Maniacal Misfitz HT Dynasty Season 4 (The Wrath of IV.41) [Archive]

Havok

03-02-2004, 11:45 PM

Divison Breakdown

1. Monkey of Doom (70258)

Last Season Finish - 7th in III.7

Average NSI Rating - 90 - 100+

Strength - Defense

Weakness - Midfield and Offense

This is the divison III demotee, MOD is one badass defensive team with a USA National teamer on his squad (Dane Crain) and soon to be a couple more national teamers im sure. But he's one of those stubborn defender trainers with a defensive coach and runs a 5-3-2 with only 2 midfielders. So his midfield is suspect and his offensive is average. I doubt i'll have any chance verus this team anytime soon, espically if he wises up and plays 3 middies. I think he'll either finish first or second in the divison this season.

2. Pegasus (70403)

Last Season Finish - 2nd in IV.41

Average NSI Rating - 88 - 93

Strength - Midfield

Weakness - none

Pegasus is a very midfield heavy team with a strong offense and an average defense. Anchored by two 6 star middies, i have almost no hope of beating these guys this season. I have a feeling they're midfield will be to much for MOD and they'll win the divison. Hopfully they'll promote also so i won't have to deal with them anymore :)

3. Havoc (71573)

Last Season Finish - 3rd in IV.41

Average NSI Rating - 86 - 91

Strength - Defense

Weakness - none

Two Havoc/k's in one divison!!!!! :) The Owner of Havoc (his name is Havoc aswell) is the creator of another HT federation that im apart of and i've spoken to him a few times over the last 6 months or so. Kinda cool that we ended up in the same divison. He's goalie trainer and he's got a very well balanced squad. Strong defense, good midfield, and above average offense. They're only true weakness is a poor leadership coach and he's a semi-daytrader (which i dispise) so after his USA cup run is over he'll have pretty crappy TS for most of the season(unless he gets a new coach of course). I can almost guarentee Havoc will finish no lower the 3rd place in the divison, maybe second if he pulls an upset or 2.

4. Cons Commandos

BOT TEAM!!!! WOOT!!! these guys quit HT halfway through last season and still managed to get fourth place. These 2 walkover wins are gonna help me out alot.

5. Pie Eaters (71552)

Last Season Finish - 1st in V.171

Average NSI Rating - 74-78

Strength - Midfield

Weakness - Defense

The Pie Eaters are very similar to me in terms of talent. I have a better defense and they have a slightly better midfield. These guys pulled off a nice qualification win to sneak they're way into V.41 and i have a feeling both our games this season will be close. They train midfielders but im not overly impressed with they're training program. They have a 25 year old still getting training (which is taboo in my book) and none of they're back-ups are ready to play A-ball yet. So i have a feeling as this season wears on, they're midfield advantage over me will slowly disappear. Kinda hard to say what place these guys will finish this season, i'd say anywhere from 4th to 6th. More the likely 5th or 6th.

6. The Family Jewels (71848)

Last Season Finish - 1st in V.208

Average NSI Rating - 71-76

Strength - Defense

Weakness - Offense

The Jewels pulled off 1 hell of an upset to get into divison IV.41. Luck was on they're side as 3 of the opposing teams players got injuried in the game. Im not really sure what these guys train, i think they train forwards, but they run a 3-5-2 most of the time. They also have a VERY old midfield (32,32,33) so 1 or 2 injurys could really screw up they're season. I think they have the worst team in the divison and will probally finish 7th. But they are no pushover and they might surprise a few teams... including me.

7. Carebears (71356)

Last Season Finish - 1st in V.101

Average NSI Rating - 77 - 82

Strength - Midfield

Weakness - Offense

Out of 4 new teams to divison IV from divison V (including me) these guys have the best squad. They're midfield is about a full level higher then mine and our defense and offense are close. I think its gonna be a 3-way battle between Carebears, Pie Eaters, and us for forth place. And if i was a bettin man, i'd bet on The Carebears. I start off the season verus them and end the season verus them, so both our games should be exciting! Hell our last game of the season might decide fourth place :)

8. Maniacal Misfitz (72203)

Last Season Finish - 1st in V.251

Average NSI Rating - 74 - 79

Strength - Midfield/Defense

Weakness - Offense

With my new "Balanced" Coach (i'll talk more about him later) my defense should be quite tough this season. This will weaken my offense some, but i'll be upgrading my offense halfway through the season so hopfully i can hang on until then. I figured since im a midfield trainer that my midfield would be my main strength, but everyone in this dam divison as a good midfield also! So thats really gonna make this one tough season. Im honestly not sure what place im gonna end up in when the season is over, it could be anywhere from 3rd to 7th, (3rd and 7th both being a LONG shots). It should be dam interesting to watch :)

Masked

03-02-2004, 11:56 PM

Go Misfitz! Good luck in IV.

DukeRulesMAB

03-03-2004, 08:36 AM

Yes, yes, good luck! Very tough division, but nothing you can't handle.

Havok

03-03-2004, 11:35 PM

New Coach

Finally.... after suffering for about 1 1/2 seasosn with a poor leadership coach, im finally ready to get a new coach.... Please welcome the Misfitz new coach and semi-starting wingback... Naftali ben Aharon!!

Naftali ben Aharon (6937691)
32 years, passable form, healthy

A solid coach who is neither attack nor defense minded
A controversial person who is calm and dishonest.
Has solid experience and passable leadership abilities.

Nationality: Israel
Assessed value: 54 000 US$
Wage: 1 152 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: excellent Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched
Winger: passable Defending: passable
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: disastrous

Naftali was bought about 4 1/2 months ago to eventually take over the head coaching job for us. Anyone out there who has a 'poor' leadership coach or lower, knows how much it kills your TS and hurts your midfield rating. Naftali's passable leadership will be a HUGE help with my TS this season! and im gonna need it :)

Also.... after hours of discussion with Masked... i've decided to go with a balanced coach over an offensive one like i had before. This was a tough decision, but i feel you just get more "Bang" for your buck with a balanced coach. My offense with take a small hit, but my defense should gain a full level across the board... maybe even a little more. I guess we'll see after my first few games :)

Havok

03-04-2004, 12:27 AM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

First youth pull of the year!!!!!!!!

Charlie Saunders (26987360)
19 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is temperamental and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Speciality: Head

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 36 000 US$
Wage: 680 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: inadequate

is a bum :( He failed to sell on the transfer market for 1k, so i fired him.

Economic Update

Cash funds: 795 209 US$ (67 375) US$
Sponsors: satisfied
Supporter Club: 1641 members
Supporters: delirious

This week

Revenue--------------------Expenses
Crowd 13 200---------------Arena 20 480
Sponsors 66 000-------------Wages 32 254
Financial 0------------------Interest 0
Temporary 0----------------Temporary 684 800
----------------------------Staff 49 500
----------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 79 200--------Total expenses 807 034
Expected income/loss -727 834

I was up to 1.1 million last week, but 2 back-up wingers and a new coach later im down to 67k. Im hoping after my home game in week 2 i can get enough money to upgrade my stadium.

Havoc99

03-04-2004, 12:55 AM

I liked the preview, you imposter ;)

Good luck this season.

sterlingice

03-04-2004, 01:10 AM

I liked the preview, you imposter ;)

Good luck this season.
*blinks* Is that who I think it is? :eek:

SI

Masked

03-04-2004, 01:29 AM

Also.... after hours of discussion with Masked... i've decided to go with a balanced coach over an offensive one like i had before. This was a tough decision, but i feel you just get more "Bang" for your buck with a balanced coach. My offense with take a small hit, but my defense should gain a full level across the board... maybe even a little more. I guess we'll see after my first few games :)
Thanks for being the guinea pig. If my guy ever gets any experience I will probably go with the neutral coach as well.

Havok

03-04-2004, 10:39 AM

Glad to see you made Havoc! Feel free to jump in and slam me anytime ya want :)
Just don't tell anyone else in the divison about this little report. well, none of the 3 teams i'll be mainly battling with..... Carebears, Family Jewels and Pie Eaters ;)

Masked: lol yeah... i was thinking about getting a weak balanced coach for 10k and test him out in wednesdays cup game like we talked about, but when saturday came i just "What The Hell" and made Naftali a balanced coach. Im happy with the results so far.... i'll post wednesday game ratings soon.

Havoc99

03-04-2004, 02:13 PM

*blinks* Is that who I think it is? :eek:

SI

Um, no... I mean, er, there is no Havoc!!

Havok: No worries. I've known about your dynasty thread for a couple seasons & wont share, although you may wish to take down the link if you dont want the others to find you. Other than myself, of course, I'm rooting for you & pegasus (Talad's a nice guy although he doesn't post much).

I think your evaluations are pretty accurate. As for my team, I would list midfield as my weakness although I may be addressing that soon with a trade.

As for my coach, I have the money to replace him now if I wish but I'm undecided. I have no aspirations of winning IV.41 anytime soon, so as long as I dont auto-relegate life is good. I'm either going to buy a better coach and shoot for 3rd place or just suffer through crappy TS. I have a guy who I should be able to turn into a solid/passable coach next season, so I may just suffer through a mediocre season & use my cash to buy a formidable striker.

btw, I only daytrade at the end of the season whenever my position has been locked up- so that wont hurt my TS during the year. Actually, I rarely daytrade at all anymore- I mostly did it my first 2 seasons to try to build my team more rapidly. With the current TS loss from roster turnover, it's just not worth it to me.

Good luck with Carebears, they look tough. Go rip some stuffing out of them.

Havok

03-04-2004, 08:48 PM

Player Breakdown

Now its time to run through my players and tell you a little about them. My team hasn't changed much over last season and it will only change a little this season.

Goalies

Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy
901 000 US$, 20 years, excellent form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: disastrous Keeper: formidable
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: wretched Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: disastrous

My most expensive transfer purchese ever at $1,479,000 and its been worth every penny. Since i bought him around week 9 last season, he's been in excellent form ever since. With him in the net and my balanced coach my defensive ratings should be pretty good this season so i won't have to worry about upgrading my defenders until next season.

Marcin Landowski
412 000 US$, 23 years, solid form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: solid
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: weak

Since i bought Louis, Marcin here has been demoted to my back-up keeper. For the first season and a half i had Marcin he was a constant headache. His form used to jump all over the place, but last season he somehow stayed above passable form for most of the season. He's a pretty good back-up to have around and will probally be with the team for a really long time.

Defenders

My defenders are slowly becoming the weakest part of my team as i upgrade other areas. But im in no real rush to upgrade them yet, they should get the job done for now.

Omar Nairn
134 000 US$, 23 years, passable form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: solid
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: inadequate

Omar is one of the first players i ever bought and has been a solid player ever since. I trained him halfway to excellent before i 'wised' up and switched to playmaking training. He's a constant 3 to 3.5 star player and will probally be a Misfit for a long time.

Joseph MacKindlay
52 000 US$, 32 years, solid form
Has excellent experience and poor leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: weak Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: wretched Passing: inadequate
Winger: weak Defending: solid
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: [b]passable[/b]

This old man can play! Probally my best defender, Joseph has gottin quite a few 4 star games for the Misfitz and is almost always good for at least 3.5 stars. When i finally get around to upgarding my back 3, Joseph will be an excellent back-up defender until the day he retires.

[color=blue](Coach)Naftali ben Aharon[/color]
54 000 US$, 32 years, passable form
Has [b]solid experience[/b] and passable leadership abilities

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched
Winger: [b]passable[/b] Defending: [b]passable[/b]
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: disastrous

My only "True" wingback, Naftali was an outright stud for the first 14 weeks or so after i bought him. Lately his form has been sporatic and its cost him his starting job sometimes. When played "Normal" Naftali adds a level of attack to my wing rating and still gets good defensive ratings on his side. Since he's also my coach now, Naftali will retire a Misfit.

Ismael Ferreira da Silva
88 000 US$, 22 years, excellent form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities [Powerful]

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: poor
Winger: poor Defending: [b]passable[/b]
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: weak

Ismael really got screwed when i switched to PM training, he was only 1 or 2 weeks away from being solid. Ismael is an excellent back-up defender and seems to maintain form pretty well.

Im very thin as far as defenders go, only having 4 defenders might come back to haunt me later on in the season if i get a couple injuries. But if i get desperate i can always buy an old cheap guy with good experiance to fill in.

[size=4][b]Wingers[/b][/size]

Andi Neiweiler
277 000 US$, 28 years, excellent form
Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities

Stamina: excellent Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: [b]passable[/b]
Winger: solid Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak

Easily my favorite winger and one of my favorite players, Andi has been my 'Go To' winger since the day he was bought. In solid and up form, he's good for 3.5 stars a game and he's getting dam close to passable Playmaking (15 weeks of 50% training). Im not sure what the future holds for Andi, i'd like to make him my coach one day but his experiance has been going up quite slow as of late. Only time will tell if Andi remains a "Misfitz for Life" or not....

Benton Minter
84 000 US$, 21 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: [b]passable[/b] Passing: poor
Winger: solid Defending: poor
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: weak

My first solid youth pull ever!!! He's was a solid winger,with weak PM back then. I've since trainined him up to passable PM with the 50% PM training wingers get. Benton is another guy that im not quite sure what to do with.... its possible he'll be a longtime Misfitz back-up, or he might be sold when i upgrade my wingers. But he's good for 3 stars a game and he'll get the start when i play 2 offensive wingers.

James MacChoiter
184 000 US$, 20 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: poor
Winger: [b]passable[/b] Defending: wretched
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: inadequate

Just bought James last week, he still hasn't played a game for us yet, but hopfully my stamina training this week will get him up to solid stamina so he can play as a "Winger Towards The Middle" for us sometimes. He'll probally be sold when he hits formidable PM sometime next season.

Imboon Prakardsakda
155 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: inadequate
Winger: [b]passable[/b] Defending: weak
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: wretched

Imboon is also a new player who has yet to play a game with the team, but he does have a kickass name :) He'll probally be my number 4 winger because of his poor stamina. I don't think he'll ever crack the starting line-up for us unless i keep him for a few seasons and get his stamina and PM high enough.

My wingers are fine for now.... but getting a badass offensive winger is probally second on my list of things to do.

[size=4][b]Forwards[/b][/size]

Maik Waldner
218 000 US$, 21 years, solid form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: weak
Winger: wretched Defending: poor
Scoring: formidable Set Pieces: wretched

Easily my best forward at the moment, Maik was brought in when one of my starting forwards got a 4 week injury earley last season. I Paid $1,071,000 for him and he's been solid ever since. He's was in excellent form for 8 straight weeks until last thursday when he finally dropped down to solid form. He's young with low wages and gets 3.5 stars a game. He'll be a starter for the next 1 1/2 to 2 seasons or so, then he'll make 1 hell of a back-up forward.

Bill Wright
58 000 US$, 29 years, solid form
Has [b]inadequate experience[/b] and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: [b]passable[/b] Set Pieces: solid

Good old Bill... all he does is score goals :) Only spent 1 week below passable form since we bought him 2 seasons ago and gets 3 stars a game in passable or better form. Unfortunetly for Bill, he'll be my next starter replace midway through the season.

Abel Cano
187 000 US$, 27 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities

Stamina: solid Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: [b]passable[/b] Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: inadequate
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: poor

Abel was bought halfway through my first season in Hattrick and was a very consistant player for us. But he's had two 4 week injuries in the last 2 seasons and its really effected his playing time. He might get into a couple games this season if Bill's form nose dives, but once i pick up another forward he'll be a back-up until the day he's sold.

Having only 3 forwards is kinda risky, but my next big purchese will probally be an outstanding forward halfway through the season. So if my forwards can just stay injury free for the first 8-9 weeks or so, i'll be fine :)

[size=4][b]Midfielders[/b][/size]

I had to save the best for last!!!

Huey Miller
567 000 US$, 20 years, solid form
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: [b]outstanding (+3.5)[/b] Passing: poor
Winger: wretched Defending: poor
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak

The backbone of my squad and Misfitz MVP last season, i just love Huey :) His secondary's suck obviously, but he's my farthest along midfielder and is always in good form. Huey will stick with the club until next season when he hits "World Class" PM, then he'll probally be sold.

Jakob Noer Mogensen
381 000 US$, 21 years, [color=red]poor form[/color]
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: [b]outstanding (+1)[/b] Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

Jakob's time with the Misfitz is almost over. In 8 or 9 weeks, he will hit brilliant PM and then he'll be sold. Jakob used to be one of my most consistant players, but for some reason, he's hit a serious form drout. He won't be starting anytime soon unless he climbs his way back up to at least inadequate form.

Joaquim Neiva
338 000 US$, 20 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: [b]formidable (+1)[/b] Passing: [b]passable[/b]
Winger: weak Defending: disastrous
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

Jaoquim was also in quite a form drout but he seems to be pulling out of it i hope. He's my number 1 "Offensive" middy right now and he helps out my central attack alot. Im not sure what the future holds for Jaoquim, he'll at least make it to Brilliant PM at the start of next season, but depending on what my team looks like then... i might train him to Magnificant.

Torbjörn Jonasson
431 000 US$, 19 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: formidable Passing: poor
Winger: weak Defending: [b]passable[/b]
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

Currently slated as my number 4 middy, Tor is an excellent defensive middy! Thats a high passable defense he's got and it shows when i play him defensively. When Jakob is sold, Tor will fill in for him without missing a beat. And since Jakob's form blows right now, Tor has been getting his first taste of A-team soccer!!!

Iver Dyrberg
313 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: [b]formidable (+2)[/b] Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: inadequate

Please say hello to Mr. Franchise himself... Iver Dyrberg!!! By far my best trainee ever, He should have no problem hitting Brilliant PM before his 19th birthday and should crack the starting line-up next season. Im hoping i can get him onto the Danmark U-20 team also.... i know his chances are slim because danmark is so big, but ya never no!!!

Karl Leitner
180 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: [b]solid(+3)[/b] Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: [b]passable[/b]
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: [b]passable[/b]

Someday Karl will be a hell of a player, his secondary's are great and he's even pretty good at Set Peices. But his somewhat low PM for his age will keep him from my starting line-up for awhile.

I love the way my midfielders are set up right now.... when i decide to sell one i'll always have another thats only about 1 level below in PM to take his place. Thats the way im gonna try to keep it.

[size=4][b]Final Thought[/b][/size]

Overall im pretty happy with my team right now.... i have a few holes that i need to address but i should be able to fill them this season. I only plan on selling 1 midfielder this season and with that 2.4 million or so i get for selling Jakob, i plan on buying a outstanding forward with good passing. Im also hoping i can get a good youth pull or 2 for a change and get a nice offensive winger preferably outstanding, but formidable will do aswell.

Havok

03-04-2004, 10:29 PM

Season 4 - USA Cup Game - Round 1

Atlanta Eagles - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

Finally!!! The first offical game of the season!!! While its only against a crappy bot team, at least i can get an idea of what my ratings will be with my new balanced coach. Im not expecting my attack ratings to drop very much at all and my defensive ratings should go up about 1 level across the back. This is also my first PIC with a coach that doesn't have horrible leadership!!! :) Its gonna be great not having to watch my TS drop a level every 2-3 days! Not much else to add about this game.... i'll probally win huge and im praying for no injuries.

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

Right Winger - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

Most the starters are in there today... Since Jakob is in such horrible form, i stuck him in at winger and let Torbjorn play middy. Unless a miricle happens on thursday's training/form update, Jakob will start the season on the B-team. As for the rest of the team..... form ain't looking to great. Noone is in really bad form (besides Jakob), but noone is in really good form either except my goalie Louis. And with stamina training this week, i have a feeling its gonna get alot worse.

The Match

7000 spectators had come to Atlanta Dome this cloudy day. Atlanta had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Malone - Gregg, Nickerson, Selladurai, Jones - Burdick, Brown, Robertson, Curry - Gibbons, Diosdado.

Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - Nairn, MacKindlay, Ferreira da Silv - Noer Mogensen, Miller, Neiva, Jonasson, Neiweiler - Wright, Waldner.

Joaquim Neiva of Maniacal received a yellow card in the 11th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Ismael Ferreira da Silva received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably out of lack of experience, in the 13th minute and almost caused an opponent to score.

In the 19:th minute the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending and Maik Waldner put the ball away for 0 - 1.

Maniacal had, after 21 minutes of the game, worked the left side industriously, creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but somehow didn´t achieve closure.

Maniacal's Omar Nairn scored 0 - 2 by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent goalie no other option than to pick up the ball from the net.

After 25 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Torbjörn Jonasson who increased Maniacal´s lead to 0 - 3. After this Maniacal lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.

After 25 minutes Maniacal´s Joaquim Neiva contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game.

The visitors Huey Miller took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 29:th minute. 0 - 4 for Maniacal.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 4. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Maniacal, with an impressive 80 percent possession of the ball.

The visitors Joaquim Neiva took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 49:th minute. 0 - 5 for Maniacal.

The referee signalled a penalty in the 67:th minute following an offence just inside of the box. Bill Wright knocked home 0 - 6 just out of reach for the goaltender.

The referee showed Maniacals Omar Nairn the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Andi Neiweiler increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 7.

Maniacal, bringing the final ball possession rate to 86 percent, dominated the battle.

Atlanta´s best player was Johnny Brown. Delmer Nickerson on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Maniacal player was without a doubt Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy. However, Jakob Noer Mogensen made a disastrous appearance.

The match ends 0 - 7

Goals

1 - Maik Waldner (19)
1 - Omar Nairn (24)
1 - Torbjörn Jonasson (25)
1 - Huey Miller (29)
1 - Joaquim Neiva (49)
1 - Bill Wright (67)
1 - Andi Neiweiler (71)

Player Ratings

4.5 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
3.5 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

2.0 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Towards The Middle)
4.0 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
3.0 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
4.0 - Huey Miller
3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

3.0 - Bill Wright
3.5 - Maik Waldner

37 - Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: passable - (6)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Defence: magnificent - (12)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 73

Atlanta Eagles
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: wretched - (2)
Right Side Defence: weak - (4)
Central Defence: inadequate - (5)
Left Side Defence: weak - (4)
Right Side Attack: poor - (3)
Central Attack: poor - (3)
Left Side Attack: poor - (3)

NSI - 28

Post Game Comments

Not bad.... not bad at all. It Looks like im gonna enjoy having a balanced coach :). It worked out just like i thought it would, my attack didn't lose much and my defense got a nice boost. I picked up my first ever magnificent rating also!!! Anyway, the game went pretty good, easy 7-0 win and no injuries. Torbjorn played 1 hell of a match getting his first ever 4 star game. Its gonna hurt having Jakob on the bench bcause of his horrible form, but at least Torbjorn is a very solid fill in. No other real surprises in today game, everyone played about how i thought they would. Now its time to set our sites on the first league game of the season and our first ever divison IV league game!!!

lUpnext, This weeks training and form update

Havoc99

03-05-2004, 02:25 PM

Any prediction on your match this weekend? It should be a tough match.

Havok

03-05-2004, 11:09 PM

Training and Form Update

very very very very disappointing stamina training week. Out of the 6 guys that i wanted to bump in stamina.... only 3 did :(

Iver Dyrberg
366 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: formidable Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: inadequate

Im glad my young stud bumped 1 level in stamina.... hopfully the 1 week of stamina training next offseason will get him to solid or excellent and then he'll ready to start for us.

Karl Leitner
174 000 US$, 18 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: passable
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: passable

it wasn't really important that Karl bump in stamina since he's probally 2 more seasons away from starting for us, but i'll take it.

Imboon Prakardsakda
187 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: solid Passing: inadequate
Winger: passable Defending: weak
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: wretched

Same with him... not a real big deal that he bumped, he won't see the starter line-up for us in a long time, maybe never.

Thats it.... a bunch of other guys bumped in stamina but none were important. My best Middy Huey Miller has now had 2 weeks of stamina training and not bumped from solid to excellent :( The other big disappointment was Torbjorn, he stayed at solid stamina aswell. Overall a pretty shitty week.... just wait to you see what my form did!

Form Update

Never.....have i ever, had a form update this bad. Not even when i trained 2 straight weeks of stamina when i first started training Playmaking. My team came into today's update with pretty bad form, but it just got a hell of alot worse. 12 freaking guys dropped in form!! 12!!!. My second best middy has somehow found a way to drop to wretched form. Just 5 weeks ago he was in solid form and has played a game every week. This is seriously gonna screw me this season. Also, my great form goalie finally fell to solid form and my number 1 forward as dropped from excellent to passable in the last 2 weeks. I could go on and on but you get the idea.... This is all i need, espically now that im in one of the toughest divison IV's in the USA. Sucks to be me......

1 Player increased in Form (1 Starters)
12 Players decreased in Form (8 Starters)

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 257 368 US$
Total squad value: 4 890 000 US$
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): wretched
No of players (excluding the coach): 19
Number of nationalities: 13

Upnext, This weeks youth pull and economic update

Havok

03-06-2004, 08:25 PM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Ricky Meza
41 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: inadequate
Winger: weak Defending: passable
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: wretched

well... at least we'll get me something........

Economic Update

ash funds: 67 555 US$ (7 916) US$
Sponsors: delirious
Supporter Club: 1647 members
Supporters: delirious

This week

Revenue-----------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0-----------------------------Arena 20 480
Sponsors 77 715---------------------Wages 44 374 (+12,120)
Financial 0---------------------------Interest 0
Temporary 0-------------------------Temporary 3 000
-------------------------------------Staff 49 500
-------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 77 715-----------------Total expenses 137 354
Expected income/loss -59 639

Dam.... my wages jumped 12k!! I guess thats not TO bad.... should be alot worse next season. Money is kinda crappy right now, i haven't had a dam home game since week 13 last season. I'll finally get one next sunday vs Havoc, then i can finally upgrade my stadium.

This Weeks Game

First league game of the season tommarrow, and i'll be taking on a team very close to the same skill level as me. Unfortunetly his middy's are a little better, he's at home, and my form blows. This is not a good combination for me.......

Carebears
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: formidable - (9)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: magnificent - (12)
Right Side Attack: excellent - (8)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 82

I honestly have no clue what im gonna do tommarrow. If my form was better, i was thinking about coming out and MOTS'ing them. But with my second best middy on the bench and me being on the road, this seems like a bad idea. I also have a tough game next week verus Havoc that i doubt i'll win. I'd hate to drop to 0-2 to start the season, but it might happen. My first 9 games this season are BRUTAL!!! But my last 5 games get a little easier. Anyway, i probally won't decide until tommarrow what im gonna do, either way i win is very unlikely.

Upnext, This weeks league game

Havok

03-07-2004, 08:46 PM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 1

Carebears - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

Finally.... league play!! Well, i guess i should be more excited then i am, but so much as went wrong in the past 2 weeks. Bad stamina training, form is the worst its been in god knows how long, my schedule is brutal etc etc... I guess i should stop feeling sorry for myself :) I've decided to PIC todays game versus the Carebears, i'm also pressing so im playign for a low scoring tie. After looking over his team again, they just have to big of a midfield advantage over me when they're at home. Im not gonna win alot of games this season, espically when im not at home. So today im just gonna work on getting my TS up and hope for a tie. Hopfully thursday's form update will bring me some good news!

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Omar Narin (Defensive)

Right Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Offensive)
Inner Midfiedler 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - Iver Dyrberg (Towards The Middle)

Forward 1 - Maik Waldner
Forward 2 - Bill Wright

A couple changes from my normal starters, 1 is that i benched Jakob and his Wretched form!!! But Torbjorn should do a decent job filling in for him. I've also decided to play Iver Dyrberg as my "Winger TM". I'll need all the midfield i can get today and none of my wingers can are worth playing TM. Don't expect amazing ratings or anything today, my form is low and im pic'ing on the road. It will probally be my lowest NSI in awhile.

The Match

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 31889 at Don't feed the bears today. Carebears tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Kai-weng - Weiser, Aldenhoven, Killsten - Wyatt, Tudor, Persson, Wickborg, Aabye-Hansen - Nessby, Buranakarn.

Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Geoffroy - Ferreira da Silv, MacKindlay, Nairn - Neiweiler, Miller, Neiva, Jonasson, Dyrberg - Wright, Waldner.

Maniacal immediately set off pressing their opponents.

Noël Aldenhoven sailed high, high above the opponents as he headed the 1-0 in after a corner kick after 15 minutes of play.

In the game's 16:th minute Maniacal´s Joaquim Neiva limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue.

The visitors didn´t give in and after 22 minutes Bill Wright got through the home sides central line of defense, rolling in the levelling goal to make it 1 - 1.

At this time in the match, Maniacal were using their skills at the press to successfully put pressure on their opponents.

In the games 27:th minute Maniacal´s Ismael Ferreira da Silva fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Ismael Ferreira da Silva for taking a dive.

Thanaphong Buranakarn of Carebears received a yellow card in the 32nd minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. In the games 32nd minute Maik Waldner almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a spectacular scissors shot just past the bar.

Halftime score was 1 - 1. Carebears held the ball, with a clear 60 percent possession rate.

Carebears tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but kept getting stuck on the visitors defenders.

Carebears broke through to the left in the 55:th minute, Björn Nessby firing at an acute angle giving the home side a 2 - 1 lead.

A bit later, a magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Carebears´s Björn Nessby putting the lead up to 3 - 1.

Stefan Persson almost managed to score another goal for Carebears, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors goalie.

Carebears held the ball, with a clear 62 percent possession rate.

Most important Carebears player was Stelicã Tudor. Thanaphong Buranakarn was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Maniacal player was without a doubt Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy. Iver Dyrberg on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 3 - 1

Goals

Bill Wright - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
3.5 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Omar Narin (Defensive)

3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
3.5 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
4.0 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Offensive)
3.5 - Huey Miller
2.5 - Iver Dyrberg (Towards The Middle)

3.5 - Maik Waldner
3.0 - Bill Wright

36.5 - Stars

Team Ratings

Carebears
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Defence: magnificent - (12)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: inadequate - (5)
Left Side Attack: passable - (6)

NSI - 77

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: passable - (6)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: magnificent - (12)
Right Side Attack: formidable - (9)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: inadequate - (5)

NSI - 71

Post Game Comments

Booooo! But what should i expect with a 4 level midfield disadvantage.. Hell it could have been worse, it looks like he messed up and put a 1 star forward in instead of his usual 3.5 star guy.... lucky me. My ratings weren't quite as bad as i thought they would be. My midfield was the worst being only passable, but i am missing an outstanding PM and i PIC'ed on the road with Calm TS. So i guess i shouldn't be surprised. Not much else to add about todays game, noone did anything exceptional. Lets hope my form turns around soon so i can actually start to win some games in divison IV.

Around The Divison

Havoc - vs - Cons Commando 5 - 0

Walkover win for Havoc.

Monkey of Doom - vs - pegasus 2 - 2

The 2 best teams in the divison went at it today and it ended pretty much as expected. Pegasus won possession, but MOD's defense kept them in the game.

Pie Eaters - vs - The Family Jewels 2 - 2

another 2-2 tie, im a little surprised my the outcome of this game. It looks like Jewels MOTS'ed because they got an excellent midfield on the road. This is gonna come back to haunt Pie Eaters, they're alot like me. They need to win games like this if they wanna stay in the divison.

Divison Standings

-----Team-------------Played-------------Goals------------Points

1. Havoc-----------------1---------------5 - 0 --------------3

2. Carebears-------------1----------------3 - 1---------------3

3. Pie Eaters--------------1----------------2 - 2--------------1

4. The Family Jewels-------1----------------2 - 2-------------1

5. Monkey of Doom---------1---------------2 - 2--------------1

6. pegasus-----------------1---------------2 - 2--------------1

7. Maniacal Misfitz----------1---------------1 - 3--------------0

8. Cons Commandos---------1--------------0 - 5--------------0

Upnext, This weeks USA Cup Game

Havok

03-11-2004, 06:46 PM

Season 4 - USA Cup - Round 2

Chicago Eagles - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

There's nothing like taking your frustration out on a bot team after losing a tough league match :) This will probally be the easiest match i have until my week 5 walkover league game, so i better make it count. The only really important part of this game is the PIC. Since i did the smart thing on sunday and pic'ed, todays PIC will put me at POE team spirit for the first time in god knows how long. And with 3 very important league games coming up, im gonna need it.

Starters

GK - Marcin Landowski

Right Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Normal)

Right Winger - James MacChoiter (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Karl Leitner
Left Winger - Benton Minter (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Abel Cano
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

Tonight will be James MacChoiter's first ever game in a Misfitz uniform! Since im playing a bot team, i've decided to play him offensive, normally he'd play "Towards The Middle" since he has solid PM and only passable winger skill. The bad news tonight is my 3 middy's form.... are you ready for this??? passable/weak/wretched!!. Can't get much worse then that!!! Thank god im playing a Bot team today!

The Match

At Chicago Stadium, 7000 punters turned up, and despite threatening clouds at the horizon, no rain came. Chicago had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Vogel - Kay, Perez Sola, Jorgensen, Moore - Holloway, Valle, Anderson, Duff - Blackwell, Edmondson.

Maniacal tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Landowski - Nairn, MacKindlay, ben Aharon - MacChoiter, Noer Mogensen, Dyrberg, Leitner, Minter - Cano, Waldner.

Chicago nearly produced a goal as Stanford Blackwell set up Freddy Duff for a strike from a seemingly impossible angle. The receiver wasn´t as clear-headed though, and put the shot wide.

Seemingly due to lack of experience, Rudolph Moore needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed.

In the 33rd minute the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending and Maik Waldner put the ball away for 0 - 1.

After 38 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Jakob Noer Mogensen who increased Maniacal´s lead to 0 - 2.

In the 38:th minute the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as Iver Dyrberg finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. By now Maniacal were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead.

The visitors Maik Waldner took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 40:th minute. 0 - 4 for Maniacal.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 4. Maniacal, bringing the final ball possession rate to 78 percent, dominated the battle.

Maniacal increased the lead to 0 - 5 as Karl Leitner scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner.

The visitors Abel Cano took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 69:th minute. 0 - 6 for Maniacal.

The visitors Abel Cano took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 69:th minute. 0 - 7 for Maniacal.

The visitors Abel Cano took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 69:th minute. 0 - 8 for Maniacal. By then Abel Cano was a three time scorer - a hat trick!

Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 88 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Chicago player was without a doubt Earle Kay. However, Johnnie Edmondson made a disastrous appearance. Maniacal´s best player was Joseph MacKindlay. Jakob Noer Mogensen on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 0 - 8

Goals

Abel Cano - 3
Maik Waldner - 2
Jakob Noer Mogensen - 1
Iver Dyrberg - 1

Player Ratings

3.5 - Marcin Landowski

3.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
3.5 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Naftali ben Aharon (Normal)

3.0 - James MacChoiter (Offensive)
2.0 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Defensive)
3.0 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
2.0 - Karl Leitner
2.5 - Benton Minter (Offensive)

2.5 - Abel Cano
3.5 - Maik Waldner

31.5 - Stars

Team Ratings

Chicago Eagles
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: wretched - (2)
Right Side Defence: passable - (6)
Central Defence: passable - (6)
Left Side Defence: passable - (6)
Right Side Attack: poor - (3)
Central Attack: poor - (3)
Left Side Attack: poor - (3)

NSI - 33

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: weak - (4)
Right Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Right Side Attack: excellent - (8)
Central Attack: solid - (7)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 59

Post Game Comments

Man those ratings sucked... thats my worse NSI rating in a very long time. But with midfielders in that kind of form, i expected it. It was so sad to see my outstanding playmaking midfielder Jakob get only 2 stars :( He really needs to turn it around! Anyway, We won and there was no injuries so im happy. It was also nice to see Abel Cano get a hattrick :) He barely gets any playing time anymore, he also bumped to poor experiance which will help. He's a nice back-up to have around. Next week we've drawn a decent divison V opponent for our cup match, so hopfully some of my B-teamers form will turn around on thursday.

