Live From The Hatpub, It's Round 2 Of Cup Play!!!

[robbgmaier]

Round 2 of the Hattrick Cup!!
Live Satelite Coverage from the HatPub
Sponsored by WCLG and HOOTERS!!!

“Welcome to Morgantown!!!!!” (Yelling, catcalling, various profanity and excitement in the background) “This is Loretta “Sloppy” Jones with you LIVE from the HatPub in Morgantown, West BY GOD Virginia, covering the Goldurnears 2nd round cup match against division six side Puerto Rico Gurus. We are just tickled sh(bleep)tless to be here with Goldurnears owner “bg” Rob Maier, who decided to watch the game here with us. It seems that he has some phobia of Puerto Rico, something to do with an ...ah... incident there in his youth. Hello bg, what are you drinking?

“HA, up yours Sloppy Jo”

“After the game tiger, grrrrrrrr”

(in stage voice) “Shhhh, we don’t want Bebec getting wind of this”

“Why not, maybe she’d like to join us?”

“Um.....hey, let’s check out my starting line up for today’s game”

GK - #2 Walter “head stuck in the” Sands (weak form, inadequate keeping) We originally thought that stucky would be our long term starter, but he has since been beaten out by “Conchito”. We are still waiting for him to pop to passable so that we can turn him into 6000 stadium seats. Maybe we will get lucky and it will happen this week during our general training.

CD(offensive) - #4 Alojzije “easy for you to say” Braun (inadequate form, passable defense, solid stamina, inadequate playmaking, Technical specialist) One of the two players who is participating in both games this week. With so many second team or low formers on the side, we thought it was important to inject our best defender in the middle. Easy is also a scoring threat, as he pumped one in during his first league match against the hated Arsenel Gunners. The soon to be f(bleep)cking defunct Gunners.

LWD(defensive) - #8 William “lame duck” Tompkins (passable form, inadequate defense, inadequate winger) We try to make light of duckster’s nickname, but the truth is sometimes hard to take. This is the only player on our depth chart that isn’t passable or better in his primary skill. Inadequate at both defense and winger is just enough for me to play him. We don’t have any funds available for an upgrade, so ducky will remain with us, sweating our youth pulls from week to week. No way at all he will survive the end of the season, but with inadequate scoring and solid set pieces, we hope he will find a home somewhere.

RWD(defensive) - #10 Stanislaw “Wolfgang” Kociuba (wretched form, inadequate defense, excellent stamina) At least Tompkins is actually on the depth chart where he is playing. Wolfgang is one of the top three midfielders on our team, but his form has been lousy, so he hasn’t made the cut at midfield this week. Perhaps we are taking something of a liberty by injecting him into the defense. In fact, what is he even doing on the wing, he needs to be in the middle (shouts for an assistant, who begins booting up his laptop). Get on that G(bleep)d Damn F(BLEEP)UCKING thing and change to asymmetric in the back, what the hell are you people doing!! (sounds of bg slugging back a 20oz Amber Bock) Nurse! More medicine over here, pronto! Put Tompkins over on the other wing, and slot Kociuba as the left central defender, normal. Lord, what I have to deal with.

RIM - #17 Diogo “Je” Sousa Rodrigues (poor form, passable playmaking, passable stamina, Quick specialist) This will be Je sousa’s first time in the bag.

LIM - #16 Bernard “detective” Martinez (inadequate form, passable playmaking, passable stamina, Technical specialist) Ditto for Martinez, we haven’t even gotten him a decent nickname yet.

IM(offensive) - #14 Jose “can you see the holes in the” Levy (weak form, passable playmaking, solid stamina) We set Jose offensive because of his stamina, and because we want to try and add a little punch towards the assualt on goal. If you haven’t noticed yet, we are really playing with a patchwork lineup.

LW(offensive) - #11 Elijah “the prophet” Dupree (inadequate form, solid winger, inadequate stamina, Technical specialist) The other man on the squad playing both games this week. All the prophet does is drop ball after ball after ball in the box at the feet of our strikers. Absolutely can not afford to do without him under the circumstances.

RW(towards middle) - #13 Richard “forest” Whittaker (weak form, inadequate winger, solid stamina, inadequate passing, inadequate playmaking, inadequate defense) I guess I have more than one player not solid in his primary skill on the depth chart, but the fact that he is inadequate everywhere makes up for that. My first foray into the towards middle order, I want to really hammer the possession if I can.

LF – #24 Andy “Capp” Morales (weak form, passable scoring) Has made decent apparences previously, we hope for another today.

RF - #22 John “gimpy” Colvin (wretched form, passable scoring, passable passing, solid stamina) Gimpy is so named because he is an original member of the team, and has been injured for about eighty percent of its existence. John alternates between striker and central defense. He is playing forward today because Wolfgang can’t play up front.

“There you have it BJ, I mean SJ.”

“Ha ha, bj, I mean bg. So, with your less than stellar line up today, I presume you won’t be PICing again as you did in round 1?”

“You’d be wrong there Sloppy, seconds, I mean, that’s the second time today. With my nasty coach, I don’t dare miss an opportunity to improve team spirit. Besides, assuming we do win this game, we still have to play yet another road game against a division V side before I get the chance at a home game. We can’t afford to worry to much about the cup yet, if we get by this week, and honestly, I think we still are overwhelming favorites to continue, then we will worry about the cup. We play another new team without an owner in league next week, so we can obviously reverse our strategy then, and put our best foot forward then. Maybe our round 3 opponent won’t notice and take US a little too lightly.”

“Thanks for the interview, bg, enjoy the game. Don’t get too wasted, you’ll have quite a pair of handfulls in your hands this evening.” Now, we go live to our remote reporters at various other cup sites. Good luck to all the FOFC contingent, owners of HOOTERS, we hope to hear good things tonight!”

[Havok]

WOOT!!!!

im pumped!!! :)

[FrogMan]

Hey everyone, cup matches have already started in Canada!!!
My team is 8 people short from a sell out in only our second game in our upgraded 12000 seats stadium...

Here we goooooooo!!!!

Pintendre Pittbulls - Cornwall Axemen

Date: 4/9/2003 at 23:00
MatchID: 6865923
Arena: Pintendre Pittbulls Arena


The match is in progress, 4 minutes of the first half have been played.
11982 spectators arrived at Pintendre Pittbulls Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Pintendre had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. They fielded: Mueller - Saint-Laurent, Ball, Willis, Rudoy - Macahan, Rossten, Lumpkin, Brouillard, Blackwell - Phelan.

Cornwall had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Shattock - Escamilla, McKean, Wilson, Brinkley - Rizzo, Conway, Rutherford, Low - Howe, Hurtubise.


