL NSL			90.31
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			133.02			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			115.63
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			36.73			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			29.04
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			96.29			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			86.59


	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

Melchester Rovers and the Falcons are 2 teams in the relegation zone in div 3. Sure, there is no relegation possible from div 3, but I can imagine that even so, you just don’t want to be in that position. So, a match against another bottom half teams is always a good way to do something about that. Both Bruce and Nik however, did not field more than 75 NSL, nor did they play a boost or grudge. But hey, that only meant that this game remained in balance. That is……MR was, although it was not with much difference, the better team. Looking at the fact that they lost a player early in the match, they would have been even better, and the difference would have been bigger. Big enough to win perhaps. I guess. But now it wasn’t, and the match ended 7-7. One point for each team, and actually, 1 point means 2 points short of really doing something about that poor league position.

PLAYED AT	Race Stadium
ATTENDANCE	17844

Melchester Rovers				7			Falcons				7

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	D. Star	7.75	8.73	12	7		GK	J. Hird	8	7.94	14	7
CB	A. Josemi SENT OFF 23	7	2.10	0	0	23	CB	G. Gerard	6	5.95	0	0
FB	A. Star	6.25	7.54	0	0		CB	B. Renault	7.5	8.04	0	0
FB	F. Finnan	7	7.53	0	0		FB	D. Best	6.75	7.24	0	0
FB	R.Kennedy	8	8.21	0	0		CM	M. Tovey	7	6.71	1	0
AS	P. Neill *	8.25	9.21	1	1		MF	A. Molo	7.5	8.41	3	2
MF	P. Hogan	7	8.23	5	3		W	R. Phillips *	8	7.68	1	1
MF	E. Star Booked	8.5	10.42	3	1		W	A. Paletto	8	8.08	1	0
AM	A. Xabi	6	7.54	2	1		S	P. Jean-Luc	8.5	9.30	1	0
S	D. Cole #	10	12.86	2	0		S	B. Harrison	7	7.66	3	2
CF	A. Mido	7	8.79	1	1		CF	R. Keggan #	7.75	9.54	2	2
		PENALTY		0	0				PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	D. Seaman	9.75	0.00	0	0		GK	P. Johnson	7	0.00	0	0
CB	P. Puyol	9	0.00	0	0		DS	A. Markus	7	0.00	0	0
CM	M. Blue	10	0.00	0	0		FB	M. Radoi	10	0.00	0	0
MF	A. Parker	6	0.00	0	0		S	D. Idaho	6.5	0.00	0	0
S	C. Star	7.5	0.00	0	0		CF	T. Crust	6.75	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		OFF					TACTIC		WP
	STYLE		ST					STYLE		AA
	FORMATION		5 - 3 - 2					FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5

	TOTAL NSL			75.00				TOTAL NSL			74.00
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			82.43				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			78.61
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			39.60				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			21.37
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			42.83				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			57.24


	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

Stannington Historical against Smoking Guns was the match of the week in div 3, and actually in entire SAEFL, as it was the confrontation between the nrs. 1 and 2. SH was regarded as the best team in the division, but yet after 6 matches, they were 2 points behind SG, who still had a 100% score. So, Len felt that he needed to do something about it, and make clear to everyone that SH is the nr. 1 candidate for the title. He played a grudge to prove SH was the best team, and it showed! The difference between these teams was huge, and it’s clear that SH did not really need that grudge. But hey, that is easy to say after the game. Anyway, with a stunning 141+ EMP, SH show their supremacy and recapture the lead in div 3, while SG are still only 1 point behind, so while Len will be celebrating, Monty won’t be worried.

PLAYED AT	Someplace Old
ATTENDANCE	25455

Stannington Historical				19		Smoking Guns				4

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	S. Tained	10	10.92	15	4	GK	P. Knots	10	10.57	43	19
CB	D. Campbell3rd	10	11.96	0	0	FB	N. Way_1	8.5	8.99	0	0
FB	S. Reed	9	11.17	1	1	FB	S. Covey	10	11.61	0	0
FB	A. Hirsi-Ali *	10	12.75	1	0	AS	K. Atkinson	7.25	8.75	3	1
DM	J. Bruce	9	10.95	0	0	AS	P. Dryden	7.5	8.20	1	0	83 ( 21 )
MF	H. Ellraiser	9.5	12.59	1	1	CM	S. Phura	9	10.54	1	0
W	Z. Akhooi	9.75	12.86	5	2	CM	A. Nell #	10	13.24	3	1
W	L. Griffith	10	14.21	3	2	WH	P. Shaw	8.75	12.32	1	0
S	M. Jayden #	10	15.49	9	5	WH	O. Motorzinho	9.75	12.49	0	0
CF	R. Garcia	10.5	19.32	12	7	AM	D. Soloman *	10	12.95	1	0
CF	P. Morales	10.5	20.52	11	1	S	M. Brinkerhoff	9	10.69	5	2
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	K. Loothommel	8.75	0.00	0	0	GK	E. Naruseb	9	0.00	0	0
FB	J. Puddy	8.25	0.00	0	0	CB	L. Cromwell	7.75	0.00	0	0
CM	H. Stoichkov	9	0.00	0	0	DM	A. Louw SUBON 83	9	.90	0	0	83
S	J. Moranes	9.5	0.00	0	0	AM	M. Evans	8.75	0.00	0	0
S	J. Torres	10	0.00	0	0	S	K. Armstrong	8.5	0.00	0	0

