X11 season 45 - de rigueur Mortis

[SouthdownRebel]

MLX update
Antep's third recruit is now on board and as luck would have it we had another application today - I think possibly temporary - so we now just need one more to give us a full compliment and get the season up and running...

[Etienne]

If anyone wants to buy a 19/8 HT striker (no other visible or invisible qualities) then Ninkinanka have just transfer listed one. Reluctantly, but with only 6 midfielders and attackers combined and under 500k in cash we needed to raise some money. He has just doubled.

[Sean of the Shed]

I would advertise him in the main forum if I were you, but don't mention the double jump.

[Etienne]

No, that was for OTFers benefit only.

[SouthdownRebel]

What is wrong with people?! I send out an update message on MLX and one of the managers responds to it with a blank reply followed by an immediate resignation. So now we're back to two vacancies. Honestly wonder why I'm bothering.

EDIT: He then immediately resumes as manager. Bizarre.

[Antepli Ejderha]

Couldn't work out who that was SDR.

[Sean of the Shed]

No, that was for OTFers benefit only.

I wouldn't include the form and DV either if it's that low.
Honesty is not always the best policy.

[Etienne]

Well, I'd rather be up front

[Sean of the Shed]

At the cost of a couple of mill in econs?

[SouthdownRebel]

Finally got there, MLX season is up and running. As someone has pointed out to me, the next season might be even harder because the extended VIP deal that many signed up for will have expired by then.

[Sits]

Great effort SDR. I know VA disagreed and I completely understand why, but unless something changes or we find a new source of VIP mangers, a format change may be unavoidable. Might have to have GLX divisions of 7 and some byes in Round 1 of the cup.

[Wouter D]

Agree with VA that such a change would be undesirable, but maybe we simply have to.

[Janik]

Three OTF teams in the Ladies official league play-offs. No spoilers so I'm not saying who, but if this was a possibility and you haven't checked your teams result yet you may want to do so ASAP to give time to select your side if you have a game tomorrow...

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

Ooh.

[Janik]

X11 Ladies League season 49, matchday 14 report. The end. For most.

Division 3e

Viking South Utsira	3 - 0	Lincoln City Ladies
A.Austrheim 52'
Fudida 62', 72'


Division 4h

Consett Vixens 		2 - 2	Drakaina
Figenschau 13'			Winter 9'
Brindle 43'			Atum 65'


Division 5:17

The Pretty Reckless 	1 - 2	LNWR Locomotive
Berggren 31'			Melkonian 36', 57'


Division 5:18

Coxy Ladies Wulpen	2 - 0	Kilwinning WFC
Mahony 9', 68'


Division 5:21

Flick of the Wrist	1 - 3 	Kanjeng Ratu Kidul WFC
Passare 73'			Dalmiya 19', 70'
				Azeite 92'

Girls Aloud 		2 - 2	Solent Sirens
Peltonen 56'			de Beauvoir 6', 44'
Lira 66'

Witches of Chiswick	0 - 0	Aspull Academicals


Division 5:31

Csiki Girls		2 - 1	All For One
Woozley 22'			Hailmi 52'
Igreja 32'


Division 6:41

Invisible Ladies	0 - 0	Rotnäset BK


Division 6:55

Ricipetti F.C 		0 - 2	Menywod Maeshafn
				van Hijde 54'
				Corleone 74'


Division 6:57

Black Widow FC		0 - 1	Dublin City Womens FC
				Caldeira 89'

