Subject: [NT] Sverige - Nigeria [Ice-T]

My last name really is Lord, so I was telling the truth. But at the same time it worked well as a joke ;)

And, yes, I will make the usual press release, but I'm not sure if I'll make it today or tomorrow after the games. I usually make it on wednesday night since I then can see if there's any injuries on the swedish players :)

well thanks for the explanations. i was wondering why you always so late were making the PR.

Well here's another reason. I am extremely lazy ;)

if you were lazy you wouldn't been able to make a PR :D

P.S. everybody is lazy in some moments so no excuses if you wont make the PR :D

Yes lazy folks. the Lord-people only plays Dart ;)

Målskyttet verkar ha stannat av helt för Sverige. Ett mål mot Grekland och nu inget mål alls mot Sydafrika.
Är det för att Abelsson varit skadad eller beror det på något annat?

Mot Sydafrika så spelade vi inte bra. Det verkade som om alla spelarna var helt under isen och det mesta gick fel. Vi fick spela t.o.m. spela med en man mer i över en timme utan att lyckas sätta bollen i nät. Det är inte godkänt.
Sydafrikas anfallare Lakay var dessutom läskigt bra och de svenska backarna hade stora problem att ta bollen av honom.

I slutänden så fick vi ändå en viss hämnd på våra motståndare genom att skada Lakay och mittfältaren Chivuta. De lär inte kunna spela på ett tag...
Hehehe...

Vi stannar kvar på samma continent för nästa match. På lördag väntar ett möte med ett landslag som vi mötte för några månader sen i en match där vi var klart bättre, men läckte lite väl mycket i defensiven. Nu är det dags för revanch på - Nigeria!





Nigeria

Rankingpoäng: 1065.54 (63:e plats)
Antal spelare: 35
Medelform: 11. förträfflig
Medelålder: 28.1
Medelvärde: 6 902 058 kr
Totalt värde: 241 572 000 kr

Sen Nigera senast mötte Sverige så har de bytt förbundskapten. Idag sköts Nigeria av polacken Rafaello som även är Promotor på Sokker. Han spelar i polska division 5 så det är inget topplag han har hand om.
I det nigerianska valet så fick han 3 röster och då det bara var 3 stycken som röstade så vann han rätt klart.

Det har väl gått hyfsat för Rafaello sedan han tog över. Mot lättare lag så har det blivit segrar och mot svårare lag har det blivit förluster.

Man kan jämföra vart Nigeria ligger jämfört med Sverige genom att kolla på Nigeras förra match. De mötte då Filippinerna och vann med 10-0. När Sverige mötte dem så blev det seger med 11-0 och då spelade ändå Sverige med sitt U23-lag om jag inte minns fel.

Taktiskt sett så vill Nigeria gärna täppa till defensiven, men de går även gärna till anfall och kanske kan de kontra in något mål.

I truppen hittar vi två skador. Ajibola Ezeugo kanske kan vara tillbaka till matchen i helgen, men även om så är fallet så lär han inte få spela. Den andra skadade spelaren är Abiodun Oparaku, som nog får anses vara en av lagets bästa anfallare. Ett avbräck för Nigeria.


Sverige

Rankingpoäng: 1937.36 (38:e plats)
Antal spelare: 40
Medelform: 14. briljant
Medelålder: 25.4
Medelvärde: 13 293 300 kr
Totalt värde: 531 732 000 kr

Är det bara jag eller är vi alltid rankade 38:a eller 36:a? Kan inte minnas när vi senast stod på något annat. Kanske dags för några fina segrar så att vi klättrar lite?

Vanligtvis brukar jag här skriva om Lilltrollet och vad han kan tänkas göra med landslaget, men den här gången får jag skriva om någon annan istället.
Ice-T - landslagets scout - har fått äran att leda Sverige mot Nigera och han verkar ha tagit det uppdraget på största möjliga allvar.

Hoppas att han kan se till så att Sverige fullständigt kör över motståndarna och, vem vet, kanske kan han lära Lilltrollet något nytt?

Ice-T har varit väldigt hemlighetsfull angående hur Sverige kommer spela och vilka spelare som får chansen, så jag har inte så mycket att skriva faktiskt.
Kommer han spela offensivt som Lilltrollet eller blir det en mer defensiv formation? Blir det en central taktik eller kommer vi se en eller två yttermittfältare?
Jag har faktiskt ingen aning. Ska därför bli oerhört spännande att se vad killen kan hitta på. Jag kommer garanterat sitta bänkad och se matchen på lördag.
Jag vill verkligen inte missa detta.

Hur ser då truppen ut?
Ja, till att börja med så är Abelsson äntligen tillbaka, även om han kanske inte är 100% frisk än. Med en frisk Abelsson på plan så blir Sveriges anfall direkt bättre.
Bortsett från några småskador så är det bara en som för tillfället är helt otillgänglig och det är Richard Pigg, men han lär kunna spela på lördag om Ice-T vill det.

Finns inte så mycket mer att skriva så jag avslutar den här rapporten med att önska Ice-T lycka till och säger att nu jäklar krossar vi Nigeria!

