Subject: [NT] Copa América

go barhilo,wooooot

hahaha, give that nasty slavko a whipping!

?? Why do you say nasty??

All opposing NT coaches are nasty, trying to win against us!

cometer and borkos are especially nasty!!

Borkos is just weak!

Indeed!

Poor Borkos ... so misunderstood... :D

Managers of players participating this weekend have been notified. Sadly the form update won't have much impact on the plans.

Last week would have been a great week to play Canada, as Amado was suspended. Canada is missing a couple of nice offensive middies in Iginla, Klukowski and O'Hara (forgot his link - he's suspended). But in stark contrast to New Zealand, Canada has decent depth at offensive midfield - guys like Caron or Canizalez can fill in without a huge drop off.

Should be fun. This is a match I look forward to. Missing Bodger, Dawkins, Tomlinson, Harris. Kelly, Kilkenny, Richards in horrendous form. Otherwise the roster is ok.

Last round - everyone can play, but only 2 can win. :)

Canada Props

1. Fiery Tiger players will score more goals than Valiant FC players.
2. Canada will win possession.
3. New Zealand will win territory.
4. Canada will be leading at half time.
5. New Zealand will receive more cards (any colour) then Canada.
6. Canada will have a longer successive string of passes than New Zealand.
7. Canada will have more panic kick-outs than New Zealand.
8. Atkinson will have at least 1 assist.
9. Taylor will make more saves than the Canadian keeper.
10. Canada's defense will have more assists than New Zealand's strikers.

TIE-BREAKER - total goals scored _____
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edited you for grammar =p

Cool! Now the spelling machines after you :)

Good job ... I can't even find the change. :D I need someone in that role to follow me around at work every day. :P

Let me be the first to give a suggestion to the right answers:

1. No
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. No
5. No
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. Yes
10. No

TIE-BREAKER - total goals scored: 6

Might as well have a go.

1. No
2. Yes
3. No
4. No
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. No
8. No
9. Yes
10. No

Tie-Breaker: 5 Goals Scored.

See how i do now..

1. No
2. No
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. Yes
10. No

Tie breaker = 4 goals.

Edit: oh and btw Seca, your grammatical error was you put 'then' instead of 'than' =p

*pedantic*
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1. No
2. Yes
3. No
4. No
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. No
8. No
9. Yes
10. Yes

4 goals

1. No
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. No
5. Yes
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. Yes
10. No

Tie breaker = 5 goals.

Underway against Canada. :)

442 with a winger for New Zealand. Haven’t used a winger in a while - may surprise them a little. Defense plays off for the most part - one line pull, this week in my favoured spot (the 3rd zone as opposed to the 4th zone that was ineffective last week). Hird is the “safety” striker. Gilbert more likely to go offside.

I see Matthews as a key - his decision making will drive the offense. He will be determining whether to use the wing, feed the forwards, or toss it over to Sansom-Root (who really only has one good option - Gilbert).

Not really sure what Canada will do. Best guess is something similar to last week (fairly narrow 442). Earlier in the season Canada had a few poor matches where they were under-manned in central midfield. Putting more focus on that part of the field has led to some better results for them - no reason to think they’d change this game. Will be interesting to see if Slavko changes where he puts his defensive line in his own end - the past two weeks it’s retreated a little deep - has led to a lot of 15-18 yarders from the opponent. Sadly Bodger would be the player best able to punish that placement. :)

I’m a little worried about through balls - New Zealand’s 1 defensive mid isn’t all that defensive. But the opponent isn’t usually that aggressive with striker placement. I’m also worried the referee will be a talking point. Guess we’ll see.

Line-up
Taylor
De Bruin, Watts, Kilkenny, Edwards
Atkinson (Herbert-70), Matthews, Kelly, Sansom (Root-40)
Hird, Gilbert

Bench
Welford
M Gilbert
Roza (115 for Herbert)