Upnext, This weeks training and form update

Havok

03-12-2004, 01:04 PM

Training and Form Update

No playmaking bumps this week and i don't expect any for awhile. Except for maybe a random winger bump in PM.

Form

To be honest... this was probally the best form update i've had in over a month. But that ain't saying much :( Not alot of movement really, but 2 of my 3 starting middy's bumped to solid form which is gonna help alot and none of my starters actually dropped in form. My number 2 middy 'Jakob' (who is playing with the B-team now) remained in wretched form which really pisses me off and my starting goalie lost around 20k in value. The only 2 form drops this week were back-ups so my A-team is starting to come around it seems. (EXCEPT JAKOB!!!!!)

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 263 895 US$ (+6,527)
Total squad value: 5 014 000 US$ (+124,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): wretched
No of players (excluding the coach): 19
Number of nationalities: 13

Im getting to the point where these numbers are gonna really start shooting up, most of my middy's are tacking on between 20-40k in value every update. hell if JAKOB! was in passable form that would be an extra 250k in team value!

Upnext, This weeks youth pull and economic update[/size]

Havok

03-13-2004, 07:42 PM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Richard Alford (27854594)
19 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is tranquil and honest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 52 000 US$
Wage: 780 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: passable
Winger: weak Defending: inadequate
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: weak

Im the king of pulling 'Almost' good players. He should sell for a few K.... hopfully someone will train him up a few levels in defense. He'd be good for a Counter-Attacking team.

Economic Update

Cash funds: 53 166 US$ (952) US$
Sponsors: high on life
Supporter Club: 1662 members
Supporters: high on life

This week

Revenue-------------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0-------------------------------Arena 20 480
Sponsors 85 140-----------------------Wages 44 374
Financial 0-----------------------------Interest 0
Temporary 0---------------------------Temporary 3 000
---------------------------------------Staff 49 500
---------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 85 140-------------------Total expenses 137 354
Expected income/loss -52 214

I Finally get a home game this week, my last home game (besides a friendly) was on 2/9/2004. So its been over a month since the Misfitz fans got to watch a live Misfitz game :) I should easily sell this game out and the second i get the money for the game, i'll be upgrading my stadium 10k seats up to 42k. That should last me for this season, then next season i'll probally make a HUGE upgrade so i won't have to worry about it any more.....

This Weeks Games

League Game

This week we take on my buddy Havoc! Havoc's squad is a very well rounded divison IV team. He's not dominate yet, but once he sells his now Titanic Keeper he'll start to pull away from alot of us newer teams in the divison. Here's about what i expect out of him....

Havoc
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Central Defence: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Right Side Attack: formidable - (9)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: outstanding - (10)

NSI - 85

Havoc and i have agreed to a double PIC in this game, this will beneifit both teams. I need to keep TS high because i have 2 very important games coming up after this one and he needs PIC's because of his poor leadership coach. Since im at home i'd definitely say i have a chance at winning this game. If i was a betting man i'd put my money on Havoc, but ya never know :)

Cup Game

My cup game this week as me a little worried. Im easily the better team, but my trainee's form is fucking horrible right now, so my midfield will be crap if i pic on the road. If this guy plays his full b-team versus me i'll win easy, but if he plays his starters, my back-ups might be in trouble....

Mesa Wanderers
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: inadequate - (5)
Right Side Defence: solid - (7)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: inadequate - (5)
Right Side Attack: solid - (7)
Central Attack: passable - (6)
Left Side Attack: passable - (6)

NSI - 56

i guess it all comes down to weather or not he plays his starters, im actually considering benching 1 of my trainee's and playing a starting middy to make sure i win this game. I need at least 1 home cup game this season. Its gonna be a tough decision, i'll have to wait and see who he plays in his league game on sunday.

Upnext, This weeks League Game

Havok

03-14-2004, 10:30 PM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 2

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Havoc

Big Big game for us this week. As i said coming into this season i gotta win most of my home games. Since everyone in the divison is close midfield wise(except pegasus who is a step above us all), home field advantage is extremely important. Havoc has a better team then me, there's no disputing that. But i have a couple things in my favor this week. 1. is the home field advanatge like i said. 2. is my Team Spirit, I've probaly got 1 1/2 levels of TS over him since he only has a poor leadership coach. Since we're both pic'ing this game im pretty sure i'll have a little bit of a midfield advantage over Havoc. Hopfully that can make up for his slightly better offense and defense. Also, don't expect i high scoring game here....we both have better defenses then offense so if there's more then 3-4 goals in this game i'll be shocked.

This will be the only chance i have at beating Havoc this season, next time we play it will be week 13, at his house and his last game of the seaosn will be vs a bot team. So there's no hope for us in that game since i'll be getting MOTS'ed!! His team will probally look a good bit differnt by then also. He's getting ready to sell his titanic keeper, that 8 - 9 million bucks can by alot of talent!! espically for a divison IV team. So what this all boils down to is if i wanna beat Havoc anytime soon, i better do it now :)

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

Right Winger - Iver Dyrberg (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

While form still isn't what it was last season, its getting better. My defense still seems to be slacking off, but my forwards are fine and my midfielders + wingers are ok aswell. I've stuck my top midfield trainee Iver Dyrberg in as a "Winger Towards The Middle" again. Im gonna need all the midfield i can get if i wanna win this game. Even with todays PIC im expecting a nice midfield rating, my TS is through the roof, im at home, and the midfielder's that are playing are in solid/solid/passable form.

The Match

32000 spectators had come to The Island of Misfit Toyz this cloudy day. Maniacal started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - Ferreira da Silv, MacKindlay, Nairn - Dyrberg, Miller, Neiva, Jonasson, Neiweiler - Wright, Waldner.

Havoc tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Mcmahon - Luc, Kern, Karpinski - Rabella, Urziceanu, Lambert, bin Mohamad, Griffin - Omalley, Lawson.

Havoc had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially in the 5:th minute when Numbers Omalley came up alone against Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy who managed a block.

The referee showed Maniacals Omar Nairn the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Havoc were forced to a substitution as Ren Lawson couldn´t continue playing due to the rough treatment, forcing Mikey Corbett to come in from the sidelines.

Maik Waldner caught everyone off guard with an opening pass - but unfortunately Bill Wright was as surprised by the move as anybody else, and managed to miss the extraordinary opportunity.

Maniacal took the lead in the 24:th minute of the game by 1 to 0, as Joaquim Neiva elegantly received a pass going deep, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar.

Maniacals Ismael Ferreira da Silva got himself booked after a foul. Due to a severely mistimed tackle,Numbers Omalley spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game.

The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 0. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 55 percent possession rate.

In the 74:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Bill Wright dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for Maniacal. By now Maniacal were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead.

A peculiar volley from Joaquim Neiva almost resulted in a goal, but Andi Neiweiler wasn´t able to exploit the well-timed pass.

A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 84 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Maniacal. However, Matthew Mcmahon made a spectacular save.

The home side failed to add to their score as Bill Wright shot a penalty wide in the 87:th minute.

With 87 minutes played Torbjörn Jonasson could have brought this one home for Maniacal, had his hooked ball gone in, but it went just a bit too high.

The referee showed Maniacals Andi Neiweiler the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 55 percent possession rate.

Most important Maniacal player was Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy. Iver Dyrberg on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Havoc player was without a doubt Matthew Mcmahon. However, Radek Luc made a disastrous appearance.

The match ends 2 - 0

Goals

Joaquim Neiva - 1
Bill Wright - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
3.5 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

2.5 - Iver Dyrberg (Towards The Middle)
4.0 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
4.0 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
3.5 - Huey Miller
3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

3.5 - Bill Wright
3.5 - Maik Waldner

38 Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 84

Havoc
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Central Defence: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Defence: magnificent - (12)
Right Side Attack: solid - (7)
Central Attack: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 85

Post Game Comments

AWSOME!!!! We really needed this victory and we got it!!! That 84 NSI ratings is a Misfitz best by 5! and we pic'ed!!! I couldn't be happier, Its incredible what great TS can do for a midfield. Its been so long since i've had good TS i forgot how important it is :) That outstanding midfield was a bit of a shock, i was expecting around a formidable. My best midfield rating ever by 1% according to supporter stats and thats with a PIC and my second best middy didn't even play!!! What a game for us, Havoc's extremely tough defense definitly kept the game close, we only scored on 2 of our 7 scoring chances. That dam Titanic keepr of his stops everything!!!

Im not really sure how we got a formidable central attack. Our number 1 forward Maik bumped to solid form on thursday, but with my balanced coach i thought a formidable central attack was out of reach for us. My only explanation for it is my offensive middy Jaoquim also improved drastically in form last week and that helped my central attack also. I gotta admit i really enjoy having a balanced coach, i've lost very little attack and gained a bunch of defense. Anyway, great game all around for us! Next week is another big game for us as we take on Pie Eaters on the road.

Stars Of The Game

note - I forgot to do this last week, i guess since i got my butt kicked i really wasn't thinking straight :) I won't do this for friendly's or other meaningless games.

Gold Star - Joaquim Neiva - This was a no brainer, Jaoquim had the game of his career! It was his first ever 4 star game, according to supporter stats this was his best ever game by a whopping 13%, and he scored the game winner! Today Jaoquim proved he is ready to be a part of the Misfitz A-team.

Silver Star - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy - Shutting out one of the top offenses in the divison is no easy task. But at times Louis almost makes it look easy. While he's been in a steady form decline over the last 3 weeks, he still got 4 stars today and was a rock in the net.

Bronze Star - Torbjörn Jonasson - I had to give this one to Tor. He's just doing such an incredable job filling in for Mr. Wretched form Jakob Mogensen. He grabed his 3rd consecutive 4 star game today and almost scored a late goal. This young defensive midfield is quickly becoming a fan favorite!

Around The Divison

The Family Jewels - vs - Monkey of Doom 0 - 2

FJ came out today in a 5-4-1 with only 2 midfielders and pressing. They were obviously playing for a 0-0 tie, but it didn't happen. MOD's offense in that 4-3-3 is just to strong.

pegasus - vs - Carebears 4 - 1

Midfield heavy pegasus is gonna be pratically unbeatable at home this season. He already said in our series conferance that he'll be PIC'ing every league game until he;s out of the USA Cup. Even with a pic he got a magnificent midfield today. The Carebears went all midfield playing 2 winger TM, but it still wasn't enough.

Cons Commando - vs - Pie Eaters 0 - 5

Unfortunetly my opponent next week got to play a BOT team this week so i know he'll have good TS versus me. The way my schedule is setup, almost every team i play has a bot match before or after me they play me :(

Divison Standings

Team----------------Played------------Goals--------------Points

1. Pie Eaters-----------2---------------7 - 2-----------------4

2. pegasus-------------2---------------6 - 3-----------------4

3. Monkey of Doom-----2---------------4 - 2-----------------4

4. Havoc---------------2---------------5 - 2-----------------3

5. Maniacal Misfitz------2---------------3 - 3-----------------3

6. Carebears------------2---------------4 - 5-----------------3

7. The Family Jewels-----2---------------2 - 4----------------1

8. Cons Commandos------2---------------0 - 10---------------0

Well, thats where i hope to end the season at :)

Upnext, This weeks USA Cup game

DukeRulesMAB

03-14-2004, 10:52 PM

First DIV win! Congrats! I know the feeling, and it is good. :)

Havoc99

03-15-2004, 09:18 PM

Nice win, you injury causing lunatic ;)

I feel violated although I'm on pace to have over $10 million by Thursday, so that will ease some of my pain. Congrats on the win & good luck from here on out.

Havok

03-16-2004, 06:47 PM

yeah it was a good game Havoc, im surprised you only got 1 attack event but im not complaining :)

Im glad to see your trade with Minute Men is gonna go through like you had planned. So are you gonna be switching to winger training now???

In Other News.....

"The Island of Misfitz toyz'" finally got upgraded! With the money from sunday's league game i added another 10k seats. It will now hold 42,000 screaming Misfitz fans!!!

RPI-Fan

03-16-2004, 07:23 PM

He has a titanic keeper and only gets Brilliant defense ratings?!?!

Havok

03-17-2004, 05:56 PM

He has a titanic keeper and only gets Brilliant defense ratings?!?!

yeah RPI..... he as an offensive coach and his goalie was in passable form i believe. His defenders form was a little low and they aren't that great anyway. When your a goalie trainer, you tend to have weak defenders :)

Offensive coach is brutal on defensive ratings, i love my balanced coach! :)

Havok

03-17-2004, 09:57 PM

Season 4 - USA Cup - Round 3

Mesa Wanderers - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

After 2 straight Bot teams in cup play, we finally get to play against a human controlled team. Mesa is an average divison V team... They train defenders and in league games they usually pull mid-50's NSI ratings in a 3-5-2. But on wednesday he runs a 5-4-1 which we all know is a quick way to get killed in hattrick. I wasn't quite sure what to expect out of Mesa today since he had an extremely easy league game on sunday. I was actually considering sitting 1 of my midfield trainee's and playing a starter to make sure i won, normally my back-up middy's could handle these guys easy. But they're form is terrible right now and thats why i was worried. But i got a message from him after his league game on sunday saying that he is totally outclassed in our game, and won't put up much of a fight verus us :)

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)

Right Winger - Benton Minter (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Karl Leitner (Offensive)
Inner Midifelder 2 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Jakob Noer Mogensen
Left Winger - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)

Forword 1 - Bill Wright
Forword 2 - Maik Waldner

Even with Mesa's owner telling me he wasn't gonna try to win the game, i decided i'd still better play a few starters just in case. So i stuck my starting forwards and goalie in. Like i said before my middy's form is just rediculous... Solid/weak/wretched to be exact! But with POE TS, and 2 wingers playing towards the middle i should still be able to pull off a decent midfield rating i hope. Im also "attacking in the middle" since my wing attacks will be low.

The Match

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Day's Park saw a crowd turnout of 23465. Wanderers tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Wolfe - Hobbs, Andreasson, Silfwerström, Hansson, Worthington - Laird, Sanz, Freier, Ward - Laporta.

Maniacal started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Geoffroy - Ferreira da Silv, MacKindlay, ben Aharon - Minter, Noer Mogensen, Dyrberg, Leitner, MacChoiter - Wright, Waldner.

Wanderers clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could, using their talent for it.

Maniacal clearly preferred attacks in the middle.

Walter Silfwerström of Wanderers received a yellow card in the 14:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Maniacal took the lead in the games 19:th minute with 0 - 1 after some elegant plays down the middle. Maik Waldner was the scorer.

In the 21st minute Maniacal put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. Scorer was Bill Wright.

Halftime score was 0 - 2. Maniacal, bringing the final ball possession rate to 73 percent, dominated the battle.

After the ball got lifted in from the left Joseph MacKindlay was on his own in the home side´s penalty area 69 minutes into the game, and should have scored, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration.

Maniacal increased the lead to 0 - 3 as Bill Wright scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner.

Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 75 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Wanderers player was without a doubt Fernando Laporta. Luke Ward on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Maniacal player was Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy. Benton Minter on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 0 - 3

Goals

Bill Wright - 2
Maik Waldner - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
3.5 - Joseph MacKindlay
2.5 - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)

2.0 - Benton Minter (Towards The Middle)
2.0 - Karl Leitner (Offensive)
3.5 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
2.0 - Jakob Noer Mogensen
2.0 - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)

3.0 - Bill Wright
3.5 - Maik Waldner

31 - Stars

Team Ratings

Mesa Wanderers
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Counter-attacks
Tactic skill: solid

Midfield: wretched - (2)
Right Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Central Defence: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: poor - (3)
Central Attack: poor - (3)
Left Side Attack: poor - (3)

NSI - 46

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Play it Cool
Tactic: Attack in the middle
Tactic skill: solid

Midfield: passable - (6)
Right Side Defence: solid - (7)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: passable - (6)

NSI - 63

Post Game Comments

That game went down almost exactly how i figured it would. With his 5-4-1 we didn't score many goals, but his attack and midfield were extremely weak so they didn't even get 1 scoring chance on us. Im a little disappointed with our defensive ratings, the "Attack down the middle" tactic really hurt our right/left defense and not having a defensive midfielder dropped my central defense by a level. My main man Bill "All i do is score" Wright scored 2 of the three goals like usual, but the biggest and best thning that happend today was "Mr Franchise" Iver Dyrberg got his first ever 3.5 star game!!! Its to bad he only has passable stamina because with excellent stamina that would have easily been 4 stars.

Next week our USA cup game is at home versus fellow FOFC'er Tredwel and his Scranton Slime. Our teams are pretty close talent wise, but if he decides to throw his league game and play his starting midfielders versus me then he should win. We'll have to wait until sunday to find out!!! It will be my first ever competitive match versus a FOFC'er!!! :)

Stars Of The Game

Gold - Iver Dyrberg - No doubt about it! He basically carried my midfield today since everyone else is in bad form. Today also marked "Mr. Franchise's" first ever 3.5 star game!!! This kid is starting to come into his own!

Silver - Bill Wright - 2 more goals for big Bill today. Thats now 3 cup goals this season and 2 league goals. The man just knows how to score!!

Bronze - Maik Waldner - Maik notched his 4th cup goal of the season and also picked up his 22 straight 3.5 star game.

Upnext, This weeks training and form update

Havok

03-18-2004, 09:36 PM

Training and Form Update

No bumps again this week and none are expected for next week either.......

Form

Once again not alot of movement, but it was more down then up like usual. My starters only had 1 guy go up and he's probally the least skilled starter i have, my defender Ismael. But he bumped to excellent form so i'll take it. My goalie dropped another 12k and down to passable form. Thats 4 straight weeks his value has dropped, im starting to get alittle worried now. Also my my farthest along middie and anchor of my midfield Huey Miller dropped to inadequate form. This sunday will be his first game in below passable form since 9/4/2003!! Not good :(

Ok, enough bad, there is some good here! Mr. Wretched form himself Jakob Noer Mogensen..... bumped 2 levels to weak form!!!! He also added an amazing 194k in value! He went from 346k to 540k! The other good news is that my other 2 starting midfielders both remained in solid form.

3 Players increased in form (1 Starter)
5 Players Decreased in form (2 Starters)

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 281 684 US$ (+17,789)
Total squad value: 5 352 000 US$ (+338,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): wretched
No of players (excluding the coach): 19
Number of nationalities: 13

Upnext, This weeks youth pull and economic update

Havok

03-20-2004, 07:06 PM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Marc-Étienne Boudreault (28309866)
18 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is balanced and upright.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Speciality: Technical

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 36 000 US$
Wage: 680 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: poor
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor

ssssoooooo ffrrruuusssstttrrraaatttiiinnnggggg!!!! Fired!

Economic Update

Cash funds: 40 752 US$ (-6 008) US$
Sponsors: high on life
Supporter Club: 1682 members
Supporters: high on life

This week

Revenue------------------------------Expenses

Crowd 0------------------------------Arena 20 480
Sponsors 89 595----------------------Wages 44 374
Financial 0----------------------------Interest 0
Temporary 0--------------------------Temporary 2 000
--------------------------------------Staff 49 500
--------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 89 595----------------Total expenses 136 354
Expected income/loss -46 759

Im really starting to like this divison IV sponsership money :) Its already 10k higher then it was at the end of last season and climbing about 4k a week. But im sure that will level off some soon. Im broke at the moment, but i do have a home USA Cup game on wednesday so that will be a nice 150k or so. I have no real plans to buy anyone anytime soon, i 'Might" grab a old solid defender to help me with my depth a little. Only having 4 defenders is risky, espically right now since they're form has been a problem lately. I plan on majorly overhauling my defenders next season when i sell Huey Miller as a World Class PM. So i just need this current group of guys to last me until then.

This Weeks Games

League Game

I got a tough road game this week, but its definitly a winnable one. I think when its all said and done with this season, it will be the Pie Eaters and I in 5th and 6th place. They have no glaring weaknesses as you can see.......

Pie Eaters
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: solid - (7)
Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: formidable - (9)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 75

His midfield is very similar to mine and i still haven't really seen whats it capable of this season since im almost positive he's PIC'ed all his games so far. Im expecting an outstanding midfield tommarrow ut of them, but its possible that he'll MOTS me also. If he does im sure i'll lose, if he doesn't it should be a close game. I'll be playing 'Normal" for the first time all season with POE TS. Should be interesting to see what kinda midfield rating i get on the road.

Cup Game

For the first time in Misfitz history, we're playing a FOFC team in competitive play!!! Scranton Slime is run by fellow FOFC'er Tredwel, he doesn't post much in the forums unfortunetly so this won't be much of a FOFC rivalary game.

Scranton Slime
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: formidable - (9)
Right Side Defence: solid - (7)
Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: excellent - (8)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

They played they're starters in they're last cup game and i wouldn't be surprised if they do it again versus me. If that happens my chances of winning are slim, home field advanatge will help but my back-up middies can't hang with his starters. I 'Might' bench 1 of my midfield trainee's and play a starter to give me more of a chance of winning. I'll decide later in the week. Either way it should be a close game....

Upnext, This weeks league game

Havok

03-21-2004, 10:02 PM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 3

Pie Eaters - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

I guess i could start this out by saying.... "Big game here today!!!". But thats gettin old fast, every dam game in this divison is a big game for us it seems. Every week we do battle with another strong squad and i have no clue what the outcome will be. And thats life in IV.41 :) To be honest... i'm really starting to enjoy it, last season sunday's were kinda fun even though it gets old destroying inferior teams week after week. This season, sunday is filled with constant nail-biting and reloading my HT live screen 8 seconds past every minute! :)

ok... enough about that. This week we play probally my biggest rival in the divison. Not because they're the best team in the divison or because i hold some kind of personal grudge against them. Its simply because i feel they are the closet team to the Misfitz in terms of talent. Our midfield's are VERY close, but he does have a slight edge because a couple of his middy's are older and have better experiance. Our attacks are just about equal aswell and we've got the better defense. Im also pretty sure he's pic'ed every game this season just like us so his TS is extremely high. Add all that up and they're home field advantage today and i think Pie Eaters has the advanatge today. A win is not impossible for us, but to be honest i'd be thrilled with a tie. Getting any kind of points on the road this season is gonna be VERY hard for us, it will be hard for anyone in the divison to tell ya the truth.

Anyway, i have no clue how today's game will turn out..... lets find out!!

Starters

Gk - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

Right WInger - Iver Dyrberg (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

With this line-up and playing normal, i expect pratically the same ratings i got last week while picing at home. I had very little form movement from starters on thursday. Its possible the defense could be slightly lower since my goalie dropped to passable form but i doubt it.

The Match

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 57852 at Pie Tin today. Eaters tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Hawkins - Lyhskog, Anthony, Muncy - Henry, Fortier, Rios, Siao, Chastain - Komornik, Rios.

Maniacal tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Geoffroy - Ferreira da Silv, MacKindlay, Nairn - Dyrberg, Miller, Neiva, Jonasson, Neiweiler - Wright, Waldner.

Eaters made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in from the right hand side left Melvin Lyhskog completely alone with keeper Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy, who made a spectacular block.

Eaters could have put themselves ahead in the 24:th minute as Max Henry missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right.

After a fine move down the middle Chris Chastain nearly gave the home side one up in the 33rd minute. The finishing shot went just wide, though.

A well placed corner kick from Cameron Fortier was followed by Melvin Lyhskog´s hard but accurate header. The nice combination meant goal for Eaters. The result now 1-0.

Halftime score was 1 - 0. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Eaters, with an impressive 53 percent possession of the ball.

Seemingly due to lack of experience, Joaquim Neiva needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed.

With 54 minutes played Cameron Fortier could have brought this one home for Eaters, had his hooked ball gone in, but it went just a bit too high. 71 minutes into the game

Maniacal´s Maik Waldner found a gap in the home sides central defense scoring with a long shot, making it 1 - 1.

Eaters held the ball, with a clear 56 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Eaters player was without a doubt Cameron Fortier. Forest Rios on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Maniacal player was without a doubt Joaquim Neiva. Omar Nairn was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 1 - 1

Goals

Maik Waldner - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
3.5 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

3.0 - Iver Dyrberg (Towards The Middle)
4.0 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
4.0 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
3.5 - Huey Miller
3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

3.0 - Bill Wright
3.5 - Maik Waldner

38 Stars

Team Ratings

Pie Eaters
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: magnificent - (12)
Right Side Defence: solid - (7)
Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: formidable - (9)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 87

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: outstanding - (10)

NSI - 85

Post Game Comments

I'll take it :) Im not sure if i got MOTS'ed or not, but he's never gottin a magnificent midfield before and thats with no winger towards the middle. So he either played me normal or MOTS'ed me. Doesn't really matter either way, im just glad we got a point. My defense were the big heros in todays game stopping an incrediable 5 out of his 6 scoring chances! Thats a surprise since my defense as the worst form out of all my starters. Im a little upset that he got 6 scoring chances and i only got 1 considering he didn't win possession by very much at all, but 2 of his were special events and i scored on my only one so i'll take it :)

Overall this is a big point for the Misfitz, like i said earlier any road points this season are big. A couple more games like this and we should have no problem reaching our goal of ending the season in at least 5th place! Go Misfitz!

Stars Of The Game

Gold - The Entire Defense - While i've put up better overall defensive ratings in the past, stopping 5 out of 6 scoring chances versus a very good attack like we faced today is awsome! I gotta give credit were credit is due... Great job D!!!

Silver - Maik Waldner - We only got 1 scoring chance all game and Maik found the back of the net! I guess he's tired of Bill 'All I do is Score Goals' Wright getting all the glory :)

Bronze - Joaquim Neiva - Joaquim's Rapid improvement over the last 3 weeks have been huge for us. He's went from my number 3 starting midfielder to getting "Player of the Game" for the Misfitz according to hattrick. If he keeps this up i might seriously considering keeping him around and training him longer then i orginally planned to.

Around The Divison

Havoc - vs - pegasus 2 - 1

Im not sure if Pegasus could have had a worse week. They lose to a weak team in the CUP on wednesday and today they lose again. Havoc's new 4 million dollar midfielder really gave him nice boost today. Combined that with home-field advantage and possession was deadlocked the entire game. Pegasus had better stop underestimating teams this season or he's gonna be in for a rude awakening.

Carebears - vs - Monkey of Doom 0 - 2

Dispite the Carebears brilliant midfield to MOD's inadequate, MOD won easily. His defense is practically impossible to crack in the 4-3-3. I just hope he wins the divison easy and auto-promotes :)

The Family Jewels - vs - Cons Commando 5 - 0

And of course the team i play next week gets to play the walkover team the week before they play me :( Thats now 3 games in a row!

Divison Standings

Team----------------Played-----------Goals-------------Points

1. Monkey of Doom-----3--------------6 - 2---------------7

2. Havoc---------------3--------------7 - 3---------------6

3. Pie Eaters------------3--------------8 - 3---------------5

4. The Family Jewels----3---------------7 - 4--------------4

5. pegasus-------------3---------------7 - 5--------------4

6. Maniacal Misfitz------3---------------4 - 4--------------4

7. Carebears------------3---------------4 - 7-------------3

8. Cons Commandos-----3---------------0 - 15------------0

Upnext, This weeks USA Cup game

Havoc99

03-22-2004, 11:19 AM

At least you got a point out of the process.

To answer your earlier question, wing training starts in about 2 weeks after my backup keeper pops. I get 1 more shopping spree this year :)

And yes, sometimes I'd get brilliant defense ratings with a Titanic keeper & and offensive coach, althought I often got Magnificent and sometimes World Class. COnsidering my defenders are Solids, I wasn't complaining.

Havok

03-24-2004, 10:14 PM

Season 4 - USA Cup - Round 4

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Scranton Slime

Getting at least 1 home game in the USA cup each season is what i will always try to shoot for. And we've acheived that goal again this season just like we have in our 3 previous seasons. Now is the hard part, getting a second home game :) and in order to that we have to go through a fellow FOFC'er Tredwel and his Scranton Slime. This is Tredwel's 5th season in HT and his team isn't bad. Nothing special on offense or defense but his starting midfielders are very impressive. Between the 3 of them they get around 13.5 stars a game. Now his midfield trainee's on the other hand are pretty weak. My trainee's would be able to handle them easily, the problem is i don't know if he's gonna forgo a week of training in order to try to win todays cup match.

The good news is he pulled a supernaturel midfield on sunday. The reason this is good news is because he played his starters and obviously MOTS'ed, so his TS is shot. But like i said earlier he might still play his starting middy's versus me today. So i've decided to bench my worst trainee this week and play a starter. This was a tough decision since training is so important in HT, but since the guy im benching only has solid PM(+5) and is in poor form its to risky to let him play. Missing one weak of training won't kill him :)

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

Right Winger - James MacChoiter (Towards The MIddle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Jakob Noer Mogensen
Left Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

Now that Jakob is up to weak form (from wretched) my B-teams midfield ratings shouldn't be so gimped. Espically today since Jaoquim is playing instead of Karl. I should be able to pull off around a formidable midfield or so with these guys playing normal. I strongly considered PIC'ing but i didn't wanna risk losing this game. The extra money from another home cup game is just too important. Anyway, besides the midfield and B-team winger "James MacChoiter", all my usual starters are playing, So my ratings should be pretty good today.

The Match

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 32000 at The Island of Misfit Toyz today. Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - Ferreira da Silv, MacKindlay, Nairn - MacChoiter, Noer Mogensen, Neiva, Dyrberg, Neiweiler - Wright, Waldner.

Scranton had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Jörgensson - Morris, Cagigal, Cortez - Francis, Reiter, Roland, Schwarz, Mohr - Diez, Thorstensson.

Scranton seemed to prefer attacking in the middle.

James MacChoiter hit the ball just perfect in the 3rd minute and could score for Maniacal with a fab long shot to 1 - 0.

Maniacal put their lead ahead another goal as Maik Waldner struck home the 2 - 0 goal, after an attack from the left setting him up unmarked with the keeper.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Maniacal lead up with 3 - 0. Andi Neiweiler finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Scranton´s Randy Roland got himself booked.

Maniacal´s Bill Wright had an excellent opportunity in the 39:th minute, shooting on a through ball, but he missed the goal by miles!

Scranton breathed new life into the game with an opportunity to reduce the score in the 42nd minute, but the home side´s defenders cleared the ball on the line, after a long shot coming in from the left, rebounding off the crossbar.

Halftime score was 3 - 0. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 68 percent possession rate.

In the 53rd minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Bill Wright dashed through, knocking home 4 - 0 for Maniacal. The structure of the game started to change as Maniacal decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone.

A crazy pass by Iver Dyrberg towards his own goalie almost caused a goal for Scranton, but Leon Mohr didn't get the finish right.

A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 56 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Maniacal. However, Andreas Jörgensson made a spectacular save.

Andi Neiweiler was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Maik Waldner managed to kick one of them into 5 - 0 in the 62nd minute.

Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy made a brilliant save in the 74:th minute, blocking a projectile coming in from Thomas Cortez on the right hand side.

Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 71 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Maniacal player was without a doubt Joaquim Neiva. However, James MacChoiter made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Scranton player was without a doubt Andreas Jörgensson. Randy Roland on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 5 - 0

Goals

Maik Waldner - 2
Bill Wright - 1
James MacChoiter - 1
Andi Neiweiler - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
3.5 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

2.5 - James MacChoiter (Towards The MIddle)
3.5 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
4.0 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
3.0 - Jakob Noer Mogensen
3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

3.0 - Bill Wright
3.5 - Maik Waldner

36 - Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: outstanding - (10)

NSI - 84

Scranton Slime
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Attack in the middle
Tactic skill: passable

Midfield: inadequate - (5)
Right Side Defence: passable - (6)

Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: solid - (7)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: solid - (7)
Left Side Attack: weak - (4)

NSI - 52

Post Game Comments

Dam that was easy.... i should have Pic'ed :( But i had to be sure, he obviously played his back-ups and PIC'ed. Oh well.... The good news is i've made it to round 5 of the USA cup for the third straight season!!! The extra money from next weeks game will be nice! It also looks like my cup game next week is actually winnable! I'm playing a Divison III team that was in Lytic and Ravenhawks divison last season.... Mountaineer Soccer Club. They are currently fighting for they're lives in divison III.1 and just switched to defender training at the start of this season. They run either a 5-4-1 or a 5-3-2 CA and even with that they don't put up very impressive defensive ratings. I defintely have a shot to win this game, im not sure how im gonna play this game yet. But 3 home cup games this season would be REALLY nice :)

Stars of The Game

Gold - Andi Neiweiler - No doubt about it today, Andi completely and utterly dominated the left side of the field all day long. He scored 1 goal and assisted on 2 others.

Silver - Maik Waldner - Maik ripped in 2 goals to up his total to 6 cup goals this season! Man i love this guy.....

Bronze - Joaquim Neiva - Jaoquim gets the Bronze star just for being the best Misfit on the field today. He's just so dam hot right now its hard not to give him a star every game :)

Upnext, This weeks training and form update

Havok

03-26-2004, 01:27 AM

Training and Form Update

It seems like an eternity since i last had a player bump in PM. Its gonna feel like even longer next thursday when noone pops again :( But after that i should start seeing a couple bumps every week for a few weeks.

Form

Just when i think form might start to turn around....... i have another bad week. My defense continues to spiral downward, I figured a few B-teamers would drop in form since they didn't play this week, But my starters are the ones that took the worst hit. One day this season the HT gods are gonna bless me with a good form update, just not today. On the bright side, Mr. Wretched form 'Jakob Noer Mogensen' in the past 2 weeks has went from wretched form with a value of 340k, to passable form and valued at 670k! Talk about a turn around! I guess i can't call him Mr. Wretched form anymore :)

2 Players increased in form (0 Starters)
3 Players Decreased in form (3 Starters) The HT gods have forsaken me :(

Team/Player Vaule

Value per player (average): 289 211 US$ (+7,527)
Total squad value: 5 495 000 US$ (+143,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): wretched
No of players (excluding the coach): 19
Number of nationalities: 13

With my starting defense now in inadequate/inadquate/excellent form (Unfortunetly the excellent form is my worst defender) and my starting goalie slowly falling to inadequate form. Im considering buying a 5th defender, probally just an old guy with good exp.... nothing special. We'll see....

Upnext, This weeks crappy youth pull and economic update

Havok

03-28-2004, 07:47 AM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

More of the same........

Graham Harding (28719601)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is temperamental and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Speciality: Quick

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 2 000 US$
Wage: 500 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: wretched
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

Economic Update

Cash funds: 134 399 US$ (83 845) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 1699 members
Supporters: high on life

This week

Revenue---------------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0---------------------------------Arena 27 080 (+6,600)
Sponsors 92 400-------------------------Wages 44 374
Financial 0-------------------------------Interest 0
Temporary 0-----------------------------Temporary 2 000
-----------------------------------------Staff 49 500
-----------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 92-------------------------Total expenses 142 954
Expected income/loss -50 554

Big money week for us coming up! I get a home league game and a home cup game in my new 42k seat Arena! So after wednesday im expecting to have around 500k in the bank. Like i said earlier, the only thing i "Might" buy is an older solid defender to give me a little depth. The rest of the money will be saved until week 8 or 9 when i sell Jakob and go looking for a badass outstanding forward!

