Eagle's Cup III RP/Score Thread
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http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=347269&page=2&pp=15
In #sport 4 players picked random numbers taht represented order of choice for the 4 pots of the team. based on these four random numbers, the following groups are made:
GroupA
NEWI Cefn Druids
Cockbill Street
Turori
Insane Inflation
Group B
Kingsford
Krytenia
Halfassedstates
Spurland
Group C
Total n Utter Insanity
Vilita
Starblaydia
Creedence Clearwater
Group D
Eauz
Chacor
Jeruselem
Eystrck
MD1 will occur on finals day of WCXVI (2 days from now) An RP is suggested before MD1 to help give you a bonus. Remember each team will play home and home in the group. The Matchday schedule:
MD1: 1v2, 3v4
MD2: 2v4, 1v3
MD3: 1v4, 3v2
MD4: 4v3, 2v1
MD5: 3v1, 4v2
MD6: 2v3, 4v1
Two teams will move on from each group, and if there is a tie between 1st and 2nd, Goal differential will determine the placement. If there is a tie between 2nd and 3rd, then their series record will determine who moves on. (W/L, goals scored) if there is still a tie, a sudden death game will be simmed.
All games are played in The Eagle's Nest and as such all games are played as if at a neutral site.
**Edit** Finally, LE was playing a friendly today against their colony Chacur, and the LE coach wagered their spot in the Eagle's Cup on a win. Chacur upset them 1-0, stealing the spot away from Liverpool England.**
Good luck all!
TEN, I was wondering if it was possible to put in my puppet Chacor in my place.
Teams Entered (16/16):
2-Eauz
8-Total n Utter Insanity
9-Kingsford
10-NEWI Cefn Druids
14-Vilita
25-Cockbill Street
30-Krytenia
37-Halfassedstates
41-Jeruselem
46-Turori
47-Starblaydia
52-Creedence Clearwater
62-Spurland
70-Eystrck
200-Insane Inflation
200-Chacor (Liverpool England)*
In Reichsmarkia, the group draw caused a shock. Of course, the Insane Inflation National team is a bunch of losers, the best among the not-really-good, (the really good players left and never ever looked back), but this group would also for better teams be not just hard but insane.
NEWI Cefn Druids were a team which stoically suffered losses and in this always reminded a bit of Abysmalistan (but were always superior in skill), but then things changed: We don#t know what exactly caused this change, but it is not expected to be from this planet because the change was too significant: The Druids became a really good team and even qualified for the world cup not to go 0-0-3 there.
Cockbill Street Don't just have a good U21 team, but also an advantage of a different kind: Coach Hexatux. It is no normal coach, it is a math-logical device powered by caffeine. Hexatux won already the HVSR with rejistanian side Sikane S and helped the Streeter U21 to reach the final. We guess the only way to defeat Cockbill Street is to find operator Siki Rej and trade him for 6 points.
Turori has never qualified for the world cup but the high amount of RPin, which they are said to use (even though this is not proven) will make them invincible at least for the Insane Inflation Nationals.
OOC
I nearly forgot I registered ...
IC
Jeruselem Government News
Jeruselem draw Group of Death in Eagle's Cup 3
Jeruselem were put into group D or as the local press called "The Group of Death" including Eauz and Liverpool England. Only Eystrck was ranked below Jeruselem in this group. The team rostered will be a mix of the current Cup of Harmony/World Cup XVI team and the current U-21 team from Championship V.
Older members of the Jeruselem team will be going home while other members will take over the senior team positions with some of the U-21 team joining them later tonight.
Group D
Eauz
Liverpool England
Jeruselem
Eystrck
Jungle Cats plan Starblaydi Annihilation
---------------The Vilita Jungle Cats are already preparing for their Eagles Cup group C encounters with Starblaydia, rigourously training and watching videos to ensure they cream their North Eastern Rivals to the most extreme extent. Coach Helmut Vilkaus spoke of his delight in drawing Starblaydia:
---------------"When I saw the blades come out of the hat I was very much thrilled. We have a good history against them, and a strong rivalry as well. We were glad to hand them a defeat in their first ever World Cup match, and would be pleased to multiply that result twice over here in the Eagles Cup. But Ideally, we would like not just to beat them, but to hand them a good thrashing, 3 or 4-nil is where I would begin to be happy with our performance. While the blades do have an up-and-coming-squad, I still see the state of play here in Vilita advancing at a greater rate, so there is no reason why this is not possible."
