Hattrick Updates

I had just realised I had not posted on this blog for a whopping 21 days. I apologise for any patient people who are waiting for updates on this blog.

Let's have a look at my vurrent Hattrick season. This is Season 19, and after 4 matches, I am on 3 points, third from bottom (6th). It is true that I had not been strengthening my squad with signings, but this current squad definitely has the ability to actually challenge the teams here. Let me say why.

After Red Chaos' promotion, the only teams with really good midfield ratings is Bravo Warriors, currently languishing, and Norwich City, whom I am about to face. The demoted club has a strange name which is tough to remember, but my midfield can be better than his team's. However, when my rating soared to an incredible 'inadequate', my attack ratings all dropped to wretched and disastrous. This is as I put two Inner Midfielders on the wongs and clicked 'Towards Middle'. Playmakers increase ratings more than wingers. Then, I put another playmaker in striker position and chose 'Defensive'. This option is for players who are also good in midfield. In this case, this player is solid in playmaking but only inadequate in scoring. I have since then sold this player to build up funds to start buying an excellent or formidable striker.

My 3 points come from the win against promoted Hartpool. I practically demolished them 9-0, with second-half possession being a whopping 96%. However, I am disappointed with my results. I lost to WhiteSandsMechs 1-5, my biggest loss currently. I lost to the demoted team and Mantissa FC 0-3 each, as in these two matches I both highly increased to weak or inadequate midfield rating, but my attack rating is far too low to score in any opportunities.

My match against Norwich is a no-brainer; I will certainly lose. No point trying to fight against this team. Let them be promoted and hope a weaker team gets demoted. I will never be in relegation trouble for these seasons yet, but I have to break my duck and not be content with 6th all the time. I want to be in the top 4. Currently my economy is quite good, sales of tickets are quite good, but I want to use some of these funds to buy a striker and a goalkeeper/defender, and build more seats for my stadium.

With that, I conclude this post.

S-League rankings

In this post, I will not just simply show you the current league tables of the S-League. I shall be structuring out a mini survey on the number of points on each win and so on and so for.

Woodlans are starting their freefall, failing to win since their first league match. However, their position ranks high bcause of their victory in the League Cup. SAFFC are in the top of the league, but due to their disinvolvement in the League Cup, their point total is rather limited.

Just to let you look at the tabulated results first. As of 5th April 2007.

1) Woodlands 43
2) SAFFC 38
3) Tampines 38
4) Sengkang 29
5) Home Utd 27
6) Gombak 23
7) Geylang 15
8) Young Lions 14
9) Balestier 9
10) Albirex 9
11) Super Reds 5
12) Liaoning 0

Let me further explain this. SAFFC and Tampines are so high up, because of their involvement in the AFC Cup. I awarded 11points for a win and 5 points for a draw. A draw in the AFC Cup is equivalent to a win in the S-League. However, a win by three goals or more is awarded 1 bonus point, while a win by 6 goals or more, as demonstrated by SAFFC's mauling of Super Reds, has a bonus of 2.

The reason why Geylang and Young Lions are on the bottom half od the table is due to their disinvolvement in the League Cup and the AFC Cup, hence they only ave the league to depend on for points. Sengkang seem so good, and their league position is not bad either. Their final berth in the League Cup contributed many achievement points, as in the case of Woodlands, who are now in reach of SAF and Tampines.

This table is somehow or rather accurate. I shall update again in a month's time.

New Season: Season 19

The new season had begun.

To be exact, more than one week of the new season has passed.

I shall bring some bad news. Battler United lost their first league match, to, yes, arch-rivals, White Sands Mechs, haplessly 1-5. Shockingly, their midfield improved a lot.

I still could not figure out how I lost by such a big margin. It came as a shock somehow or rather. Somehow, I felt my hopes of finishing 5th diminishing already. But I should be able to stave off relegation fears, since the 2 promoted clubs are inferior. I hope Norwich City will get promoted and get out of this series. They are simply the best in this series. The demoted side lost to them 1-5 in the first league match here. The demoted team has a midfield which I believe I am able to match. Their midfield is also poor, same as me and Mantissa and WhiteSandsMechs. But their two aspects are simply good.

Bravo Warriors is losing the form. They lost their first match to Mantissa FC 0-2. It seriously dented their hopes of promotion. Here are my predictions of the table at the end of this season.

1) Norwich City
2) Bravo Warriors
3) 'The demoted side'
4) Mantissa FC
5) WhiteSandsMechs
6) Battler United
7) pang pui fc
8) Hartpool

I have to sign better and new players in order to get a chance of cracking my mire of staying in 6th place in future seasons, including this season. I aim to get a formidable or excellent striker, a formidable playmaker, an excellent winger(optional), a formidable or excellent central defender/centre-back)

Without all these I can only depend on the increase of skill level...

It will take too long and is ineffective...