FrogMan
03-27-2003, 08:51 PM
This is my first post in the second season of the Pintendre Pittbulls. I decided to title the thread "a new hope in a new league", since the Pittbulls just got relegated to div V.211, an all-bot division in which they don't intend of staying there for more than a season.
You can find the few posts I've made in my first season at this link:
YAHD: FrogMan's Pittbulls (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6503)
Let's get it on with our first friendly of the offseason.
Friendly vs Bees
Date: 3/26/2003 at 23:00
MatchID: 5144926
Arena: Pintendre Pittbulls Arena
Crowd: 734
Our first international friendly, at home, part of a home and home series with FOFCer Ausonny's Bees.
Lineups
Pintendre had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Osman - Pawelek, Gardner, Silfwerling, London - MacAdie, Rasmussen, Rossten, Lumpkin, Lyles - Kolokotronis.
Bees had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Muller - Rodrigues, Sherwood, Siegel - Horton, Peris, Sheldon, Seaman, Moyer - Gallegos, Ladd.
We decided to keep going with our 4-5-1, which we were to a "solid" level before the game.
First Half Highlights
In the 30:th minute the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending and Chad Gallegos put the ball away for 0 - 1.
With a shot floated in from just outside the penalty area in the 34:th minute, Stefan Rasmussen of Pintendre evened the score to 1 - 1.
Pintendre took the lead in the 40:th minute of the game by 2 to 1, as Stephen Lumpkin elegantly received a pass going deep, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar.
In the 40:th minute Pintendre´s Stefan Rasmussen tried to nail the coffin shut, but the shot rebounded off the bar to fall behind the net.
Halftime
The teams went for a half-time break at 2 - 1. Pintendre held the ball, with a clear 58 percent possession rate.
Second Half Highlights
A penalty in the 46:th minute gave the home side a chance at adding to the score, but an overconfident David London shot the ball wide, in an effort to put it away in the top corner.
In the to 68:th minute a very unfortunate collision in the home teams penalty area led to Pintendre´s David London being carried off the pitch and replaced by Sammy Willis.
Paul Moyer seemed to be floating in the air at will as he elegantly headed in 2-2.
Pintendres Per Rossten gave, after 75 minutes, the home team a 3 - 2 lead after an attack coming in from the right.
Several players now looked tired, especially Walery Pawelek who quite horribly caused the 3 - 3 goal as he lost the ball to Robert Rodrigues of Bees, who seemed to have some energy left.
The referee showed Beess Alvin Sheldon the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Panos Kolokotronis the unlucky victim, couldn´t continue the game.
End of Game Report
Pintendre, bringing the final ball possession rate to 62 percent, dominated the battle.
Pintendre´s best player was Stefan Rasmussen. Sammy Willis on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Bees player was Chad Gallegos. However, Mikey Siegel made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 3.
Player Ratings (stars)
GK: Osman (2.5)
DR: Pawelek (2.0)
DC: Gardner (2.0)
DC: Silfwerling (2.0)
DL: London, injured (1.0) & Willis, sub (1.5)
MR: MacAdie (2.0)
MC: Rossten (1.5)
MC: Rasmussen (2.5)
MC: Lumpkin (1.5)
ML: Lyles (1.5)
F: Kolokotronis, injured (1.5) & Garrett, sub (2.0)
Team Ratings
Pintendre Pittbulls
Midfield: weak (4)
Right Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Central Defence: passable (6)
Left Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Right Side Attack: inadequate (5)
Central Attack: poor (3)
Left Side Attack: weak (4)
NSI: 40
Bees
Midfield: poor (3)
Right Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Central Defence: excellent (8)
Left Side Defence: solid (7)
Right Side Attack: inadequate (5)
Central Attack: passable (6)
Left Side Attack: inadequate (5)
NSI: 45
Owner's Comments
All in all I think it was a good game. We took our chances and made the most of them. 3-3 versus a team that is currently reanked 13th in the official FOFC Hattrick rankings (http://webhome.idirect.com/~stevegougeon/18-14.htm) compared to the Pittbulls still modest 36th position. We lost two players to injury tough. One of them, David London, a 33 year old inadequate defender bought as a stopgap for the mere cost of 1000 $US in the second week of existence of the club. The team settled with David and he decided to retire (read: we fired him ;) ). Keeper Osman is showing some good stuf, posting reagular 2.5 stars game and stengthening the defense. Offense might be a problem with the 4-5-1, even though we scored 3 goals. It might have helped that we played both wingers, MacAdie and Lyles, on offensive.
To replace London, the team went ahead and hunted for passable defender, that would not only replace London, but upgrade the whole defense. We found Jerome Ball, a 32 year old veteran in solid form with a solid stamina that should help him keep up with the yougnsters. He's a passable defender/passable score although he's a wretched passer. Valued at 76 000 C$, we payed him 18 000 C$ which we thought was a bargain.
With him and Klas Silfwerling in the middle of the defense, we might think of putting Christopher Gardner back in at inner mid, where he could bring a little experience to a midfield that certainly needs it...
Next Game
The Pittbulls will play their next game in the Canadian Cup, visiting yeat another bot team, the British Columbia Diggers.
Financial Overview
We are now at a debt level of (-289 714) C$, which will keep us from spending too much on the transfer market in the next few weeks, but Christopher Gardner might be placed on the market in order for us toget some fund to go hunt for a good, maybe older, forward to plug in the middle of our 4-5-1 formation. Reason for the debt is the upgrade to the stadium that will bring the Pittbulls Arena from the standard 7000 seats to a more respectable 12000 seats.