---------------The Press conference also marked an important day in Vilitan FA history, as for the first time, a Vilitan press conference was attended by the leader of Vilita themselves. It is unknown what the title, or role of the Single Most Important Being to the Tropics of Vilita holds, but it is known that they are in fact, "That Special One." It was actually the first public appearance that the special one had made in years, and the media was shocked when the Special One had read a particularly intriguing Statement:
---------------"We are proud of the advances that our National Team has made in this sport. We are now looking to be serious contenders for the championship in this competition of Eagles, however, it is not my job to care whether we win or lose. That is Sir Vilkaus' Responsibility. My only concern is to deal with the larger issues. One of the Nations that our sporting team will be in competition with is the Nation by the Name Of Creedence Clearwater. With the current level of inactivity within the realm of Creedence Clearwater, it is clear that it would have been in the best interest of all Vilitans, myself included, had we been able to compete with our strong regional allies, Eystrck. I have been in much discussion with the Special One of Eystrck and together we have formed a great bond. While we would like to have seen our teams go head to head in the Group Qualifying stage, we now accept that this is not possible. However, We, as Vilitans, owe to our neighbors the gift of aide, which we will be sending in the truckloads over to Eystrck in the form of Better Equipment, New Uniforms, Contractors to Upgrade their Training Facilities, Lighting units to keep them practicing after the sun dissapears, and high calibre coaches to help them on their way. Most notably, we have sent former Vilitan Regional goalkeeper, Jutaoi Linuao, the man responsible for bringing the exciting Jeremie Emeka to the National Stage, to work with the Eystrck Coaching staff, not only in Goalkeeper Training, but in all around skills."
"Our Hopes are high for the Eystrck National Team, and we will look with great anticipation to see how they fare in the upcoming Eagles Cup."
Matches & Venues:
M01: Vilita [] - [] Total n Utter Insanity
M02: Vilita [] - [] Creedence Clearwater
M03: Vilita [] - [] Starblaydia
M04: Vilita [] - [] Total n Utter Insanity
M05: Vilita [] - [] Creedence Clearwater
M06: Vilita [] - [] Starblaydia
Coach not worried by talk of 'Annihilation'
Georges-Ringeaux plays down ranking gap
"Of course he wants to beat us four-nil. That.. uh.. gentleman, isn't happy with anything but a six-nil gap every game he plays. Typical Vilitan attitude, if you ask me." Head-Coach Jean-Paul Georges-Ringeaux went on to add: "They don't jsut want to play nicer football, or have better results, they're on a dedicated campaign to get to the top of the world rankings and stay there, winning everything on the way. It's not the way to play a game, in my opinion."
This Woodward-style approach may, in fact, be the reason Starblaydia are languishing thirty-three places below the Vilitans.
"They started competing on the world stage two Cups before we did," says ex-international and highly-successful Under-21 Coach Guylain N'Dumbu-Nsungu, I've been taking their tack with the Under-21s and look where we've got to, the second -best Under-21 team in the world!"
Also pointing to a near-parity with Turori, who have been around about as long as Starblaydia, Guylain reckons he could really progress the team forward in the coming years should he be given the helm. No-one is saying that a bad performance would mean a Georges-Ringeaux exit, but after another poor Cup of Harmony performance and a World Cup 16 that was nothing to write home about, some fans are wondering if the excellent strides made in the debut World Cup 15 have continued or fallen back.
If a poorer performance than the rankings suggest is the result of this tournament, the calls will only increase for Jean-Paul to take a serious look at his coaching style.
Attackers:
Jackle Sach-21- Usually fields for us as a midfielder but this game he put his speed and skills to the test.
