La Lega Calcio SL ha finalmente pagato i 2000L$ di premio partita per il primo turno di Coppa Italia SL.
Li ho versati interamente al Team Manager affinché li suddivida a sua discrezione secondo criteri di merito e di equità.
Affido questa responsabilità al Team Manager perché la ritengo degna del compito.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Allenamento - Training sessoin
E' stata auto-organizzata una sessione di allenamento per domani (Giovedì 25 Ottobre 2007) alle 22.00 (ora italiana).Chi volesse partecipare può raggiungerci allo stadio presso lo stadio di Star Life [SLUR].
Ovviamente la partecipazione non è obbligatoria, ma non ho bisogno di ricordarvi che la prossima partita sarà contro il Napoli....
Se nessnun allenatore sarà presente Tarcisio Ibanez ne farà le veci per quest'occasione.
A self-organized training session will start tomorrow (Thursday 25 October 2007) at 01.00 PM (PDT).Who want to partecipate have nothing to do but just came at the stadium of Star Life [SLUR].
Obviously presence is not obligatory, but I don't need to rember you that next match will be against Napoli...
If coach will not be present Tarcisio Ibanez will take the places of him just for this time.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Verona 3 -SNN 2
Lessons learned;
Shooting.
Let's see, you run up close to the goal, you have time for an easy shot,
you shoot, and the ball goes crooked, missing the goal!
The direction the ball takes when shooting while running seems inconsistant
and unpredictable. Radu thinks the direction depends on which foot is foward
when making the shot. Offensive players should train for shooting while on the run.
Go to an empty field and practice over and over until you know where the ball is going to go.
Defense.
I couldn't quite see what was happening overall, being in the middle of the action,
but I believe all the scores against us were at short-range.
Were we positioned properly?
Did we miss blocks and tackles?
Did they get lucky?
Did they have outstanding players?
One thing I've noticed playing at TIM is that when I play someone I have not seen before
it takes a while to adjust to their moves and style of play.
I did not recognize any of the players on the Verona team.
Small Field.
At the big field at TIM there is time and space to plan your moves.
Not so at the smaller fields. We must be quicker with no hesitation.
Defenders must work as a team, positioning themselves automatically.
Offensive players should be able to shoot on the run.
Shooting.
Let's see, you run up close to the goal, you have time for an easy shot,
you shoot, and the ball goes crooked, missing the goal!
The direction the ball takes when shooting while running seems inconsistant
and unpredictable. Radu thinks the direction depends on which foot is foward
when making the shot. Offensive players should train for shooting while on the run.
Go to an empty field and practice over and over until you know where the ball is going to go.
Defense.
I couldn't quite see what was happening overall, being in the middle of the action,
but I believe all the scores against us were at short-range.
Were we positioned properly?
Did we miss blocks and tackles?
Did they get lucky?
Did they have outstanding players?
One thing I've noticed playing at TIM is that when I play someone I have not seen before
it takes a while to adjust to their moves and style of play.
I did not recognize any of the players on the Verona team.
Small Field.
At the big field at TIM there is time and space to plan your moves.
Not so at the smaller fields. We must be quicker with no hesitation.
Defenders must work as a team, positioning themselves automatically.
Offensive players should be able to shoot on the run.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Virtual win and virtual loss
Last night, we lost. It doesn't really matter how, but Verona came back from 0-2 to
eventually win the match 3-2. I understand how everyone must feel, because I was
overwhelmed with anger and dissapointment immediately after the game too. But, after all,
what are we doing here? This is only a game, we don't win real money and I am sure most of
us aren't interested primarily in the lindens, but just want to have fun. We are not a team
of idiots. Let the others be the idiots. The ones that shout 'spacebar!' or 'flying!' when
a bug occurs while running in heavy lag conditions. Or the referee who then says 'well,
jumping isn't flying' and then all the opponents start jumping around.
What shall we do? Well, the game showed us that our determination and organisation can only
be defeated by chance or cheating. So I guess we must train to be able to cope with these
situations too. Also, we only received three goals, which is not much considering the
number of goals scored in the matches in the first round. We need to work in our offense
department to miss as few shots as possible.
But above all, everyone should forget the last match and concentrate on the next. We can win this match and a win is enough for us to qualify. There will be long discussions on
this theme, but the rules say quite clearly that the next criterion after the number of
points are the direct matches. In case Verona wins against Milan and we beat Napoli then
all three teams will have 6 points. In this case we should look at the direct matches:
Napoli-Verona 5-2
SNN-Verona 2-3
SNN-Napoli ?