This Weeks Games

League Game

3-5-2

The Family Jewels
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Attack: excellent - (8)
Central Attack: solid - (7)
Left Side Attack: solid - (7)

NSI - 76

or

5-4-1

The Family Jewels
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: inadequate - (5)
Right Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Central Defence: world class - (13)
Left Side Defence: world class - (13)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: weak - (4)
Left Side Attack: inadequate - (5)

NSI - 64

The enigma of IV.41...... I just never know what to expect out of these guys. I think they train defenders but noone knows for sure. He carry's over 30 players on his roster and none of them have a very high value. But as you can see, in a 3-5-2 he can be dangerous. I predict FJ will finish in 7th place this season, but its possible they could shock a few teams here and there and pull out 6th place. I have kind of a tough decision to make, i have a 'winnable' cup game on wednesday but i also need to beat FJ on sunday if i want 5th place this season.

The tough decision is Karl Leitner, my lowest PM middy plus he's in poor form. He didn't play at all last week so i gotta play him as a middy somewhere this week and get him training. Which ever game i play him in, my midfield will take a serious hit having him on the field. Im leaning towards playing him on sunday and playing normal to try to make up for it. Hopfully whatever final decision i make, it won't cost me a win.

USA Cup Game

5-4-1 League Game

Mountaineer Soccer Club
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Central Defence: magnificent - (12)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: weak - (4)
Central Attack: inadequate - (5)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 80

5-4-1 USA Cup Game

Mountaineer Soccer Club
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: formidable - (9)
Right Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Central Defence: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Right Side Attack: poor - (3)
Central Attack: inadequate - (5)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 74

These guys are definitly beatable! They just started training defenders this season and they're defenders are still extremely raw... and that makes them vulnerable. MSC is also fighting for they're lives in they're first season in divison III.1. Thats good news for us, hopfully they'll be less concerned with a good cup run and more concern with staying in divison III. The one thing that scares me is that they might switch to a 3-5-2, if that happens i seriously doubt i'll win. But they haven't done it all season so hopfully they won't start versus me. 3 home USA Cup games would be awsome for us if we can pull off a win versus these guys!

Upnext, This weeks League Game

Havok

03-28-2004, 09:08 PM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 4

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - The Family Jewels

I got some funny names in my divison this season and obviously "The Family Jewels" is one of them :) This weeks game is one of my "Must Win" games, the reason i say that is because its a home game versus the weakest team in the divison. If i wanna end the season in 5th place, i gotta beat this team twice, espically this week since i play them at home. Normally i'd play my full A-team midfield versus these guys and pic, but i've decided to play my worst midfield trainee today who is also in poor form. Im playing him because my cup game on wednesday is winnable and im pretty sure FJ MOTS'ed on wednesday so i think his TS is shot. Plus he's been playing some wierd 5-4-1 formations lately and that formation doesn't scare me in the least. But i am taking a risk, if FJ comes out in a 3-5-2 and MOTS's me this could be a very tight game.

Game Note: This is my first home game in the new 42k seats "Island Of Misfitz Toyz" arena! let's hope for a sellout!

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Omar Nairn - (Defensive)
CEntral Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva - (Defensive)

Right Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Karl Leitner
Left Winger - Iver Dyrberg (Towards The Middle)

Forward 1 - Maik Waldner
Forward 2 - Bill Wright

Would ya look at that!!! Jakob Mogensen makes his glorious return to the A-team!! 2 weeks ago the guy is in wretched form and valued at 340k, now he's in passable form and valued at 670k!! CRAZY! Anyway, as you can see Karl Leitner is in there aswell, i hope playing him doesn't come back to haunt me. If he wasn't in such crappy form it wouldn't worry me, but he's gonna bring my midfield rating down ALOT! Besides the midfield all my other normal starters are playing but as you all know, form has been kicking my ass this season and it did so again last thursday. So im not expecting the greatest ratings ever today.

The Match

41943 spectators arrived at The Island of Misfit Toyz, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - Nairn, MacKindlay, Ferreira da Silv - Neiweiler, Noer Mogensen, Neiva, Leitner, Dyrberg - Wright, Waldner.

Family had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Lineup: Wilson - Aw, Valadares, Troutman, Callejas, Tzu-Liang - Saranpää, Winter, Figueira, Barbosa Fidalgo - Woody.

Family strategy involved pressing and cutting off attack angles of their opponents from all over the field.

At this time in the match, Family were using their skills at the press to successfully put pressure on their opponents.

Maniacals Ismael Ferreira da Silva got himself booked after a foul.

The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 in the 9:th by a breakthrough from Jakob Noer Mogensen, who unaided came in out of the right wing hooking the ball over the visitors keeper.

In the 26:th minute Familys Tatu Saranpää received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

n the 26:th minute Maniacals Andi Neiweiler received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

The Family player was Tatu Saranpää who had to be helped off the pitch, unable to finish the game, but Morten Petersen came in to finish the match.

At this time in the match, Family were using their skills at the press to successfully put pressure on their opponents.

With 31 minutes played Maik Waldner could have brought this one home for Maniacal, had his hooked ball gone in, but it went just a bit too high.

The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 0. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 82 percent possession rate.

In the 56:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Andi Neiweiler dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for Maniacal.

Familys Jorge Valadares got himself booked after a foul.

Iver Dyrberg hit the ball just perfect in the 69:th minute and could score for Maniacal with a fab long shot to 3 - 0.

In the 72nd minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Karl Leitner dashed through, knocking home 4 - 0 for Maniacal. The structure of the game started to change as Maniacal decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone.

Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 80 percent possession rate.

Most important Maniacal player was Joaquim Neiva. Karl Leitner was a disappointment, however. Most important Family player was Gilberto Barbosa Fidalgo. Juan Eduardo Figueira on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 4 - 0

Goals

Jakob Noer Mogensen - 1
Andi Neiweiler - 1
Iver Dyrberg - 1
Karl Leitner - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Omar Nairn - (Defensive)
3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva - (Defensive)

3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
4.5 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
4.0 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Defensive)
2.0 - Karl Leitner
3.0 - Iver Dyrberg (Towards The Middle)

3.5 - Maik Waldner
3.0 - Bill Wright

36.5 - Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Attack: formidable - (9)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: inadequate - (5)

NSI - 82

The Family Jewels
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Pressing
Tactic skill: weak

Midfield: poor - (3)
Right Side Defence: magnificent - (12)
Central Defence: magnificent - (12)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: poor - (3)
Central Attack: poor - (3)
Left Side Attack: passable - (6)

NSI - 54

Post Game Comments

Well dam... They basically threw the game today. I guess they are gonna focus more on they're USA cup game on wednesday. I should have pic'ed :( No use crying about it though... We won and thats whats important. We also put up a nice outstanding midfield rating even with Karl Leitner playing, now thats impressive. But whats even more impressive is Joaquim Neiva!!! He became the first Misfit midfielder to get 4.5 stars in a game and only the second Misfit ever to do it. I never would have guessed he'd me my first middy to get 4.5 stars, espically considering he's only got the third best PM on the team! Next week we get to keep our undefeated streak going since we have a walkover :) Then i hit the REALLY TOUGH part of my schedule where its very possible that i might lose 4 games in row. Its not going to be pretty.....

Stars Of The Game

Gold - Joaquim Neiva - First 4.5 star Misfit outfielder!!!! He definitely earned the gold star today!

Silver - Jakob Noer Mogensen - Another midfielder, Jakob picked up 4 stars and scored a goal in his return to the starting line-up. Lets hope he never has a form drout like that again.

Bronze - Andi Neiweiler - Andi gets the bronze star for 2 reasons.... The first reason is that he scored a goal and played a very good game. The Second reason is he got some revenge on FJ's Winger Tatu Saranpää. Tatu made a studs first tackle earley in the game and picked up a yellow card. Luckly he didn't injure one of my guys. Only a few minutes later Andi made his own "Studs First Tackle" and injuried Tatu for 4 weeks :)

Around The Divison

Monkey of Doom - vs - Cons Commando 5 - 0

MOD got the walkover this week and i get it next week.

pegasus - vs - Pie Eaters 4 - 1

I spoke with the owner of The Pie Eaters last week and he told me he did indeed MOTS me in our game..... and its shown in his last 2 games. He lost a Cup game he could have won with better TS and he didn't put up much of a fight today versus Pegasus.

Carebears - vs - Havoc 3 - 1

Easily the best game of the week in divison IV.41, Havoc managed to keep the midfield close and had a much better attack then the Carebears did. But the breaks just didn't go his way and he lost 3-1. Its been a rough week for Havoc, he got booted out of the USA cup much earlier then he would have liked and now lost a tough game to the Carebears on the road.

Divison Standings

--------Team------------Played----------Goals------------Points

1. Monkey of Doom---------4------------11 - 2--------------10

2. pegasus-----------------4------------11 - 6---------------7

3. Maniacal Misfitz----------4-------------8 - 4---------------7

4. Havoc-------------------4-------------8 - 6---------------6

5. Carebears----------------4-------------7 - 8---------------6

6. Pie Eaters----------------4-------------9 - 7---------------5

7. The Family Jewels---------4-------------7 - 8---------------4

8. Cons Commandos---------4--------------0 - 20--------------0

Upnext, This weeks USA Cup game

Havok

04-01-2004, 09:15 PM

Season 4 - USA Cup - Round 5

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Mountaineer Soccer Club

Good ole Round 5 of the USA cup! This is will be the third straight season that i've made it this far, but this is the only time i actually have a shot at making it to round 6. The last 2 times i played teams that were way out of my league, honestly if MSC was smart they'd be way out of my league also. Some of you might reconize this team already, they were in the infamous IV.19 last season along with fellow FOFC'ers Lytic, RavenHawk, and Hobbes. MSC basically kicked everyones butt in IV.19 last season and made it to divison III. But for some unknown reason they've decided to revamp they're training program this season and switch to defender training.

This normally wouldn't be a bad thing if done correctly, but MSC decided to buy a bunch of cheap trainee's and run a 5-4-1 or 5-3-2 in both league and cup games. The end result has been very sub-par ratings and only 1 point in III.1 after 4 games. What im getting at here is i have a very solid chance of winning here today, our midfields should be close, but his attack is a joke in a 5-4-1 and his defense really isn't all that great either considering how many defenders he has playing. I'll be playing this game normal with decent TS and most of my starters playing. It should be a great game!!

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

Right Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)

Forward 1 - Maik Waldner
Forward 2 - Bill Wright

I've got most of my starters playing today, i even managed to get a usual A-team middy in there since i played Karl Leiter on sunday. While Huey Miller may only be in inadequate form, he's still an outstanding(+6) PM so that should help. On the Downside i am missing my only defender in good form, Ismael picked up his 3rd yellow card of the season on sunday so he'll have to sit this one out.

The Match

42000 spectators arrived at The Island of Misfit Toyz, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Geoffroy - ben Aharon, MacKindlay, Nairn - Neiweiler, Miller, Jonasson, Dyrberg, MacChoiter - Wright, Waldner.

Eers had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Gürelli - Dae, Kiryukhin, Roach, Drury, Mabry - Eriksson, Sjögård, Brady, Stubington - Crow.

Eers clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could, using their talent for it.

Maniacal made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in from the right hand side left Maik Waldner completely alone with keeper Sermet Gürelli, who made a spectacular block.

A lunatic dribble by Torbjörn Jonasson, in front of the own keeper, set up Eers´s Peter Crow for an embarrasingly easy strike. 0 - 1...

After 41 minutes of play Torbjörn Jonasson equalised for Maniacal after an elegant attack from the right. 1 - 1 was the half-time score.

Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 55 percent possession rate.

Peter Crow came close to putting the visiting team one up in the 55:th minute, following a solo raid down the middle, but Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy managed to tip the ball to a corner.

Omar Nairn of Maniacal received a yellow card in the 61st minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Maniacal, bringing the final ball possession rate to 51 percent, dominated the battle.

After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of overtime followed.

A foul after 91 minutes resulted in a free kick. Bill Wright cannonballed it, giving the hometeam the lead 2 to 1. Extra time over, Maniacal were the victors!

Maniacal´s best player was Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy. James MacChoiter on the other hand, had a terrible day. Eers´s best player was Kent Sjögård. Dave Roach on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 2 - 1

Goals

Bill Wright - 1
Torbjörn Jonasson - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)
3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
3.5 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
4.0 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
3.5 - Huey Miller
2.5 - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)

3.5 - Maik Waldner
3.0 - Bill Wright

36.5 - Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: formidable - (9)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: formidable - (9)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: passable - (6)

NSI - 79

Mountaineer Soccer Club
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Counter-attacks
Tactic skill: solid

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Central Defence: magnificent - (12)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: poor - (3)
Central Attack: inadequate - (5)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 72

Post Game Comments

YES!!! Round 6 of the USA cup here we come!! That was my first ever competitive match overtime game and it lasted 1 minute!! :) And of course it was Bill "All I Do Is Score" Wright with the game winner. Todays game was also played in front of my first ever sellout crown in my new Arena!! Dam im happy!!!

MSC's dam 5-4-1 made for an extremely boring match to watch, and when Torbjorn's "Unpredictable" skill gave up a goal i was pissed!! Luckly he redeamed himself right away my scoring the equalizer. The extra 184k i get from 1 more home cup game will be nice, it also comes at a good time since i have 2 straight away games coming up. But next week is when my cup run ends, i take on former divison II badasses..... "Rizzo's Salesmen". These guys are so far out my league its not even funny, plus they have a walkover on sunday so i'll be facing the wrath of his full A-squad. Hopfully i'll at least score 1 goal so my supporters won't get pissed :)

Stars Of The Game

Gold - Bill Wright - Bill once again saved the day for the Misfitz scoring a set pieces goal just 1 min into overtime! God i love this guy!

Silver - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy - Louis made a nice save on the only real non-event challenage he faced, plus he was the best Misfit on the field according to the HT engine.

Bronze - Torbjörn Jonasson - It may seem kinda wierd to give a guy a star even though he was the cause of the only goal scored against us. But he showed great resolve by tieing the game up right after giving up a bonehead goal.

Upnext, This weeks training and form update

sterlingice

04-01-2004, 09:24 PM

Awesome game with Wright coming up in the clutch, again.

SI

Desnudo

04-02-2004, 07:13 PM

I would like to take part of the credit as MSC purchased one of his not so hot defender trainees from me.

Havok

04-03-2004, 11:12 AM

Training and Form Update

Finally someone bumped in playmaking :)

James MacChoiter
222 000 US$, 20 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: excellent Passing: poor
Winger: passable Defending: wretched
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: inadequate

I picked up James in the offseason for 142k, he'll probally never be a starter and i plan on selling him when he hits formidable PM late next season. But its possible i'll keep him until outstanding but that will take awhile with only 50% PM training.....

Next week is when my guys will start bumping in PM left and right, 2 guys are scheduled to bump and 1 more 'Might".

Form Update

Its getting to the point now where its almost funny at how bad my teams form is. I can't for the life of me figure out whats going on. This week i took another massive form hit. I've lost around -25 form since the end of last season, thats gotta be some kind of record. The only guy to actually go up in form this week was not really a surprise either, Jaoquim is now in excellent form. After last weeks 4.5 star game i kind firgured he was in really high solid form. Now for the bad part.... 6 freaking guys dropped in form this week including 4 starters. My starting defense is a joke now, my goalie is in EXTREMELY low passable form and my 4 defenders are in solid/inadequate/inadequate/weak form and the solid form guy is my worst defender.

On the bright side this is the best week for my form to suck, i have a walkover in my league game and my USA Cup game is un-winnable no matter what my form looks like :) So i'll pray for a better week next week!

1 Player Increased in Form this week (1 Starter)
6 Players Decreased in form this week (4 Starters)

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 299 421 US$ (+10,210)
Total squad value: 5 689 000 US$ (+194,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 19
Number of nationalities: 13

So close to 300k average per player!! Even with my form dropping all over the place, my value continues to rise at a decent pace. Over the last few weeks the main reason for this is former Mr. Wretched Form Jakob Mogensen. 3 weeks ago he was in wretched form and valued at 340k, after this thursday he's my highest valued outfielder by over 150k with very high passable form and valued at 770k!!! Now thats incrediable.

Upnext, This weeks fired youth pull and economic update

Havok

04-04-2004, 07:33 AM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Vince Vanier (29075958)
19 years, passable form, healthy
A sympathetic guy who is balanced and honest.
Has disastrous experience and disastrous leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 106 000 US$
Wage: 1 060 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: solid Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: inadequate
Winger: passable Defending: weak
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor

once again.... so close to a really nice pull. If he was 2 years younger he'd probally fetch a nice price. But im not complaining... he should still sell for a decent price.

Economic Update

545 578 US$ (495 839) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 1719 members
Supporters: high on life

This week

Revenue--------------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0--------------------------------Arena 27 080
Sponsors 94 215------------------------Wages 44 374
Financial 0------------------------------Interest 0
Temporary 0----------------------------Temporary 3 000
----------------------------------------Staff 49 500
----------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 94 215--------------------Total expenses 143 954
Expected income/loss -49 739

Money is looking very nice at the moment and with a home cup game this week and a decent youth pull selling, i should have over 700k by weeks end. Its tough having money and not spending it :) I still could use another defender but honestly right now older solid defenders with decent experiance are selling for SO much money right now.

This Weeks Games

League Game

Unfortunetly this week we have our first walkover in club history. While i get a very much needed pic and i get a chance to play alot of my B-team who haven't played in weeks. It sucks having no HT game to watch on sunday :(

USA Cup Game

I can't believe im still in this thing! :) But i won't be after wednesday thats for sure. Im going up against a former divison II team and currently in first place in divison III.14..... Rizzo's Salesmen. These guys have been around awhile and have an extremely good midfield and defense.

Rizzo's Salesmen
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: extra-terrestrial - (16)
Right Side Defence: titanic - (15)
Central Defence: titanic - (15)
Left Side Defence: extra-terrestria - (16)l
Right Side Attack: solid - (7)
Central Attack: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Attack: outstanding - (10)

NSI - 122

While im sure he'll pic me and he's on the road so i doubt he'll get an ET midfield.... it doesn't much matter, this team is just way better then mine. The real kicker is that he has a walkover this week in his league game, so i know for a fact i'll be facing his full A-team. Hopfully i'll at least score 1 goal so my supporters don't freak out :)

Upnext, This weeks league game

Havok

04-05-2004, 09:49 PM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 5

Cons Commandos - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

bleh!!! my first competitive walkover ever!! (i once had a friendly walkover). But this was a much needed PIC and i got to play some players that haven't played in awhile. After this game my next 4 league games are down right brutal, its very possible i'll lose all 4 :( I play the best 2 teams in the league for 4 straight weeks. Then its the home stretch in which i should be able to win at least 3 of my last 5 games(1 being a walkover) maybe even 4.

So far things are going pretty much as i expected they would this season, Beating Havoc in week 2 was a nice little surprise, i was expecting a tie or a loss. But tieing Pie Eaters instead of winning was kind of a surprise also. I didn't think he'd MOTS me :)

Starters

Not that this really matters since it was a walkover.... but what the hell!

GK - Marcin Landowski (First game in 3 1/2 weeks)

Right Wingback - Joseph MacKindlay
Central Defender - Ismael Ferreira da Silva
Left Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon

Right Winger - Imboon Prakardsakda (First game ever with the team, I bought him before the season started and just never got around to getting him in the game)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Torbjörn Jonasson
Inner Midfielder 2 - Iver Dyrberg
Inner Midfielder 3 - Karl Leitner
Left Winger - Benton Minter (First game in 2 1/2 weeks)

Forward 1 - Maik Waldner
Forward 2 - Abel Cano (First game in 4 weeks)

The Match

At War Memorial Stadium, 10834 punters turned up, and despite threatening clouds at the horizon, no rain came. Commandos tactics involved an interesting 0-0-0 combination. The following players had been chosen: - - - .

Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Landowski - MacKindlay, Ferreira da Silv, ben Aharon - Prakardsakda, Jonasson, Dyrberg, Leitner, Minter - Cano, Waldner.

The home side conceded a walk over, losing 5-0, since they couldn´t muster the minimum of 9 players able to play the game.The home crowd was not amused… The match ends 0 - 5.

Player Ratings

3.0 - Marcin Landowski

3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva
2.5 - Naftali ben Aharon

2.0 - Imboon Prakardsakda
3.5 - Torbjörn Jonasson
3.5 - Iver Dyrberg
2.0 - Karl Leitner
3.0 - Benton Minter (First game in 2 1/2 weeks)

3.5 - Maik Waldner
2.0 - Abel Cano

31 - Stars

Post Game Comments

WE WON!!!!! :)

Around The Divison

Havoc - vs - Monkey of Doom 0 - 3

Dam.... poor Havoc has had it rough lately. He's now lost 4 competitive matches in a row and 3 straight league games. But not to worry, just as my schedule is about to be hell, his is about to be easy. He should win his next 4 games with no problem.

Pie Eaters - vs - Carebears 2 - 2

Nice little surprise here, Pie Eaters sneaked out a tie versus Carebears at home. And it looks like they did it with a pic aswell. Thats now PE's third tie of the season, they should have no problem getting 6th place this season now that The Family Jewels decided to start sucking.

The Family Jewels - vs - pegasus 0 - 4

No surprise here, FJ and they're retarded attempt to switch to a 5-4-1 "pressing" with only 2 middies in every game as effectivly made them a joke. Its to bad really, they put up pretty nice ratings before this....

Divison Standings

Team-----------------Played--------------Goals--------------Points

1. Monkey of Doom------5-----------------14 - 2---------------13

2. pegasus--------------5-----------------15 - 6---------------10

3. Maniacal Misfitz-------5-----------------13 - 4---------------10

4. Carebears-------------5-----------------9 - 10---------------7

5. Pie Eaters-------------5----------------11 - 9----------------6

6. Havoc-----------------5----------------8 - 9-----------------6

7. The Family Jewels------5----------------7 - 12----------------4

8. Cons Commandos-------5----------------0 - 25----------------0

Upnext, This weeks USA Cup Game

Desnudo

04-05-2004, 11:18 PM

Why in the world would you press with a defensive formation?

Havok

04-06-2004, 06:35 AM

Why in the world would you press with a defensive formation?

ya got me... he went from an excellent midfield and low to mid 70's ratings. To a 5-4-1 with a weak/inadequate midfield and low to mid 60's NSI. Not smart......

Havok

04-08-2004, 10:28 PM

Season 4 - USA Cup - Round 6

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Rizzo's Salesmen

I must say im still a little shocked that i made it this far in the USA Cup. Five rounds was all i was hoping for, but last weeks win was awsome :) Thank god for Defender trainers!! Anyway, this week i play a seriously badass team. Rizzo's Salesman demoted from Div. II.4 after 2 seasons there. Currently they are kicking serious butt in Div. III and im sure they'll be back up in Div. II next season.

At first i thought i was gonna get seriously romped in this game because i thought he had a walkover on sunday. But i was wrong.... his walkover is next sunday and he had to play his starters this week in his league game. So that means with my walkover on sunday i can play my starters versus his midfield trainee's. Unfortunetly his trainee's are a little better then my starters so i don't expect much of an advantage, Plus im expecting to face his Magnifcent offense and titanc+ defense! My only hope at winning is trying to get as much possession as possible and pray, so i'll be playing Normal with both of my wingers towards the middle. Hopfully we'll at least make it close!

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
Central Defender - Ismael Ferreira da Silva
Left Wingback - Joseph MacKindlay (Defensive)

Right Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

Thats pretty much all my starters right there, my midfielders form isn't bad (excellent/passable/inadequate) but my defenders are just hurtin right now and have been for the last few weeks, even my goalie is in low passable form now. My defensive ratings will probally be they're lowest this season. Lets hope the midfield picks up the slack.....

The Match

42000 spectators had come to The Island of Misfit Toyz this cloudy day. Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - Nairn, Ferreira da Silv, MacKindlay - Neiweiler, Miller, Noer Mogensen, Neiva, MacChoiter - Wright, Waldner.

Salesmen started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Olsson - Johnson, Prada, Jovanovic - Eriksson, Edvinsson, van Loon, Jönsson, Rachmad - den Hollander, Stringer.

Maniacals Joseph MacKindlay gave, after 8 minutes, the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right.

Joaquim Neiva almost managed to score another goal for Maniacal, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors goalie.

A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 23 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Maniacal. However, Jens Olsson made a spectacular save.

With 35 minutes played James MacChoiter could have brought this one home for Maniacal, had his hooked ball gone in, but it went just a bit too high.

1 - 0 was the half-time score. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 58 percent possession rate.

Salesmens Wil Johnson got himself booked after a foul.

Joeri den Hollander came close to levelling the score in the 77:th minute, as he was set up with a through ball coming in from the left, but his shot hit the post.

Salesmen were close to putting the equaliser away in the 87:th minute as the opposing defence lost control of the ball in a scuffle in front of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the sideline.

Maniacal, bringing the final ball possession rate to 57 percent, dominated the battle.

The most dominating Maniacal player was without a doubt Jakob Noer Mogensen. Andi Neiweiler was a disappointment, however. Most important Salesmen player was Jens Olsson. However, David Eriksson made a disastrous appearance.

The match ends 1 - 0

Goals

Joseph MacKindlay - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva
3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay (Defensive)

2.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Towards The Middle)
4.5 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Defensive)
4.5 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
3.5 - Huey Miller
2.5 - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)

3.0 - Bill Wright
3.5 - Maik Waldner

37 - Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: magnificent - (12)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: passable - (6)

NSI - 86

Rizzo's Salesmen
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: formidable - (9)
Right Side Defence: mythical - (17)
Central Defence: extra-terrestrial - (16)
Left Side Defence: titanic - (15)
Right Side Attack: solid - (7)
Central Attack: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Attack: magnificent - (12)

NSI - 104

Post Game Comments

Do you believe in Miracles!?!?!?!?!?! YES!

By far the biggest win/upset in Misfitz history.... ever!!! The HT gods were smiling down upon us this night. How we even scored on that defense is a mystery, and to make matters worse(for Rizzo) we scored on a passable wing attack!!! Just plain dumb luck! Nothing else... Even my horrific form defense held off 2 late attacks by the Salesman! Everything just went my way and im loving it :) Other good news is that todays magnifcent midfield was our best ever by 18%!! and i didn't even MOTS. It also helped us get our highest NSI ever by 2. Just an all around awsome game for us and im thrilled!!!

But i can 99% guarentee that my luck runs out next wednesday because im playing the Infamous USA ML team.... Slashers FC. These guys back-ups are way better then anything i can throw at him, So i'll just take the PIC, Sell-out crowd, loss and move on. It's been a dam fine cup run for us and i doubt i'll see round 7 of the USA cup again for a couple more seasons.

GO MISFITZ! :) :)

Stars Of The Game

Gold - Joseph MacKindlay - Dispite his crap form and his lowest star rating ever for the team. Joseph scored the game winning goal on a passable wing attack versus a titanic defense. That gets him the Gold Star today :)

Silver - Jakob Noer Mogensen - His incredible turn around over the last few weeks is amazing. He managed to get just 2 stars in a game 3 weeks ago. Today he was the best Misfitz on the field picking up 4.5 stars for the first time and he's only the second Misfitz outfielder ever to accomplish that feat.

Bronze - Joaquim Neiva - Since our midfield is the main reason we pulled off this upset today, its only fitting that 2 middy's get stars. Jaoquim got 4.5 stars for the second week in a row and impresses me more and more every time he takes the field.

Upnext, This weeks training and form update

Alf

04-09-2004, 03:30 AM

clap, clap, clap : Congratulations !

sterlingice

04-09-2004, 03:38 AM

Damn fine game, Havok! :D

SI

DukeRulesMAB

04-09-2004, 10:35 AM

WTG, Havoc! It's an honor just to get to play a ML team in the Cup, you know you've done as well as you possible can. :)

Havok

04-09-2004, 08:03 PM

Thanks guys.... i still can't believe i've made it this far :)

Training and Form Update

This is what i've been waiting for, as i've said before my guys tend to bump in bunches.... and here's proof :)

4 guys total today bumped in PM (one was a forward so he doesn't count). But the other 3 are all midfielders.......

Huey Miller
667 000 US$, 20 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: brilliant Passing: poor
Winger: wretched Defending: poor
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak

Our first ever Brilliant player!!! While Huey's been in inadequate form for 3 weeks now, he's still a big part of my midfield. Huey will also become my first ever Magnifcent player and World Class player also :) then i'll finally break down and sell him.

Iver Dyrberg
564 000 US$, 18 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: outstanding Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: inadequate

Mr. Franchise is already outstanding PM!!! Man i love this guy. He's already got the third best PM on my team and he's barley been with us 1 full season. To bad his stamina isn't a little better or he might get into the starting line-up more. At the rate he's going i should be able to get him to Titanic PM before his 21st birthday!!!

Karl Leitner
175 000 US$, 18 years, poor form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: excellent Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: passable
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: passable

Poor Karl.... he's kind of the Black Sheep of my training program. He just doesn't get any respect :( Its mainly because he's about 1.5 levels of Playmaking lower then the next closest midfielder on my team. But one day he'll make hell of a starter, just not for a couple more seasons :)

Form

The form update has been the worst part of the week for us over the last 7 weeks or so. Its been SO FRUSTRATING!!! But at least this week was a step in the right direction. Everyone except my defense is ok.... not great, but not horrible either. But the defense still seems stuck in horrible form! Even my goalie is down to very low passable form, you'd think eventually one of them would have a good form week but it just hasn't happened in over a month. Anyway, i guess the big update was the one i was expecting anyway, Jakob Mogensen tacked on another 90k in value and bumped to solid form. In 4 weeks now he's added 5 levels of form and over 500k in value.... simply incredible.

4 Players increased in form (2 Starters)
2 Players Decreased in Form (1 Starter)

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 314 105 US$ (+14,684)
Total squad value: 5 968 000 US$ (+279,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 19
Number of nationalities: 13

Upnext, This weeks youth pull and economic update

DukeRulesMAB

04-09-2004, 10:14 PM

Beat you by a couple weeks to Brilliant. ;)

That's one nice set of trainees you have there!

Havok

04-11-2004, 09:43 AM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Camilo De la Fuente (29427454)
19 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is temperamental and honest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 5 000 US$
Wage: 520 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: wretched
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: passable

I doubt he'll sell, so i fired him........

Economic Update

Cash funds: 723 713 US$ (676 459) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 1739 members
Supporters: high on life

This week

Revenue------------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0------------------------------Arena 27 080
Sponsors 95 700----------------------Wages 44 374
Financial 0----------------------------Interest 0
Temporary 0--------------------------Temporary 2 000
--------------------------------------Staff 49 500
--------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 95 700------------------Total expenses 142 954
Expected income/loss -47 254

With yet another home cup game this week (Thats now 4 straight weeks!!) i'll add another 184k to my bank account. Also starting next week, 5 out of my last 8 games will be at home so the money should continue to roll in at a pretty reasonable pace. I have a plan for all the money im saving up....

First off when i sell Jakob Mogensen in a few weeks as a Brilliant middy, after the 10% fees i should get around 2.5 million for him. At that time i should also have around 1.2 million in the bank. With that 3.7 million or so i plan on buying a outstanding Forward with inadaqute passing and solld or better set peices. That should cost around 2.1 million and i'll also pick up a nice trainee for 500-600k.

After those 2 buys i should have at least 900k in the bank... give or take a 100k. Then its back to saving money again until i get around 1.8 million, then i'll be looking to buy a nice outstanding winger with inadequate or better PM and passing. Those 2 upgrades should help my offense enough to last me for another 1 - 1.5 seasons until i get a chance to upgrade it again, Because next season all my money will go towards upgrading my defenders.

Thats my plan as it stands right now..... but you know me. Its subject to change at anytime :)

This Weeks Games

League Game

So it begins.... The most brutal 4 game stretch it Misfitz history will begin sunday. I've been dreading this all season, over the next 4 weeks i play the best 2 teams in the divison twice each!! I start it off this week on the road versus probally one of the best Counter-Attacking teams in the USA... Monkey of Doom.

Monkey of Doom
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Counter-attacks
Tactic skill: outstanding

Midfield: solid - (7)
Right Side Defence: mythical - (17)
Central Defence: divine - (20)
Left Side Defence: extra-terrestrial - (16)
Right Side Attack: magnificent - (12)
Central Attack: world class - (13)
Left Side Attack: solid - (7)

NSI - 106

These guys are the real deal, if for what-ever reason i decided i wanted to train defender and play CA. This is how i'd do it (but i'd get a balanced coach instead of a defensive coach). The 4-3-3 with 2 middy's is probally the best way to counter attack. Your defense is very strong with 4 defenders and your attack with 3 forwards is strong enough to convert those CA's events into goals. Honestly im in way over my head on sunday and only with complete and utter dumb luck would it be possible for a win or tie. I'll just play my starters, PIC, and hope for the best.

USA Cup Game

The Misfitz shocking cup run ends on wednesday, It was a great run. Way better then i expected and the extra money i've made will help me out alot. But this week i take on a legendary USA HT team.... Slashers FC. Love them or hate them, They're still probally the fourth best team in the country. These are his cup ratings from last week......

Slashers FC
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Attack: world class - (13)
Central Attack: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Attack: brilliant - (11)

NSI - 92

Now that might not look overly impressive for a ML team. But he played quite a few bums in this game. I have a feeling he'll at least throw his starting goalie in vs me and probally another starting forward. Either way its not worth trying to win this game, i've made it far enough in the USA Cup. And like my buddy Duke said.... "It's an honor just to get to play a ML team in the Cup, you know you've done as well as you possible can." I couldn't agree more.......

Upnext, This weeks league game

Havok

04-12-2004, 10:37 AM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 6

Monkey of Doom - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

Here goes nothing! The dreaded 4 weeks of hell start for the Misfitz today. And what better way to start it off then vs one of the best teams in all of divison IV. MOD and they're brutal 4-3-3 CA are extremely deadly, they easily average between 100 - 108 NSI every week. Im not sure what sacres me more.... his Divine defense lead by USA national teamer Dane Crain or his offense lead by Stig Möllerström, a 6 star a game swedish forward. Pretty much every player in his starting line-up is better then any player i have at that postion. The one good thing here is that he is a counter attacking team with only 2 middies so at least i won't get blown out. Im just gonna play my starters, PIC and hope for the best.

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Central Defender 1 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva
Central Defender 2 - Omar Nairn
Left Wingback - Joseph MacKindlay (Defensive)

Right Winger - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midifelder 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger -Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

Changing things up alittle here today. Since MOD's central attack is so strong and usually his left side attack is weak since he has no winger on that side. Im gonna play 2 CD's today and no right wingback, hopfully he won't switch around his line-up. As for the starters, well they're about that same as they have been, defense is in crappy form and the rest of the team is average. Unfortunetly my only good offensive winger Andi Neiweiler as dropped down to inadequate form, this will definitly hurt my attack some.

The Match

65000 spectators had come to The Jungle this cloudy day. Monkey had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bäckerberg - Paxton, Crain, Green, Voss - Burris, Fagerholt, Gabrielsson - Kristiansson, Möllerström, Mathiasson.

Maniacal started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - Nairn, Ferreira da Silv, MacKindlay - MacChoiter, Miller, Noer Mogensen, Neiva, Neiweiler - Wright, Waldner.