Megna Redding-22-On his best games, this lad can pretty much out-run and out smart any player he comes up against. Let’s hope it's his best game :)
Ettle Ramos-19- One of the strongest players on the field. He has a great shot, and can place a ball on any part of the field.
Midfielders:
Jamaia Ayinde-21- Can withhold himself anywhere on the field. However, he is straight off injury, but hopefully this won’t affect his ability to hold his stamina.
Turon Simone-20- A former ‘bench-warmer’, Turon proved his ability of great distributing skills, and showed the team he can contribute more than just handing out water. ;)
Risque Business-23- More than just a name, Risque is a comfort to the team in that he is always consistent as a player.
Istro Vanning-19- Averaging about a goal a game, this young player contributes great skill and determination to The Force.
Defenders:
Gari Shultie-19- One of the best built lad’s on the team, Shulty provides a great “stonewall” effect in that he must get the ball, or the player.
Dion Spradley-21-Known for his outstanding foot, this lad is very reliable in making sure all the opposing team dares not to invade The Forces home.
Teriaki Chu-20-Coming here from China may have been rough, but fitting right in with this team was not for him. He brings speed and intelligence to the field. The Force is lucky to have him.
Goal Keeper:
Dave Hustil-22- Has been asked to contribute to The Force after being on The Fury for quite some time.He has always been consistent in his ability to outsmart the attackers and keep his saving average up.
Subs:
Bubba James-20- Bubba is and injured player (broken foot), just about ready to join his team again. He is waiting for his chance to start again as right attacker.
Ryane Shrit-20- After an improved season for this fellow, Glacier is attempting to give him a shot at mid.
Matchday 1 Results
((3 point bonus given to those teams who alread posted a bonus. any other team that posts a roster to the roster thread after now will only receive a 1.5 roster bonus. Eystrck count's even though it was in the wrong thread...no biggie. Standings tables will be posted after MD 2.))
Group A
NEWI Cefn Druids 1 - 1 Cockbill Street
Turori 0 - 0 Insane Inflation
Group B
Kingsford 1 - 2 Krytenia
Halfassedstates 2 - 0 Spurland
Group C
Total n Utter Insanity 1 - 3 Vilita
Starblaydia 1 - 0 Creedence Clearwater
Group D
Eauz 1 - 0 Chacor
Jeruselem 0 - 1 Eystrck
Re: Starblaydia opening win in EC3
CC: Felled 1-0, scored by you-know-who
The voodoo dice curse of losing the opening match of a tournament seems to have well and truly passed as Starblaydia beat Creedence Clearwater 1-0 with another resuce-effort goal from Simeone Di Bradini.
Eomer Hall, promoted to the starting-lineup for the first time, looked a little overawed by the match he found himself in, and was substituted on the hour for Ahmed Ol-wairain. Rene Griffiths, however, looked good between the sticks, something Rodriguez Da Silva will not be happy with.
Di Bradini's goal was, as per usual, not a simple one. With a lovely passing manouevre down the left, the ball was switched to the right, where Ceri Salisbury had all the space and time he needed to deliver the pin-point cross. The cross, unfortunately, was not great and Di Bradini needed to check back and perform an overhead kick to reach it. He did this brilliantly and the ball soared into the top-left corner past the ineffective dive of the Creedence Clearwater 'keeper.
-Well into the second half, just a group of angered fans led to one fatal strike at Ref Mirc from Abysmalistan.
Ahh the Abysmali Refs, how we have missed them...
Proper RP later.
Vilita [3]-[1] TnUI
..............[ Ahat 34 : Stott 54 : Ramzi 69 ]..............................[ Belless 44 ]
The Eagles Cup III, Matchday 1
.................Helmut Vilkaus' Vilita Jungle Cats stepped out for their first ever Eagle's Cup matchup knowing that this could be the tournament that secures their position among the Elite in the International game. Their group stage qualifying schedule containing a familiar name in friendly foes and regional neighbors Starblaydia. However, first on the table would be the 8th ranked Nation in the world, Total n Utter Insanity. Vilita had avoided the Insanacians since their inagural sporting competition, the 2nd Under-21 World Championships in Total n Utter Insanity. That is, until the most recent Under-21 World Championships where the Jungle Kitties met up with a youthful TnUI side, defeating them 2-0 in the Second Round with goals from Hluali Mijatos and Antonis Ratuva.