Everybody will have 3 points in this new group so goal differential will be the next
criterion. Verona has 5-7 (-2). If we beat Napoli by a goal, we will have (0) and Napoli
will have (+2). Napoli will qualify first place and SNN second place. If we beat them 2, 3,
4 or 5 goals then we will have (+1), (+2), (+3) or (+4) and Napoli will have (+1), (0),
(-1) or (-2). Again the same teams qualify but we will qualify in first place then Napoli.
If we beat Napoli at 6 or more goals, then we will qualify together with Verona.
In all cases a win is enough to qualify. We should concentrate on training and should only
look at the next game.
I must congratulate all the team for their effort, the game was very long and everybody got
tired until the end and maybe that helped them come back too. I can't really put the blame
on anyone because I sincerely think we did good and obeyed the tactics which were again
good. It wouldn't be fair either to blame anyone but myself and I have to ask you for an
appology because I wasn't online this week and we couldn't train and also because I missed
some easy shots as an attacker. This week we will have a training session or maybe two. The
first one is likely to be on Tuesday or Wednesday, I will send a group message to all with
the day.
For the next match, there will be some changes in the team, the first change I decided as a
second coach is to give the fascia capitano to Tarcisio Ibanez which will be our captain in
the game on Sunday. This is only a temporary measure, seeing as how much one has to argue
in the field I decided to give him the opportunity to answer in Italian and maybe make
ourselves heard (because I had the distinctive impression that I was ignored because of
speaking in English, they didn't understand or chose not to say anything to me).
Last but not least, please read Cyndee's post as it is a good guide for everyone in the team and
we should take notice and play according to these good advices. Forza SNN !
eventually win the match 3-2. I understand how everyone must feel, because I was
overwhelmed with anger and dissapointment immediately after the game too. But, after all,
what are we doing here? This is only a game, we don't win real money and I am sure most of
us aren't interested primarily in the lindens, but just want to have fun. We are not a team
of idiots. Let the others be the idiots. The ones that shout 'spacebar!' or 'flying!' when
a bug occurs while running in heavy lag conditions. Or the referee who then says 'well,
jumping isn't flying' and then all the opponents start jumping around.
What shall we do? Well, the game showed us that our determination and organisation can only
be defeated by chance or cheating. So I guess we must train to be able to cope with these
situations too. Also, we only received three goals, which is not much considering the
number of goals scored in the matches in the first round. We need to work in our offense
department to miss as few shots as possible.
But above all, everyone should forget the last match and concentrate on the next. We can win this match and a win is enough for us to qualify. There will be long discussions on
this theme, but the rules say quite clearly that the next criterion after the number of
points are the direct matches. In case Verona wins against Milan and we beat Napoli then
all three teams will have 6 points. In this case we should look at the direct matches:
Napoli-Verona 5-2
SNN-Verona 2-3
SNN-Napoli ?
Everybody will have 3 points in this new group so goal differential will be the next
criterion. Verona has 5-7 (-2). If we beat Napoli by a goal, we will have (0) and Napoli
will have (+2). Napoli will qualify first place and SNN second place. If we beat them 2, 3,
4 or 5 goals then we will have (+1), (+2), (+3) or (+4) and Napoli will have (+1), (0),
(-1) or (-2). Again the same teams qualify but we will qualify in first place then Napoli.
If we beat Napoli at 6 or more goals, then we will qualify together with Verona.
In all cases a win is enough to qualify. We should concentrate on training and should only
look at the next game.
I must congratulate all the team for their effort, the game was very long and everybody got
tired until the end and maybe that helped them come back too. I can't really put the blame
on anyone because I sincerely think we did good and obeyed the tactics which were again
good. It wouldn't be fair either to blame anyone but myself and I have to ask you for an
appology because I wasn't online this week and we couldn't train and also because I missed
some easy shots as an attacker. This week we will have a training session or maybe two. The
first one is likely to be on Tuesday or Wednesday, I will send a group message to all with
the day.
For the next match, there will be some changes in the team, the first change I decided as a
second coach is to give the fascia capitano to Tarcisio Ibanez which will be our captain in
the game on Sunday. This is only a temporary measure, seeing as how much one has to argue
in the field I decided to give him the opportunity to answer in Italian and maybe make
ourselves heard (because I had the distinctive impression that I was ignored because of
speaking in English, they didn't understand or chose not to say anything to me).
Last but not least, please read Cyndee's post as it is a good guide for everyone in the team and
we should take notice and play according to these good advices. Forza SNN !
