SAEFL SEASON 12 WEEK 4

DIVISION 1 GAMES

After the first 2 matches have been played, there are 6 teams leading the table with 4 points, which means that the entire top half of the league is leading! Alcohol Anonymous is one of those teams, and this week will prove if they remain in the lead, or turn out to be a midtable team for now. This weeks opponent is The Jazz, who unfortunately are the only team without points so far, in division 1. This week we see both Nathan and Stewart picking a ZD tactics, and that makes it perfectly clear to see the difference between these teams. That difference is 34 EMP, and of course that is huge! Sure, AA has home advantage, and TJ was unlucky to see AS Thundercats get a red card, but even without that, the difference still would have been huge. In fact, TJ can consider it a positive thing that ZD tactics do not create that many chances, and that GK Krupa was in great shape. Now, the result in the end is 2-0, and that doesn’t look as bad as the difference actually was. Nonetheless, the win for AA was deserved, and AA is the first of the 6 leaders to secure a win and stay in the lead. Who will follow? TJ are still waiting for their first points, but the season is still long.

PLAYED AT	The Local Pub
ATTENDANCE	26773

Alcohol Anonymous				2		The Jazz				0

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	L. deCarpolini	9.5	10.60	0	0	GK	G. Krupa	10	10.63	7	2
DS	W. Altercapio	11.75	15.55	0	0	FB	O. Henry	9	11.66	0	0
FB	E. McHale	9.5	14.65	0	0	FB	B. Goodman	9	11.02	0	0
FB	B. Harkonnen	9.5	12.92	0	0	AS	G. Thundercats SENT OFF 10	8.75	1.35	0	0	10
FB	E. Atbara	10	13.65	2	1	AS	R. Kirk *	11.5	15.24	0	0
AS	L. Fontaine	10	14.44	0	0	DM	L. Mermaid	7.25	10.08	0	0
AS	J. Probst	10	13.61	0	0	CM	L. Hampton	8	9.91	0	0
DM	W. IldRomance	8.75	13.17	0	0	WH	W. Hell	9.25	9.72	0	0
CM	F. Neitzche	8.25	11.75	0	0	AM	Y. Yuna	9.5	11.50	0	0
MF	O. Pulmao * Booked	9	13.44	1	0	AM	P. Pluto	9.75	12.00	0	0
W	M. Essien #	10	14.90	4	1	CF	S. Archabald #	9	12.08	0	0
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	S. Collis	9.75	0.00	0	0	GK	P. Enckelman	9	0.00	0	0
CB	G. Gurirab	9	0.00	0	0	CB	S. Perrymen	8.25	0.00	0	0
DM	V. Diaby	8.25	0.00	0	0	AS	C. Christian	8.75	0.00	0	0
MF	L. Johnson1	7.75	0.00	0	0	MF	S. Sephiroth	4	0.00	0	0
S	J. Mikel	8	0.00	0	0	AM	L. Stitch	9.25	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		ZD				TACTIC		ZD
	STYLE		ST				STYLE		ST
	FORMATION		6 - 3 - 1				FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			96.75			TOTAL NSL			91.00
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			138.08			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			104.56
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			98.33			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			56.76
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			39.75			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			47.80


	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 4

FC Inferno and Grammar United are 2 of the teams in the bottom half, so they have less than 4 points after 2 matches. In a direct confrontation, Marco decided to counter the TS that Michael was expected to choose, with…..TS! Another tactics head-to-head game, and once again with defense. It will be no surprise that in this game too, there weren’t many goals. Marco thought that playing a boost would give him the extra NSL and EMP to beat GU, and although that boost made that FI was better than GU, it was not enough for a smother shot. No, this match was decided by luck. FI were awarded a penalty, and when AM Garotinho made no mistake kicking that in, that turned out to be the only reason that this game did not end 0-0. So, Marco is lucky, where Michael will feel sad, as both teams were equally strong in a match that neither side deserved to win nor lose.

