Round 5
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| Nitro V Pasmaters | Table Moves |
| AMU V Houston | Table |
| Besiktas V Saskatoon | Scorers /Assists |
| Barnsley V Spartak | DPS /Performers |
| Api V Eastern |
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Only 13 goals scored in total this week which is 10 less than the week before. Even though both promoted sides didn't win this week they still are impressing mixing it well with established 3rd Div teams. |
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Nitro FC 1 - 2 Pasmaters H_Revivo (pas) 2' Roy (pas) 45' pen P_Vendelboe (nit) 53' |
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Both these teams had less than satisfying games last week but it was Pasmaters who got out of the blocks first this week and took the 3 points. This must would been very satisfying for Cagri as they copped an absolute flogging last week by front runners Saskatoon, Nitro on the other hand are having a shocking start to the season and must do something soon. The scoring started early with Revivo scoring in the 2nd minute and Roy managed to convert a very silly penalty just on half time to take the score to 2-0 to the visitors. Less than 10 minutes back from the shed after half time and Vendelboe woke up briefly to claw back 1 goal and Nitro were back in the game. Unfortunately for them that was the only goal they had in them. Before the game Pasmaters defender Crowley apparently went to his manager and confided that he was very nervous about his up coming SL increase. Cagri told him not to worry as he had hired some security guards with orders to shoot on sight any small brown simians or large Tongans seen loitering round their dressing rooms. In other Pasmaters news, Molder will sit on the sidelines for 1 game after racking up 10 holiday points but they welcome back Bollokov from injury. Nitro on the other hand welcome two of their players back with Citroen and Spaghetti back from suspension. |
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Aussie Man Utd 1 - 1 Houston Odyssey M_Medinna (hou) 54' B_Cole (amu) 71' |
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This game was going to be interesting. Both teams had started the season well, Houston sitting in 2nd place after 4 round and AMU shocking several teams after being tipped to go straight back down to Div 4. They were also at opposite ends of the scoring spectrum, Houston were having trouble scoring goals (apart from 1 game where they smashed Spartak) but conceding few as well. AMU on the other hand are having no troubles putting the ball in the net but their defence has been a bit suspect(especially last week against Spartak funnily enough). The first half provided no goals, but not long after half time Medinna took Houston to the lead and the bookies were breathing a little easier. Less than 20 minutes later however Cole filched one back and suddenly it was one all and that the way it stayed. Ian will be the happier of the two managers with Iggy annoyed that his team let this one slip. There were a couple of dramas for Houston this week when Alvarez was yellow carded ensuring he spends a game sitting in the stand and Iggy must have had heart failure when his top goal keeper Grobbelaar was taken off, luckily it wasn't serious and he will back for their next game. They also get Lihhma and Negro back from injury to bolster their lineup. AMU like Houston have a player sitting out the next game in Roche, however since Stam and Blomqvist are back from injury that should more than cover his absence. |
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Besiktas 1 - 3 Saskatoon Wanderers D_Vios (sas) 3' B_Bong (sas) 16' D_Vios (sas) 23' Nouma (bes) 41' pen |
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Previous years underachievers Saskatoon travelled to play the recently promoted Besiktas. Both teams had big wins last week with Saskatoon handing out a 6-2 hammering to Pasmaters and Besiktas comprehensively outplaying Eastern 4-1. It certainly was a sprightly first half with all the goals being scored before the break. Unfortunately for Besiktas, Saskatoon showed them why they are sitting on the top of the table when they scored 3 goals in less than 25 minutes and basically put the Besiktas defence to the sword. Just before half time Nouma pulled one back but it was always going to be an uphill struggle against a team that is conceding just 1 goal a game. Alas it was not to be and Saskatoon march on. Eugene must be much happier with his team so far this season as they have dropped just 1 game so far this season. Cagri will be less happy however as this loss sees them drop to 7th spot from 5th last week. He can however, take heart from the fact that he is only 2 points adrift of 3rd. Both teams have a player sitting out next game. Mehmet for Besiktas and Edknapp for Saskatoon will have a game off after running foul of the referee once too often. Saskatoon also get Alfalfio back which will bolster their attack, but they lose both Arabic and Do for 2 and 5 weeks which will be a bit of a blow and tempers Alfalfios return. |
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Barnsley Tykes 0 - 2 Spartak Haifa J_Hopoate (hai) 65' J_Hopoate (hai) 81' pen |
