NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - Season 18 - V.111 [Archive]

vex

01-27-2003, 12:40 AM

posted by vexroid: 01-20-2003 02:33 AM
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NE Oklahoma Sidekicks Roster:

Your 19 players

Göran Andersson
76 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities

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

Ned Connor
15 000 US$, 24 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Christian Dewitt
33 000 US$, 26 years, poor form
Has weak experience and wretched leadership abilities

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

Archibaldo García
22 000 US$, 30 years, weak form
Has weak experience and weak leadership abilities [Quick]

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

Duane Henning
119 000 US$, 25 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities

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

Byron Johnson
47 000 US$, 26 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

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

[b]Anselm Luginbühl[/b]
128 000 US$, 24 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities

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

[b]Palmer Needham[/b]
113 000 US$, 22 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities

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

[b]Andy Parish - Coach[/b]
0 US$, 52 years, wretched form
Has formidable experience and solid leadership abilities

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

[b]Keith Perez[/b]
84 000 US$, 28 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and disastrous leadership abilities [Powerful]

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

[b]Roberto Rossi[/b]
97 000 US$, 21 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Quick]

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

[b]Julius Stclair[/b]
44 000 US$, 22 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities [Quick]

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

[b]Jan Thomasson[/b]
79 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

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

[b]Donald Thompson[/b]
23 000 US$, 25 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities

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

[b]Jeffrey Torres[/b]
15 000 US$, 19 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

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

[b]Patrik Tuvin[/b]
39 000 US$, 21 years, [b]solid form[/b]
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

[b]Danél Valijero[/b]
84 000 US$, 22 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Powerful]

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

[b]Ben Wilson[/b]
6 000 US$, 20 years, poor form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Head]

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

[b]Donny Winters[/b]
34 000 US$, 23 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities

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

vex

01-27-2003, 12:41 AM

posted by vexroid: 01-20-2003 02:55 AM
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Other than maybe buying a few inad middies to train, we're done with the transfer market for the year unless we pull an exceptional youth.
Our team has solid talent, now we just have to improve on our form and we should win V.111 hands down next season.

Next seasons goals include winning V.111 and getting promoted without having to play a qualification match.

Our second goal is to train our midfield and also hope that their form increases.

Goal #3 next season is for us to improve on our defensive talent. We have a young, talented central defender, but still need one more CD and a Wingback to play our 3-5-2.

Goal #4 is for us to improve our goalkeeping one way or another. Our Keeper is only getting 1 1/2 stars EVERY match. If he improves on his form, we'll be fine. If not, he'll be on his way out because I'm not interrupting my playmaking training over the course of this season and the next to train him.

vex

01-27-2003, 12:42 AM

posted by vexroid: 01-20-2003 03:13 AM
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Match Preview: #1 Man U Wannabes - 28 Goals Scored, 6 Allowed --- Record: 5 - 0 - 0
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#5 NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - Goals Scored, 10 - Goals Allowed, 12 ---- Record: 2 - 3 - 0

Date: 1/20/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 4594033
Arena: Will Brown Arena
Weather: All-day Shower
Attendance: 7765

The Match:

Due to an all-day shower, 7765 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Will Brown Arena. Sidekicks tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Luginbühl - Johnson, Thomasson, Thompson - Needham, Henning, Connor, Andersson, Valijero - Rossi, Perez.

Wannabes had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Boudreau - Anderson, Jones, Chacon - Hull, Law, Bethea, Mclain - Benoit, Baker, Mallory.

Palmer Needham was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Keith Perez managed to kick one of them into 1 - 0 in the 20:th minute. A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Sidekicks lead up with 2 - 0. Keith Perez finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle. By now Sidekicks were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. Ned Connor almost managed to score another goal for Sidekicks, but his header was tipped to a corner by the visitors goalie. Danél Valijero of Sidekicks received a yellow card in the 38:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 42 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Sidekicks. However, Alexander Boudreau made a spectacular save. Wannabes´s Richard Anderson refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon in the 44:th minute. Halftime score was 2 - 0. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Sidekicks, with an impressive 57 percent possession of the ball.

Jan Thomasson received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably out of lack of experience, in the 56:th minute and almost caused an opponent to score. Wannabes fought on and, in the 62nd minute Rodney Bethea was able to reply with 2 - 1 after some excellent moves on the right side finished off by an incredibly clever chip. The visitors almost came back with an equaliser in the 71st minute after a good combination down the middle, but as Wayne Law was to put closure on the raid he couldn´t deliver a shot hard enough to seriously challenge the keeper. Visitors Eric Baker was alert on a play coming in from the left, making the score a tie at 2 - 2 in the 74:th minute. Wannabes held the ball, with a clear [b]58 percent possession rate.

Sidekicks´s best player was Jan Thomasson. Ned Connor was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Wannabes player was without a doubt Frederick Hull. Sidney Chacon on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 2.

I actually had a bad feeling that we would get beat, so I can't say that I'm all too disappointed.

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: weak
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: solid
Central Attack: passable
Left Side Attack: passable

Man U Wannabes
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: inadequate
Right Side Attack: excellent
Central Attack: solid
Left Side Attack: passable

vex

01-27-2003, 12:43 AM

posted by vexroid: 01-20-2003 03:25 AM
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Next up on the schedule is the 2nd game of our home and home in the FOFC Cup with the Michigan Moon Shine who are owned by our own DeToxRoxDVHStyle.
We won the first game 6 - 0.

We will be trying out the 4-5-1 for the first time. It may not be real pretty as our experience has dwindled down to disatrous with this formation.

We don't have many subs, but we will play as many as possible.

Our style of play is yet to be determined.

I am contemplating playing my backup Keeper, Christian Dewitt for the first time since the arrival of Anselm Luginbühl to the team.

vex

01-27-2003, 12:44 AM

posted by vexroid: 01-20-2003 03:33 AM
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I like seeing things like this on my team's homepage:

"The team is undefeated for 3 competition games"

Here are the League Standings:

Series: V.111 (8484)

Country: USA
Level: 5 out of 5

Team Played Goals Points
1. Man U Wannabes 6 30 - 8 16

2. RN United 6 21 - 3 15
3. Raging Chimbelinas 6 16 - 11 12
4. Tetsaiga 6 20 - 17 9
5. NE Oklahoma Sidekic 6 12 - 14 7
6. Los Rudos 6 15 - 20 7
7. bob killas 6 1 - 27 3
8. Kandy Kanez 6 3 - 18 1

Next up we have a Home and Home with bob killas.

I have a question hopefully someone can answer. Ok, bob killas, is a VERY inactive team, they have sold all their players.

Now Los Rudos and Kandy Kanez are new teams as of today.

My question, since bob killas doesn't have any players, they obviously don't have the have the minimum amount of players of 9, they they have to forfeit 5-0.

Finally, the question, do I not get training for the game if the game is forfeited to me?

LAST ROUND

Kandy Kanez - Los Rudos 2 - 2
NE Oklahoma S - Man U Wannabe 2 - 2
RN United - Raging Chimbe 3 - 0
Tetsaiga - bob killas 5 - 0

vex

01-27-2003, 12:44 AM

posted by vexroid: 01-20-2003 03:25 PM
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Latest events
1/20/2003 15 new supporters signed up and paid 450 US$ in fees.

vex

01-27-2003, 12:45 AM

posted by vexroid: 01-23-2003 12:00 AM
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Meet the newest Sidekick!

Conny Stensson (7758620)
17 years, passable form, healthy

A controversial person who is tranquil and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.

Nationality: Sverige
Assessed value: 74 000 US$
Wage: 1 008 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

Career Goals: 0
Career Hattricks: 0
League goals this season: 0
Cup goals this season: 0

Good form, good stamina, and has decent passing and defensive skills. He is currently only inadaquate in playmaking, but that's ok, because that's what I'm training. And since he is only 17, that's the biggest bonus.

Owner Will Brown had the following to say about the newest memeber of the Sidekicks, "We are very fortunate to have been able to snag a player of Conny's talent and potential for only $90,000. We were willing to goto $100,000 for him, so that was a nice suprise. Normally we wouldn't spend this much on a so-called, "inadaquate player", but Conny has great potential, is well-rounded and is as young as they come as he was just pulled up three days ago. We're not looking for much from Conny, just that eventually improves to outstanding in the area of playmaking."

vex

01-27-2003, 12:46 AM

posted by: 01-23-2003 12:04 AM
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Michigan Moon Shine - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 4 - 2

Date: 1/23/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 4952557
Arena: Michigan Moon Shine Arena
Crowd: 389

389 spectators arrived at Michigan Moon Shine Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Michigan had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Schafer - Justice, Humphries, Hammons, Moon - Bateman, Álvarez Sánchez, Simarro - Saint-Onge, Langley, Cho.

Sidekicks started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Dewitt - Torres, Johnson, Thomasson, Winters - Wilson, Stclair, Connor, Stensson, Valijero - Rossi.

After a fine move down the middle Tanausu Álvarez Sánchez nearly gave the home side one up in the 7:th minute. The finishing shot went just wide, though. 22 minutes into the game Carroll Moon had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Rick Kraus. Sidekicks took the lead in the games 23rd minute with 0 - 1 after some elegant plays down the middle. Ned Connor was the scorer. The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 1. Sidekicks held the ball, with a clear 52 percent possession rate.

Michigan´s Nathan Justice made an attempt at equalising in the 47:th minute, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post, the defense clearing the rebound. Sidekicks seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion about the organization of the team. William Saint-Onge put his head to a well placed ball lifted in from the left and scored the 1 - 1 goal in the 51st minute. The referee showed Sidekickss Danél Valijero the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. In the to 78:th minute a very unfortunate collision in the home teams penalty area led to Sidekicks´s Julius Stclair being carried off the pitch and replaced by Archibaldo García. The 82nd minute saw the home team take a 2 - 1 lead after a leak in the visitors right side defense. Scorer for Michigan was Rick Kraus. Michigan's Tanausu Álvarez Sánchez scored 3 - 1 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. Sidekicks reduced in the 84:th minute to 3 - 2 as Ned Connor easily chipped the ball past the home sides keeper on a play from the right. Michigan put their lead ahead another goal as Gerald Langley struck home the 4 - 2 goal, after an attack from the left setting him up unmarked with the keeper. Michigans Rick Kraus got himself booked after a foul. Michigan, bringing the final ball possession rate to 56 percent, dominated the battle.

The most dominating Michigan player was without a doubt Gerald Langley. Rick Kraus was a disappointment, however. Most important Sidekicks player was Jan Thomasson. Christian Dewitt was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 2.

Good game to the Moonshine.

RATING

Michigan Moon Shine
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: weak

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: weak
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: inadequate

vex

01-27-2003, 12:47 AM

posted by vexroid: 01-23-2003 12:39 AM
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Game Notes

11/23/03 - Michigan Moon Shine - Friendly
- FOFC Cup, Round 1

-The Sidekicks advance after beating the Moonshine 6-0 in the first game.
-Will now play the Galesburg Avengers, owned by FOFC's Coffee Warlord.
-Forward/Mid/Def Julius StClair was injured during the friendly with the Moonshine and will be out approx. 4 weeks. This is why we played backups.
-Backup Keeper Christian Dewitt got his first playing team as of lately. Don't look for it to continue.
-Sidekicks started 5-7 backups, according to the lineup.
-Newcomer Conny Stennson got 2* at Mid.
-Most stars went to Def. Jan Thomasson and newcomer Forward Robert Rossi. Both received 2 and a half*.

Rumors

-While the team is confident about their 2nd round matchup with the Avengers, their offensive attack could cause severe problems.
-The Avengers are a very similar team to the Sidekicks.
-This weeks lineup for the league game and the match against the Avengers could be nearly identical.
-The team isn't quite comfortable enough with the 4-5-1 and is expected to play the 3-5-2.
-Forward Archibaldo Garcia will be on the market soon as will goalie Christian Dewitt.
-Our next league match opponent is inactive and only has 5 players. So we will win by a forfeit of 5-0. GM-George informed the team that they can run around the field so that the will get training, so we will:)
-We play bob killas the next two weeks.
-After the next two games, the team will be at least 4th in V.111, very possibly 3rd.
-The team is starting to feel very confident about promotion next year.

vex

01-27-2003, 12:49 AM

posted by DeToxRoxDVHStyle: 01-25-2003 04:09 PM
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congrats on the pounding you gave to me in the first game Vex:)
that whole injury thing, yeah, it wasn't my... plan...:)

vex

01-27-2003, 12:50 AM

posted by Shorty3281: 01-26-2003 02:27 AM
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cool!

vex

01-27-2003, 01:13 AM

Weekly Youth Pull

I got 'em a couple of days ago...

and then I proceeded to fire the piece of crap without a second thought. He was all poors or below.