FrogMan

[Havok]

good luck!!!!

ggggooooo PITBULLS!!!!!!!!

[FrogMan]

Not much action so far, but the Pittbulls are ahead!!!



After a fine move down the middle Calvin Phelan nearly gave the home side one up in the 14:th minute. The finishing shot went just wide, though. Jack Rudoy sailed high, high above the opponents as he headed the 1-0 in after a corner kick after 22 minutes of play.


GO PITTBULLS!!!!!!

FrogMan

[FrogMan]

dola, please add 83 745 C$ to the bank account for that home game :D

FrogMan

[DataKing]

Gotta love those header goals. One of my favorites. :)

Go Pitbulls!

[FrogMan]

that's one of the thing I like about this l'il text sim. If you've either played a little or watched even only a few highlights, you can imagine the corner kick coming to a crowd of players and then one guy jumping higher than the other and the GOAL!!!

:D

in the meantime:

A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 28 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Pintendre. However, Alec Shattock made a spectacular save.

Third scoring chance for our team. Looks like we are dominating the possession battle... GO PITTBULLS!!!!

FrogMan

[FrogMan]

Last update from me, as I gotta run.


In the 35:th minute Pintendre put themselves up 2 - 0. The visitors defenders lost the ball to Per Rossten coming up from the left, who proceeded to cooly round the goaltender and knock the ball home.


Should be back home in les than two hours. Ample time to catch your USA cup games guys!!! Good luck everyone and GOOOOOOOO PITTBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLSS! :D

FrogMan

[robbgmaier]

more beer for everyone, and as Havok would say

WOOT!!!! WOOT!!!!

c[?] c[?] c[?]

[samifan24]

I am psyched. Being the moron college student that I am, I actually went to class and completely forgot about my lineup, so I'm pretty sure I will be forced to forfeit tonight's game! That is, unless the game put a lineup together for me, although I doubt that's possible. Anybody know? Will I forfeit?

[robbgmaier]

IT"S GAMETIME!!!!

samifan, there is often a default lineup of some sort put in, but I don't know the exact mechanisms involved, good luck, let us know (crosses fingers)

[Qwikshot]

Originally posted by samifan24
I am psyched. Being the moron college student that I am, I actually went to class and completely forgot about my lineup, so I'm pretty sure I will be forced to forfeit tonight's game! That is, unless the game put a lineup together for me, although I doubt that's possible. Anybody know? Will I forfeit?

I HOPE NOT...I'm playing against you...

[robbgmaier]

ahhh, inter-FOFC cup play, please guys, let's try and keep everything above the belt.

3 minutes in, no reports yet, THE WAIT IS AGONIZING

[Havok]

gooooo MISFITZ!!!

my backups better not blow it!!! :)

[robbgmaier]

memo to thread - create FOFC roster of cup games for next week, so can have some sort of pick 'em competition with bragging rights and smack talking :)

[robbgmaier]

A mistake by the home sides central defence in the 3rd minute allowed Andy Morales to score 0 - 1 for goldurnears.

WHO'S YOUR DADDY!!!!!!

[Havok]

dam... the young wingback i just bought screwed up and they almost scored.

dam rookies ;)

[Calis]

3 minutes into the game, and I'm up 1-0! Woot!

The home team is the lower seed correct in the cup?

[robbgmaier]

Andy Morales of goldurnears received a yellow card in the 8:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

I think Andy must have had too many lumps of sugar in his coffee this morning, a goal and a card and we aren't even ten minutes in.

[Havok]

thats wierd... im the home team and im waaaayyy better then the team im playing. Im playing almost all backups

[Havok]

woot!! 1-0 baby!

[-Panther]

The 9:th minute saw the home team take a 1 - 0 lead after a leak in the visitors right side defense. Scorer for Tomahawks was Tyler Britt.

WooHoo!

but DAMN I HATE rain! Left half my stadium empty

[AccardoOutfit29]

Excellent, Paul Dillon just put the McGees up 1-0. That is probably all we will need to win.

[Doug5984]

"Louisiana´s Xavi Matas shot the 0-1 goal in the 9:th minute, made possible by a deep pass from Hartwig Blissenbach which cut through the entire defensive line. "

woo-hoo, up 1-0 already...and with my defensive 5-4-1 formation 1 goal might be all I need to win.

[Masked]

Alright 10 minutes, up by one.

Phil Edwards was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was saved by the keeper. However, Complex´s Michael Hvidt managed to get hold of the rebound and scored the 0-1 goal.

Havok - seeding is determined by where your team finished last season.

[robbgmaier]

The visitors Bernard Martinez took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 10:th minute. 0 - 2 for goldurnears.

IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY, IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY......

[McSweeny]

up 1-0 after 9 minutes

[Qwikshot]

Originally posted by samifan24
I am psyched. Being the moron college student that I am, I actually went to class and completely forgot about my lineup, so I'm pretty sure I will be forced to forfeit tonight's game! That is, unless the game put a lineup together for me, although I doubt that's possible. Anybody know? Will I forfeit?

Samifan's team forfeited after displaying a 2-2-2 formation, I defeated them 5-0...at least I got some cash.

[mckerney]

nothing in my game, but in checking a few others mylesknight is already down 2 - 0

[Masked]

11 minutes in, and already pulling back. After a low score last week, I wanted to get in on a rout. Maybe I will not concede a goal though. In 4 competition matches, the only goal I gave up was to a series VI bot.

The game had been on for 11 minutes when Tony Spicer broke through to the right, upping the score to the home crowd´s dismay. Complex´s were up 0 - 2. After this Complex lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.

[robbgmaier]

Qwikshot,

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

love

rob

[Calis]

They scored on a freekick, I think I might be in for another painful adjusting to the new formation game...

1-1

I also have a half full stadium, and playing in rainy conditions.

I'm hoping my ubah defender Jonatan Jonsson pulls something out, he's the only transfer I've brought in, and it was through a bidding war with the team I'm playing, would be sweet if he had a great game.

[Havok]

ohhh ok Masked. That explains it.

[The Afoci]

For the love of god, show something happening, the suspense is killing me...or is it the everclear???

[mckerney]

I've brought in a bunch of midfielders in the last week and wanting to give my top 2 players a rest moved one of them to forward and he came through for me.

What ever got into Felix Conroy, the crowd mumbled, as he suddenly struck a cross pass through the own defense - ending up right in front of Square´s Leo Seals, who easily put the ball away for 0-1.

[Qwikshot]

Originally posted by robbgmaier
Qwikshot,

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

love

rob

No it sucks...it gave my players star rankings, but gave everyone on both teams disasterous ratings...It says I scored 5-0 but doesn't say who...I'm confused...though it did put money in the coffers and made me advance...