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Barnsley seem to be in real trouble, 4 games have been played before this one and they have only picked up 1 point. Even more worrying for Barnsleys Manager Dodo Samoscanec is the fact that they are yet to score a goal. Spartak however, have only been held scoreless once this season, that was when they played Houston a couple of weeks ago. Spartak in previous season have been in Barnsleys shoes in that although they defended stoutly they never really scored enough goals to really threaten come playoff times. Their reversal in the ability to score goals can be explained because they traded their best defender for a quality (if controversial) forward in the off season. That said forward produced the goods again this week when he scored a double against the struggling Barnsley. One came from a nice piece of pace and skill, the other from the spot when Midfielder Samoscanec earned himself a yellow card for fouling a Spartak player in the box. Hoppa seems to be in the news a bit recently and was there again this week when he got his double and avoided the SM™ when he got another SL increase. When asked about it he said "Well me and Shafty are mates.. I have been taking over from him when he wants a weekend off or when things get busy, so in return he has said that I am immune from his dirty tool". Is this fair?? In other news Barnsley get Shivute back from suspension which will help them to maybe get on the score board, unfortunately though, Samoscanec gets a week off for his foul that led to the penalty. |
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Apijarevoleada APR 0 - 4 Eastern FC C_Laudrup (eas) 6' WT_Wong (eas) 61' C_Yeung (eas) 73' R_Cheng (eas) 83' pen |
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Api have been having a reasonable season so far. Two wins, a draw and a loss saw them in 4th spot before this week and they would have been looking to extend that run against an Eastern side that has only won one game so far. Alas for Api and Manager Jesus that was not to be and they crashed to a 4-0 defeat. Eastern had been leaking goals up until this point but this week they kept a clean sheet and put Api to the sword. They shared the goals around with Laudrup, Wong, Yeung and Cheng all tormenting the Api goalkeeper. This was a much needed win for Eastern and the 4 unanswered goals improves their goal difference, which is till -3 even with today's effort. If anything things got worse for Api after the game with the monkey making an appearance to give a gentle tweak to both Hernandez and Agpensa, but the real blow was the loss of Colosimo who initially had a minor knee injury but was run over by the medicab when it came out to get him and will now be out for 8 weeks. Questions will be asked about this incident. Eastern didn't get away totally scott free with both Yau and Kalkanou out for a week each. Borde however managed to avoid the Monkey as he was on the bus before the nasty little simian had finished doing over the Api lads. |
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| This weeks big mover is Spartak whos 2-0 win over Barnsley and with other results going in their favour jum from 7th to 3rd. Nitros slide continues and a manager needs to be found fast. |
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Pl Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Saskatoon_Wanderers 5 4 0 1 12 5 7 12 2 Pasmaters 5 3 1 1 12 10 2 10 3 Spartak_Haifa 5 2 2 1 10 6 4 8 4 Houston_Odyssey 5 2 2 1 6 4 2 8 5 Apijarevoleada_APR 5 2 1 2 7 10 -3 7 6 Aussie_Man_Utd 5 2 1 2 10 14 -4 7 7 Besiktas 5 2 0 3 9 8 1 6 8 Eastern_FC 5 2 0 3 10 13 -3 6 9 Nitro_FC 5 1 2 2 8 7 1 5 10 Barnsley_Tykes 5 0 1 4 0 7 -7 1 |
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| Saskatoon are in fine form and continue to lead the comp with Pasmaters close behind. Barnsley are yet to score a goal this season and if they are to avoid the drop they are going to have to start winning. (Now there is an obvious statement.) |
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Pos Name Gm Gls 1 Roy (pas) 8 13 2 J_Hopoate (hai) 6 10 3 Nouma (bes) 7 8 4 D_Webber (amu) 7 8 5 B_Bong (sas) 8 7 6 P_Vendelboe (nit) 6 5 7 Alfalfio (sas) 7 5 8 R_Cheng (eas) 6 4 9 E_Yorke (amu) 7 4 10 M_Medinna (hou) 8 4 |
Pos Name Gm Ass 1 K_Diehard (pas) 8 4 2 E_Beckham (amu) 4 3 3 E_Chiesa (eas) 5 3 4 Q_Scholes (amu) 7 3 5 K_Do (sas) 8 3 6 M_Coat (sas) 2 2 7 A_Rounder (bes) 3 2 8 Melita (hou) 5 2 9 J_Agpensa (api) 6 2 10 D_Prosinecki (api) 6 2 |
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| Roy gets another goal this week but he is being reeled in slowly by Hoppa. The forwards for the two promoted sides are in close pursuit. | The only movement this week is the arrival of Chiesa into 3rd spot. |
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Pos Name Gm Dp 1 B_Molder (pas) 8 18 2 S_Cheung (eas) 4 14 3 L_Roche (amu) 5 14 4 KH_Man (eas) 5 14 5 J_Citroen (nit) 5 12 6 R_Alvarez (hou) 6 12 7 T_Samoscanec (bar) 7 12 8 E_Shivute (bar) 7 12 9 Mehmet (bes) 7 12 10 R_Edknapp (sas) 1 10 |
Pos Name Gm P.Pts 1 Roy (pas) 8 149 2 J_Agpensa (api) 6 141 3 M_Close (sas) 8 128 4 J_Hopoate (hai) 6 120 5 D_Webber (amu) 7 118 6 KH_Man (eas) 5 117 7 Nouma (bes) 7 114 8 Q_Delpi (pas) 7 107 9 Ieja (sas) 8 106 10 K_Diehard (pas) 8 106 |
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| Everyone in the top ten list here has now had a week off and Molder is but a booking away from 2 weeks off after this weeks send off. | Roy is still on top but the huge mover is Agpensa from Api who must have had some absolute blinders in the past 2 games to jump from 8th to 2nd picking up 54 points and now is just 8 points behind Roy. |