Avulso
Tutto quello che ho voglia di dire è che non ho la minima intenzione di trascorrere la prossima domenica a litigare con altri presidenti per le regole della classifica avulsa.
Voi nemmeno immaginate che bell'ambientino di ignoranti e cretini ci sia (qualcuno si offende? Chi se ne frega!) e il solo augurarsi che comprendano le regole delle classifiche avulse mi pare del tutto impossibile.
Se col Napoli dovessimo vincere e il Verona battesse il Milan, si scatenerebbe una sinfonia di calcoli che solo persone normodotate riuscirebbero a concepire.
Quindi mi auguro dal cuore che la prossima partita (se ci sarà) la perderemo e contemporaneamente il Milan non risorga dalle ceneri e batta il Verona, altrimenti ancora una volta ci sarebbe una classifica avulsa di mezzo.
Non vedo l'ora che questa Coppa Italia finisca, quantomeno per noi, perché di passare il mio tempo su SL a litigare con le persone sono assolutamente stanco.
Voi nemmeno immaginate che bell'ambientino di ignoranti e cretini ci sia (qualcuno si offende? Chi se ne frega!) e il solo augurarsi che comprendano le regole delle classifiche avulse mi pare del tutto impossibile.
Se col Napoli dovessimo vincere e il Verona battesse il Milan, si scatenerebbe una sinfonia di calcoli che solo persone normodotate riuscirebbero a concepire.
Quindi mi auguro dal cuore che la prossima partita (se ci sarà) la perderemo e contemporaneamente il Milan non risorga dalle ceneri e batta il Verona, altrimenti ancora una volta ci sarebbe una classifica avulsa di mezzo.
Non vedo l'ora che questa Coppa Italia finisca, quantomeno per noi, perché di passare il mio tempo su SL a litigare con le persone sono assolutamente stanco.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
"Rules" for team players
Here are some of my thoughts on game-play.
Some of these are obvious but should be understood by everyone for better team-play.
I think everyone will agree with these. If you don't please post it for discussion.
1. Never do a short pass near our goal.
2. If kicking in from the sidelines, kick the ball into the opponants side of the field.
Don't worry about them getting the ball.
3. On defense, don't chase the ball if there are two or three defenders
already harrassing the attacker.
Position yourself in the attackers likely path.
If the attacker gets past the forward defenders be ready to meet him.
4. The best defense against a long high kick is to be directly in front of the
kicker or better yet, not to give him any time to line up a shot.
Meet the attackers at midfield.
5. There should be at least 2 defenders (including goalie)
between the ball and the goal at all times
6. Guard against passes.
Be aware of opponants who are open to receive passes.
7. Defenders who intercept the ball should immediatly kick it towards
the opponants goal. Keep the ball in their side of the field.
8. On offense and defense, someone should stand back from the ball
about 5 meters or so to recover loose balls or to re-intercept lost balls.
9. Until we get better communication from the referrees,
the ball shoud be considerred 'in play' if an opponant has the ball in our side of the field.
10. When we are under attack at least one of our offensive players should stay back
in the opponants side to receive passes.
Some of these are obvious but should be understood by everyone for better team-play.
I think everyone will agree with these. If you don't please post it for discussion.
1. Never do a short pass near our goal.
2. If kicking in from the sidelines, kick the ball into the opponants side of the field.
Don't worry about them getting the ball.
3. On defense, don't chase the ball if there are two or three defenders
already harrassing the attacker.
Position yourself in the attackers likely path.
If the attacker gets past the forward defenders be ready to meet him.
4. The best defense against a long high kick is to be directly in front of the
kicker or better yet, not to give him any time to line up a shot.
Meet the attackers at midfield.
5. There should be at least 2 defenders (including goalie)
between the ball and the goal at all times
6. Guard against passes.
Be aware of opponants who are open to receive passes.
7. Defenders who intercept the ball should immediatly kick it towards
the opponants goal. Keep the ball in their side of the field.
8. On offense and defense, someone should stand back from the ball
about 5 meters or so to recover loose balls or to re-intercept lost balls.
9. Until we get better communication from the referrees,
the ball shoud be considerred 'in play' if an opponant has the ball in our side of the field.
10. When we are under attack at least one of our offensive players should stay back
in the opponants side to receive passes.
Friday, October 19, 2007
SNN FC - Hellas Verona allo stadio Starlife
La partita SNN FC - Hellas Verona di domenica 21 ottobre verrà disputata allo stadio Starlife, come previsto, alle 22 ore italiane (1 pm pdt).