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

	TOTAL NSL			98.25			TOTAL NSL			89.75
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			141.82			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			110.68
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			37.63			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			48.46
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			104.19			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			62.23


	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 Aros VSK and Blue Storm FC is another match in the bottom of the table, as we see the numbers 9 and 11 play against each other. Where Brian decided to save his boosts or grudges for later, it was the AV manager who did play a boost, and that paid off. Well, that and the fact that Blue Storm saw a player receive a red card. And in fact, in spite of that BS was still better. So it had to be the Goalies that made the difference. But…..AV played with a NSL 9 GK, where BS had a NSL 10 GK. So, it should have been BS to win this game all along! Brian just is unlucky. Very unlucky.

PLAYED AT	Hakon Arena
ATTENDANCE	16731

Aros VSK				13		Blue Storm FC				10

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	A. Bonnier	9	9.44	31	10	GK	A. Johansan	10	11.02	28	13
FB	T. Jansson *	8	9.18	3	2	CB	J. McCue	9	11.23	0	0
FB	T. Mckay Booked	8	9.44	1	0	FB	S. Snyder	7.5	8.51	0	0
AS	B. Orc	10	13.28	2	0	AS	J. Farinia	9	14.22	8	5
AS	T. Ades	9.5	12.02	3	2	AS	S. Michelle	8.5	12.36	4	0
AS	N. Sarkozy	8.5	10.75	5	3	CM	H. Jones # SENT OFF 75	10	11.90	2	0	75
CM	D. Vinci ^	10.25	12.69	5	0	CM	M. Bodwen	9	11.69	4	1
CM	S. Malmqvist ^ Booked	9.5	12.88	3	3	CM	D. Ikles	8.5	12.41	2	0
CM	N. Ollevik	8.25	10.73	2	2	MF	B. Poage	9.25	12.05	5	3
DM	C. Lackberg ^	9.5	10.78	2	1	AM	G. Beaver	10	9.95	4	1
S	Q. Owusu-Abeyie #	10.75	9.64	2	0	W	C. Farrand *	9.75	11.42	2	0
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	C. Thulin	7.75	0.00	0	0	GK	A. Schliecher	10	0.00	0	0
FB	M. Kinnaman	7.25	0.00	0	0	MF	G. Gattusco	7.25	0.00	0	0
AS	W. WodkaMartini	8.5	0.00	0	0	CF	J. Ballinger	8.5	0.00	0	0
DM	G. Bush_1	9	0.00	0	0			0	0.00	0	0
CF	O. Klingberg	9.5	0.00	0	0			0	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		CP				TACTIC		CP
	STYLE		CA				STYLE		FL
	FORMATION		5 - 4 - 1				FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			90.75			TOTAL NSL			90.50
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			111.40			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			115.76
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			33.77			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			36.15
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			77.63			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			79.61


	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

Adelaide Kickers and African Selection are 2 midtable teams, AK on 8th and AS on 6th position. But the home advantage for AK gave David the opportunity to try to catch up with AS. That, plus the boost played, did the trick. Both teams played almost equally strong teams, and since both teams saw a red card, that remained in balance as well. So, after 90 minutes, there was almost 11 EMP difference, and it’s safe to say that that was because of the boost and the home advantage. The 11 EMP meant “only” 2 smother shots, for AK, but 2 shots were enough for the victory, when AM DuToit managed to score his chance. AK come closer towards AS, but since the difference was 4 points, they remain in the bottom half, while, of course, AS remain in the top half.