And as a special treat for Ice-T here's an english version :)

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Swedens ability to score goals seems to have stopped completely. One goal against Greece and not a single goal against South Africa.
Is it because Abelsson has been injured or is it because of something else?

We didn't play well against South Africa. The players seemed to be completely lost and most things went wrong. We even got to play with one man more for over an hour without managing to put the ball in the net. That is not acceptable.
At the same time South Africas striker Lakay was amazing and the swedish defenders had huge problems to take the ball away from him.

In the end we did get our revenge on our opponents as we managed to injure both Lakay and their midfielder Chivuta. They might not be able to play for awhile...
Hehehe...

We'll stay on the same continent for the next game. On saturday we'll play a team we faced a few months ago and in that game we were alot better, but we had a bit too much leakage in our defence. This time it's time for us to get our revenge on - Nigeria!





Nigeria

Rank points: 1065.54 (63rd place)
Number of players: 35
Average form: formidable
Average age: 28.1
Average value: 6 902 058 kr
Total value: 241 572 000 kr

Since Nigeria last played against Sweden they have changed manager. Today Nigeria is managed by Rafaello from Poland who is also a Promo leader (is it called that in english?) on Sokker.
He plays in the fifth division in Poland so it's not exactly a top team he has.
In the nigerian vote for their NT manager Rafaello got three votes and since it was only three who voted he kinda won quite easily.

He has done fairly well since he took over. They've won against lesser teams and lost against better teams.

One could compare Nigeria and Sweden by checking out Nigerias last game. They played the Philippines and won 10-0. When Sweden faced them it ended with a 11-0 victory and Sweden actually played with their U23-team unless I'm mistaking.

Tactically Nigeria will want to secure their defensive, but they wont mind attacking a bit and perhaps they'll score on a counter attack.

In the squad we find two injured players. Ajibola Ezeugo might be back for the game this weekend, but even if he is I doubt he'll get to play. The other injured player is Abiodun Oparaku who is probably one of the teams best strikers. That'll be a setback for them.

Sweden

Rank points: 1937.36 (38th place)
Number of players: 40
Average form: brilliant
Average age: 25.4
Average value: 13 293 300 kr
Total value: 531 732 000 kr

Is it only me or are we always ranked 38 or 36? I can't remember when we last was ranked something else. Perhaps it's time for a few nice victories so that we'll climb the ladder a bit?

Usually I write about Lilltrollet ("The Little Troll" in english) and what he might do with the national team, but this time I will write about someone else instead.
Ice-T - scout for the national team - has got the honour to lead Sweden against Nigeria and he seems to have taken this job really seriously.

Hopefully he will make sure that Sweden completely run over our opponents and, who knows, perhaps he can teach Lilltrollet something new?

Ice-t has been very secret about how Sweden will play and what players he'll use, so I really don't have much to write actually.
Will be play offensively like Lilltrollet or will it be a more defensive formation? Will the tactic be central based or might we see one or two wingers?
I honestly have no idea. So it will be very exciting to see what this guy will come up with. I can guarantee that I will be watching the game on saturday.
I really don't want to miss this.

So what about the squad?
Well, for starters Abelsson is finally back, even if he might not be 100% healthy yet. With a healthy Abelsson on the pitch Swedens offence immediately gets better.
Apart from a few minor injuries there is only one who is unavailable at the moment and that's Richard Pigg, but he will probably be able to play on saturday if Ice-T wants him to.

There isn't much more to write now so I'll finish this report by wishing Ice-T good luck and then say let's effing crush Nigeria!

hey great job, but do not discriminate me :) i can translate from swedish using tranlsator and udnrstanting the main idea ;)

I honestly have no idea. So it will be very exciting to see what this guy will come up with. I can guarantee that I will be watching the game on saturday.
I really don't want to miss this.


this is why i wanted to keep the info "locked". to mkae it more interesting the saturday match :D


well i will tell just a bit of info. too bad Pigg is injuried. ;) Pigg, Abelsson and Linderoth won't play. I do not want to risk getting them injuries. Beisdes ihave enouhg faith that the others striker will play well

Thanks Cenneth,
Unfortunately (or... not.... :)) I will spend my weekend on Cinderella so I can't watch this match but I will surely do as soon as I can and it's possible.
Ice has some "experimental moves" in his tactic and I'm really curious of how it will work but I'm most confident that it will succeed.
I will not tell the squad in advance in this thread but if Ice think it's suitable he may do it himself.

Good luck Ice-T and GO SWEDEN!!

/lilltrollet

hehe :) thanks for the good words Lilltrollet. but i wont tell teh squad also. cause they'll understand what tactic will be used. let it be a full secret and raise the NR of users watching the game :)


And i also wanna see how that risky moves will work. If it will be like i predicted will be a flawless win more than 5-0.

I know you can use a translator, but the ones you find on the internet aren't exactly the best.

Anyway, this week you're going to manage Sweden so I thought I'd give you a treat so you can understand everything I write and not only get the main idea ;)

hehe ;) then.... Tackar kompis.

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hey man it's called "kompis", not "mate" ;)

and it's tackar ;)

ok. done guys :D

P.S> even if off-topic. somebody will watch U21 Sweden Match? i will caue its in teh same group with moldova. and it would be lovely to qualify along with Moldova and kick out Argentina ;)