PLAYED AT	Fire Stadium
ATTENDANCE	25519

F.C Inferno				1		Grammar United				0

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	G. Harriston	9.25	10.45	0	0	GK	D. GinJr	10	10.90	1	1
DS	I. P_Freey	8.75	14.26	0	0	DS	B. Talon	10	15.85	0	0
DS	O. Carniceiro Booked	9.75	14.09	0	0	DS	T. FarleyJr * Booked	10	15.85	0	0
DS	S. Lundeen ^	10.5	15.07	0	0	DS	B. Brant	11.5	17.64	0	0
DS	S. Clause	10	13.23	0	0	DS	W. Woody	10	15.05	0	0
CB	N. Dame	10	13.42	0	0	FB	T. MaldiniJr	9.5	11.75	0	0
FB	C. Balde ^	9	12.29	0	0	AS	J. Black	9	10.33	0	0
WH	M. Jackson *	9.5	13.19	0	0	DM	D. StephanJr	8	9.25	0	0
WH	W. Hop ^	10.5	12.88	0	0	MF	P. Tryharder	9.5	10.64	0	0
AM	O. Garotinho #	9.5	12.16	1	1	WH	K. Koulos	9.5	12.26	0	0
S	O. Tosco	9.25	12.12	0	0	S	B. GazaJr #	9.25	11.56	0	0
		PENALTY		1	1			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	C. Ryan	9	0.00	0	0	GK	S. TopperJr	6.5	0.00	0	0
DS	Q. Beleza	9.25	0.00	0	0	DS	S. Nevland	5.5	0.00	0	0
CB	E. Kristianssen	8.5	0.00	0	0	WH	C. Gus3rd	6.25	0.00	0	0
AM	O. Cacete	9.25	0.00	0	0	CF	T. SpliffJr	6.75	0.00	0	0
S	G. Matador	8.75	0.00	0	0			0	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		TS				TACTIC		TS
	STYLE		ST				STYLE		MD
	FORMATION		6 - 3 - 1				FORMATION		6 - 3 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			95.25			TOTAL NSL			96.25
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			132.70			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			130.19
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			93.45			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			97.76
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			39.25			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			32.42


	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 4

The Jazz Greats are one of the 6 leaders, are they able to keep up with AA and stay in the lead? Well, that would be a tough job, as JG have to play against Tottenford Heats this week. TH were considered to be at least an outsider for the title this season, but so far, they weren’t very lucky, and that is why we find TH at the bottom half of the table. Will they be able to do something about that against JG? Yep, tough game for both teams, and not just because both teams are good, no, this match also gets an extra angle because it’s a dutch clash! Will Bart beat Mark? Will Mark beat Bart? Bart thought to outsmart Mark. Since WP is JG’s strongest weapon, he expected TH to play OFF. And by playing a cunning TS instead of that WP, Bart hoped to crush Marks anti-tactics. He even played a boost to take no chances. But Mark is not stupid of course, and likes those mind-games too. Mark knows that Bart has all these thoughts in his head (amongst other things), and decided not to risk too much on OFF. No, since TH is a strong ZD/CP team, Mark decided that CP would be an excellent tactics. When playing CP, you can never be surprised by Bart-moves, and even if Bart would still play WP, CP would be a very very useful tactics against that. The result in the end is that both JG and TH played with strong teams, almost equally strong, and since it was TS against CP, both defenses were totally in control, and no chances were created. So, the match ended where it started off: 0-0. 1 point for both, and although that is a fair result, I think both Mark and Bart feel like losing 2.

PLAYED AT	Bouwfraude
ATTENDANCE	24279

The Jazz Greats				0		Tottenford Heats				0

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	R. Ruathain	9.5	10.52	0	0	GK	O. Moens	10	10.79	0	0
DS	R. Remillard	8.5	12.58	0	0	FB	P. Mexes	10	12.35	0	0
DS	J. Nicholl ^	9.5	14.48	0	0	FB	N. Karthikeyan	10	12.94	0	0
DS	B. Bleys	9.5	14.06	0	0	FB	B. Yersale	10	13.48	0	0
CB	H. Foxe ^ Booked	12.25	17.79	0	0	AS	R. Rage	9.25	12.85	0	0
FB	D. Pugh	9	12.70	0	0	AS	J. Ramone *	9.5	14.73	0	0
MF	T. deMeersman	9	10.87	0	0	DM	B. Kriek	10	12.29	0	0
MF	J. MPontier	9	10.87	0	0	CM	T. Cahill	9	12.77	0	0
MF	A. Eriksson	9	11.14	0	0	CM	F. Flight	9.75	13.42	0	0
CF	R. Rowbottom # ^	12	13.80	0	0	CM	B. Jupiler	9.75	13.51	0	0
CF	E. Mbamba *	12.5	13.02	0	0	S	B. Tripple #	8.5	10.53	0	0
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	A. Apsalar	10	0.00	0	0	GK	B. Heineken	8	0.00	0	0
CB	C. Corwin	6.75	0.00	0	0	FB	W. Bouma	9.5	0.00	0	0
MF	C. Cloud	6.25	0.00	0	0	DM	T. Lucius	10	0.00	0	0
S	F. Go	10	0.00	0	0	CM	J. DeGuzman	8.75	0.00	0	0
		0	0.00	0	0	S	C. Cutter	7.5	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		TS				TACTIC		CP
	STYLE		AD				STYLE		CA
	FORMATION		5 - 3 - 2				FORMATION		5 - 4 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			98.75			TOTAL NSL			95.75
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			131.30			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			128.87
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			92.46			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			45.81
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			38.84			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			83.05