A badly positioned defensive formation on a free kick in the 29:th minute led to Maniacal´s Bill Wright giving the visitors the lead 0 - 1.

After 30 minutes Robert Kristiansson made a dash down the middle past the away teams defenders scoring 1 - 1.

Monkey broke through to the left in the 32nd minute, Michael Fagerholt firing at an acute angle giving the home side a 2 - 1 lead.

Bill Wright came close to levelling the score in the 32nd minute, as he was set up with a through ball coming in from the left, but his shot hit the post.

The teams went for a half-time break at 2 - 1. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 51 percent possession rate.

Alan Green unexpectedly struck an inside out ball from no angle at all, and Robert Kristiansson forwarded it into goal for 3 - 1.

Tommy Bäckerberg made a brilliant save in the 65:th minute, blocking a projectile coming in from James MacChoiter on the right hand side.

The referee showed Maniacals Huey Miller the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Johan Mathiasson the unlucky victim, couldn´t continue the game, so Terje Hagen had to come off the bench.

In the games 85:th minute Maniacal replied, reducing the lead to 3 - 2. Maik Waldner scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left.

Monkey, bringing the final ball possession rate to 51 percent, dominated the battle.

Most important Monkey player was Dane Crain. However, Terje Hagen made a disastrous appearance. Maniacal´s best player was Jakob Noer Mogensen. James MacChoiter on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 3 - 2

Goals

Bill Wright - 1
Maik Waldner - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva
2.5 - Omar Nairn
3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay (Defensive)

2.5 - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
4.5 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Defensive)
4.5 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
3.5 - Huey Miller
3.0 -Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

3.0 - Bill Wright
3.5 - Maik Waldner

37 - Stars

Team Ratings

Monkey of Doom
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: extra-terrestrial - (16)
Central Defence: divine - (20)
Left Side Defence: magical - (19)
Right Side Attack: brilliant - (11)
Central Attack: world class - (13)
Left Side Attack: solid - (7)

NSI - 109

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Play it Cool
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: solid - (7)
Central Defence: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 75

Post Game Comments

Hey.... at least we made a game out of it. They may have beatin us by 34 NSI but they only won by one goal :) Honestly i think he messed up and didn't counter attack me. I'm actually glad he didn't because i just barely beat him in possession in the first half so he might have gottin a couple CA chances plus the 2 regular scoring chances he got already. Either way he won so it doesn't matter, on the bright side since i kept the score close and since he's the first place team in the divison, my supporters and team confidence are still very high. Plus im back at POE TS after that PIC. I gotta admit im glad this game is done with, just 3 more brutal league games to go and then i can finally get back to playing some winnable games :)

Stars Of The Game

Gold - Jakob Noer Mogensen - Jakob continues to play inspired soccer on the pitch, he beat his previous best game today by 5% and i think he's inching his way closer to a 5 star game. If he can sneak out a 5 star game before i sell him that should increase his sale value some.

Silver - Bill Wright - Bill's solid set peices netted him yet another goal in his impressive career. And now i can at least say that for 1 whole minute, i was actually beating MOD thanks to Bill's goal :)

Bronze - Maik Waldner - Maik's goal was actually a little more impressive, he scored a regular goal vs MOD's ET right defense. Im sure more luck was involved then skill, but i'll take it.

Around The Divison

pegasus - vs - Cons Commando 5 - 0

Just like always the team i play next week gets a walkover right before they play me. I got so incredibly screwed with my schedule this season.

Havoc - vs - Pie Eaters 3 - 1

Havoc's spending spree is over and now he's got himself a VERY tough squad. Today he got a 95 NSI with a very strong all around game. Im glad i beat Havoc when i did, because it ain't gonna happen again anytime soon :) This win also helps me out some, Since The Pie Eaters are one of my closest rival's this season.

Carebears - vs - The Family Jewels 2 - 1

As expected here, FJ continues to play they're 5-4-1 pressing so the score was close. But Carebears just had to much midfield and won 2-1.

Divison Standings

-------Team------------Played------------Goals-------------Points

1. Monkey of Doom--------6---------------17 - 4--------------16

2. pegasus----------------6---------------20 - 6--------------13

3. Maniacal Misfitz---------6---------------15 - 7--------------10

4. Carebears---------------6--------------11 - 11--------------10

5. Havoc------------------6---------------11 - 10--------------9

6. Pie Eaters--------------6----------------12 - 12--------------6

7. The Family Jewels-------6----------------8 - 14--------------4

8. Cons Commandos-------6-----------------0 - 30-------------0

Upnext, This weeks Final USA Cup Game

Havok

04-14-2004, 09:06 PM

Season 4 - USA Cup - Round 4

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Slashers FC

Im honestly shocked im in round 7 of the USA Cup, im also equally as shocked that im playing the 4th overall seed in the USA Cup and former USA National Team coach Slashers FC. Its been dam fun over the last few weeks but im about 99% sure that today will end our cup run. Im just so incredibly overmatched its not funny. After Slashers humilitating round 3 cup exit last season, i kinda figured this year they'd want blood. So i'll just be PIC'ing, playing my full B-team and getting them ready for the start of the FOFC Cup next week. Lets just hope we can score at least 1 goal so our supporters don't freak out.

Starters

GK - Marcin Landowski

Right Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
Central Defender - Ismael Ferreira da Silva
Left Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)

Right Winger - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The MIddle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Karl Leitner
Left Winger - Benton Minter (Towards The Middle)

Forward 1 - Abel Cano
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

Thats pretty much my full B-team playing, mixed with a couple starters since i have a small B-team. Alot of these guys are in kinda crappy form since they've played only a few games all season. Hopfully today's game will get them into decent shape for the start of the FOFC Cup next week.

The Match

42000 spectators had come to The Island of Misfit Toyz this cloudy day. Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Landowski - Nairn, Ferreira da Silv, ben Aharon - Prakardsakda, Jonasson, Dyrberg, Leitner, Minter - Cano, Waldner.

Slashers tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Silversten - Jeremy, Hardy, Dudley - Bass, Torsson, Gedsø, Rich, Kwan - Mimura, Säftorp.

Myong-Bok Kwan sprang high, as always, and was very close to scoring with a header after a corner, but missed just barely.

Slashers took the lead after 26 minutes with 0 - 1. Conny Säftorp placed the ball out of reach for the home sides keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left.

The referee showed Maniacals Benton Minter the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Slashers were forced to a substitution as Krister Torsson couldn´t continue playing due to the rough treatment, forcing Craig Guest to come in from the sidelines.

Halftime score was 0 - 1. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 53 percent possession rate.

After 57 minutes Maniacal´s Omar Nairn contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game.

Abel Cano pulled a real crowd pleaser as he, in the 65:th minute, wove through the guests whole central defense line and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away.

Omar Nairn of Maniacal received a yellow card in the 75:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

1 - 2 was a funny story: the seemingly nonchalant lob from Slashers´s Jack Jeremy landed at the feet of Paul Coffey Mimura who sent it into the net - goal!

Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 51 percent possession rate.

Maniacal´s best player was Iver Dyrberg. Karl Leitner on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Slashers player was without a doubt Conny Säftorp. Craig Guest was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 1 - 2

Goals

Abel Cano - 1

Player Ratings

3.0 - Marcin Landowski

2.5 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva
2.5 - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)

2.0 - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The MIddle)
3.5 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
3.5 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
2.0 - Karl Leitner
2.0 - Benton Minter (Towards The Middle)

2.0 - Abel Cano
3.5 - Maik Waldner

29.5 Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Play it Cool
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: inadequate - (5)

NSI - 68

Slashers FC
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Attack: magnificent - (12)
Central Attack: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Attack: world class - (13)

NSI - 88

Post Game Comments

DAM!!! i was expecting to get completely slaughtered, but after i injuried his 8.5 million dollar middy(for 3 weeks :) ) that made the game ALOT closer.... I actually barely held possession in both halves! He didn't play his starting keeper and he also left out 1 of his starting forwards. So his offense and defense weren't quite as overpowering as they could have been. Im a little surprised he didn't take us more seriously and it almost cost him. But in the end a dam late event goal beat us. And that marks the end of The Misfitz season 4 USA Cup run..... i couldn't be happier :) All the extra money i made from 4 home games will be a big help when it comes time to upgrade my team in a couple weeks.

Upnext is the FOFC Cup in which we are the 5th overall seed and the top seed in group E! Next week we also get to play fellow HT dynasty writer Dataking and his Screamin' Seaman for the first time ever!! It should be fun!!!

Upnext, This weeks training and form update

Havoc99

04-14-2004, 10:12 PM

Ok, now that 1. I've moved 2500 miles 2. I finished a trip to Montreal & 3. Finally ended my awful losing streak I am again spending time on HT.

Congrats on your nice run you illiterate ;)

Havok

04-14-2004, 11:08 PM

Ok, now that 1. I've moved 2500 miles 2. I finished a trip to Montreal & 3. Finally ended my awful losing streak I am again spending time on HT.

Congrats on your nice run you illiterate ;)

Spelling is overrated.....

and so is Havoc :D

Havok

04-16-2004, 11:06 AM

Training and Form Update

No PM bumps this week and none were expected. Next week should be interesting, 2 guys 'Might' bump. They're both on the borderline, 1 is 20 years old and will have 8 weeks of training and the other is 19 years old and will have 7 weeks of training. Im hoping 1 pops earley but the chances are that they both will bump in 2 weeks. When they do bump 5 out of my 6 midfielders will have outstanding PM or better! I'll keep my fingers crossed :)

Form

Im so due for a an amazing form update.... but it didn't happen this week of course. 4 more starters found a way to drop in form while 3 rose a level. Fortunetly for us it sounds worse then it really is, since all the guys that dropped had solid form so at least they're still in passable form. My defense is starting to show signs of life, while one of my staretrs dropped to passable form, my best defender Joesph MacKindlay finally pulled out of weak form. Hopfully his form will continue to climb, i really need to get him back to passable or better form. The last bit of news comes from my goalie, he finally stopped his 5 week value/form drop and added 8k in value. Now i know that ain't much from a 820k valued keeper but its a step in the right direction! :)

4 Player Increased in Form this week (3 Starters)
4 Players Decreased in Form this week (4 Starters)

Team/Player Vaule

Value per player (average): 327 263 US$ (+13,158)
Total squad value: 6 218 000 US$ (+250,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 19
Number of nationalities: 13

And we explode right past 6 million team assessed value!!

Upnext, This weeks Youth Pull and Economic Update

Havok

04-17-2004, 08:00 PM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Clinton Duckworth (29797881)
19 years, passable form, healthy
A nasty fellow who is fiery and honest.
Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 36 000 US$
Wage: 680 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: passable Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: wretched
Winger: solid Defending: poor
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak

And our horrible youth squad continues to produce crap. This guy might be the worst possible player with a solid primary skill. His secondary's are just horrific and he's an anti-clown. I listed him for 1k but it wouldn't surprise me if he didn't sell.

Economic Update

Cash funds: 861 922 US$ (814 658) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 1756 members
Supporters: high on life

This week

Revenue----------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0----------------------------Arena 27 080
Sponsors 96 690--------------------Wages 44 374
Financial 0--------------------------Interest 0
Temporary 0------------------------Temporary 3 000
------------------------------------Staff 49 500
------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 96 690 Total expenses 143 954
Expected income/loss -47 264

All those home cup games really lined my bank account and i also have a home league game this week. But i have no plans on buying anyone until after i sell Jakob in a couple weeks.

This Weeks Games

League Game

Week 2 in my 4 straight league games against the top 2 teams in the divison. This time we take on pegasus.... they are a very Midfield heavy team with a pretty good central attack to boot.

pegasus
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Attack in the middle
Tactic skill: formidable

Midfield: titanic - (15)
Right Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: excellent - (8)
Central Attack: magnificent - (12)
Left Side Attack: brilliant - (11)

NSI - 102

Now i seriously doubt i'll face a titanic midfield since he's on the road, but a magnifcent or World Class wouldn't surprise me. Chances of me winning this game are slim, but not impossible. I know how im gonna play this game but i also know the owner of pegasus and Havoc talk sometimes and im not sure if Havoc told him about this dyansty or not. So im not taking any chances and giving away my game plan :)

FOFC Cup Game

So my USA cup finally ends just in time for the start of the FOFC Cup!!! :) My first game in group play is probally the one im looking forward tothe most. For the first time in Misfitz history we get to play DataKing's Screamin Seaman! The two oldest HT dyansty writers finally get a chance to duke it out in the FOFC Cup!!! :p

Screamin' Seamen
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: passable - (6)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Right Side Attack: solid - (7)
Central Attack: solid - (7)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 67

Since DK and I both have really tough league games this week, its safe to say our FOFC Cup game will be a battle of the B-teams. He'll have the better defense i think and our offenses should be pretty close. But i definitely have the midfield advantage, My trainee's are farther along then his plus i get home field advantage. Thats very good news for us, but i still think it will be a very close game. Im not really worried about anyone else in our group so if we can beat DK on wedensday, i have a good feeling we should advance out of group with little problem.

Upnext, This weeks League Game

finkenst

04-17-2004, 08:01 PM

Stamina: passable Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: wretched
Winger: solid Defending: poor
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak hmm

solid winger... 1k...
hmm.
hmmm.

finkenst

04-17-2004, 08:02 PM

dola,

alright, i'm game.. 1k it is.

Havok

04-17-2004, 08:04 PM

dola,

alright, i'm game.. 1k it is.

cool :)

finkenst

04-17-2004, 08:05 PM

no problem :)

i have one solid winger and 3 passables. want one back?

DukeRulesMAB

04-17-2004, 08:14 PM

Solid primaries will always sell....I'd suspect you'll get 10K-ish for him at least.

Havok

04-19-2004, 12:04 AM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 7

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - pegasus

This week the best midfield in divison IV.41 rolls into town and i bet your thinking..... "Havok, Just how good are they??". Well i'll show ya :)

Mikey Ware - Assessed value: 3 482 000 US$ ( He's probally somewhere around halfway to supernatural PM, Maybe better)

Elvis Gandy - Assessed value: 2 627 000 US$ (I think he's around World Class PM, give or take a week)

Darryl Johnson - Assessed value: 1 425 000 US$ (This kid is only 19 and he's probally very close to magnifcent PM)

There ya have it, thats what im up against. These guys are basically unbeatable at home so next week when i play them on the road im just gonna take my butt-kicking and move on. But this week is a different story..... Havoc informed me earlier this season that Pegasus has a bad habit of Picing games they shouldn't. So with that in mind, im gonna try to win this bad boy today!!!

Im not gonna do anything stupied like MOTS, but i will play normal and also play my best back-up middy (Iver Dyrberg) as a "winger towards the middle". So with that and my very high TS, i should get my best midfield rating ever today. And if Pegasus PIC's like i hope they will, our midfelds should be very close today. If i get a few lucky breaks i might walk away with a tie today or even a win!!!

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

Right Winger - Iver Dyrberg (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfiedler 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

After another disappointing form week, only 2 players in my line-up are above passable form. Jakob and Iver. Thankfully they're both midfielders. Everyone else is either in passable or lower form. So im not expecting anything special out of my offense or defense, but my midfield rating should be sweet. Hopfully that will be enough to get us a point(or 3) out of this game.

The Match

Due to an all-day shower, 37621 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at The Island of Misfit Toyz. Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - Nairn, MacKindlay, Ferreira da Silv - Dyrberg, Miller, Noer Mogensen, Neiva, Neiweiler - Wright, Waldner.

pegasus tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Steiger - Gallant, Leitch, Adolfsson - Mullins, Gandy, Ware, Johnson, Beach - Jiménez, Wichlacz.

pegasus were mostly trying to use the flanks for their attacks.

pegasus´s Dariusz Wichlacz gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead in the 2nd minute with a superb strike from the right.

Joseph MacKindlay pulled a real crowd pleaser as he, in the 17:th minute, wove through the guests whole central defense line and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away.

pegasus had a good opportunity to score the lead goal but the home team goaltender Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy saved Richard Mullins´s shot headed for the top corner.

Halftime score was 1 - 1. Maniacal, bringing the final ball possession rate to 55 percent, dominated the battle.

Maniacal made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in from the right hand side left Bill Wright completely alone with keeper Salvatore Steiger, who made a spectacular block.

Maniacals Ismael Ferreira da Silva gave, after 71 minutes, the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right.

The referee showed pegasuss Elvis Gandy the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

In the games 78:th minute the visitors levelled to 2 - 2 as Dariusz Wichlacz struck home on a bar rebound, following a shot from the right.

In the 83rd minute cheers broke out as Maik Waldner found his way through the guests central defense line, clipping the 3 - 2 goal in for Maniacal.

Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 55 percent possession rate.

Most important Maniacal player was Jakob Noer Mogensen. However, Omar Nairn made a disastrous appearance. Most important pegasus player was Salvatore Steiger. Richard Mullins on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 3 - 2

Goals

Joseph MacKindlay - 1
Ismael Ferreira da Silva - 1
Maik Waldner - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

2.5 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

3.0 - Iver Dyrberg (Towards The Middle)
5.0 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Defensive)
4.0 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
4.0 - Huey Miller
3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

3.0 - Bill Wright
3.5 - Maik Waldner

38.5

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: world class - (13)
Right Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 90

pegasus
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Attack on wings
Tactic skill: excellent

Midfield: brilliant - (11)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: world class - (13)
Right Side Attack: excellent - (8)
Central Attack: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Attack: brilliant - (11)

NSI - 95

Post Game Comments

Well i'll be dammed.... we did it again :p Another superior team that we've managed to beat this season. Thats now 3 or 4 depending on what you call superior :) It looks like Havoc knew what he was talking about when he said Pegasus Pic's games he shouldn't. Cause i know he pic'ed us today with that Brilliant midfield. Thats not very good managing if ya ask me, he should have played normal today and pic'ed me next week when he had homefield advantage.

Going into this game i was expecting my best midfield ever and thats exactly what i got. Today's "World class" midfield was 8% better then my magnifcent midfield i got 2 weeks ago in my cup game. Plus we topped our previous best NSI of 86 with a 90 today! It just seems like every week or 2 we're setting new team records :) Speaking of records.... i got another huge one today, Jakob Noer Mogensen became the first Misfit ever to get a 5 star rating in a game!! I was praying he would do it before i sell him in a couple weeks, this should increase his sale value by a couple 100k i hope.

Ok, enough rambling... lets talk about the game for a minute. Like i said earlier, Pegasus really isn't much of a manager in my opinion. First off he has ran the same dam 3-5-2 line-up in almost all of his games this season. So i knew exactly how to set my team up. Then he "Attacks on the Flanks" when he only has 1 good winger offensive winger. And as we all know AOW also weakens your central defense which helped me score on 2 out of my 3 scoring chances down the middle. Basically if i owned Pegasus and i was playing the Misfitz this week i would have won this game. Lucky for me i wasn't playing against a manager as talented as myself :D :D

Stars Of The Game

Gold - Jakob Noer Mogensen - First Misfitz player to get 5 stars in a game!!! Need i say more?

Silver - Maik Waldner - With 7 mins left in the game, Maik came through in the clutch with the HUGE game winning goal!

Bronze - Huey Miller - Huey's really had a very quite season so far. Last seasons MVP has been stuck in inadequate form for most of the season and hasn't managed to score 1 of his famous "Header" goals all season. But he's finally starting to step up his play now, he's back up to passable form now and he picked up 4 stars today as my extra middy. 4 stars from a player with no secondary's "what-so-ever", means that his 4 stars are pure possession. He contributed as much to today's Misfitz best "World Class" midfield then anyone.

Around The Divison

Pie Eaters - vs - Monkey of Doom 2 - 3

The Pie Eaters gave First Place MOD a little scare today scoring 2 set Peices goals that had the game tied 2-2 late into the second half. But MOD managed to punched one in with 21 mins left to take a 3-2 lead and they're tough defense did the rest.

The Family Jewels - vs - Havoc 2 - 2

This is definitely the shocker of the week in divison IV.41. My win was surprising, but this tie takes the cake. Havoc just can't seem to catch a break this season. He dominated every aspect of this game but a "Quick" event goal in the second half for FJ screwed up his chance to win.

Cons Commando - vs - Carebears 0 - 5

Carebears get that walkover win this week and next week.

Divison Standings

------Team-------------Played------------Goals---------------Points

1. Monkey of Doom--------7---------------20 - 6----------------19

2. pegasus----------------7---------------22 - 9----------------13

3. Maniacal Misfitz---------7---------------18 - 9----------------13

4. Carebears---------------7--------------16 - 11---------------13

5. Havoc-------------------7--------------13 - 12---------------10

6. Pie Eaters---------------7--------------14 - 15----------------6

7. The Family Jewels--------7-------------10 - 16-----------------5

8. Cons Commandos---------7-------------0 - 35------------------0

Upnext, This weeks FOFC Cup game

finkenst

04-19-2004, 12:17 PM

Incidentally, someone from VI.2 raised his bid to $2k...

My old series... Good to see there are still active people there.

Havoc99

04-19-2004, 12:51 PM

At least I made a nice profit on selling a reserve IM today but my team seems to find a way to lose each week. All I can tell myself is that life will get better next season once I can have good TS again (after getting rid of my poor leadership coach).

Congrats on the nice win, Havok.

Oh, yeah- my tie to Family Jewels featured an 87 rating for me & a 67 for him & both his goals were special events. Going into the game I projected a 3-0 win with a 2-1 win as my worst case. If I dont beat him next week I am personally invading Sweden & taking over the HT offices.

Havok

04-20-2004, 12:27 PM

At least I made a nice profit on selling a reserve IM today but my team seems to find a way to lose each week. All I can tell myself is that life will get better next season once I can have good TS again (after getting rid of my poor leadership coach).

You've been unlucky in a couple games this season thats for sure. But your schedule is in your favor for last 7 games of the season. It wouldn't surprise me 1 bit if you won 5 out of your last 7 games.

Havok

04-21-2004, 09:59 PM

Season 4 - FOFC Cup - Group Play - Round 1

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Screamin' Seamen

One Cup ends for us (USA Cup) and we immediately start another one, which is fine with me. Wednesday isn't as fun with a meaningless friendly :)

Todays game is 1 year and 1 month in the making! Since it was Dataking's dynasty that basically got me interested in HT and now we finally get to get a friendly going. Somehow we've just never managed to get a friendly game set-up. Like i said DK's dynasty got me into HT, but it also caused me to make my biggest mistake in HT...... TRAINING DEFENSE!!! Since he did it and made it sound all great, i did to!!! And wasted my entire first season training it! So i owe DK for that and today i'll have my revenge! :D

Looking over Group E, DK's Screamin' Seamen is the only team that really worries me. So if i can walk away with a win today, i should be able to advance out of group play pretty easy. But beating the Screamin' Seamen is no easy task. At first i though my midfield trainee's had a pretty sizable advantage over DK's trainee's...... I was wrong. My trainee's are currently Outstanding,formidable(+6) and excellent (in poor form). DK's three trainee's are all formidable, so that pretty much evens us out. Unfortunetly I didn't know that until after the game started, but i decided to go all-out possession versus DK anyway so it didn't much matter. By all out possession i mean i played both my winger's TM. Both of them have better Playmaking then winger anyway so it wasn't a hard decision. Im hoping with with all that and home-field advantage, i should be able to dominate possession enough to win.

Starters

GK - Marcin Landowski

Right Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)
Central Defender - Ismael Ferreira da Silva
Left Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

Right Winger - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Karl Leitner
Left Winger - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)

Forward 1 - Maik Waldner
Forward 2 - Abel Cano

Im still not very impressed with most of the B-teams form, only 2 are in solid form and 2 are in passable form. The other 4 are inadequate and below. I do have 3 starters playing like usual since by B-team is still small, but the only one with any skill worth mentioning is my best forward Maik Waldner. He should get 3.5 stars today and hopfully still get a excellent central attack even with Abel Cano playing next to him in crappy form.

The Match

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and The Island of Misfit Toyz saw a crowd turnout of 2178. Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Landowski - ben Aharon, Ferreira da Silv, Nairn - MacChoiter, Jonasson, Dyrberg, Leitner, Prakardsakda - Cano, Waldner.

Screamin' tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Read - Mcmahon, Svensson, Leier - Taxwell, Alustiza, Behling, Kolberg, Richardy - Metman, Galvez.

Screamin' seemed to prefer attacking in the middle.

Maniacal made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in from the right hand side left Naftali ben Aharon completely alone with keeper Darryl Read, who made a spectacular block.

Agustín Alustiza seemed highly inexperienced when in the 24:th minute he was loitering with the ball, allowing Karl Leitner to intercept and strike 1-0 for Maniacal.

Maik Waldner almost managed to score another goal for Maniacal, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors goalie.

Things were going to get worse for the visitors. Abel Cano squirmed himself through the central defense line in the 35:th minute, asserting the lead to 2 - 0.

A bit later, a magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Maniacal´s Naftali ben Aharon putting the lead up to 3 - 0. The structure of the game started to change as Maniacal decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone.

The teams went for a half-time break at 3 - 0. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 55 percent possession rate.

A well placed corner kick from Iver Dyrberg was followed by Imboon Prakardsakda´s hard but accurate header. The nice combination meant goal for Maniacal. The result now 4-0.

Maniacal put their lead ahead another goal as Maik Waldner struck home the 5 - 0 goal, after an attack from the left setting him up unmarked with the keeper.

After 84 minutes Maniacal´s James MacChoiter contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game.

Karl Leitner behaved like an inexperienced youth player in the 87:th minute as he gave the ball away to an opponent. Lucky for him though, there was no goal.

The referee showed Screamin's Sven Svensson the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Screamin' held the ball, with a clear 52 percent possession rate.

Maniacal´s best player was Iver Dyrberg. Karl Leitner on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Screamin' player was without a doubt Mattias Leier. Darryl Read was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 5 - 0

Goals

1 - Karl Leitner
1 - Abel Cano
1 - Naftali ben Aharon
1 - Imboon Prakardsakda
1 - Maik Waldner

Player Ratings

3.0 - Marcin Landowski

3.0 - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)
2.5 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva
3.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

2.0 - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
3.5 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
3.5 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
2.0 - Karl Leitner
2.0 - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)

3.5 - Maik Waldner
2.0 - Abel Cano

30 - Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: formidable - (9)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: inadequate - (5)

NSI - 71

Screamin' Seamen
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Attack in the middle
Tactic skill: solid

Midfield: solid - (7)
Right Side Defence: passable - (6)
Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: passable - (6)

NSI - 65

Post Game Comments

DK and i both agreed in IRC chat that those ratings didn't warrant a 5-0 beatdown, not that im complaining but it did seem a little harsh. It looks like DK had the same gameplan as me and went all-out possession with both of his wingers TM. Our midfields were almost identical, but my homefield advantage proved to be the difference maker.

Anyway, like i said earlier, this is probally the most important game in group play for us. So picking up the win today was huge, the only other team that concerns me is The Purple Pirates. It looks like they played most of they're starters today (except they're forward trainee's) so they might cause us a few problems. But we get them at home also so we should be ok. Overall i couldn't be happier with today's game, no injuries for either of us and we walked away with the win. Now if DK actually stopped by my dynasty every once and awhile we could see what he has to say about today's game! But he doesn't so screw'em!! :)

Upnext, This weeks training and form update

DataKing

04-22-2004, 11:38 AM

I'd just as soon forget about this match, if you don't mind. :D

I may not say much, but I do read a few of the hattrick dynasties out there, yours included.

Havok

04-22-2004, 09:52 PM

Training and Form Update

I was praying for 2 early PM bumps..... i got 1.

Joaquim Neiva
572 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: outstanding Passing: passable
Winger: weak Defending: disastrous
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

Joaquim's future is still a mystery, i just don't know when im gonna sell him. Its possible that i'll sell him when he hits Brilliant, but its also possible that i'll hold onto him until he hits World Class. I can't say for sure.... what i can say for sure is that when i sell him, he'll sell for a hell of alot with that passing :)

Next weeks update is very important, 1 guy will certainly bump but he's not important. The important guy is Jakob, he's 21 and next week will be his 9th week of training. Hopfully he'll bump to brilliant PM so i can finally sell him. I'll keep my fingers crossed! :)

Form Update

Things are definitely getting better on the form front, but still nowhere near where i'd like them to be. My starting midfield broke even this week, gained a level and lost a level and so did my defense. But my best forward Maik Waldner dropped to inadequate form which could be a problem. He's basically been the guy keeping my central attack ratings at a respectable level until i can get another forward, so this hurts. But the good news is i honestly don't expect to win either of my next 2 games no matter what form i have and i get a walkover the week after that. So i have time to bring my form around for my 2 most important games left in weeks 11 and 12.

As for the B-team they did pretty well, My form dog and B-team middy Karl Leiter jumped 2 levels in form and added around 90k in value. Plus a B-team winger and my number 3 forward went up a level. So that should help me with my FOFC Cup games :)

5 Players increased in Form this week (2 Starters)
3 Players Decreased in form this week (3 Starters)

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 343 684 US$ (+16,421)
Total squad value: 6 530 000 US$ (+312,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 19
Number of nationalities: 13

Jakob Noer Mogensen is now valued at 998k!!! 2k short of my first 1 million dollar player!! :(

Upnext, This weeks youth pull and economic update

Havok

04-24-2004, 08:32 PM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Felix Mcnabb (30186538)
18 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is fiery and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 34 000 US$
Wage: 660 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: inadequate
Winger: disastrous Defending: wretched
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: wretched

Well.... he'll sell so i can't complain i guess. My youth squad is driving me crazy this year, out of my first 8 pulls, 4 have been sold for 112k. So with promotion fees and listing fee's, i've have lost around 70k this season on my youth squad. Its kinda frustrting since so many of my pulls are ALMOST good, one day i'll get THE big one..... i hope :(

Economic Update

Cash funds: 1 100 087 US$ (1 055 778) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 1776 members
Supporters: high on life

This week

Revenue--------------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0--------------------------------Arena 27 080
Sponsors 97 845------------------------Wages 44 374
Financial 3 300--------------------------Interest 0
Temporary 0----------------------------Temporary 3 000
----------------------------------------Staff 51 000
----------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 101 145-------------------Total expenses 145 454
Expected income/loss -44 309

The bank account is looking pretty nice, alot is about to change around here :) If Jakob bumps to brilliant PM this week like he should, he'll be sold by the following monday. Im hoping to have around 4 million in the bank after my home game next week and after i sell him jakob. Then its time to shake things up a bit..... but i'll talk more about that later in the week :)

This Weeks Games

League Game

"Revenge is Motherfuc**r and payback is a bitch!!!" That's a quote from some rap song i heard a long time ago... and it describes my league game this week perfectly :) As i had hoped last week, Pegasus Pic'ed me on the road and it cost them the game. This week will be different, i guarentee it! Now they're at home and it wouldn't surprise me one bit if he played me Normal. Hell even if he PIC's im still expecting to face at LEAST a World Class Midfield.

pegasus
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Attack on wings
Tactic skill: excellent

Midfield: World Class - (13)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: world class - (13)
Right Side Attack: excellent - (8)
Central Attack: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Attack: brilliant - (11)

NSI - 101

Thats about what i expect to face this week..... and im not even gonna try for the upset. Im just happy i took 3 points from this team last week. This week im gonna PIC and just hope i don't get slaughtered to bad. I need to pic my next few games to get ready for my 2 very important games in week 11 and 12. Unfortunetly that means i'll probally lose my next 2 games, but even if i MOTS'ed them both i'd probally still lose so i don't think its worth ruining my TS over.

FOFC Cup Game

This week in group play i take on Peakers, they are currently first place in our group because of the 6-0 pounding they gave the Missouri Tigers last week. But that ain't gonna happen this week :) The Peakers are midfield trainers just like us. But we've been around for about 4 months longer then them and my trainee's are much further along then theres.

Peakers
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: weak - (4)
Right Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Central Defence: solid - (7)
Left Side Defence: passable - (6)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: solid - (7)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 54

Im expecting a formidable midfield out of my B-team, maybe even higher. So i think its pretty safe to say that we should win this game no problem. But who knows.... anything is possible :)

Upnext, This weeks league game

Havok

04-25-2004, 10:01 PM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 8

pegasus - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

This ain't gonna be fun! After our sweet little upset of Pegasus last week, you can bet your ass they'll be looking for some revenge this week :) and i don't blame them. His brilliant midfield last week was not a true relection of his midfield, this week im expecting to face at least a WC, probally more like SN or Titanic midfield. I just can't compete with that yet. But honestly im cool with it, i know my place in this divison and its not up there with the top 2 or 3 teams. So this week im gonna take my lumps and move on, i'll be PIC'ing today along with my game next week vs the top team in the divison Monkey of Doom. So its gonna be a painful 2 weeks for the Misfitz....... hopfully the supporters won't get to upset! :)

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Omar Narin (Defensive)

Right Winger - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfiedler 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

Right when the defense is 'begining' to turn around...... my offenses form falls apart. Just 2 weeks ago my 2 starting forwards were both in solid form. Now they're in passable and inadequate :( I don't think it will effect the ratings much yet, but if they continue to fall in might be a problem. On a brighter note, soon to be brilliant midfielder and soon to be SOLD midfielder "Jakob Noer Mogensen" is in top form! Just in time for me to sell him :) lets just hope he doesn't drop to much on thursday.

The Game

79666 spectators had come to pegasus Arena this cloudy day. pegasus started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Steiger - Gallant, Leitch, Adolfsson - Mullins, Gandy, Ware, Johnson, Beach - Jiménez, Wichlacz.

Maniacal tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - ben Aharon, MacKindlay, Nairn - MacChoiter, Miller, Noer Mogensen, Neiva, Neiweiler - Wright, Waldner.

pegasus mostly ignored the flanks in favour of attacks in the middle.

The terraces were silenced in the 18:th minute as Maniacal´s Huey Miller put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack from the right.

Dariusz Wichlacz pulled a real crowd pleaser as he, in the 20:th minute, wove through the guests whole central defense line and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Maniacal´s Joaquim Neiva got himself booked.

In the 22nd minute cheers broke out as Darryl Johnson found his way through the guests central defense line, clipping the 2 - 1 goal in for pegasus.

Elvis Gandy of pegasus received a yellow card in the 28:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

The teams went for a half-time break at 2 - 1. pegasus, bringing the final ball possession rate to 62 percent, dominated the battle.

Dariusz Wichlacz increased pegasuss lead to 3 - 1 by putting a header away on a hooked ball from the right.

Maniacals Omar Nairn got himself booked after a foul.

A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 65 minutes might have resulted in another goal for pegasus. However, Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy made a spectacular save.

pegasus made a substitution in the 71st minute. Dariusz Wichlacz limped off the field and was replaced by Christopher Chisholm.

pegasus held the ball, with a clear 63 percent possession rate.

pegasus´s best player was Salvatore Steiger. However, Richard Mullins made a disastrous appearance. Most important Maniacal player was Jakob Noer Mogensen. James MacChoiter on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 3 - 1

Goals

Huey Miller - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)
3.5 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Omar Narin (Defensive)

2.5 - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
5.0 - Jakob Noer Mogensen (Defensive)
4.0 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
4.0 - Huey Miller
3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

3.0 - Bill Wright
3.0 - Maik Waldner

38.5 Stars

Team Ratings

pegasus
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Attack in the middle
Tactic skill: formidable

Midfield: supernatural - (14)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Right Side Attack: excellent - (8)
Central Attack: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Attack: brilliant - (11)

NSI - 103

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Play it Cool
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: formidable - (9)
Right Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 78

Post Game Comments

The average NSI i've face over the last 3 league games is 102.3! and next week i expect to face another 100+ NSI aswell. Welcome to divison IV.41 :) Im actually pretty happy with the outcome, a 3-1 loss isn't as bad as i was expecting. Hell we actually had the lead for 1 minute! But they got the revenge they deserved today and if the owner of Pegasus plays it right. Its quite possible they'll win 5 out they're last 6 games... hell maybe all of them. The same can't be said for us unfortunetly, 3 out of our final 6 games are VERY tough.

