Can you spare a Dime? Shaw Shanksters Hattrick Dynasty.

[Superman=#54]

A new season for the Shaw Shanksters is on the way. Last season was embarrising, awful, ugly, disheartening, disgusting, and stressful. We won one game all of last season, scored less than 10 goals in league play, and gave up more than fifty goals last season.

There is no where but up from here, right? We have hit rock bottom we can't go any lower. This season we have to do two things win and make money. The sponsers are doing there part now we must do ours and score goals and win games. New coach Jimmie Killian has a lot to prove as Owner Superman 54 has Coach Killian on a short leash. Owner Superman 54 has a new policy " We will not accept failure "

Armando Sinico and Roosevelt McIntosh will have to lead this team. These guys are the key to the Shaw Shanksters sucess. A lot of questions must be answered this season. Can the Shaw Shanksters stay alive? Can they win? Is coach Killian the right guy for this team? Will McIntosh and Sinico lead this team to victory?

We will find out at some time or another or until we lose this team because of debt.

Season 1 - Another Hattrick Dynasty (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5286)

A Hattrick Dynasty that is not by me and is not worth reading - White Sox Pride (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7790)

[Superman=#54]

Johor FC the top team in league v.83 played a qualification game to move up to division 4. Last year, Johor was known for their defense only allowing four goals all of last year. Their qualification game did not go so good as they lost 3-0.

This makes my league that much tougher. SpiderZone has said that they will be rebuilding this year. Hoping to make this team younger and better. Overall a weak league but the top three teams will be competing for the top spot all year long. Johor, SpidrZone, and Rochester United make up the three horse race for this division.

I am hoping for a sixth place finish, but we will need to really step up our defense because most teams in my division have at least one decent foward. The Devil Quakes will also be a team to watch as they really finished the season strong as they went 2-0-1 with that one tie with Johor.

Series: V.83 (8456)

Country: USA
Level: 5 out of 6

Team Played Goals Points
1. Johor FC 0 0 - 0 0

2. SpiderZone 0 0 - 0 0
3. Rochester United F. 0 0 - 0 0
4. DevilQuakes 0 0 - 0 0

5. Proletarian Dictato 0 0 - 0 0
6. Stockbridge Panther 0 0 - 0 0

7. Umartu 0 0 - 0 0
8. Shaw_Shanksters 0 0 - 0 0

One thing that I see this team really needs as I look over my roster before the season begins is a go to guy at foward. We need a solid scorer who can also be a big play maker.

[Superman=#54]

Armando Sinico
136 000 US$, 21 years, solid form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities

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


Bryan Quigley
38 000 US$, 23 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Collin Crain
30 000 US$, 29 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Quick]

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

Derrick Prescott *
25 000 US$, 27 years, passable form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Dudley Pritchard
12 000 US$, 21 years, wretched form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Technical]

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


[B]Freddie Yanez [/B]
42 000 US$, 26 years, solid form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Herbert Denson
11 000 US$, 25 years, passable form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Johnson Davison
14 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Powerful]

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

[B]Jon Gunter [/B]
145 000 US$, 23 years, solid form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities

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

[B]Juan Luis Valverde [/B]
29 000 US$, 24 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Kenneth Beck
17 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Leroy George *
29 000 US$, 22 years, excellent form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Technical]

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

Lewis Spencer
38 000 US$, 27 years, solid form
Has poor experience and disastrous leadership abilities [Powerful]

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

Louis Forte
0 US$, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Major Conn
29 000 US$, 26 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

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

Maurice Beaver
3 000 US$, 18 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Quick]

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

Rodney Willett
7 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities

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

[B]Roosevelt Mcintosh [/B]
193 000 US$, 23 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities

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

Steve Rains
13 000 US$, 25 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Terrell Workman
47 000 US$, 28 years, wretched form
Has weak experience and weak leadership abilities [Head]

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

* Injured players
BOLD - Regular starters

Prescott and Goerge are both injured and will be out for a while. The best player in the off-season has been Jaun Luis Valverde. He has really done well playing the midfielder spot and he has now earned a starting spot.

We will be running a 4-5-1 for this season with an emphasis on defense. I call it the "Boring Offense." Our players probe the opponets defense over and over again until the opposing team makes a mistake. A ball control offense that does not allow many scoring oppurtunities and every oppurtunity that they get must be executed perfectly. Our defense and ball control will make us succesfull this season.

We went perfect in the off-season and allowed no goals in some very competitive friendlies. We did lose Leroy George in one of those friendlies. I expect no less than a 6th place finish. To get that we will need about 18 points. As said before Coach Killian is on a short leash and any prolonged streaks of bad play then Killian will be out of here.

[Superman=#54]

Economy

Cash funds: -91 836 US$ (-122 223) US$
Sponsors: satisfied
Supporter Club: 597 members
Supporters: content

Money will be a big problem for this team if we can not start turning a profit soon. Hence the title "Can you spare a dime?", but if we can survive for another season then this team will be a real contender.

The Club

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

Goaltending Coaches: 1
Assistant Coaches: 9
Sport Psychologists: 1
Spokepersons: 1
Economists: 3
Physiotherapists: 3
Doctors: 1

Training

Training Level: 100%
Training Type: Short Passes
Coach: Jimmie Killian
Team Spirit: calm
Confidence: strong

Formation experience
4-3-3: solid
4-5-1: excellent
3-5-2: poor
5-3-2: poor
3-4-3: solid
5-4-1: poor

We will be changing the training regiment to defense this week. For the first half of the season it will be nothing but defensive training.

My next match will be a Cup game vs a Division 6 team by the name of the Oregon Ducks. A must win game there should be no reason we should not win this game. So until the Cup game see ya later. :D

[Superman=#54]

I am very dissapointed in the training this week. One of my star players Armando Sinico was the biggest dissapointment in this week of training.

Armando Sinico
127 000 US$, 22 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities

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

His form went down and he got a year older. Still looking for a solid foward at a reasonable price. If you have anyone out there please post the players info and price.

The oldest player on my team Collin Crain still remains on my team beause he is a really solid midfielder. He still has half a good season left in him. We have to find someone to replace him.

Collin Crain
30 000 US$, 30 years, weak form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Quick]

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

Also some good news my youth team moved up a level.

Youth Squad: passable

Over the break my midfield has improved. In both friendlies that I played my Midfield received a poor rating. Here are the ratings from the off-season games.

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

Shaw_Shanksters
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: formidable
Left Side Defence: excellent
Right Side Attack: passable
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: inadequate

I'll be back to report on the Cup game on Thursday.

[Superman=#54]

Shaw Shanksters @ Oregon Eagles

Coming into this game I knew I would win, but at what cost. I pulled out most of the big guns for this game as I did not want any doubt that I would lose this game. This lead to another win, but a fatal mistake.

1st Half
After 14 minutes Shaw_Shanksterss Kenneth Beck made his way through the middle, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. The visitors Armando Sinico 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 Shaw_Shanksters.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 2. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Shaw_Shanksters, with an impressive 83 percent possession of the ball.

A very good half for us we avoided injuries and no major penalties. The solid young foward Beck scores his first Cup goal. Could we keep this up???:(

2nd Half
As Armando Sinico had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Shaw_Shanksters player a red card without batting an eye. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area, but at last Shaw_Shanksters´s Jon Gunter was able to shove the ball in. 0-3.In the to 87:th minute a very unfortunate collision in the home teams penalty area led to Shaw_Shanksters´s Jon Gunter being carried off the pitch.

Shaw_Shanksters, bringing the final ball possession rate to 84 percent, dominated the battle. Shaw_Shanksters´s best player was Lewis Spencer. Dudley Pritchard on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.

@#$@%#@*#^@%##@&#*@. Can you tell that I'm mad
:mad:

It may be that our season is over before it starts. I learn a hard lesson today. Never start you regular starters even if you really want to win a cup game. Looks like Jon Gunter my all-star defender will be out for 6 weeks. I quickly hired some doctors and hope and pray that my best defender gets better fast.

I am still confident that we will win our first league game, but it may be a little closer than originally planned. Sinico will not be playing either as he is suspened. So that brings down our Midfield play a ton. Right now we have three players that are injured we need to stay healthy.

It's just a game I must calm down. This game is really addictive. In a bit of good news I would like to welcome the newest member of my team.

Claudio Dell'Asta (9454066)
19 years, passable form, healthy

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

Nationality: Canada
Assessed value: 23 000 US$

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

Claudio "The Canadian Crusher" Dell'Asta will be the starting foward in all league games. A press conference has been scheduled for tommorrow to have Claudio meet the press.

[Superman=#54]

A throng of reporters to meet the newest member of the Shaw Shanksters as Claudio steps up to the podium wearing a brand new Shaw Shankster jersey. Many hands are raised to get their questions answered by the Canadian Crusher.

Reporter #1: Claudio, the Shaw Shankster's two best outfielders will miss the first league game against Umartu. Can you step up your play while those players are gone?

Claudio Dell'Asta: There is no doubt aboot it, I must step up my play and show I was worth bringing here, eh. I can only play the best I can, but we are going to miss Gunter and Sinico.

Reporter #2: This team needs to have success this season and really needs a solid scorer at foward. The GM and Coach have decided to make you the starter. Can you handel the role of the starter?

CD: Either I do a good job or I don't. I feel confident that I will succeed there is no doubt aboot it, eh. I will put a 100 % percent effort into every game that I play.

The reaction from the media about the move is positive. Many are believing that Claudio will become a premire scorer in the league as most of the offense will come from the wings and the foward spot. Shaw Shanksters GM/Owner Superman 54 has said that if this team does not succeed early on that a major shake up will be made in the club house and has said the Shaw Shanksters will begin to rebuild again.

[Superman=#54]

Armando Sinico (8187919)
22 years, passable form, healthy

A sympathetic guy who is fiery and upright.
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities.

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

He is on sale opening bid set at $95,000. With our need for money and the dissapointing play of Sinico we have decided to cut ties with Sinico.

He is listed in America under Inner Midfielder if interested.

[FrogMan]

Originally posted by Superman=#54
Claudio Dell'Asta (9454066)
19 years, passable form, healthy

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

Nationality: Canada
Assessed value: 23 000 US$

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


Hey Superman, you do know that passing has some effect on a forward's performance? It might be a secondary skill, but you might want a bit better than poor. However, I don't know how much you paid for Claudio, so he still might be a steal :)

FrogMan

[Superman=#54]

Well I paid $10,000 dollars to get C.D. While his passing is poor he is a major upgrade from my old foward. With Derrick Prescott, the teams leading active scorer, out for four more weeks with a broken foot Claudio should do fine. :)

[Raven Hawk]

Hey Sup!

I have a little advice for ya. Seeing as DK takes pride in keeping his financials in 'the black.' I though you might use some advice from somebody who has been in 'the red' before.

1) Drop all of your economists. They are costing you $4500 per week to keep on, most likely they aren't paying for themselves. I would be interested to find out what your 'finance' income is. I think that you will find that they are not, in fact, paying for themselves.