Some final day scenarios are complex; we need x if y does this but only if z also does that, etc. That wasn’t the case for Viking South Utsira; their situation was entirely straightforward. Beat Lincoln City Ladies and reach the play-offs. Fail to beat them and prepare for another season in Division 3.
Given that, a chanceless first half was not quite what the Doctor order for The Blood Eagles. However despite the lack of shots, there were some very positive signs for Velvet Android’s girls, or one – the ball had been in their possession two-thirds of the time. This might have had something to do with the unexpected formation employed by The Imps, whose manager Paradox88 sent them out for a game they only needed to draw in a rather attacking 3-4-3. It was, well, a paradoxical decision.
And a rather costly one as Viking began making chances to go with their possession after the break, chances they gleefully capitalised one. Asta Austrheim headed the opener on 52 minutes, Manuças Fudida made it two ten minutes later and three another ten after that.
By Fudida’s third the game was won, which makes the 12-day injury suffered by Emile Klovning late on particularly galling. She will now miss the play-off against Linköping FC, who ended Division 3b on +17 GD and 29 to VSU’s +6 25 in 3e.

You know those convoluted last days I mentioned? Well that was exactly what Drakaina faced as they made the trip to Consett Vixens.
Victory for The Dragons would give them a shot at the play-off if other results dropped their way. Anything less than a win, and again it was to the radios as the Greeks could, quite conceivably, end up going down instead. The good news here was that Consett had already been confirmed as finishing bottom of Division 4h, and had the sections worst home record at 0-1-5. The problem was Drakaina have been living of scraps away from Delphi and held the worst away analysis in the Division at 0-2-4.
Moveable force against stoppable object, with loads riding on it then. One to turn managers grey. What was needed was an early salve, and Grace Winter applied exactly that when she headed home after 9 minutes. Just hold the lead until... erm, four minutes later when the Vixens equalised. Then a disallowed goal for Drakaina (Ekaterina Alexopoulos), then disaster, a second for the hosts with half-time approaching.
The situation at the interval made poor reading for Dragons boss Etienne. His side sat fifth, on 19 points. Tartan Tawties were winning 1-0, which meant that the play-off spot was a long way off, but at the same time Cataluna Cats were losing 1-0 to champions The Housewives, which was keeping the Cats in the drop zone. That was the insurance policy.
One minute into the second half, and Dragons fans were questioning the value of their premium as news seeped through of a Cats equaliser. And then they were ostentatiously tearing them up, as the Cats went ahead on 50 minutes. Drakaina were now below the line. They needed a goal from somewhere, either themselves, The Housewives or Pinkie Pie, who were playing Gazzas Gals, who had started the day a point behind Drakaina but with a better goal difference. Pinkie Pie were at least motivated – they were still in the play-off hunt, but had to better Tartan Tawties result.
Where would the next goal come? At Consett, in fact. It arrived on 65 minutes and was scored by player-of-the-match Silvia Atum in a scramble following a corner. That lifted Drakaina above Gazzas Gals, but only precariously as one goal for Gazzas was all it would take to reverse that again (Gazzas Gals-Pinkie Pie still stood at 0-0).
Of course a goal for The Housewives would ease things. And on 78 minutes we were cutting to Car Park by the chip shop as there had been another strike there. But not for the visitors, it seemed The Cats were going to play their way out of it. And then on 81 it was all in the balance again as Watergate Bay Surfers equalised against Tartan Tawties. Two minutes later Cataluna had done what they needed to do for survival and beaten the champions.
Now just three points separated the Tawties in second in the live 4h table from Gazzas Gals in sixth. Drakaina sat fifth, looking for the goal that would make them safe and might also send them into the play-offs if Gazzas Gals and Watergate Bay both also scored. And Gazzas had to score, or they were going down. But if they did, Drakaina were for the chop. Unless Drakaina also scored, in which case it would fall back on Cataluna despite their impressive soon-to-be-victory. Clear?
Those last few minutes dragged by. Ears were peeled for a goal update, as one at basically any game changed things. They waited and waited... and none came. The situation after 83 minutes remained the situation as the final whistles blew. No play-off for Drakaina, but with Tartan Tawties (who took the spot on goal difference despite drawing their last game against a relegated side) and Pinkie Pie (who also drew and thereby missed the boat) both avoiding defeat, then they wouldn’t have got in anyway. As it was Etienne’s side stayed up by the skin of their teeth, one point ahead of sixth place, who boasted a better goal difference.
*phew*