Unless a player has at least one inadaquate rating, he's gettin the pink slip.

vex

01-27-2003, 01:31 AM

Weekly Training Report

Form Increases: 3 (3 Starters)
Form Decreases: 3 (1 Starter) (2 bench)

Value Increases: 10 (7 Starters) (3 Bench)
Value Decreases: 5 (2 Starters) (3 Bench

Largest Value Increase: $13,000, Duane Henning - IM
Largest Value Decrease: $18,000, Julius StClair(Injured) - Utility Player

No changes for our players in the area of playmaking this week. Newcomer Conny Stennson should be to passable playmaking in 1-2 weeks.

vex

01-27-2003, 01:43 AM

Sidekicks Press Release-

"After much debating, I have come to the conclusion that our team has been slacking off far too much during recent practices. In light of this event, we have decided to implement a training program for our players that we have them focusing on the game in no time. I am proud to present the hiring of Helga, the teams new assistant trainer who has decided to crank the level of training intensity up to 100%.

Helga doesn't speak very much English, however. At the time being the only phrases she can utter are "Yes, master" and "Whatever you want master." We are currently taking suggestions for her 3rd English phrase.

Any questions?"

vex

01-27-2003, 01:48 AM

Weekly Economy Update

Economy

Cash funds: 89 109 US$ (31 338) US$
Sponsors: high on life
Supporter Club: 606 members
Supporters: high on life

I'll skip the rest of the weekly economy update as it is no longer the beginning of the week report because we have already played a match.

vex

01-27-2003, 01:54 AM

bob killas - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 0 - 5

Date: 1/27/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 4594037
Arena: bob killas Arena
Crowd:

The 3407 spectators at bob killas Arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine. killas tactics involved an interesting 0-0-0 combination. The following players had been chosen: Fitzgerald - - - .

Sidekicks had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Luginbühl - Johnson, Thomasson, Thompson - Needham, Henning, Andersson, Stensson, Rossi - Tuvin, Perez.

The home side had to concede to a walkover since they had failed to produce a squad of at least 9 players. The match ends 0 - 5.

On one hand, it's very frustrating that my players didn't get the opportunity to play a league match this week.
On the other hand, we come out with the 5-0 win, training for the week, and no chance of injury.
Of course, everyone got disastrous ratings because no one played.

Here's the match Hattrick style (http://195.149.190.139/Common/matchDetails.asp?matchID=4594037&site=HT)

vex

01-27-2003, 02:13 AM

Game Notes

-We won by forfeit 5-0 over league cellar dweller bob killas.
-We play bob killas next week as well.
-Next game on the schedule is our 2nd Round FOFC Cup game with the mighty:rolleyes: Galesburg Avengers.;)
-I'm now going to quit acting like there is something to write about this game:)

Rumors

-The team has been very quiet about their preperations for the 2 game Round with the Galesburg Avengers. Supposibly they are working on an "uncoventional" formation that should take them by suprise.
-Rumor has it that IM Archibaldo Garcia has been put on the transfer list once more. This time for a reported $1,000.
-Also regarding the transfer list is backup Keeper Christian Dewitt. Sources say that the team doesn't feel it necessary to have him on the team. An anonymous source had this to say about the potential leaving of Dewitt, "Good ridance! We never needed him anyways, he's a worthless piece a crap. Good ridance." He is also reportedly on the market for $1,000.
-Owner Will Brown is unsure about what to do with his forward situation. Our sources have gathered that he is somehow planning to play all four of his crunk scorers. This would be an unprecedented move for the Sidekicks.
-Rumor has it that the Sidekicks are going to use the mighty:rolleyes: Avengers as trashy welcome mats after their upcoming game. Oh, how did that find its way on here.:)

vex

01-27-2003, 09:05 PM

Series: V.111 (8484)

Country: USA
Level: 5 out of 5

Team Goals Points
1. Man U Wannabes 37 - 8 19

2. RN United 24 - 3 18

3. Raging Chimbelinas 18 - 13 13

4. Tetsaiga 22 - 19 10

5. NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 17 - 14 10

6. Los Rudos 15 - 23 7

7. bob killas 1 - 32 3

8. Kandy Kanez 3 - 25 1

LAST ROUND

Man U Wannabe - Kandy Kanez 7 - 0
Los Rudos - RN United 0 - 3
Raging Chimbe - Tetsaiga 2 - 2
bob killas - NE Oklahoma S 0 - 5

NEXT ROUND

Tetsaiga - Raging Chimbelinas
RN United - Los Rudos
NE Oklahoma Sidekick - bob killas
Kandy Kanez - Man U Wannabes

Top Scorers V.111

Player Team Score
1. Philip Benoit Man U Wannabes 7
2. Eric Baker Man U Wannabes 6
3. Jason Howard Man U Wannabes 5
4. Rodney Bethea Man U Wannabes 5
5. Keith Perez NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 4
6. Jérome Gélinas Tetsaiga 4
7. Stephen Mcpherson RN United 4
8. Richard Anderson Man U Wannabes 4
9. Joe Betancourt Man U Wannabes 4
10. Palmer Needham NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 3

MATCHES

Has scheduled a friendly this week.

The team is undefeated for 4 competition games

vex

01-27-2003, 09:08 PM

Youth Squad: inadequate

Good to see. Now lets just get some results.

Latest events
1/27/2003 15 new supporters signed up and paid 450 US$ in fees.

Which brings us to 621 members strong. Our supporters and sponsors are "High on Life."

Poli

01-27-2003, 10:54 PM

Go Sidekicks!

vex

01-27-2003, 11:43 PM

Thanks, btw, how many seasons, (half or full) did it take you to promote to IV?

And Go Raiders! I'll be reserving a luxurious Raiders VIP suite in the nearby future, FYI.

Poli

01-28-2003, 03:49 AM

Sweet! We'll start renovating the VIP suite immediately! Would you like to have the regular Toad repellant, or extra strength?

It took me one full season to advance, as I came in with four games left in my first season.

The interesting thing about your bob killas is that they somehow won a match. Without looking up what happened, I'd have to wonder if they guy just thought the game stunk after he lost a match or two.

I'd love to have someone do that in my D4 series. Alas, 5 or 6 of our teams actually seem competitive. The other two or laughing stocks.

DataKing

01-28-2003, 04:41 PM

Do we get to see pictures of Helga? ;)

Keep up the good work Vexroid.

vex

01-28-2003, 10:55 PM

Sorry, I knew I was forgeting something:)

http://www.swedishbikiniteam.com/assets/console/helgaoval.jpg

Poli

01-29-2003, 03:19 AM

Umm, could you hire one of those for me? :eek:

DataKing

01-29-2003, 09:59 AM

Thanks Vex. You've just made my day a little bit brighter. :D

vex

01-29-2003, 10:39 AM

Ardent, how about one of her Swedish friends?

http://www.swedishbikiniteam.com/assets/teamPics/flag.jpg

vex

01-29-2003, 08:00 PM

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - Galesburg Avengers

Date: 1/30/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 4963210
Arena: Will Brown Arena
Crowd: 852

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 852 to Will Brown Arena. Sidekicks had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Luginbühl - Connor, Johnson, Thomasson, Thompson - Needham, Rossi, Andersson, Stensson, Valijero - Tuvin.

Galesburg tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Thomas - Schrader, Andres Alvaro, Valadez - Maddox, Hammond, Matson, Poulin, Croom-Carter - Mosley, Street.

One of many good passes from Danél Valijero at the wing was recieved and skillfully taken care of by Patrik Tuvin, scoring for Sidekicks to 1 - 0. After an industrious effort down the middle Donald Thompson could have closed the game off in the 20:th minute, but his finishing shot hit the post. A bit later, a magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Sidekicks´s Patrik Tuvin putting the lead up to 2 - 0. Conny Stensson increased Sidekickss lead to 3 - 0 by putting a header away on a hooked ball from the right. The structure of the game started to change as Sidekicks decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. Patrik Tuvin squirmed himself through the central defense line in the 33rd minute, asserting the lead to 4 - 0. At that, Patrik Tuvin was noted down for a hat trick. Sidekicks appeared unsure on how to play. The teams went for a half-time break at 4 - 0. Sidekicks held the ball, with a clear 64 percent possession rate.

During the break Sidekicks´s coach went through the teams new tactics yet again. Patrik Tuvin increased Sidekickss lead to 5 - 0 by putting a header away on a hooked ball from the right. Sidekicks seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion about the organization of the team. Sidekicks put their lead ahead another goal as Göran Andersson struck home the 6 - 0 goal, after an attack from the left setting him up unmarked with the keeper. With 77 minutes played Patrik Tuvin could have brought this one home for Sidekicks, had his hooked ball gone in, but it went just a bit too high. A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Sidekicks lead up with 7 - 0. Conny Stensson finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Galesburg´s Daryl Mosley got himself booked. Sidekicks, bringing the final ball possession rate to 78 percent, dominated the battle.

The most dominating Sidekicks player was without a doubt Jan Thomasson. Ned Connor was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Galesburg player was without a doubt Daryl Mosley. Paofai Croom-Carter was a disappointment, however. The match ends 7 - 0.

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - Galesburg Avengers 7 - 0

[bRATING[/b]

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Player rating and Team formation (http://195.149.190.140/Common/matchLineup.asp?matchID=4963210&teamID=71068&site=HT)
Midfield: weak
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: passable
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: inadequate

Galesburg Avengers
Player rating and Team formation (http://195.149.190.140/Common/matchLineup.asp?matchID=4963210&teamID=70481&site=HT)
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: weak
Central Defence: inadequate
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: solid
Central Attack: solid
Left Side Attack: inadequate

Anselm Luginbühl **

Ned Connor *

Jan Thomasson **~

Byron Johnson **

Donald Thompson **

Palmer Needham **~

Conny Stensson **

Roberto Rossi **

Danél Valijero **

Göran Andersson **~

Patrik Tuvin **

After looking at the ratings I'm not just suprised that we won that big, I'm suprised that we won at all. Good match, Avengers, and good luck on the 2nd leg of the round.

vex

01-29-2003, 10:39 PM

Latest events
1/30/2003 The team played a match. Spectator income amounted to 2 188 US$.

Training Level: 95% (Changing to 100%)
Training Type: Playmaking
Coach: Andy Parish
Team Spirit: content
Confidence: wonderful

Formation experience
4-3-3: disastrous
4-5-1: inadequate
3-5-2: solid
5-3-2: disastrous
3-4-3: disastrous
5-4-1: disastrous
4-4-2: excellent

vex

01-29-2003, 11:07 PM

Transfers for Jeffrey Torres

1 transfers found.
Date From To Price Value then
1/30/2003 NE Oklahoma Side Knights of Redem 2 000 US$ (13 000 US$)

We get rid of his salary and collect $1,840 for him.

Transfers for Archibaldo García

1 transfers found.
Date From To Price Value then
1/30/2003 NE Oklahoma Side AC Stingers 8 000 US$ (22 000 US$)

We have a young midfield with potential, so he wasn't needed.

We collect $7,360 for him.

Coffee Warlord

01-29-2003, 11:10 PM

Quite simple really. My midfield were all trainees (I'm training Playmaking), aside from 1 person. Had a scrub forward and a scrub defender in there as well. They're competant, but nowhere NEAR as effective as my main force.

I'm kinda surprised how brutal the score was. Figured we at least had a shot.

Welp, guess I'll just have to win 10-0 at home now. :)

vex

01-29-2003, 11:13 PM

Excuses, excuses, excuses:)

Coffee Warlord

01-29-2003, 11:14 PM

Take your starters out next match and we'll talk. :)

vex

01-29-2003, 11:15 PM

That guy(Tuvin) that scored 4 goals on you, not a starter.

vex

01-30-2003, 11:19 AM

Latest events
1/30/2003 A friendly was arranged.
1/30/2003 15 new supporters signed up and paid 450 US$ in fees.
1/30/2003 The change of training level from 95% to 100% took effect

We have booked the 2nd leg of our second round FOFC Cup matchup with the Galesburg Avengers, who we just beat 7-nil.

15 more supporters which brings us to 636 members strong.

And Helga finally has us at 100% training. Don't get distracted guys!

vex

01-30-2003, 02:27 PM

Ok, I need some opinions here. Here's the deal, I have four forwards. I don't need four forwards, I run a 3-5-2 during league games and either a 3-5-2 or a 4-5-1 for friendlies. So obviusly, I don't need all four of these guys.