2) Don't train passing. I train forwards and I have slipped to passing on occassion. You really don't get your money's worth for training passing. You're much better off sticking to one thing (if defense is your thing, so be it) than switching up. You can train up your primary skills, sell the players and buy the skills that you need with the profits.

3) A quick and easy way to boost your midfield rating is to train stamina. That comes at the price of form. I would suggest that if you don't have the goal to win your division this season, that you train up your stamina. You should be able to get your midfield rating to weak or better with only two weaks worth of training in stamina.

4) I wouldn't disagree with your number of assistant coaches, except for the fact that they are out of balance with your physiotherapists. General rule of thumb: Have an equal number of assistant coaches as you do physiotherapists. Then set your training to 90% + 1% per assistant coach that you have. This will cut down on your injuries significantly.

I hope that this helps you out a little. These are just a couple of generalisms that seem to be truisms in hattrick.

And you paid a fair price for your forward: CD. You actually probably got a better than fair price for him. As a forward trainer, I might have expected to get 15-20k if I were selling a comparable player.

[FrogMan]

Originally posted by Superman=#54
Well I paid $10,000 dollars to get C.D. While his passing is poor he is a major upgrade from my old foward. With Derrick Prescott, the teams leading active scorer, out for four more weeks with a broken foot Claudio should do fine. :)

Yeah, at 10K is not a bad deal. Also, I had not paid any attention to your other players. Reason why I raised the point I raised is that I was in the process of shopping for a forward myself this week. Current starting forward in my 4-5-1 is inadequate/inadequate and I bought a passable/inadequate for 11 000 U$. Thing is, compared to yours, mine is 29 year old and in weak form. The age isn't a problem to me, since I'm not a forward trainer, I only hope his form will increase.

Good luck to you with Claudio!

FrogMan.

[Superman=#54]

Thanks Raven Hawk and Frog Man for the advice and encouragement.

This weeks opponet is Umartu. The last team we beat in league play was Umartu. I expect to win this match, but it may be a very close game.

Umartu runs a 4-4-2. They really don't score and do not have much defense. There best scorer is 30 year old foward Andy Sollis his specialty is Techinical. Umartu's midfield and defense is full of guys with one or less star ratings from their cup game. Russell Sharp one of their starting defensive guys got a 0 star rating in last weeks Cup Game. They do have one decent defensive player, John Hatch a 30 year old that has a specialty talent of head.

Umartu is basically a bunch of old fogies that lost there talent a long time ago. I pity the foo that has to take over this team.

Here are their game ratings from their cup game.

Umartu
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: disastrous
Right Side Defence: poor
Central Defence: weak
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: poor

Andy Sollis scored 4 goals in that game. We will be watching Andy Sollis very closely this game. To bad we do not have Gunter as he would have really helped in stopping Sollis.

Next weeks scouting report will be much better than this. I will have more to talk about.

[Superman=#54]

Shaw Shanksters @ Umartu (New York)

Well I expected to win this game and if we did lose this game we would be worse off then I expected. There were a lot of new faces in the Shaw Shankster's starting line-up. Overall a very youthfull team with lots of potential. Could we stop Andy Sollis? Could we score goals? Could we win on the road?

At Umartu Arena, 8486 punters turned up, and despite threatening clouds at the horizon, no rain came.

Umartu tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Rowe - Sharp, Grissom, Hatch, Arnold - Fernandes, Smith, Mayfield, Benvegnù - Frank, Sollis.

Shaw_Shanksters had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Mcintosh - Willett, Quigley, Denson, Conn - Spencer, Valverde, Crain, Mcduffie, Yanez - Dell'Asta.

1st Half
Shaw_Shanksters took the lead after 13 minutes with 0 - 1. Juan Luis Valverde placed the ball out of reach for the home sides keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. A lunatic dribble by Jorge Mayfield, in front of the own keeper, set up Shaw_Shanksters´s Claudio Dell'Asta for an embarrasingly easy strike. 0 - 2. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 30:th minute Shaw_Shanksters goal, making it 0 - 3. Lewis Spencer was noted down as the scorer.

0 - 3 was the half-time score. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Shaw_Shanksters, with an impressive 61 percent possession of the ball.

A very nice first half. I was very proud of how the team played. Claudio lived up to the hype and scored a very easy goal. I never heard that term before "lunatic dribble" I laughed so hard after I read that. Could we stay injury and penalty free in the second half?

2nd Half
The visitors Juan Luis Valverde took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 50:th minute. 0 - 4 for Shaw_Shanksters. Bryan Quigley of Shaw_Shanksters received a yellow card in the 64:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The away team´s Joshua Mcduffie took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 73rd minute increasing Shaw_Shanksters´s lead to 0 - 5. The away team´s Claudio Dell'Asta took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 81st minute increasing Shaw_Shanksters´s lead to 0 - 6. Shaw_Shanksters's Freddie Yanez scored 0 - 7 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.

Most important Shaw_Shanksters player was Roosevelt Mcintosh. However, Major Conn made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 7.

Overall a very good game the only bad part was the Bryan Quigley getting carded. He is not that important all he is good at is playing defense. Claudio Dell'Asta had an excellent debut with the Shaw Shanksters. Jaun Luis Valverde continues his good play that he started in the off season and the Cup Game. This team will only get better when Jon Gunter gets back.

Shaw_Shanksters
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: inadequate

I was disappointed in the game ratings and especially the midfield play. We will get smoked next week if we do not step up our midfield play.

Other scores from the league

Rochester United beat the Devil Quakes 2-1 in a thriller. Rochester and the Devil Quakes have each made improvements. the Devil Quakes were on a hotstreak by beating Johor, SpiderZone, and had a draw with Rochester.

Proletarian Dictato had an offenive explosion against the Stockbridge Panthers beating them 6-2. The Shaw Shanksters are as good of both of these teams. It looks like the Stockbridge Panthers got worse over the off-season Dicatato's youth players continue to improve.

The match of the week was SpiderZone @ Johor FC. The #1 team versus #2. SpiderZone lost both of their games to Johor last year. Could they get over the hump and beat Johor? The first half was a defensive struggle as Johor lead 1-0 at the half. In the second half Johor came out possesed and scored 2 goals in the first 15 minutes. The Shaw Shanksters are still a season or two away from being at the level of Johor or Spiderzone.

Our next game will be against Rochester United F.C., it will be a home game. Our home opener will be a special event.

;)

I really want to pull a keeper with my next youth pull, but we do not have enough outfielders due to injury and and selling of players. So I will be back to report on the Cup game.:)

[Superman=#54]

This is just a quick update before the Cup game tommorrow. First off I would like to introduce the newest member of the team.

Cãlin Dincã (10575658)
22 years, passable form, healthy

A controversial person who is calm and honest.
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities.


Speciality: Unpredictable

Nationality: România
Assessed value: 28 000 US$
Owner: Shaw_Shanksters

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

I want to start him out in the midfield and see how he does out there. I paid $5,000 for this Romanian player. He may start tommorrow's Cup game. Next, is the updated standings for V.83.

Series: V.83 (8456)

Country: USA
Level: 5 out of 6

Team Played Goals Points
1. Shaw_Shanksters 1 7 - 0 3

2. Proletarian Dictato 1 6 - 2 3
3. Johor FC 1 3 - 0 3
4. Rochester United F. 1 2 - 1 3

5. DevilQuakes 1 1 - 2 0
6. SpiderZone 1 0 - 3 0

7. Stockbridge Panther 1 2 - 6 0
8. Umartu 1 0 - 7 0

As you can see I am number one. I will be enjoying my number one status all week long :)

So, until tomorrow PEACE!

[Superman=#54]

Hayward Haywires @ Shaw Shanksters (Chicago)

I was bringing out the B-Team for this game hoping they would show well and make the home fans happy. Today's fans got a free Shaw Shankster calender. A eighteen month calender with exciting full color pictures of you favorite Shaw Shankster players! We still have the free promotion for a free Krispy Kreme doughnut for every goal scored. ;)

8925 spectators had come to Freemen Park this cloudy day.

Shaw_Shanksters started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. They fielded: Mcintosh - Dincã, Quigley, Denson, Willett - Davison, Valverde, Conn, Mcduffie, Beck - Rains.

1st Half
Johnson Davison was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Steve Rains managed to kick one of them into 1 - 0 in the 15:th minute. Shaw_Shanksters put themselves up 2 - 0 when Major Conn broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him. The structure of the game started to change as Shaw_Shanksters decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone. Mike Blanchard went to the air and hit the ball firmly with his forehead for 2 - 1. Shaw_Shanksters were given a penalty in the 16:th, neatly put away by Cãlin Dincã. 3 - 1 for the home side.

Halftime score was 3 - 1. This part of the game had been a standoff between the teams.

I was a little worried about the team going to the defensive side so early and only with a 2 goal lead. Clalin Dinca had a good showing in the first half by getting the goal on the penalty kick. I was a little surprised by the guys scoring the goals. Conn and Rains are not great scorers and are really close to getting sacked, but might have saved their job for a few more weeks. With a three to one lead at the half could we win and move on in the U.S. Cup tournament?

2nd Half
Haywires managed to reduce a bit later to 3 - 2 as Ross Shepard finished off a well played combination from the left, carving through the defensive box. Shaw_Shanksterss Steve Rains got himself booked after a foul.

Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the fortyfive minutes.

The most dominating Shaw_Shanksters player was without a doubt Roosevelt Mcintosh. Cãlin Dincã was a disappointment, however. Haywires´s best player was Timmy Becerra. However, Ross Shepard made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 2.

A little scary in the second half as the Haywires were able to cut the lead down to one very early in the second half. Our defense played very stout in the second half after giving up that early goal. I applaud this team for staying composed after giving up the early goal. Coach Jimmie "Kimmel" Killian is still undefeated as the Shaw Shanksters coach. The sell out was also very nice and I thank all the fans that showed up. :)

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

The players with the best player preformances were McIntosh with a 2.5 star rating. Johnson Davison and Herbert Denson also had good preformances with a 2 star rating.

My next update will be Saturday with the scouting report and weekly youth pull. :cool:

[Superman=#54]

Rochester beat the DevilQuakes last week by a score of 2-1. Rochester has a really good offense, but a suspect defense. They use a 3-5-2, with one of the best combos at the foward position of all division 5.

Last week's game ratings:

Rochester United F.C.
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: inadequate
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: excellent
Central Attack: solid
Left Side Attack: solid

They have a solid midfield for division 5, and a really good offensive attack. Rochester's keeper is a bit suspect as he lacks stopping power and usually gives up one to two goals a game, maybe even more. This team is built around its offense, but if this team wants to move up they will have to play more defense.

Fowards:

#6 Theodore Jorgensen - 46 career goals 6 career hattricks
He has a specialty of quickness. It looks like today's weather will be partially cloudy. He killed us last year and with Jo Gunter not here I expect more of the same from him.

#13 Tim Helm - 41 career goals 4 career hattricks
He is the tougher of the two fowards. He really hurt us last year by scoring 2 goals. His speciality is power and he really man handles all defenders he is probaly the #1 or #2 foward in this leageu. The only problem is that he is 31 years old. He is definately going down hill in his career.