.................The match went into the half level after a late Belless goal cancelled out Enzo Ahat's 34th minute Header. Vilita made no changes at the half, but still came out with a head of steam. The Jungle Cats were surprisingly overpowering their Higher-Ranked opponents, an a break to the deadlock seemed inevitable. It came 10 minutes into the half when Jonathon Stott cut in from the right wing, fending off the Insane defense and cooly finishing to put his side in front. Stott was removed 10 minutes later in favor of Regional Super-Striker Serge DuPont, along with his fellow Strike FC and Melmond Invitational star, Umberto Melli, on for captain Santo Kecker. With Kecker off the field, it was fill-in Captain Jürgen Ramzi who stepped up to take a 25 yard free kick after DuPont was hauled down. Ramzi placed the kick perfectly around the wall and into the back of the net for just his second goal since the 4-2 World Cup qualifying Victory over Avenging Altos.
.................The Jungle Cats now have a leg up on the Insanacians in the fight to finish atop the Group 3 Table and a promising Second Round Draw. Total n Utter Insanity now face a tough test in Starblaydia, while the Jungle Cats will entertain the diminishing and Inactive Creedence Clearwater.
Vilita Jungle Cats (3-5-2) ::
[GK] Jimmy Kater, [D] Jaloey Afrikka, [D] Enzo Ahat, [D] Giacomo Adika, [DM] Jürgen Ramzi, [M] Jonathon Stott, [M] Marasent Sioane, [M] Santo Kecker, [M] Alexander Östling, [F] Germán Salomón, [F] Callum Banda
BENCH::
[F] Carmine Mbidzo, [F] Serge DuPont, [M] Umberto Melli, [M] Calaesa Mitaroka, Tanner Nerni, [D] Esemar Aliana, [GK] Bryan 'Pop' Duiker
Vilkaus Supports N'Dumbu-Nsungu
---------------In a surprise move, Vilita Jungle Cats head coach Helmut Vilkaus has voiced his support for former Starblaydi striker Guylain N'Dumbu-Nsungu in his claim to succeeding Jean-Paul Georges-Ringeaux as Starblaydia National team manager. In a press conference, Vilkaus explained why he supported the 38 year old, and offerred some tips top the budding Coach.
---------------I've seen Guylain play many times, of course, he always looked to have a surreal knowledge for the game, and he would be invaluable to the Blades. Well, come to think of it, anyone would be better than that 7-Named-Dash-Filled thing they call coach now. Come to think of it, Guylain should change his name to Gizzy N'Dizzy, get rid of the stupid dash and since he's changing it make it something fun that the kids should enjoy, but thats just my opinion, no pressure. But seriously, the Blades couldnt even get more than a point from Kylaai in the Cup of Harmony, and lost every other game. If you're telling me the future of Football in Starblaydia has draws with Kylaai in it, then keep that No-Brained idiot. But if The Future of Starblaydi football wants to have an appearance in the World Cup Finals in it, then foshizzy yo gotsta get Gizzy N'Dizzy in the Hizzy.
Pizzy.
Matches & Venues:
M01: Vilita [3] - [1] Total n Utter Insanity
M02: Vilita [] - [] Creedence Clearwater
M03: Vilita [] - [] Starblaydia
M04: Vilita [] - [] Total n Utter Insanity
M05: Vilita [] - [] Creedence Clearwater
M06: Vilita [] - [] Starblaydia
In Reichsmarkia and everywhere else in Insane Inflation, people were enjoying the unexpected scoreless draw against Turori. Insane Inflation did anything possible to avoid a goal agasinst, which ment the tactic was not just pretty defensive, it was 10-0-0. A Karela Lines fan, who happened to watch this game said that they: "outdefended Karela!". Rumours that coach Ludwig Erhardt will coach this rejistanian club were neither demented nor confirmed.