Anyway, most everyone played as expected tonight. Jakob got his second straight 5 star game which is great. And Huey Miller stayed in passsable form on thursday but he played his best game ever today and 7% better then he did last week. So it looks like his form is moving in the right direction. Like i said before..... Overall im pretty happy with the way the game played out. Of course a win would have been great, but that just wasn't gonna happen. We didn't get crushed like i thought we would dispite a 5 level midfield disadvantage and noone got injuried. We'll take it......

Stars Of The Game

Gold - Jakob Noer Mogensen - Once again big J gets it with his 5 star preformance. Hopfully he will bump to brilliant PM on thursday and this will be his last game with the team.

Silver - Huey Miller - Huey continues to pull out of his form slump and played his best game ever today! He also managed to score our only goal of the day.

Bronze - Joseph MacKindlay - Joseph gets the bronze star because he's finally back to getting 3.5 stars as my CD. Its been awhile since any of my defenders have done this with how bad they're form has been.

Around The Divison

Havoc - vs - The Family Jewels 3 - 2

The Family Jewels continue to give Havoc problems. Havoc had a comfortable 3-0 lead at half, but FJ made a little comeback in the second half and gave Havoc a nice scare.

Monkey of Doom - vs - Pie Eaters

MOD thumped the Pie Eaters 4-0 today as expected. The bad news is i gotta play MOD next week, the good news is his 6.5 million dollar forward got a red card today so i don't have to play against him :)

Carebears - vs - Cons Commandos 5 - 0

The Carebears get the walkover win again this week.

Divison Standings

--------Team----------Played------------Goals-------------Points

1. Monkey of Doom-------8---------------24 - 6-------------22

2. pegasus---------------8---------------25 - 10------------16

3. Carebears-------------8---------------21 - 11------------16

4. Maniacal Misfitz--------8---------------19 - 12------------13

5. Havoc-----------------8---------------16 - 14------------13

6. Pie Eaters-------------8----------------14 - 19------------6

7. The Family Jewels------8----------------12 - 19------------5

8. Cons Commandos------8-----------------0 - 40-------------0

Upnext, This weeks FOFC Cup Game

Havoc99

04-26-2004, 07:00 PM

I find your lack of ratings for the other teams in your series rather distressing. Please bring back responsible journalism ;)

Why did/does pegasus play AIM?

Havok

04-26-2004, 08:37 PM

I find your lack of ratings for the other teams in your series rather distressing. Please bring back responsible journalism ;)

Why did/does pegasus play AIM?

Ok..... i'll try to remember to break down each divison game alittle more and maybe post each teams ratings in smaller text :)

as for Pegasus...... im convinced that he has no clue what AIM/AOW do. He's got 1 really strong wing attack and his central attack is always strong. There's no reason for him to weaken his defense in order to play AIM/AOW. He might be a nice guy from what i hear.... but he's a pretty lousy HT manager :) With his players the only team in this divison he should ever lose against is MOD..... and now with your new midfield maybe against you on the road.

Havok

04-28-2004, 08:40 PM

Season 4 - FOFC Cup - Group Play - Round 2

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Peakers

Round 2 of the FOFC Cup today and i get another home game. Currently The Peakers sit atop the group E standings because of the 6-0 beat down they gave the Missouri Tigers last week. But thats gonna change this week :)

Looking over The Peakers ratings it seems he's got a nice midfield training program going and pretty decent all around ratings for his starters. But they're still a young team and unfortunetly for him he's on the road and my B-team is just gonna be to much for them to handle. I should win this game easily barring any injuries or cards....

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

Right Winger - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Karl Leitner
Left Winger - Benton Minter (Towards The Middle)

Forward 1 - Maik Waldner
Forward 2 - Abel Cano

Im an idoit.... i accidently played my starting keeper instead of my back-up :( Stupied stupied stupied! Anyway, hopfully Marcin's form won't suffer to much form sitting out this week. The rest of the B-team is looking pretty good, i had a great form update on thursday for my B-team. Karl Leitner had shown the biggest improvement as he jumped 2 levels in form from poor to inadequate. I should see some nice ratings today... especially with my starting goalie in there.

The Match

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 1926 to The Island of Misfit Toyz. Maniacal started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - Nairn, MacKindlay, Ferreira da Silv - Prakardsakda, Jonasson, Dyrberg, Leitner, Minter - Cano, Waldner.

Peakers had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Miller - Yousef, Sidenmar, Su-Shun - Balázs, Torbjärnsson, Johnsen, Kongaa, Rothenaichner - Johansen, Winkler von Sonn.

Iver Dyrberg caused mayhem in his own defence line with some mad dribbles within own penalty zone, but Michael Alexander Rothenaichners shot went just outside.

Benton Minter gave his Maniacal the lead with 1 - 0, as he successfully challenged both the guests central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the goaltenders right post.

Maniacal put their lead ahead another goal as Torbjörn Jonasson struck home the 2 - 0 goal, after an attack from the left setting him up unmarked with the keeper.

Maniacals Abel Cano got himself booked after a foul.

The teams went for a half-time break at 2 - 0. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 65 percent possession rate.

A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 49 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Maniacal. However, Dennis Miller made a spectacular save.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Maniacal lead up with 3 - 0. Abel Cano finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle. After this Maniacal lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.

Maniacal were given a penalty in the 69:th, neatly put away by Karl Leitner. 4 - 0 for the home side.

Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 61 percent possession rate.

Most important Maniacal player was Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy. Imboon Prakardsakda was a disappointment, however. Most important Peakers player was Lu Su-Shun. Dennis Miller was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 4 - 0

Goals

Benton Minter - 1
Torbjörn Jonasson - 1
Abel Cano - 1
Karl Leitner - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
3.5 - Joseph MacKindlay
2.5 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

2.0 - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)
3.5 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
3.5 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
2.5 - Karl Leitner
3.0 - Benton Minter (Towards The Middle)

3.0 - Maik Waldner
2.5 - Abel Cano

33 Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: formidable - (9)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: solid - (7)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 77

Peakers
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: inadequate - (5)
Right Side Defence: solid - (7)
Central Defence: passable - (6)
Left Side Defence: passable - (6)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: passable - (6)
Left Side Attack: inadequate - (5)

NSI - 51

Post Game Comments

77 NSI.... thats pretty dam nice :) only 1 less then my league game this week! Now it did help that i screwed up and played my starting keeper but it still would have been around a 73 with my back-up in. The game went almost exactly as expected, we dominated possession and walked away with a pretty easy win. No injuries for either team also which is always a good thing. None of my players really did anything spectacular or unexpected today. Im quite pleased with the midfield ratings, last week we also got a formidable midfield vs the Seaman but we had 2 wingers towards the middle then and only 1 today. Im pretty sure Karl's 2 level form jump made up the difference.

Next week we finally play a cup game on the road versus Indos, these guys are defender trainers with a defensive coach, so im expecting 1 seriously boring game :)

Upnext, This weeks training and form update

Havok

04-29-2004, 10:19 PM

Training and Form Update

Both the guys i was expecting to bump did just that..... BUMP!

Jakob Noer Mogensen
951 000 US$, 21 years, passable form
Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: brilliant Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

My second brilliant player ever!! But that won't last long since he'll be placed on the transfer market mid-day tommarrow. I was expecting Jakob to become the first Misfit player valued over 1 million dollars this week, he was just 2k short last week. But somehow he managed to drop 2 LEVELS in form today, hopfully that won't affect his sale value much.

Torbjörn Jonasson
594 000 US$, 19 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: outstanding Passing: poor
Winger: weak Defending: passable
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

Perfect timing... Jakob's replacment bumped today also :) While Tor is a full level lower then Jakob in playmaking, he does have better defense and is 2 years younger. Unfortunetly Tor has been stuck in inadequate form for quite sometime, hopfully he get pull out of soon now that he's playing with the starters.

Form Update

I hate form.... and it hates me!!! Im gonna do my form update a little different today the usual. Maybe this way it will be a little easy to read.

Defense - +3/-1 - The defense is the only part of my team that had a good week. Naftali managed to stay a whole 1 week at passable form beform he dropped down again like usual. But my goalie and best CD went up to "Low" solid form which is good.

Midfielders/Wingers - +1/-7 - 3 out of my 6 midfielders dropped in form this week and Jakob dropped 2 dam levels! One of my back-up wingers also dropped 2 levels form :( My number 1 offensive middy Jaoquim continued his march towards the B-team after dropping to inadequate form. He's now dropped 3 levels over the past 5 weeks. I might let "Mr. Franchise" Iver Dyrberg start over Jaoquim this week, we'll see. The only good news is my top possession midfielder Huey Miller, rose another 100k in value and bumped to solid form. Im really gonna need him to step up now that Jakob will be sold.

Offense - +1/-0 - That looks better then it is, the only guy to go up is my back-up forward and both of my starters dropped in value. Including my top forward who is down to low inadequate form now :( Not good at all......

Overall Form +5/-7

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 354 158 US$ (+10,474)
Total squad value: 6 729 000 US$ (+199,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 19
Number of nationalities: 13

Upnext This week youth pull and economic update

sterlingice

04-29-2004, 10:33 PM

And then it's time to go shopping and we all know how much you love to do that ;)

SI

DukeRulesMAB

04-30-2004, 12:00 AM

Man....Brilliant Middies, Outstanding Middies...makes me want to switch training programs, but I like being able to be lazy. ;)

GoldenEagle

04-30-2004, 12:02 AM

I just found out that my newest Supporter is Havok! Woot! Thanks for your support and the VIP tickes will be there soon.

Havok

04-30-2004, 12:19 AM

I just found out that my newest Supporter is Havok! Woot! Thanks for your support and the VIP tickes will be there soon.

Yeah.... you were definitely next on my list GE, you've been supporting me for so dam long. I just now finally got a spot open :)

Now i just gotta find a spot for Desnudo!

Man....Brilliant Middies, Outstanding Middies...makes me want to switch training programs, but I like being able to be lazy.

lol! i say the same thing everytime i look at your dyansty and 3 wingers bump every dam week!! :eek:

And then it's time to go shopping and we all know how much you love to do that

yes i do SI.... but i won't get to put as much of this money into building up my team as i would like. I've come up with a 4 season plan and it involves me spending alot of this money on another trainee.

I'll talk about my 'New" plan in a couple days :)

vex

04-30-2004, 01:33 PM

It's been 12 hours, what's the new plan already?;)

sterlingice

05-01-2004, 01:21 AM

Now it's been 24 hours. Spill it already ;)

SI

Masked

05-01-2004, 01:34 AM

Probably related to this

Anyone have a 19 year old, USA native outstanding defender they might be interested in selling next week??? or maybe even a 18 year old Mid-formidable????

Its a shot in the dark i know, but i thought i'd at least ask. They gotta be USA natives, secondaries and stamina really don't matter much.

lemme know!
He is returning to his roots as a defender trainer. http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/eek.gif

Disclaimer: I might have edited his oringal post http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif

vex

05-01-2004, 04:32 AM

Probably related to this

He is returning to his roots as a defender trainer. http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/eek.gif

Disclaimer: I might have edited his oringal post http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif

:eek: :(

Havok

05-01-2004, 11:41 AM

Havok

05-01-2004, 11:47 PM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Duane Palmer (30602964)
18 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is calm and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 3 000 US$
Wage: 500 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: wretched Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: wretched Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

Doesn't get much worse then that.... we've now lost over 100k this season on our youth squad. Why have i been forsaken????

Economic Update

1 069 737 US$ (1 026 823) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 1788 members
Supporters: delirious

This week

Revenue---------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0---------------------------Arena 27 080
Sponsors 98 340-------------------Wages 44 374
Financial 3 200---------------------Interest 0
Temporary 0-----------------------Temporary 2 000
-----------------------------------Staff 51 000
-----------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 101 540 Total expenses 144 454
Expected income/loss -42 914

After tommarrows league game which should be a sellout, i'll have around 1.3 million in the bank. After doing a little research, i've seen 2 middy's almost exactly like Jakob sell for around 3 million bucks.(they both had a couple 5 star games like Jakob). Hopfully thats what i'll get for him also.... so im hoping to have about 4 million dollars to spend on a new trainee and a new forward.

I currently have a 1 million dollar bid on the trainee that i want and i have a feeling he won't go to much higher then that. If all goes well i'll have around 2.7 - 3 million bucks to upgrade my team with. Unfortunetly at this level, that kinda money won't drastically improve your team, but i should have fun spending it :)

This Weeks Games

League Game

Monkey of Doom
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: 4-3-3 Counter-attacks
Tactic skill: brilliant

Midfield: solid
Right Side Defence: extra-terrestrial
Central Defence: divine
Left Side Defence: mythical
Right Side Attack: brilliant
Central Attack: world class
Left Side Attack: solid

NSI - 105

Not these guys again!!! You mean i gotta play another 100+ NSI team for the 4th week in a row!!!! :( At least after this week i don't have to worry about MOD or Pegasus again this season (and hopfully MOD will Auto-promote). The good news is i won't be facing his usual WC central attack. MOD's 6.6 million dollar forward is red carded! The bad news is he's still got a divine defense and i doubt i'll score more then 1 goal tops. I won't be playing any special tactics or anything this game, im just gonna pic and hope for the best.

FOFC Cup Game

Indos
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: 5-4-1 Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: weak - (4)
Right Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Central Defence: titanic - (15)
Left Side Defence: titanic - (15)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: poor - (3)
Left Side Attack: weak - (4)

NSI - 65

Another tough defense this week! Since Indo trains defense, in his friendly's he plays the "Useless" 5-4-1 formation. Thats good news for us, i should win possession by a good amount and hopfully my back-ups will able to score 1 or 2 goals vs this defense. If i win this game im pretty much guarentee'd to advance out of group E.

Upnext, This weeks League Game

Havok

05-02-2004, 09:34 PM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 9

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Monkey of Doom

Finally....The last game in the most brutal 4 game stretch in Misfitz History is here. MOD rides into town on a 7 league game winning streak and we are currently on a 17 league game winning streak at home :) The last time we lost a league game at home was 7/7/2003. Thats a pretty impressive streak if you ask me, but i have a bad feeling its gonna end today. Now.... i also said that it was gonna end 2 weeks ago when i played Pegasus at home but we found a way to pull that win out, so anything is possible. But im not gonna get my hopes up, we'll Pic again today so our TS is at its highest during our 2 very important games in weeks 11 and 12.

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

Right Winger - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midfiedler 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

This isn't gonna be pretty... my ratings that is. Half my dam starting line-up is in inadequate form and noone is in top form. The defense is the best right now and they're form isn't even that great. Since my midfield's form is all screwed up right now, i decided to let "Mr. Franchise" Iver Dyrberg play. His passable stamina will be a problem in the second half, but what the hell..... he needs to get some A-team experiance! He's the Future of the team :)

The Match

42000 spectators had come to The Island of Misfit Toyz this cloudy day. Maniacal tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Geoffroy - Nairn, MacKindlay, Ferreira da Silv - MacChoiter, Miller, Jonasson, Dyrberg, Neiweiler - Wright, Waldner.

Monkey had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. They fielded: Choate - Paxton, Crain, Green, Voss - Burris, Fagerholt, Gabrielsson - Hagen, Kristiansson, Mathiasson.

Monkey took the lead in the games 5:th minute with 0 - 1 after some elegant plays down the middle. Dane Crain was the scorer.

Maniacal´s Bill Wright made an attempt at equalising in the 9:th minute, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post, the defense clearing the rebound.

In the 9:th minute Maniacals Andi Neiweiler received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 1. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Maniacal, with an impressive 54 percent possession of the ball.

79 minutes into the game Maik Waldner was really close to evening the score out with a dangerous long range shot, but the ball went just wide of the bar.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Monkey´s Johan Mathiasson got himself booked.

Monkey held the ball, with a clear 52 percent possession rate.

Most important Maniacal player was Huey Miller. James MacChoiter on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Monkey player was Dane Crain. Mikey Choate was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 0 - 1

Goals

NONE!!! :(

Player ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
3.5 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

2.5 - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
3.5 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
3.5 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
4.5 - Huey Miller
3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

2.5 - Bill Wright
3.0 - Maik Waldner

36.5 - Stars

Team ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Play it Cool
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: formidable - (9)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: solid - (7)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 77

Monkey of Doom
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: supernatural - (14)
Central Defence: mythical - (17)
Left Side Defence: supernatural - (14)
Right Side Attack: outstanding - (10)
Central Attack: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Attack: passable - (6)

NSI - 95

Post Game Comments

ugh...... That was ugly. Im not sure what was worse..... my horrible offense, my below average midfield, my lowest star total by my starters this season, or the fact that MOD played a freaking defender as his goalie and still won!! Thats right.... his goalie got exactly ZERO stars in net and he still got those defensive ratings. Thats shows how good his defenders really are. That was just all around an ugly game for us... it was bound to happen. My form has consistantly fell since week 14 last season, its now really starting to catch up to me. There's really not much else to say about this game, the only bright spot was Huey Miller's first 4.5 star game. He's the only guy worth mentioning really. I just wanna forget about this game and focus on the future, i get a walkover next week then my important final four games begin. Thank god this 4 game stretch is over....

Stars of The Game

Gold - Huey Miller - Like i said earlier.... he got his first 4.5 star game. Which is pretty good for a guy playing the extra inner middy spot with no secondary's to speak of.

No other stars will be handed out since noone deserved one!! :(

Around The Divison

The Family Jewels - vs - Carebears 0 - 1

The Carebears sneak away with a 1-0 win, this wasn't one of they're better games. But they've been selling off a few players lately, 1 was a Magnifcent middy and the other was his starting excellent goalie. I have a feeling they'll be looking to buy a new goalie soon with all that money, so his defense is probally about to get alot better.

Pie Eaters - vs - Havoc 2 - 4

Havoc did us another favor this week by beating PE for the second time in 4 weeks. This win inches us 1 step closer to clinching at least 5th place in the divison. The midfields in this game were identical.... but Havoc's strong offense was the difference maker.

Cons Commando - vs - pegasus 0 - 5

Now, the opposite of what happened in the first 7 games will happen in the final 7 games. Almost every dam team we play will get the walkover game AFTER they play us rather then before they play us. Im not sure which one is worse..... either way it sucks for us :(

Divison Standings

--------Team------------Played-------------Goals---------------Points

1. Monkey of Doom---------9----------------25 - 6----------------25

2. pegasus-----------------9----------------30 - 10---------------19

3. Carebears---------------9----------------22 - 11---------------19

4. Havoc------------------9-----------------20 - 16---------------16

5. Maniacal Misfitz---------9-----------------19 - 13---------------13

6. Pie Eaters---------------9-----------------16 - 23---------------6

7. The Family Jewels--------9-----------------12 - 20--------------5

8. Cons Commandos--------9------------------0 - 45---------------0

Upnext, This weeks FOFC Cup game

Havok

05-03-2004, 11:39 AM

Jakob Gone

Jakob Noer Mogensen
951 000 US$, 21 years, passable form
Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: brilliant Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

Sold For 2,620,000 US$

More bad news..... Jakob sold for about 300k less then i was hoping for :( I wish i could sell my players in sweden.... 2 guys just like Jakob sold for 3 million there a few days ago. Its just really been a bad week for us so far. I did happen to buy my newest trainee on sunday however.....

Percy Morton (14689195)
19 years, solid form, healthy
A pleasant guy person who is balanced and honest. .
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities.
Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 344 000 US$
Wage: 1 490 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: outstanding Passing: weak
Winger: wretched Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

Paid 1,353,000 US$

Your probally wondering why i bought a 19 year old trainee.... well there is a good reason behind it. He fits perfectly into my new 4 season plan. (which i'll talk about later tonight when i get home from work). His stamina is a problem, but i really won't need him to start for another 3 seasons or so, that should be plently of time to at least get it to passable, hopfully solid. I paid about 50k more then i was hoping to pay for him, but overall im very happy with him. His nationality is key :)

Now its time to look for a forward... i have $2,307,873 to spend... plus another 200k if i really need it. Time to go shopping!

vex

05-03-2004, 11:46 AM

I have a feeling your plan is similar to mine.

Havok

05-04-2004, 12:14 AM

The Future of The Misfitz

[Warning..... very long post!]

First things first..... I like training Playmaking. If you ask me, i think the quickest way to win in HT and have a competitive team is to training playmaking. Get yourself a set of decent trainee's and within 2 seasons your putting up passable to excellent midfield ratings no problem. That can take you a long way in divison V.

But.... at the higher levels i think training playmaking is NOT one of better things to train. For a number of reasons....

1 - you'll never make it really far in the USA cup unless you play your trainee's in league games (In which case you'll probally lose your league games) or bench your trainee's and lose training.

2 - In order to upgrade the rest of your team you gotta sell off some of your best trainee's sometimes. Everytime you do that, a younger trainee will have to step in and you'll lose some of your midfield rating.

3 - Midfield is still the most important part of HT.... i think the key is getting a badass midfield like KC Wizards, TT, Etc.... and then leaving it alone. Thats what both of them did, and IMO they are the 2 best teams in the USA. They both trained up a badass midfield, then moved on and trained something else.

So thats what im gonna do.... Im gonna train 3 guys to a super high PM level. High enough to compete at any level in the USA, then switch to scoring training.

Why Scoring Training?

It came down to winger training or scoring training. Both would give me great attack ratings pretty fast. Scoring training would give me a badass central attack and even help my wing attacks some. Winger training would give me badass wing attack quickly. But i decided scoring training would be the best route to go for me. You get more trainee's and central attack gets more chances during a game then wing attacks usually. I forget the exact percentages... but i know more go down the middle.

As you all know im a big fan of Balanced coaches now..... and the 3-4-3 with a balanced coach is deadly. I've done my homework, and the team that im gonna most model my plan after is Team Spork (Div. II.1 USA). They just switched from PM training to scoring training at the begining of this season with a balanced coach and are putting up some pretty impressive ratings with less talented players then most people in they're divison.

They're balanced coach helps them put up very solid defensive ratings even with a pretty weak cast of defenders for a div. II team. His 3 forwards in the 3-4-3 give him a very strong central attack ratings(Mythical last week), even though only 1 of them, i would call a "Div. II worthy forward". Last but not least, since he trained PM for awhile he build up a very good midfield. Not as good of a midfield as im gonna build, but still good. He's barely had his team 2 years and he's about to Auto-promote to the ML. Thats impressive in my book, and i think he went about building his team in the right way and im gonna follow suit. i've had this plan in my head for awhile.... and after seeing him do it and do it quite effectively i might add. Im gonna go for it.

The 4 to 4 1/2 season Plan

Im still not sure how high i wanna take my 3 middy's..... at the very least i'll train midfielders for 4 more seasons(so i'd stop around week 9 in 4 seasons). But i might run it a little longer then that depending on injuries and stuff like that... but no longer then 4 1/2 seasons i hope. Here are the 3 im gonna train.......

All these guys will be getting 15 weeks of training a season.

Huey Miller
943 000 US$, 20 years, solid form
Has poor experience and wretched leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: brilliant (+3) Passing: poor
Winger: wretched Defending: poor
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak

Huey will be the old guy of the bunch.... 24 when i stop. But he's a USA native and his secondary's are low. That will lower his wages ALOT!(Guys with ET or higher PM and good secondary's wages get outragous very fast) If i stop in 4 seasons he'll be around a Mythical +3 to +5. If i go 4 1/2 seasons he should hit magical or be VERY close.

Percy Morton
344 000 US$, 19 years, solid form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: outstanding (+1) Passing: weak
Winger: wretched Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

The new guy.... he's also a USA guy with low secondary's. Just like Huey, his wages will be pretty low considering his PM level. If i train 4 seasons he's be around ET +1 to +4. If i go 4 1/2 season he'll hit Mythical or be DAM close.

Iver Dyrberg
669 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: outstanding (+3) Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: inadequate

The youngster of the group. Iver will be the only guy with a good secondary and he's also not a USA native. This might be a problem, If i decide to keep him, he'll be around Mythical +3 to +6 after 4 seasons or Magical if i go 4 1/2 seasons. Another plan is to sell Iver when he hits titanic or so and try to buy an american of the same skill level to help cut back on wages. Its to far away for me to worry about now..... i'll have to wait and see what happens.

Like i said im not sure if im gonna go 4 or 4 1/2 seasons. Either way, i should have one of the better midfields in the USA. And i'll need it running a 3-4-3 since i'll only have 1 winger helping the midfield rating instead of the usual 2 in a 3-5-2.

Building Up The Defense

The plan over the next 3 seasons is to sell one of my other 3 middy's over the next 3 seasons. I won't neglect my offense, but most of the money i make off selling these guys will go to upgrading my defense. I'd like to have like 3 brilliant defenders and either a magnifcent or WC goalie by the time i switch to scoring training. With those players and a balanced coach, i should have at least a Titanic to ET defense..... Probally better then that in good form. Then i won't have to worry about defense for a couple seasons while my new forwards train up.

Thats basically the gist of it....... there is a little more to the plan then i've said..... but i don't wanna get TO deep into it (to late right :) ) because so much of it can/probally will change over the next 4 seasons.

If anyone has any questions..... comments..... suggestions.... etc.... feel free to hit me with them :)

vex

05-04-2004, 12:45 AM

Interesting plan, good luck!

sterlingice

05-04-2004, 12:59 AM

Eventually, I figured I'm going to have to go away from playmaking for those reasons stated but I just can't decide when to wean my team off of it. But you've basically articulated what I've had in the back of my mind of what the Hippos will need to do eventually. Basically, I need to choose a middie class and stick with it, sell the trainees off, and then switch to 3-4-3 and scorer training. But I'm still content to keep doing midfield and putting my profit back into my training plan so that my middies sell for even more. I suppose I should decide when I want to try and make a move of any sort.

Let's see how the plan plays out, Havok :)

SI

Havok

05-05-2004, 09:33 PM

Season 4 - FOFC Cup - Group Play - Round 3

Indos - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

As if playing against MOD on sunday wasn't bad enough..... today i gotta take on another defensive trainer with a defensive coach!!! These games just had to happen when my offense is in its worst form in 2 seasons?!?! :) Now im not worried about losing this game, the 5-4-1 is not exactly a scoring formation. But a 0-0 or 1-1 tie is definitely possible. I'm almost 100% positive that i'll advance out of group E, but if im gonna win this cup or make it very far..... im gonna need home field advantage after group play. Thats what beat me last season, i advanced out of group play but i had a low seed so everyone i played had homefield advantage and eventually it caught up to me. So i need to win every game if i want a high seed.

Starters

GK - Marcin Landowski

Right Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
Central Defender - Omar Nairn
Left Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Normal)

Right Winger - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Karl Leitner (Normal)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Percy Morton
Left Winger - Benton Minter (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Abel Cano

Form is just crappy everywhere.... theres no nice way of putting it. i have 6 guys playing today in inadequate form. 6!!!! Don't expect much out of these ratings today, because im not. The only change to the B-team this week is Joaquim Neiva, he's normally a starter but his low inadequate form forced me to bench him and play Iver. Hopfully he'll snap out of it on thursday.

Oh..... and 1 more thing, today is our newest trainee Percy Morton's first game with the team!! :) His stamina is gonna destroy his star rating, but he should give us a nice midfield boost in the first half.

The Match

At Indos Arena, 1096 punters turned up, and despite threatening clouds at the horizon, no rain came. Indos started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Mark - Lugo, de la Cuesta Bla, Khan, Matsson, Duchatel - García, Oguz, Rüft, De Leersnyder - Kurki.

Maniacal tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Landowski - Ferreira da Silv, Nairn, ben Aharon - Prakardsakda, Neiva, Morton, Leitner, Minter - Cano, Wright.

Indos were relying on their ability to counter-attack.

Maniacal had a good opportunity to score the lead goal but the home team goaltender Hal Mark saved Bill Wright´s shot headed for the top corner.

Indos was able to draw a foul with their counterattacks, but the shot from Leonard Lugo went into the arms of the keeper.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 0. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 66 percent possession rate.

Benton Minter was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Abel Cano managed to kick one of them into 0 - 1 in the 76:th minute.

After 78 minutes Indos´s Edmundo García contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game.

Bill Wright discharged a majestic long shot in the 78:th match minute, but missed the goal by a few metres.

Maniacal´s Bill Wright missed a penalty shot in the games 78:th minute. The shot produced was way too weak, leaving the keeper to collect it at his own leisure.

As Peter Oguz had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Indos player a red card without batting an eye.

The visitors Bill Wright took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and central backs in the 83rd minute. 0 - 2 for Maniacal.

In the 84:th minute Indoss Leonard Lugo received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

Maniacal, bringing the final ball possession rate to 77 percent, dominated the battle.

Most important Indos player was Leonard Lugo. Firmin De Leersnyder was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Maniacal player was without a doubt Joaquim Neiva. However, Imboon Prakardsakda made a disastrous appearance.

The match ends 0 - 2

Goals

Abel Cano - 1
Bill Wright - 1

Player Ratings

3.0 - Marcin Landowski

3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
2.5 - Omar Nairn
2.5 - Naftali ben Aharon (Normal)

2.0 - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)
3.0 - Karl Leitner (Normal)
3.5 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
3.0 - Percy Morton
2.5 - Benton Minter (Offensive)

2.5 - Bill Wright
2.5 - Abel Cano

30 - Stars

Team Ratings

Indos
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Counter-attacks
Tactic skill: excellent

Midfield: weak - (12)
Right Side Defence: supernatural - (14)
Central Defence: extra-terrestrial - (16)
Left Side Defence: world class - (13)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: weak - (4)
Left Side Attack: weak - (4)

NSI - 68

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: solid - (7)
Right Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: solid - (7)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 65

Post Game Comments

That game had me scared for awhile.... :) we actually went about 71 minutes without a single event. Very very boring, but we finally cracked that tough defense in the 78th min and it was smooth sailing from there. Just like on sunday, none of my players did anything special today. No unexpected star ratings or no best game evers. Nothing like that, form is just killing us right now.

With this win we're still undefeated in group play and have outscored our opponents 11-0. Not bad :) Next week we take on the Missouri Tigers. I seriously doubt this game is gonna take place, the owner hasn't accepted his last 2 FOFC cup matches. I'd actually rather play him then take the 2-0 walkover win because i know i'd beat them by much worse then 2-0 :)

Upnext, This weeks training and form update

terpkristin

05-05-2004, 10:01 PM

Aha!

Great plan! I too have considered switching from my current training regime to another, and it is likely that when/if I sell D#$&n or if he gets injured I will switch...scoring was definitely the way I'd go, based on waht I've seen teams do with it. They can get some beautiful attacks, sell off trainees for big bank, and then buy the middies they want.

Be interesting to see how things pan out over the next couple seasons to see what may change (injuries and stuff) and their impact on the long-term plan...

~tk

Havok

05-06-2004, 10:32 AM

New Forward

My search has ended!!!! and now im 180k in debt!!! but it was worth it :)

Hugo Leth (7865210)
22 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest.
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities.

Speciality: Quick

Nationality: Norge
Assessed value: 745 000 US$
Wage: 5 328 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: excellent Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: passable
Winger: weak Defending: poor
Scoring: outstanding Set Pieces: wretched

Paid 2.5 million

This guy is just a flat out stud!! He's by far the best forward on my team, noone else is really even close. Right now he should get 4.5 stars a game in solid form and once he gains another level or 2 of experiance he should get it in passable form. Its hard to say exactly what my central attack will be like with him in there. It should be at least formidable even if Hugo and Maik aren't in great form. But im hoping for an outstanding central attack with them both in passable form and above. I'll keep my fingers crossed :)

On a sad note, Bill Wright will now be a full-time B-teamer, he'll make a great back-up. He's been such a good forward for us over the last 2 1/2 seasons, and for only 25k..... he was more then worth it. I'll miss his solid SP's in the starting line-up, but i have a guy with passable SP's so it won't be a huge loss hopfully.

vex

05-06-2004, 10:50 AM

Congrats on getting Hugo. Or will he be going be Leth, though I think Leith when I see him. Anyways, nice pickup!

Havok

05-06-2004, 09:52 PM

Training and Form Update

Since all of my trainee's have bumped over the last 3 weeks, i knew the only way someone was gonna bump was if it was a winger. And whaddya know.... :)

Imboon Prakardsakda
202 000 US$, 20 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: excellent Passing: inadequate
Winger: passable Defending: weak
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: wretched

The guy with the coolest name on the team bumped :) Looks like i did a good job buying these 2 wingers last offseason. The other winger i bought(James MacChoiter) bumped after only 4 weeks of 50% training.

Imboon didn't even play his first game with the team until week 5 this season because of my cup run. So he's played 5 games at wing with 50% PM training and bumped to excellent PM....Nice! I have no clue how long he'll stay on the team, but i'd be a fool to sell him until his stamina gets better. So it looks like he'll hit at least outstanding PM before he goes, thats a good 36 weeks or so of training away :) Hell.... maybe i'll keep him forever as a back-up middy/winger when i switch to scoring training, he'd be around brilliant by then. Hmmmm....

Form

Best week of form i've had in awhile, which ain't saying much. But its definitely a step in the right direction. +4/-3

Defense - +1/-2 - Defense had it the worst, my 2 best defenders lost a level in form. 1 to passable, 1 to weak :( But at least my other starter went to solid form and my goalie tacked on another 11K in value.

Midfielders/Wingers - +2/-1 - "Mr. Franchise" Iver Dyrberg apparently likes playing with the starters because he jumped right back up to solid form this week. The other good news is my best winger went up to solid form also. The only drop off was a back-up winger went down to weak.

Forwards - +1/-0 - Just like last week, my back-up forward Abel Cano went up another level and is now in solid form. My new forward Hugo Leth thankfully didn't have a massive form drop whihc sometimes seems to happen when you buy a new player. Bad news is my now number 2 forward Maik Waldner's value continues to drop. He's in low inadequate form now it seems :(

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 343 350 US$ (-10,808)
Total squad value: 6 867 000 US$ (+128,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 20 (+1)
Number of nationalities: 14

After selling my highest valued player last week, i figured these numbers would be wierd.

In other news...... Huey Miller is now the first Misfitz ever valued over 1 million bucks!!! :) :) He's currently at $1,029,000.

Upnext, This weeks youth pull and economic update

Havok

05-09-2004, 12:38 AM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Gus Ashcraft (30982203)
19 years, passable form, healthy
A nasty fellow who is temperamental and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 1 000 US$
Wage: 500 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: poor
Winger: poor Defending: wretched
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: inadequate

I hate this game sometimes.....

Economic Update

Cash funds: -188 460 US$ (-248 145) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 1778 members
Supporters: calm

This week

Revenue----------------------Expenses
Crowd 0----------------------Arena 27 080
Sponsors 98 100--------------Wages 46 692
Financial 0--------------------Interest 9 423
Temporary 0------------------Temporary 3 500
------------------------------Staff 51 000
------------------------------Youth squad 20 000

Total revenue 98 010----------Total expenses 157 695
Expected income/loss -59 685

Money stinks right now.... buying Hugo cleaned me out. Plus i've lost my last 2 league games so my supporter money is down some and i lost 10 supporters last week :( I do have a home game tommarrow, but unfortunetly its a walkover so im only expecting around 100-120k from it.