Midfield and Wingers:

#2 Ali Bautista - 14 career goals
The Canadian midfielder is very tough and has a specialty in head. He has 1 yellow card already this season. He did not play very well in last weeks game and only managed a 1.5 star rating.

#7 Ola Hansson - 10 career goals
Ola has a lot of promise he is only 21 years old and is already worth $92,000. A Swedish player who has a specialty in headers. He also did not do so well in last weeks game by only getting a 1.5 star rating.

#4 Dewey Cox - 8 career goals
At 25 years old Dewey is the stable force in the midfield. He does not score a lot of goals, he just playswell and does his job hemay not be as highly regarded as Helm, Jorgensson, and Hansson, but he gets the job done.

#17 Boyce Pendleton - 7 career goals
The 31 year old captain of the team is very unpredictable. He is not that good of a player and the only reason he is still around is because of his leadership.

#10 Milan Balla - 5 career goals
This Hungarian player may be the best player on the team. He is 26 years old and is a pretty damn good winger. His assessed value is at $200,000. I am confident that our wingers will be able to at least control Rochester's wingers. Although I am worried that Balla might score a few on us.

[Superman=#54]

Defense:

#11 Tom Thomson - 6 career goals
He is probaly the nicest guy on the team, but he lacks experince that his other teammates have. A very good defender that is only 24 years old and could become a shut down defender in the future.

#3 Jens Lange - 0 career goals
A 22 year old with no specialty talents or great talent. All he is good at is defending. At this level he is ok, but Rochester will need better defenders at the next level.

#20 Joseph Naynert - 5 career goals
Another specialty defender that lacks overall talnet or specialty talents. He has a decent amount of experince.

Keeper:

#1 Thord Lewquist -
No one in the league is afraid of this keeper. He is one of the lower rated keepers in this league. I am very confident that we will at least score one goal.

The Game Plan -
In last week's league game Rochester took apart a 4-5-1 that was much better than mine. So my game plan is not to get spanked to bad in front of a home crowd. Hopefully it will be 3-1 or something close to that. I am not expecting much out of the team or Coach Killian.

I will be back on tonight with the weekly youth pull.

[Eilim]

Just wanted to congratulate you on your win over the Haywires. Thats my kid sisters team, and I've been having to hear about that loss all week. ;)


-Eilim

[Superman=#54]

Well thanks, it was a very tough match. The Haywires almost made a comeback and had me worried through out the second half. They are a pretty decent team and wish them luck in the future.

[Superman=#54]

Cash funds: -125 628 US$ (-171 511) US$
Sponsors: satisfied
Supporter Club: 644 members
Supporters: delirious

This week's youth pull sucked. A keeper that wasn't worth keeping so i fired him. Hopefully the youth pulls will get better.

[Superman=#54]

Rochester United FC @ Shaw Shanksters

The league home opener had many festivities before the game. There was a meet the players day, which let all fans meet the players and get free autographs. There was also a small carnival for the children to enjoy before and after the game. Halftime entertainment was a concert by none other that the rap group Outkast singing their hit song "B.O.B." (Bombs Over Baghdad). While I did not expect to win this game I was hoping to put up a good show and maybe a close game.

8925 spectators arrived at Freemen Park, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. (Another sell out)

Shaw_Shanksters started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Mcintosh - Dincã, Quigley, Denson, Willett - Spencer, Valverde, Crain, Mcduffie, Yanez - Dell'Asta.

1st Half
After 24 minutes Rochesters Ola Hansson made his way through the middle, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. The game had been on for 26 minutes when Theodore Jorgensen broke through to the right, upping the score to the home crowd´s dismay. Rochester´s were up 0 - 2. Herbert Denson had a good opportunity to reduce in the 28:th minute but wasn´t cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. Shaw_Shanksters´s Rodney Willett left the field after 31 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Dudley Pritchard.

Halftime score was 0 - 2. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Rochester, with an impressive 55 percent possession of the ball.

I was pretty pleased with the first half as we did not get crushed to hard. Only being 2-0 we could still score an early goal in the second half to make this game more exciting. The injury was not to serious. Willett will only be out for a week. I already promised that I would score a goal on this team, would it happen?

2nd Half
After 54 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Tom Thomson who increased Rochester´s lead to 0 - 3. Rochesters Tim Helm proved that he's been around on a footy pitch before, when he took advantage of a few moments of confusion in the enemy defence line, then elegantly scoring 0-4. The referee showed Shaw_Shanksterss Collin Crain the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 77:th minute Rochester goal, making it 0 - 5. Theodore Jorgensen was noted down as the scorer.

Shaw_Shanksters held the ball, with a clear 51 percent possession rate. Most important Shaw_Shanksters player was Roosevelt Mcintosh. Dudley Pritchard on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Rochester player was without a doubt Tim Helm. However, Joseph Naynert made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 5.

WOW, that was one ugly half. This team is all offense I thought I would score at least one goal. I knew we would get beat, but not this bad. I will get up the game ratings up later.

[Superman=#54]

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


The Midfield was decent, but everthing else sucked. I want to do a better job on the offensive side, but with the players we have can not do it.

Roosevelt McIntosh -GK- 2.5
Calin Dinca -DEF- 1.5
Herbert Denson -DEF- 2.0
Bryan Quigly -DEF- 1.5
Dudley Pritchard -DEF- 1.0
Lewis Spencer -MID- 2.0
Jaun Luis Valverde -MID- 2.0
Collin Crain -MID- 1.5
Freddie Yanez -MID- 2.0
Joshua McDuffie -MID- 1.5
Claudio Dell'Asta -FWD- 1.5

[Superman=#54]

To put in in short The Shaw Shanksters lost the game 10-0. I played nothing but back-ups, we also used the 3-4-3 and we PIC.

They had a very good attack and a passable midfield.

Right Side Attack: brilliant
Central Attack: formidable
Left Side Attack: solid
Midfield: passable

I will be back on Saturday to give the scouting report on our next opponet Proletarian Dictators. Which is a game that we can win, I hope.

[Superman=#54]

Proletarian Dictators

This is the surprise team of the season so far. They finished in sixth place last season, but have come out with guns blazing. They beat Stockbridge in week one and the DevilQuakes last week. Both those teams are very respectable teams. They are hot, the Dictators have everyone in the league in an uproar. So far they scored the most goals with 10. It will be very hard to stop this team. It would be one of the bigger upsets in the league.

They use a 3-5-2 line-up which has really boosted their offense. Really their only weakness is their two backs that are the only weak links on the team. Really I don't know much about this team as they went on a great purge in the off-season and spent a lot of money on totally remaking this team. So if their is one team that i really don't know much about it is this team. No one in the league knows much about this team. Thats why their fast start really surprised everyone.

[Superman=#54]

#11 Geoffrey Davis - 4 goals 12 career goals
This guy is not flashy, but he does get it done. He has scored four goals so far this season. He has solid form and just keeps improving. He may be a force in a few more seasons.

#10 Julius Boyd - 0 goals 10 career goals
He has a dissapointing start to this in terms of goal scoring. He is a very quick person, but just lacks big play ability. This team would be even better if Boyd could start contributing more. He already has gotten one yellow card this season. This 26 year old vetran really has to step up if the Dictators want to have long term success.

Overall their Fowards are very good. By the end of the year I wouldn't be surprised if they are both top ten scorers. Stopping them is a must. We must limit their chances at shots at the goal.

[Superman=#54]

#7 Ted Miner - 4 career goals
He has scored his goals this year by being the set pieces specialist. He is a 27 year old Inner Midfielder with excellent form. While Miner might be a little on the old side, but he makes up for it with his experince.

#6 Erin McCombs - 12 career goals
McCombs is the real star in the midfield for the Dictators. He has scored most of his goals off of headers, which is his specialty. He is one of the top midfielders in the entire league. If their is one guy that I am really worried about it is this guy.

#5 David Williams - 5 career goals
Another experinced vetran that has really produced for the Dicatators, this season. He is a 30 year vetran with solid leadership abilities. While he may not be the fatsest he makes up for it with his aggresive playing style, which has shown as he already has one yellow card.

Wingers
#9 Mariano Chicote - 1 career goal
He will be suspended for this game as he has two yellow cards already. Looks like his replacement will be Rich Quarles a servicable back-up.

Elliot Busch - 2 career goals
He also will be suspended for this game. I have no idea who will be the back-up for him.

Well it looks like we have found the Dictators weakness. They are really not deep at the Winger spot and now both of their wingers are suspended for this game. We will definately be attacking the wings to get some goals. ;)

[Superman=#54]

Ellert Hauksson - 1 career goal
He is the lone central defender on this team. A young guy that still has a lot to learn. He is a decent defender, but he is very human and we should be able to get by him for a few goals.

#4 Levi Shelley - 0 career goals
Another young guy that is serviceable, but will be needed to be upgraded if the Dictators want to go anywhere. If we go ahead with the startegy I have planned we should attack hard on the outside and destroy this young buck.

#2 Bjarne Anderson - 0 career goals
Another young inexperinced player on the defensive line for the Dicatators. As said before hopefully we can abuse this young defense.

The Keeper

Philip Mallory
This guy is a beast. The reason for all the success of the Dictators this season can all be credited to this guy. He is 20 years old and in his prime. His assessed value is at $316,000. So even if our attack plan does work we still gotta get the ball past this guy.:(

Overall a very week defense that we hope to pound on. Even if that works getting the ball past Mallory will be the toughest part. The way to get goals on this guy is to get as many shots as we can, which this young defense looks like it might give up.

[Superman=#54]

I just want to welcome the newest members of the Shaw Shanksters family. They should really help in improving this team and making us a contender for the future.


Quinton Lewis
46 000 US$, 24 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities

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

We add another Canadian to the team. I was really surprised at how much I paid for this guy. I only paid $12,000 for my new starting central defender that will really help fill the void while Jon Gunter is out.

Rickard Hörnsjö
73 000 US$, 21 years, poor form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

With the team lacking a solid back-up keeper I had to search the transfer line for a good back-up at a cheap price. I only got him for $8,000, but he was not my first choice. My first choice got me into a bidding war that eventually had me dropping out.

[Superman=#54]

Battle Plan: Buffalo Wings
Well here the plan for tommorrow's game versus Proletarian Dicatators. The plan is to attack the wings with all we got, but the plan is hurt by Lewis Spencer being injured as he is a decent winger with some offensive skills. Johnson Davison will take his place in operation Buffalo Wings. We plan to use our wingers like Indians to hunt down the opponets like buffalo. We will be attacking hard from the outside and play conservative on the inside. Hopefully we can expose the Dictators weak defense and get a few easy goals. I am confident that we can tie or win this game.

Right now the team is about $125,000 dollars in debt. By the end of this season we should be back in black. The youth squad is at passable, but we are still getting crap youth pulls. Hopefully we can get back on track with this week's youth pull.

Cole Omalley (11099080)
20 years, passable form, healthy

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

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 13 000 US$
Wage: 560 US$/week
Owner: Shaw_Shanksters
Warnings: 0


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

Well its more of the same crap. I am now hitting the fire button. Well it is time for some news around the league.

News from around the league -

2003-04-19 New USA GM
Mod-Spidurman has been promoted to GM. His name will change soon(day or so). Please welcome GM-Spidurman.

