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4th round of the AWC5: A picture forms

RebelClown | 16.08.08

Three rounds of this immense cup have been played and slowly but surely we are leaving the walkovers of the first phase behind us. Remember that this is the biggest friendly cup ever and it lasts for a whopping eleven rounds, so we still have a long way to go.

Still, now that we have four rounds under our belt a picture should be emerging from the chaos. I think it is time to look at the stats and see if we can pick some favourites. The first thing that strikes me is how international this cup is. The top 10 teams in ratings are from 9 different countries, with the only country supplying 2 teams (Portugal) occupying places 9 and 10.

Top ratings don’t give us the full picture though. Take canalejo, proudly leading the list with 249 HatStats. In fact they have only once played that well, in the second round, I assume by playing their A-team. In fact, this round they scored a measly 114, suprisingly enough to beat their opponents FC Internazionale Saint-Petersburg who were actually the better team.

One interesting fact is that #2 on the list is Tomsa Teatanic from Slovenia. Could this be the return of the Slovenians? They will have a tough job in the fifth round, facing #6 on the list FK Příbor. Actually it’s probably better to look at the average ratings, and in that respect the Czech team has the upper hand, winning the bronze medal, so to speak. The silver goes to F.C. Barcelona 1981 from Venezuela, but one team clearly stands out and has been dominating the ratings list from day 1: Estonian Kuperjanovi Üksik-jalaväepataljon. Should we label them top favourites? Remember last season, when DnB Warriors ‘sneaked’ to the cup win of League A.

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Going Dutch?

sitiawan | 15.08.08

The Dutch have gone nuts! Halifax Town led the charge both in the ratings and on the field with a 3-2 win over former winners FC Treptow. DizzyDJ FC made ZSP Oberasbach really dizzy, winning with eight goals to nil (8-0). Not forgetting to mention RebelClown’s RebEleven ’s sweet French revenge against academico coimbra. Just three out of a total seven dutch victories in a maniac week which saw none of the Dutch teams losing matches at the hands of others. Dutch teams now take up a total 7 places out of the 16 in Round 5. Elsewhere, weird_ed’s Dr Fred’s Purple Tentacles and A&A Wonderboys of Sweden both advance to the next round on the expense of Spanish opponents. Wonderboys proved the famous owner of Barceloneta FC to be more of a graphic designer than a football manager by defeating them 4-2.

Matches to watch for Round 5 include Fortunate Bastards vs. RebEleven, with the winner leading the sole Dutch charge in the top half of the fixtures. Rumours has it that the winners will go on to win the title. Time for RebelClown to finally win a cup, some say.

Haven’t we seen enough Dutch derbies? Well, a Norwegian one could be up the books in Round 6 if Dr Fred’s Purple Tentacles and Oldboys Stars do not falter. Interesting to know, the series numbers of both teams are mirror images of each other (VI.886-VI.688). Could it be fate that they meet each other?

Teams from Holland now make up 43.75% of the cup from just 14.06% in the starting lineup. Can they be stopped? Belgium’s Schoten FC and USA’s Vader Boys seem the only teams that could put a halt to the rampage, with only slight chances of course. Both clubs are in a half which could probably set them up against Dutch opponents every round all the way until the final. Gritting enough?

Can the Wonderboys beat Dr. Fred? Can the Oldboys beat the Raiders? Are the Bastards fortunate enough to beat the Rebels? If you’re clever enough to guess some of these correct, you could well top the quiz scoreboard. Too bad if you’re not, you’ll just have to wait until next week!

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Layout changes, flags

weird_ed | 8.08.08

I’ve started making some changes to how the small images on the site is displayed. This might cause some problems while your browser cache is catching up. The goal with these changes are to decrease the number of images which has to be loaded when opening the page. I’ve changed the flags now, and the table layout will follow soon.

If you have any problems seeing the flags in the statistics, please let me know in the comment field.

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3rd round of the AWC5: The Midfield Conquest!

Quarteto | 7.08.08

With 512 teams still in the cup looking to get a step further in the crown chase, the quiz by the former cup winner ProFailer gives an extra reason to follow the competition up close. Watch out for sitiawan in the top of scoring board.

In this third round, p3co stars had a particular dificult time, and the score board at the end of the game reflected it, 0-11, was a to heavy result against the ipinikoparangeliyorspor. One reason for this result could be the tremendous efford that the team has made in their own league matches in the struggle to maintain in its division.

There have been plenty of close calls in this round, in fact, it has been the most balanced round so far in the AWC5. Overal there were nine (9) games ending up with the 1-0 result, MvB from Finland, The Black Legion from Croatia, Piacenza calcio FC from the Czech Republic, the German FC Uni-Gießen, Skryderne from Denmark, the Finnishs Pellon Toverit and munkki possut, from the Nederlands psv de club van het land and the French Luckyloser team’s, all managed to knock out there oponents by a lonely goal.
By the same margin, but with results from 2-1 to 5-4, a total of thirty-one (31) games ended with the scores showing only one goal of diference between both teams, this seems to be a very good indicator of how balance the competition is turning out to be at this still early stage!

So… Let the midfield battle proceed!

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