What I want to know is...is this considered a walkover and do my players get experience...I really wanted my weak form players to get some form...and will I get some stats?!?

[McSweeny]

hooligans up 2-0

[robbgmaier]

you get the experience just as if you actually played, you get the gate as if you had actually played, i don't think anyone will get credit for the goals, you got all disasterous ratings because you didn't actually play :)

[The Afoci]

Many thought Mark Davis ought to have been awarded a penalty shot in the 17:th minute, as he went down trying to circle the visitors keeper Manuel Bossio

WOOOHOOO nothing like paying off the refs!!!

[Masked]

Players get experience in walkovers (which all end 5-0)

GrantDawg's Newton Rams are up 1-0 on a team in my division that sold half their team today.

[daedalus]

Is it just me or is 12 minutes into the game a tad premature to pull back to play defense? Damn coach.

[McSweeny]

hooligans up 3-0 early

[robbgmaier]

In a related matter, has anyone in FOFC played to PK's in actual competition? Just making conversation, waiting for my team to score again :)

[Qwikshot]

Originally posted by robbgmaier
you get the experience just as if you actually played, you get the gate as if you had actually played, i don't think anyone will get credit for the goals, you got all disasterous ratings because you didn't actually play :)

Yeah, but I was all excited like my fans, let down...now I gotta figure out who I play against next...I was looking forward to reading my match...now I have to prepare against Ring of Fire in league...(sigh).

[robbgmaier]

Quik, here's 10 grand, go loiter in the transfer lobby for a while :)

[AccardoOutfit29]

Originally posted by robbgmaier
In a related matter, has anyone in FOFC played to PK's in actual competition? Just making conversation, waiting for my team to score again :)

A couple of the teams in my division played to PK. Most of them lost too against the bot teams. Shows the quality of my division. :p

[mckerney]

Speaking of getting stats, my starting forward suddenly has 55 career goals, 54 of which were league.

He's a player that started out on my team and is only 23. He's scored 1 in each of the games he's played for me, and maybe I just didn't notice the goals before, but I don't remember him having any stats when I started with the team.

[Masked]

Uh, GrantDawg's opponent chose an interesting 3-4-2 combination.

That is an interesting choice. I am keeping close watch on his opponent since he is my main competition in my division.

[illinifan999]

Palmer Nicholas seemed highly inexperienced when in the 20:th minute he was loitering with the ball, allowing Tom Sheets to intercept and strike 0-1 for Fighting.

1-0.

I went with most of my B team, and played PIC, I'm kinda nervous.

[Qwikshot]

Originally posted by robbgmaier
Quik, here's 10 grand, go loiter in the transfer lobby for a while :)

No mustn't spend money, in debt....don't want to...end up...like poor crawfish...aurrrhhghhhh!!...well maybe I'll go look..

[Masked]

Not going to jinx it this time...

The referee signalled a penalty in the 24:th minute following an offence just inside of the box. Tony Spicer knocked home 0 - 3 just out of reach for the goaltender.

Sigh, at least no one else is around the lab right now.

[illinifan999]

The team played a match. Spectator income amounted to 10 560 US$.

And why do the D6 teams get home field. Now I am in Washingon D.C. to play the Wolves.

Went from losing $36,000 at the beginning of the week, sell two C teamers, and make money off of a friendly, and only lose $6,000. If only I had had a home league game this week.

[illinifan999]

Fighting´s Norman Scruggs received a play slashing through the home side´s defense in the 28:th minute, chipping it past the keeper scoring 0 - 2. The home crowd was not pleased with that one.

Hit em hard, and often.

[robbgmaier]

Masked, are you winning or losing?

Illinifan - each week, they pair the top ranked team v. the bottom rank team, and work toward the middle. The lower rank team always plays at home.

[moriarty]

A mistake by the home sides central defence in the 17:th minute allowed Dimitris Lalis to score 0 - 1 for Negative

Bought the kid just the other day, I'm so proud. Should be killing these guys though (forgot to PIC).

[robbgmaier]

John Colvin increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 3.

HA - Gimpy the wounded wretched soccer player scores a goal, maybe I won't sell him to The Afoci for advertising rights at his stadium.

[illinifan999]

Ok thanks for clearing that up.

[robbgmaier]

In the games 31st minute goldurnears´s Elijah Dupree fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Elijah Dupree for taking a dive.

He BOOKED the PROPHET

oh, he will pay for that

[Masked]

I am winning 3-0. My coach pulled back after 11 minutes, but my star forward picked up his second goal in the 24th minute. Very similar to the league match on Sunday, when he was shut out for the last 70 minutes.

[DataKing]

Screamin' took the lead after 18 minutes with 0 - 1. Jesper Gravesen placed the ball out of reach for the home sides keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. After 33 minutes Arizona´s Karl Friedman contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game. The visitors Lucian Tere took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 33rd minute. 0 - 2 for Screamin'. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 34:th minute Screamin' goal, making it 0 - 3. Lucian Tere was noted down as the scorer. The structure of the game started to change as Screamin' decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone.

The big Romanian is having a field day, and I didn't even tell him to play offensive.

:D

[AccardoOutfit29]

4-0 right now for the McGees. Sometimes I feel sorry for these bot teams. :D

McGees´s Paul Dillon gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead in the 8:th minute with a superb strike from the right. McGees's Thad Amos scored 0 - 2 by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent goalie no other option than to pick up the ball from the net. In the 30:th minute the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as Thad Amos finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 33rd minute McGees goal, making it 0 - 4. Jed Churchill was noted down as the scorer. By now McGees were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead.

[robbgmaier]

DK, have you recovered from Sunday yet? :)

[illinifan999]

Is anyone else watching the Fighting Crawfish game with great interest?

[The Afoci]

The Crawfish go down 1-0.... :( :( Time to reopen operation panhandle because we are broke again.

[illinifan999]

The away team´s Norman Scruggs took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 33rd minute increasing Fighting´s lead to 0 - 3. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 37:th minute Fighting goal, making it 0 - 4. Leon Breaux was noted down as the scorer. The structure of the game started to change as Fighting decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone.

Always fun to kill a team when you PIC, and playing most of your B team. :D

[illinifan999]

Now 2 nill. Could this be the end of the Crawfish? :(

[The Afoci]

Crawfish go down 2-0. The lights are going out in Fargo ND... :(

[DataKing]

Originally posted by robbgmaier
DK, have you recovered from Sunday yet? :)

Not yet, but it looks like this match should help quite a bit. Team confidence was absolutely decimated on Sunday.

[robbgmaier]

goldurnears came close to extending their lead as Andy Morales delivered a long range shot from the right but the angle was to sharp, and the shot hit the side of the goal. Bernard Martinez increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 4. The structure of the game started to change as goldurnears decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone.