I don't have a shot at winning the league this year, so really I'm building towards next year.

I train playmaking, so regardless of age, their scoring ratings will not go up.

Here are the guys up for debate, and I might even get rid of two of them as I have a way to shift my lineup around this season in case 1 of the 2 gets injured:

Keith Perez
92 000 US$, 28 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and disastrous leadership abilities [Powerful]

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

Roberto Rossi
101 000 US$, 21 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Quick]

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

Patrik Tuvin
46 000 US$, 21 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Donny Winters
35 000 US$, 23 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities

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

One other possibility I just saw for the first time this season, should I put Donny Winters at midfield? Especially seeing as how he would fetch the least right now on the transfer market as a forward.

Please comment as I would like to make a decision soon, I have also put up a poll in the dynasty polls section. Here is the poll. (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4839) Thanks.

Poli

01-30-2003, 07:36 PM

I've voted. Go Kicks!

vex

02-02-2003, 12:41 AM

I wasn't able to get to the computer most of today so I wasn't able to make a decision on which forward I was going to sell. So for now, with the youth pulls coming out, I'm going to wait Sunday or Monday to put Perez on the market as I am going to move Winters to midfield because that is where we need trainees.

vex

02-02-2003, 01:00 AM

Training Updates

11 Value Increases (8 Starters)
3 Value Decreases (2 Starters)
2 Unchanged Values (1 Starter)

5 Form Increases (5 Starters)
1 Form Decrease (1 Starter)

Playmaking Increases: 1

22 yr old Winger, Palmer Needham, increased in playmaking ability to weak from poor. He is currently the 3rd most valued player on the team at $124,000. He also increased he form to solid this week as he gained $11,000 in value.

25 yr old Midfielder, Duane Henning, has the highest value on the team at $143,000. He increased $11,000 in value as well this week even though not one of his ratings changed.

19 yr old Midfielder, Goran Andersson, gained the most value with $12,000 this week.

4 players increased their form to solid this week. They are now are only players at solid form as forward Robert Rossi dropped to passable.

Goalie Anselm Ludinberg hasn't gained (or dropped) form since we got him. He is at weak, which isn't good enough, so we may start shopping.

vex

02-02-2003, 01:02 AM

Youth Pull

Ernest Robertson (8062335)
18 years, passable form, healthy

A controversial person who is calm and honest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Speciality: Powerful

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 1 000 US$
Wage: 500 US$/week
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

.....and, he's outta here. I expected more from an inadequate youth squad. I guess they thought set pieces would be good enough.

vex

02-02-2003, 01:09 AM

Economy

Cash funds: 43 546 US$ (-8 396) US$
Sponsors: high on life
Supporter Club: 636 members
Supporters: high on life

This week

Revenue Expenses
Crowd 0 Arena 5 925
Sponsors 37 800 Wages 15 316
Financial 0 Interest 0
Temporary 0 Temporary 2 000
Staff 46 500
Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 37 800 Total expenses 89 741
Expected income/loss -51 941

vex

02-02-2003, 01:51 AM

Ok, I'm going to keep all of my players until after next weeks league game. I am playing the leader again, so if I win, I'm going for all the marbles this season as I am currently 9 points from 1st and have a guaranteed win this week.

If I lose though, expect a firesale.

vex

02-02-2003, 11:43 PM

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - bob killas 5 - 0

Date: 2/3/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 4594042
Arena: Will Brown Arena
Crowd: 6779

6779 spectators arrived at Will Brown Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Sidekicks had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Luginbühl - Johnson, Thomasson, Thompson - Needham, Henning, Andersson, Stensson, Valijero - Rossi, Perez.

killas tactics involved an interesting 0-0-0 combination. The following players had been chosen: Fitzgerald - - - .

The visitors weren´t able to produce at least 9 players, which is the minimum amount allowed, so they had to concede to a walk over. The spectators, who had all been looking forward to an exciting game, were of course very disappointed. The match ends 5 - 0.

SOLD SEATS

Terraces: 3983
Basic seats: 2246
Seats under roof: 500
VIP seats: 50

TEAM ATTITUDE

Team Attitude: Play it Cool

RATING

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: disastrous
Right Side Defence: disastrous
Central Defence: disastrous
Left Side Defence: disastrous
Right Side Attack: disastrous
Central Attack: disastrous
Left Side Attack: disastrous

bob killas
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: disastrous
Right Side Defence: disastrous
Central Defence: disastrous
Left Side Defence: disastrous
Right Side Attack: disastrous
Central Attack: disastrous
Left Side Attack: disastrous

Player Ratings

Anselm Luginbühl **

Göran Andersson **~

Jan Thomasson **~

Byron Johnson **

Donald Thompson **

Palmer Needham **~

Conny Stensson **

Duane Henning **~

Danél Valijero *~

Keith Perez **~

Roberto Rossi **

I'm starting to really like these forfeit matches. I get training, if I'm at home I get revenue from the attendance, my players can't get hurt, I win 5-0. I like it. That changes next week though when we play #1 Wannabes.

vex

02-02-2003, 11:52 PM

Latest events

2/3/2003 The team played a match. Spectator income amounted to 34 408 US$.

That brings us to:

Economy

Cash funds: 43 546 US$ (26 013) US$
Sponsors: high on life
Supporter Club: 636 members
Supporters: high on life

While things are currently looking good, out of our last 6 games, only 2 are at home.

Training Level: 100%
Training Type: Playmaking
Coach: Andy Parish
Team Spirit: satisfied (And sadly enough, this is after PICing 2 weeks in a row)
Confidence: wonderful

Formation experience
4-3-3: disastrous
4-5-1: weak
3-5-2: excellent
5-3-2: disastrous
3-4-3: disastrous
5-4-1: disastrous

(The experience with 4-4-2 is always excellent, which is the highest level of experience that can be attained.)

As I said, we PICed the two games against the bot team in perperation for the #1 Wannabes who we will play MOTS.

vex

02-03-2003, 12:05 AM

MATCHES

Has scheduled a friendly this week.

The team is undefeated for 5 competition games and has 2 wins in a row

Team Goals Points
1. Man U Wannabes 46 - 8 22
2. RN United 27 - 3 21
3. Raging Chimbelinas 21 - 14 16
4. NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 22 - 14 13
5. Tetsaiga 23 - 22 10
6. Los Rudos 15 - 26 7
7. bob killas 1 - 37 3
8. Kandy Kanez 3 - 34 1

LAST ROUND

Tetsaiga - Raging Chimbe 1 - 3
RN United - Los Rudos 3 - 0
Kandy Kanez - Man U Wannabe 0 - 9
NE Oklahoma S - bob killas 5 - 0

NEXT ROUND

bob killas - Tetsaiga
Raging Chimbelinas - RN United
Man U Wannabes - NE Oklahoma Sidekick
Los Rudos - Kandy Kanez

Tetsaiga losing to the Raging Chimbelinas moved the Sidekicks into 4th place.

RN United probably PICed Los Rudos to get the easy win.

Man U Wannabes showed no mercy to the last placec Kandy Kanez.

And we of course won our game by forfeit.

We should be able to come out of this game with a win as we will be going MOTS, but anything could happen to change that.

My Midseason prediction is for us to finish #3 in V.111. #2 is the best case scenario barring a miracle, and #4 is the worst case scenario.

Poli

02-03-2003, 12:46 AM

Wish I could win a game by forfeit! Instead I have to pull a Horned and use 6 mids to defeat the Fighting Illini 4-1. My team got confused twice in one half!

Probably the most confusing part was that I didn't know I was playing it until I saw George Flores step up to the midfield instead of playing wingback.

I about cried because I thought that I would lose the game because of it.

vex

02-03-2003, 04:51 PM

At least you won though. You lose training though, don't you?

Poli

02-03-2003, 05:20 PM

If I do, it's only Bettis and Sumner, and they are both solid scorers. I wouldn't be entirely upset.

DataKing

02-03-2003, 05:28 PM

I'm pretty sure you do lose training from playing an 'incomprehensible' formation.

Never tried it myself, though. ;)

Poli

02-03-2003, 05:35 PM

I believe I read somewhere that it was possible...but not a lock.

I certainly was shocked when I saw it and that I won.

vex

02-03-2003, 10:28 PM

From the HattriX-Files:

"Get the most out of it for your squad...
You also want to choose a formation that benefits your training choice the most.
For keeper, it doesn't matter, you can only play 2 keepers a week, so you can only train 2
For scoring, generally teams play 3-4-3 and have 6 trainees, one set playing Sunday, the other on Wednesday.
Playmaking would be best with 5 midfielders (3 inners).
Defending, 5-4-1 is the best (10 defenders), but 4-4-2 and 4-5-1 are also used...
and so on...
but dont play exaggerated formations like 2-7-1 to train more players! in this case none of your players will receive any training!
...but which formation is best to win against your next opponent?"

vex

02-05-2003, 12:08 AM

The Sidekicks would just like to point out that we have missed our trash talking this week with our white trash opponent, the Galesburg Avengers:)

Poli

02-05-2003, 11:46 PM

Originally posted by vexroid
From the HattriX-Files:

"Get the most out of it for your squad...
You also want to choose a formation that benefits your training choice the most.
For keeper, it doesn't matter, you can only play 2 keepers a week, so you can only train 2
For scoring, generally teams play 3-4-3 and have 6 trainees, one set playing Sunday, the other on Wednesday.
Playmaking would be best with 5 midfielders (3 inners).
Defending, 5-4-1 is the best (10 defenders), but 4-4-2 and 4-5-1 are also used...
and so on...
but dont play exaggerated formations like 2-7-1 to train more players! in this case none of your players will receive any training!
...but which formation is best to win against your next opponent?"

Crapt, you suck! Thanks for ruining my day! Well, you didn't ruin it...I've actually had quite a good day today.

vex

02-05-2003, 11:55 PM

Galesburg Avengers - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks

2nd Round of the FOFC CUP - Match #2

Date: 2/6/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 4983780
Arena: Vengeance Field
Crowd: 910

A scorching day at Vengeance Field, where 910 spectators were in place for today´s match. Galesburg had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. They fielded: Thomas - Meek, Oskarsson - Valadez, Croom-Carter, Matson, Poulin, Maddox - Pierre, Street, Schrader.

Sidekicks had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Luginbühl - Johnson, Parish, Thompson - Wilson, Connor, Winters, Stensson, Valijero - Tuvin, Rossi.

A header from Inge Oskarsson connected with a corner kick after 28 minutes, and the ball ended up with Paul Street of Galesburg who shot the 1-0 goal. Almost all the way down to the corner flag Rodney Valadez somhow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for Kurt Maddox who struck for 2 - 0. After this Galesburg lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. The away team reduced the score to 2 - 1, as Roberto Rossi struck home, set up well by a play from the left in the 31st minute. Galesburg seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion about the organization of the team. A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Galesburg lead up with 3 - 1. Johnny Pierre finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle. Floyd Meek got left behind when Sidekicks´s Roberto Rossi made a sudden pull forward in the 41st minute, finishing off with a swift strike. 3-2! 43 minutes into the game Sidekicks´s Patrik Tuvin found a gap in the home sides central defense scoring with a long shot, making it 3 - 3. After 45 minutes Sidekicks´s Andy Parish contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game. Galesburg had obvious problems in finding their positions. The teams went for a half-time break at 3 - 3. Sidekicks held the ball, with a clear 62 percent possession rate.

Galesburg -coach had an extra briefing during the break, and after that his players looked a lot more organized. A mistake by the home sides central defence in the 47:th minute allowed Roberto Rossi to score 3 - 4 for Sidekicks. By then Roberto Rossi was a three time scorer - a hat trick! The away team´s Ned Connor took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 63rd minute increasing Sidekicks´s lead to 3 - 5. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 70:th minute Sidekicks goal, making it 3 - 6. Ned Connor was noted down as the scorer. Galesburg appeared unsure on how to play. In the 73rd minute the visitors put themselves ahead 3 - 7 as Roberto Rossi finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After this Sidekicks lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. The visitors Ned Connor took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 75:th minute. 3 - 8 for Sidekicks. This third goal made a hat trick for Ned Connor. Danél Valijero of Sidekicks received a yellow card in the 75:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Sidekicks held the ball, with a clear 63 percent possession rate.

Galesburg´s best player was Martin Schrader. However, Floyd Meek made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Sidekicks player was without a doubt Donald Thompson. Andy Parish on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 8.