What we need after all of that is a nice, straightforward game to report on. So thanks LNWR Locomotive, who could only finish fifth in Division 5:17 whatever happened in their game with at The Pretty Reckless.
The opening half was not one for goalkeepers, as two shots were taken and two goals scored, Keghetsig Melkonian responding five minutes after the hosts 31st minute opener. The second period saw Viktor Boskovic’s side take control, and also the win as Melkonian netted her second on 57 minutes.
The Steamers finished the season in glorious isolation, eight points adrift of fourth and nine ahead of sixth.

The scenario confronting Coxy Ladies Wulpen was also pretty simple, but rather more pressured. Beat Kilwinning WFC and go up. Fail to do so and risk being pushed down into the play-off spot.
What The Waders and their supporters needed was a nerve settler, and Moreen Mahony was the woman to provide as she smacked a direct free-kick into the top corner on 9 minutes. Would that be the start of a deluge for Janik’s outfit? Not exactly. The butterflies had returned by the time Mahony was lining up another free-kick attempt at goal on 68 minutes. However a reprise effort finally chased them away.
Rivals The Pink won 1-0 with a late goal, but that was nowhere near enough to pip Wulpen, who celebrated the Division 5:18 title with their fans long into the night.

[Janik]

All relegation issues were already settled in Division 5:21 ahead of the final day, but not the promotion ones. The automatic promotion and play-off spots were still open, with Kanjeng Ratu Kidul WFC able to end up in either. But to do that they needed to win at Flick of the Wrist as anything less would leave them behind both of Victorious Secret and Spandex FC. However a two-goal victory and a draw between the later two (who faced each other) and Kanjeng would snatch the unlikeliest title.
SeanoftheShed’s side would have to do it without Divisional top scorer Tia Farisy after she got injured in the penultimate league match, but that didn’t seem to matter initially as Diksha Dalmiya put The Sea Spirits ahead on 19 minutes.
1-0 was still the score at the break, with Secret vs Spandex standing goalless, it meant the top of the table looked like this:

Team			GD  GF	Pts.
Victorious Secret	+15 23	 29
-------------------------------------
Kanjeng Ratu Kidul WFC	+14 24	 29
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Spandex FC		+10 20	 29

Pretty tight, eh?
What Kanjeng needed was a second, and the other game to remain level, keeping their back door shut all the while to preserve their play-off spot. Seconds into the second half came the worst news, though - Victorious Secret had taken the lead. That moved them two points clear, and left Spandex a point behind The Sea Goddesses.
The next notable incident was a sickener, as Kanjeng’s Cindy Prins, probably the teams out-and-out star performer, collapsed in a heap with a horrible 24 day injury. She was definitely out of any putative play-off, so it felt like it was now or never for the Indonesian side. Two minutes later Dalmiya responded, heading a second goal. That meant that all it would take was a Spandex goal, and Kanjeng would be on course. Except, three minutes after going two up, Flick made the most of a rare chance to bring it back to 1-2.
Still it wasn’t over. Cue excited radio babble on 80 minutes – a goal in the other game. Who had it gone to? Spandex! It was 1-1. Now the top of the table looked thus:-

Team			GD  GF	Pts.
Victorious Secret	+15 24	 29
-------------------------------------
Kanjeng Ratu Kidul WFC	+14 25	 29
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Spandex FC		+10 21	 29

One goal. One measly goal, and Kanjeng would be top on goals scored.
The matches ticked into stoppage time. 92 minutes on the clock. Kanjeng were awarded a free-kick 25 yards out. Leila Azeite lined it up... pandemonium. 3-1. The Sea Spirits were going up.

