Yellow Fever League - mmmm Waffles Edition

Trains drew level 2 - 2 early in the second half but in the end the Chickens were too strong and ran out 5 - 2 winners.

8-0 win for the Whips

Well the Dirty Burgers were exactly that in our 1-1 effort, my left wing and right back both left with injuries.

Peow FC beat Thunderthighs United! Reckon the gap is closing in on the top finally. 

Premiership

Awesome result Peow!

Result was quite the surprise when I checked. Got to beat Tegal now haha

Nice victory Peow, looks like it is going to be a close run thing in the Premiership this season.  Conceding four at home is pretty terrible - I'll call it a blip.

good lord, just checked out my first game and it's against Tegal - I'm going to get smashed!!

Wouldn't be so sure. Peow just beat TTU and the trains beat me last season as well as going close last week. Plus my squad is very much on the decline. Us winning isn't the nearly sure thing it once was back in the early seasons of the fever league. 

Having said that, I'm Hoping I can capitalise on TTUs early defeat and take back the premiership this season. 

maybe, your squad maybe be aging but it is well better than mine man for man - especiall since my two starting CB's are on red cards!

Cards don't affect friendly leagues so you can play your CBs. Just like cards received in friendly league matches don't count (apart from the potential prestige of the Yellow Fever Fair Play Award of course).

A lot of us like to keep our injured and some even their suspended players out of the lineup. Just to keep it realistic as such. 

yeah, I won't be playing carded or injured players in the friendly matches

I don't play injured players.

On the other hand, I figure in real life cards don't count in different competitions (e.g., EPL and Champions League) so I consider it realistic for carded players to be available in friendly leagues.

Yeah, I'm the same - injuries - you'll be without them for the next match anyway so you might as well test out how your replacement will go, but carded players aren't suspended for friendlies so sometimes I play them, depending on the circumstance.

I note FC Spartak Tawa are near the bottom of the fair play table...

I note that the pope is catholic...

interesting take on it - I'm torn really, I'd prefer to be playing my strongest lineup as often as possible especially in prem division, gah what to do???

Here's some free advice for you Prof.

When playing Tegal and Thunderthighs, play your strongest possible line up every time. Ignore cards, ignore injuries. Just really work the system hard.

However when playing other teams in the Premiership, rest your strongest line up and give the youngsters a run. It will gain them experience and protect your stars from injuries and cards which might prevent them being available in the BIG matches against Tegal and Thunderthighs.

Injuries in friendly league disappear immediately after the game. 

But yeah reckon that's a good plan. We did have a headstart after all. I started not playing players who were suspended or had injuries because I often forgot to change the lineup back for league games, plus I figured it'd be more realistic, plus make it a bit more even (this was in season 1). Teams have evened up a bit more since then, but I still do it. 

Always seen to start the season so bad... No idea why

Top 3-1 win over Sky Valley for the Whips

smart option - even with my "strongest" lineup I got beat 4-1

take note, Ernie

Sorry lads, life getting busy again. Here it is a full week late :) #sacktegal

Premiership

Fixtures for tonight:

Premiership

Peow FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC (1st meeting)

tegal vs Thunderthighs United (tegal 4 wins 4 draws Thunderthighs United 3 wins)

BYE: Peow FC

Division 2

Sky Valley vs Racing Club North Shore (Sky Valley 3 wins)

Sanchez A.F.C vs Tawa AFC (1 win each)

Waikato Whippingboys vs Elite F.C. (Waikato Whippingboys 2 wins, Elite F.C. 1 win)

Division 3

Earthquake City vs Rahui Warriors FC (1st meeting)

Wellington Phoenix vs Surge Thunder FC (1st meeting)

BYE: Naenae Soccer Club

Division 4

Naenae A.F.C vs FC Spartak Tawa (1st meeting)

Los Halcones Locos FC vs AD Fafe (Los Halcones Locos FC 6 wins, AD Fafe 3 wins, 2 draws)

Hillary Wanderers vs The Dirty Burgers (1st meeting)

Wow some strange discipline from AD Fafe after 2 clean rounds

Also grrrrrivals. My record against Los Halcones looks terrible though. Battle fot the season lead though.

Also what are the odds on a 1-1 draw for Dirty burgers?

was about to mention that - does it mean I get the 3 points for a default?

Fail. 

#sacktegal

the #sacktegal thing would probably fly better if it wasn't only you (tegal) calling for it