Round 12
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| Saskatoon V Nitro | Table Moves |
| Spartak V Houston | Table |
| Eastern V Pasmaters | Scorers /Assists |
| Api V AMU | DPS /Performers |
| Barnsley V Besiktas |
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Lots of draws this week with only the 2 ex div 4 teams scoring wins which will do them the world of good. |
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Saskatoon Wanderers 3 - 3 Nitro FC J_Citroen (nit) 6' P_Corn (nit) 7' P_Vendelboe (nit) 47' pen B_Bong (sas) 54' Ieja (sas) 73' Alfalfio (sas) 76' |
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Well Saskatoon have done everything right so far this season, on top of the table with a healthy goal difference, things just look good for them. This week they hosted the 2nd placed side Nitro who could have been neck and neck with Saskatoon if they hadn't had all the drama at the start of the season. Well this was the chance to take a 3 point bite out of Saskatoons lead and they came out firing. Citroen and Corn got Nitro off to a flyer when they scored in the 6th and 7th minute and when Vendleboe put a penalty away just after half time Saskatoon were gone. Unfortunately for Claudio and Nitro Saskatoon didn't realise that and within half an hour had clawed back a point. The only dampener for Saskatoon is the injury to Arabic which will see him out for 3 weeks. There are some who embrace the monkey and some who don't, Saskatoons Alfalfio is one of the latter and he would have been pleased to avoid some monkey loving. Nitros weekend was not so sunny, not only did they drop 2 points but lose even more players, not injuries this time but suspensions. Knecht is out for 1 game while serial offender Citroen is the first Div 3 player to be suspended for 3 weeks. The only good thing for them is the fact that Schneider makes his return. |
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Spartak Haifa 2 - 2 Houston Odyssey J_Hopoate (hai) 35' P_Joaoe (hou) 52' J_Scorer (hou) 67' pen S_O'Flynn (hai) 69' |
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There are some games where not much goes right for you. This was the case for Spartak this week against Houston. Spartak started well when Hopoate scored in the 35th minute but just 5 or so minutes later came a bad blow for Spartak when Vandoink was stretchered off. Normally this would be seen as just be a bit of bad luck, the bench defender would come on and the game would continue. Unfortunately for Spartak they had already used their Defenders replacement and so had to field a very young and inexperienced Midfielder in his place. Not long after that Houston got their first goal when Scorer and Joaoe combined to score. Just 15 minutes later and Scorer got a goal for himself when Lotov fouled someone in the box and a penalty was awarded. This just spurred Spartak on and just 2 minutes later Defender O'Flynn beat his marker and earned Spartak a point by putting it past the Houston Goalkeeper Grobbelaar. Man of the Match must have gone to the Houston goalie as he was superb saving 10 shots and keeping his composure under constant pressure from the Spartak attackers and Iggy will be very pleased he withstood it as he didn't have much cover at all. Both Luther and Narms will be very relieved they didn't have a visit from the Monkey but less pleasing to Iggy will be the loss of Flago for 3 weeks and Lihhma for 1 game. Spartak will be annoyed with the draw and the loss of Vandoink for 4 weeks but will be relieved to have Hendrix back from his suspension. |
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Eastern FC 2 - 2 Pasmaters H_Koren (pas) 28' Roy (pas) 40' Il_Radgavaro (eas) 42' Il_Radgavaro (eas) 46' |
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Pasmaters are another team who are going great guns this season, especially when you consider their last seasons form. They started very well with Koren sneaking a goal in the 28th minute and Division Leading Goal scorer Roy made it 2-0 just 5 minutes before half time. Eastern were looking rattled and Frank was chewing his fingernails when Radgavaro finally gave the home side something to cheer about when he bagged himself a goal just minutes before the break. Pasmaters went into the half time break 2-1 up but it looked like the momentum was shifting. This was proved when just after a minute back into the game Radgavaro scored again to the rapturous applause of the fans. This started chants of "We want 3! We want 3" which to the disappointment of the Eastern Fans never happened and so for the 3rd time this weekend we have a draw. Cagri won't be too disappointed with the point but will be pleased to see Ilic, Jensen and Diehard back from suspension next game. Unfortunately though Gualle will miss next weeks game through injury. Good news also for Eastern, Cheung is back from suspension and the injury to Wai was not as bad as first thought and he will be back next week. |
