SAEFL Season 12 WEEK 23

DIVISION 3 GAMES

The match of the week in div 3 was of course Fantastic Eleven against Stannington Historcal, as it is the nr. 3 against the nr. 1 Len did his rival, Monty from SG, a huge favour by playing his last grudge, as that meant that SG is now very close to direct promotion. The grudge played by SH was, in spite of the fact that Clive played a grudge as well, enough for a SH victory. I can understand that Clive will feel robbed, and when it comes down to it, it wasn’t even Len who robbed him, by playing that grudge, no, it was lady luck! However, SH had their share of bad luck as well, with the red card already in the 2nd minute, but for them it didn’t affect the outcome as negative of course.

PLAYED AT	House of Pain
ATTENDANCE	20000 Locked out : 8585

Fantastic eleven				17		Stannington Historical				28

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	E. Fast	10	11.04	43	28	GK	S. Tained	10	10.53	53	17
DS	R. Cloete *	8	10.40	0	0	CB	D. Campbell3rd	10	11.61	0	0
CB	E. Els	10	12.08	0	0	FB	S. Reed SENT OFF 2	8.75	.23	0	0	2
CB	M. Dawson	10	13.54	3	0	FB	A. Hirsi-Ali	10	11.92	1	1
MF	R. Montolivo	9.25	10.64	5	2	MF	B. Moreeke	8	8.79	2	2
MF	L. Format	9.5	11.40	4	2	MF	H. Ellraiser	9	11.55	5	5
W	J. Botes	10	13.20	9	3	W	S. Brooker	9.75	13.72	5	3
W	G. Flyer	10	14.39	8	1	W	L. Griffith	9.75	13.40	4	2
S	J. Smith	10	16.95	7	1	S	M. Jayden	10	15.04	5	4
CF	P. Mantorras	10	19.95	7	3	CF	R. Garcia *	11	19.58	13	9
CF	C. Mathee #	10	17.10	10	5	CF	P. Morales #	11	20.96	8	2
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	L. Yashin	9	0.00	0	0	GK	P. Musselwhite	7	0.00	0	0
DS	C. Joyce	8.5	0.00	0	0	FB	C. Kampala	8.5	0.00	0	0
CB	J. Davids	8.75	0.00	0	0	DM	J. Bruce	10	0.00	0	0
MF	J. vanRiebeeck	8.75	0.00	0	0	S	J. Moranes	9.25	0.00	0	0
W	C. Steele	9	0.00	0	0	S	J. Torres	9.5	0.00	0	0

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

	TOTAL NSL			96.75			TOTAL NSL			97.25
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			139.64			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			126.80
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			38.33			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			24.36
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			101.32			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			102.44


	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 23

Trav Spoodle is in the semi-finals of the cup, which is a great result for a div 3 team. Especially when you consider that they did very very well in the first match already. You might expect Warren to take it easy now, and save his players for the return match. But apart from the cup, TS is only 1 point away from a playoff position, and when you play a home game againt Melchester Rovers, a team that is 1 point ahead of you, I can understand that you want to win that game as well. And that is exactly what Warren did: he played a solid WP, and was much better than MR’s BC, where Bruce apparently rested some players. Important 3 points here, that went to TS, and not to MR, and that means that TS take MR’s place in the playoff-rows.

