UNL - S01 review and stats

For all those stat nerds out there here are some of the stats and results from this season.

First the playoff results that I forgot to show last time. As you can see Londinium FC, Empire United, ASS Riga and Minato were the four teams that moved to the main league this time around. Minato and Riga were no surprises for me, however Londinium and Empire U were. Londinium had a mediocre season but during the playoffs they stepped up their game and were able to defeat all opponents, including my team. I do still have the excuse of being short half my team, but still, they did well.

 Here are the results from the main league. 84 Munchen from Munic won the league, followed by Clube Paulista from Brazil. Relegations went to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Amsterdam and Stockholm.
 

The UN Cup almost had a UNL2 team win. As you see in the figure below, during the late stages most of the teams were from the 2nd division, however none of them were able to defeat Kobenhavn from Denmark, which took the trophy in the end.

	Goals
Dudu (Riga)	21
Luka Senicanin (Taipei 101)	18
Silvan Eggmann (Antwerpen)	18
Chinedu Vine (Celtic Tigers)	16
Florian Eberle (Kyiv)	16

Stats wise, here are the best 11 of this season, which include one of our players, Osigwe. This is our Swiss goalie, which definitely worked hard to deserve the honor and the prize involved.

Here are some more stats

	Goals
Dudu (Riga)	21
Luka Senicanin (Taipei 101)	18
Silvan Eggmann (Antwerpen)	18
Chinedu Vine (Celtic Tigers)	16
Florian Eberle (Kyiv)	16

	Avg Rating
Roberto Rodriguez (Minato)	7.65
Dudu (Riga)	7.65
Chinedu Vine (Celtic Tigers)	7.62
Frits Kempers (Maastricht)	7.55
Choi Kwang-Soo (Gangnam)	7.63

Player of the Year
Chinedu Vine (Celtic Tigers), Roberto Rodrigez (Minato), Evgeny Frolov (Riga)
Playmaker of the Year
Roberto Rodrigez (Minato), Kuo Yueh-han (Taipei), Dudu (Riga)
Popular Badge
Chinedu Vine (Celtic Tigers), Dudu (Riga), Roberto Rodrigez (Minato)
Best GK
Sebastian Osigwe (Heidelberg), Rene Borkovic (Kalevipoeg), Joel Mall (Riga)
Best Def
Giordano (Ontario Accord), Daniel Tchen (Florida Gators), Hassan Lingani (Beograd)
Best Mid
Yukio Iikima (Minato), Ryota Takayasu (Kyoto), Gregor Dodlek (Ljubljana)
Best Striker
Ayron del Valle (Bogota), Janko Pacar (Bygdoy), Luka Senicanin (Taipei)

UNL - first season is over

I just finished my first season playing the latest beta version of the database. I played Heidelberg, which was a good pick it turns out. We had a very solid campaign during the league games, and managed to finish 2nd in group D. Here are the standings prior to the playoffs.

It's hard to really comment on anyone's performance of course, since at this point it is a bit of a game of chance. I was hoping to see some more interesting results during the playoff games. Some of the strongest teams I saw during the season definitely seemed to indicate that in the end. Minato was the best team of the season, and the other team I had my eyes on for a while was ASS Riga. After some analysis, it seems like their star player(Captain perk for Riga) made a huge impact on the team. His name was Evgeny Frolov, a 27 year old Russian that plays MC. He finished the season with 25 games, 6 goals, 6 assists, 4 PoMs and an average rating of 7.36. A really strong player, currently worth 6M, which is huge at this point.

Our team definitely did what they could this season. As you can see on our fixtures, we had a very good campaign. The playoffs were not bad either, regardless of a few losses. We first eliminated Bogota, which was one of the bottom qualifiers from group A. We lost our away game 1x0, but managed to bring our A game for the home show. A wooping 5x2, that included one goal from Sascha Amon, Mario Kienzl, Axel Cedric Konan and two by Haris Seferovic. Bogota had a goal by S. Rapp and M. Germanier. We really played well, with 20 shots, 10 on goal and a strong 67% possession. Our loaner Seferovic took the player of the match.