WOOT
WOOT
WOOT

How many licks does it take?

WOOT
WOOT
WOOT

[The Afoci]

Lars started raising hell and got booked!!!! They are showing some life, get her together boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Havok]

2-0 lead now

[DataKing]

DataKing bookmarks The Afoci's match

[Havok]

Will you go get another team Afoci???
plus... how do you get another team?? i thought they only allow you to have one team, once

[Calis]

Ugh! Every time we take the lead they COME RIGHT BACK!

2-2, and I'm tearing my hair out.

This angers me even more, because I'd accepted early this week that I'd lose, I just wanted more experience with my 4-5-1, now I find myself freaking out at the thought my boys might not pull it off. :)

[mckerney]

Since my early goal they have nearly scored twice, though my keeper has saved us so far.

I did have one winger go off with an injury, though his replacement was about on par with him, so I have no drop off in talent level, I hope.

still up 1-0

[DataKing]

You've GOT to score against the Armadillos, Afoci. Their keeper put up 0* in his last outing.

[rexalllsc]

In the 43rd minute United put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. Scorer was Roffe Duvholt. ...

5-0 in the first half...too bad one of my strikers got hurt

[Qwikshot]

Originally posted by Havok
Will you go get another team Afoci???
plus... how do you get another team?? i thought they only allow you to have one team, once

I'm on my 2nd team...the defunct Qwakers are gone...I started up with the Ultra Nox...The Crawfish still have a chance y'know...they have three weeks to get under 500k should they exceed that amount...then he'll have to reapply...but let's hold out some hope.

[Havok]

2-0 at half 78% possession

back-up's playing pretty good :)

[McSweeny]

hooligans up 3-0 with 90 percent possesion at the half

[robbgmaier]

"It's halftime here at the HatPub, with the Goldurnears cruising and headed to round 3. I'm Loretta "Sloppy" Jones, here getting wicked f(bleep)cking drunk with "bg". Bg, how many times do you think you can do me tonight?"

"Slopster, I'm not sure this is (belch) the time or place..."

"Oh, f(bleep)ck it, I want you right now, take off your pants!!"

"Uhh, oh what the hell, I'm going bang the s(bleep)it out of you, I hope you have some Immodium at home....

[mckerney]

Leo Seals was, after 44 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors lead with a well placed diving header but home side keeper Charley Landis saved. 0 - 1 was the half-time score.

Got the half time lead, now it's up to my 5 defenders.


Colorado held the ball, with a clear 56 percent possession rate. :eek:

Hopefully my stamina training will pay off in half 2 and I can hold the ball longer.

Other FOFC Hattrick updates:

MylesKnight and his First Coast Conquistadors are down 3 - 0 with only 27% posession.



A quick poll. How many of you have bot and how many of you have human opponents.

I for one am going against a bot.

[The Afoci]

I know 0*. I thought the pregame pep talk would help. There goalie has a value of like 73k or something, so that is weak. for the love of all that is Crawfish, what is happening????

[The Afoci]

I saw on the conferences once that one of the GMs cleared his economy page, I would be happy if they would like life maybe 100k or 150k of my debt.... or I could just win and go on... Please let one of these happen...

[moriarty]

Grrr.... 70% rate of possession and a lousy 1-0 lead. Hope my superior stamina kicks in the second half.

[Coffee Warlord]

Almost all the way down to the corner flag Paofai Croom-Carter somhow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for Sam Jones who struck for 0 - 1. Due to some great work on the right wing Spartans:s Long Burton was able to even the score in the 12th minute to 1 - 1. Galesburg took the lead in the games 16:th minute with 1 - 2 after some elegant plays down the middle. Leonardo Andres Alvaro was the scorer. The away team´s Elliott Hammond took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 23rd minute increasing Galesburg´s lead to 1 - 3. Juán Applegate of Spartans received a yellow card in the 28:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Halftime score was 1 - 3. Galesburg held the ball, with a clear 75 percent possession rate.

HOW DARE MY TRAINEES LET THEM SCORE!

[DataKing]

You see what happens when you go offensive, Coffee? :D

[Nyarlahotep]

Up 3-1 at half with 87% possesion. I love Criollo, I'm watching 4 games right now. It would be more, but I would have to check it too often.

[DataKing]

3-nil at halftime. Only 68% possession though. About what I expected with only two middies.

[The Afoci]

And the from the visitor locker room, it could be heard growing in volume....Crawfish, Crawfish, CRAWFISH!!!!!!!!

[DataKing]

ZAP! BOOM! SQUISH!

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally posted by DataKing
3-nil at halftime. Only 68% possession though. About what I expected with only two middies.

You see what happens when you go defensive, DK? :P

[FrogMan]

The FrogMan's back and proud to report a 6-0 win even though our showing was less than stellar...

Our ratings:
Pintendre Pittbulls
Midfield: weak
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: weak
NSI: 39

Their ratings:
Cornwall Axemen
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: weak
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: weak
NSI: 34

We got 68% possession of the ball in both the first and second half, which certainly helped give us 8 scoring chances and only one for our opponent. Team confidence is now at wonderful and the money earned brought to -254k C$ which gives us a little bit of room to shop for one or two defenders. What do you want, I'm a compulsive transfer market shopper...

Afoci, everyone here in Pintendre, Quebec, all 6233 of us, are rooting for you!!! GO CRAWFISH!!!

FrogMan

[DataKing]

Actually I'm running a 4-4-2 today. :p

[illinifan999]

I'm playing a bot team.

[robbgmaier]

Anyone need a date tonight, I hear that Bebec A. Kes is looking for a rebound friend for the night.

[The Afoci]

Beating head against the wall....They have a 0* goalie...

[damnMikeBrown]

Halftime score was 0 - 6. Aviators held the ball, with a clear 77 percent possession rate

I'm not displeased with the PIC and 'B' team's effort.

[robbgmaier]

Is anyone besides me, secretly thinking that the next few days of The Afoci's dynasty could be very entertaining?

[daedalus]

Dammit! Had my middie get a red t'day. He's out for my next league game, isn't he? Not really what I want to have happening against a team with a double-digit win streak and tons of 6-figure value players. Feh!

[The Afoci]

Originally posted by robbgmaier
Is anyone besides me, secretly thinking that the next few days of The Afoci's dynasty could be very entertaining?

The Crawfish will be having a garage/bake sale....try the brownies, they are great!

[DataKing]

You're correct daedalus, he is out for the league match on Sunday. The same thing happened to me last week, with my star wingback and team MVP. It sucks.