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Apijarevoleada APR 0 - 2 Aussie Man Utd D_Webber (amu) 23' B_Cole (amu) 73' |
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This week sees the clash of the 'A' teams. Api the Home team, tough to beat and looking to mash their opposition, AMU the Challengers, underdogs and very beatable. Api have been a wee bit inconsistent this season, looked the goods one week then crash and burn the next(or crash and draw). AMU on the other hand have not exactly struggled but have shown some flashes of brilliance at times and then have played less than brilliantly at others. This result is definitely one of AMUs better ones but one Api will be less than stoked with. Webber got the ball rolling for the visitors in the 23rd minute and for the next 50 minutes no more scoring shots were counted until the 73rd when Cole banged in the winner. With all the work he has to do it's no wonder Steensgaard is so good. He could be the reason that AMU stay up this season and as he gets another SL increase getting past him will be that much harder. Api and Jesus actually have an excuse for the home loss, key injuries. Colosimo, Agpensa and superboot Smegovic were all out this week but will be back for next weeks game against Barnsley. All I can say is… watch out Barnsley. |
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Barnsley Tykes 0 - 3 Besiktas Kachi (bes) 22' A_Eltawil (bes) 62' Apijinho (bes) 76' |
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Besiktas are a team who either win or lose there are no half measures. After today's effort they now have 6 wins no draws and 6 losses. Even their for and against is even. Barnsley on the other hand only won their 1st game a few weeks ago and are in a real danger of being relegated. Besiktas were 'on' this week and hand Barnsley their 9th loss of the season so far. Three players for Besiktas scored this week Kachi, Eltawil and Apijinho and the because of all the other draws this week Besiktas win sees them jump to 5th spot. Besiktas good news just keeps coming with Mehmet back next week having served his suspension. Barnsley however lose Mlekuz and Hendrc through injury and suspension for 1 and 4 weeks respectively. The only good news for Barnsley is the return of Wessels and Shivute for next weeks game against an Api team out to make a statement. |
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| Pretty much everyone stays static except for Spartak and Api who drop one place each and Besiktas who leapfrog both those teams. It will be interesting to see if Besiktas can keep going becasuse it was this time in the first half of the season that saw them lose places alarmingly. If Cagri can keep the momentum he is in with a big shot. |
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Pl Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Saskatoon_Wanderers 12 8 2 2 23 12 11 26 2 Nitro_FC 12 6 3 3 25 16 9 21 3 Pasmaters 12 5 5 2 22 19 3 20 4 Houston_Odyssey 12 4 6 2 13 9 4 18 5 Besiktas 12 6 0 6 16 16 0 18 6 Spartak_Haifa 12 4 4 4 20 17 3 16 7 Apijarevoleada_APR 12 4 3 5 16 19 -3 15 8 Eastern_FC 12 4 2 6 25 27 -2 14 9 Aussie_Man_Utd 12 4 1 7 16 26 -10 13 10 Barnsley_Tykes 12 1 2 9 6 21 -15 5 |
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| Saskatoon keep their 5 point buffer over 2nd placed Nitro. Only 8 points separates 2nd to 9th. |
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Pos Name Gm Gls 1 Roy (pas) 15 18 2 P_Vendelboe (nit) 13 13 3 J_Hopoate (hai) 14 13 4 P_Smegovic (api) 13 11 5 D_Webber (amu) 14 11 6 B_Bong (sas) 14 10 7 Alfalfio (sas) 15 10 8 M_Medinna (hou) 19 10 9 WT_Wong (eas) 10 8 10 Nouma (bes) 14 8 |
Pos Name Gm Ass 1 M_Saint (nit) 17 8 2 J_Glicic (eas) 13 6 3 E_Chiesa (eas) 12 5 4 K_Do (sas) 11 4 5 S_Keane (amu) 11 4 6 Ieja (sas) 13 4 7 K_Diehard (pas) 15 4 8 J_Doe (nit) 15 4 9 E_Beckham (amu) 8 3 10 R_Elmoor (bar) 10 3 |
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| The top 3 all get a goal this week, but Roy is looking the Biz at the top of the table. | The top 3 here are dominated by the teams from last years Div 2 with a Div 2 gonnabe in 4th. |
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Pos Name Gm Dp 1 J_Citroen (nit) 12 34 2 Mehmet (bes) 11 26 3 S_Cheung (eas) 9 22 4 G_RasZobbi (bar) 12 22 5 Ieja (sas) 13 22 6 C_Jensen (pas) 13 22 7 B_Molder (pas) 14 22 8 E_Shivute (bar) 10 20 9 M_Roon (bes) 10 18 10 KH_Man (eas) 10 18 |
Pos Name Gm P.Pts 1 R_Cheng (eas) 14 245 2 J_Doe (nit) 15 243 3 J_Babor (hou) 18 240 4 P_Corn (nit) 17 237 5 D_Kalkanou (eas) 13 236 6 M_Schneider (nit) 16 228 7 Roy (pas) 15 220 8 J_Glicic (eas) 13 216 9 S_Lambert (bar) 16 205 10 K_Blomqvist (amu) 14 201 |
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| Citroen has given himself 6 weeks off so far this season and it wouldn't be impossible for him to take some into next season as well. To put it bluntly, the guy's a bludger. | It is interesting that only 1 of the top 3 strikers in the division is in this list. Anyhow its very close and is going to be very interesting to see who comes out on top. |