	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 4

A clash between InterQuartile Rangers and Druss Legends, means a clash between the numbers 1 and 3 on the table. Only one of them would be able to keep up with AA, and stay in the lead. (and in case this match would end a draw, neither team would be in the lead of course). Martijn wanted to help faith a little, and played a boost. And of course, that made a difference. A little. Terry was unlucky to see his FB Karaxure leave the field with a red card already early in the match. That made an even bigger difference. But what made the biggest difference in this game, was the tactics for both teams. DL played their strong WP, and what IQ played against that was MM. Now, MM is a defensive tactics, but it is not the best choice against WP, not by far. Not much harm was done against the DL attack, so that remained pretty strong, and since MM didn’t give that many bonus EMP to IQ themselves, the difference was big: 31 chances against 4. It is only because of the goalies that the 12-3 in the end does not look as bad as it actually was. DL stay in the lead (and I think, on goal difference, even at the nr. 1 position), while IQ fall back to a midtable position.

PLAYED AT	InterQuartile Stadium
ATTENDANCE	32553

InterQuartile Rangers				3			Druss Legends				12

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	C. Keller	10	11.17	31	12		GK	O. Hendriks	9.75	10.84	4	3
CB	F. Quiroga *	9	10.37	0	0		CB	K. Laploper ^	9.5	11.86	0	0
FB	P. Karaxure Booked SENT OFF 4	9.25	.48	0	0	4	CB	B. Gates	9	10.08	1	0
FB	F. Hejduk	10	10.96	0	0		FB	D. Komba Booked	10	10.66	1	1
AS	A. Ordina	9	10.09	0	0		MF	N. Haroldo	10	8.85	0	0
AS	R. Carvalho	10	2.19	0	0	15 ( 22 )	MF	M. Idden	10	9.40	2	1
DM	B. Emerton	10	10.34	0	0		W	S. Hoot ^ Booked	9	12.56	3	0
CM	E. Stewart	10	11.03	0	0		W	K. Schuurman	10	14.48	7	3
MF	D. Iego	10	11.81	1	1		S	G. Calabrese ^	8.5	13.22	4	2
AM	M. Hamm #	11.75	15.19	1	1		CF	A. Stansfield *	11.5	21.07	4	1
CF	M. Acimovic	7.5	9.09	2	1		CF	P. Eemofoos #	10	17.70	9	4
		PENALTY		0	0				PENALTY		1	1

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	T. Howard	9	0.00	0	0		GK	B. Steunbeer	9	0.00	0	0
AS	C. Reyna SUBON 15	7.5	8.64	0	0	15	CB	H. Wiegel	6.5	0.00	0	0
MF	C. Edwards	8	0.00	0	0		MF	K. Ankerhoer	6.75	0.00	0	0
S	S. John	7	0.00	0	0		S	B. HakkenbergvanGaasbeek	8	0.00	0	0
		0	0.00	0	0		CF	P. Fortuyn	7.25	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		MM					TACTIC		WP
	STYLE		AD					STYLE		TR
	FORMATION		5 - 4 - 1					FORMATION		3 - 2 - 5

	TOTAL NSL			96.50				TOTAL NSL			96.00
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			100.20				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			129.86
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			66.43				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			26.77
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			33.77				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			103.10


	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 4

Both Apocalypse and Catbel Athletic, the reigning title holders, are to be found in the bottom half of the table. Both Martin and Ivo will think that that is not where they belong and I guess they both want to do something about that. Well, this game is the best opportunity to do something about that at short notice of course. However, neither Martin nor Ivo wanted to spend a boost on it, hoping the regular tactics would be strong enough to win, or at least not lose. Martin played the usual WP. Of course, in your home game, you always try to play your best tactics. Ivo countered that with OFF, and that turned out to be just good enough an antitactic to beat AP. CA was just a little better, but that was enough for 1 shot more: 5 for CA against 4 for AP. Since both GK’s saved 2 chances, CA win their first match this season: 3-2. Both AP and CA have 4 points now, and are in that large midtable group.