[robbgmaier]

Bernard Martinez received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably out of lack of experience, in the 47:th minute and almost caused an opponent to score. The game had been on for 47 minutes when John Colvin broke through to the right, upping the score to the home crowd´s dismay. goldurnears´s were up 0 - 5. goldurnears came close to extending their lead as Elijah Dupree delivered a long range shot from the right but the angle was to sharp, and the shot hit the side of the goal.

From the HatPub

"OH YEAH LORETTA, ONE HOLE FOR EACH GOAL"

"WOOT WOOT WOOT - someone get me some viagra!"

[Masked]

GOT IT---HATTRICK (first one)

The away team´s Tony Spicer took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 53rd minute increasing Complex´s lead to 0 - 4. At that, Tony Spicer was noted down for a hat trick.


Goals 4 - Yellows 3

At least no red to my starting midfielder again.

[Masked]

Sigh

Goals 4 - Yellows 4

Yep that midfielder, at least no one has left yet.

[The Afoci]

Originally posted by Masked
GOT IT---HATTRICK (first one)

The away team´s Tony Spicer took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 53rd minute increasing Complex´s lead to 0 - 4. At that, Tony Spicer was noted down for a hat trick.


Goals 4 - Yellows 3

At least no red to my starting midfielder again.

Congrats!!! :) :)

[Masked]

Damn, that was quick

Unsportsmanlike behaviour by Dani Mário Araújo rendered him his second booking of the match, and Complex had to finish the game with a reduced squad

Two matches - kicked out of both (one red, and now two yellows). Is he out for the next match as well?

[robbgmaier]

Masked - my memory from 2 yellows is that it is not a suspension from the next game, but 2 yellows is only one away from getting one anyhow.

[robbgmaier]

Is there a transcript of the crawfishes halftime pep talk?

[Masked]

Originally posted by robbgmaier
Masked - my memory from 2 yellows is that it is not a suspension from the next game, but 2 yellows is only one away from getting one anyhow.

Well I am sure this guy will have no trouble finding that third yellow.

[The Afoci]

Only 30 minutes remain for the Crawfish come back...

[DataKing]

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Screamin'´s Christian Kvam got himself booked. After the ball got lifted in from the left Jerry Smith was on his own in the home side´s penalty area 62 minutes into the game, and should have scored, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration.

This game is decided. I just want to avoid cards and injuries now.

[mckerney]

Still nothing for the Crawfish?

Are their laserblasters out of juice? Are they left hopeless without claw or laser blaster? Is this just a ploy that will be followed by a reign of 5 goals in 3 minutes?

We must all wait and see...

[moriarty]

Stamina is kicking in ... The negative waves have scored 3 goals in the opening 20 minutes of the second half.

[Havok]

there dam 1 star goalie has made 3 saves on me!!! still only 2-0

and im playing a human team

[The Afoci]

god i hope 5 goals in 3 minutes.. [crosses fingers]

[mckerney]

That said, I wish my team would give me a little breathing room. After the opposition came close twice in the first half I'm not sitting too comfortably at 1 - 0.

[robbgmaier]

mckerney, don't worry, I'm sure you'll win the penalty contest (heh)

[DataKing]

30 minutes of OT first, then penalties.

[The Afoci]

Start the drinking boys, we just went down 3-0 on a 30 meter free kick...

[robbgmaier]

yeah, I didn't want to make him nervous :)

[Coffee Warlord]

2-5 Avengers now.

Yep, my reserve defenders and trainee midfielders SUCK at defense. :)

[mckerney]

With my top two at scoring sitting this one out, I'm not too confident my keeper could win on PKs

[Vince]

Well, I got worried...B squad and PIC, against a really terrible human team who runs a 4-3-3. I turn it on, and the first thing I read...

Monkeyss Jae Tubbs gave, after 3 minutes, the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Jim Vandyke of Vandals received a yellow card in the 4:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Damn...but then we continue, and now it's 4-1 Vandals midway through the second half! :) My Solid scorer, Hor (my leading scorer's name is Hor...:)) is one away from the first ever Vandal Hat Trick...let's go Hor!!!

**Crossing my fingers for the Crawfish**

[mckerney]

Square appeared unsure on how to play.

Oh no... :(

[moriarty]

Originally posted by The Afoci
Start the drinking boys, we just went down 3-0 on a 30 meter free kick...

I keep rooting for you, but your guys aren't even making the highlights.

[robbgmaier]

I think we definitely need more Hor's here. At least more than we need crawfish.

[Vince]

In other FOFC matches, the Hippopotami are up 9-0 and the Horned Toads are up 5-1.

[Havok]

holy shit... this guy just got a hattrick!!

Ossie Montoya (8787061)
19 years, poor form

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


Speciality: Technical

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 15 000 US$
Wage: 590 US$/week
Owner: Maniacal Misfitz
Warnings: (this information is not available while matches are in progress)

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

He's like the worse guy on my team :)

4-0 Misfitz now

[mckerney]

3rd close call

Colorado´s Charles Sloan made a successful breakthrough attempt in the game´s 75:th minute and should have levelled the score, but clipped it over the bar.

[Calis]

Woohoo, my young gun Ed Baggett just put us up 4-2, the home crowd is loving it, and we've moved to a more defensive stance.

Looks like a nice turn around after our 4-0 mauling at home in our first league game. The 4-5-1 is coming together!

[DataKing]

Gargoyles up 6-nil. Ardent's Raiders up 4-nil.

[DataKing]

The best I've ever done is 3 goals in 8 minutes...the Crawfish are running out of time. :(

Edit: Checked the match history. It was 8 minutes, not ten. ;)

[dacman]

81 minutes in and Rich1033's Toledo Drunkards are nil-nil w/ a bot team.

edit: spelling

[The Afoci]

Come on stamina training....Jesus...anybody???

[robbgmaier]

OOOOOHHHH nil-nil

what's the match number?

[The Afoci]

all i need is 3 goals in 7 minutes...

[mckerney]

MylesKnight looks like he's going to get beaten, down 4 - 0 to the Proletarian Dictators

[DataKing]

Toledo Drunkards - Shoe Horns
Date: 4/10/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 6868220

Not a bot team. Just new (I think).

Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 80:th minute Screamin' goal, making it 0 - 4. Jesper Gravesen was noted down as the scorer. Paul Peralta was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Forrest Tobias managed to kick one of them into 0 - 5 in the 83rd minute.

:D

[Vince]

Drunkards Score!!!!!

EDIT: 1-0 Rich...

Some beautiful plays on the left side of the field resulted in a 83rd minute goal by Terrance Quinones for Drunkards, putting them ahead 1 - 0.

[dacman]

Some beautiful plays on the left side of the field resulted in a 83rd minute goal by Terrance Quinones for Drunkards, putting them ahead 1 - 0.