Team			GD  GF	Pts.
Kanjeng Ratu Kidul WFC	+15 26	 29
-------------------------------------
Victorious Secret	+15 24	 29
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Spandex FC		+10 21	 29

So little time. Just hold out to the end girls! Kanjeng did that, but in the other game it was complete panic stations. Both sides were missing out, but both knew a single goal would give them the title, in Spandex’s case jumping from third to first at the death. One last attack. All the Spandex players were up. The ball was cleared. Secret’s Herta Palmgren received on halfway, looked up and saw no-one between her and the Spandex ‘keeper. She advanced. She rounded the stopper. She scored. The pandemonium shifted from Kanjeng fans to Secrets, as they snatched the title at the death.
Final table

Team			GD  GF	Pts.
Victorious Secret	+16 25	 31
-------------------------------------
Kanjeng Ratu Kidul WFC	+15 26	 29
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Spandex FC		 +9 21	 28

The manager will have a big job on his hands lifting his team ahead of their play-off against Bianco Celesti of Division 5:24, who sneaked in themselves on the final day. Kanjeng had marginally the better record across the season, but will, of course, by missing Prins. Farisy should be recovered enough to play though, if not quite fully fit.
Back at the start of that, you may remember that I mentioned four teams were involved in the battle. The last of these was Solent Sirens opponent Girls Aloud. They however needed a win, and The Sea Spirits not to do so to grab an unexpected second place (the title was beyond them).
They were never really involved, as Andrew7610’s Sirens put in the sort of performance that has been missing for most of the season, particularly in the first half. Simone de Beauvoir struck twice, her first coming after 6 minutes and the second on 44.
A 2-0 Sirens lead was not exactly with the run of play, and with their hopes fading Girls Aloud did what they could to right the wrongs of the opening 45 minutes. They pulled one back on 56 minutes, drew level on 66 and pressed for a winner. However if they had got it, it would have been mostly pyrrhic as their maximum was 28 points and the (moving) target never dropped below 29. For a brief spell between the 73rd and 80th minutes they were only two goals from doing it, one by themselves and one from Flick of the Wrist. But then it went all-square at Victorious Secret, and from that point onwards things kept moving away from Girls Aloud.
As for Solent, their point wasn’t enough to improve on their seventh placed finish. This was because Witches of Chiswick and Aspull Academicals ended the season with the sort of match that has typified both sides campaigns.
Not only was it scoreless, it was also completely chanceless. And sub less. Just one yellow card and minor injury was all that disturbed the slumber of the very sparse Field Land crowd. It meant Wiblflibl’s girls ended the season without a single victory, and, obviously, bottom of the pile.

Survival in Division 5:31 for Csiki Girls meant beating All For One and crossing fingers, toes and everything else about a favour from a zombie.
Ad hoc side did their part of it, building up a two goal half-time lead through a direct free-kick from Trudy Woozley after 22 minutes and a close-range from by Carlota Igreja after 32. That made the game unusual, because both goals were the first of each players’ careers. However the half-time news was deflating – 47 RONIN GIRLS were 3-0 up. The Csiki’s rather drifted through the second-half after hearing that, conceded one back and rode their luck to see out the empty 2-1 win.
They eventually finished in sixth in the table, just one point from safety. But it’s enough to force another return to the seventh tier.

Staying at this level was the target for Invisible Ladies. All they needed to be sure of that was beat relegated (but actively managed) Rotnäset BK.
The See-Throughs pushed for the goal they needed, and had loads and loads of possession, but chances were at a premium. In fact Pebblethefish’s side created just two all match, neither of which they could convert.
This left they hanging on other results, such as Tagalog Ladies match with managerless and pointless Gaz Metan Medias. The half-time news from this one was startling – Gaz Metan were two to the good. Tagalog pulled one back, it became 3-1 to the visitors, but Tagalog clawed their way level... and ran out of time. That meant that Invisible were safe, as indeed would Tagalog prove to be as their underwhelming point was just enough to lift them past FC Saik (well named), who got bashed 5-0 at Future Girls and slipped to sixth. Invisible ended up fourth in the Divison 6:41 table, and will be hoping for something rather more like the opening half than the closing one next season.