Galesburg Avengers - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 3 - 8

Goals
Rossi- 4
Tuvin- 1
Conner- 3

Cards
Daniel Valijero- Yellow

Injuries
Andy Parish(Coach)-Bruised but Training

RATING

Galesburg Avengers
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: poor
Central Defence: poor
Left Side Defence: wretched
Right Side Attack: solid
Central Attack: formidable
Left Side Attack: passable

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: weak
Central Defence: inadequate
Left Side Defence: inadequate
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: passable
Left Side Attack: passable

Player Ratings

Anselm Luginbühl **

Byron Johnson **
Andy Parish No stars(Injured, and coach)
Donald Thompson ** (Defensive)

Ben Wilson * (Offensive)
Conny Stensson **
Ned Connor *~ (Defensive)
Donny Winters *~ (Offensive)
Danél Valijero *~ (Offensive)

Patrik Tuvin **
Roberto Rossi **

Not real pleased star wise, but the score is a whole different story. The Avengers jumped out to a 3-1 lead and I thought we were in some serious trouble, but somehow we pulled through.

That 2-5-3 sure seemed to help your central attack, didn't it CW?

Good game goes out to the Avengers and we hope to have a rematch sometime next season.

vex

02-06-2003, 12:05 AM

Latest events
2/6/2003 The team played a match. Spectator income amounted to 2 313 US$.

2/3/2003 15 new supporters signed up and paid 450 US$ in fees.

That brings us to a current total of 651 members in our Supporter Club.

Economy

Cash funds: 43 546 US$ (28 776) US$
Sponsors: high on life
Supporter Club: 651 members
Supporters: high on life

Training Level: 100%
Training Type: Playmaking
Coach: Andy Parish
Team Spirit: satisfied
Confidence: wonderful

Formation experience
4-3-3: disastrous
4-5-1: weak
3-5-2: excellent
5-3-2: disastrous
3-4-3: disastrous
5-4-1: disastrous

We're about to MOTS, so that Team Spirit is about to take a plunge.

We played a 3-5-2 for this friendly instead of our typical 4-5-1 so that we would be up to excellent for the league match.

Poli

02-06-2003, 12:15 AM

Good job!

vex

02-06-2003, 12:43 AM

The Sidekicks are happy to announce that we will be traveling to South Korea for our friendly on Wednesday. We will be playing The Fellowship FC.

A little info on The Fellowship:

The Fellowship FC (28557)

Country: South Korea
Region: Kyonggi-do
Arena: Barad-Dur (Capacity - 10,000)
Language: English
Series: # 2 in II.4

I honestly don't think we'll have much trouble staying with them. They may beat us, but not by much.

While reading through the team info, I wondered why their team had no recorded transfer transactions. Turns out they are a new as of 1/25/03. He didn't pick up a bad team:

The team is undefeated for 6 competition games and has 6 wins in a row

vex

02-06-2003, 06:51 PM

Latest events
2/6/2003 15 new supporters signed up and paid 450 US$ in fees.

Normally, this would be good. But not this time. Does anyone want a supporter or could someone give me one? These 15 supporters bring me up to 666 supporters!

Coffee Warlord

02-06-2003, 07:23 PM

Good luck to ya Vex!

Yeah, I figured my only chance to dig myself out of the hole was a massive attack. Might of worked, had we not pulled back so damn soon. Bah!

vex

02-06-2003, 07:27 PM

I HATE pulling back.

One thing I have also noticed, whenever there is confusion in the formation, the team that got confused, scores the next goal. Maybe it's just me.

Coffee Warlord

02-06-2003, 10:19 PM

Yep. Confusion and overconfidence are wonderful things, if you ask me. :)

vex

02-07-2003, 12:07 AM

Training Results

Well, I would have to say that this is definitely the most disappointing training results I have recieved so far.

To start off, we didn't have any changes in our playmaking training.

2 Form Increases (2 starters)
6 Form Decreases (3 starters) one starter dropped two levels

9 Value Increases (8 starters)
6 Value Decreases (3 starters)

This was just a pitiful week for us.

Our top defender, Jan Thomasson dropped two form levels, going from Solid to Inadequate. He also dropped $10,000 in value to goto $75,000.

The largest value increase this week goes to Duane Henning who rose $18,000 to settle at $161,000. He is 25 yrs old and I am thinking about selling him.

Our largest value decrease goes to Palmer Needham who dropped $12,000 to end up at $112,000.

Players 16
Total Value: $1,149,000
Avg. Value: $71, 813
Avg. Value of Starting 11: $92,636

Total Wage: $13,650
Avg Wage: $853

Avg. Age: 22.68
Avg. Age of Starting 11: 22.55

vex

02-09-2003, 01:09 AM

Our Weekly P.O.S. youth pull is:

Sam Gee "I suck"

Sam Gee (8194355)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A sympathetic guy who is balanced and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Speciality: Unpredictable

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 1 000 US$
Wage: 500 US$/week
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

And he's outta here.

vex

02-09-2003, 01:24 AM

Economy

Cash funds: 28 226 US$ (-22 216) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 666 members
Supporters: high on life

This week

Revenue Expenses
Crowd 0 Arena 5 925
Sponsors 39 300 Wages 15 316
Financial 0 Interest 0
Temporary 0 Temporary 2 000
Staff 46 500
Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 39 300 Total expenses 89 741

Expected income/loss -50 441

And, our rapid spiral towards poverty begins. Our only way out now is to sale a high profile player, and that will probably be 25 yr old Mid Duane Henning who is valued at $161,000.

On a good note though, our sponsers are now "dancing in the streets."

Poli

02-09-2003, 10:28 AM

Reading about everyone else's youth pull makes me feel better about my 9k guy...but I still fired him.

Good luck Vex!

vex

02-09-2003, 05:20 PM

Still looking to pass that "magical" 1K barrier:)

vex

02-10-2003, 12:19 AM

#1 Man U Wannabes - #4 NE Oklahoma Sidekicks

Date: 2/10/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 4594046
Arena: Man U Wannabes Arena
Crowd: 7000

The crowd of 7000 turning up at Man U Wannabes Arena today were greeted by some nasty showers of rain. Wannabes had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Boudreau - Anderson, Betancourt, Chacon - Hull, Law, Lewis, Parker - Howard, Baker, Mallory.

Sidekicks tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Luginbühl - Thompson, Johnson, Thomasson - Needham, Henning, Andersson, Stensson, Valijero - Rossi, Perez.

Some quick foot work on the left side of the field in the 7:th minute left Sidekicks´s Keith Perez completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. The game was characterized by rough play and many physical challenges. Danél Valijero showed great heart and had a good game. After 32 minutes of game time Keith Perez received an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but Alexander Boudreau was in the right place, tipping the ball to a corner. In the games 36:th minute Wannabes´s Jason Howard fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Jason Howard for taking a dive. After 40 minutes Wannabess Frederick Hull had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. Earl Ricks came in instead of him. The visitors Roberto Rossi took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 41st minute. 0 - 2 for Sidekicks. After 41 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Keith Perez who increased Sidekicks´s lead to 0 - 3. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Sidekicks held the ball, with a clear 67 percent possession rate.

In the 54:th minute Wayne Law passed through the guests central line of defense, scoring the 1 - 3 goal. Sidekicks´s Roberto Rossi made it through the home teams defence in the 61st minute, and had only to place the ball in an unguarded goal when the home side´s defender sprang up from the left, clearing the ball on the line. Sidekickss Palmer Needham got himself booked after a foul. Wannabes were forced to a substitution as Wayne Law couldn´t continue playing due to the rough treatment. Wannabes didn´t give in and in the 71st minute Sidney Chacon was able to put the 2 - 3 goal away after a play from the right. After 75 minutes of play Earl Ricks equalised for Wannabes after an elegant attack from the right. After a fine move down the middle George Yanez nearly gave the home side one up in the 78:th minute. The finishing shot went just wide, though. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Sidekicks, with an impressive 65 percent possession of the ball.

Most important Wannabes player was Floyd Parker. Ellis Lewis on the other hand, had a terrible day. Sidekicks´s best player was Duane Henning. Anselm Luginbühl on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 3.

Man U Wannabes - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 3 - 3

The sad thing is, we did in fact MOTS this game. Somehow, somehow, I still don't know how, but we just broke apart in the second half. We still had good possesion of the ball, but something just didn't click. As I said I would, since we didn't win this game, the Sidekicks are now heading towards an overhaul.

RATING

Man U Wannabes
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: solid
Central Attack: solid
Left Side Attack: excellent

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: weak
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: excellent
Central Attack: solid
Left Side Attack: solid

Best ratings of the season, and still, this.

GK Anselm Luginbühl **

RWB Donald Thompson **
CD Jan Thomasson **~
CD Byron Johnson **~

W Palmer Needham **~
IM Duane Henning ***
IM Conny Stensson **
IM Göran Andersson **~
W Danél Valijero **

F Keith Perez **~
F Roberto Rossi **

Our Keeper, Anselm Luginbühl has never earned more than 2 stars in the 8 matches he has played for us. This is not acceptable.

IM Duane Henning recieved the highest rating ever for a Sidekick at 3 stars!

Ratings wise, I was very pleased with our perfomance. Score-wise, I still don't know what happened in the 2nd half.

Team Goals Points
1. Man U Wannabes 49 - 11 23

2. RN United 28 - 4 22

3. Raging Chimbelinas 22 - 15 17

4. NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 25 - 17 14

5. Tetsaiga 28 - 22 13

6. Los Rudos 15 - 29 7

7. Kandy Kanez 6 - 34 4

8. bob killas 1 - 42 3

LAST ROUND

Raging Chimbe - RN United 1 - 1
Man U Wannabe - NE Oklahoma S 3 - 3
Los Rudos - Kandy Kanez 0 - 3
bob killas - Tetsaiga 0 - 5

NEXT ROUND

Los Rudos - Raging Chimbelinas
RN United - bob killas
Tetsaiga - Man U Wannabes
Kandy Kanez - NE Oklahoma Sidekick

After looking at the fixtures for the rest of the season, it appears as if I'm destined for no higher than #4 this season. So let the firesale commence!

vex

02-10-2003, 12:34 AM

WOW, somehow, going MOTS, dropped my team spirit all the way frrom satisfied to irritated!!!

That's a FOUR level drop!!!

vex

02-10-2003, 12:41 AM

Sidekicks, may I introduce you to the transfer list;)

First off is 25 yr old Midfielder, Duane Henning. Henning has been nothing but a positive for the team as he just garnered the teams highest ever rating at 3 stars. He is also the hihest valued player on the team at $161,000. However, the team needs money and I'm betting that someone will snatch him up at his starting price of $161,000, his value. Of not, we will lower the bid next time around. He is a very solid player.

Here is Mr. Henning:

Duane Henning (7367118)
25 years, passable form, healthy

A sympathetic guy who is calm and upright.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 161 000 US$
Wage: 1 140 US$/week
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

Bid on Duane Henning here! (http://195.149.190.140/Common/playerDetails.asp?playerID=7367118)

vex

02-10-2003, 12:47 AM

Potential Transfer #2

GK Anselm Luginbühl, while he hasn't done great for the team, he has definitely been consistant with a 2* average. He is starting out at $120,000. If Anselm ever gets his form up to passable, he will be a player.

Anselm Luginbühl (4660499)
24 years, weak form, healthy

A popular guy who is balanced and honest.
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities.

Nationality: Schweiz
Assessed value: 138 000 US$
Wage: 1 836 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

Bid on Anselm here! (http://195.149.190.140/Common/playerDetails.asp?playerID=4660499)

vex

02-10-2003, 12:56 AM

Potential Transfer #3

Forward, Keith Perz. This is a guy that everyone needs to think about picking up. I am puting him on the market at $30,000 less than value. He is my star scorer. His last 3 league matches he has recieved **~ If your team needs a scoring boost, pick up Perez as his starting price is only $70,000!

Keith Perez (7367117)
28 years, solid form, healthy

A sympathetic guy who is calm and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and disastrous leadership abilities.

Speciality: Powerful

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 101 000 US$
Wage: 940 US$/week
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

Career Goals: 6
Career Hattricks: 0
League goals this season: 6 3rd leading scorer in V.111
Cup goals this season: 0

Bid on Keith Perez here! (http://195.149.190.140/Common/playerDetails.asp?playerID=7367117)

vex

02-10-2003, 01:02 AM

I've got 2 more players for sale, one, a winger, is almost $40,000 under market value. The other is a passable midfielder going for $20,000.