Mod-Spidurman is the owner of SpiderZone. He gets the big promotion and wish the best of luck to him.

Here is a press release from the Devil Quakes about their dismal opening to the season.

DevilQuakes
4/16/2003 at 04:45 What the EFF!?!
Starting the season off 0-2, was a dismal way for new coach Jason Villalobos to start off the campaign. The 1st loss was understandable, but last weeks loss to Prolaterian was a complete shock.

Management is pissed and wants to know what the EFF is going on!?! The manager was heard to scream at the press, "EFF the ref, EFF the league, EFF all you! EFF 'em all and the horses they rode in on!"

The team may be shook-up with a possible big sale in the makeing in the next week or 2.

Well this is good news for us. If they start rebuilding it gives a chance to move up in this tough league.

This next press release is from SpiderZone.

SpiderZone
4/18/2003 at 19:01 NOOOO!!
The Spiders are heartbroken by a shattering cup upset - which management is covering up by citing a significant transfer volume in the club.

Effective immediately, the team will look to undergo a complete overhaul. No player's job is safe anymore, we will be pulling and training with the goal of winning the series next season and being able to compete in IV.

With three tough league matches in the next four weeks, the club hopes to get to where we need to be sooner rather than later.

This is bad news for us this year Spidurman is commited to moving up.

[Superman=#54]

Well we welcome the newest member of the team while I was searching for a guy that could play the midfield. He should do fine playing the midfield and is probaly the best player in my midfield.

Kirk Wilson (10871230)
22 years, poor form, healthy

A nasty fellow who is calm and upright.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.


Speciality: Powerful

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 59 000 US$
Wage: 800 US$/week
Owner: Shaw_Shanksters
Warnings: 0


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

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

Another powerful specialty guy has been added to our team. We now have about 4 or 5 guys with the powerful specialty. I really like his play making and scoring stats. All around a complete midfielder at this level, for only $23,000.

The weather in Los Angeles is going to be overcast. That really does not help us I do prefer the rainy weather when I am on the road. I will be back on tonight to report on the game.

[Superman=#54]

Shaw Shanksters @ Proletarian Dictators

Its still early in the season but a win here could really help us down the road, especially a road win. I was hoping that would we at least tie or win this game. I was feeling confident that Battle Plan Buffalo Wings would work. With our team lacking confidence I was hoping my team would gain some confidence by scoring a few goals. We will see what happens in this game.

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 10227 at Proletarian Dictators Arena today.

Proletarian tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: San Germán - Shelley, Hauksson, Bernardelli - Chicote, Williams, Mccombs, Miner, Busch - Boyd, Davis.
(UGH, another 3-5-2 formation if I see another one of these I'll go sick)

Shaw_Shanksters tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Mcintosh - Willett, Denson, Lewis, George - Yanez, Crain, Dincã, Wilson, Davison - Dell'Asta.


1st Half
A well placed corner kick from Ted Miner was followed by Erin Mccombs´s hard but accurate header. The nice combination meant 1-0 for Proletarian. Seemingly due to lack of experience, Ellert Hauksson needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. Julius Boyd squirmed himself through the central defense line in the 27:th minute, asserting the lead to 2 - 0. Julius Boyd should probably have put his team up another goal in the 27:th minute, but some great goaltending by Roosevelt Mcintosh kept the visitors in the game. 30 minutes into the game Rodney Willett had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Bryan Quigley. Proletarian put their lead ahead another goal as Geoffrey Davis struck home the 3 - 0 goal, after an attack from the left setting him up unmarked with the keeper. After this Proletarian lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. Proletarian put themselves up 4 - 0 when Erin Mccombs broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him.

The teams went for a half-time break at 4 - 0. Proletarian held the ball, with a clear 65 percent possession rate.

This dissapoints once again. The wasted free kick chance did not help matters much either. The Rodney Willet injury was not to bad and he is only a defensive specialist. Hopefully things would improve in the second half.

2nd Half
After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Proletarian´s Francesco Bernardelli got himself booked. As Collin Crain had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Shaw_Shanksters player a red card without batting an eye. Proletarian made a substitution in the 76:th minute. Francesco Bernardelli limped off the field and was replaced by Leroy Floyd.

Proletarian held the ball, with a clear 71 percent possession rate.
Proletarian´s best player was Julius Boyd. However, Leroy Floyd made a disastrous appearance. Most important Shaw_Shanksters player was Freddie Yanez. Bryan Quigley on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.

A very dissapointing game for the Shaw Shanksters. Owner Superman 54 ws quoted saying "The noose is tightening around Coach Killians neck. No players job is safe this team better improve fast or everyone will be fired." That was said as Owner/GM destroyed his own personal office.

Player Ratings coming soon.

[Superman=#54]

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

Roosevelt McIntosh -GK- 2.5
Bryan Quigly (Sub) -DEF- 1.0
Quinton Lewis -DEF- 1.5
Herbert Denson -DEF- 2.0
Leroy George -DEF- 1.5
Freddie Yanez -MID- 2.5
Collin Crain -MID- Red Carded
Calin Dinca -MID- 1.5
Johnson Davison -MID- 1.5
Kirk Wilson -MID- 1.5
Claudio Dell'Asta -FWD- 1.5

Here are the updated standings and match results from this week for v.83.

Rochester Uni - SpiderZone 0 - 2
Umartu - Johor FC 0 - 5
Proletarian D - Shaw_Shankste 4 - 0
Stockbridge P - DevilQuakes 0 - 4

Team Played Goals Points
1. Johor FC 3 13 - 1 9

2. Proletarian Dictato 3 14 - 4 9
3. SpiderZone 3 8 - 4 6
4. Rochester United F. 3 7 - 3 6

5. DevilQuakes 3 7 - 6 3
6. Shaw_Shanksters 3 7 - 9 3

7. Stockbridge Panther 3 3 - 15 0
8. Umartu 3 1 - 18 0

Amazingly all the games ended in shutouts. The DevilQuakes got on track with a big win against Stockbridge Panthers. Our next game will be agianst Stockbridge.

NEXT ROUND

Umartu - Rochester United F.C
Johor FC - DevilQuakes
Shaw_Shanksters - Stockbridge Panthers
SpiderZone - Proletarian Dictator

The game of the week is Johoe vs DevilCakes, uh I mean Johor vs DevilQuakes. The SpiderZone vs The DIctators will also be a good game.

[Superman=#54]

Reporter: Last night the Shaw Shanksters Owner/GM worked throughout the night trying to workout a contract for the new coach of the Shaw Shanksters. Thats Right!! The Shaw Shanksters have a new coach by the name of Nathaniel Henderson. An African-American coach that had a succesful career as a youth league coach. His youth league record stands at an impressive 84 wins, 19 losses, and 11 ties. He also won three US youth cups. Wait, here comes owner/GM Superman 54.

Reporter: Sir, Sir can you answer a few questions for the people watching this program?

S54: Sure

Reporter: What is the future for recently fired coach Killian?

S54: Well Nate and Jimmie are good friends, so Nate decided to keep Jimmie as an assitant coach.

Reporter: There are not many African-American coaches out there so why did you hire Coach Henderson?

S54: We didn't look at color we just looked at his abilities and his overall record with the youth teams.

Reporter: He was a very popular guy in the youth leagues and everyone seemed to like him. Will he be as popular and well liked as he was in the youth leagues?

S54: He already met the players and most of the players from our youth leagues were happy and excited that he was the new coach. As for the other players that will have to devolop over time. Nate is a great guy so he should have no problem getting along with the other players.

Reporter: whe...

(Superman cuts him off before he can ask next question)

S54: I am a little tired after all that negoitiating I think its time I go home and get some rest its been a long day. All questions will be answered during tommorrow's press conference.

[Superman=#54]

The press conference was a huge success. The press was very impressed with Nathaniel Henderson. A few inches over six feet tall, with a shaved head and a fully grown beard. He was in very good shape and looked like he could play for the Shaw Shanksters. One of the greater midfielders of all time in his day before multiple knee injuries shortened his career. He then turned to coaching and got a job as a youth coach. He then became head coach of the Lake Station Eagles. With the Eagles he became one of the best youth coaches in the United States. Now he got the call up to the pros with the Shaw Shanksters. He is a man that wants to succede and make this team into a winner.

He is my first block for building my dynasty. The next step will be getting this team out of debt. Right now we need to conserve money and will not be spending money until we get under $100,000 in debt. Well I will be posting my roster as it has changed a lot since the season began. I will start the scouting report either tonight or tommorrow morning. Well before I forget I want to post my new coach's stats.

Nathaniel Henderson (11223825)
40 years, disastrous form, healthy
A solid coach who goes all out
A popular guy who is calm and dishonest.
Has weak experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 0 US$
Wage: 500 US$/week
Owner: Shaw_Shanksters
Warnings: 0


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

:D

[Havok]

how many try's till you got him???

[Superman=#54]

When I first got my team I fired the coach who was disastrous. Things went fine for a while with my wretched coach, but then we fell apart so I fired him and I got Nate Henderson.

So it only took two tries. I guess I am really lucky. He should really anchor this team for the future. I should be able to build a franchise with him as my coach.

[Havok]

So it only took two tries


have i told you how much i hate you lately???

[Aesyrqwe]

He should thank me for that, I was the one who told him to fire that wretched coach... Now all he does is rub it in my face. I'm happy with my one try passable coach right now though.

-Aes-

[Havok]

well... i hate you also!!

it took me 9 try's to get a Inadequate coach :(

[Superman=#54]

Bryan Quigley
41 000 US$, 24 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Cãlin Dincã
26 000 US$, 22 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

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

[B]Claudio Dell'Asta [/B]
20 000 US$, 19 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Collin Crain
20 000 US$, 30 years, weak form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Quick]

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

[I]Derrick Prescott [/I]
25 000 US$, 28 years, poor form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Dudley Pritchard
18 000 US$, 22 years, poor form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Technical]

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

[B]Freddie Yanez [/B]
40 000 US$, 27 years, passable form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities

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

[B]Herbert Denson [/B]
10 000 US$, 26 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities

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

Johnson Davison
11 000 US$, 20 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Powerful]

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

[I]Jon Gunter [/I]
83 000 US$, 24 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities

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

Joshua Mcduffie
11 000 US$, 18 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities [Powerful]

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

[B]Juan Luis Valverde [/B]
34 000 US$, 25 years, excellent form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Kenneth Beck
15 000 US$, 19 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

[B]Kirk Wilson [/B]
57 000 US$, 22 years, poor form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Powerful]

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

Leroy George
30 000 US$, 23 years, poor form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Technical]

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

[B]Lewis Spencer[/B]
25 000 US$, 28 years, inadequate form
Has weak experience and disastrous leadership abilities [Powerful]

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

Major Conn
27 000 US$, 27 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Unpredictable]

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

[B]Quinton Lewis [/B]
41 000 US$, 24 years, poor form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities

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

Rickard Hörnsjö
73 000 US$, 21 years, poor form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

[I]Rodney Willett [/I]
5 000 US$, 20 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities

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

[B]Roosevelt Mcintosh [/B]
207 000 US$, 24 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities

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

Steve Rains
13 000 US$, 26 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities

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

[B]BOLD[/B] - Player is regular starter
[I]ITALIC[/I] - Player is currently injured

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The Stockbridge Panthers do not have a win yet this season. They lost in week one to the Dictators 6-2. Then in week two they managed to score a goal on the toughest defense in v.83, Johor FC. Last week they faced a struggling DevilQuakes team, but failed to capitalize and lost 4-0. This week they face us a team with a new attitude and new confidence coming from our new coach. They have the second worst defense, giving up 15 goals, the worst defense was Umartu's giving up 18 goals.