Matchday 2 Results
Looks to be a typical Eagle's Cup Tourament...no run aways and always an upset or two.
Group A
Cockbill Street 0 - 0 Insane Inflation
NEWI Cefn Druids 1 - 0 Turori
Group B
Krytenia 2 - 0 Spurland
Kingsford 2 - 0 Halfassedstates
Group C
Vilita 1 - 1 Creedence Clearwater
Total n Utter Insanity 3 - 0 Starblaydia
Group D
Chacor 0 - 0 Eystrck
Eauz 2 - 1 Jeruselem
Group A
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 NEWI Cefn Druids 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 4
2 Cockbill Street 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
2 Insane Inflation 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
4 Turori 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1
Group B
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Krytenia 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 6
2 Kingsford 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3
3 Halfassedstates 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
4 Spurland 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0
Group C
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Vilita 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 4
2 Total n Utter Insanity 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 3
3 Starblaydia 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 3
4 Creedence Clearwater 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
Group D
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Eauz 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 6
2 Eystrck 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 4
3 Chacor 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1
4 Jeruselem 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0
Fo Shizzle Ma Nizzle
New Coach Waits in Wings, uh, Po Pizzle
A 3-0 demolition at the hands of the Insanicans may be the penultimate straw for embattled Manager Jean-Paul Georges-Ringeaux, or 'Jo-Pizzle Go-Rizzle' as Vilitans might know him as.
After a string of none-too-good results, the Coach now finds himself with just one match to prove his worth. Unfortunately this is against Vilita, the first international team Jean-Paul faced at senior level. Then, in World Cup 15, it was a brave 2-1 defeat. Today, in Eagle's Cup 3, Vilita top the group by a single point and are a massive thirty-something places above Starblaydia in the international rankings. Oh Dear.
A Brace of Braves move from Wapahkoneta
Trizzle... I mean Transfer News in Starblaydia
Two Wapahkoneta players have moved to the Starblaydi Alpha Division, in somewhat surprising moves.
National 'keeper Ationokonee, 29, has joined Up-and-comers Hallad Reavers from P'catewah Metequeghke, translated as Black Forest. He joins Sarzonian Youngster Emacio and Starblaydi heroes like Eomer Hall, the nine-goal scoring machine of U21WC5. The fee is believed to be short of a Million Credits, around US$1.2M
Short of a striker or two, Internashionale have snapped up 21 year-old Wesekahnee, the star of Wapahkoneta's embryonic national side. Around US$2.6M have come from Inter's coffers to Silverknife (known in Wapahkoneta as Moni Maanethi). Inter are also trying to sign Kingsford's Star-Striker Saturn Calcéte, who it is though would make a dream attacking line-up with Calcéte, Wesekahnee, de Souza Lima, Haldorsson, Vikerman and Benson. Now maybe they'd just need a few defenders and they'd take their first Alpha Title for around six years.
John Lewis - Knowingly Oversold
Despite Spurland's capitulation against the Celestials, the chairman of Tothampton FC will be one person happy with events that transpired.
Spurland's decision to play Krytenia-based John Lewis backfired dramatically as Lewis scored a peach of an own goal, overslicing a backpass and lobbing his own goalkeeper. Sub Acienko Rimmer grabbed a second goal two minutes into the second half in a game that ended two-nil.
Krytenia are now top of Group B, where even a one-nil defeat to Halfassedstates would see Krytenia through.
KRYTENIA - 2
Lewis og 21
Rimmer 47
SPURLAND - 0
Insanicians catch Vilition Flu
TnUI players complained after their sorry 3-1 loss to Vilita of not being able to think straight, make decisions or reason. It seems they caught the same thing that made Vilita go out of U21WC4 with only 1 point.
“It’s a real disappointment for the lads. It was about time someone kicked Vilitas ass good, hopefully we will met ‘em later in this comp after we have had the vaccinations.”
