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Ultra Nox: Short and Sweet
Third season: New faces, new challenges.
I'm not going to go into everything. I'm going to make this short and sweet. Last season we held out for third place...Riddle lost to BlueMage and returned back to our league. Two new teams enter the fray: coolboys (bot team now) White House Soccer (an active and gritty team) Love the fact the new guy has chosen to make our conference chat active. From our conference, these predictions: From White House: coolboys White House Nationals Ultra Nox Mesa Mehados Heavy Metal Riddle Ring of Fire He apologized for accuracy. I feel I should be rated higher, but we'll see what happens. |
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New faces, old goodbyes
Facing with the daunting task of upgraded a young midfield, I wanted to set a new talent level, and I wanted a capable winger to dish out on the attack. This meant money... So I sold: Xu Hey-You (550k) Frederic Amoudry (211k) Soren Gyllengren (333k) Gary Grewar (1.432 million) In came excellent midfielders Frank Guttermann (370k) Albert Logan (715k) Hubert Heuts (514k) and a formidable winger with inadequate PM Tso Wu-Jiang (744k) ---- In the offseason I had decided that against opponents like Riddle and Ring of Fire, that it may be better to play the 3-5-2 rather than a 3-4-3. So I was going to sell Hey-You and be done with it, except my youth squad gave me two gems Youth Squad pulls: Jean Duplessis (27898169) 19 years, passable form, healthy A pleasant guy who is calm and dishonest. Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities. Nationality: USA Assessed value: 45 000 US$ Wage: 740 US$/week Owner: Ultra Nox Warnings: 0 Stamina: passable Goaltending: disastrous Playmaking: wretched Passing: poor Winger: wretched Defending: solid Scoring: poor Set Pieces: wretched Career Goals: 0 Career Hattricks: 0 League goals this season: 0 Cup goals this season: 0 If he had been 17, I would have sold him, but he'll be a decent starter/reserve. Hattrick » Ultra Nox » Player » Waylon Moore Waylon Moore (27366487) 17 years, passable form, healthy A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest. Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities. Nationality: USA Assessed value: 30 000 US$ Wage: 620 US$/week Owner: Ultra Nox Warnings: 0 Stamina: wretched Goaltending: disastrous Playmaking: poor Passing: poor Winger: weak Defending: wretched Scoring: solid Set Pieces: poor Career Goals: 1 Career Hattricks: 0 League goals this season: 1 Cup goals this season: 0 Waylon basically forced my hand...sell him, and I am defeating the purpose of training scoring (plus it being so early in the season I could probably get him to formidible before the season it out). So Grewar was gone. Waylon will need some stamina training, but he'll be dedicated to friendlies anyway. |
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Strikers:
Óscar Alvarez 611 000 US$, 20 years, poor form Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Head] Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: passable Passing: passable Winger: inadequate Defending: poor Scoring: formidable Set Pieces: inadequate Branko Manenica 245 000 US$, 19 years, solid form Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: weak Passing: poor Winger: wretched Defending: poor Scoring: formidable Set Pieces: poor Tudor Lazăr 186 000 US$, 18 years, passable form Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: weak Passing: poor Winger: poor Defending: passable Scoring: excellent Set Pieces: poor Erick Weller 170 000 US$, 19 years, inadequate form Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Quick] Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: disastrous Passing: inadequate Winger: wretched Defending: passable Scoring: excellent Set Pieces: poor Waylon Moore 30 000 US$, 17 years, passable form Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities Stamina: wretched Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: poor Passing: poor Winger: weak Defending: wretched Scoring: solid Set Pieces: poor Alvarez and Manenica take the A squad spots, but really Weller and Lazar are close. Moore holds the fifth spot. I'm quite pleased with the training progress. Last edited by Qwikshot : 03-17-2004 at 11:06 PM. |
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Midfield (some wingers are interchangeable):
Avi Abutbool 256 000 US$, 24 years, passable form Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: excellent Passing: weak Winger: weak Defending: inadequate Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: solid Albert Logan 232 000 US$, 24 years, inadequate form Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: excellent Passing: inadequate Winger: inadequate Defending: poor Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: inadequate Dennis de Waal 197 000 US$, 25 years, inadequate form Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities Stamina: excellent Keeper: wretched Playmaking: excellent Passing: weak Winger: wretched Defending: inadequate Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: passable Hubert Heuts 188 000 US$, 20 years, passable form Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: excellent Passing: poor Winger: passable Defending: weak Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate Frank Gutermann 87 000 US$, 23 years, poor form Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities Stamina: excellent Keeper: wretched Playmaking: excellent Passing: wretched Winger: weak Defending: poor Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: solid Abutbool, Logan, deWaal are the main three. Heuts, I envision as a winger (towards mid). Gutermann is low but unlike Gyllengren he is not unpredictable, and the solid set pieces plus excellent stamina makes him usable as the extra midfielder. And it's nice depth. They're all pretty young so I can hold off on upgrading for several seasons, I hope. |
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Winger:
Dennis Hanssen 228 000 US$, 26 years, weak form Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: solid Passing: weak Winger: passable Defending: passable Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor Laurentiu Axinte 201 000 US$, 27 years, weak form Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: solid Passing: poor Winger: solid Defending: inadequate Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: inadequate Hubert Heuts 188 000 US$, 20 years, passable form Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: excellent Passing: poor Winger: passable Defending: weak Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate Tso Wu-Jiang 1 130 000 US$, 22 years, inadequate form Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: inadequate Passing: poor Winger: formidable Defending: inadequate Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate Bay Farr 116 000 US$, 28 years, inadequate form Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: passable Passing: weak Winger: solid Defending: disastrous Scoring: weak Set Pieces: disastrous Ferdinando Galli 89 000 US$, 29 years, solid form Has inadequate experience and passable leadership abilities Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: passable Passing: weak Winger: passable Defending: inadequate Scoring: weak Set Pieces: weak That's it...This is an odd position. Axinte if he holds form with Jiang would be I think a hell of a winger set. Hanssen is an odd man out...as a solid midfielder, he's outclassed by most of the midfielders, as a passable winger, he's outclassed by other wingers...passable defense is outclassed by all starters...he could be on the waiver wire soon. Farr and Galli are b team reserves, Galli is valuable for experience. |
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Defense:
Ike Noe 182 000 US$, 25 years, passable form Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Powerful] Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: inadequate Passing: weak Winger: inadequate Defending: solid Scoring: poor Set Pieces: passable Adam Stark 127 000 US$, 19 years, passable form Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: passable Passing: poor Winger: poor Defending: solid Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor Rob Dunn 95 000 US$, 20 years, weak form Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: inadequate Passing: wretched Winger: wretched Defending: solid Scoring: poor Set Pieces: wretched Jean Duplessis 45 000 US$, 19 years, passable form Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: wretched Passing: poor Winger: wretched Defending: solid Scoring: poor Set Pieces: wretched I'm proud to say that my defense is completely home grown, Noe started with the team, and the other 3 were all youth pulls, but this is now becoming an area left behind, I'm concerned, but as the hattrick engine goes, I may ultimately upgrade my goalie before I even think of grabbing a defenseman |
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Keepers:
Antonio Cambra 400 000 US$, 21 years, solid form Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities Stamina: passable Keeper: solid Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: disastrous Saphou Supriyadi 213 000 US$, 23 years, weak form Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities Stamina: solid Keeper: passable Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: disastrous Nothing new here, this hasn't changed in ages...Cambra mans the pipes quite well, Supriyadi is a capable backup |
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B team, clowns, and other things:
Lucio Cabras 83 000 US$, 23 years, solid form Has inadequate experience and weak leadership abilities Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: passable Passing: poor Winger: wretched Defending: inadequate Scoring: weak Set Pieces: passable Ismael Sivit Gańán 60 000 US$, 31 years, passable form Has passable experience and inadequate leadership abilities Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: passable Passing: weak Winger: poor Defending: passable Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor Guillermo Sala 45 000 US$, 21 years, inadequate form Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous Playmaking: inadequate Passing: inadequate Winger: wretched Defending: weak Scoring: weak Set Pieces: wretched Cabras and Ganan are quite expendable save their experience which puts them in line for future coaching positions (especially Ganan with passable/inadequate skills). They can play the game in a pinch. Sala is our resident clown (pseudoclown), without him our solid coach with wretched leadership would make things harder than they are now |
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enedetto Amici (10504267)
45 years, weak form, healthy A solid coach who is defensive minded A pleasant guy who is calm and honest. Has inadequate experience and wretched leadership abilities. Nationality: USA Assessed value: 0 US$ Wage: 500 US$/week Owner: Ultra Nox Warnings: 0 Stamina: weak Goaltending: disastrous Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous Winger: disastrous Defending: wretched Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: wretched I keep him because he's a solid, been with the team since the start. |
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3/4/2004 (Cup): whitenblack - Ultra Nox 0 - 5
3/8/2004 (League): Ultra Nox - Nationals 4 - 1 3/11/2004 (Cup): Kirilenko Fans - Ultra Nox 2 - 3 3/15/2004 (League): cool boys - Ultra Nox 1 - 2 3/18/2004 (Cup): Ultra Nox - Midtown Metros 3 - 1 |
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Some close games, but we're in first. We almost lost to cool boys but that was because we dusted off the 3-5-2 formation.
We play Ring of Fire next...tough game. |
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Series: V.56 (8429) Last edited by Qwikshot : 03-17-2004 at 11:26 PM. |
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