Check all of my players up for sale here! (http://195.149.190.140/Common/players.asp?TeamID=71068&OrderBy=MarketValue)

vex

02-10-2003, 01:12 AM

What we hope to obtain from this firesale is to get enough money to aquire a solid keeper. Getting a solid keeper should put us back about $300,000, according to the US market. If I have any money left over, I will obtain a very young (17 or 18) midfielder or 2 for training purposes.

I would also like to expand the stadium, but that isn't within our financial outlook at the time.

Poli

02-10-2003, 09:49 AM

Good luck on the sale! I'd be interested in Perez, but he's too old to train, and scoring is what I train. That, and I just ordered 5000 seats to be added to Raider Field, to give us 21000 overall.

vex

02-10-2003, 04:08 PM

Thanks, but if Perez was about 3 years younger, I'm not sure if I would want to get rid of him anyways.

Also, I now hope that no one feels like bidding on Henning as I have decided that he might be vital to my teams future. However, if he gets a bid or two, I certainly won't be complaining either.

Poli

02-10-2003, 06:25 PM

I certainly hope the best for Perez's bidding. I'm sure you can still fetch a decent dollar for him from teams looking elsewhere for their scoring. By that I mean a team that trains say, playmaking. They'll definitely be looking on the market for a solid scorer.

Unfortunately, I have a five guys 20 and under that I train for scoring...for me I'm looking for playmakers and defenders.

I solid keeper would be nice as well.

lol

vex

02-10-2003, 10:14 PM

Right now, the chances of me getting that solid keeper are looking bleak as not ONE of my players have bid on. If I could just get the minimum bids on all of my players, I would come out with $419K, enough to possibly get me an excellent keeper.

vex

02-11-2003, 11:13 PM

We are happy to announce that Duane Henning has reaced his minimum bid of $161,000.

I will post the recent results of our friendly soon, but for now, I'm playing with Supporter that I just got.

vex

02-12-2003, 01:44 AM

Meet the newest member of the Sidekicks!

Irfan Serin (8194310)
18 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is temperamental and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Speciality: Unpredictable

Nationality: Türkiye
Assessed value: 25 000 US$
Wage: 744 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

Serin should be a good trainee for us provided his form doesn't go down. We got him on our first bid of $10,000. He is the Sidekicks first native of Turkey. Once we train his playmaking some, and improve on his passing(which we will be doing the next 2 weeks), his value should go up quite a bit. He was pulled from the youth squad 3 days ago.

Superman=#54

02-12-2003, 05:34 PM

Good stuff vexroid and Anslem will make a comeback with my team and hopefully do great things. Just watch out win the FOFC cup comes back hes pretty pissed.

vex

02-12-2003, 09:34 PM

Hey, good luck with Anselm!

Right now here's the bids that have been placed:

Anselm Ludinberg: $120,000
Duane Henning: $181,000 (After thinking that he might not even get a bid)
Daniel Valiero: $48,000

vex

02-12-2003, 10:36 PM

Where are they now???

This will be a bi-weekly(maybe monthly) feature from now on.

First off is 29yr old John Hester, he was only valued at $13,000 when we sold him to Cuervos FC for $2,000. They then trained him a bit, uping his value to $18,000, then sold him 16 days later for $5,000 to a. d. riestra, an Argentinan team. His last match he received *~ stars as a central defender.

22 yr old Hal Spruill, who we sold to Dynamo Essling for $126,000 when his value was pitiful $42,000, has been trained VERY well as his value is now up to $168,000. I feel very stupid right now. He recieved ** stars in his last match at midfielder.

22yr old Timothé Villeneuve, was sold to Xcaliburs for $190,000 when he was only valued at $81,000. His last match he received **~ stars as a winger. His value is now $162,000.

30 yr old Archibaldo García was sold to AC Stingers on 1/30/03 for $8,000 and he was currently valued at $22,000. It appears as if I finally made a good move as his value is now down to $20,000. He earned *~ stars at midfield last match.

We sold 19 yr old Jeffrey Torres to Knights of Redem for $2,000. His value at the time was $13,000, it remains the same today. They are currently using him as their backup Keeper,lol. Waste of space.

Our last player is Christian Dewitt, who we sold to dreamalcohol for a whole $1,000. His value at the time was $31,000. It is now down to $29,000. He isn't even on the teams linup.

vex

02-12-2003, 10:37 PM

Superman=#54, if you want Anslem, you'd better hurry as 2 other teams have enterd the bidding with 10 minutes to go. He is up to $126,000.

vex

02-12-2003, 10:52 PM

Well, Anselm Luginbühl is history as he went for face value ($138,000) to Brazen Breed, who is in Houston. We collect $124 200 of that.

Duane Henning is up to $185,000 and Valijero is still at $48,000.

Keith Perez and Ned Connor still don't have any bidders, which really doesn't bother me now. However, I expect someone to try and snipe Perez.

vex

02-12-2003, 11:17 PM

Danél Valijero was sold to blacksquid, from New York, for $60,000.

Stay tuned for Duane Henning's bid, it's VERY interesting!

vex

02-12-2003, 11:22 PM

2 Spanish clubs, a Polish club and an American club have extended the bidding 20 minutes as of now!

vex

02-12-2003, 11:35 PM

Down to 2 clubs now. One guy is a sniper, the other bids immediately after the sniper.

vex

02-12-2003, 11:37 PM

The sniper about gives me an anxiety attack as he always bid with 2-3 seconds with on the clock.

vex

02-12-2003, 11:45 PM

The sniper(Polish) finally gave up or missed the bid as the compulsive clicker, Kyuss F.C. (Spanish) gets the Sidekicks Duane Henning for......
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$350,000!!!!!!!

And we get $322,000!!!

Wow, this changes things in a major way for our club. We are thinking about looking at a excellent keeper now as we have $462,000 in the bank now. We began the day at -$35,000. Wow.

Keith Perez and Ned Connor didn't get any bidders, luckily.

sterlingice

02-12-2003, 11:59 PM

Whatcha gonna buy? Good luck finding the solid tender because they are expensive and don't grow on trees but with $150K in the bank, that's a good downpayment on a stadium!

SI

vex

02-13-2003, 12:03 AM

I've got a good Keeper lined up if no one steals him. Going for $250,000, but I'll spend MUCH more on this guy if I must.

Right now I'm looking for some young midfielders to spend that excess money on. However, if Dataking wants to trade me my namesake now...

DataKing

02-13-2003, 12:58 AM

William Brown

20 years old, solid form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is fiery and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Specialty: Quick

Nationality: USA
Assessed Value: $50,000
Wage: $670/week
Warnings: 2

Stamina: Inadequate
Playmaking: Poor
Winger: Inadequate
Scoring: Poor
Goaltending: Disastrous
Passing: Poor
Defending: Passable
Set Pieces: Poor

-Regularly puts up 2 stars, 2.5 in solid or better form.
-Form hasn't fallen below inadequate since September.
-Has appeared in 3 USA Cup, 3 League, and 22 Friendly matches.

I think he will reach solid defending by the end of the season, or during the off-season, at which point I could probably sell him for around $150,000.

Bearing all this in mind, let me know what you'd be willing to pay and I'll consider listing him for that amount. I cannot, however, be held responsible if a bidding war develops.

If you would rather wait until he goes to solid defending, then we can reconsider it then.

He's a good kid, and was one of my first trainees. But if the price is right, I can be persuaded to let him go.

vex

02-13-2003, 01:02 AM

Lets wait until he pops to solid, if that's alright. Better for me and you.

DataKing

02-13-2003, 01:03 AM

Originally posted by vexroid
Lets wait until he pops to solid, if that's alright. Better for me and you.

Fine and dandy. I'll be sure to let you know when he pops.

NevStar

02-13-2003, 08:24 AM

vexroid -

You may want to reconsider that. If you wait until he pops, that will just raise his market price & generate more interest. The skill of a guy who just popped passable & a guy who's been trained for several weeks are much different.

At the very least, if you negotiate a price now, there'll be less chance of you being outbid.

vex

02-13-2003, 08:35 AM

Yeah, but I already have 2 Passable defenders and 1 solid defender. He wouldn't really be an improvement at the moment.

Superman=#54

02-13-2003, 03:51 PM

Spoke to fast about Anslem but I have found other potential transfer canidates. Damn so close :(

vex

02-13-2003, 04:00 PM

You're probably better off without him. Make sure your Keeper has good form.

vex

02-13-2003, 11:05 PM

For the second week in a row, training results were just horrible. I'm not even going to go into great detail but here it is:

6 value increases
7 value decreases

No playmaking improvement

Nobodys form improved, but 6 players dropped.

And the thing that is really pissing me off right now, Anselm Ludinbul, the Keeper we juust sold, his form jumped from weak to passable and he value went up $18K!:mad:

We would like to thank the teams that are currently supporting us, they are:

1. sterlingice
Supporter since: 2003-02-13 22:45:08
2. NevStar
Supporter since: 2003-02-13 18:59:39

We are supporting 4 teams, so if someone else feels like supporting my Sidekicks, I will support your team as well.

sterlingice

02-14-2003, 12:31 AM

And the thing that is really pissing me off right now, Anselm Ludinbul, the Keeper we juust sold, his form jumped from weak to passable and he value went up $18K!

Sounds like he just wanted off your team. That sucks.

SI

vex

02-15-2003, 04:18 AM

I am going to go against what I have previously preached and train "General" this week. I think it's just neccessary with how our form has been lately. After this week we will probably train passing, and then we are looking at possibly training Keepers.

Why Keepers, you ask?

Welcome the newest member of the Sidekicks "B" team

Tor Larsson (8196437)
18 years, passable form, healthy

A controversial person who is balanced and honest.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.

Nationality: Danmark
Assessed value: 187 000 US$
Wage: 1 752 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

He is on the "B" team because in a couple of hours, we will hopefully have a solid Keeper as well.

We purchased Larsson for $105,000. He supposibly dropped the team spirit, but if he did, it wasn't a full level.

Also, I went through EVERY country looking for passable Keepers who were 18 years or younger, passable form, and less than $100,000. So if anyone wants this list, HT email me, team id= 71068

vex

02-15-2003, 04:46 AM

Oh man, with almost an hour to go, someone has finally bid on my solid Keeper I'm after. It doesn't look good for me either. This other team, plays for the top level in Switzerland.:(

EDIT: I did some checking on this other team, FC Sion, and they have 1,653,360 in the bank, so I'm screwed unless they aren't online at the end of the bidding.

vex

02-15-2003, 06:24 AM

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We got Admir Podboj!!! We got Admir Podboj!!!! We got Admir Podboj!!!!!

Admir Podboj (7227323)
19 years, solid form, healthy

A popular guy who is balanced and upright.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: Slovenija
Assessed value: 396 000 US$
Wage: 2 160 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

Admir, is our future. The team that we got him from, Prasloven, is the Slovenija U-20 Coach, although he is quitting HT. Admir is a half a star away from starting on either the U-20 or National Slov team of his choice. For a while it looked like we would get him for the VERY cheap price of $250,000, but with 10 minutes left, the bidding begun between me and 2 other teams. Eventually they gave up, as I had the winning bid of $352,000. This puts us back in the hole($40,000), but well worth it. So someones got to go. We could get rid of Tor Larsson, the passable Keeper we just aquired, but if we are going to train Keepers, then I'll need him. So it looks like I'll be trading one of my extra forwards after all.

Wow, this feels great to get a player of this calibur.

NevStar

02-15-2003, 10:04 AM

Wish I had money to spend on transfers :)

Congrats, now go to sleep!

Poli

02-15-2003, 10:12 AM

Crapt, if that's the going rate for solid keepers...

vex

02-15-2003, 12:17 PM

No, my guy is about a week away from popping to exellent from what I have gathered.

DataKing

02-15-2003, 02:47 PM

Originally posted by vexroid
No, my guy is about a week away from popping to exellent from what I have gathered.

I doubt this guy is a week away from going to solid. My starting keeper is in solid form with solid keeper skill, and is valued at over $500,000. This guy looks like he has a little way to go before he hits excellent.

vex

02-15-2003, 06:47 PM

Well, I saw quite a few keepers who were valued at just over $400,000 and they were excellent.

vex

02-15-2003, 07:00 PM

Youth Pull

Stefano Federico
2 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and disastrous leadership abilities [Head]

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

Now hitting the Fire button...

Poli

02-15-2003, 07:17 PM

I'll list my guy in my dynasty...but he's a passable playmaker. I can't use him so I'm sending him on the transfer market.

Better luck next time!

sterlingice

02-15-2003, 07:33 PM

Well, I saw quite a few keepers who were valued at just over $400,000 and they were excellent.

I gotta side with DK. This guy is in solid form. My passable goalie has shed nearly $50K in value by going from inad form to wretched. Soild form is going to give even more wiggle room than that.