This Weeks Games

League Game

Like i said, i have a walkover this week. After losing 2 in a row.... a win is a win. I'll take it :)

FOFC Cup

Missouri Tigers
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: 5-4-1 Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: formidable
Central Defence: brilliant
Left Side Defence: formidable
Right Side Attack: wretched
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: inadequate

This week i play the Missouri Tigers, they haven't accepted they're last 2 FOFC Cup game. So i was a little surprised when they accepted mine. Not really a whole lot to say about this game, his ratings kinda speak for themself. I should win this game pretty easy and lock-up first place in group E.

Upnext, Thsi weeks league game

Havok

05-10-2004, 05:51 PM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 10

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Cons Commandos

Bleh..... walkovers suck. Makes for a boring sunday, but i did need a win. My supporters have been pissed lately since i've lost my last 2 games, and 4 out of my last 5 including my last USA Cup game. This free PIC is also important since my team spirit took a nasty little hit when i bought Hugo Leth.

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

Right Winger - Imboon Prakardsakda (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfiedler 2 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Percy Morton
Left Winger - Benton Minter (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Maik Waldner
Forward 2 - Hugo Leth

While i could have played all back-ups today and played my starters in my FOFC cup game, i decided against it. I did this for a couple reasons, 1 is that i wanted the extra experiance for a few starters and some "Soon to be" starters. 2 is i didn't wanna risk any injuries. My next 2 games are very important, the last thing i want is a starter getting injuried in a friendly.

The only 3 starters not playing is my best winger Andi Neiweiler, my best midfiedler Huey Miller and my "winger towards the middle" James MacChoiter. Andi isn't playing because he got his 3rd yellow card of the season last week and has to sit out today. As for Huey and James... well, im taking a chance playing them on wednesday. I hope it doesn't back-fire!

The Match

15473 spectators arrived at The Island of Misfit Toyz, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Maniacal tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - Nairn, MacKindlay, Ferreira da Silv - Prakardsakda, Morton, Jonasson, Dyrberg, Minter - Leth, Waldner.

Commandos had chosen a strategic 0-0-0 formation. The following players had been chosen: - - - .

The home team won the game on a walk over since the visitors hadn´t been able to find 9 players fit for the game. The spectators seemed disappointed, in spite of the victory.

The match ends 5 - 0

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

2.5 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
3.5 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

2.5 - Imboon Prakardsakda (Offensive)
4.0 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
4.0 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
3.0 - Percy Morton
2.5 - Benton Minter (Offensive)

3.0 - Maik Waldner
4.0 - Hugo Leth

36 - Stars

Post Game Comments

Man that crowd sucked.... i only made 98k off this game :( Dam walkovers! Anyway, my new forward Hugo Leth got 4 stars in his first match with the team. Hopfully my other forward Maik Waldner will turn his form around on thursday so i can see what these 2 can do together in decent form. The only other guy to talk about is "Mr. Franchise" Iver Dyrberg! He picked up his first ever 4 star game! Not bad for an 18 year old with passable stamina :)

Around The Divison

pegasus - vs - The Family Jewels 1 - 0

Much closer game then expected here. FJ's 5-4-1 "Pressing" kept the game close, but i think it had more to do with Pegasus's offense being in crap form then FJ's defense.

Carebears - vs - Pie Eaters 2 - 3

Upset of the week in Div. 41! The Carebears obviously Pic'ed the Pie Eaters and it totally back fired. Stupied move in my opinion, PE has a good midfield and a capable offense. And we all know that any team with a good midfield and a capable offense is always dangerous.

Monkey of Doom - vs - Havoc 5 - 0

ouch..... I can't say i agree with Havoc playing a straight 4-4-2 CA today vs MOD. The last thing you wanna do against a team of MOD's caliber is give them the possession advantage if you don't have to. I expected Havoc to lose today, but losing by this much was a surprise and it seriously hurt his GD. And to top it off, another one of Havoc's winger trainee's got injured for 5 weeks.... thats the second 5 week injury to a trainee in the last 2 weeks :(

Divison Standings

---------Team-------------Played-------------Goals-----------Points

1. Monkey of Doom-----------10--------------30 - 6-------------28

2. pegasus-------------------10--------------31 - 10------------22

3. Carebears-----------------10--------------24 - 14------------19

4. Maniacal Misfitz------------10--------------24 - 13------------16

5. Havoc---------------------10--------------20 - 21------------16

6. Pie Eaters------------------10-------------19 - 25-------------9

7. The Family Jewels----------10--------------12 - 21------------5

8. Cons Commandos-----------10--------------0 - 50-------------0

With the Carebears unexpected loss and Havoc losing by much more then expected. I have a very real shot at ending the season in third place. If i can win 3 out of my last 4 games i'll do it. The Carebears remaining schedule is just brutal, it will probally come down to the last game of the season when i play them at home. Should be interesting!

Upnext, This weeks FOFC Cup Game

Havok

05-10-2004, 10:31 PM

Update

Hmmm.... im not sure exactly what happened, but i was just poking around HT and it seems that my player summary changed quite a bit since thursday. Maybe the player summary page was running a little late or something last thursday but heres what it looks like now.

Value per player (average): 360 250 US$ (+16,900)
Total squad value: 7 205 000 US$ (+338,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 20
Number of nationalities: 14

At first i just thought that it didn't add my new forward Hugo Leth, but that wasn't it. What i actually think happened was that it added Hugo's value, but didn't update my players training increase. Either way we've broke through the 7 million dollar team assessed value mark!!

My value is really gonna start skyrocketing soon with 4 middy's working they're way towards brilliant PM and 1 working his way towards Magnificent. Next seasons wages are gonna blow :)

Havoc99

05-12-2004, 11:20 AM

Havok

05-12-2004, 09:15 PM

According to HAM's match prediction feature I should have lost 3-1, not 5-0. With my best IM in poor form I decided it wasnt worth it to play a reserve IM in a a 3-5-2. Anyways, I didn't lose any fans so that's ok.

The injury was annoying, but the guy is a reserve IM who I have for passing training. The other injury was a forward also purchased for passing training. Very annoying back-to-back 5 week injuries :(

At this point I almost think I'd prefer to end up 5th so that I can play a qual match and get the extra $$ & experience (assuming, of course, that I win it).

yeah... 5th place would be nice, it could easily be you, Carebears or me. But looking at the schedule i doubt it will be you. I can almost guarentee you'll win 3 out of your last 4. I think it will come down to my final game vs Carebears. We'll have to wait and see....

Havok

05-12-2004, 10:24 PM

Seaspn 4 - FOFC Cup - Group Play - Round 4

Missouri Tigers - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

First place in group E (us) vs last place in group E today (them). This one could get ugly, especially since im play a few starters today because of my walkover on sunday. The Tigers are yet another defensive training team! Our last 3 games have been vs defender trainers, and my league game this sunday will be also!! Usually they are boring games but Missouri's trainees are still very raw so i expect us to pound in quite a few goals since we'll have a huge possession advantage.

Starters

GK - Marcin Landowski

Right Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
Central Defender - Ismael Ferreira da Silva
Left Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)

Right Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Karl Leitner (Normal)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - James MacChoiter - (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Abel Cano
Forward 2 - Bill Wright

Im expecting pretty decent ratings with 3 usual starters in there. The only tactic change today is instead of playing James MacChoiter "Towards The Middle" i've deceide to play him offensive just for the hell of it. I'll have plenty of possession as it is. The rest of the B-team is still in kinda low form... espically the defense. But it shouldn't be a problem this week.

The Match

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Missouri Tigers Arena saw a crowd turnout of 1636. Missouri started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. They fielded: Alpízar - Nicasio, Schell, Cerda, Son, Redding - Branham, Johnson, Wagoner, Smalls - Smith.

Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Landowski - Nairn, Ferreira da Silv, ben Aharon - Neiweiler, Miller, Neiva, Leitner, MacChoiter - Cano, Wright.

After 3 minutes Maniacal put themselves up by 0 - 1 as Bill Wright finished off a strike from the left with a real cannon placed at the far post.

What ever got into Joaquim Neiva, the crowd mumbled, as he suddenly struck a cross pass through the own defense - ending up right in front of Missouri´s Clarence Smith, who easily put the ball away for 1-1.

In the 35:th minute the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending and James MacChoiter put the ball away for 1 - 2.

In the 41st minute Maniacals Omar Nairn received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

The away team´s Bill Wright took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 43rd minute increasing Maniacal´s lead to 1 - 3. The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 3.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Maniacal, with an impressive 75 percent possession of the ball.

Karl Leitner increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 1 - 4.

After 71 minutes of game time Abel Cano received an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but Tiburcio Alpízar was in the right place, tipping the ball to a corner.

In the 73rd minute Maniacal put themselves up 1 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. Scorer was Abel Cano.

Joaquim Neiva still has a lot to learn. For instance not to make half-hearted passes in front of Jordan Branham who scored for Missouri to make it 2-5.

A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area, but at last Missouri´s Albert Johnson was able to shove the ball in. 3-5.

Maniacal´s Bill Wright received a play slashing through the home side´s defense in the 89:th minute, chipping it past the keeper scoring 3 - 6. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. At that, Bill Wright was noted down for a hat trick.

Maniacal, bringing the final ball possession rate to 87 percent, dominated the battle.

Most important Missouri player was Johnny Redding. Steve Cerda was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Maniacal player was without a doubt Huey Miller. Omar Nairn on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 3 - 6

Goals

Bill Wright - 3
James MacChoiter - 1
Karl Leitner - 1
Abel Cano - 1

Player Ratings

3.0 - Marcin Landowski

2.5 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva
2.5 - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)

3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
3.0 - Karl Leitner (Normal)
3.5 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
4.5 - Huey Miller
3.0 - James MacChoiter - (Offensive)

3.0 - Abel Cano
3.0 - Bill Wright

34.5 - Stars

Team Ratings

Missouri Tigers
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: poor - (3)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: wretched - (2)
Central Attack: poor - (3)
Left Side Attack: inadequate - (5)

NSI - 48

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Right Side Attack: formidable - (9)
Central Attack: solid - (7)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 72

Post Game Comments

Wow..... after they got 2 event goals plus a normal goal. I was starting to get flashbacks of my friendly vs CC FC when we tied 5-5 and he got 3 event goals on me! Anyway.... we can pretty much place all the blame on Jaoquim. His "Unpredictable" skill cost us one goal and his lack of experiance cost us another one. Just a bad game all around for him.... bad month really since his form has dropped steadily for the last 5 weeks.

On to the good stuff..... BILL WRIGHT! I guess he's pissed that he's now offically a B-teamer since i bought Hugo Leth last week. So he responded today with a hattrick :) He'll make a hell of a 3rd forward for us, he just knows how to find the net. My other forward Abel Cano got his first 3 star game since 11/27/2003. Thats a long time! And last but not least is my million dollar man, Huey Miller..... He grabbed 4.5 stars again today for the second straight week. He rocks!

This win cliniches first place in group E for us and we'll advance to the sweet 16 of the FOFC Cup no matter what happens next week. Go Misfitz!

Upnext, This weeks Training and Form Update

Desnudo

05-13-2004, 11:13 AM

Hey, let's see some stats on that new forward! Brilliant?

vex

05-13-2004, 11:42 AM

Hey, let's see some stats on that new forward! Brilliant?

He posted them earlier, here is his entire post:

New Forward

My search has ended!!!! and now im 180k in debt!!! but it was worth it http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif

Hugo Leth (7865210)
22 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest.
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities.

Speciality: Quick

Nationality: Norge
Assessed value: 745 000 US$
Wage: 5 328 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: excellent Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: passable
Winger: weak Defending: poor
Scoring: outstanding Set Pieces: wretched

Paid 2.5 million

This guy is just a flat out stud!! He's by far the best forward on my team, noone else is really even close. Right now he should get 4.5 stars a game in solid form and once he gains another level or 2 of experiance he should get it in passable form. Its hard to say exactly what my central attack will be like with him in there. It should be at least formidable even if Hugo and Maik aren't in great form. But im hoping for an outstanding central attack with them both in passable form and above. I'll keep my fingers crossed http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif

On a sad note, Bill Wright will now be a full-time B-teamer, he'll make a great back-up. He's been such a good forward for us over the last 2 1/2 seasons, and for only 25k..... he was more then worth it. I'll miss his solid SP's in the starting line-up, but i have a guy with passable SP's so it won't be a huge loss hopfully.

Havok

05-13-2004, 09:44 PM

Training and Form Update

Still about 2 weeks away from my next Midfielder bump (Mr. Franchise to Brilliant :) :) :) ) But the wingers keep coming through for me....

Andi Neiweiler (12777833)
28 years, solid form, healthy

A controversial person who is temperamental and upright.
Has weak experience and passable leadership abilities.

Nationality: Schweiz
Assessed value: 252 000 US$
Wage: 2 784 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: excellent Goaltending: wretched
Playmaking: passable Passing: passable
Winger: solid Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak

The old man finally bumps to passable PM :) Well, i guess he's not that old.... But he's 7 years older then next closest guy on my team receiving some form of training. I'd like to make Andi my coach one day, but that will be awhile since he just hit weak experiance a couple weeks ago. He's the last winger that had a chance to bump in Playmaking.... i won't see another one bump until mid-to late next season.

Form

Another postive week in form, Thats now 2 in a row if you can believe it. But like always my starters only broke even. +4/-2

Defense - +0/-1 - Another BRUTAL week for the defense, my D hasn't been right since week 3. Every defender and goalie i have dropped in value this week except 1. And my starting goalie who was barely holding my defense together for the last few games lost 41k in value this week and dropped to passable form. Not good at all........

Midfielders/Wingers - +3/-1 - Bad first.... Jaoquim is now firmly entrenched in the B-team. His month and half form free fall continued this week and now he's finally in weak form. Thankfully "Mr. Franchise" remains in solid form to fill in for him. Now on to the good stuff, My top defensive midfielder Torbjorn has finally pulled out of his form drout, he's added 160k over the last 2 weeks and is finally back to passable form. That should help my midfield and defense some this week.

Offense - +1/-0 - 3 weeks in a row its looked like that, The man who bumped today is none other then Bill Wright to solid form. Now i've got decision to make.... do i play Bill in solid form or Maik in inadequate form??!?! Tough call. The other bit of good news is my newest forward Hugo Leth has now added 35k in value since i bought him. Hopfully he's getting close to solid form.

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 375 400 US$ (+15,150)
Total squad value: 7 508 000 US$ (+303,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 20
Number of nationalities: 14

Upnext, This weeks youth pull and economic update

Havok

05-15-2004, 10:59 PM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Claude Bello (31343152)
19 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is temperamental and upright.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.

Speciality: Head

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 19 000 US$
Wage: 600 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: weak Defending: weak
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor

Hattrick hates me...........

Economic Update

Cash funds: -143 705 US$ (-197 327) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 1796 members
Supporters: high on life

This week

Revenue-----------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0-----------------------------Arena 27 080
Sponsors 98 835---------------------Wages 46 692
Financial 0---------------------------Interest 7 185
Temporary 0-------------------------Temporary 2 000
-------------------------------------Staff 49 500
-------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 98 835-----------------Total expenses 152 457
Expected income/loss -53 622

Holy crap im poor.... i've REALLY been hoping for a good youth pull over the last 2 weeks to help me out of this debt, but of course i didn't get it. Next weeks home game should finally pull me out of the red.

This Weeks Games

League Game

The Family Jewels
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: 5-4-1 Pressing
Tactic skill: passable

Midfield: inadequate - (5)
Right Side Defence: extra-terrestrial - (16)
Central Defence: extra-terrestrial - (16)
Left Side Defence: magnificent - (12)
Right Side Attack: weak - (4)
Central Attack: poor - (3)
Left Side Attack: passable - (6)

NSI - 72

This week we take on the lowly 7th place "Family Jewels" on the road. Its actually gonna be nice getting back to this part of my schedule. I was getting pretty sick of playing 100+ NSI's or walkovers every dam week. AS you can see from the ratings they are pretty much a 1 dementional team. Im not really worried about losing to FJ, but a 0-0 or 1-1 tie is a possiblity and that would seriously hurt my chances of getting third place this season.

FOFC Cup Game

Purple Pirates
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: 3-4-3 Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: passable
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: inadequate
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: brilliant
Central Attack: outstanding
Left Side Attack: passable

NSI 64

The Purple Pirates have a very solid B-team and are no pushover. They alos still have a chance to advance to the second stage of the cup, but unfortunately for them they gotta beat me at home in order to do it.... and that ain't gonna me easy :) I just don't think they're gonna have the midfield to do it, at home my back-ups should get a formdiable midfield. But who knows, maybe he'll play all his starting middies and try for the win. We'll have to wait and see....

Upnext, This weeks league game

Havok

05-16-2004, 10:11 PM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 11

The Family Jewels - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

Finally.... the final 4 games of the season. These last four games will decide where everyone from 3rd place to 7th will end the season. MOD and Pegusas basically have first and second place locked up just like i thought they would and obviously the bot team will finish 8th. But every other postion is still up for grabs. If i win 3 out of my last 4 games i could pull off third place, but that certainly won't be easy, and first i gotta go through the second best defense in the divison... The Familiy Jewels.

These guys were a bit of a mystery coming into this season, i have no idea what they trained over the last few seasons. Then week 3 this season they started training defenders and running a 5-4-1 pressing. What i think happen is they played HT for a few season and really didn't start a training program. Bought a few players here and there and somehow ended up in divison IV. Then they realized that they were in over they're ends and finally started a training program. It looks like they'll auto-demote this seaosn back to divison V... which is probally a good thing for them. They could use another season to build up they're trainee's.

I'll be picing today in preperation for my important game next week versus Pie Eaters who i think will MOTS me again.

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

Right Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)

Forward 1 - Hugo Leth
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

New game..... same story. Form blows! My Defense is still below average like its been since week 3. My midfield is decent, but my second best middy isn't playing due to weak form. And my offense is slightly below average aswell, Hugo is in passable form and Maik is still in inadequate form. It should be interesting seeing what my central attack is with both them playing, even if they're form isn't great.

The Match

22082 spectators arrived at The Family Jewels Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Family started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Monk - Öhhult, Figueira, Power, Callejas, Valadares - Petersen, Ristimäki , Bousquet, Winter - Kihlén.

Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - Nairn, MacKindlay, Ferreira da Silv - Neiweiler, Miller, Jonasson, Dyrberg, MacChoiter - Leth, Waldner.

Family strategy involved pressing and cutting off attack angles of their opponents from all over the field.

Family's ability to press their opponents all over the field paid off frequently.

In the games 14:th minute Family´s Jorge Valadares fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Jorge Valadares for taking a dive.

What ever got into Iver Dyrberg, the crowd mumbled, as he suddenly struck a cross pass through the own defense - ending up right in front of Family´s Jonas Kihlén, who easily put the ball away for 1-0.

Jonas Kihlén struck a 30 metre free kick home in the 23rd minute. 2 - 0 for the home team. After this Family lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.

After 33 minutes Family´s Morten Petersen contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game.

Halftime score was 2 - 0. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 53 percent possession rate.

After an industrious effort down the middle Jonas Kihlén could have closed the game off in the 64:th minute, but his finishing shot hit the post.

The referee showed Maniacals Torbjörn Jonasson the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Stefan Öhhult seemed to be floating in the air at will as he elegantly headed in 3-0. The previous Family corner kick was executed by Jonas Kihlén.

Maik Waldner nearly reduced 80 minutes into the game, but a splendid one hand save by Matthew Monk put a stop to the attempt coming in from the right flank.

In the 84:th minute Maik Waldner, after an opportunist attack from the right, scored the reducer for Maniacal making it 3 - 1.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Family, with an impressive 53 percent possession of the ball.

The most dominating Family player was without a doubt Stefan Öhhult. Jonas Kihlén on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Maniacal player was Huey Miller. James MacChoiter on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 3 - 1

Goals

Maik Waldner - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

2.5 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
4.0 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
4.0 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
4.5 - Huey Miller
2.5 - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)

4.0 - Hugo Leth
4.0 - Maik Waldner

38 - Stars

Team Ratings

The Family Jewels
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Pressing
Tactic skill: passable

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: world class - (13)
Central Defence: mythical - (17)
Left Side Defence: extra-terrestria - (16)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: poor - (3)
Left Side Attack: wretched - (2)

NSI - 81

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Play it Cool
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Attack: outstanding - (10)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: passable - (6)

NSI - 79

Post Game Comments

ugh....... Ya know, in some wierd way i think i deserved that. I underestimated my opponent and it cost me. Now, i might not have even won this game if i would have played normal instead of Pic'ed, but who can say for sure. Everything just went against me here. I give them credit for playing 3 middies, thats the first time they've done that in well over a month, i wasn't expecting it. Two of they're goals came from Set Peices and the other one came from another freaking unpredictable event from Iver. His third such event since i've had him :( This loss basically ends my chance at finishing third place in the divison, 4th or 5th place is where i'll likely end up.

Post Game Comments

Gold - Hugo Leth - He didn't score a goal, but with him in there instead of Bill Wright, my central attack rating went up 2 levels and my wing attack on his side gained a level aswell. Once Hugo and Maik get a little more experiance and they are both in good form, im expecting an outstanding central attack from them.

Silver - Huey Miller - Once again he was the best player on the field for us and grabed another 4.5 stars. Thank god for him havng good form... he's holding the midfield together right now.

Bronze - noone - Everyone else on the field played below what they're capable of, especially my defense. This has easily been my worst form season since i started playing HT.

Around The Divison

Havoc - vs - Carebears 3 - 0

Dispite Havoc's top midfielder sitting on the bench today because of "wretched" form, he still pulled out a nice 3-0 victory over the Carebears. CB held a slight possession advantage, but Havoc's strong offense was to much for the Carebears.

Pie Eaters - vs - pegasus 2 - 5

As expected here.... Pegasus just overpowered the Pie Eaters. But it was quite obvious PE pic'ed in preperation for they're game vs me next week. I have a good feeling i'll be facing another MOTS from them, especially since they get the walkover after they play me. I might just MOTS them right back.... we'll see :)

Cons Commandos - vs - Monkey of Doom

MOD gets the walkover and inches they're way 1 step closer to divison III again. Thank god! Get the hell outta my divison would ya!!! and take Pegusas with ya!!! :) :) :)

Divison Standings

---------Team-----------Played-------------Goals------------Points

1. Monkey of Doom---------11---------------35 - 6------------31

2. pegasus------------------11--------------36 - 12-----------25

3. Carebears----------------11--------------24 - 17------------19

4. Havoc--------------------11--------------23 - 21------------19

5. Maniacal Misfitz-----------11--------------25 - 16------------16

6. Pie Eaters-----------------11--------------21 - 30------------9

7. The Family Jewels----------11-------------15 - 22------------8

8. Cons Commandos-----------11-------------0 - 55-------------0

This loss really set me back, but a win next week and i'll lock-up at least 5th place. And if The Pie Eaters have any chance of getting 5th place they gotta beat me next week. Thats why im sure they'll MOTS me and thats why i might MOTS them.

Upnext, This weeks FOFC Cup Game

Havoc99

05-16-2004, 10:25 PM

Damn it, if I lose my chance at a qual match I'll be pissed- I cant even achieve my goal of mediocrity ;)

Sorry about the loss- you got hosed on events.

At least I beat Carebears- I should have beat him the first time based on the ratings.

Havok

05-16-2004, 10:28 PM

DukeRulesMAB

05-16-2004, 10:51 PM

Sorry about this; this was sort of close to my win today a team hoping to keep it close hitting the special event lotto.

I wonder if they MOTS'd? Dunno what their schedule looks like the rest of the way out, but they at least opened up the possibility of making it into 6th place with this win.

The loss sucks for you guys, but in the end, it may be for the best. As everyone knows, 5th is better than 4th or 3rd, and though I'm sure you don't want to "tank" to 5th, if this loss helps you finish there, you're better off in the long run anyway. Just doesn't seem that way now. :(

Havok

05-19-2004, 09:25 PM

Season 4 - FOFC Cup - Group Play - Round 5

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Purple Pirates

Last round of group play today and we're back at home after back-to-back road games. We've basically locked up Group E already, but if something crazy happens like The Purple Pirates beat us like 8-0 we'll fall to second or even third place. I seriously doubt thats gonna happen so im not to worried :)

The Purple Pirates are forward trainers with an offensive coach, so even his trainee's in a 3-4-3 put up some nice offensive ratings. They haven't had much defense through out the FOFC cup and they're midfield has been between inadequate-passable. There is no doubt in my mind that we will give up a couple goals in this game, but i should have a nice possession advantage and the better defense. So unless he throws all of his starters at us we should win this game comfortably.

Starters

GK - Marcin Landowski

Right Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)

Right Winger - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Karl Leitner (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Percy Morton
Left Winger - Benton Minter (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Abel Cano

Full B-team playing today, the only exception is Jaoquim who's form is in the crapper so he'll be with the B-team until it turns around. Pretty straight forward line-up, form is getting better for the B-team, the defense still blows but everyone else ok. Only tactical change is im playing Karl Leitner defensive instead of normal.... hopfully this will slow the Pirates central attack down some.

The Match

Due to an all-day shower, 1070 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at The Island of Misfit Toyz. Maniacal tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Landowski - Ferreira da Silv, MacKindlay, ben Aharon - Prakardsakda, Neiva, Morton, Leitner, Minter - Cano, Wright.

Pirates had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Wallén - Yost, Milonakos, Turagabea - Mathiasson, Buendia, Anada, Säf - Krägelow, Sadhu, Iserberg.

The 2nd minute saw the home team take a 1 - 0 lead after a leak in the visitors right side defense. Scorer for Maniacal was Naftali ben Aharon.

In the games 12th minute the visitors levelled to 1 - 1 as Wilmer Sadhu struck home on a bar rebound, following a shot from the right.

Some beautiful plays on the left side of the field resulted in a 20:th minute goal by Joaquim Neiva for Maniacal, putting them ahead 2 - 1.

Maniacal were given a penalty in the 33rd, neatly put away by Joseph MacKindlay. 3 - 1 for the home side.

3 - 1 was the half-time score. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 57 percent possession rate.

Kostas Milonakos was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn´t move the ball around with his usual grace.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Maniacal lead up with 4 - 1. Joseph MacKindlay finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle. After this Maniacal lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.

Mike Yost of Pirates received a yellow card in the 61st minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

The visitors replied in the games 62nd minute, scoring the 4 - 2 goal, as Mike Yost broke through from the left, easily lobbing the ball over the home teams keeper.

Percy Morton made several blunders at the end of the game, causing a good deal of unrest in the defensive line.

In the 72nd minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Ismael Ferreira da Silva dashed through, knocking home 5 - 2 for Maniacal.

Maniacals Bill Wright got himself booked after a foul.

Pirates made a substitution in the 76:th minute. Enrico Buendia limped off the field and was replaced by Bence Takács.

Pirates held the ball, with a clear 54 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Maniacal player was without a doubt Joaquim Neiva. Imboon Prakardsakda was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Pirates player was without a doubt Mike Yost. Brandon Turagabea was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 5 - 2

Goals

Joseph MacKindlay - 3
Joaquim Neiva - 1
Ismael Ferreira da Silva - 1

Player Ratings

3.0 - Marcin Landowski

3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)

2.0 - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)
3.0 - Karl Leitner (Defensive)
3.5 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
3.0 - Percy Morton
2.5 - Benton Minter (Offensive)

3.0 - Bill Wright
3.0 - Abel Cano

32 - Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: inadequate - (5)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: solid - (7)

NSI - 71

Purple Pirates
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: passable - (6)
Right Side Defence: solid - (7)
Central Defence: solid - (7)
Left Side Defence: solid - (7)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Attack: brilliant - (11)

NSI - 67

Post Game Comments

There ya have it..... Maniacal Misfitz - Group E Champs!!! Ok, so its not really that big of a deal but still :) I'm pretty sure DK and his Screamin Seaman will also advance out of group play. His only loss was the 5-0 thrashing i gave him :p :p :p Im not sure what my seed will be out of the final 16 teams, probally like 3rd or 4th. Im not expecting to win the FOFC Cup, my midfield trainee's are good enough i think, but they're stamina blows as you can tell by the possession in this game. Either way it should be fun! Maybe i'll draw Masked in the first round and slaughter his South Bay Saints for old times sake! :D

Upnext, This weeks training and form update

Masked

05-19-2004, 11:06 PM

Maybe i'll draw Masked in the first round and slaughter his South Bay Saints for old times sake! :D

If that happens, maybe I will have to take your advice and throw a few league matches. I'd have to play my starters during friendlies then. http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Congratulations on winning your group.

Havok

05-20-2004, 09:25 PM

Training and Form Update

No playmaking pops as expected. But next week is VERY important. My two 18 year olds will get they're 7th week of training next week and im praying they both bump. Its certainly not a given, last season it took Torbjorn 8 weeks to bump as an 18 year old(which really pissed me off).

I'll keep my figures crossed!!!!!

Form Update

And my form continues to 'SLOWLY" improve. My starters for the first time in god knows how long actually came out ahead!! +3/-2, Overall the form was +6/-4.

Defense - +2/-1 - My best defender is now down to inadequate and my second best defender is still in weak. Very very bad!!! But, on the bright side my goalie bounced back up to low solid form so that should help alittle.

Midfielders/Wingers - +2/-2 - Once again that looks better then it really is. No starters improved in form... i repeat NO STARTERS!!!! Mr. Franchise continued his up,down,up,down form dance tonight as he dropped down to passable. All the other movement was B-teamers.

Forwards - +2/-1 - This is where we had a great week!!! My new stud forward Hugo Leth is now in solid form and my number 2 forward Maik Waldner is finally back to passable form. Its a low passable form for Maik, but still passable none the less. The only drop was my back-up Abel Cano to passable.

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 390 500 US$ (+15,100)
Total squad value: 7 810 000 US$ (+302,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 20
Number of nationalities: 14

Upnext, This weeks youth pull and economic update

Havok

05-22-2004, 09:24 PM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Jeffrey Hagen (31701009)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is balanced and infamous.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Speciality: Head

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 134 000 US$
Wage: 1 140 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: wretched Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: inadequate
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: weak

FINALLY!!! a good youth pull... it only took all season :) I needed this SO bad. Im not sure what he'll sell for because its so late in the season, but i know that head skill is gonna increase his sale value some. As long as he sells for more then Masked youth pull last week then im happy ;)

Economic Update

Cash funds: -191 057 US$ (-247 552) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 1808 members
Supporters: delirious

This week

Revenue--------------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0--------------------------------Arena 27 080
Sponsors 99 330------------------------Wages 46 692
Financial 0------------------------------Interest 9 553
Temporary 0----------------------------Temporary 3 000
----------------------------------------Staff 49 500
----------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000

Total revenue 99 330 Total expenses 155 825
Expected income/loss -56 495

DAm that looks bad, but i do have a home game tommarrow and the weather is good so im hoping for a sell-out. So with that money and the money from my youth pull i should have at least 300k in the bank by weeks end, hopfully a good bit more. I'm either gonna look for a future coach with that money or upgrade my stadium, we'll see.......

This Weeks Game

League Game

Pie Eaters
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: 3-5-2 Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: brilliant
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: excellent
Left Side Defence: formidable
Right Side Attack: formidable
Central Attack: formidable
Left Side Attack: formidable

NSI - 84

The Pie Eaters... another team that is very close to me in terms of talent. Actually, they're midfiedlers a slightly more advanced then mine, but i put up better defense ratings and our offenses are very similar. Normally they don't put up brilliant midfields on the road, put i have a feeling im getting MOTS'ed. And heres why...... They MOTS'ed me last time we played completely out of the blue. I'm still not 100% sure why he did because it didn't make alot of sense tactically. We tied that game 1-1, my defense saved my ass quite a few times.

Second reason is they have a walkover next week, then they finish the season vs The Family Jewels who are the weakest team in the divison(even though they beat me last week :( ). So if PE MOTS's me tommarrow, they can PIC next week and have pretty good TS for they're last game vs the Jewels. Third reason is they need a win, if they beat me tommarrow they lock up 6th place, maybe even 5th if i lose all the rest of my games. But if they lose tommarrow, then they gotta beat the Jewels in the last game of the season to get 6th place.

Thats why i think they'll MOTS...... your probally wondering what im gonna do huh???? well i ain't telling!!! PE might have found out about my little dynasty here. Hell, FOFC has a link on the HT communities page now!!! I can't be to careful :)

FOFC Cup

Screamin' Seamen
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: 3-5-2 Attack in the middle
Tactic skill: solid

Midfield: solid
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: excellent
Left Side Defence: formidable
Right Side Attack: passable
Central Attack: formidable
Left Side Attack: passable

NSI - 65

Well dam... i gotta play DK again!!! This is gonna be a serious battle, no doubt about it. I opened FOFC group play vs the Seaman at home and won 5-0. The ratings were MUCH closer then the score indicated, I got somewhat lucky to win that game by so much. I don't think thats gonna happen this time. I expect a really really close game. His midfield trainee's are VERY similar to mine but he has better stamina. Thankfully i get home field advantage! It should be fun!

Upnext, This weeks league game

Havok

05-23-2004, 10:03 PM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 12

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Pie Eaters

So i got seriously upset last week.... well, i ain't lettin that shit happen again this season!!! If i win today, i lock-up at least 5th place in the divison. Honestly thats were i'd prefer to end the season at anyway.

The Pie Eaters are a pretty solid team and in most divison IV series they'd be in the top half of the standings, not barely hanging onto 6th like they are in my series. PE's strength is midfield, and due to bad form, defense is they're weakness. Since its a home game i wouldn't normally do something radical like MOTS today, but if i somehow lose today there is a chance that i'll fall to 6th place when the season is over..... and i don't want that.

So today im gonna MOTS!!!! What the hell!!! i could be wrong, but i have a feeling they're gonna MOTS me also. They MOTS'ed the first time we played completely out of the blue, but i got lucky and sneaked out a tie. This time i'll be ready for them, i learned last week not to underestimate anyone in this dam divison. So to be on the safe side i'll MOTS. I'm pretty sure i was gonna lose next week to Havoc on the road anyway, so i can pic that game and build my TS back up some before my seasons finale vs The Carebears.

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Normal)

Right Winger - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Maik Waldner
Forward 2 - Hugo Leth

Im down 2 starters now because of form. Omar Narin (my second best defender) will sit out his first game EVER in 4 seasons with the Misfitz because of his low weak form. Truly a sad day :( Also, my second best midfielder - Jaoquim will sit out aswell since he's also in weak form. So even with an MOTS today im not expecting insane midfield ratings, maybe supernatural tops! But Iver and James stamina are probally gonna drop my midfield down a level.

I know i know.... i complain to much about my form. But its been a tough year, i got spoiled last season when i had good form almost all season. Payback is a bitch i guess :)

The Match

scorching day at The Island of Misfit Toyz, where 42000 spectators were in place for today´s match. Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - Ferreira da Silv, MacKindlay, ben Aharon - MacChoiter, Miller, Jonasson, Dyrberg, Neiweiler - Leth, Waldner.

Eaters started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Schaffer - Muncy, Anthony, Lyhskog - Chastain, Fortier, Rios, Siao, Kesserling - Komornik, Isaac.