This week we will be changing our formation to a 3-5-2. Right now we are passable with the 3-5-2 formation. We will be using the 3-5-2 to take advantage of the Panther's weak defense.

Last year Stockbridge was a very decent team that came in fifth place in a very tough division (if you don't believe me look it up on Hatstats). Last year their defense was serviceable, but this year their defense has totally abandoned them. This is a game that I am confident that we can win, especially with Nate Hendrson as the new coach.

Position scouting coming soon!!!

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Matt Dowdy (4865832)
46 years, poor form, healthy
A passable coach who prefers a strong defensive game
A pleasant guy who is balanced and dishonest.
Has weak experience and weak leadership abilities.

A pretty decent coach. He prefers a defensive game, suprisingly the Panthers have no defense at all. The Stockbridge Panthers run a 3-4-3 and it really hurts their midfield. They have an amazing attack that I am a little scared of. They have yet to score goals on a regular baises and we don't want to ge them started here. Here are the match ratings from their DevilQuakes game.

Stockbridge Panthers FC
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: disastrous
Right Side Defence: excellent
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: inadequate
Right Side Attack: passable
Central Attack: outstanding
Left Side Attack: formidable

Overall a very good attacking team, but they midfield really brings them down.

Fowards

Ronnie Hayden - 10 career goals
He is a 24 year old with solid form and a decent amount of experince. In his game against the DevilQuakes he got a 3 star rating. His assessed value is around $285,000. This guy is a monster and whats even worse is that he is not the best foward on the team. It is really surprising that this team doesn't score 3-4 goals a game with the fowards they have.

Brett Williams - 11 career goals
He is 27 years old also with solid form. His assessed value is at $569,000. He also has a decent amount of experince and his specialty is unpredictabilty. These fowards are eadly if someone can get the ball to them. Since their coach prefers defense and they use the 3-4-3 which makes their midfield bad, the fowards do not get many chances to score.

Pedro Williams - 3 career goals
The 18 year old rookie has scored all of his goals in the Cup games. Another really good foward for the Panthers from the Youth Squad. All three of the Panther's fowards are from their own youth squads.

All three of the Panther's fowards are very good players that if they were on better teams would be scoring 20 to 25 goals a season. On any day they could explode and put up quite a few goals. Still they lack any midfield at all. They have some great fowards, but lack a team around them. Most teams beat the Panthers by not giving the ball up. In their game against the DevilQuakes just played pass the ball around for 90 minutes. Here were the possesion rates from last week's game against the DevilQuakes.

DevilQuakes, bringing the final ball possession rate to 82 percent, dominated the battle.

DevilQuakes held the ball, with a clear 97 percent possession rate.

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Inner Midfielders

Luther Tapia - 1 career goal
It seems like everyone on the Stockbridge Panthers has solid form. Tapia is a very aggresive player as shown by the yellow cards he has accumalated. He is not very experinced, but is still very young at 19 years. He is a serviceable player in the midfield for the Panthers.

Gabriel Enriquez - 2 career goals
A 26 year old with a very bad attitude and poor experince. He still has a long way to go, but he is getting old. In my opinion he should be replaced fast.

Bruno Winters - 1 career goal
Love the name makes him sound really tough. But, in actuality he is a feeble old man. He may be a pleasent guy, but his best playing days are far behind him.

Winger

Rex Stringer - 3 career goals
The best winger on the team in the prime of his career. He is a very unpredictable guy with a very nasty attitude. He may not have the greatest attitude, bt he gets the job done outside on the wing.

They use three inner midfielders and only one winger. Never faced anyone who had three inner midfielders and one winger. This team lacks anyone to play at least decently in the midfield. Their one decent winger looks prety decent, but I'm pretty sure that my wingers will contain him. Also all their midfielders average a one star or less rating for every game.

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Defense

Gregory Lomax - 1 career goal
A decent two star defender. At 24 years old he has a decent amount of experince and has passable form. He is a roleplayer that probaly specializes in defense.

Herman Coleman - 1 career goal
At 20 years old Coleman is a young rising star in this league at central defender. In a few more seasons he could be a dominating force as a central defender. He also is a solid two star defender. He has a bright future ahead of him.

Jessie Lewis - 0 career goals
A very unpredictable player, one day he might get you 1 and a half stars the next game he might get you half a star. Still a very young player, but I see no future for Lewis. He is the weakest link in the defensive line of the Panthers.

Keeper

Travis Buckhart
Buckhart is the back-up goalie. The regular goalie Archie Walton a solid 2 and a half goalie went down with an injury in the DevilQuakes game. Travis Buckhart is a decent back-up goalie, but only got one star for his preformance in their last friendly. They should make the game a little easier for us.

Well the Panthers use some strange tactics. They only use one central defender, the other central defender is the third foward. While they have a good defensive line they only have one central defender that really does not help them much with their weak midfield. Overall a decent midfield. The back-up goalie I would say might be a level or two below inadaquete. So now I feel really good about winnng this match. I will be back to give a little update and report on the youth pull.

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The weekly youth pull:

William Sears (11286005)
17 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is balanced and infamous.
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities.

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


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

More of the same crap. Seems when I first started picking players I was getting players over 10,000. Now I cant get a guy over 5,000. Really frustrating.

[Havok]

join the club :)

Im 0 for 8 with youth pulls now =)

at least i finally hit passable youth squad.

Whats your youth squad at???

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Right now my youth squad is at passable, but I am getting worse youth pulls. I can not get a youth pull over 5,000 this game is very hard to figure out .

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Stockbridge Panthers @ Shaw Shanksters (Chicago)

With new coach Nate Henderson making his debut in front of a home crowd and what a special day it was. It was Shaw Shankster promotional calendar day and a new item was added to the menu at the concession stand. The "Nate Dogg" it big, black, and spicy, chicago style polish. But, the main objective of the day was to beat the Panthers, for coach Nate Henderson to get off to a good start.

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 7190 to Freemen Park.

Shaw_Shanksters had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Mcintosh - George, Denson, Lewis - Yanez, Valverde, Dincã, Wilson, Spencer - Rains, Dell'Asta.

Stockbridge had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Burkhart - Lomax, Jackson, Coleman - Tapia, Jackson, Enriquez, Stringer - Hayden, Williams, Williams.

1st Half

The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 in the 38:th by a breakthrough from Claudio Dell'Asta, who unaided came in out of the right wing hooking the ball over the visitors keeper. The visitors didn´t give in and after 40 minutes Gregory Jackson got through the home sides central line of defense, rolling in the levelling goal to make it 1 - 1 In the 41st minute Stockbridges Gabriel Enriquez received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Steve Rains the unlucky victim, couldn´t continue the game.

The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 1. Shaw_Shanksters, bringing the final ball possession rate to 69 percent, dominated the battle.

The Stockbridge Panthers really challenged us in the first half. 1-1 at the half could we lose this game. I will tell you this, this is only the begining for Claudio Dell'Asta.

2nd Half

In the 52nd minute the home side managed to get a 2 - 1 lead as Claudio Dell'Asta flipped the ball after a cross pass from the right. Shaw_Shanksters put themselves up 3 - 1 when Kenneth Beck broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him. In the 78:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Claudio Dell'Asta dashed through, knocking home 4 - 1 for Shaw_Shanksters. By then Claudio Dell'Asta was a three time scorer - a hat trick!

Shaw_Shanksters held the ball, with a clear 88 percent possession rate. Shaw_Shanksters´s best player was Roosevelt Mcintosh. Leroy George was a disappointment, however. Stockbridge´s best player was Brett Williams. However, Luther Tapia made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 1.

A really good second half and the final exclamation point by Claudio Dell'Asta. It was Claudio's first career hattrick. Our reward for winning this game we get to face a struggling DevilQuakes team, but still very talented. Match ratings coming soon.

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Week 4 Match Results

DevilQuakes @ Johor FC - The struggling Quakes have to face the number one team in our league (maybe the number one team in division 5). Last season the DevilQuakes swept Johor. They game started out very competitive as each team scored a goal early on. By the end of the half Johor scored two late goals in the half to take a 3-1 lead going into halftime. When the second half the Quakes attempted to make a comeback and scored an early goal making it 3-2. The Quakes had a chance after a Johor penalty to tie the game with a free kick, but just missed it. Later on in the half Johor put away the DevilQuakes for good by scoring another goal ending the game in a 4-2 win for Johor. Johor still remains undefeated.

Proletarian Dictators @ SpiderZone - SpiderZone struck first in the 11th minute making the game 1-0. It stayed that way until the second half when SpiderZone scored two more goals to make it a shutout 3-0 win. A very dominating victory for SpiderZone. The Dicatators lost their first game.

Rochester United F.C. @ Umartu - Umartu is the worst team in the league by far. I am pretty sure they will not win a game this season. Things stayed the same for Umartu another 7-0 ass rape beating. So far they have scored 1 goal and given up 25 goals. Rochester moves into second place with this win.

Updated Standings

Team Played Goals Points
1. Johor FC 4 17 - 3 12

2. Rochester United F. 4 14 - 3 9
3. Proletarian Dictato 4 14 - 7 9
4. SpiderZone 4 11 - 4 9

5. Shaw_Shanksters 4 11 - 10 6
6. DevilQuakes 4 9 - 10 3

7. Stockbridge Panther 4 4 - 19 0
8. Umartu 4 1 - 25 0


The Top Goal Scores for v.83

Player Team Goals
1. Theodore Jorgensen Rochester United F.C. 6
2. Claudio Dell'Asta Shaw_Shanksters 5
3. Erin Mccombs Proletarian Dictators 4
4. Geoffrey Davis Proletarian Dictators 3
5. Ola Hansson Rochester United F.C. 3
6. Adam Johnson Johor FC 3
7. Jurek Lipa Marzipanerna 3
8. Ali Bautista Rochester United F.C. 2
9. Peter Andersson SpiderZone 2
10. Ed Reynolds DevilQuakes 2

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

Roosevelt McIntosh -GK- 2.0 (MVP)
Leroy George -DEF- 1.0 (MDP)
Herbert Denson -DEF- 2.0
Quinton Lewis -DEF- 1.5
Jaun Lewis Valverde -MID- 1.5
Freddie Yanez -MID- 2.0
Kirk Wilson -MID- 1.5
Calin Dinca -MID- 1.5
Lewis Spencer -MID- 2.0
Kenneth Beck -FWD- 1.5 (1 Goal) (Substitute)
Claudio Dell'Asta -FWD- 1.5 (Hattrick)
Steve Rains -FWD- 1.5 (Injured)

I really am liking the 3-5-2 formation. It has really improved our attack we can hopefully score goals on a regular basis. Kenneth Beck did a good job as a sub and helped us in the second half by showing his good moves and scored a goal. The toughest part of the schedule is coming up. We have to face SpiderZone back to back and we have to face Johor after we have our match with the DevilQuakes.