SI

vex

02-17-2003, 12:13 AM

#7 Kandy Kanez - #4 NE Oklahoma Sidekicks

I wasn't expecting this to be close at all. I was actually expecting this one to be about 7-0 for us, so I was suprised for a second about the outcome.

Date: 2/17/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 4594051
Arena: North Pole (Kandy Kanez)
Crowd: 5317

5317 spectators had come to North Pole this cloudy day. Kandy had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Gilliland - Anthony, Lance, Suggs, Christiaens - Halsted, Molina, Littlejohn, Staley - Alvarado, Slone.

Sidekicks had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Podboj - Johnson, Thomasson, Thompson - Needham, Andersson, Stensson, Serin, Winters - Rossi, Perez.

Sidekicks took the lead after 32 minutes with 0 - 1. Göran Andersson placed the ball out of reach for the home sides keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left.

The away team´s Byron Johnson took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 39:th minute increasing Sidekicks´s lead to 0 - 2. Sidekicks´s Palmer Needham received a play slashing through the home side´s defense in the 39:th minute, chipping it past the keeper scoring 0 - 3.

Halftime score was 0 - 3. Kandy held the ball, with a clear 58 percent possession rate.

Kandy didn´t give in and in the 67:th minute Joaquím Molina was able to put the 1 - 3 goal away after a play from the right.

Kandy, bringing the final ball possession rate to 72 percent, dominated the battle.

The most dominating Kandy player was without a doubt Joaquím Molina. Carlos Anthony on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Sidekicks player was without a doubt Admir Podboj. However, Donny Winters made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 3.

Kandy Kanez - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 1 - 3

Well, our sale of midfielder Duane has really hurt us. We are training general this week, and were going to goto Keeper training next week, but it's looking like it will be either Stamina, passing, or playmaking as usual.

Kandy Kanez
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: weak
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: solid
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: weak

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched This is down from weak with Henning
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: excellent
Left Side Defence: excellent
Right Side Attack: solid
Central Attack: passable
Left Side Attack: inadequate

Admir Podboj ***

Jan Thomasson **~
Byron Johnson **~
Donald Thompson **~

Palmer Needham **
Irfan Serin *~
Göran Andersson **~
Conny Stensson **
Donny Winters *~

Keith Perez **~
Roberto Rossi **

Podboj is as good as I expected, with a little training, I'm sure he'd goto ***~, but it doesn't look like I'll be able to train Keepers with all of our existing problems now.

Our defense is where I'd like it to be. Our midfield needs some serious help. I'm hoping someone will step up during our friendly in Thailand this week. Serin is a good trainee, but not a starter for a couple of seasons.

Perez played as good as usual and if he can get his form back up to solid, he should be able to get that half a star he needs. Rossi played pretty good, but we're putting him on the market as we are financially strapped and Tuvin is actually more productive.

We are still #4 in V.111 and only 1 point ahead of the 5th place team, Tetsaiga, who we play next week.

LAST ROUND

Los Rudos - Raging Chimbe 0 - 1 (We would be sitting in 3rd had Los Rudos pulled this off.)
Tetsaiga - Man U Wannabe 6 - 2 (This is what happens when one team MOTS, and one team PICs.)
Kandy Kanez - NE Oklahoma S 1 - 3 (Wretched midfield caused this.)
RN United - bob killas 5 - 0 (Forfeit game)

NEXT ROUND

#4 NE Oklahoma Sidekick - #5 Tetsaiga (Battle for #4)
#2 Man U Wannabes - #1 RN United (RN United moves into 1st for the first time. I sent him a congrats email, I want rid of him.)
#8 bob killas - #6 Los Rudos (Forfeit game)
#3 Raging Chimbelinas - #7 Kandy Kanez (If Kanez plays the way they did against me, and I win, I may very well be in 3rd once the day's over.)

<pre>Team Goals Points
1. 1. RN United 33 - 4 25
2. 2. Man U Wannabes 51 - 17 23
3. 3. Raging Chimbelinas 23 - 15 20
4. 4. NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 28 - 18 17
5. 5. Tetsaiga 34 - 24 16
6. 6. Los Rudos 15 - 30 7
7. 7. Kandy Kanez 7 - 37 4
8. 8. bob killas 1 - 47 3</pre>

End of season scenarios:

Best case: #2
Worse case: #5
Prediction: #4

vex

02-19-2003, 01:04 AM

Little Bee United - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks

This weeks friendly was at Thailand as we faced off against Little Bee United, who is #3 in their IV series currently.

Date: 2/19/2003 at 05:30
MatchID: 5028120
Arena: Little Bee United Arena
Crowd: 1938

1938 spectators arrived at Little Bee United Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Little started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Oxin - Si Fah, Broderick, Egri, Börjesson - Chalermchai, Tha kai bok, Anurak, Sumalee - Sinn, Chai Son.

Sidekicks had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Larsson - Johnson, Stclair, Thompson - Wilson, Connor, Anduaga, Serin, Winters - Tuvin, Perez.

Some beautiful plays on the left side of the field resulted in a 7:th minute goal by Brandon Broderick for Little, putting them ahead 1 - 0. In the games 9:th minute Byron Johnson scored on a free kick changing direction on the away teams defensive formation, the goalie completely without a chance to save. Sidekicks had evened the score to 1 - 1. Ben Wilson of Sidekicks received a yellow card in the 14:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 32 minutes into the game Patrik Tuvin was a hair´s breadth away from giving Sidekicks the lead. A prompt block by Daniel Oxin saved the home team that time. Little´s Kraisingha Si Fah refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon in the 33rd minute. 36 minutes into the game Ben Wilson had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Palmer Needham. Little broke through to the left in the 38:th minute, Nang-Klao Tha kai bok firing at an acute angle giving the home side a 2 - 1 lead. 2 - 1 was the half-time score. Sidekicks held the ball, with a clear 58 percent possession rate.

Sidekicks got a chance to level the score as Ned Connor suddenly found himself free with the goaltender but the finishing shot hit the bar. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Little´s Malte Börjesson got himself booked. Patrik Tuvin came close to levelling the score in the 65:th minute, as he was set up with a through ball coming in from the left, but his shot hit the post. Sidekicks could level the score in the 70:th minute at 2 - 2, as Ned Connor struck home after a fine midfield combination, leaving him completely unmarked. Irfan Serin behaved like an inexperienced youth player in the 79:th minute as he gave the ball away to an opponent. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. A mistake by the home sides central defence in the 80:th minute allowed Patrik Tuvin to score 2 - 3 for Sidekicks. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 83rd minute Sidekicks goal, making it 2 - 4. Patrik Tuvin was noted down as the scorer. Sidekicks held the ball, with a clear 54 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Little player was without a doubt Chompoo Sumalee. Samarn Sinn was a disappointment, however. Sidekicks´s best player was Keith Perez. Julius Stclair on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 4.

Little Bee United - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 2 - 4

Goals:
Byron Johnson- 1
Ned Connor- 1
Patrik Tuvin- 2

Scoring Opportunities:
Byron Johnson- 1
Ned Connor- 2
Patrik Tuvin- 4

RATING

Little Bee United
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: solid
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: solid

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: weak
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: solid
Right Side Attack: passable
Central Attack: passable
Left Side Attack: weak

Tor Larsson **~

Julius Stclair *
Byron Johnson **~
Donald Thompson **~

Palmer Needham **
Irfan Serin *~
Ned Connor *~
Alanzo Anduaga *~
Donny Winters *~

Patrik Tuvin **
Keith Perez **~

Injured(1 week)
Ben Wilson ~

Team News

-We had to sale forward Robert Rossi to help us get out of debt. Patrik Tuvin is more productive anyways.
-We are going to start looking for some derbies.
-We have a new team in V.111, the Soccerteamplayers. They replace Tetsaiga, who we are scheduled to play this week. They start out with a decent team and in 5th place in V.111.
-We have put our backup Keeper, Tors Larsson, on the transfer market for $180,000. I figure that if I'm going to lose him, I want to at least come close to getting out of debt.

vex

02-21-2003, 01:08 AM

Training Results

Well, for the first time in 3 weeks, I am happy with our training results. This week we trained "General" so that we could maybe get out of our team wide form slump.

We still need some help, but at least SOMEONE improved this week.

7 form increases (5 starters)
5 form decreases (4 starters)

Keeper Admir Podboj's form rose to excellent! Because of this, he is now valued at $418,000, an increase of $33,000. This was the largest increase on the team and he is now our only player in excellent form.

We also had 4 players rise to solid form including backup Keeper Tor Larsson whos value rose $20,000 to currently stand at $207,000.

11 value increases (7 starters)
4 value decreases (4 starters)

Next week we will be training passing, I believe. I will have to see I guess.

NevStar

02-21-2003, 09:48 AM

You still had 5 form decreases when you were training general? That doesn't seem right.

sterlingice

02-21-2003, 10:19 AM

You still had 5 form decreases when you were training general? That doesn't seem right.
Yeah, you must have a lot of guys on a bad downcurve for form. I hear that as I'm going through it right now with my team.

SI

the_meanstrosity

02-21-2003, 10:53 AM

The Mighty Bastards welcome you to next week's friendly. Great journal by the way. = )

Owner of the MoKan Mighty Bastards and reader of DataKing's Kansas Jayhawks TCY Dynasty when he decides to continue it.

DataKing

02-21-2003, 11:08 AM

Originally posted by the_meanstrosity
Owner of the MoKan Mighty Bastards and reader of DataKing's Kansas Jayhawks TCY Dynasty when he decides to continue it.

Very subtle. :cool:

sterlingice

02-21-2003, 01:24 PM

Very subtle.
(sorry to threadjack for a second)
Ooh! Ooh! I want to pile on! Hey, DK get your arse back to writing for KU ;)

SI

vex

02-23-2003, 12:33 AM

Youth Pull

While he isn't going to do much of anything for us in the future, we needed another backup forward, and he'll have to do. This is our 1st youth pull valued over $2000.

Michael Kirkpatrick (8449468)
18 years, passable form, healthy

A sympathetic guy who is calm and honest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 17 000 US$
Wage: 580 US$/week
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

vex

02-23-2003, 12:37 AM

Economy

Cash funds: -199 549 US$ (-253 658) US$
Sponsors: dancing in the streets
Supporter Club: 725 members
Supporters: high on life

This week

Revenue Expenses
Crowd 0 Arena 5 925
Sponsors 41 850 Wages 17 556
Financial 0 Interest 9 978
Temporary 0 Temporary 2 000
Staff 40 500
Youth squad 20 000
Total revenue 41 850 Total expenses 95 959
Expected income/loss -54 109

DataKing

02-23-2003, 12:47 AM

If you don't mind my asking, what kind of staff do you have on the books? $40,500 per week for a Div 5 team is an awful lot. Heck, mine only costs $33,000 per week.

To each his own, I'm just curious.

vex

02-23-2003, 12:53 AM

The Club

Youth Squad: passable
Investment in the Youth squad: 20 000 US$ / week

Goaltending Coaches: 2
Assistant Coaches: 5
Sport Psychologists: 4
Spokepersons: 10
Economists: 0
Physiotherapists: 6
Doctors: 0

It was 46K last week before I axed a Keeper coach, 2 assistants, and a doctor.

What would you recommend?

DataKing

02-24-2003, 12:46 AM

The tricky part is balancing your spokespersons with the amount of gain you see from your sponsors. Is the amount of gain you see from sponsorship payments worth $15,000 per week?

vex

02-24-2003, 01:43 AM

I'm not sure, how much would I make with say, 4 spokesmen?

vex

02-27-2003, 10:33 PM

First off, I would like to sincerely apologize for not keeping this dynasty updated. I will now attempt to do so.

#4 NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - #5 Soccerteamplayers

Date: 2/24/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 4594052
Arena: The Slaughter House (Our new arena name)
Crowd: 9550 (9550)

This was our last league match. We fully expected to win this with ease. I don't remember exactly who it was, but they said that someone in their league got money from spectators in an arena that wasn't completed yet. I was hoping that maybe that would happen to me, but it didn't, of course.

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 9550 to The Slaughter House. Sidekicks tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Podboj - Johnson, Thomasson, Thompson - Needham, Connor, Andersson, Stensson, Winters - Tuvin, Perez.

Soccerteamplayers had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Kraft - Meyers, Feijoo, Koenig, Vien-Van - Mcpherson, Mcclelland, Anders, Ely - Culver, Kuykendall.