Some beautiful plays on the left side of the field resulted in a 2nd minute goal by Maik Waldner for Maniacal, putting them ahead 1 - 0.

After 8 minutes Maik Waldner put Maniacal ahead 2 - 0 as he rose to head in a hooked ball, the result of an effort from the right side.

Hugo Leth should probably have put his team up another goal in the 9:th minute, but some great goaltending by Todd Schaffer kept the visitors in the game.

After 20 minutes Maniacal´s Torbjörn Jonasson contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game.

The teams went for a half-time break at 2 - 0. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 64 percent possession rate.

Hugo Leth of Maniacal was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish Cameron Fortier, which resulted in the 3 - 0 goal.

In the 53rd minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as James MacChoiter dashed through, knocking home 4 - 0 for Maniacal.

Hugo Leth almost managed to score another goal for Maniacal, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors goalie.

Eaters´s Matt Anthony left the field after 62 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Théophile Roy.

Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 58 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Maniacal player was without a doubt Huey Miller. However, James MacChoiter made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Eaters player was without a doubt Cameron Fortier. Théophile Roy on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 4 - 0

Goals

Maik Waldner - 2
Hugo Leth - 1
James MacChoiter - 1

Player Ratings

4.5 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)
3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Naftali ben Aharon (Normal)

2.5 - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
4.0 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
4.0 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
4.5 - Huey Miller
3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

3.0 - Maik Waldner
4.0 - Hugo Leth

39 - Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Match of the Season
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: world class - (13)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: outstanding - (10)

NSI - 94

Pie Eaters
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: solid - (7)
Right Side Attack: formidable - (9)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: outstanding - (10)

NSI - 76

Post Game Comments

Looks like i kinda wasted a MOTS here..... he obviously PIC'ed me. Oh well, like i said, i really wanted to make sure i won this game and i did. Also, we put up a Career best NSI - 94!!! this was only my second best midfield preformance ever if you can believe it, i beat it by 6% when i normal'ed pegasus last month at home. My middy's form was better in that game and i still had Jakob on my team then also.

Ok, lets talk about the game for a second. I completely and totally dominated from begining to end. We got 6 good scoring chances and scored on 4, we also didn't get any cards and no serious injuries. Pretty much a perfect game in my mind :) This loss is a tough one for PE.... now they gotta tie or beat The Family Jewels on the road in the last game of the season just to get 6th place. To be honest i'd rather have The Jewels in this divison next season then the Pie Eaters, so i hope they lose :)

Stars of The Game

Gold - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy - It may seem kinda wierd to give my goalie the gold star today. But he picked up his first 4.5 star game since 3/4/2004. And he also is the only reason im still getting outstanding defensive ratings. All my other defenders are struggling bigtime, he's holding them together.

Silver - Maik Waldner - Big Maik set the tone earley scoring 2 goals in the first 8 mins. From there on out we were on cruise control. While he still only got 3 stars today, his form has been heading in the right direction over the last 2 weeks. Lets hope it continues on thursday.

Bronze - Huey Miller - Huey was once again the best player on the field for the Misfitz today grabing 4.5 stars as the extra inner middy. He started off the season kinda slow, but since Jakob was sold he's been incredible. Go Huey!

Around The Divison

Monkey of Doom - vs - Carebears 0 - 0

Well, for some unknown reason today MOD didn't counter attack and the Carebears sizable midfield advantage earned them a tie. MOD is still over the auto-promotion line, lets just hope they win they're last 2 games this season so we don't have to worry about them anymore.

pegasus - vs - Havoc 6 - 0

Ouch! Havoc's team is in pretty bad shape this week, bad form, red cards, you name it. He basically knew he was screwed in this game and didn't try to hard for a win. I don't blame him, once he beats me next week he gets to finish off the season vs the walkover. Havoc will still probally pull out third place.

Cons Commandos - vs - The Family Jewels 0 - 5

The Jewels are on a 2 game winning streak!! They will probally lose next week, but if they beat the Pie Eaters at home to end the season, they'll somehow pull off 6th place! It should be interesting to see what happens.

Divison Standings

--------Team------------Played-----------Goals------------Points

1. Monkey of Doom---------12------------35 - 6-------------32

2. pegasus-----------------12------------42 - 12------------28

3. Carebears---------------12------------24 - 17------------20

4. Maniacal Misfitz----------12------------29 - 16------------19

5. Havoc-------------------12------------23 - 27------------19

6. The Family Jewels--------12------------20 - 22------------11

7. Pie Eaters----------------12------------21 - 34-------------9

8. Cons Commandos---------12------------0 - 60--------------0

Upnext, This weeks FOFC Cup game

Havoc99

05-23-2004, 10:54 PM

Nice win, you damn imposter. I'm annoyed by my 6-0 massacre mostly because of what it'll do to my confidence but my TS is up some now after a couple PICs and I should be able to field all my decent midfielders next week so hopefully life will be good.

The best news from today, though, is that my gamble on developing a coach from Passable experience within one season paid off today & I will have a much, much better coach for next season :D

Havok

05-24-2004, 07:12 PM

Your midfield is gonna be sweet next season with a good coach........ dammit :)

Havok

05-25-2004, 07:20 PM

Update

Jeffrey Hagen (31701009)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is balanced and infamous.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Speciality: Head

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 134 000 US$
Wage: 1 140 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: wretched Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: inadequate
Scoring: solid Set Pieces: weak

Big Jeff sold for an impressive 533k!!! Thats is by far my best youth pull sale ever. With sunday's sell-out and this 490k, i've went from -191k in the bank to 519k this week. Not bad :)

The next 2 things on my list of "things to do" is buy a future coach and upgrade my stadium. Hopefully 519K will be enough to do both of these i hope.

Havok

05-26-2004, 11:18 PM

Season 4 - FOFC Cup - Sweet 16

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Screamin' Seamen

As i predicted after beating Dataking's Screamin' Seamen in round 1 of group play, they've been kicking serious butt ever since. Now as luck would have it.... we meet again in the sweet 16! I can't say that im overly happy about having to play DK in my first match. To be honest i was hoping for someone a little easier :) And there is nothing easy about DK's B-team.

I have a couple things working against me in this game, the first is my Team Spirit. Right now my TS is down to composed after sundays MOTS. Thats the lowest its been all season. The second thing working against me is my stamina, it really hasn't been a problem in the cup so far because i've had a much better midfield then anyone i've played. But that isn't the case today vs the Seaman. Our back-up middies are almost equal, and he's got better form and stamina. So just like the last time we played i think my only shot is to play both my wingers TM and pray for a few breaks........

Starters

GK - Marcin Landowski

Right Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

Right Winger - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Karl Leitner (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midifelder 3 - Percy Morton
Left Winger - Benton Minter (Towards the Middle)

Forward 1 - Abel Cano
Forward 2 - Bill Wright

Full B-team today.... im not gonna play any starters in the FOFC cup unless i play a team that plays some of they're starters. Then i still might not play any starters, i'd just feel guilty doing that if my opponent had all his B-team in there.

Anyway, the B-team is still looking pretty crappy form wise, they had a bad form update last thursday. While Percy Morton is the only guy in Excellent form, he's also the guy with crap stamina so that high form won't help much in the second half. Only 2 of my 5 middy's/wingers have passable form or higher, actually let me take that a step further......... only 6 out of my 11 players today have form of passable or higher. And only 2 are above passable. That ain't good..... im worried........

The Match

2228 spectators had come to The Island of Misfit Toyz this cloudy day. Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Landowski - ben Aharon, MacKindlay, Nairn - Prakardsakda, Neiva, Morton, Leitner, Minter - Cano, Wright.

Screamin' tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Read - Leier, Svensson, Mcmahon - Taxwell, Alustiza, Behling, Kolberg, Richardy - Metman, Lourenso.

Screamin' clearly preferred attacks in the middle.

Man, what a shot by Bill Wright! Firing from 35 yards he didn't give the enemy goalie a chance and it was 1 - 0.

In the 24:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Abel Cano dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for Maniacal.

Joseph MacKindlay increased Maniacal´s lead to 3 - 0 from a penalty spot cannonball.

Rune Kolberg of Screamin' received a yellow card in the 30:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Screamin' fought on and, in the 31st minute Fidel Lourenso was able to reply with 3 - 1 after some excellent moves on the right side finished off by an incredibly clever chip.

Maniacals Bill Wright got himself booked after a foul.

The teams went for a half-time break at 3 - 1. This part of the game had been a standoff between the teams.

The visitors got a chance of pulling one back in the 47:th minute, due to a defensive blunder leaving Guido Metman completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side´s keeper.

Screamin' managed to reduce a bit later to 3 - 2 as Guido Metman finished off a well played combination from the left, carving through the defensive box.

Karl Leitner almost managed to score another goal for Maniacal, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors goalie.

Gino Behling almost scored an equalising goal for Screamin' in the 71st minute, but Marcin Landowski made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post.

One of many good passes from Ad Taxwell at the wing was recieved and skillfully taken care of by Guido Metman, scoring for Screamin' to 3 - 3.

Naftali ben Aharon gave his Maniacal the lead with 4 - 3, as he successfully challenged both the guests central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the goaltenders right post.

Screamin', bringing the final ball possession rate to 57 percent, dominated the battle.

The most dominating Maniacal player was without a doubt Joaquim Neiva. Benton Minter on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Screamin' player was without a doubt Sven Svensson. Ad Taxwell on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 4 - 3

Goals

Bill Wright - 1
Abel Cano - 1
Joseph MacKindlay - 1
Naftali ben Aharon - 1

Player Ratings

3.0 - Marcin Landowski

3.0 - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)
3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay
2.5 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

2.0 - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)
3.0 - Karl Leitner (Offensive)
3.5 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
3.0 - Percy Morton
2.0 - Benton Minter (Towards the Middle)

2.5 - Abel Cano
3.0 - Bill Wright

30.5 - Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: passable - (6)
Right Side Defence: solid - (7)
Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: inadequate - (5)

NSI - 60

Screamin' Seamen
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Attack in the middle
Tactic skill: passable

Midfield: passable - (6)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: solid - (7)
Right Side Attack: excellent - (8)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 67

Post Game Comments

We Win!!!! We Win!!! We also got lucky....... i'll admit that. The better team lost today and if it were me i'd be a little upset. They weren't vastly better then us today, but they were better. You'd have to go back to my second USA cup game of the season to find a worse NSI then i had today. I knew it was gonna be bad, but these ratings just flat out suck. I hope my B-team turns it around some on thursday or we probally won't make it to the Final four even with home-field advantage.

Speaking of Home Field advantage, thats the only reason we won this game. That and Bill Wright's long-shot event goal to start the games scoring off. I have to admit this was one of the more exciting games i've ever watched, i missed the first half but the second half was the fun part. I knew my bad stamina would severly hurt my possession in the second half, then the Seaman scoring 2 goals and tieing it up with 15 mins to go. i thought i was DOOMED!!!! But my coach/wingback Naftali ben Aharon scored the game winner and i about jumped out of my seat i was so happy!!!

Next week we take on another tough team ..... The First Coast Conquistadors at home. They seem to be playing quite a few starters in the FOFC cup... i have a decision to make next week. Should i play any starters or not. Tough call....... any advice would be welcome :)

Upnext, This weeks Training and Form update

sterlingice

05-27-2004, 03:04 AM

That was a close'n

SI

Havok

05-27-2004, 10:47 PM

Training and Form Update

GGGRRRRR!!!! Mr. Franchise - Iver Dyrberg didn't bump to brilliant PM :( That hurts.... at least my other 18 year old bumped on time.

Karl Leitner
387 000 US$, 18 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: formidable Passing: inadequate
Winger: wretched Defending: passable
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: passable

My 'Jack-of-all-trades" trainee!! Karl is still about 1 1/2 levels behind my next closest midfielder. But it doesn't much matter, he'll never be a full-time starter for us. He'll be sold when he hits world class in a couple seasons, i might hang on to him until he hits SN. Only time will tell.......

Form

Right when i thought my form was gonna turn around.... it starts heading down again. +1/-2

Defenders - +0/-0 - My second best defender 'Omar Narin' is now down to VERY low weak form, he lost a ton of value today. He'll remain on the bench. But my goalie added around 30k and he's now in pretty high solid form. So i guess it evened out today......

Midfielders/Wingers - +1/-2 - SOOOOO not good. My 6 midfielders form right now is..... Solidx2,Inadequatex3,and Weak. And to make matters worse, 1 of the guys in solid form as poor stamina so he can't start no matter what his form is. At least the wingers are doing ok :(

Forwards - +0/-0 - No movement, but everyone added a little bit of value so it was a decent week for the offense.

Player/Team Value

I'll have to do this later.......for some reason Hattrick hasn't updated this yet.

Upnext, This weeks youth pull and economic update

Havok

05-28-2004, 09:49 AM

Update

And the Misfitz have found our future coach!! We now have our next 2 coachs lined up so i won't have to worry about it again for a long time.

Jerko Milas (10614309)
29 years, passable form, healthy
A sympathetic guy who is tranquil and honest.
Has inadequate experience and passable leadership abilities.

Nationality: Hrvatska
Assessed value: 150 000 US$
Wage: 1 824 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: excellent Goaltending: wretched
Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched
Winger: inadequate Defending: solid
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: solid

Paid 180k

JERK-O...... fills a couple different needs for us. Obviously he'll become our coach one day. He still needs 2 experiance bumps in 2 seasons before he can do so...... So i'll try to play him just about every game i can.

He also will become our Set Peice's taker for the starters!!! Since i bought Hugo Leth a few weeks ago, my old SP taker Bill Wright is now a part of the B-team. And last but not least.... Jerko will add some much needed depth to my defenders. I've only had 4 defenders on my team for 2 seasons now, last season it wasn't a problem but this season my lack of depth has forced me to play guys in bad form which inturn hurt my defensive ratings.

Player/Team Value

note - Jerko is not included in these numbers yet

Value per player (average): 404 750 US$ (+14,250)
Total squad value: 8 095 000 US$ (+285,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 20
Number of nationalities: 14

2 big marks hit this week!!! The 400K average per player and the 8 million total team value mark!!!!

Havok

05-29-2004, 10:33 PM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Perry Farrar (32068272)
19 years, passable form, healthy
A nasty fellow who is balanced and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 5 000 US$
Wage: 520 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: wretched

After last weeks pull..... you won't here any complaining out of me for awhile :)

Economic Update

Cash funds: 346 671 US$ (299 730) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 1826 members
Supporters: high on life

This week

Revenue--------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0---------------------------Arena 27 080
Sponsors 100 155------------------Wages 48 516
Financial 0-------------------------Interest 0
Temporary 0-----------------------Temporary 2 000
-----------------------------------Staff 49 500
------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 100 155 Total expenses 147 096
Expected income/loss -46 941

Hit the 100k sponsor money mark!!! The next thing i need to do is upgrade my arena. I'd like to get it to around 60k for next season. That way i won;t have to worry about it for a long time(i always say that, then i have to upgrade the next season). Im not sure when i'll do it, its gonna cost around 400k.

This Weeks Games

League Game

Havoc
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: 3-5-2 Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: formidable - (9)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: inadequate - (5)
Right Side Attack: brilliant - (11)
Central Attack: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Attack: brilliant - (11)

NSI - 83

Who knows if those are the ratings i'll face, Havoc's ratings are almost never the same twice. Sunday's game between the Havoc/k's will kinda be a let down. Right now Havoc's form sucks and his best midfielder is injuried. Things aren't much better for us. My TS is at a season-low, my midfielders form sucks, and im picing on the road. There is a good chance that my NSI rating tommarrow will be its lowest all season for the starters.

I knew at the begining of the season that i was gonna lose this game, Havoc ends the season vs the walkover team so he can MOTS me if he wants. So if i get crushed tommarrow its not really a huge deal. I've done about as much as i could in IV.41 this season. Especially considering im the youngest team in the divison.

FOFC Cup Game

First Coast Conquistadors
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: 3-5-2 Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: solid - (7)
Right Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: passable - (6)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 66

Hmm... i knew this day was coming. Deep in the FOFC cup and know i gotta play a guy who plays alot of his starters. Im not even sure right now what FCC is training.... It was midfielders at one time but who knows now. Anyway, i think my back-ups could still beat his starters at home. I 'Might' throw my starting goalie in there or maybe a forward, but thats it. We'll see......

Upnext, Thsi weeks league game

Havok

05-30-2004, 10:01 PM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 13

Havoc - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

Second to last game of the season is here!! This is a very important week for the Misfitz, if i lose (and im pretty sure i will) and the Carebears win then i'll lock 5th place no matter what happens. Thats a good thing in my book, "If you can't get 1st place.... get 5th place!!" :)

My chances today are slim.... my Team spirit is crap and my midfielders form is really bad. Plus im picing on the road, so the best midfield i can hope for is solid. That won't be enough to beat Havoc unless i get very lucky. He's also in really bad form and missing his best midfielder due to injury, but he does have home field advantage and he can MOTS me since his last game of the season is vs the walkover.

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Jerko Milas (Defensive)
Central Defender - Joseph MacKindlay
Left Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

Right Winger - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Maik Waldner
Forward 2 - Hugo Leth

Well..... i got tired of waiting for my defenders form to turn around so i just went out and bought a new one!!! :) hehe im joking... well kinda. I did buy a new defender/SP taker/Future coach and today is his first game with the team. Now i have 5 defenders who all can be starters in good form. That should give me a little more flexability.

Anyway, the offenses form is good and im expecting Hugo Leth to get his first ever 4.5 star game. The Defense form is average so they should do ok. But my middy's are seriously struggling... my best middy 'Hugo Miller' is still in solid form but my other 2 starters are in weak and inadequate :( Combined that with bad TS and a pic = bad midfield rating today.

The Match

45000 spectators had come to Havoc Arena this cloudy day. Havoc started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Swenson - Łuc, Kern, Wheatley - bin Mohamad, Hansson, Ward, Rabella, Flessas - Corbett, Marinicã.

Maniacal started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Geoffroy - Milas, MacKindlay, Ferreira da Silv - MacChoiter, Miller, Neiva, Jonasson, Neiweiler - Leth, Waldner.

Mel Ward gave his Havoc the lead with 1 - 0, as he successfully challenged both the guests central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the goaltenders right post.

Nikos Flessas of Havoc received a yellow card in the 35:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

With 35 minutes played the visitors almost levelled the score. Jerko Milas shot a hard curved free kick, striking the post.

A bit later, a magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Havoc´s Mel Ward putting the lead up to 2 - 0.

The teams went for a half-time break at 2 - 0. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Havoc, with an impressive 64 percent possession of the ball.

One of many good passes from James MacChoiter at the wing was recieved and skillfully taken care of by Maik Waldner, scoring for Maniacal to 2 - 1.

Maik Waldner came close to levelling the score in the 53rd minute, as he was set up with a through ball coming in from the left, but his shot hit the post.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Havoc lead up with 3 - 1. Blaine Wheatley finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle. After this Havoc lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Havoc´s Blaine Wheatley got himself booked.

Havoc, bringing the final ball possession rate to 66 percent, dominated the battle.

Most important Havoc player was Mel Ward. Nor Suhaimi bin Mohamad on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Maniacal player was without a doubt Huey Miller. However, James MacChoiter made a disastrous appearance.

The match ends 3 - 1

Goals

Maik Waldner - 1

Player Ratings

4.5 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.5 - Jerko Milas (Defensive)
3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

2.5 - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
3.5 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
3.5 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
5.0 - Huey Miller
3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)

3.5 - Maik Waldner
4.5 - Hugo Leth

40 Stars!!!

Team Ratings

Havoc
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: brilliant - (11)
Right Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: solid - (7)
Central Attack: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Attack: brilliant - (11)

NSI - 87

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Play it Cool
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: passable - (6)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: outstanding - (10)

NSI - 74

Post Game Comments

I can live with a 3-1 loss after that midfield preformance. I knew it was coming.... but there is a silver lining in all this! actually 2 sliver linings! The first is i got my first ever 40 star game!!! and i did it with 2 of my best players on the field in crap form. Not bad...... The other is that the Carebears stuck it to Pegasus today so we've locked up 5th place no matter what happens next week!! Now that means we get to play a qualifier and there is a chance i might lose. But with good TS, at home, and MOTS'ing there are very very very few divison V teams that can beat me. Im not worried......

Ok, about todays game. We did better then i thought we would. That passable midfield is a bit disappointing..... thats the worst its been since my week 1 pic on the road with composed TS. But the defense and offense played pretty well. We missed a couple scoring chances that could have made the game interesting, but in the end the better team won. Congratz to Havoc on todays win....

Stars of The Game

Gold - Huey Miller - As always.... Huey was the best man on the field for us. But the main reason he got the gold star today is because he picked up his first 5 stars game!!! I heart Huey :)

Silver - Hugo Leth - First 4.5 star game for Hugo aswell!!! Once he gets a little more experiance he should get 4.5 stars quite often.

Bronze - Maik Waldner - Maik finally is back to mid-passable form and 3.5 stars game. Plus he scored our only goal in the game and helped us avoid a shutout. Maik currently leads the team in league goals this season with 7. He also lead the team in Cup goals with 6. Good all around season for him.

Around The Divison

Carebears - vs - pegasus 3 - 0

Ok im worried..... The Carebears put up a 91 NSI today and im pretty sure they Pic'ed. Thats scarey..... Especially considering his new goalie is only in weak form. His midfield is young and i'd say about 4-5 weeks of training ahead of mine. I have a feeling they are gonna be a serious problem next season for Havoc and I both.

As for todays game.... well Pegasus must hate winning, because he PIC's and plays AOW for absolutely no reason at all sometimes. I can't figure them out and im gonna stop trying. Its a shame really..... such a good team to.

Monkey of Doom - vs - The Family Jewels 3 - 2

The Family Jewels ET set peice taker that kicked my butt a couple weeks ago, almost single handly pulled off a tie vs IV.41 powerhouse MOD. He scored both of FJ's goals from free kicks.... but it just wasn't enough and MOD escaped with a 3-2 win. MOD now has 35 points and im pretty sure that will be enough for them to auto-promote to divison III next season. But i could be wrong since i haven't looked at hatstats yet.

Pie Eaters - vs - Cons Commando 5 - 0

Geeee what a coincidence.... the team i played last week gets the walkover this week!!! While i liked having a bot team in my divison this season, the way my schedule was set up it really screwed me :(

Divison Standings

--------Team-------------Played-------------Goals----------Points

1. Monkey of Doom----------13---------------38 - 8------------35

2. pegasus------------------13---------------42 - 15-----------28

3. Carebears----------------13---------------27 - 17-----------23

4. Havoc--------------------13---------------26 - 28-----------22

5. Maniacal Misfitz-----------13---------------30 - 19-----------19

6. Pie Eaters-----------------13--------------26 - 34------------12

7. The Family Jewels----------13--------------22 - 25------------11

8. Cons Commandos-----------13--------------0 - 65-------------0

Some big games next week.... MOD and Pegasus square off. Im pulling for MOD so they auto-promote the hell outta this divison and hopfully never return!! :)

The Family Jewels and Pie Eaters game is big aswell, the winner gets 6th place and the loser gets 7th. I'd probally prefer FJ to win, but either way it doesn't bother me.

My game vs The Carebears doesn't really matter at all for me..... i'll stay in 5th place eitherway. I'd like to win it so Havoc can take 3rd, but the Carebears will probally MOTS me and i gotta PIC since i have a qualifier. So i'd say the odds are in Carebears favor.

Upnext, This weeks FOFC Cup game

Havoc99

05-30-2004, 10:07 PM

It was a good game- I'm just glad that I finally had an injury free match :)

Now if you'd only leave that poor Huey boy alone- your hugs are creeping him out!

Havok

06-01-2004, 09:54 PM

Arena Upgrade

I was gonna do this a couple days ago but Warcraft III was been taking up alot of my time lately and i forgot :)

When its done "The Island of Misfit Toyz" will seat 60,000 screaming Misfitz fans!! I'm going with a slightly different approach then most and building my VIP seats up to 2.5% of my total seats instead of the usual 2%. I've heard people talk about this before so im gonan give it a try. Can't hurt i guess, just cost a little more money to build. Im now 120k in debt but i do have a home game on sunday so its no big deal.

I've now finished everything that i wanted to do this season.......

- Sold Jakob when he hit brilliant

- Bought a new badass forward

- Bought another future coach (i now have my next 2)

- And upgraded my stadium to 60k

Now its time to start saving my money for next season when i plan to 'seriously' upgrade my defenders.

Havoc99

06-02-2004, 10:11 PM

I also go 2.5% VIP

Havok

06-03-2004, 01:12 AM

Season 4 - FOFC Cup - Elite 8

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - First Coast Conquistadors

For the second time in as many seasons...... we've made it to the elite 8 of the FOFC Cup! Last season we lost 2-0 on the road to Arkham in the Elite 8. The big difference this season is that we get home field advantage today!! Its very important in the FOFC cup to get home field advantage since everyones midfield is pretty close, that extra boost from being at home can be a big difference maker.

I honestly don't know for sure what The First Coast Conquistadors train. Maybe goalies but i really don't know. They seem to play all or almost all of they're starters in the FOFC Cup so that might be a problem. But truthfully, my B-team is almost up to par with FCC's starters. So even if he does play his full starting cast, this game should still be close. My only concern is my Team spirit still isn't all that great for todays game.... only 'Calm'. so i won't be seeing the excellent or formidable midfield my B-team was seeing at home earlier in the FOFC Cup. Plus, like i've said every week, my stamina blows so if the game is very close at halftime, it might fall apart quickly in the second half. Lets see what happens!!!

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
Central Defender - Jerko Milas
Left Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)

Right Winger - Benton Minter (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midifelder 2 - Karl Leitner (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Percy Morton
Left Winger - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)

Forward 1 - Abel Cano
Forward 2 - Bill Wright

Yeah so what!!! So i played my starting goalie!!! I know i'll probally face most.... if not all of his starters so im alond to play 1. :) Lets just hope he doesn't get injuried, then i'd feel like an idoit. The B-teams form is pretty average right now, except Omar Narin. He's in low-weak form and its driving me nutz. I should see some pretty decent ratings today, especially with my starting goalie in there.

The Match

A scorching day at The Island of Misfit Toyz, where 2067 spectators were in place for today´s match. Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Geoffroy - Nairn, Milas, ben Aharon - Minter, Morton, Dyrberg, Leitner, Prakardsakda - Cano, Wright.

Conquistadors tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Eastman - Rescio, Locke, Jackson - Joon-Hee, Valero Gonzalez, Poirier, Ly, Small - Portela, Banks.

Some beautiful plays on the left side of the field resulted in a 5:th minute goal by Bill Wright for Maniacal, putting them ahead 1 - 0.

In the 24:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Karl Leitner dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for Maniacal. The structure of the game started to change as Maniacal decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone.

A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 24 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Maniacal. However, Scotty Eastman made a spectacular save.

Abel Cano was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner which then was extended by Benton Minter, but the ball went into the frame.

Halftime score was 2 - 0. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 60 percent possession rate.

A bit later Conquistadors´s Danilo Valero Gonzalez easily reduced to 2 - 1 after a misunderstanding in the home sides central defense line.

In the game's 58:th minute Maniacal´s Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Conquistadors´s Gary Locke got himself booked.

In the 79:th minute Maniacal´s Abel Cano tried to nail the coffin shut, but the shot rebounded off the bar to fall behind the net.

84 minutes into the game Gary Locke had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Dexter Canales.

Maniacal´s Abel Cano had an excellent opportunity in the 84:th minute, shooting on a through ball, but he missed the goal by miles!

In the games 86:th minute Fan Joon-Hee bent a free kick around the home teams defensive formation, leaving the goalie completely without a chance to save. Conquistadors had evened the score to 2 - 2.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Conquistadors, with an impressive 53 percent possession of the ball.

After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of overtime followed.

After a fine move down the middle Abel Cano nearly gave the home side one up in the 100:th minute. The finishing shot went just wide, though.

Conquistadors had a good opportunity to score the lead goal but the home team goaltender Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy saved Guilherme Portela´s shot headed for the top corner.

After overtime the game was still at a tie, and a penalty contest ensued.

Maniacal´s Bill Wright cooly put the ball past Scotty Eastman. 3 - 2.

Conquistadors´s Fan Joon-Hee was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, producing a badly laid penalty, blocked by Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy.

Score still 3 - 2. Maniacal´s Jerko Milas cockily booted the ball with a short-and-fast instep. The penalty, going just wide of the mark, didn´t produce a goal.

Conquistadors´s Danilo Valero Gonzalez made no mistake. Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy didn´t have a chance. 3 - 3.

Maniacal´s Iver Dyrberg was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, producing a badly laid penalty, blocked by Scotty Eastman. Score still 3 - 3.

Conquistadors´s Scotty Eastman looked insecure all the way from laying the ball down to clipping the ball miles wide of the crossbar. No goal.

Maniacal´s Karl Leitner looked insecure all the way from laying the ball down to clipping the ball miles wide of the crossbar. No goal.

Conquistadors´s Ben Poirier cockily booted the ball with a short-and-fast instep. The penalty, going just wide of the mark, didn´t produce a goal.

Maniacal´s Percy Morton was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, producing a badly laid penalty, blocked by Scotty Eastman. Score still 3 - 3.

Conquistadors´s Thad Small didn´t hesitate but Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy managed the save, resulting in an unchanged 3 - 3 score.

Maniacal´s Omar Nairn had nerves of steel at the penalty, changing the score to 4 - 3.

Conquistadors´s Guilherme Portela cockily booted the ball with a short-and-fast instep. The penalty, going just wide of the mark, didn´t produce a goal.

Most important Maniacal player was Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy. Imboon Prakardsakda on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Conquistadors player was without a doubt Ben Poirier. Barry Ly was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 4 - 3

Goals

Bill Wright - 2
Karl Leitner - 1
Omar Narin - 1

Player Ratings

4.0 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

2.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)
3.0 - Jerko Milas
3.0 - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)

3.0 - Benton Minter (Offensive)
4.0 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
3.0 - Karl Leitner (Defensive)
3.0 - Percy Morton
2.0 - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)

3.0 - Abel Cano
3.0 - Bill Wright

33 - Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: solid - (7)
Right Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Right Side Attack: excellent - (8)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: inadequate - (5)

NSI - 71

First Coast Conquistadors
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: inadequate - (5)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: outstanding - (10)
Left Side Defence: passable - (6)
Right Side Attack: solid - (7)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 65

Post Game Comments

WOW! What a crazy game!! We did everything we could to lose that game and yet we still won. We scored 2 early goals and pulled back.... i hate when that happens. Then we missed a total of Four! scoring chances thoughout the rest of the game. We then did what we always do in friendly's and thats blow a halftime lead because of stamina. Yet somehow after all this....we won in Penalty Kicks! Truly a crazy game!!

I talked to Myles after the game and he apparently forgot to change his line-up from sunday.... so i faced his entire A-team. Im glad i decided to play my starting goalie even though he did get slightly injuried, which scared the hell outta me when it happened. We've now made it farther in the FOFC Cup then we ever have before!!! Plus... we get homefield advantage again vs the Bees next week!! Im not quite as optimistic about that game since Ausonny as a very nice A-team and he's notorious for playing a bunch of his starters in the FOFC Cup. I won't do that next week since i have a qualifier that sunday and i'd rather not risk losing a starter to injury in a friendly.

Upnext, This week training and form update!

Havok

06-03-2004, 11:39 PM

Training and Form Update

Its truly a special day for the Misfitz!!! 2 HUGE bumps this week!

Iver Dyrberg
936 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: brilliant Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: poor
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: inadequate

It took him 8 weeks, but Mr. Franchise finally hit Brilliant!! He's now bypassed a bunch of guys i've had for much longer and is now my second best PM middy! His stamina should have been keeping him out of league games but since my top offensive middy 'Jaoquim' has been in crappy form for the last 6 weeks, Iver has been starting.

Im actually debating on selling him soon and getting an america around the same age/skill level. Im gonna have to do it one day since his wages will probally kill me when he hits Mythical. But its not a big deal right now..... so maybe i'll just keep listing him for alot and if someone bites then i'll take it.

Huey Miller
1 380 000 US$, 20 years, solid form
Has poor experience and wretched leadership abilities [Head]

Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: magnificent Passing: poor
Winger: wretched Defending: poor
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak

Our first ever Magnificent player!!!!! :) :) Huey is da man! Im so glad he bumped today, i was scared he would be late like Iver was. As you all know Huey is my ROCK in the midfield and just last sunday picked up his first 5 star game!! He'll be a Misfit for a LONGGGGG TIME!

Form

Another blah week of form :( Hasn't been much form movement the last 2 weeks. Only 3 total changes last week and 5 this week. +2/-3

Defense - +2/-0 - Defense had a nice week. Omar Narin is finally starting to pull out of his form slump. He jumped to inadequate form today, it still won't be enough to get him into the starting line-up, but its a step in the righ direction. My goalie also bumped a level in form and is now in excellent!!! I don't expect much of a difference from last week since his value only went up like 6k. That ain't much for a guy worth 860k, but excellent is excellent!! :)

Winger/Midfielders- +0/-1 - Grrrr.... my starting winger towards the middle 'James MacChoiter' finally dropped down to passable form from solid. He was in solid form pretty much all season so i can't complain to much. No midfielders moved but im pretty sure Jaoquim is now in the lowest possible "weak" you can be in, so he'll remain on the B-team.

Forwards - +0/-2 - Dam... 3 of my 4 forward lost value, but the good news is my best one 'Hugo Leth' gained a little value and is still in solid form. Unfortunetly, his sidekick Maik, who was finally starting to turn his form around, dropped back down to inadequate :(

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 408 286 US$ (+3,536)
Total squad value: 8 574 000 US$ (+479,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 21
Number of nationalities: 15

These numbers are kinda screwy since i bought Jerko last week.

Upnext, This weeks youth pull and economic update

vex

06-04-2004, 12:00 AM

He'll be a Misfit for a LONGGGGG TIME!

I remember when a LONGGGGG TIME for you was two weeks,lol.

vex

06-04-2004, 12:01 AM

Dola

My 18 yo, Alfonso Dach was two weeks beind Iver at the beginning of the season, so we'll see if that holds up. Congrats on the pops.

Havok

06-04-2004, 01:10 PM

Dola

My 18 yo, Alfonso Dach was two weeks beind Iver at the beginning of the season, so we'll see if that holds up. Congrats on the pops.
Iver was a little disappointing, taking 8 weeks to pop instead of the usual 7 for 18 year olds. It took Iver and huey both 8 weeks to pop and they are 2 years apart in age http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Good luck with Alfonso... i've noticed you have a very young and very talented midfield. In a season or 2 your guys are gonna be sweet!

Havok

06-06-2004, 03:10 PM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Ed Mcmillan (34224371)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A sympathetic guy who is balanced and upright.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 30 000 US$
Wage: 640 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: inadequate Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: wretched
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: inadequate

better then nothing... he'll probally fetch me a few K.

Economic Update

Cash funds: -112 844 US$ (-165 767) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 1838 members
Supporters: delirious

This week

Revenue-------------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0-------------------------------Arena 27 080
Sponsors 100 815----------------------Wages 48 516
Financial 0-----------------------------Interest 5 642
Temporary 0---------------------------Temporary 3 000
---------------------------------------Staff 49 500
---------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 100 815------------------Total expenses 153 738
Expected income/loss -52 923

My stadium upgrade threw me into dept once again, but i have a home league game this week which should sell-out and i have a quailifer next week. So i'll be fine going into next season.