Next up
Training update coming at some point tomorrow or over the weekend...
Stay tuned,
Da FrogMan.
You can find the few posts I've made in my first season at this link:
YAHD: FrogMan's Pittbulls (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6503)
Let's get it on with our first friendly of the offseason.
Friendly vs Bees
Date: 3/26/2003 at 23:00
MatchID: 5144926
Arena: Pintendre Pittbulls Arena
Crowd: 734
Our first international friendly, at home, part of a home and home series with FOFCer Ausonny's Bees.
Lineups
Pintendre had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Osman - Pawelek, Gardner, Silfwerling, London - MacAdie, Rasmussen, Rossten, Lumpkin, Lyles - Kolokotronis.
Bees had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Muller - Rodrigues, Sherwood, Siegel - Horton, Peris, Sheldon, Seaman, Moyer - Gallegos, Ladd.
We decided to keep going with our 4-5-1, which we were to a "solid" level before the game.
First Half Highlights
In the 30:th minute the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending and Chad Gallegos put the ball away for 0 - 1.
With a shot floated in from just outside the penalty area in the 34:th minute, Stefan Rasmussen of Pintendre evened the score to 1 - 1.
Pintendre took the lead in the 40:th minute of the game by 2 to 1, as Stephen Lumpkin elegantly received a pass going deep, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar.
In the 40:th minute Pintendre´s Stefan Rasmussen tried to nail the coffin shut, but the shot rebounded off the bar to fall behind the net.
Halftime
The teams went for a half-time break at 2 - 1. Pintendre held the ball, with a clear 58 percent possession rate.
Second Half Highlights
A penalty in the 46:th minute gave the home side a chance at adding to the score, but an overconfident David London shot the ball wide, in an effort to put it away in the top corner.
In the to 68:th minute a very unfortunate collision in the home teams penalty area led to Pintendre´s David London being carried off the pitch and replaced by Sammy Willis.
Paul Moyer seemed to be floating in the air at will as he elegantly headed in 2-2.
Pintendres Per Rossten gave, after 75 minutes, the home team a 3 - 2 lead after an attack coming in from the right.
Several players now looked tired, especially Walery Pawelek who quite horribly caused the 3 - 3 goal as he lost the ball to Robert Rodrigues of Bees, who seemed to have some energy left.
The referee showed Beess Alvin Sheldon the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Panos Kolokotronis the unlucky victim, couldn´t continue the game.
End of Game Report
Pintendre, bringing the final ball possession rate to 62 percent, dominated the battle.
Pintendre´s best player was Stefan Rasmussen. Sammy Willis on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Bees player was Chad Gallegos. However, Mikey Siegel made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 3.
Player Ratings (stars)
GK: Osman (2.5)
DR: Pawelek (2.0)
DC: Gardner (2.0)
DC: Silfwerling (2.0)
DL: London, injured (1.0) & Willis, sub (1.5)
MR: MacAdie (2.0)
MC: Rossten (1.5)
MC: Rasmussen (2.5)
MC: Lumpkin (1.5)
ML: Lyles (1.5)
F: Kolokotronis, injured (1.5) & Garrett, sub (2.0)
Team Ratings
Pintendre Pittbulls
Midfield: weak (4)
Right Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Central Defence: passable (6)
Left Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Right Side Attack: inadequate (5)
Central Attack: poor (3)
Left Side Attack: weak (4)
NSI: 40
Bees
Midfield: poor (3)
Right Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Central Defence: excellent (8)
Left Side Defence: solid (7)
Right Side Attack: inadequate (5)
Central Attack: passable (6)
Left Side Attack: inadequate (5)
NSI: 45
Owner's Comments
All in all I think it was a good game. We took our chances and made the most of them. 3-3 versus a team that is currently reanked 13th in the official FOFC Hattrick rankings (http://webhome.idirect.com/~stevegougeon/18-14.htm) compared to the Pittbulls still modest 36th position. We lost two players to injury tough. One of them, David London, a 33 year old inadequate defender bought as a stopgap for the mere cost of 1000 $US in the second week of existence of the club. The team settled with David and he decided to retire (read: we fired him ;) ). Keeper Osman is showing some good stuf, posting reagular 2.5 stars game and stengthening the defense. Offense might be a problem with the 4-5-1, even though we scored 3 goals. It might have helped that we played both wingers, MacAdie and Lyles, on offensive.
To replace London, the team went ahead and hunted for passable defender, that would not only replace London, but upgrade the whole defense. We found Jerome Ball, a 32 year old veteran in solid form with a solid stamina that should help him keep up with the yougnsters. He's a passable defender/passable score although he's a wretched passer. Valued at 76 000 C$, we payed him 18 000 C$ which we thought was a bargain.
With him and Klas Silfwerling in the middle of the defense, we might think of putting Christopher Gardner back in at inner mid, where he could bring a little experience to a midfield that certainly needs it...
Next Game
The Pittbulls will play their next game in the Canadian Cup, visiting yeat another bot team, the British Columbia Diggers.
Financial Overview
We are now at a debt level of (-289 714) C$, which will keep us from spending too much on the transfer market in the next few weeks, but Christopher Gardner might be placed on the market in order for us toget some fund to go hunt for a good, maybe older, forward to plug in the middle of our 4-5-1 formation. Reason for the debt is the upgrade to the stadium that will bring the Pittbulls Arena from the standard 7000 seats to a more respectable 12000 seats.
Next up
Training update coming at some point tomorrow or over the weekend...
Stay tuned,
Da FrogMan.