PLAYED AT	Jurgens Avenue
ATTENDANCE	20000 Locked out : 5409

Trav Spoodle				22		Melchester Rovers				3

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	M. Dahlstroom	10	11.14	9	3	GK	D. Seaman	9.5	10.06	34	22
DS	W. Chino	10	11.90	0	0	CB	S. Wrightt	9	10.23	0	0
DS	S. Loefler	10	11.94	0	0	CB	B. Star *	10	11.17	0	0
FB	B. Amstel	10	10.64	0	0	FB	F. Finnan	8	8.07	0	0
MF	G. Fitzpatrick	7	8.33	3	2	FB	R. Kennedy	8.5	8.15	0	0
MF	B. Poage	10	11.98	5	4	CM	S. McCall	8	9.28	0	0
W	C. Melville	9.5	13.69	5	3	CM	M. Blue	10	13.42	2	0
W	L. Nicholson	8.5	11.59	5	1	MF	E. Star	8.75	11.66	1	1
S	S. Ameobi #	10	16.98	8	5	AM	A. Xabi	7	8.32	1	0
CF	E. Vedder *	9	17.44	5	4	S	G. Shaw	10	12.31	2	0
CF	K. Hayes	9.5	16.78	3	3	S	C. Star #	8	9.11	3	2
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	R. Maida	7	0.00	0	0	GK	D. Star	8.5	0.00	0	0
CB	N. Way	4.25	0.00	0	0	CB	A. Josemi	7.5	0.00	0	0
		0	0.00	0	0	AS	P. Neill	8	0.00	0	0
		0	0.00	0	0	MF	S. Bryce	12.5	0.00	0	0
		0	0.00	0	0	S	A. Agae	6.5	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		WP				TACTIC		BC
	STYLE		TR				STYLE		MC
	FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5				FORMATION		4 - 4 - 2

	TOTAL NSL			93.50			TOTAL NSL			87.25
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			131.27			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			101.75
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			33.87			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			54.87
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			97.40			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			46.88


	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 23

Aros VSK is the number last on the table, and this week they’re facing the nr. 2 on the table, Smoking Guns. You’d expect an easy victory for SG? Well, guess again! Maybe Monty rested some players, or maybe SG is just tired after a tough season, but SG did not perform as you’d expect the nr. 2 team to do. On the other side: when you look at AV, you wonder why on earth they are on last position, they even have 2 freaks! With a little luck and hard work, AV may be capable of some good things, next season. SG however, will be even more happy with the SH win this week!!

PLAYED AT	Hakon Arena
ATTENDANCE	20416

Aros VSK				10			Smoking Guns				8

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	A. Bonnier	9	9.69	18	8		GK	P. Knots	10	10.50	25	10
DS	R. Orwell	9.25	9.49	0	0		CB	S. Jones	7.25	7.61	0	0
FB	T. Mckay	9	9.40	0	0	80 ( 21 )	FB	D. Angel	8	8.80	0	0
AS	T. Ades	10	11.12	2	1		FB	N. Way_1	9	9.45	1	1
AS	B. Orc	10.25	11.92	0	0		AS	K. Atkinson	7.5	9.16	1	1
DM	C. Lackberg	10	11.72	5	2		CM	S. Phura	9.25	12.55	1	1
CM	D. Vinci	10	11.66	4	0		WH	P. Shaw	9.25	12.22	1	0
MF	J. Greenburger	9.75	12.38	4	0		WH	O. Motorzinho *	10	12.01	0	0
CM	T. Kobayashi *	9.5	12.10	3	2		AM	M. Evans Booked	8.5	10.78	2	0
S	L. Rasmussen	9.5	10.98	3	2		AM	D. Soloman #	10	12.11	7	3
S	Q. Owusu-Abeyie #	11.5	11.98	4	3		CF	P. Levi Booked	10	10.36	5	2
		PENALTY		0	0				PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	C. Thulin	7.5	0.00	0	0		GK	E. Naruseb	9.25	0.00	0	0
FB	J. Eyre SUBON 80	8	1.05	0	0	80	DS	P. Coombs	7	0.00	0	0
AS	N. Sarkozy	8.75	0.00	0	0		CM	A. Nell	10	0.00	0	0
CM	S. Malmqvist	9.5	0.00	0	0		WH	B. Zar	8.25	0.00	0	0
CF	O. Klingberg	9	0.00	0	0		S	M. Brinkerhoff	8.75	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		CP					TACTIC		ONE
	STYLE		AA					STYLE		AA
	FORMATION		4 - 4 - 2					FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			98.75				TOTAL NSL			88.75
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			113.81				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			105.04
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			43.69				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			33.97
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			70.12				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			71.07


	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 23

Vitesse Arnhem against the Falcons means the nr. 8 against the nr. 11, in other words: a bottom half match. However, after MR lost their match this week, VA is still very much in the race for a playoff position. A home game against the nr. 11 is generally a good opportunity to add another 3 points to your total, but in this case, Michael was unlucky that 2 of his players got injured, and maybe even more that Nik simply played a solid WP. With that, FA was the better team, and the victory for FA was deserved.