PLAYED AT	Saturn
ATTENDANCE	22822

Apocalypse				2		Catbel Athletic				3

TEAM						TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	G. Coutinho	10	10.62	5	3	GK	I. Akinfejev	9.75	10.51	4	2
CB	M. Jansen1	10	12.08	0	0	FB	R. Weasley	9.5	10.87	0	0
CB	M. Dingsdag	10	11.04	0	0	FB	A. LuisdaSilva	10	11.82	0	0
CB	J. OShea	10	10.62	0	0	AS	R. Shipena	10	11.70	1	1
MF	S. Schaars	10	11.88	0	0	AS	H. Damaseb	12.25	13.87	1	0
MF	A. Rankovic	9	9.18	1	0	DM	R. vanderSchaaf	9	11.32	0	0
W	M. Uttemanneke	10	10.46	1	1	DM	N. NAME	10	12.24	1	0
W	N. Dyer	10	10.24	0	0	DM	A. Thor *	10	13.08	0	0
S	B. Urnley	10	12.16	1	0	CM	G. Garanhao	9	11.43	1	1
CF	M. Harrold	10	12.12	1	1	MF	G. vanMaasakkers	8.5	10.69	1	1
CF	G. Batata * #	12.5	15.99	0	0	S	D. Lazovic #	8.25	9.31	0	0
		PENALTY		0	0			PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES						SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS	POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	B. Wijnen	8	0.00	0	0	GK	G. Babos	9.25	0.00	0	0
CB	G. Cahill	8	0.00	0	0	AS	A. Tacchinardi	8.5	0.00	0	0
W	K. Sone	9	0.00	0	0	DM	M. Dumb	9	0.00	0	0
S	M. Sonck	8.75	0.00	0	0	CM	B. Bremmner	9	0.00	0	0
CF	I. Glusevic	10	0.00	0	0	S	D. Cisse	7	0.00	0	0

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

	TOTAL NSL			101.50			TOTAL NSL			96.50
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			115.77			TOTAL PERFORMANCE			116.33
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			28.82			DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			80.52
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			86.95			ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			35.81


	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 4

In the last match this week, we see NoShaKi WC98 against The Boelewieten, and that means another clash between 2 of the current 6 leaders of the table. Only one of them (if any) has a chance to stay up there with AA and DL. Jeroen showed more determination to achieve that than Mike, given the fact that he played a boost. But that was not the reason that TB beat NW. Neither was the red card for DM Alonso. The difference between these 2 teams was just too big, and even without that red card or the boost, TB would have won it anyway: the 7 NSL difference only increased in EMP, and there was no stopping TB this week. Not by NW at least. So, TB join AA and DL, and the number of league leaders is reduced from 6 to 3. NW are in that midtable pack now, but with still 19 matches to play, everything is still possible. And not just for NW, but for all 12 teams.

PLAYED AT	Mystical Arena
ATTENDANCE	29968

NoShaKi WC98				1			The Boelewieten				6

TEAM							TEAM
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	P. Cech	8	8.44	11	6		GK	F. Fool	10	10.88	1	1
CB	P. Atreides	10	9.55	0	0		FB	S. Skilgannon ^	10.5	13.50	0	0
FB	A. Diana	8	9.80	0	0		AS	Q. Donaldson	10.5	14.36	3	3
FB	T. Cornelisse	8.75	12.49	0	0		AS	A. Gamberini	10	13.82	1	0
FB	B. Bavaria	10	12.91	0	0		AS	B. Eftekkel	10	13.05	0	0
FB	A. Adams	10	12.13	0	0		DM	T. Future	9.75	14.03	1	0
AS	J. Foster *	10	12.72	0	0		DM	A. Yakubu ^	10.25	12.70	1	1
DM	X. Alonso SENT OFF 69	8	8.63	0	0	69	DM	W. EllDone	9	12.51	0	0
CM	D. Way	8.5	11.58	0	0		DM	D. Elisque	9	12.51	2	1
CM	D. Krause Booked	8.5	12.54	0	0		MF	S. Craque *	11	16.04	2	0
CF	D. Makeni #	9	9.85	1	1		S	U. Untouchable # ^	9	11.36	1	1
		PENALTY		1	1				PENALTY		0	0

SUBSTITUTES							SUBSTITUTES
POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS		POS	PLAYER	NSL	EMP	SHOTS	GOALS
GK	R. Thomas	8	0.00	0	0		GK	P. Adams	9	0.00	0	0
FB	A. Heintze	7.5	0.00	0	0		FB	T. Again	8	0.00	0	0
AS	D. Agger	6.25	0.00	0	0		AS	D. Onopko	10	0.00	0	0
MF	G. Silva	9	0.00	0	0		CM	C. Gus1st	10	0.00	0	0
CF	M. Addog	9	0.00	0	0		S	C. Kano	8.5	0.00	0	0

	TACTIC		ZD					TACTIC		CP
	STYLE		AD					STYLE		FL
	FORMATION		6 - 3 - 1					FORMATION		4 - 5 - 1

	TOTAL NSL			90.75				TOTAL NSL			97.50
	TOTAL PERFORMANCE			112.20				TOTAL PERFORMANCE			133.88
	DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			81.13				DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE			42.28
	ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			31.07				ATTACKING PERFORMANCE			91.60


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