Sidekickss Keith Perez gave, after 21 minutes, the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. 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 Sidekicks. However, Ed Kraft made a spectacular save. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. Patrik Tuvin squirmed himself through the central defense line in the 31st minute, asserting the lead to 2 - 0. In the 32nd minute Sidekicks put themselves up 3 - 0. The visitors defenders lost the ball to Donny Winters coming up from the left, who proceeded to cooly round the goaltender and knock the ball home. By now Sidekicks were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. The referee showed Sidekickss Jan Thomasson the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Keith Perez of Sidekicks received a yellow card in the 37:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 3 - 0 was the half-time score. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Sidekicks, with an impressive 73 percent possession of the ball.

In the 54:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Ned Connor dashed through, knocking home 4 - 0 for Sidekicks. In the 62nd minute Sidekicks´s Keith Perez tried to nail the coffin shut, but the shot rebounded off the bar to fall behind the net. Sidekicks put their lead ahead another goal as Patrik Tuvin struck home the 5 - 0 goal, after an attack from the left setting him up unmarked with the keeper. A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 68 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Sidekicks. However, Ed Kraft made a spectacular save. Sidekicks held the ball, with a clear 81 percent possession rate.

Sidekicks´s best player was Admir Podboj. Donny Winters on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Soccerteamplayers player was José Feijoo. Johnny Meyers on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 0.

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - Soccerteamplayers 5 - 0

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor (Up from wretched, at least)
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: excellent
Left Side Defence: excellent
Right Side Attack: solid
Central Attack: solid
Left Side Attack: weak

Soccerteamplayers
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: inadequate
Right Side Attack: weak
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: inadequate

Player Ratings

Admir Podboj ***~

Jan Thomasson **~
Byron Johnson **~
Donald Thompson **

Palmer Needham **
Ned Connor *~
Göran Andersson **~
Conny Stensson **
Donny Winters *~

Keith Perez **~
Patrik Tuvin **

Well, Admir Podboj is just as good as we were hoping for. Although, I'm sure having excellent form doesn't hurt him.

I'm very impressed with our defense's performance. Although, I'm sure that Admir Podboj didn't hurt them too much.

We're going to be building arround Needham, Stennson, and Andersson in the midfield, for sure. We will replace the others when possible.

Tuvin and Perez did exactly as we wanted, no complaints.

Of course, we won 5-0 over the Soccerteamplayers.
Man U Wannabes reclaimed 1st place by deating then #1 RN United.
Raging Chimbelinas tied the Kandy Kanez 2-2.
Los Rudos got the complimentary 5-0 forfeit from bob killas (now adidas JPN)

<pre>Team Goals Points
1. Man U Wannabes 54 - 18 26
2. RN United 34 - 7 25
3. Raging Chimbelinas 25 - 17 21
4. NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 33 - 18 20
5. Soccerteamplayers 34 - 29 16
6. Los Rudos 20 - 30 10
7. Kandy Kanez 9 - 39 5
8. adidas JPN 1 - 52 3</pre>

Next week we take on the toughest team, IMO, RN United.

NEXT ROUND

Kandy Kanez - Soccerteamplayers
Raging Chimbelinas - adidas JPN
Los Rudos - Man U Wannabes
RN United - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks

vex

02-27-2003, 11:12 PM

[/b]MoKan Mighty Bastards - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks[/b]

This was our "friendly" match against FOFCs MoKan Mighty Bastards, yesterday.

Date: 2/27/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 5044419
Arena: MoKan Mighty Bastards Arena
Crowd: 589 (I hate rain!!!!!!!!!!)

589 spectators had found their way to MoKan Mighty Bastards Arena, despite the heavy rain. Bastards tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Macon - Frank, Fernández Le Gal, Tobias, Currier - Looney, Chastain, Singh, Keyesj, Rains - Simpson.

Sidekicks had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Larsson - Andersen, Stclair, Bodnar - Winters, Connor, Anduaga, Serin, Wilson - Garrison, Kirkpatrick.

Bastards tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but kept getting stuck on the visitors defenders. A header from Dustin Chastain connected with a corner kick after 11 minutes, and the ball ended up with Roland Rains of Bastards who shot the 1-0 goal. A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 12 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Bastards. However, Tor Larsson made a spectacular save. The home side´s Hubert Keyesj came close to extending the lead in the 15:th minute. His shot came in off the right hand side but Tor Larsson managed saving with a fingernail. A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 27 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Bastards. However, Tor Larsson made a spectacular save. In the 28:th minute Sidekickss Ned Connor received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 30 minutes Sidekickss Donny Winters had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. Palmer Needham came in instead of him. The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 0. Bastards, bringing the final ball possession rate to 69 percent, dominated the battle.

What was Irfan Serin thinking? That's what everyone wondered when he for no apparent reason shot a cross pass over his own penalty area, giving Roland Rains an extra chance, but he didn't get the shot right.. In the 75:th minute Bastards´s Dustin Chastain tried to nail the coffin shut, but the shot rebounded off the bar to fall behind the net. Bastards will have to do without Hubert Keyesj for a time due to a bad foot injury. He was substituted by Neal Rice. Bastardss Dustin Chastain got himself booked after a foul. Sidekicks were forced to a substitution as Tor Larsson couldn´t continue playing due to the rough treatment. The referee showed Bastardss Cleveland Looney the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Bastards held the ball, with a clear 84 percent possession rate.

Most important Bastards player was Neal Rice. Roland Rains on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Sidekicks player was Admir Podboj. Julius Stclair was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 0.

[/b]MoKan Mighty Bastards - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 1 - 0[/b]

With all of the injuries and cards you would have thought it was a MOTs out battle between 1st and 2nd place teams in a league.

MoKan Mighty Bastards
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: inadequate
Right Side Defence: excellent
Central Defence: excellent
Left Side Defence: solid
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: wretched
Left Side Attack: wretched

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: weak
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: weak

Player Ratings

Admir Podboj ***~

Julius Stclair *
Marco Andersen *~
Jean-Paul Bodnar **

Palmer Needham **
Irfan Serin *~
Ned Connor *~
Alanzo Anduaga *~
Ben Wilson *

Stacy Garrison *~
Michael Kirkpatrick *~

Injured
Donny Winters * Out 3 weeks
Tor Larsson *~ Out 3 weeks

vex

02-27-2003, 11:30 PM

We would like to thank the Bamas for signing up as official supporters of the Sidekicks. The Bamas are owned by superbama of FOFC, in case anyone didn't know. Your VIP tickets and your official Admir Podboj bobblehead doll (1st issue!) are in the mail. Thanks again to the Bamas.

In return, the Sidekicks have pledged our official support of the Bamas. That fills up our final supporter spot. Although, if another team decides to support us, we will cross-support you as we only have 3 supporters.

Our supporters are:

1. superbama
Supporter since: 2003-02-26 07:42:56
2. sterlingice
Supporter since: 2003-02-13 22:45:08
3. NevStar
Supporter since: 2003-02-13 18:59:39

We are currently supporting these teams:

1. North County Raiders in USA Is online
Supporter since: 2003-02-12 05:49:38
Series: 3:place in IV.43
Last match: North County Raiders - Blade Bombers 2-3

2. Galesburg Avengers in USA
Supporter since: 2003-02-12 06:02:24
Series: 4:place in V.38
Last match: Oak Park Gorillas - Galesburg Avengers 0-3

3. Morrisville Morrisvillians in USA Is online
Supporter since: 2003-02-13 08:21:58
Series: 6:place in V.93
Last match: Morrisville Morrisvillians - betis 93 3-0

4. Houston Hippopotami in USA Is online
Supporter since: 2003-02-13 08:24:27
Series: 4:place in V.62
Last match: Houston Hippopotami - Woodlands Elite 6-2

5. Bamas in USA
Supporter since: 2003-02-26 12:25:17
Series: 7:place in V.146
Last match: Jack's Heroes - Bamas 6-2

sterlingice

02-28-2003, 02:53 AM

2. sterlingice
Supporter since: 2003-02-13 22:45:08
3. NevStar
Supporter since: 2003-02-13 18:59:39

We have our little troika of doom here where we all are supporting each other. If only we had some crazy nickname... hmm... Then again, I'm not sure what Hippopotami, Morrisvillians, and Sidekicks have in common.

SI

vex

02-28-2003, 09:10 AM

We could always change our names at the end of the season for $20,000 and 2 or 3% of our fanclub.

NevStar

02-28-2003, 10:02 AM

Originally posted by vexroid
We could always change our names at the end of the season for $20,000 and 2 or 3% of our fanclub.

I veto that idea. :)

Side-Hippo-Villians isn't good enough for you? :D

the_meanstrosity

02-28-2003, 11:16 AM

Stupid stupid rain! Sadly, some of my younger trainees were injured in that game, so I'll be losing out on essential training. I'm buying a dome!

Owner of the MoKan Mighty Bastards and still waiting for DataKing's Kansas Jayhawks TCY Dynasty. Still waiting...and waiting...

vex

02-28-2003, 01:40 PM

That's a thought, we should be able to buy a dome for something like $5-10 mil.

vex

03-01-2003, 09:14 PM

Ok, here's my youth pull, I finally got a good one.

Weldon Gill (8592980)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is temperamental and honest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 91 000 US$
Wage: 980 US$/week
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

Ok, here's my backup Keeper (my starter is a solid Keeper):

Tor Larsson (8196437) 3
18 years, passable form, injured (3 weeks)

A controversial person who is balanced and honest.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.

Nationality: Danmark
Assessed value: 123 000 US$
Wage: 1 752 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

Which player should I put on the transfer list? Larsson is injured, if you didn't see.

DataKing

03-02-2003, 01:11 PM

I would suggest keeping Gill as a backup until Larsson gets healthy. Once Larsson returns, consider selling him to help reduce your debt. If you don't mind the reduction in skill at your backup keeper spot, that is.

vex

03-02-2003, 07:37 PM

Doesn't matter if I lose every friendly, so that's what I'll do.

vex

03-03-2003, 01:06 AM

#2 RN United - #4 NE Oklahoma Sidekicks

This was a match that we knew we could win after inserting the stats into the Match Calculator. We needed to at least come out with a tie, although a win would be very nice. Coming into the game, United has only allowed 7 goals, so we need to get some points on the board.

Date: 3/3/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 4594059
Arena: RN United Arena
Crowd: 9000

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 9000 to RN United Arena. United had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Valenzuela - Doménech, Macdonald, Yuste - Trincado, Guinn, Granger, Vinterland, Hearn - Mcpherson, Bailly.

Sidekicks started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Podboj - Thompson, Johnson, Thomasson - Wilson, Connor, Andersson, Stensson, Needham - Tuvin, Perez.

Sidekicks took the lead in the games 13th minute with 0 - 1 after some elegant plays down the middle. Göran Andersson was the scorer. Seemingly due to lack of experience, Göran Andersson needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. The referee showed Uniteds Darrell Guinn the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. After 32 minutes of play Darrell Guinn equalised for United after an elegant attack from the right. A mistake by the home sides central defence in the 33rd minute allowed Patrik Tuvin to score 1 - 2 for Sidekicks. In the games 37:th minute Sidekicks´s Patrik Tuvin fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Patrik Tuvin for taking a dive. The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 2. United held the ball, with a clear 52 percent possession rate.

Sidekicks came close to extending their lead as Keith Perez delivered a long range shot from the right but the angle was to sharp, and the shot hit the side of the goal. Sidekickss Jan Thomasson got himself booked after a foul. The United player was Stephen Mcpherson who had to be helped off the pitch, unable to finish the game. In the 73rd minute United was able to score the equalising 2 - 2 goal. Darrell Guinn picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away teams goalie. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by United, with an impressive 67 percent possession of the ball.

Most important United player was Juan Antonio Doménech. Darrell Guinn on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Sidekicks player was without a doubt Admir Podboj. Ben Wilson on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 2.

#2 RN United - #4 NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 2 - 2

RATING

RN United
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: excellent
Central Defence: excellent
Left Side Defence: excellent
Right Side Attack: passable
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: passable

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: inadequate
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: solid
Left Side Attack: solid

We had 2 excellents and a solid in defense last week, but...

We didn't get the excellents that we did last week because we went for a more offensive approach, knowing that we would struggle to get goals.

We are a very well-rounded team. As soon as we can get the midfield up to inadequate at the lowest, I feel that we can not only win V.111 next season, but compete in IV the season after that.