Damn, I was hoping for penalties! I'm up 6-0 so this match was looking entertaining. :)

[DataKing]

Yeah! A clutch goal by 19 year old Terrance Quinones gives the Drunkards a late 1-nil lead!

[The Afoci]

Crawfish Score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Coffee Warlord]

I have a feeling there are gonna be a few Crawfish players who are going to be in a world of pain shortly.

[mckerney]

1-0 Drunkards

[dacman]

Originally posted by DataKing
Not a bot team. Just new (I think).

Oops -- I was watching another match human vs. bot 0-0 and got confused.

[robbgmaier]

Coffee, they are all going to be smeared with peanut butter in and on their personal private parts. Then, with a gutteral cry, The Afoci, will, RELEASE THE HOUNDS

[dacman]

Geez...I stoked up a firestorm. :p

[Coffee Warlord]

Don't you mean RELEASE THE CRAWFISH?

[Vince]

Wow, I just noticed this, but even though this team is much worse than I am, he expanded his stadium already. 9200 spectators...woo-hoo! :)

[moriarty]

Dang Afoci, you had better stats in nearly ever position ... how did you lose?

[Havok]

Ossie Montoya was a disappointment, however

He scored 3 goals :)

[Masked]

Fighting´s best player was Manuel Bossio. Daniel Mughal on the other hand, had a terrible day.

What will be left of Mughal...

[mckerney]

Square Pegs hold on 1 - 0 with mostly top players sitting this one out.

Midfield: disastrous
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: weak
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: poor

Defense wasn't too bad for who I had out there.

[superbama]

The match is in progress, 46 minutes of the second half have been played.
A scorching day at kocsport Arena, where 4125 spectators were in place for today´s match. kocsport had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Nedermar - Sanford, Williams, Capps, Obrien - Miquel, Cornell, Holm, Bourque - Irizarry, Kaliappan.

Bamas had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Eden - Morton, Werner, Abernathy, Stump, Hauser - Gee, Wei-Guo, Burnette, Donnelly - Graf.

Bamas´s Erwin Werner could have put the guests one up in the 19:th minute, chasing a through ball but Ulf Nedermar was fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. Halftime score was 0 - 0. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Bamas, with an impressive 70 percent possession of the ball.

Bamas, bringing the final ball possession rate to 70 percent, dominated the battle.

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




The most boring game I have ever seen. I love 5-4-1!

[DataKing]

Originally posted by moriarty
Dang Afoci, you had better stats in nearly ever position ... how did you lose?

Home field advantage got him, I'd say.

[The Afoci]

Originally posted by moriaty
Dang Afoci, you had better stats in nearly ever position ... how did you lose?

I have no idea, how did he dominate when my squad appeared much better nearly everywhere? maybe the hattrick gods will give me my 17 year old solid keeper to get me out of debt. Or maybe I will have to sell Daniel Mughals Kidneys.... or both...

[robbgmaier]

So, is anyone in overtime? I need overtime, I'm in NHL playoff mode :)

[DataKing]

Bamas are in OT right now.

[Havok]

4-0 vitory and no injuries and no cards.... im happy :)

[Vince]

Damn, one highlight all game, that's ridiculous. Go Bamas :)

[dacman]

Bamas (71348)

kocsport - Bamas
Date: 4/10/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 6868416
Arena: kocsport Arena

[robbgmaier]

yeesh, how did you stay awake so far?

[mckerney]

Originally posted by superbama
The most boring game I have ever seen. I love 5-4-1!

Hey, you're not copying my gameplan are you... :rolleyes:


Exactly what I always look to do with my team, load up the defense, pray for goal, and sit tight for what's hopefully 90 minutes of boring soccer.

The only way my games can become exciting is if the other team is beating the hell outta me.

It might be boring, but it's got me to round 3. :D

[superbama]

Originally posted by Havok
4-0 vitory and no injuries and no cards.... im happy :)

Absolutely sweet! Cheers

[AnalBumCover]

The BumCovers are in OT! 3-3

[robbgmaier]

is it golden goal, or will they play 30 more minutes?

[Nyarlahotep]

5-1 victory with a possesion of 92%.

[superbama]

Originally posted by robbgmaier
yeesh, how did you stay awake so far?


It's called NHL. My 2 year old makes me watch it ;)

[Masked]

hmm..my midfielder who got a red in the first round, and two yellows this time is now listed as suspended. When will he play a league match!

final

Goals 4 - Yellows 5

[DataKing]

Originally posted by robbgmaier
is it golden goal, or will they play 30 more minutes?

I'm pretty sure its a Golden Goal situation.

[mckerney]

Stamina comes up big. After losing possession battle in half 1, 55% in half 2.

[robbgmaier]

GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL

AnalBum Advances!!!!

[FrogMan]

it is golden goal, BumCovers just won 4-3!!!

FrogMan

[robbgmaier]

They are switching ends at kocsport arena......

[superbama]

What is Kocsport anyhow?That doesn't sound good

[AccardoOutfit29]

Date: 4/10/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 6867870
Arena: Detroit Field
Crowd: 7000


A scorching day at Detroit Field, where 7000 spectators were in place for today´s match. Detroit started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Broome - Kolb, Lackey, Moore, Saylor - Abad, Gifford, Cavanaugh, Kelly - Delgado, Tuttle.

McGees started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Kuykendall - Wood, Dillon, Cordero - Duckworth, Amos, Churchill, Millet, Taylor - Dunbar, Hyun-Suk.

McGees´s Paul Dillon gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead in the 8:th minute with a superb strike from the right. McGees's Thad Amos scored 0 - 2 by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent goalie no other option than to pick up the ball from the net. In the 30:th minute the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as Thad Amos finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 33rd minute McGees goal, making it 0 - 4. Jed Churchill was noted down as the scorer. By now McGees were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. 0 - 4 was the half-time score. McGees held the ball, with a clear 69 percent possession rate.

An indecisive goaltender looked on as a free kick by McGees´s Allan Cordero put the visitors up 0 - 5 after 67 minutes. Fred Dunbar increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 6. The referee showed Detroits Daniel Kelly the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Wen Hyun-Suk didn´t pace himself at all, and after a series of daring offensive runs he was too tired to help out in the defensive play. McGees´s Wen Hyun-Suk received a play slashing through the home side´s defense in the 79:th minute, chipping it past the keeper scoring 0 - 7. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. Jamie Duckworth increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 8. McGees held the ball, with a clear 83 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Detroit player was without a doubt Emery Cavanaugh. However, William Moore made a disastrous appearance. Most important McGees player was Dagoberto Millet. Jed Churchill on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 8.

Detroit Kickers
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: weak
Central Defence: weak
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: poor


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

Not too bad of a performance.

[Havok]

WOOOOOTT!!! go bum covers!!!!!!