PLAYED AT	Gelredome
ATTENDANCE	18211

Vitesse Arnhem				1			Falcons				7

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	J. Didulica	9	9.31	8	7		GK	D. Dunkin	10	11.10	2	1
CB	J. Davids_1	10	10.72	0	0		FB	J. Carlos *	10	11.72	1	0
CB	S. Guyett Booked	10	9.48	0	0	77 ( 40 )	FB	M. Radoi	10	10.64	1	1
CB	G. Neervoort	9	9.80	0	0		FB	A. Bond	10	11.64	0	0
CB	N. Paijmans Booked	8	7.88	0	0		AM	B. Bartlett	9.25	5.50	0	0
S	M. Louwaars	9.25	9.57	1	1		AM	S. Kennedy	9	5.63	0	0
MF	R. Knopper_1 *	10	5.68	0	0	55 ( 14 )	AM	B. Pienaar Booked	8.5	5.30	1	1
CM	B. Vulakazi	8	7.65	1	0		W	A. Paletto	9	12.27	2	2
MF	H. Hagrid	8	7.89	0	0		W	R. Phillips	8.5	11.31	1	1
MF	S. Cziommer	7.75	7.30	0	0		S	P. Jean-Luc	8	11.32	0	0
S	O. Osric #	10	10.88	0	0		CF	R. Keggan #	10	17.35	2	2
		PENALTY		0	0				PENALTY		2	2

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	P. Velthuizen	9	0.00	0	0		GK	J. Hird	8	0.00	0	0
CB	H. Suart SUBON 77	8	1.55	0	0	77	DS	T. Burke	8.25	0.00	0	0
MF	A. Yakubu_1 SUBON 55	7.25	3.69	0	0	55	CB	P. Bond	8	0.00	0	0
W	S. Blondelle	10	0.00	0	0		MF	A. Molo	7.75	0.00	0	0
CF	A. Prijor	9.5	0.00	0	0		CF	T. Crust	6.25	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		MM					TACTIC		WP
	STYLE		MD					STYLE		AA
	FORMATION		4 - 4 - 2					FORMATION		3 - 3 - 4

	TOTAL NSL			90.00				TOTAL NSL			92.25
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			92.09				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			102.67
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			58.71				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			28.98
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			33.39				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			73.69


	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 23

Speedsters and the African Selects are both top table teams, already out of the race for direct promotion, but still very much in the race for the playoffs. When playing each other, at least 3 points are lost, and after we have already seen TS win their game, the playoff battle will remain exciting until the very end. In this particular case, Colin still had a grudge left for the right occasion (if ever there was one, this was it!) while Shaun could only play just a little more than 85 NSL. Therefor, the victory for AS was not surprising (in fact, the only thing surprising is that the win isn’t any bigger!), and with the 3 points, we know that we will see Colin and AS back in the playoffs! SS still have to do their best in the remaining 2 games if they want to be in as well.

