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Newest update

Newest updates:

I have finished 5th in Season 19 of the Hattrick season, with 18 points, and a positive goal difference of +3. I managed 6 wins and 8 losses, and still have yet to receive a draw in a competitive game.

My qualifier is against a bot team, which means I will remain definitely in this series. I wonder when will I ever make the breakthrough, for top 4. May it be next season, Season 20. I am targetting 21 points out of a possible 42 for next season, which is what 4th-placed WhiteSands got. The reason why I got 18 points and a positive goal difference is due to the help from the owner of the team, who had told me he will be putting a totally reserve team. Nevertheless, for my best players to get more experience points to increase skill level, I put out my best team according to skill and form, and thrashed them 8-0. THe result was sweet, and the rivalry between us should have lessened.

My club top scorer is actually a midfielder who did not get much starts in the league. He got a brace in the final game, for 7 goals in total. I think one of my strikers, a 21-year-old one, also scored 7 goals, while Mohd Rizalruddin, with 4 goals in the final game, scored 5 or 6 in total.

On another note, if there are any requests, I have the urge to turn this blog into a non-standard one.

Apologies

My apologies for this blog stagnating...But no one has been leaving any evidences of visiting my blog, so there wasn't a need.

Rough updates of my team in Hattrick. Currently, my team has racked up 9 point, 3 points clear of automatic relegation. However, I am a whopping 6 points behind 5th placed Redz Kenn, reaping the benefits of replacing a good team like I did in my 1st season. Mantissa FC and WhiteSands Mechs are both on 18 points, while Norwich City is heading for promotion, with 30 points from a possible 30, and 6 points clear of Bravo Warriors in second.

I am targetting to finish the season on 18 points, with possible wins against Hartpool, Redz Kenn and WhiteSandsMechs. Safety is not an issue, but I am happy that my top player has reached a formidable level for Playmaking, while starting from Solid when I bought him. This is a rise of two levels. Meanwhile, two other playmakers saw their ratings increase from Passable to Excellent. Tremendous stuff for me. I just sold a player for a whopping 164,000 dollars, my biggest sale yet. He was from my youth ranks, and had a rating of Solid Playmaking. And yo know what? I bought my current best player, the guy with the Formidable rating now, for just 30,000 dollars. What a gain! I still have another youth player I plan to keep with a Solid Playmaking. I intend to sell one of my Excellent Playmakers.

Here, I round off my 1st post in more than a month.

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.