[robbgmaier]

and the agonizing overtime continues, but look at it this way, you could be watching 22 dots move around the screen, apparently doing nothing. Now THAT would be agonizing

[McSweeny]

the hooligans won 4-0 with 97 percent possesion

way to go boys

[Havok]

Robb... whats the game number?

[robbgmaier]

6868416

[AnalBumCover]

WooHoo!

[robbgmaier]

during the course of this thread, I've went from 0.31 to 0.37 posts per day :)

[Havok]

holy crap thats one boring game

[Havok]

well my friendly's will look like that soon. Since ill be training defending ill be going 5-4-1

[daedalus]

Originally posted by DataKing
You're correct daedalus, he is out for the league match on Sunday. The same thing happened to me last week, with my star wingback and team MVP. It sucks.

I think my team was trying to copy yours and did a poor job. I had a midfielder get a red and a wingback get hurt. 2 out next game. Nice!

At least my youth pull made an acceptable debut. I'll take what I can get!

[robbgmaier]

PK
PK
PK
WOOT WOOT

[Havok]

cool... the team i play next week lost a inner mid for 4 weeks

it doesnt really matter though. Ill kill them anyway :)

[FrogMan]

Hey Superbama, where's your team on the officialish list (dacman's list) I don't see it in there and it's not on my rankings either.

Do you wanna be ranked? Wouldn't see why not...

Unless you tell me otherwise, I'll add your team to my database and start computing some ratings to rank your team...

FrogMan

[Havok]

down 1-0 on Pk's

[DataKing]

I just realized that Cameron McDonald made a 3* debut for SSFC today.

"A Star Is Born!" :D

[robbgmaier]

1 attempt, bamas down 1-nil

[superbama]

Penalty kicks

[robbgmaier]

1 attempt each, still 1 nil

[robbgmaier]

kocsport misses, still 1 nil

[superbama]

Yeah Frogman that's cool. Thank you.


Another 45min of penalty kicks

[robbgmaier]

WOOT 1-1 after two attempts each

[AnalBumCover]

getting exciting now!

[dacman]

1-1 after 2 attempts each.

[superbama]

Oh Baby

[robbgmaier]

another cocky miss, 1-1

[dacman]

Originally posted by superbama
Another 45min of penalty kicks

Say wha?

[DataKing]

I hope this one isn't decided by a coin toss. That would suck.

[dacman]

1-1 after 3 attempts each.

[Havok]

jesus... you guys cant even score with free kicks!!! 1-1 after 3 shoots each

[robbgmaier]

still 1-1, two attempts left each

I'm getting excited

did you painstaking pick your 6th kicker? :)

[robbgmaier]

another coc miss

[Havok]

COME ON BAMA"S!!!!!!!

[Havok]

WOOT!!!

if they miss this you win!!

[robbgmaier]

BAMAS GO UP 2-1, 1 shot left each!!

[superbama]

GEE! GEE! GEE!

[dacman]

GOOOOOOOOALLLLLLL!!! Bamas up 2-1.

[illinifan999]

Let's see three players with 2 goals, and one with 1.
And my defenseman keep scoring. Go defensive scoring! I wonder how many they would score if I put them on offensive. ;)

7-0.

Now i have some tough decisions for my league game.

Do I play the solid playmaker who is coming off of an injury?
Or do I play the passable who just got 2 stars?
Which forward? The one that is passable that got 2* or the inadequate who got 2*? The form updates only know.....

[AnalBumCover]

argh!

[Masked]

Down to the last shot, 2-2

[robbgmaier]

ugh, coc levels, will bama win it now, or will it go on and on and on?

[dacman]

Damn cocs! 2-2

[Havok]

all down to this shot for the bamas!!

[mckerney]

Even the shoot out is boring.

BTW, when should we find out who our next cup game is against?

[robbgmaier]

BAMAS WIN BAMAS WIN!!!!!!

[Havok]

GGGGGGGOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!

[dacman]

Bamas win! woot!

[superbama]

Oh Hell YEAH!

[AnalBumCover]

Woohooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

[DataKing]

Woohoo!

*buys Richard Morton a beer*

:D

[superbama]

Now I can go eat diner and shut my wife up. She's tired of 5 more minutes dear.

Congrats to all the FOFCers and friends

[AnalBumCover]

was so into the game, that I missed my 400th post! And what did I say on #400?

argh!"

[Easy Mac]

Well, good old G-Vegas wins 3-0, losing the possession battle by 57% in the 1st, and 65% in the 2nd... who cares, I won.

Canton Invaders - G-Vegas FC 0 - 3

Date:
4/10/2003 at 01:00
MatchID:
6868231
Arena:
Canton Invaders Sports Complex
Crowd:
7120

At Canton Invaders Sports Complex, 7120 punters turned up, and despite threatening clouds at the horizon, no rain came._Invaders tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination._The following players had been chosen: Frosio - Vasquez, Herreros, Ibarra, Jimenez - Ba-Thanh, Mccrary, Johnson, Stephenson - Means, Wallis.
G-Vegas started off with a 3-5-2 lineup._Lineup: Fernández - Cardamone, Dube, Viau - Etheridge, Faure, Daníelsson, Cherry, Gjerde - Vestermo, Lilleøren.
Many thought Eddy Wallis ought to have been awarded a penalty shot in the 26:th minute, as he went down trying to circle the visitors keeper Rafael Fernández._G-Vegas took the lead in the games 35:th minute with 0 - 1 after some elegant plays down the middle. Torolf Lilleøren was the scorer._The visitors Petter Vestermo took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 39:th minute. 0 - 2 for G-Vegas._Francisco Ignacio Herreros of Invaders received a yellow card in the 40:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour._0 - 2 was the half-time score._Invaders, bringing the final ball possession rate to 57 percent, dominated the battle.
Invaders´s Simon Johnson left the field after 52 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Will Gagnon._A well placed corner kick from Ole Gjerde was followed by Torolf Lilleøren´s hard but accurate header. The nice combination meant 0-3 for G-Vegas._By now G-Vegas were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead._The referee showed G-Vegass Torolf Lilleøren the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge._After 77 minutes G-Vegass Bertin Viau had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. John James came in instead of him._Invaders, bringing the final ball possession rate to 65 percent, dominated the battle.
The most dominating Invaders player was without a doubt Harley Mccrary._Stefano Frosio was a disappointment, however._The most dominating G-Vegas player was without a doubt John James._Torolf Lilleøren was a disappointment, however._The match ends 0 - 3._

Canton Invaders
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: disastrous
Central Defence: poor
Left Side Defence: poor
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: poor

G-Vegas FC
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: wretched

Damn, my scrubs suck.