Player Ratings

GK Admir Podboj ***~

RWB Donald Thompson (Offensive) *~
CD Jan Thomasson **~
CD Byron Johnson **~

RW Ben Wilson (Towards Middle) *
MF Conny Stensson **
MF Göran Andersson **
MF Ned Connor *~
LW Palmer Needham (Offensive) **

F Keith Perez **~
F Patrik Tuvin **

23 stars totals

We are now undeafeated for 9 competition games. We just can't go on a winning streak. This is our 3rd tie of the year. We need help at the Winger spot bad. Ben Wilson is just sucking it up.

<pre>Team Goals Points
1. Man U Wannabes 60 - 18 29
2. RN United 36 - 9 26
3. Raging Chimbelinas 26 - 18 22
4. NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 35 - 20 21
5. Soccerteamplayers 35 - 34 16
6. Los Rudos 20 - 36 10
7. Kandy Kanez 14 - 40 8
8. adidas JPN 2 - 53 4</pre>

LAST ROUND

Kandy Kanez - Soccerteampla 5 - 1 (Good game for the new Kanez)
Raging Chimbe - adidas JPN 1 - 1 (Only thing better would have been a win for adidas)
Los Rudos - Man U Wannabe 0 - 6 (No suprise here)
RN United - NE Oklahoma S 2 - 2 (See the adidas game)

Fixtures

week 13
2003-03-10 01:00:00 Man U Wannabes - Raging Chimbelinas (We can't catch the Wannabes, so we need them to win)
Soccerteamplayers - RN United (No way will United lose this one)
NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - Los Rudos (Easy win, maybe even a PIC)
Kandy Kanez - adidas JPN (Kandy Kanez looks to be a strong team)

week 14
2003-03-17 01:00:00 Los Rudos - Soccerteamplayers (Doesn't matter)
adidas JPN - Man U Wannabes (Wannabes will crush adidas)
Raging Chimbelinas - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks (We have to win this game. We will MOTs)
RN United - Kandy Kanez (I have contacted Kanez, asking him to MOTS this game)

If we win our last two games and Kandy Kanez beats RN United, then we will end the season nicely at #2.

Scenarios

Best Case: #2
Worst Case: #4

My Prediction: #3 I just have this strange feeling that United will MOTs the last game as well.

vex

03-13-2003, 10:30 PM

Ok, I have decided to do an abbreviated version of my dynasty until the season ends.

As many of you already know, the Sidekicks were kicked;) out of the FOFC Cup by the MoKan Mighty Bastards. We weren't able to put up much of a fight as his starters played my 2 star trainees. We were defeated 6-0. We will now be cheering for the Bastards to win the Cup so that our loss can be looked at in a different light. Go Bastards!

Second item on the agenda is to thank our supporters for, well, supporting us. Thanks a lot. FYI, we also support all five of these great teams:)

1. ArdentEnthusiast
Supporter since: 2003-03-12 20:56:09

2. QcFrogMan
Supporter since: 2003-03-12 16:15:52

3. superbama
Supporter since: 2003-02-26 07:42:56

4. sterlingice
Supporter since: 2003-02-13 22:45:08

5. NevStar
Supporter since: 2003-02-13 18:59:39

The last thing was our training updates tonight. I'm not really sure how our form was affected because I don't have HAM and I'm not writing everything down this late in the season. But we got our best news of the season regarding training this season as midfielder Goran Andersson's playmaking has bumped up to excellent! He will be the first "excellent" player to don a Sidekicks jersey.

For our friendly this week we will be heading to Seattle to play Bolivar F.C. If you follow the USA conference board, I'm sure you know who the owner is. It is none other than "OneAmaru" who has been lobbying in vain to be able to speak Spanish on the USA board. Had we saw this, we would have told him no. But he won V.111 last year, and it's my home now, so I accepted.

That's all for this report, and if you haven't signed our guestbook, please stop by!

vex

03-17-2003, 03:11 AM

Ok, I'm already having end-of-season Hattrick withdrawl syndrome, so I'm going to post our match as I used to.

Raging Chimbelinas - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks

This match decides 3rd place in V.111, so it's very important to us.

Date: 3/17/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 4594066
Arena: Raging Chimbelinas Arena
Crowd: 7000

At Raging Chimbelinas Arena, 7000 punters turned up, and despite threatening clouds at the horizon, no rain came. Chimbelinas had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Laneve - Montgomery, Shafer, Rees - Sorensen, Lawrance, Dunham, Åhsjö, Wills - Gallegos, Schreiber.

Sidekicks had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Podboj - Thompson, Thomasson, Johnson - Needham, Connor, Andersson, Stensson, Winters - Perez, Kirkpatrick.

First Half

Jason Gallegos gave his Chimbelinas the lead with 1 - 0, as he successfully challenged both the guests central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the goaltenders right post.

Halftime

Halftime score was 1 - 0 Chimbelinas.
The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Chimbelinas, with an impressive 54 percent possession of the ball.

Second Half

The crowd was silenced in the 65:th minute as the visiting teams Keith Perez came in from the left, levelling the score to 1 - 1.

A mistake by the home sides central defence in the 77:th minute allowed Conny Stensson to score 1 - 2 for Sidekicks.

Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 81st minute Sidekicks goal, making it 1 - 3 Sidekicks. Keith Perez was noted down as the scorer.

End of Game Stats

Sidekicks, bringing the final ball possession rate to 52 percent, dominated the battle.

Most important Chimbelinas player was Teddy Rees. Ken Dunham on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Sidekicks player was without a doubt Admir Podboj. Donny Winters on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 3.

Raging Chimbelinas - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 1 - 3

Goals
Keith Perez - 2
Conny Stensson - 1

Cards
Ned Connor {Yellow}

Injuries
None

Team Ratings

Note, I will be using NevStar's formula

Raging Chimbelinas
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: weak (4)
Right Side Defence: passable (6)
Central Defence: solid (7)
Left Side Defence: weak (4)
Right Side Attack: inadequate (5)
Central Attack: weak (4)
Left Side Attack: weak (4)

Team Match Rating
42

NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Player rating and Team formation

Midfield: poor (3)
Right Side Defence: excellent (8)
Central Defence: excellent (8)
Left Side Defence: solid (7)
Right Side Attack: solid (7)
Central Attack: passable (6)
Left Side Attack: passable (6)

Team Match Rating
51

Player Ratings

Admir Podboj ***

Donald Thompson **
Jan Thomasson **~
Byron Johnson **~

Palmer Needham **~
Göran Andersson **~
Ned Connor **
Conny Stensson *~
Donny Winters *~

Keith Perez **~
Michael Kirkpatrick *~

Sidekicks
Total Stars = 24

Raging Chimbelinas
Total Stars = 20.5

Match Analysis

Other than a little better midfield, I couldn't have asked for a better played game from my guys, so this is a nice way to end the season. Forward Patrik Tuvin was out due to suspension, so our attack would have been a little better had he been in the game.

I was just looking at the series standings a couple of hours ago, and everything was normal. I go to post the final standings and we have another new team, the Virginia Vipers.

<pre>Team Goals Points
1. Man U Wannabes 71 - 20 35

2. RN United 44 - 10 32

3. NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 45 - 23 27

4. Raging Chimbelinas 29 - 24 22

5. Virginia Vipers 40 - 40 19

6. Kandy Kanez 17 - 44 11

7. Scheisser Mannschaf 24 - 47 10

8. adidas JPN 2 - 64 4</pre>

So that's where we finish, I'll post what the team hopes to accomplish next season in a day or so.

DataKing

03-17-2003, 12:17 PM

Good job on a solid finish to the season. I'm sure that prize money will come in handy.

vex

03-17-2003, 12:35 PM

Well, seeing as how I'm now up to $296,000 in debt, it is well needed.

vex

03-18-2003, 12:13 AM

Ok, I'm in some bad debt, so I need some advice here. Remember, with the team I have now, I have a legitimate shot at promoting next season. My arena seats 15,200. We have 818 supporters. However, we are $298,000 in debt.

Here's my players, please give me some opinions. The only player I will in no way part with is Keeper, Admir Podbog.

Admir Podboj
407 000 US$, 19 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Tor Larsson
144 000 US$, 18 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities

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

Weldon Gill
97 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Robert Quiroz
30 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Byron Johnson
57 000 US$, 26 years, excellent form
Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

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

[b]Donald Thompson[/b]
20 000 US$, 25 years, weak form
Has weak experience and weak leadership abilities

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

[b]Julius Stclair[/b]
41 000 US$, 22 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities [Quick]

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

[b]Jan Thomasson[/b]
82 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities

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

[b]Jean-Paul Bodnar[/b]
27 000 US$, 29 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Technical]

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

[b]Marco Andersen[/b]
10 000 US$, 18 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities

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

[b]Irfan Serin[/b]
29 000 US$, 18 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

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

[b]Ben Wilson[/b]
10 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Head]

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

[b]Göran Andersson[/b]
112 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities

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

[b]Alanzo Anduaga[/b]
26 000 US$, 17 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

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

[b]Ned Connor[/b]
23 000 US$, 24 years, passable form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities

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

[b]Donny Winters[/b]
38 000 US$, 23 years, solid form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities

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

[b]Palmer Needham[b/]
113 000 US$, 22 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities

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

[b]Conny Stensson[/b]
81 000 US$, 17 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities

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

[b]Patrik Tuvin[/b]
43 000 US$, 21 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

[b]Keith Perez[/b]
104 000 US$, 28 years, excellent form
Has wretched experience and disastrous leadership abilities [Powerful]

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

[b]Stacy Garrison[/b]
12 000 US$, 21 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Michael Kirkpatrick
21 000 US$, 18 years, excellent form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

I'm already trying to get rid of Larrson and Gill. I'll just use Quiroz as my B team Keeper. Suggestions?

vex

03-18-2003, 11:17 PM

Would just like to take a second and brag about our end of season, 9th place finish in the FOFC NSI Rankings.

But mainly, can anybody help me out regarding my previous post in the thread?

vex

03-18-2003, 11:20 PM

A special thanks goes out to Havok and his Maniacal Misfitz as they are the Sidekicks newest supporters! Thanks a lot!

Havok12
Supporter since: 2003-03-18 22:54:29

vex

03-19-2003, 01:03 AM

Here are the Sidekicks NSI ratings and total starsfor each league game:

NSI: 34 ---- Stars: 19 1/6/2003 (League): Tetsaiga - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 3 - 4
NSI: 42 ---- Stars: 20.5 1/13/2003 (League): NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - Stalkers 5 - 0
NSI: 45 ---- Stars: 22.5 1/20/2003 (League): NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - Man U Wannabes 2 - 2
Forfeit ------ Stars: 23.5 1/27/2003 (League): bob killas - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 0 - 5 PIC
Forfeit ------ Stars: 24 2/3/2003 (League): NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - bob killas 5 - 0 PIC
NSI: 52 ---- Stars: 25.5 2/10/2003 (League): Man U Wannabes - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 3 - 3 MOTS
NSI: 45 ---- Stars: 24.5 2/17/2003 (League): Kandy Kanez - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 1 - 3
NSI: 48 ---- Stars: 24.5 2/24/2003 (League): NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - Soccerteamplayers 5 - 0
NSI: 46 ---- Stars: 23 3/3/2003 (League): RN United - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 2 - 2
NSI: 51 ---- Stars: 25.5 3/10/2003 (League): NE Oklahoma Sidekicks - Scheisser Mannschaft 7 - 2
NSI: 51 ---- Stars: 24 3/17/2003 (League): Raging Chimbelinas - NE Oklahoma Sidekicks 1 - 3 MOTS

Wow, the NSI is incredibly similar to the stars X 2.

vex

03-23-2003, 12:28 AM

Thanks for all the help on my question guys;)

Anyways, let me recap you on the past few days:

Friendly

F.C. Bolivar vs. NE Oklahoma Sidekicks

Well, we lost 3-1 to the team that promoted out of my series last year. I'm not too diappointed as he is in 3rd place in Div. IV. Nothing noteworthy occured during the match.

Training

We didn't have anyone bump up in playmaking this week.
Many players lost a level of form, so I'm worried what these 2 weeks of stamina is going to do to them.

Latest Events

3/23/2003 The series is over and you have been awarded 37 500 US$ in prize money for the position your club achieved.

3/23/2003 Your supporters paid their annual fees. The income from this amounted to 24 930 US$.

Youth Pull

#10 Freddie Krebs (9454683)
18 years, passable form, healthy

A controversial person who is balanced and honest.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Speciality: Unpredictable

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 40 000 US$
Wage: 700 US$/week
Owner: NE Oklahoma Sidekicks
Warnings: 0

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

It would be nice if we could sell him, but the weakest link on the team has been our 2nd Winger, so Krebs will stay and immediately be inserted into the starting lineup.