PLAYED AT	Kicker Field
ATTENDANCE	21150

Adelaide Kickers				1			African Selection				0

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	C. Ryan SENT OFF 73	9	9.81	0	0	73	GK	F. Sennar	9	9.61	2	1
CB	H. Holydays	8.25	8.96	0	0		DS	N. Maldade	9.5	10.14	0	0
CB	C. Smith ^	9.75	11.29	0	0		CB	D. Walker	9	10.43	0	0
FB	P. Schurovnik	9	10.26	0	0		CB	P. Atreides *	10	10.17	0	0
CM	B. Wictoria ^^	11.5	13.33	0	0		CB	E. Karnak	10	10.25	0	0
MF	D. Kochetkov	10	9.95	0	0		FB	G. Victor SENT OFF 42	8.5	3.96	0	0	42
WH	W. Hop	10	12.26	0	0		FB	G. Johnson	9.5	9.95	0	0
WH	E. Kimishima	9.25	11.27	0	0		DM	C. Albers	9.25	10.21	0	0
AM	L. TimanelDaSilva ^	9.5	10.51	1	0		MF	F. Lodwar	9.5	9.67	0	0
AM	J. DuToit ^	9.75	9.84	1	1		S	L. Liedson #	8.5	8.22	0	0
CF	D. Thomas * # ^ SUBOFF 73	8	7.01	0	0	73	S	F. Moyale	9	10.78	0	0
		PENALTY		0	0				PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	P. Statto Subon 73 SUBON 0	8	8.69	0	0	0	GK	D. Wau	10	0.00	0	0
CB	V. Nogoto	8	0.00	0	0		CB	C. Miles	8.75	0.00	0	0
MF	V. Slakozlev	9	0.00	0	0		FB	F. Cantro	10	0.00	0	0
WH	S. Chuveirinho	8.5	0.00	0	0		CM	B. Brand	10	0.00	0	0
S	H. Heskey	8	0.00	0	0		CF	S. Hittingbricks	10	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		ONE					TACTIC		MM
	STYLE		FL					STYLE		AD
	FORMATION		3 - 6 - 1					FORMATION		6 - 2 - 2

	TOTAL NSL			91.50				TOTAL NSL			92.75
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			104.67				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			93.78
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			44.19				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			70.52
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			60.48				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			23.27


	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 12 WEEK 10

Vitesse Arnhem is the nr. 3 on the table, only 3 points behind SH. After having seen SH beat SG, a victory would bring VA 2 points behind SG. So, only 1 win away from taking the lead, in theory. However, in his home match against the Speedsters, Fred had to rest players, and fielded only 77 NSL. It’s always hard to pick a game to rest players. You can rest them against the nr. 1, but that automatically means that you won’t be competing for the top positions. Being the nr. 3 team, Fred took the responsibility to live up to his reputation, and gambled on resting players in a home match against a bottom half team. But this turned out to be a wrong bet. SS may be a bottom half team, they are the leader of the bottom half on 7th place, which means that they should not be underestimated. And not just that: where Fred rested his team, Shaun decided to play a boost, and that made that SS was the better team, no doubt about it! The 25-11 victory for SS was no more than fair, and with that, just like AK, SS manage to stay in the race for at least a playoff spot. VA fall back in the race for the title, but remain in the top of the table. And with –hopefully for Fred- a fully rested squad, they can make sure to stay there, in the weeks to come.

PLAYED AT	Gelredome
ATTENDANCE	20000 Locked out : 2017

Vitesse Arnhem				11		Speedsters				25

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	H. Wapenaar *	8	8.54	39	25	GK	E. Irvine	10	10.62	23	11
CB	N. Paijmans	8	8.14	0	0	FB	D. Ream	9	9.07	0	0
CB	H. Suart	7.5	7.63	1	0	AS	P. Sixtus-IV	10	10.73	1	1
CB	S. Vreven	7	8.17	0	0	AS	D. Hill	8.5	9.80	2	1
MF	H. Hagrid	7.75	8.66	2	1	AS	R. Schumacher ^	8.75	9.78	0	0
MF	S. Cziommer	7.5	8.00	2	1	WH	J. Trulli *	10	14.25	4	1
W	E. Esajas	8.75	9.79	4	3	WH	O. Panis	9	12.06	7	7
W	T. deMul	7.75	9.16	2	0	AM	T. Rosicky	9.75	13.31	3	3
S	M. Louwaars	9.5	13.18	4	2	AM	C. Klien	8.5	11.77	7	4
CF	M. Amoah	7	11.64	2	0	AM	P. Friesacher ^	9	11.87	6	4
CF	S. Sukus #	6.25	9.95	6	4	S	N. Heidfeld # ^	10.5	12.46	9	4
		PENALTY		1	1			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	J. Didulica	8	0.00	0	0	GK	T. Sato	8.25	0.00	0	0
CB	G. Swerts	6.75	0.00	0	0	DM	I. Kroontjesdief	10	0.00	0	0
MF	L. Leto II	4.75	0.00	0	0	CM	J. Alesi	8.25	0.00	0	0
W	S. Kilic	7.5	0.00	0	0	AM	J. Villeneuve	8.25	0.00	0	0
CF	M. Dembele	4.75	0.00	0	0	CF	T. Monteiro	7.75	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		WP				TACTIC		ONE
	STYLE		TR				STYLE		MI
	FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5				FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			77.00			TOTAL NSL			91.50
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			94.31			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			115.11
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			20.73			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			41.07
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			73.59			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			74.04


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