Focus on the controllable is a sporting mantra, and that was easy for Menywod Maeshafn as they knew that victory at Ricipetti F.C was the only way they could possibly go up.
The first half saw the Welsh side have well over half of the ball, but get outshot 4-2. However none of these attempts could beat either ‘keeper. The teams continued trading efforts after the break, and on 54 minutes the deadlock was broken when Elodie van Hijde’s direct free-kick found the target. 20 minutes later Monalisa Corleone would also get her name on the scoresheet, but with all due respect to the two scorers they were not the story of the day. That was Maeshafn ‘keeper Hannele Sundvall who turned in a grade 18 performance and saw off all 8 chances Ricipetti created. Their manager must be cursing.
The win would have been enough for automatic promotion if Division 6:55 leaders ZFK Nase Taksi had lost. They didn’t. So the play-offs are the reward for IsThatcherDeadYet’s girls, one that will feel like a bonus given haw it came about, both with the seasonal turn around and the unlikely last day win. Their opponents in that match will be IFK Happis of Division 6:9, whose record at 10-2-2 was marginally better than Maeshafn’s 9-2-3. Happis, though, missed a chance of automatic on the final day in a more blameworthy fashion, failing to beat a mid-table side. They have more to prove.

And finally, Dublin City Womens FC. Back on the opening day of the season, MortalJoe’s side had had the better of a match against Black Widow FC, but had wound up with a 1-0 home defeat. That result would prove crucial to the final appearance of the Division 6:57 table.
The Dubs technically had a chance of usurping Slingers City Ladies for second, whilst Slingers had the same technical opportunity to nick the title from Black Widow. However neither was practical, as despite the mere three point gaps, goal difference basically precluded this. It meant everyone was playing for pride, which was motivation enough for Dublin who put in one of their best ever displays. They had more of the ball, and kept the match tight on chances, up until very late in the game when Eunice Caldeira grabbed the only goal. The perfect away performance.
Slingers City won their game, so Dublin finished three points adrift in third. Black Widow won this section on goal difference.

[SouthdownRebel]

Great effort SDR. I know VA disagreed and I completely understand why, but unless something changes or we find a new source of VIP mangers, a format change may be unavoidable. Might have to have GLX divisions of 7 and some byes in Round 1 of the cup.

I'm hoping not - recruitment wasn't helped by my absence for a week, so things had drifted a bit. I'll try to be more aggressive on this front from now on. Besides, my cynical side says the plug could be pulled on the whole game before too long. I reckon we can outlast it.

[Etienne]

Thanks for the write-up, Janik. It was exactly as tense as you make it seem (except I never looked up on the table, I was only worried about going down).

[Etienne]

(Oh, and Champions, Champions, Champions)

This will definitely be the first time we are reigning champions in two leagues simultaneously.

[Various Artist]

That very fact struck me yesterday when I saw you'd clinched another title for the Suffragettes to go with Amwythig's, well done indeed Etienne. And with considerable room to spare, too, unlike in the OTF!

Great writeup Janik, and yes I have remembered that I need to set tactics for our playoff today! Unlike last season.

Some final day scenarios are complex; we need x if y does this but only if z also does that, etc. That wasn’t the case for Viking South Utsira; their situation was entirely straightforward. Beat Lincoln City Ladies and reach the play-offs. Fail to beat them and prepare for another season in Division 3.
Given that, a chanceless first half was not quite what the Doctor order for The Blood Eagles. However despite the lack of shots, there were some very positive signs for Velvet Android’s girls, or one – the ball had been in their possession two-thirds of the time. This might have had something to do with the unexpected formation employed by The Imps, whose manager Paradox88 sent them out for a game they only needed to draw in a rather attacking 3-4-3. It was, well, a paradoxical decision.
And a rather costly one as Viking began making chances to go with their possession after the break, chances they gleefully capitalised one. Asta Austrheim headed the opener on 52 minutes, Manuças Fudida made it two ten minutes later and three another ten after that.
By Fudida’s third the game was won, which makes the 12-day injury suffered by Emile Klovning late on particularly galling. She will now miss the play-off against Linköping FC, who ended Division 3b on +17 GD and 29 to VSU’s +6 25 in 3e.