PLAYED AT	The Track
ATTENDANCE	24016

Speedsters				15		African Selection				19

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	E. Irvine	9	10.22	41	19	GK	F. Sennar	9.5	10.45	28	15
FB	G. Gajus-V	8.25	9.33	0	0	CB	P. Atreides	10	11.00	1	1
FB	N. Mansell	7	8.27	0	0	CB	E. Karnak	10	11.62	2	2
AS	P. Sixtus-IV	8.5	9.78	1	0	FB	F. Cantro	10	12.62	0	0
AS	R. Schumacher Booked	8.5	10.19	3	3	MF	F. Lodwar	9.75	10.03	2	1
WH	O. Panis * Booked	9	13.23	2	0	MF	D. Blitta	10	9.86	2	2
WH	J. Button	8.25	11.56	3	2	S	V. Zorin	7.75	12.09	8	6
AM	C. Klien	8.75	12.92	5	3	S	L. Liedson	8.5	12.15	3	1
AM	J. Villeneuve	8.5	12.55	4	2	S	F. Moyale *	9.25	16.47	8	2
S	N. Heidfeld	9	11.42	4	3	CF	S. Hittingbricks	10	16.40	8	4
S	Z. Iggy #	10	12.35	6	2	CF	C. Bukoba #	10	15.37	7	0
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	T. Sato	8.25	0.00	0	0	GK	D. Wau	9	0.00	0	0
FB	M. Webber	6	0.00	0	0	FB	G. Johnson	9.25	0.00	0	0
CM	J. Alesi	8	0.00	0	0	CM	B. Brand	9	0.00	0	0
AM	P. Friesacher	8	0.00	0	0	S	E. Adatez	7.5	0.00	0	0
CF	T. Monteiro	8	0.00	0	0	MF	F. Zeila	8.25	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		ONE				TACTIC		LB
	STYLE		MI				STYLE		TR
	FORMATION		4 - 4 - 2				FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5

	TOTAL NSL			85.75			TOTAL NSL			95.25
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			111.59			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			127.61
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			41.47			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			28.73
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			70.12			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			98.88


	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 23

Blue Storm FC against Adelaide Kickers means the numbers 9 and 10 fighting each other. For both teams, there’s nothing at steak any more, so actually, this game is just a formality. So is the result: 8-4. Still, I am happy for Brandon that he did not see his grudge get wasted because of the red card. Anyway, hopefully, next season will remain exciting a little bit longer for David and Brandon.

PLAYED AT	Wayne Stadium
ATTENDANCE	18860

Blue Storm FC				8			Adelaide Kickers				4

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	A. Schliecher	10	10.63	12	4		GK	P. Statto	8	8.47	14	8
CB	S. Santiago	10	11.63	0	0		CB	H. Holydays *	8.5	9.42	0	0
FB	S. Vaan	8	10.91	1	1		CB	C. Smith	9	10.25	1	0
AS	S. Michelle	8.5	11.81	2	1		FB	L. Escobedo	8.25	9.15	0	0
AS	J. Farinia	8.5	12.53	1	1		CM	B. Wictoria Booked	9.25	12.48	1	0
DM	P. Fitzgerald	8	9.96	1	0		MF	V. Slakozlev	9.75	11.65	2	1
DM	J. Talbot *	8.25	11.43	1	0		MF	D. Kochetkov	10	10.82	1	0
DM	A. Louw	8.75	11.36	1	1		WH	E. Kimishima	9.25	11.64	1	0
CM	D. Ikles	8.75	12.11	4	2		WH	W. Hop	10	12.67	2	2
CM	H. Jones SENT OFF 43	10	6.51	1	0	43	AM	J. DuToit	9	9.99	2	1
CF	S. Henderson #	8	10.46	2	2		CF	L. Eriksson #	7.5	6.29	2	0
		PENALTY		0	0				PENALTY		1	0

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	A. Johansan	9	0.00	0	0		GK	C. Ryan	9	0.00	0	0
CB	J. Terry	8	0.00	0	0		CB	U. Swansson	7.75	0.00	0	0
AS	J. Duraraski	7	0.00	0	0		WH	T. Scott	8.25	0.00	0	0
MF	E. Coons	8	0.00	0	0		AM	N. Canetas	8.5	0.00	0	0
CF	A. Burdo	6	0.00	0	0		CF	D. Thomas	7.25	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		CP					TACTIC		ONE
	STYLE		CA					STYLE		MD
	FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1					FORMATION		3 - 6 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			86.75				TOTAL NSL			90.50
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			108.72				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			104.37
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			42.59				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			44.94
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			66.13				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			59.43


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