Insanicians on the road to recovery
Unfortunately nobody told the Starblaydian team abut the Flu, this lead to the systematic destruction of the Starbabies. With a 3-0 lead going into the second half TnUI coasted along until the final whistle. The win leaves them in second, one third of the way through the group stage.
OOC
Not looking good ... :confused:
IC
Jeruselem Government News
Narrow losses leave Jeruselem last
After losing 1-0 to Eystck and then losing 2-1 to top seed Eauz Jeruselem are last in Group D. Chacor, a colony of Liverpool England aren't doing much better with 1 point from a draw.
Jeruselem face Chacor next and need to win or be relegated to the prospect of missing the next round. The local prophesy D was the Group of Death with so many good teams battling for supremacy is coming true. While the table looks lop-sided, the scores have been close with few thrashings.
Group D
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Eauz 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 6
2 Eystrck 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 4
3 Chacor 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1
4 Jeruselem 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0
Vilita [1]-[1] C. Clearwater
.......................[ Ramzi 28 ].....................................[ Stupihed 44 ]
The Eagles Cup III, Matchday 2
.................A 28th Minute goal by Jürgen Ramzi, his second in as many games as fill-in Captain for Santo Kecker, was not enough as the Jungle Cats were held to a 1-1 draw with lowly Creedence Clearwater. Coach Vilkaus expected more from his side, and introduced some youthful second half substitutions. 17 year old strike phenom Carmine Mbidzo came on at half time for Midfielder Umberto Melli. With 20 minutes to go, a double swap saw straight up substitutions of Danilo Liguori coming in from Esemar Aliana at the back, and 17 year old Makosile debutant Teariki Mané in for Jonathon Stott on the right wing. The substitutions could not get the Jungle Cats back in the game, and they now sit just 1 point ahead of Total n Utter Insanity in the Group 3 table.
Vilita Jungle Cats (3-5-2) ::
[GK] Jimmy Kater, [D] Enzo Ahat, [D] Esemar Aliana, [D] Jaloey Afrikka, [DM] Jürgen Ramzi, [M] Alexander Östling, [M] Marasent Sioane, [M] Jonathon Stott, [M] Umberto Melli, [F] Germán Salomón, [F] Serge DuPont
BENCH::
[F] Carmine Mbidzo, [F] Callum Banda, [M] Jonathon Baledrokadroka, [M] Santo Kecker, Teariki Mané, [D] Danilo Liguori, [GK] Bryan 'Pop' Duiker
Vilkaus set for Go-Rizzle exit
---------------Vilitan head coach Helmut Vilkaus has expressed his delight at being able to be the one resopnsible for the sacking of Starblaydian head coach Jean-Paul Reingeaux. It is believed that the long time Blades Manager will be sacked if he fails to win his next international match, after a dismal Cup of Harmony Campaign in which his team could only manage a single point to lowly Kylaai. It is believed that if Vilita win against Starblaydia, Go-Rizzle is Go-Gone and Gizzy N'Dizzy would take the helm.
Turoki Isle Table Calcete bid
---------------Vilitan Club side Turoki Isle, looking to re-establish themselves in the elite 4 of the Vilitan Stellar Division, have tabled a ground breaking bid for Kingford based Barcoenfuego striker Saturn Calcéte. The Isle have already signed Marasent Sioane from the cash strapped club who were eliminated from the Melmond Club competition by Vilita's own Strike FC. In addition to bringing in Sioane, The Isle have signed World Cup 16 Winning goalkeeper, Eauz's National #1 Michel Rousoi, Callum Banda's VIlitan Strike Partner German Salomon and Crystilakere's intense scoring defender, Filipo Ferraro
Matches & Venues:
M01: Vilita [3] - [1] Total n Utter Insanity
M02: Vilita [1] - [1] Creedence Clearwater
M03: Vilita [] - [] Starblaydia
M04: Vilita [] - [] Total n Utter Insanity
M05: Vilita [] - [] Creedence Clearwater
M06: Vilita [] - [] Starblaydia