Paradoxical, indeed – his tactics were better overall, and as I expected he went for Very Defensive as he only needed the point to finish ahead of us on GD... yet probably banjaxed himself by going with a 3-4-3 formation. Which certainly wrongfooted me, mind. But then again, I did the same to him by also going 3-4-3 (plus Offensive) as we had nothing to lose from losing, so to speak, so rather than risk a stalemate I felt I had to really go for it. Plus we had 12 players still in need of DV, and aside from two of those both being our goalies the remaining 10 handily equalled a pretty strong 3-4-3, so it was a no-brainer. Perhaps he was in just the same boat, and elected to prioritise his side's DV needs too.

The injury though was indeed hugely galling – Emilie was stuck on only 14 DV, but was on 17 form and a green arrow so looked sure to climb to 15 yesterday with the playoff to come in which I was certain to give her the full 90 minutes. Instead, her season is now over, she's still on 14 and with form obviously slashed by the injury so that's a right kick in the teeth, apart from weakening our frontline for the playoff.

It's a major ask to win that game, too: Linköping are former league champions. You might remember they won it about 7 seasons ago, in the sole season in among 5 or 6 that were otherwise all won by Don't Stop Me Now – and the odd one out was nicked by Linköping on the final day from under DSMN's noses (they rolled over a fellow Swedish side with nothing to play for, as I recall) and provoked an absolute shitstorm of "Swedish conspiracy theory" complaints on the Xpert Ladies Scribble from aggrieved DSMN manager Clint_. It was quite hilarious, in its way, but he went on for weeks (indeed, he started before the game was played, if I remember correctly, as he always had a bee in his bonnet) and never really let it go despite winning another three titles or thereabouts straight after.

[Sean of the Shed]

Fantastic write up from Janik on KRK's rollercoaster last day battle. In the end it didn't matter that we had done enough as it was out of our hands. I can't really complain about missing out on the title to an injury time goal as we only took over top spot with one of our own, and we had never held top spot until the last day. The only disappointment was that our closest rivals were both smut-themed teams and I would rather have liked to put one over them. Cindy Prins is a huge miss for the play-off, and her loss as well as Tia Farisy carrying a knock has seen me have to make a complete change to our tactics and line up as I'm thin in midfield skill and need a strong back up for Tia, so we are going into the play-off with a 5-4-1 formation (I'm banking on my opponent not being a lurker on this board).
Congratulations to Janik on winning his division, and best of luck to the other OTFers in the play-offs today.

[jdsx]

Just for the record (!), Erbil finished 2nd in Division 6:4 and have a play-off this afternoon.... It just doesn't feel right having a Ladies game on a Thursday, as I usually like to concentrate all my energies on my OTF team.....

[Janik]

I have a pet theory about play-offs, which I think I’ve mentioned on OTF before. It states that the two teams in finals exist in a kind of limbo state, in a x.5 Division. It’s not that one team gets promoted at the end and the other not, it’s that one takes another half-taken step up whilst the other gets relegated back to a league they have already left. A sudden and unprepared for drop is what the pain of losing a final is like for a supporter, I reckon. And on that upbeat note...

I’m a pessimist, by the way. You mean, you hadn’t guessed?!?

Playoff for Division 2

Linköping FC 		1 - 1	Viking South Utsira
Malmsten 78'		A.E.T.	Lurdes Quental 69'

Viking win 5-3 on penalties


Playoff for Division 4

Kanjeng Ratu Kidul WFC	1 - 0	Bianco Celesti
Azeite 104'		A.E.T.