[mckerney]

bama and Havok, being fellow 5-4-1 teams, I should get some friendlies against you guys. One day they will see that our formation is destined to rule the world... :D

[dacman]

Originally posted by mckerney
BTW, when should we find out who our next cup game is against?

Soon...after "My Hattrick" stops showing "Cup games in USA" as happening right now I think....it was about 0400 HT-time last week.

[illinifan999]

What are the team spirit levels? I've PIC'ed my last two cup matches and that has gotten them to satisfied.

And my confidence is Wonderful. This could be trouble. Wonderful leads to Over-Confidence, Over-Confidence leads to trouble. Must defeat it. 7 wins in a row, I can't stop it, must continue.

[Havok]

hehe im down Mckerney!!! :)

[DataKing]

Team Spirit Levels:

-Like the Cold War
-Murderous
-Furious
-Irritated
-Composed
-Calm
-Content
-Satisfied
-Delirious
-Paradise on Earth!

[moriarty]

Ugh, Just drew a division 4 team in the next round with a 4 1/2 star goalie.

This could get ugly.

[mrushh]

Cowtown, mostly 'b' squad on PIC, win round 2, 6-1, but lose passable forward with passable passing for 2 weeks (he was in cuz his form sucks so bad I didn't play him in league on sunday. He scored twice before he went down).

[mckerney]

I drew a division 5 team, though he was up to division 4 for last year. I think I might have a decent shot at beating him as long as I don't suffer and injuries or cardings in my league game. I get the game at home, though I think we're pretty close in the ratings so I'm really hoping I can pull the upset.

[McSweeny]

i drew a division 3 team... looks like my glorious run may come crashing to a halt

[FrogMan]

the Pittbulls will have to give everything they got from now on, by looking at our next opponent, a team called "come upins" from Montreal. Look at his club history:

Date Event
3/16/2003 come upins finished as number 6 in III.4 season 6
1/2/2003 The team was kicked out of the Cup at round 4 season 6
11/24/2002 come upins finished as number 7 in II.2 season 5
9/12/2002 The team was kicked out of the Cup at round 4 season 5
8/3/2002 come upins finished as number 1 in III.10 season 4
5/2/2002 The team was kicked out of the Cup at round 1 season 4
4/14/2002 come upins finished as number 1 in IV.26 season 3
2/15/2002 The club changed owner astimothymcevenue took control and renamed it come upins

We're talking about a former div II team here, that has a series IV and series III champions medal on his wall. I don't know why he's been relegated, but it will be a tough one for us next week. He posted a total rating of 51 in today's cup game and 57 in last week's cup game... Ouch! My tiny 42 average seems pale in comparison...

FrogMan

[superbama]

I drew Div 4 Danver Onions 6-0 in last 5 matches( 30 goals for, 0 against)

At least I'm at home. Friendly for week 3 anyone?

[mckerney]

I'm surprised I got a lower level team than most of you (who've posted so far anyway) have. The team I'm going against has a GF-GA of something like 17-0 in their last 3 games, but their still at level 5 team. I'm gonna send out my A squad against them, so I'm really hoping I have a shot.

I may (will probably) end up getting blown out, though I'm hoping my 5-4-1 boredom strategies can do something.

[Doug5984]

I pulled a Div. 5 team....He appears to be equal to my team...he got his team last june, but also has not made a transfer since june....so I am not sure how the game will go.

edit: His team name is 'Frank and the Lads', and he is currently # 1 in V.144...it doesn't show his last 5 logins...so it might be an inactive team....but he has won his last 3 matches 14-0...so I still might lose.

[Eilim]

I get the pleasure of playing the series IV.49 Ramblers next... *glances over at Dataking, then goes in corner and sulks*

Oh well, was fun while it lasted. :)

[-Panther]

well I think I'll be on the 'friendly' market after next week.
Drew a div III team (FCGoblins) but like others, atleast I'll get
2/3 of the profit from it lol

[Masked]

I also drew a division 5 team, Impact from V.112. We look to be very evenly matched, but he will have the home field advantage.

With a good bump in form tomorrow, I should have a good chance at winning.

[AnalBumCover]

Hmm. I drew a IV.4 team playing 5-4-1. North Shore Kix (72181)

He's played against bots the first two rounds, and I'll be his first human opponent. Other than his bot Cup matches, he's been outscored 13-3 in his last 4 matches (both league and friendlies).

I might be able to beat this guy. Any tips on playing against a 5-4-1?

[The_herd]

And the Ruskies roll, now that all starters are healthy again, stretching their unbeaten streak to 14.

Delaware Gurus - Ruskies 0 - 7

Date: 4/10/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 6867657
Arena: Delaware Park
Crowd: 6955


6955 spectators had come to Delaware Park this cloudy day. Delaware started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Sumner - López, Rector, Mcallister, Douglass - Rubio, Brown, Alemparte, Thomas - Tang, Aviles.

Ruskies had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. They fielded: Sanderson - Singh, Sharp, Hirsch, Khaira - Kapur, Hinton, Vogt, Garlick, Payne - Daugherty.

Ruskies´s Lester Vogt could have put the guests one up in the 21st minute, chasing a through ball but Marcus Sumner was fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. Mark Khaira of Ruskies received a yellow card in the 32nd minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The terraces were silenced in the 32nd minute as Ruskies´s Kevin Hinton put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack from the right. After 33 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Jim Daugherty who increased Ruskies´s lead to 0 - 2. In the 33rd minute the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as Kevin Hinton finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Ruskies´s Aghaghna Kapur received a play slashing through the home side´s defense in the 41st minute, chipping it past the keeper scoring 0 - 4. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. After this Ruskies lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 4. Ruskies, bringing the final ball possession rate to 84 percent, dominated the battle.

Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 50:th minute Ruskies goal, making it 0 - 5. Lester Vogt was noted down as the scorer. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 56:th minute Ruskies goal, making it 0 - 6. Jim Daugherty was noted down as the scorer. In the 62nd minute the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 7 as Wally Sharp finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Ruskies, bringing the final ball possession rate to 91 percent, dominated the battle.

The most dominating Delaware player was without a doubt Hugo Aviles. Gale Douglass was a disappointment, however. Most important Ruskies player was Roy Payne. However, Lester Vogt made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 7.

[mckerney]

Fool, you can't defeat the 5-4-1!


I might try running something with 3 defenders if I were you. 3-5-2 might be good. Against only one striker you'll hopefully be able to hold your own with 3 back there, and you can match up in the midfield. Send your playmaking wings out there and hope they can set up your forwards.

[MylesKnight]

Looks like I need an Opponent for next week.. Anyone out there want to match up with the First Coast Conquistadors, next Wednesday Evening?

Let me know. Thanks!!