This weeks games

League Game

Carebears
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: magnificent - (12)
Right Side Defence: world class - (13)
Central Defence: magnificent - (12)
Left Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 94

If the Carebears eclipise the 100 NSI mark vs be on sunday it wouldn't surprise me. Im expecting a MOTS and a little bit better defensive ratings since his new goalie's form is steadly increasing. I've said it before and i'll say it again, The Carebears scare me more then anyone else in the divison. They have a strong midfield that gets better every week, a decent offense and now with they're new goalie they have a really strong defense. These guys are gonna be a handful next season....

I'd like to win or tie this game so Havoc can take 3rd place instead of the dreaded 4th place. But i'll need some serious luck i think. I have to PIC this game so i have good TS next week in my qualifier and im sure the Carebears will MOTS me.

FOFC Cup Game

Bees
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: passable
Right Side Defence: formidable
Central Defence: excellent
Left Side Defence: solid
Right Side Attack: world class
Central Attack: outstanding
Left Side Attack: outstanding

NSI - 75

My final four game in the FOFC cup is vs the luckiest FOFC'er EVER!!! We've all heard about ausonny and his 5 million dollar youth pull to start the season! Anyway, I do have home-field advantage in this game which is good. But the problem is that The Bees have played quite a few starters in they're FOFC cup games this season and i just can't risk it with a qualifier that following sunday. So he'll be facing my entire B-team, i think my only hope in this game is to dominate the midfield. My midfield trainee's are far more advanced then the Bee's, so maybe i can win the midfiled by enough to negate his stronger offensive ratings. Either way it should be a good game and im just glad i've made it this far in the FOFC Cup! Go Misfitz!

Upnext, This weeks League game

Havok

06-06-2004, 10:47 PM

Season 4 - League Game - Round 14

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Carebears

And season 4 for the Misfitz draws to a close today. Well.... kinda, league play will be done but i get a qualifier next week no matter what happens today. Unfortunetly a qualifier next week kinda dooms me today. Mainly because i gotta pic with only calm TS and im pretty sure the Carebears will MOTS me since its they're last game of the season.

I wasn't quite sure how to take these guys to start off the season. They had a real nice midfield but everything else was pretty average. But over the course of the season they sold off a top middy and upgraded they're defense quite a bit. I thought selling off a top middy weaken they're midfield some but it didn't. They have an 18 year old Venezuela middy who is already on the U-20 team. He stepped in and they haven't missed a beat. If i didn't have a quailifier im pretty sure i could win this game, but since i do and i gotta pic. Im not very optimistic about todays outcome...

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Joseph MacKindlay (Defensive)
Central Defender - Jerko Milas
Left Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

Right Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)

Forward 1 - Hugo Leth
Forward 2 - Maik Waldner

For the first time in a VERY long time my defense has the best form on the team. Its not my defenders either... they have inadequate, passable and solid form. Pretty average there..... But its my goalie whos HOT! Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy hit excellent form on thursday! At the time i thought it was a very low excellent form since his value didn't go up much. But i forgot he was still 'Bruised but playing". Now that he's fully healed i see that he's in very nice excellent form :) I should see my best defensive ratings since week 1(the last time i played the carebears). Everyone else on the team has pretty average form... nothing spectacular.

The Match

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 42000 at The Island of Misfit Toyz today. Maniacal tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Geoffroy - MacKindlay, Milas, Ferreira da Silv - Neiweiler, Miller, Jonasson, Dyrberg, MacChoiter - Leth, Waldner.

Carebears tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Holmes - Ertorp, Hansson, Osnabrück - Wyatt, Persson, Wickborg, Roca Paradís, Hernández - Nessby, Držaniæ.

In the 11th minute Carebearss Stefan Persson received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

The referee showed Maniacals Andi Neiweiler the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Maniacals Hugo Leth gave, after 24 minutes, the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right.

In the 27:th minute Carebearss Raúl Roca Paradís received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

Maniacals Joseph MacKindlay got himself booked after a foul.

Vedran Držaniæ came close to levelling the score in the 37:th minute, as he was set up with a through ball coming in from the left, but his shot hit the post.

Halftime score was 1 - 0. Carebears, bringing the final ball possession rate to 55 percent, dominated the battle.

Sheldon Wyatt was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Vedran Držaniæ managed to kick one of them into 1 - 1 in the 56:th minute.

Carebears´s Stefan Persson gave the visitors a 1 - 2 lead in the 65:th minute with a superb strike from the right. Vedran Držaniæ increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right.

1 - 3. By now Carebears were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead.

Carebears held the ball, with a clear 59 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Maniacal player was without a doubt Huey Miller. James MacChoiter on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Carebears player was without a doubt Klas Wickborg. However, Hans-Joachim Osnabrück made a disastrous appearance.

The match ends 1 - 3

Goals

Hugo Leth - 1

Player Ratings

4.5 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay (Defensive)
3.0 - Jerko Milas
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
4.0 - Iver Dyrberg (Offensive)
4.0 - Torbjörn Jonasson (Defensive)
5.0 - Huey Miller
2.5 - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)

4.5 - Hugo Leth
3.0 - Maik Waldner

40 - Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Play it Cool
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: excellent - (24)
Right Side Defence: brilliant - (11)
Central Defence: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Attack: outstanding - (10)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: passable - (6)

NSI - 81

Carebears
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Defence: supernatural - (14)
Central Defence: magnificent - (12)
Left Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Attack: passable - (6)
Central Attack: formidable - (9)
Left Side Attack: outstanding - (10)

NSI - 91

Post Game Comments

I saw that coming...... we sure made it interesting after being up 1-0 at halftime. But they hammered us good in the second half. Not so great staimna isn't just a B-team team problem for me. My starters arn't perfect either. Hopfully stamina training this offseason will fix that.

Im actually quite surprised that the Carebears only got an outstanding midfield today, i don't think he MOTS'ed me for whatever reason.... Maybe he just forgot. Now my midfield rating was a disappointment, i was expecting at least a formidable. My low TS and picing really killed it. But it had to be done, winning my qualifier next week is all that matters. Im playing Waycross City (70370) next week. These guys have a decent young midfield that will be very strong late next season. But they're no match for me at home right now, i should spank them pretty good and remain in the hell that is IV.41 for another season..... im not sure if thats a good thing or not :)

Stars of The Game

Gold - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy - He gave up 3 goals.... but it really wasn't his fault. He gets the gold star for giving us our second best defensive rating ever dispite only average form outta my defenders.

Silver - Hugo Leth - Since we bought Hugo his value has increased every week along with his form. He now sits in solid form and played his best game ever for us this week for the fourth consecutive week. He also scored our only goal today so he gets the silver star!

Bronze - Huey Miller - yeah yeah yeah... Huey again. What can i say..... he was the best player on the field fo us and got his second straight 5 star game :)

Around The Divison

Im gonna start putting each teams NSI rating next to each teams name. Our divisons NSI's are getting crazy and i want everyone to see them :)

The Family Jewels (NSI - 93) - vs - Pie Eaters (NSI - 68) 3 - 1

DAM!!! The Family Jewels went out and bought 3 old geezer midfielders this week for a combined 3.2 million! Not sure where he got all that money but he put up a very nice outstanding midfield today and whipped the Pie Eaters ass. Now the Pie Eaters finish 7th and will demote and the Jewels get to play a qualifier. I never would have guessed it to start the season, i gotta give FJ some credit. He also put up some incrediable defensive ratings today, Supernaturel - Divine - Magical. These guys are gonna be tougher then i thought next season........ dammit!!

pegasus (NSI - 98) - vs - Monkey of Doom (NSI - 99) 1 - 1

2 games between the best 2 teams in the divison this season..... and 2 ties. Can't say im surprised really. Pegasus came out and said he was picing today because he wants to win some friendly cup or something. Like i said last week, im done trying to figure out why he does the things he does. Im just happy that MOD is auto-promoting, hopfully the team that replaces him won't be so dam tough.

Cons Commandos - Havoc 0 - 5

Havoc gets the walkover this week. But since the Carebears beat me he gets the dreaded fourth place. sorry bro..... i tryed :(

Divison Standings

-------Team------------Played--------------Goals------------Points

1. Monkey of Doom--------14---------------39 - 9-------------36

2. pegasus----------------14---------------43 - 16------------29

3. Carebears--------------14---------------30 - 18------------26

4. Havoc------------------14---------------31 - 28------------25

5. Maniacal Misfitz---------14---------------31 - 22------------19

6. The Family Jewels-------14---------------25 - 26------------14

7. Pie Eaters---------------14---------------27 - 37------------12

8. Cons Commandos---------14--------------0 - 70--------------0

There ya have it. I landed right where i thought i would. Overall not a bad first seasons in divsion IV. I did draw one of the toughest divison IV's out there and its only gonna get worse next season probally. Today our series average NSI was 89.3 not counting the bot game. Thats with me and Pegasus picing... and im pretty sure the Pie Eaters played they're worst game of the season. Hopfully a couple real weakling divsion V teams will auto-promote to my divison next season and give me a couple easy wins :) We'll see.......

Upnext, This weeks FOFC Cup Game

sterlingice

06-07-2004, 01:41 AM

Good luck on the qualifier next week. And quit blowing that fluff around about your super high NSI not including walkovers. That high spirit from walkovers that improves all of your ratings doesn't grow on trees, ya know ;)

SI

Havok

06-10-2004, 12:37 AM

Season 4 - FOFC Cup - Final Four

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Bees

Well dam... im still in it! somehow :) I think its safe to say the main reason im still in the FOFC Cup has been my home-field advantage. Not that my back-ups are bad or anything. They're actually pretty good, but usually at this stage in the FOFC cup alot of teams start throwing starters out there. Im guilty of it myself, last season i played a couple during the FOFC Cup. No real important players, but starters nevertheless. But this season is a different story, my divison is very tough and i just can't risk any injuries. But i've made it this far and i stll have a decent shot at pulling out a win today. It all depends on the Bees line-up really..... if he puts a couple of his 4 - 4.5 star starters in im probally screwed. If not then it should be a nice game! Either way im happy i made it this far.... next season i think i'll have more of a shot at winning the whole thing because my back-up middy's will be better then alot of teams starters by then :)

Starters

GK - Marcin Landowski

Right Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Normal)
Central Defender - Jerko Milas
Left Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

Right Winger - Benton Minter (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Joaquim Neiva (Offense)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Karl Leitner (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Percy Morton
Left Winger - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Abel Cano

Full B-team out there today, form is below average like usual for the B-team. Its not terrible, but it certainly could be better. The defense and offense look ok, but the midfield worries me. The only one with above passable form is Percey Mortan and he's Mr. Crap Stamina :( At least im at home.....

The Match

1726 spectators had come to The Island of Misfit Toyz this cloudy day. Maniacal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Landowski - ben Aharon, Milas, Nairn - Minter, Neiva, Morton, Leitner, Prakardsakda - Cano, Wright.

Bees tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Burroughs - Sandborn, Keller, Sherwood - Rocard, van den Wildenbe, Stokman, Barad, Derriennic - Martinov, Liedwald.

Bill Wright gave his Maniacal the lead with 1 - 0, as he successfully challenged both the guests central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the goaltenders right post.

The referee showed Beess Artur Martinov the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

The visitors equaliser seemed sure to come in the 30:th minute, following a one on one situation, but Marcin Landowski got the best of it, blocking the shot.

The referee showed Maniacals Omar Nairn the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

After 41 minutes Maniacal´s Benton Minter contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game.

Joaquim Neiva received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably out of lack of experience, in the 44:th minute and almost caused an opponent to score.

In the 44:th minute Beess Zachary Keller received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

The Maniacal player was Abel Cano who had to be helped off the pitch, unable to finish the game, but Hugo Leth came in to finish the match.

The visitors almost came back with an equaliser in the 45:th minute after a good combination down the middle, but as Andreas Liedwald was to put closure on the raid he couldn´t deliver a shot hard enough to seriously challenge the keeper.

1 - 0 was the half-time score. Maniacal held the ball, with a clear 51 percent possession rate.

64 minutes into the game Bees´s Perry Stokman found a gap in the home sides central defense scoring to make it 1 - 1.

In the 67:th minute Beess Robert van den Wildenberg received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

The terraces were silenced in the 74:th minute as Bees´s Yan Barad put the guests ahead 1 - 2, following an attack from the right.

Joaquim Neiva was just a finger´s breadth away from an equaliser for Maniacal, but Derrick Burroughs managed to ward the closing shot off for a corner.

Bees held the ball, with a clear 56 percent possession rate.

Most important Maniacal player was Hugo Leth. Imboon Prakardsakda on the other hand, had a terrible day. Bees´s best player was Artur Martinov. Ruben Sherwood was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 1 - 2

Goals

Bill Wright - 1

Player Ratings

3.0 - Marcin Landowski

3.0 - Naftali ben Aharon (Normal)
3.0 - Jerko Milas
3.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

3.0 - Benton Minter (Offensive)
3.5 - Joaquim Neiva (Offense)
3.0 - Karl Leitner (Defensive)
3.0 - Percy Morton
2.0 - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)

2.5 - Bill Wright
2.5 - Abel Can

31.5 Stars

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Central Defence: formidable - (9)
Left Side Defence: excellent - (8)
Right Side Attack: formidable - (9)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: inadequate - (5)

NSI - 71

Bees
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: solid - (7)
Right Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: solid - (7)
Right Side Attack: outstanding - (10)
Central Attack: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Attack: world class - (13)

NSI - 80

Post Game Comments

Yeah... i knew it. I wasn't at home to watch todays game because i had to work late. But i was pretty sure i was gonna lose this game so i wouldn't be missing much.. My B-team went up against two 2.5 million dollar players and lost :( 1 forward and 1 badass winger. Those 2 combined did me in. We kept the game close, but once our second half stamina kicked in we were finished. Overall im very pleased with our FOFC cup run, the best part was getting to play DK and his Screamin Seaman twice :) His old (and still the best) dynasty report got me into Hattrick and we finally got to play a couple friendly's(and i won them both ;) ). Next week will be the first time i get to play a game on wednesday without it being part of the USA or FOFC Cup since week 16 last season!

Congratz to the Bees on todays win and good luck next week in the finals!

Upnext, this weeks training and form update

sterlingice

06-10-2004, 02:53 AM

Bill Wright can only do so much. Gotta get some help...

SI

Havok

06-10-2004, 03:45 PM

Bill Wright can only do so much. Gotta get some help...

SI

i swear he scores everytime he plays....

sterlingice

06-10-2004, 05:07 PM

i swear he scores everytime he plays....
Yeah, shame he doesn't have higher ratings. I have a guy like that, too, who scores a ton of goals for my B team. He just has a knack for it. Unfortunately he's pass/pass and that just won't do for a striker of mine.

SI

Havok

06-11-2004, 12:09 AM

Training and Form update

No playmaking pops this week and none were really expected.... i could see as many as 3 next week. But more then likely 2.

Form

Its really been a tough year for the Misfitz form, slowly over the last 4 weeks or so we've been getting better. VERY slowly.... but this week was probally one of our best all season. Thats not saying a whole lot, but i'll freaking take it :) +5/-3

Defense - +1/-1 - The defense breaks even this week.... the big news is that my second best defender 'Omar Narin' is FINALLY back to passable form. Last time he was in passable form was my first USA cup game this season.... so its been awhile!

Midfielders/Wingers - +4/-1 - Can't complain there!!! well... ok i'll complain a little :) the MAIN middy that im waiting on for a form increase 'Joaquim Neiva' remained in weak form... But besides that... i had a nice week. A couple wingers jumped a level and my top defensive middy is finally back to passable form. We're gonna be tough to beat on sunday.

Forwards - +0/-1 - Forwards had a tough week. All four of my forwards dropped in value, but thankfully only one guy drop a level..... Mr. Bill "All i do is score goals" Wright.

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 422 762 US$ (+14,476)
Total squad value: 8 878 000 US$ (+304,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 21
Number of nationalities: 15

Upnext, This weeks youth pull and economic update

Havok

06-12-2004, 07:27 PM

Youth Pull and Economic Update

Dave Huffman (34720475)
19 years, passable form, healthy
A sympathetic guy who is calm and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 73 000 US$
Wage: 880 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: poor Goaltending: weak
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: disastrous

Last pull of the season is fired!

Economic Update

ash funds: 122 603 US$ (131 807) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 1844 members
Supporters: satisfied

This week

Revenue-------------------------------------Expenses
Crowd 0-------------------------------------Arena 27 080
Sponsors 100 980----------------------------Wages 48 516
Financial 0-----------------------------------Interest 0
Temporary 55 320----------------------------Temporary 2 000
----------------------------------------------Staff 49 500
----------------------------------------------Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 156 300 Total expenses 147 096
Expected income/loss 9 204

I should make a very nice profit this week, im already up 10k since we got our supporter money for the season. Plus i get my home qualifier on sunday. Im hoping for a sell-out but since i've lost my last 2 games my supporters arn't really in the best mood. After all is said and done this season, im hoping to go into next season with at around 300k.... and i have absolutley nothing to spend it on, like future coaches or arnea upgrades. All that is taken care of for awhile..... so i can start saving up for my big defensive overhaul next season. And maybe even a nice pure offensive winger if i get a few good youth pulls!! (yeah right :) )

This Weeks Game

Waycross City
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Attack on wings
Tactic skill: excellent

Midfield: excellent - (8)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: solid - (7)
Left Side Defence: solid - (7)
Right Side Attack: excellent - (8)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 71

BIG qualifier on sunday!!! Thats about the ratings im expecting with a MOTS from this guy..... Waycross has a nice young midfield, they seem to be around outstanding/outstanding/magnifcent judging from they're assesed values. But besides the midfield they don't have much else. I should have no problem crushing these guys at home, and to be honest i'll be doing them a favor. They want no part of IV.41 next season. They'd be lucky to win 1 game all season. Unless i get a couple guys red carded, the Misfitz will be in divison IV.41 for another season!

Upnext, The Qauilfier!!!

Desnudo

06-12-2004, 09:28 PM

"so i can start saving up for my big defensive overhaul next season."

Do tell.

Tellistto

06-12-2004, 09:37 PM

Good luck in the crushing of your qualy opponent. I already did all my shopping for next season, back into debt after selling my formidable keeper. Here's to next season!

Tell

Havok

06-13-2004, 12:28 PM

"so i can start saving up for my big defensive overhaul next season."

Do tell.

Well....as part of my 'Big Plan', my defense gets a big upgrade next season. I'll be selling a Magnifcent PM'er with passable passing around week 9. He should sell for about 4 million or so (around 3.6 mil after Fees). Add that with all my Cup/league games money and it should be around 5 million(more if i get some good youth pulls).

I either want 2 brilliant defenders.... or 1 Magnifcent defender and 1 outstanding defender when the season is over.

Havok

06-13-2004, 10:23 PM

Season 4 - Demotion Game - Round 15

Maniacal Misfitz - vs - Waycross City

My first ever demotion game!! In fact... its the first time i've ever finished lower then second place in my divison. Its probally gonna take an act of god for me to lose today. Im just WAY WAY better then the team im playing, my B-team could win this game probally. Waycross has a nice young midfield that could be dangerous in a season or 2, but they have nothing else. Just your basic solid-excellent ratings.

One more note..... being the rocket scientist that i am. When i upgrade my stadium 2 weeks ago i did it exactly one day late!!! My stadium won't be done until tonights update so i'll only have a 42k seater for this game :( Thats the second time i've done that in less then a season..... i am an idoit.

Starters

GK - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

Right Wingback - Joseph MacKindlay (Defensive)
Central Defender - Jerko Milas
Left Wingback - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

Right Winger - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Iver Dyrberg (Normal<---- i screwed up)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Torbjörn Jonasson (defensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Huey Miller
Left Winger - Benton Minter (Offensive)

Forward 1 - Maik Waldner
Forward 2 - Hugo Leth

As if what i did with my arena wasn't bad enough.... i forgot to play Iver offensive today so my central attack is gonna suffer some :( But i seriously doubt it will be a problem.

Im doing something today that i haven't done all season in a competitive match....... playing 2 wingers OFFENSIVE!!!! Since EVERYONE in my divsion has a good midfield, i've been forced to play a winger TM every week. But since i'll have a big midfield advantage today anyway and Benton Minter is in good form i thought, "What The Hell!".

We might also see one of my best defensive preformances ever tonight. My defenders form is decent (passable/passable/inadquate) but my goalie remains in excellent form! The midfielders and forwards are playing with about average form, nothing special.... With my MOTS we should see some nice ratings!

The Match

42000 spectators arrived at The Island of Misfit Toyz, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Maniacal started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Geoffroy - MacKindlay, Milas, Nairn - Neiweiler, Miller, Jonasson, Dyrberg, Minter - Leth, Waldner.

Waycross started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Dubiela - Diaz, Bowie, Schwein - Pihlak, Williams, Silver, Rosen, Haywood - Thomas, Parham.

Andi Neiweiler of Maniacal received a yellow card in the 3rd minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Many thought Hugo Leth ought to have been awarded a penalty shot in the 9:th minute, as he went down trying to circle the visitors keeper Fryderyk Dubiela.

The referee showed Waycrosss Matthew Thomas the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 in the 35:th by a breakthrough from Maik Waldner, who unaided came in out of the right wing hooking the ball over the visitors keeper.

In the 35:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Hugo Leth dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for Maniacal.

The teams went for a half-time break at 2 - 0. Maniacal, bringing the final ball possession rate to 65 percent, dominated the battle.

Omar Nairn should probably have put his team up another goal in the 54:th minute, but some great goaltending by Fryderyk Dubiela kept the visitors in the game.

Maniacal put their lead ahead another goal as Huey Miller struck home the 3 - 0 goal, after an attack from the left setting him up unmarked with the keeper.

Hugo Leth increased Maniacals lead to 4 - 0 by putting a header away on a hooked ball from the right.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Maniacal lead up with 5 - 0. Hugo Leth finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle. By then Hugo Leth was a three time scorer - a hat trick! The structure of the game started to change as Maniacal decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone.

In the games 81st minute Waycross´s Clifton Rosen fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Clifton Rosen for taking a dive.

In the games 84:th minute Maniacal´s Huey Miller fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Huey Miller for taking a dive.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Maniacal, with an impressive 68 percent possession of the ball.

Maniacal´s best player was Huey Miller. Omar Nairn on the other hand, had a terrible day. Waycross´s best player was David Williams. However, Oss Pihlak made a disastrous appearance.

The match ends 5 - 0

Goals

Hugo Leth - 3
Huey Miller - 1
Maik Waldner - 1

Player ratings

4.5 - Louis-Frédéric Geoffroy

3.0 - Joseph MacKindlay (Defensive)
3.5 - Jerko Milas
3.0 - Omar Nairn (Defensive)

3.5 - Andi Neiweiler (Offensive)
4.0 - Iver Dyrberg (Normal<---- i screwed up)
4.5 - Torbjörn Jonasson (defensive)
5.0 - Huey Miller
3.0 - Benton Minter (Offensive)

3.0 - Maik Waldner
4.0 - Hugo Leth

41 - Stars (New Record)

Team Ratings

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Match of the Season
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: brilliant - (11)
Right Side Defence: magnificent - (12)
Central Defence: brilliant - (11)
Left Side Defence: outstanding - (10)
Right Side Attack: outstanding - (10)
Central Attack: excellent - (8)
Left Side Attack: formidable - (9)

NSI - 93

Waycross City
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: passable - (6)
Right Side Defence: formidable - (9)
Central Defence: excellent - (8)
Left Side Defence: solid - (7)
Right Side Attack: excellent - (8)
Central Attack: solid - (7)
Left Side Attack: excellent - (8)

NSI - 65

Post Game Comments

That went just about how i figured it would. We just flat at overpowered them in all aspects of the game. I did them a favor today..... Waycross would have went 0 - 14 next season in divison IV.41. They need another season or 2 in Divison V. The only thing i didn't like about the game was my central attack. I had a bad form week for my forwards and to top it off i forgot to play Iver offensive. So i only ended up with a excellent central attack :( Not that it really mattered..... at least my wings attacks weren't effected.

So all the important games are over this seasons and with this win we get to stay in divison IV for another season :) yippie!! Overall i'd say this season was a success.... training went great and we won most the games we should have. Next season is gonna be even more brutal.... but i'll talk more about that later :)

Stars of the Game

Gold - Hugo Leth - Without a doubt Hugo gets the gold star. He notched his first hattrick since becoming a Misfit last month.

Silver - Huey Miller - Of course i had to fit Huey in here somewhere. He once again was the best Misfit on the field and also scored a goal.

Bronze - Torbjörn Jonasson - Tor is FINALLY back to passable form and got his first ever 4.5 star game today.

Around The Divison

The Family Jewels - vs - TESEA United 3 - 0

The only other quailfier in divison IV.41, The Family Jewels new found midfield and divine defense made short work of Tesea United. These guys are gonna be a pain in the ass next season.

Upnext, This weeks friendly game

Havok

06-17-2004, 11:16 PM

Season 4 - Friendly game - Round 16

Tarentum Witches - vs - Maniacal Misfitz

My first non USA or FOFC cup game on wednesday since last season at this time! We'll be taking on my former V.256 rival/friend Johnnyveigns and his Tarentum Witches. After i finally auto-promoted and got the hell out of his way, johnny had little trouble winning the V.256 title this season and auto-promoting to divison IV. The witches have been forward trainers for about 3 seasons now and always have a nice attack. Not quite what it was when i was in his divison because he switched to a defensive coach, but now they have a nice defense to go with a good attack. Anyway, since i had a quailifier im playing my full B-team today and since they didn't have a qualifier im expecting to face his full A-team. So i should get thumped pretty good today :)

Starters

GK - Marcin Landowski

Right Wingback - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)
Central Defender - Jerko Milas
Left Wingback - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

Right Wingback - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
Inner Midfielder 1 - Karl Leitner (Defensive)
Inner Midfielder 2 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
Inner Midfielder 3 - Percy Morton
Left Wingback - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)

Forward 1 - Bill Wright
Forward 2 - Abel Cano

Form for the B-team is kinda crappy right now, the defense is ok and so are the wingers. But my middies and forwards are below average. Since i played both my offensive wingers in my quailifer, im playing both my 'TM' wingers today. It should help my midfield out alittle, but with my terrible TS and bad form my midfield rating is DOOMED! anyway.

The Match

2608 spectators arrived at The Pentacle, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Witches started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Jitwiset - Mcintyre, Greco, Adolfsson - O'Rourke, Tuving, Knappe , Galiano Monzon - Whitaker, Wearn, Berends.

Maniacal started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Landowski - ben Aharon, Milas, Ferreira da Silv - MacChoiter, Neiva, Morton, Leitner, Prakardsakda - Cano, Wright.

Witches were very close to putting themselves one up in the 8:th minute as Henke Tuving got through, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide.

After 19 minutes Maniacal´s Jerko Milas contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game.

Witches created a good opportunity to score in the games 30:th minute when Matías Greco`s hooked ball created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors defenders had a hard time clearing the ball.

31 minutes into the fray Bill Wright popped up from nowhere, stole the ball and scored.

Witchess Brain Wearn got himself booked after a foul.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 1. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Witches, with an impressive 60 percent possession of the ball.

Maniacal´s Jerko Milas received a play slashing through the home side´s defense in the 71st minute, chipping it past the keeper scoring 0 - 2. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. By now Maniacal were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead.

Karl Leitner received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably out of lack of experience, in the 72nd minute and almost caused an opponent to score.

A marvelous Witches effort to the right resulted in a 74:th minute goal by Brain Wearn, putting the score up to 1 - 2.

In the 78:th minute Witchess Andreas Adolfsson received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

Witches held the ball, with a clear 69 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Witches player was without a doubt George O'Rourke. However, Brain Wearn made a disastrous appearance. Maniacal´s best player was Joaquim Neiva. Imboon Prakardsakda on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 1 - 2

Goals

Bill Wright - 1
Jerko Milas - 1

Player Ratings

3.0 - Marcin Landowski

3.0 - Naftali ben Aharon (Defensive)
3.0 - Jerko Milas
3.0 - Ismael Ferreira da Silva (Defensive)

2.5 - James MacChoiter (Towards The Middle)
3.5 - Karl Leitner (Defensive)
3.5 - Joaquim Neiva (Offensive)
2.5 - Percy Morton
2.5 - Imboon Prakardsakda (Towards The Middle)

2.5 - Bill Wright
2.5 - Abel Cano

31.5 - Stars

Team Ratings

Tarentum Witches
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: (Hidden)
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: excellent (old) - (8)
Right Side Defence: formidable (old) - (9)
Central Defence: formidable (old) - (9)
Left Side Defence: brilliant (old) - (11)
Right Side Attack: inadequate (old) - (5)
Central Attack: excellent (old) - (8)
Left Side Attack: weak (old) - (4)

NSI - 70

Maniacal Misfitz
Player rating and Team formation
Team Attitude: Normal
Tactic: Normal
Tactic skill: (Unlimited)

Midfield: inadequate (old) - (5)
Right Side Defence: excellent (old) - (8)
Central Defence: formidable (old) - (9)
Left Side Defence: formidable (old) - (9)
Right Side Attack: inadequate (old) - (5)
Central Attack: solid (old) - (7)
Left Side Attack: inadequate (old) - (5)

NSI - 59

Post Game Comments

Now thats just funny! Well.... i doubt johnny thinks its very funny but i do. :) I have no clue how i won that game.... i lost every match-up and lost the overall NSI by 11. Yet i still won 2-1..... just pure dumb luck really. I wish it wasn't wasted on a friendly! There were no injuries and we drew a decent crown so overall the game was a success. Anyway, that wraps up all my games for the season. Only my last training update on thursday and season 4 is done!!!! Next season is gonna be rough..... but we'll talk about that later :)

Upnext, This weeks training and form update[/size]

Havok

06-19-2004, 05:08 PM

Training and Form Update

Dam dam dam...... i was expecting as many as 3 PM bumps this week and i only got one :( The first week of next season should be nice though with 2 starters bumping.

Percy Morton (14689195)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest.
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Total Skill Index (TSI): 5 320 (532 000 US$)
Wage: 1 490 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: 0

Stamina: poor Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: brilliant Passing: weak
Winger: wretched Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

One of my future starting middies..... Percy bumped right on time. Unfortunetly his stamina blows and it won't be starter worthy for at least 2 seasons.... probally more like 3. So he'll just have to be my super back-up :)

After week one next season, 5 out of my 6 trainee's will have brilliant or better playmaking.... nice :)

Form

Very average form week..... so good and some bad. Im just happy i broke even +6/-6

Defense - +4/-2 - 6 out of my total 7 defenders/goalie's moved. The bad news is my starting goalie lost 41k in value and dropped to solid form and my top defender is down to weak form. The good news is my other 2 starting defenders are now in solid form along with both of my back-ups.

Midfielders/Wingers - +2/-2 - Midfielders did fine.... 1 back-up gained a level and my starting defensive middy 'Torbjorn' is up to solid form. My wingers on the other hand had a terrible week. Both my starting wingers dropped a level in form :(

Forward - +0/-2 - oh man the offense is hurtin right now. As i said already my starting wingers lost form and just like last week every forward i have lost value this week. My starters are now at low inadequate form and passable. Thats got me worried with a week of stamina training coming up.

Team/Player Value

Value per player (average): 443 095 US$ (+20,333)
Total squad value: 9 305 000 US$ (+427,000)
Average age: 22
Current form (average): passable
Experience (average): poor
No of players (excluding the coach): 21
Number of nationalities: 15

Upnext, This weeks youth pull and economic update

Havok

06-20-2004, 10:46 PM

The Misfitz End of the Season Awards

Now that our first season in divison IV is over, its time to hand out the awards to the Misfitz who i felt contributed most to the overall success of the team. I'll give out 5 awards total.... 1 to the best Defender, Midfielder, Winger, Forward, and the overall MVP of the team. Leeeez go!

Defender Of The Year

Runner-Up - Ismael Ferreira da Silva - Honestly none of my dam defenders deserve either the 'Runner-up Award' or the 'Defender of the year award'. The've all played like crap all year long and just in the last 2 weeks are they finally starting to come around. But while Ismael might be the 'Least Skilled" defender i have. He did manage to play at a pretty high level for most of the season and started way more games then i thought he would. So for that he gets the Runner-up Award.

Winner - Joseph MacKindlay - For the second year in a row, old Joseph claims the prize. He's the best defender i have and even though he only played 1 game above passable form all season and was below passable for quite a bit of it aswell. He still played better then the rest of my defenders, so he takes home the "Misfitz Defender of the Year Award". Overall not a good year for our defenders.... thankfully our goalie did a pretty good job of holding the defense together.

Midfielder of the Year

Runner Up - Iver 'Mr. Franchise' Dyrberg - Iver was never suposed to be a starter this season and that was apart in my first few games this season when he played with the B-team. All i wanted out of him was to play as a 'Winger TM' in important league games and anchor my B-team. But it didn't work out like that. My top offensive middy 'Jaoquim Neiva' has been in crap form since mid-season and in that time Iver has really stepped up his play. His passable stamina has been a minor problem, but his constant passable/solid form has made up for it. So congratz to the 18 year old Iver for winning taking home the 'Runner-Up midfielder award'.

Winner - Huey Miller - As if there was any doubt....He's my highest valued player, my only player ever to get 5 stars in a game and easily the most important player on the field for us. Simply put, Huey is the man! He started of the season slow, but around mid-season his form jumped to solid and its been that way ever since. Most of my middy's form this season was just about as bad as my defender, Huey held them together like he did last season and wins my 'Midfielder of the year Award' for the second time in as many seasons!

Winger of the Year

Runner Up - James MacChoiter - While i only have 2 true offensive wingers and only 1 ever finds his way into the starting line-up. I do have 2 pretty decent 'TM' wingers and James MacChoiter is the best. He silently started in 7 league games and 5 cup games this season, and in those games only once was he below solid form. He's one of those guys that never gets any credit but is very important to the team. Especially in my divison where every little bit of midfield helps.

Winner - Andi Neiweiler - Another easy one here.... Andi is alot like Huey. Always in good form and gets the job done. He won this award last year and he easily wins it this year. His passable playmaking helps my midfield rating out and his good winger/passing always gives me my best attack rating on his side of the field. Andi is probally gonna be a Misfitz for life and one day, hopfully he'll be our coach aswell.

Forward of the Year

Runner Up - Hugo Leth - Its tough to give this to Hugo since he's only been on the team for 1 month, but he's just so dam good :) Since he's been with us, every other dam forward i have has been in bad form except him, even my top offensive middy's form has blown. So Hugo has basically been keeping my central attack respectable over the last month by himself. He's a shoe-in to win this award next season aswell as long as his form holds.

Winner - Maik Waldner - Maik really started the year off hot, but over the second half of the season he's cooled down considerably. But even still, he was our most productive forward all season scoring 7 league goals and 6 cup goals. Im not sure what the future holds for Maik.... but i've never regreted the 1.1 million i paid to get him here.

Misfitz Season 4 MVP

Huey Miller - As if there was any doubt.... anyone who reads this dynasty knows all i do after every league game is brag about Huey :) He was our MVP last season and now he's our MVP this season. Im gonna need him now more then ever to play at his best because next season in IV.41 is gonna be BRUTAL!!!

Thats it for the awards!!! Upnext, my final thoughts on season 4