Playoff for Division 5

IFK Happis 		2 - 0	Menywod Maeshafn
Nehvonen 2'
Ahtio 13'
Lindeborg (sent off) 76'

An unpredictable season of peaks and troughs ended for Viking South Utsira with a match against Linköping FC with the carrot of elevation still dangling.
Blood Eagles manager Velvet Android appeared a little nervous in the hours preceding, focusing on opponents Linköping having once won the top flight rather than their current situation i.e. a team that has just finished as runners-up in one of the fourth tier leagues. Fortunately it appeared that his nerves didn’t transmit themselves to his side, as Viking were competing hard and showing no signs of being intimidated.
The match was extremely even in fact, with just one shot (by VSU) in the first half. The second period opened up. A little. It even had two goals, Lurdes Quental doing what she does from a direct free-kick on 69 minutes, only for the Swedes to level nine minutes later.
Into extra-time we went, but by now the game was a stalemate with penalties an inevitability. Blimey, that is a hard way to decide a promotion. Utsira went first, their other possible nominee for greatest ever player Manuças Fudida taking the responsibility. She shouldered it easily. Linköping levelled, Magda Fevereiro put the Norwegians back in front, and then a biggie, Bianka Tacconelli of Linköping missed. Now it was just convert three from three for Viking. Lurdes Quental steps up... two from two. Here comes Moa Jönsson... one from one. No other misses from Linköping, so it’s all on you Asta Austrheim. No sweat. Division 2!

After the dramatic goings-on in the final round of league matches, the playoff must have seemed like a stress free afternoon stroll for Kanjeng Ratu Kidul WFC. Their opponents for the match were Bianco Celesti, who did indeed wear sky blue and white and had other Lazio connections as well.
This one was also incredibly finely balanced. So evenly contested in fact that the 90 minutes ended goalless. The Sea Spirits had had more of the ball in normal time but fewer of the chances. However towards the end of the first extra 15 minutes they got an opportunity with a direct free-kick in scoring range. Responsibility automatically fell on Leila Azeite following her exploits on Tuesday, and this proved no bad choice as once again she prompted an explosion of joy.
SeanoftheShed’s girls had longer to hold on to the lead this time, but at least they only had to cope with preventing their opposition from scoring and not worry about results elsewhere. This was achieved with reasonable comfort, confirming another promotion from this season. Kanjeng will join Drakaina and Coxy Ladies Wulpen in next year’s fifth tier.

Would Menywod Maeshafn make it three from three and push themselves back up to Division 5? IFK Happis were the team standing in their way.
The start was bad for Maeshafn. Very bad. Not just falling one behind after 2 minutes, but following that swiftly with another to give themselves a mountain to climb. At least there were over 75 minutes to try and do it in...
Happis sat back from that point onwards, inviting IsThatcherDeadYet’s girls to break them down. Maeshafn tried, and created a few chances, but a goal back just wouldn’t arrive, not even after Happis’ skipper Melinda Lindeborg collected her second yellow card of the day with just under a quarter of an hour to play. So it was only two from three in the end. Shame.

[wiblflibl]

Top Ladies write-ups Janik, thanks!

What is the collective's opinion on a 17/4 moody greedy GK? Too risky having a moody player in goal?

Official Ladies btw, and we've just been relegated to the wastelands of Div 6. I'm not fussed about results next season as I'm on a squad rebuilding mission and have cash to buy when prices come down a tad a few games into the season.

[Sean of the Shed]

Kacey Rust at Kanjeng Ratu Kidul is a moody diva. These were her match performances at KRK last season as a 22/10 (*cup game):
15, 14, 9*, 14, 12, 11, 10*, 13, 14, 14, 13, 14, 9, 9
She kept 7 clean sheets in 14 games and had a save percentage of 72%