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Johor FC @ Rochester United FC
Johor remains undefeated, but this week they face their toughest match of the season so far. Rochester can really score, but during last weeks match they lost one of their star fowards Tim Helm. Tim Helm is really getting old at 31. Without Tim Helm Rochester has no chance as they do not have a strong enough defense to compete with Johor.

Umartu @ Proletarian Dictator
Expect more of the same from Umartu. Proletarian is tied for the league lead in scored goals. I would not be surprised if Proletarian PIC for this game. It should be another Umartu loss.

SpiderZone @ Stockbridge Panthers
GM-Spidurman should have an easy win this week. They should be able to get on track with this game. SpiderZone has lacked offense this year, but their defense has been keeping them in games. They should score 4 or 5 goals in this game and coast to an easy win.

The game of the week is my game against the DevilQuakes. Scouting report coming soon.

Edit: Umartu has had their team taken over and are now called The Moles.

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The DevilQuakes have started the rebuilding process. They have already sold one of their vetrans and have started selling others. They want to rebuild with the youth. Their offense and defense have not been really good. They have only scored 10 goals and have given up 9 goals. They have a ton of talent. They have 9 guys worth over $100,000 and they have a solid coach. Its very hard to lose with that much talent on a team. They are the LA Clippers of v.83. Lots of talent, but can't put it all together for wins.

Jason Villalobos (8950021)
56 years, inadequate form, healthy
A solid coach who goes all out
A sympathetic guy who is balanced and upright.
Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities.

A pretty good coach. Nearly the same as my coach except with better leadership and better players to coach. The DevilQuakes have recently switched to a 5-3-2 formation. They used to use a 4-5-1. The 5-3-2 has really given them a better attack and their defense really reamains pretty damn good. Here are their ratings from last weeks game against Johor.

DevilQuakes
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: formidable
Left Side Defence: solid
Right Side Attack: passable
Central Attack: passable
Left Side Attack: weak

A very tough defense to beat. Their keeper is not to tough, so if we can get pass that defense I am sure that we can score some goals. Position scouting coming soon!!

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Fowards

Martin Kaiser - 11 career goals
He has done a decent job at the foward spot for the DevilQuakes. He was brought in last season to help out the Quakes attack. He has some good experince and we will have to watch him as he will be the main attacker.

Ed Reynolds - 20 career goals
The home grown talent has played very well for the DevilQuakes. He is only 23 years old he could be the next Tim Helm type of striker in this league.

Midfielders

Elbert Honeycutt - 10 career goals
A very good young winger. He is a solid two and a half star starter. He has a bright future with this team or any other team he goes to.

Alexandre dos Santos - 5 career goals
This guy is amazing. He will get three stars everytime he goes out to start the game. He may be a little old, but he can get the job done.

Arnold Henderson - 4 career goals
The regular starter has been suspended after being booked two times in the same game. Arnold is a pretty decent replacement and should do fine in tomorrow's game.

I will get the rest of the positions done tomorrow morning.

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Defenders

Dragos Popa - 4 career goals
The young powerful Romanian is another of the transfers brought in to help the DevilQuakes defense this year. He is very good although he lacks experince.

Curt Bliss - 3 career goals
He is equal in skill with Dragos Popa. He is a great all around player that gets two and a half to three stars every game. He is also very young. Popa and Bliss could take this team far in the years to come.

Jesper Jansson - 2 career goals
This 19 year old was brought in from Sweden to be another excellent defender for this team. He adds to the defensive toughness of this team. He may not be as talented as Bliss and Popa, but he does do a good job.

Auguste Etchegoyen - 2 career goals
Another transfer that was brought i from Belgium. He is not a very good leader and does not have good experince, but he does specialize in headers. At only 17 years old he still could make a lot of improvements and become a great player for the DevilQuakes.

Matko Mikulic - 0 career goals
He is only 17 years old, but is a very powerful kid. He may lack experince and leadership, but he makes up for it with his power.

Keeper

Rickey Svensson
Svensson was brought in from Sweden to be the keeper for the team. He is inly 20 years old and has a very bright future ahead of him. With the defense that plays in front of him he does not have trouble with opposing teams.

The DevilQuakes offense and midfield are not that great. Its the defense that I am worried about. Its a shut down type of defense that can make most teams in this league turn in a goose egg at the end of any game. They have been facing some tough competition to open the season, but now they are getting into the easy part. Hopefully we can keep this game a low scoring game and maybe pull out a win or tie.

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Shaw Shanksters @ DevilQuakes (Los Angeles)

Coming into this game we had a 3 point lead on the DevilQuakes to have fifth place in v.83. It was a game I did not think we would win. I thought that we would play it close in this game and maybe pull out a tie. Coming into the game the team's confidence and team spirit was very high. Although we are confident we did not have the talent to match the DevilQuakes coming into this game.

Shaw_Shanksters tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Mcintosh - Willett, Denson, Lewis - Valverde, George, Dincã, Wilson, Yanez - Beck, Dell'Asta.

1st Half

12 minutes into the game Herbert Denson had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Dudley Pritchard. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 in the 21st by a breakthrough from Matko Mikulic, who unaided came in out of the right wing hooking the ball over the visitors keeper.

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

A very solid first half for the Shaw Shanksters. We kept the game close, but the injury would comeback to bute us in the ass. Herbert Denson is a solid two star central defender and Dudley Pritchard struggles to get one star.

2nd Half

Some brilliant football from the visitors right wing resulted in a 71st minute levelling of scores as Shaw_Shanksterss Kenneth Beck equalised to 1 - 1. Arnold Henderson gave his DevilQuakes the lead with 2 - 1, as he successfully challenged both the guests central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the goaltenders right post. DevilQuakess Curt Bliss got himself booked after a foul. Shaw_Shanksters were forced to a substitution as Cãlin Dincã couldn´t continue playing due to the rough treatment. A speedy charge from the left side of the field put DevilQuakes lead up with 3 - 1. Matko Mikulic finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by DevilQuakes, with an impressive 68 percent possession of the ball. Most important Shaw_Shanksters player was Roosevelt Mcintosh. However, Dudley Pritchard made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.

A very good game except for all the injuries. I hired a few doctors to ease the pain of my players. I may have to rush Jon Gunter's return earlier than expected. The Herbert Denson injury was not to bad it will only last a week. The Calin Dinca injury is a little more serious as he will be out for three weeks. Kenneth Beck scores another goal and made this game really close in the second half. The lack of good defenders really hurt us in the end as they scored two quick goals in the end to make this game seem easier than it really was for the DevilQuakes. Overall a pretty good game for us. I am really happy with the team effort. The league update and match ratings will be coming soon.

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

Roosevelt McIntosh -GK- 2.5 (MVP)
Rodney Willett -DEF- 1.5
Quinton Lewis -DEF- 1.5
Dudley Pritchard -DEF- 1.0 (MDP) (SUB)
Major Conn -MID- 1.5 (SUB)
Jaun Lewis Valverde -WING- 1.5
Kirk Wilson -MID- 1.5
Leroy George -MID- 1.5
Freddie Yanez -WING- 1.5
Kenneth Beck -FWD- 1.0 (1 Goal)
Claudio Dell'Asta -FWD- 2.0
Herbert Denson -DEF- 1.5 (INJ) (1 Week)
Calin Dinca -MID- 1.0 (INJ) (3 Weeks)

We really played well defensively as we have played our best defensive game yet. Although we laacked much of an attack we still made the game really close. I was just trying to play a close game on the road and maybe get the tie. Although it did not work we still played a very tough defensive game. This dynasty thread has now gotten over 500 views! Thanks to all those who have read this thread. ;)

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Johor FC @ Rochester United FC
It looked like Rochester had no chance when their star striker Tim Helm went out with a 3 week injury. They played at home against one of the best defenses in division 5. Rochester made first blood whe Milan Balla the winger scored in the first 10 minutes. After that the first half was pretty much a stalemate, Rochester went to the locker room with a 1-0 lead. In the second half Rochester's other star foward Theodore Jorgensen scored a goal and made it 2-0 early in the second half. Johor was able to score a late goal, but could not complete the comeback and lost their first game of the year. The biggest upset in v.83 so far in this season. 2-1 Rochester.

The Moles @ Proletarian Dictators
Well The Moles get a rude welcoming playing on the road against the Dicatators. The Moles never threatened any offense during this game. The Dictators cruised to an easy win at home, they ruled the game offensively and defensively. 3-0 Proletarian Dictators.

SpiderZone @ Stockbridge Panthers FC
SpiderZone ruled the day against the Panthers. An easy 4-1 win and the Panthers still reamain winless on the season. Looks like they may be loosing their team soon. 4-1 SpiderZone.

League Standings

1. Johor FC +13 12
2. Rochester United FC +12 12
3. Proletarian Dictators +10 12
4. SpiderZone +10 12
5. DevilQuakes +1 6
6. Shaw Shanksters -1 6
7. Stockbridge Panthers -18 0
8. The Moles -27 0

The first number is goal differential and the second number is standing points. Well until next time peace!
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Proletarian Dictators @ Rochester United FC
This will be a very interesting match-up. Both teams are very good offensive teams and their only loss came against Johor. The team that wins this game will get a huge boost and knock out the other team from the 4 way tie at the top. I am expecting 5-6 goals in this game. In the end it will be Rochester as the winner.

DevilQuakes @ SpiderZone
Another interesting match-up. A good defense versus a very effective offense. I could see either team winning this game. The DevilQuakes will need more of an offense this week if they want to upset SpiderZone at home. No upset this week for the DevilQuakes they will continue to struggle and SpiderZone should win this one.

Stockbridge Panthers FC @ The Moles
The Stockbridge Panthers should get their first win of the year in this game. Hopefully The Moles will start to improve under their new owner. I do not see this turning aorund any time soon as they have no young talent to build their team around. Stockbridge should roll to an easy win.

Next up will be the scouting report on Johor FC.

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I am suspecting that Johor might be a little mad after that upset loss in last weeks match versus Rochester. They are still the best defensive team in v.83, but their defense is not as good as last years. Last year they gave up 4 goals all of last year, this year they have already given up 5 goals. I know I have no chance at beating Johor in this game, especially since it is a road game. I will play more of a defensive game and hope no one gets hurt. After this game I get back to back games against SpiderZone, then a hme game with Johor, after that its off to Rochester, and we end up facing the Proleterian Dictators. My goal is to score at least a goal in every game. Looks like we will not be winning any time soon.

Carlos Smiley (6903019)
39 years, weak form, healthy
A solid coach who is defensive minded
A pleasant guy who is calm and honest.
Has formidable experience and passable leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 0 US$
Wage: 500 US$/week
Owner: Johor FC
Warnings: 0

A pretty damn good coach, but they still lack much of an offensive game. They have improved their offense this year in the off-season, but when they face the better teams in our division their offense goes down the drain. They run the 3-5-2 and their midfield is the best in the league. This was their match ratings from last week's game versus Rochester FC.