Next we faced KVC Antwerp, which were from our group, and we had won both games against before the match. In game one we tied 1x1, bringing us to the away game which forced us to play hard. We ended up winning that game 2x1, with a strong performance by Gester, Seferovic and Milan Gajic. Gester got MoTM with a 8.6 performance, while Seferovic and Gajic had the goals. Silvan Eggmann was the scorer for Antwerp.

Our final was against Londinium FC, a team that showed some heart during the playoffs. First they defeated the Aztecas by 2x1 in aggregate. Followed by a 5x4 against the other redditor's team Taipei 101.

As you can see we had a horrible first game, losing 4x1. Unfortunately, we had a lot of players missing during both games. Extremely poor timing I would say, which made us end up changing up our strategy to the 41221 defensive tactic for game one, and a more balanced 41221 for game two. This here made it very difficult for us, we were missing Konan, Seferovic and Obradovic, which were our best 3 strikers. We were missing Mitreski, one of our top CDs, and Mario Kienzl, a definite force on our midfield. Finally, Osigwe was out, our starting goalie, leaving us with a mediocre goalie for our 2 most important games of the season. Very unfortunate.

FM12: Promotion from Blue Square Bet Premier (BSP)

Another season over, and a good one at that. After a rough patch near the end of the regular season, we managed to stay in 5th, enough to get us to the playoffs. Once we got there we eliminated Luton as I mentioned on the previous post, which led us to the final againstal Forest Green at Old Trafford.

The game wasn't as exciting as the Luton one, but we still managed to provide the fans with a bit of a spectacle, they were definitely pleased. We started the game playing a bit defensively, but managed a nice goal in the first 5 minutes from a counter attack. Aaron Brown was the scorer. Tiago Sala from Forest Green managed a comeback at 13min from a header. At 33min we scored again, with Darwin Perez and then once again just before half-time. The second half wasn't as eventful, but the opposition did manage to score a second goal with Erik Opsahl at 83min. That wasn't enough however to get them into the game again.

Overall, I'd say this was a good season. We even managed to get our finances back to a reasonable place. We finished it with 104,726 pounds on the green, which will definitely help next season when we will need to step up the quality of our game.

NHL11: 10/11 playoffs - series #1

The first series of our playoff campaign is now over and the Beavers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning by 4-1

Tampa Bay 1 x 3 @Barrie
Tampa Bay 1 x 0 @Barrie
Barrie 2 x 0 @Tampa Bay
Barrie 3 x 0 @Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay 2 x 5 @Barrie


Our best players were:


Team Leaders
H. Sedin - 2 Goals
H. Gill - 3 Assists
J. Tlusty - 4 pts
J. Tlusty - 4 +/-

Playoff Leaders

T. Vanek - 5 goals
B. Wheeler - 3 goals
A. Frolov - 3 goals
M. Hossa - 3 goals
B. Gionta - 3 goals
K. Versteeg - 3 goals

T. Vanek - 7 pts
M. Hossa - 7 pts
S. Stamkos - 7 pts
W. Wolski - 6pts
A. Markov - 6 pts
J. Staal - 6 pts

A. Markov - 7 +/-
K. Letang - 7 +/-

T. Thomas - 94.6% SV
J. Quick - 94.6% SV
A. Niitymaki - 94.5% SV
S. Mason - 92.7% SV
N. Khabibulin - 92.7% SV

NHL11: 10/11 playoffs

This is what the playoff tree looks like for my first NHL11 fantasy season. The Barrie Beavers will start with Tampa Bay Lightning.

This season we faced them 6 times, winning 4 and only losing 2 games.
Away vs Home
BRB 0 x 3 TB
TB 1 x 5 BRB
BRB 5 x 1 TB
TB 2 x 4 BRB
TB 1 x 4 BRB
BRB 3 x 4 TB

Opponent Leaders
P. Marleau - 29 Goals
P. Marleau  - 50 Assists
J. Langenbrunner - +/- 15
M. Lucic - +/- 14