Johor FC
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: weak
Right Side Defence: outstanding
Central Defence: outstanding
Left Side Defence: formidable
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: passable
Left Side Attack: passable


Fowards

Homer Hills - 22 career goals
He is no longer in the prime of his career at age 29, but he can still put the ball in the net. He is very unpredictable, one game he might get a hattrick the next he could get shut down. He still produces, but I would not be surprised if he is replaced in the off-season.

Rodolfo Checa Rubio - 7 career goals
Rodolfo has had a dissapointing season so far this year. He has a lot of experince, but he seems to be in a slump this year. With only 2 goals so far this year Johor really needs him to step up if they want to go to the next level.

A not so great group of fowards. Would not be surprised if one of them is replaced before the season ends. They are going to need more of an offense at the next level.

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Midfielders

Peter Hill - 2 career goals
A young kid that still has a lot of room for improvement. A solid 2 star guy. He is not a big scoring threat, but more of a defensive inner midfielder. He could become a great midfielder in the future if he is trained right.

Joseph Jackson - 5 career goals
At 27 years old his is in the last year of his prime. He has a offensive explosion so far this season scoring 4 goals. An experinced and very tough inner midfielder that gets 2 stars everytime he starts.

Daniel Adie - 3 career goals
Another young star in the Johor midfield. He also averages two stars a game in the midfield. All three of his career goals have come this season. Hill and Adie will be the real key if Johor can win at the next level. Adie could be a three star midfielder in another season.

Fingal Enrick - 0 career goals
He just plays defense in the midfield. He may not be as big of a star as Jackson and Hill, but he can play defense as well as anyone on the team. He is also a techinical expert.

Sebastian Amaya - 2 career goals
He is the real star of of the midfield. He does it all defensively and offensively. Plus he is only 21 years old, he just adds to the young stars in the midfield of Johor. He is a few weeks of training away from being a 3 star midfielder.

All 5 of the starting midfielders for Johor have been purchased from other teams. Johor mostly trains goal keeping, they do not train much else very often. Overall a very young midfield that could be good for 4 or 5 seasons to come.

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Defenders

Justin Chandler - 0 career goals
A very good and experinced wing back for Johor's defensive line. Since they only use one central defender the wingbacks are really important to the defensive line for Johor. One of the few starters on Johor that was not purchased from another team.


Chitrashwa Balaji - 7 career goals
Also a old and expernced defender on the defensive line for Johor. The team leader will have to step up in the future to make this team a winner. Chandler and Balaji are both defensive specialists, old, and have really good amount of experince. They are the key to the defensive line of Johor.

Sheldon Sosa - 1 career goal
He is the youngest guy on the defensive line by far at 25 years old. He could use some improvement, but he is more of a well rounded player.

The Keeper

Johor has two keepers that are about even in skill, so they could start one or the other. It really does not matter their both really good keepers that average around 4 stars each.

Ulpiu Pãduraru (8182196)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A sympathetic guy who is balanced and dishonest.
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: România
Assessed value: 999 000 US$
Wage: 4 260 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Johor FC
Warnings: 0

Ed Strauss (5645760)
20 years, passable form, healthy

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

Nationality: Canada
Assessed value: 1 484 000 US$
Wage: 7 644 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Johor FC
Warnings: 0

So as you can see both keepers are pretty skilled. A very tough defense and a very tough keeper. We have no chance at winningthis game. Hopefully we can keep Johor from scoring more than 2 goals. We will play it very defensively in this game and hopefully we can keep it close.

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I got my first succesfull youth pull this week and it sure was a good one.

Ernest Quarles (11676496)
17 years, passable form, healthy

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

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 344 000 US$
Wage: 2 160 US$/week
Owner: Shaw_Shanksters
Warnings: 0


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

He is on sale as we speak so if you need a solid keeper give him a look. He will not hurt the team spirit either. Look him up if we can sell this guy for over 400,000 we will be outta debt for a while. :p well until tommorrow peace.

[DukeRulesMAB]

Geez, 17 YO solid...you're gonna clean up for sure. Well done. :)

What level's your youth squad at now?

[Havok]

500k wouldn't surprise me since he's 17

if he finds a good GK trainer he might be on the USA u-20 team one day :)

[Havok]

P.S. i hate you!

[RonnieDobbs]

You might want to consider advertising him in the Global Transfer forum, as I imagine keeper trainers would drool over this guy.

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Thank You Ronnie Dobbs on the advice I will do that. Right now my youth squad is is at Solid. In three or four seasons he could be on the U-20 team if the team that buys him is dedicated to GK training. I set the opening price at 425,000. I am a little worried that might be to low.

[RonnieDobbs]

I wouldn't worry about it. I think that he'll get bidded up, assuming that enough owners have the cash and desire to train, which I think they will.

I'm no expert on this, but you may even want to shoot the U20 COach (Gm-Idiquim I think) an email letting him know this guy exists.

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Shaw Shansters @ Johor FC (Philadelphia)

Coming into this game it was a tight race at the top of series v.83. There are 4 teams with 12 points each fighting for first place. I am no where near the top and by the end of the season I will probaly be around the bottom of the league. So what does this game mean to me? Absolutly jack squat :)

A scorching day at Johor FC Arena, where 26844 spectators were in place for today´s match. :eek:

1st Half

Johor tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but kept getting stuck on the visitors defenders. Its all down hill from that point on. In the 30:th minute cheers broke out as Rodolfo Checa Rubio found his way through the guests central defense line, clipping the 1 - 0 goal in for Johor. In the 33rd minute Johor put themselves up 2 - 0. The visitors defenders lost the ball to Fingal Enrick coming up from the left, who proceeded to cooly round the goaltender and knock the ball home.

The teams went for a half-time break at 2 - 0. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Johor, with an impressive 72 percent possession of the ball.

Ho hum lets go on.

2nd Half

One of many good passes from Daniel Adie at the wing was recieved and skillfully taken care of by Rodolfo Checa Rubio, scoring for Johor to 3 - 0. In the to 79:th minute a very unfortunate collision in the home teams penalty area led to Johor´s Sebastián Amaya being carried off the pitch and replaced by Russ Dickinson. HA! Their goes their $216,000 midfielder out for three weeks. OUCH! A bit later, a magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Johor´s Sheldon Sosa putting the lead up to 4 - 0.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Johor, with an impressive 76 percent possession of the ball. The most dominating Johor player was without a doubt Ed Strauss. Daniel Adie on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Shaw_Shanksters player was without a doubt Roosevelt Mcintosh. Derrick Prescott on the other hand, had a terrible day.
The match ends 4 - 0.

I didn't expect much and I didn't get much everyone goes home happy. Match ratings coming soon. The FOFC Cup III match versus Else United is also tommorrow.

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5/14/2003 Sold a player and received 399 280 US$

Well Ernest Quarles was finally sold today and now I am officialy out of debt.

Cash funds: -274 678 US$ (65 680) US$

I am now out of debt for awhile, but I need a steady cash flow to stay out of debt for good( or more youth pulls like Ernest Quarles :) ). So my queastion to my readers is should I update my arena? I don't mind going right back into debt if it is worth updating my stadium.

BTW, Ernest Quarles went to a division 4 Argentina team called Gauchos FC. Right now Gauchos FC are in 7th place in their series and Ernest Quarles looks to be their best keeper. Hopefully he will train Ernest Quarles really good.

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This would be our first ever FOFC Cup match ever. I was just hoping for a close game and no injuries. Well I got the opposite of what I wanted from this match.

In the first half Else United jumped out to an early 2 goal lead. One of the United players was booked and sent off the field, we now had a one man advantage. we sure did take advantage of it as Yanez and Denson each scored a goal to tie up the game, 2-2. Else United was able to score one more goal before the half ended making it 3-2 at half time.

In the second half it got really booring for a long time. Else United eventually broke the silence by scoring another goal making it 4-2. We held it there for a while, but as the half ended Else United went berserk scoring two goals in the last five minutes ending the game 6-2.

A tough loss in the Shaw Shanksters first ever FOFC Cup game. At least we were able to score some goals. Although I am getting tired of seeing the 3-5-2 formation. It seems like everyone runs the 3-5-2. What made this loss even worse was the injuries that my team suffered. Beck and Rains started the game at foward for my team. By the end of the game Rains, Beck, Dell'Asta went down with injuries. Beck and Dell'Asta will only be out for two weeks, but Rains will be out for four weeks. So once again this team is riddled with injuries. Damn, just as we were starting to get healthy.

I was able to find some young cheap fowards on the transfer market so I will probaly start one of the young cheap fowards and the experinced vetran Derrick Prescott. We should do fine while Dell'Asta and Beck are out getting recovered from their injuries.

[Havok]

i hate the 3-5-2

HT needs to do something about that. When 95% of all the best teams run the same formation you have a problem. It should be more balanced.

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Skynews Special Report -

Welcome to Skynews we have some breaking news from one of our reporters in Chicago. We go there now live.

Chicago

Reporter - Owner Superman 54 just got out of a meeting with with fellow board members and Chicago City officials. What where they discussing? A plan to remodel the aging Freeman Park the home of the Shaw Shanksters football club. The plan is to update the nine and a half thousand seat arena to a seventeen thousand seat arena. Superman 54 spent most of last night negotiating a deal for a new arena. The remodeling cost is to be estimated at 200,000 dollars. Construction will begin immediately.

[Superman=#54]

Sorry for the lack of updates lately.

Rochester was savagly beat by Proleterain Dictators, 4 to love. What made this loss even worse was they were playing at home and lost. Rochester takes one step foward by beating Johor then take one step back by losing to Proleterian Dictators. Final score 4-0 Proleterian Dictators.

SpiderZone racked up another easy win with a 2-0 win at home against the DevilQuakes. No one had scored to the 68th minute, but the whole game was dominated by SpiderZone. Final score 2-0 SpiderZone

The Stockbridge got to face the new team in the league, the Moles and received an easy win, 3-1. The Moles were able to score their second goal of the year, but it was not enough to stop the attack of Stockbridge. Final score 3-1 Stockbridge Panthers.

Updated League Standings

1. Johor FC +17goals 15points
2. Proleterian Dictators +14goals 15points
3. SpiderZone +12goals 15points
4. Rochester United FC +8goals 12points
5. DevilQuakes -1goals 6points
6. Shaw Shanksters -5goals 6points
7. Stockbridge Panthers -16goals 3points
8. The Moles -29goals 0points

Scouting report for league match week 7 coming soon.

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Johor FC @ Proleterian Dictators
This is a very interesting match-up. Last time these two teams met both were undefeated and by the end of the match the Dictators recieved their first loss. This time the Dictators are at home. After the big road win against Rochester I would not be surprised is they upsetted Johor. I think Johor wins because the Dictators do not have enough defense to stop Johor's attack.

Rochester United FC @ Stockbridge Panthers FC
Stockbridge has high hopes to win this game after the beat The Moles and Rochester is not feeling to good after losing to the Dictators. I still think Rochester should have no problem in beating Stockbridge no matter how confident Stockbridge is.

DevilQuakes @ The Moles
Simply put, the DevilQuakes should have no problem in winning this game period.

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After a dissapointing week 1 loss to Johor, a 3 to nothing shutout. SpiderZone has been unbeatable since than. SpiderZone's offense and defense are playing at heir best. They are finally able to score goals on a more constant occasion. They are the second best team in this division, but they just cannot beat Johor. GM-SpiderZone is doing everything in his power to get this team to division 4, but this year is not the year.

This was last week's rating from the match with DevilQuakes.

SpiderZone
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: passable
Right Side Defence: outstanding
Central Defence: outstanding
Left Side Defence: outstanding
Right Side Attack: passable
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: solid

With those ratings they could beat anyone, even Johor. The first time that I have seen SpiderZone reach a passable midfield. With that midfield it could take them all the way to division 4. They have had a problem with injuries, but when they are healthy those are the kind of ratings they can put up.

Fowards

Tony Lang - 19 career goals
An experinced vetran that has had a dissapointing season so far. With no goals in league play this year, Lang will need to contribute more goals. SpiderZone lacks a consitant offense. Lang is 27 years old and might be on the bench by the end of this season.

Brian Dalton - 17 career goals
Dalton had a breakout season last season at age 28 scoring 14 goals. So far this season he has only scored 3 goals. He is a solid two star foward.

The SpiderZone fowards are old, but effective. Dalton had an awsome season last season and so far this season he has not done as good. Lang and Dalton need to produce more if SpiderZone wants a more explosive offense.

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Wings and Midfielders

Ignacio Mieres - 4 career goals
A young winger that tends to be played more offensively. He will need some more consistancy if he wants to stay with this team in the long run. At only 22 years old he should get some more training.

Richard Dehlwald - 1 career goals
Another great 3 star midfielder for SpiderZone. His only week spot is his experince, but he makes up for it with his great talents. Not a great scoring threat, but more of a defensive and passing player.

Peter Andersson - 23 career goals
At 23 years old Andersson has a good chance of reaching 50 or 100 goals before his career is up. He is the big offensive threat in the midfield and is most of the offense for SpiderZone.

Francisco Llanos - 1 career goals
Another young winger that is playing his best right now. HE could be a great player one day if he is trained right. Right now, he averages two and a half stars.

Tory Cagle - 12 career goals
Just another offensive threat in the SpiderZone midfield. He does not do much else except for scoring goals. He is the oldest midfieder for SpiderZone.

Overall a very young and improving midfield. Last week they reached their highest rating at midfield, passable. If they could play like that every week they would be the favorite to win the series. Injuries have been one problem that have hindered SpiderZone from reaching their full playing capabiltiy.

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Wing Backs and Central Defenders

Herbert Weeks - 4 career goals
A young and promising wingback. I would not be surprised if he is moved up to the winger position some time soon. He is also very powerful. He is a defensive specialist.

Ronnie Rosenen - 0 career goals
He is the youngest starter for SpiderZone, but he backs up his young age with his stellar play. A solid 3 star player with lots of great years ahead of him.

John James - 10 career goals
James is also another solid 2 and a half star player in the SpiderZone line-up. He is a techinical expert and he is Canadian!

The Keeper

Joseph Corley
Another run of the mill 3 and a half star keeper. He is valued at around 650,000. So we get to face him two weeks in a row woo-hoo!!

The SpiderZone defense has been the only thing that has been consistant for SpiderZone this season. The SpiderZone is probaly the best in the league. The series is mostly dominated by offense, but the two best teams in the series Johor and SpiderZone put emphasis on defense rather than scoring goals. Next weeks scouting report will be in a new format that wil make it easier for me to post and easier for you to read.

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\SpiderZone @ Shaw Shanksters (Chicago)

Another tough match-up fo the Shaw Shanksters. Our upcoming schedule does not look so good with another match with SpiderZone, Johor FC, and SpiderZone are coming up in the future. The only good thing about the future matches are that 2 out of the 3 are home games. This match marks the half way point of the season. So far this season we have scored more goals than we did all of last year, we have got out of debt, and updated Freeman Park home of the Shaw Shanksters. This match is not to important to my team, but it is pretty important to SpiderZone for their chances at promotion. We could only hope to play tough and stay injury free. :mad:

In the first half nothing much happened as it was a defensive struggle. One of my Central Defenders, Quinton Lewis, did manage to get a minor knee injury that will leave him out for two weeks. Jon Gunter had a chance to score a goal, but the SpiderZone keeper Joseph Corly easily stopped Gunter's shot late in the first half. The half ended 0-0 each team had their chances to score, but good defense ruled in the first half.

In the second half SpiderZone struck early and hard. Two quick goals by Brian Dalton in consecutive minutes in the 55th and 56th. With that SpiderZone took a comfortable 2 goal lead and decided to play it defensively to protect the lead. After that the game ended without incident. A 2-0 loss for the Shaw Shanksters.

We played a tough game and we had some blown oppertunities on the offensive end. We definatley have to execute better on the offensive end. Next week I will only use one Central Defender instead of the usual 1 WB and 2 CD to compensate for the Quinton Lewis injury. Game ratings will be posted soon!!!

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

We have improved the defense, but our attack still blows! Our best ratings since the begining of the season. Our midfield is not a very good attacking one, hopefully we can cure that soon.

Player Ratings

Roosevelt McIntosh -GK- 2.5 (MVP)
Herbert Denson -CD- 2.0
Bryan Quigly -CD- 2.0
Rodney Willett -WB- 1.5
Jaun Luis Valverde -IM- 1.0 (MDP)
Kirk Wilson -IM- 1.5
Jon Gunter -IM- 1.5
Freddie Yanez -WI- 2.0
Anders Dahlstrom -WI- 2.0
Derrick Prescott -FWD- 1.5
Jaun Antonio Barrera Rodriguez -FWD- 1.5

Dahlstrom and Rodriguez are both new to the team. Each was brought in to replace currently injured players. Anders Dahlstrom is a 17 year old winger with a good future ahead of him. He should be on this team for a long time to come. Rodriguez was a cheap replacement at foward, the only foward I could find before my match with SpiderZone. Because I have three injured fowards I had to get Rodriguez. Not as good as my other fowards he should see some playing time in the FOFC Cup. He still has a lot of improving to do. The League Update will be coming soon!!!!!!

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Johor FC @ Proletarian Dictators
Johor had chosen a strategic incomprehensible 2-6-2 formation.
The game of the week was closer than anyone thought it would be when Johor forgot to set their line-up, or Johor is just plain dumb. Johor is pretty well ran so I think they just forgot to set their line-up. The game was pretty exciting besides the mix up on Johor's part. It ended in a 1-1 tie. With that tie SpiderZone took the lead in the standings and now is the favorite to win the division. The only thing that saved Johor from losing this game was their 1.4 million dollar keeper. He had an amazing day and carried the team to a tie. The game ends in a 1-1 tie.

Rochester United FC @ Stockbridge Panthers FC
Rochester came charging hard when the game started, Theodore Jorgensson scored the first two goals of the game. The game was dominated by Rochester. What was even better for Rochester is Tim Helm came back from his knee injury and scored a goal in his first start back. The game ended a 4-1 win for Rochester.

The Moles @ DevilQuakes
DevilQuakes dominated from begining to end in this game. They got an easy win at home. The game ended in a 3-0 win for the DevilQuakes.

League Standings

1. SpiderZone +14goals 18points
2. Johor FC +17goals 16 points
3. Proletarian Dictators +14goals 16points
4. Rochester United FC +11goals 15points
5. DevilQuakes +2goals 9points
6. Shaw Shanksters -7goals 6points
7. Stockbridge Panthers FC -19goals 3points
8. The Moles -32goals 0points

Well we are halfway through the season and already there ahve been many surprises in league play. I know that nobody in my series including GM-Spidurman thought that his team would be in first at this time. It will be an interesting race for first in the second half of the season.

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Toledo Drunkerds @ Shaw Shanksters

In the first half the Drunkerds made first blood and scored an easy goal to make it 1-0. Not long after that Kirk Wilson made a beautiful strike from 35 yards out to even the game out 1-1. Minutes later the Drunkards struck back to make it 1-2. The Drunkards had another chance to score right before the half, but failed to finish. The first half with an even 50/50 possesion ratio.

In the second half Derrick Prescott had a golden oppurtunity to tie the game, but failed to get a good shot off in the 62nd minute. In the 78th minute the Drunkards went up 1-3 with another goal. Derrick Prescott had another chance to score, but his finish just sucked! The game ended in a 3-1 loss for the Shaw Shanksters!

Herbert Denson was the MVP
He came in as a substitute to play the wingback position and got 2 and a hlaf stars. I may put him at the wingback position in the future league games.

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Shaw Shanksters @ SpiderZone

SpiderZone has been hot ever since week 2. Not known for their defense, but in the past few weeks the SpiderZone defense has been amazing. Needless to say, we did not have much of a chance this week. I was just looking to survive this game without injuries. After this week it would be nothing but profits, as we have two league home game in a row at the new and improved Freeman Park.

In the first half we almost scored a goal in the second minute, but the defense was able to stop us at the last second. SpiderZone took the lead in the 13th minute with a goal by Daniel Ford. Freddie Yanez was able to get a break in the 14th minute, but the SpiderZone defense saved the day again. Ignacio Mieres gave SpiderZone another goal on a free kick. Herbert Weeks finished out the half with another goal to make it 3-0 SpiderZone. Spider held the ball with a 66% posession advantage.

A bad first in the score department, but we managed to stay injury free.

In the second half the game turned into a card fest. It got really physical on the pitch for 30 minutes. In the 71st minute Roosevelt McItosh made a wonderful save. In the last five minutes SpiderZone managed to score another goal to make it a 4-0 final. SpiderZone had a 77% posession advantage.

Not a great game by the Shaw Shanksters, but at least we stayed injury free.

Shaw_Shanksters
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: inadequate
Left Side Defence: poor
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: excellent

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Johor FC @ Shaw Shanksters

Another week of pitiful losing. We currently have a scoreless streak of 4-5 league games. I am not really sure as I just stopped counting after a few weeks. After this game othing much would change, but we do get some more injuries. Another game that I could care less about.

Attendence went down this week as we drew around 8,000 people to the stadium that can't play worth a crap. Plus we can not score to save our lives. Oh man, I hope this season ends soon.

In the first half in the first half we just traded punches and missed chances to score. 14 minutes into the game Jon Gunter had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Juan Luis Valverde. Well Gunter has only played in two league games this season and now he will be on the bench for another three weeks. The first half ended in a 0-0 tie. Johor had a 54% posession advantage.

In the second half Johor basically just took over the game scoring three goals to blow this game wide open. The game ended in a 3-0 loss for the Shaw Shanksters.

MVP - Roosevelt McIntosh (Keeper) 3.0 stars
Others of note:
Freddie Yanez (Winger) 2.5 stars
Kirk Wilson (Inner Mid) 2.0 stars
Quinton Lewis (Wingback) 2.0 stars

Injuries:
Jon Gunter - 3 weeks

Match Ratings:

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

Another week of misery. :(