Sono un po' sorpreso (anzi, non lo sono affatto) che non ci siano stati allenamenti durante tutta la settimana, mi chiedo come sia possibile che il coach titolare non abbia sostenuto ancora nemmeno un allenamento...
L'Allenatore in Seconda ha fatto molto la settimana scorsa, tuttavia questa settimana non l'ho visto nemmeno online... magari ha ancora problemi di connessione?
Ho visto alcuni giocatori allenarsi per conto proprio e li ringrazio per la comprensione, io purtroppo non ho mezzi per costringere nessuno a collegarsi o a svolgere allenamenti, né sarebbe mio compito tenere sotto controllo lo svolgimento degli allenamenti (questo sarebbe un incarico del Team Manager).
Mi rendo conto che ho scelto io le persone, ma non credo che molte altre persone si sarebbero comportate in modo differente.
Spero soltanto che domenica ci siano tante persone quante domenica scorsa alla partita, e almeno un coach, e che sappia i nomi dei suoi giocatori in modo da poterli scegliere.
Sono un po' sorpreso (anzi, non lo sono affatto) che non ci siano stati allenamenti durante tutta la settimana, mi chiedo come sia possibile che il coach titolare non abbia sostenuto ancora nemmeno un allenamento...
L'Allenatore in Seconda ha fatto molto la settimana scorsa, tuttavia questa settimana non l'ho visto nemmeno online... magari ha ancora problemi di connessione?
Ho visto alcuni giocatori allenarsi per conto proprio e li ringrazio per la comprensione, io purtroppo non ho mezzi per costringere nessuno a collegarsi o a svolgere allenamenti, né sarebbe mio compito tenere sotto controllo lo svolgimento degli allenamenti (questo sarebbe un incarico del Team Manager).
Mi rendo conto che ho scelto io le persone, ma non credo che molte altre persone si sarebbero comportate in modo differente.
Spero soltanto che domenica ci siano tante persone quante domenica scorsa alla partita, e almeno un coach, e che sappia i nomi dei suoi giocatori in modo da poterli scegliere.
Monday, October 15, 2007
1st Round Results
Official results from Coppa Italia 1st round:
Group A :
Juventus - Billionaire POSTPONED
Cittadella - Nikeddy 1-4
Group B :
Itland - Lazio 4-2
Mediterraneo FC - Fiorentina 1-7
Group C :
Parma - Roma 3-3
Vstex - Inter 7-0
Group D :
Milan - SNN 2-8
Napoli - Verona 5-2
Group A :
Juventus - Billionaire POSTPONED
Cittadella - Nikeddy 1-4
Group B :
Itland - Lazio 4-2
Mediterraneo FC - Fiorentina 1-7
Group C :
Parma - Roma 3-3
Vstex - Inter 7-0
Group D :
Milan - SNN 2-8
Napoli - Verona 5-2
Oct 14, 2007 - SNN vs.Milan 8 - 2
Easy victory.
I don't think this team has done much training.
I did not recognize any names on their team from practice sessions at TIM.
They did not seem to have an organized defensive plan.
There were several occassions when our attackers went downfield unopposed.
I think the only times that they penetrated our defense and got
close to our goal was when we did not know the ball was in play.
There were at least a couple of instances where they started their attack
while we were just standing, waiting for a faceoff or kick from the sidelines.
There was lack of communication from the referee.
Maybe he should have a start-stop whistle or light that everyone can hear or see.
From now on, to be safe, we should assume that the ball is is play
whenever an opponant has the ball on our side of the field.
For Defenders;
There was at least one occassion when their attacker got past all our defenders
and should have had an easy goal. (for some reason one of them froze for a couple of seconds).
As a general rule I think there should always be at least two players (one being the goalie)
between the ball and our goal at all times.
If you are not actively engaging the attacker, try to position yourself in the attackers likely path.
I don't think this team has done much training.
I did not recognize any names on their team from practice sessions at TIM.
They did not seem to have an organized defensive plan.
There were several occassions when our attackers went downfield unopposed.
I think the only times that they penetrated our defense and got
close to our goal was when we did not know the ball was in play.
There were at least a couple of instances where they started their attack
while we were just standing, waiting for a faceoff or kick from the sidelines.
There was lack of communication from the referee.
Maybe he should have a start-stop whistle or light that everyone can hear or see.
From now on, to be safe, we should assume that the ball is is play
whenever an opponant has the ball on our side of the field.
For Defenders;
There was at least one occassion when their attacker got past all our defenders
and should have had an easy goal. (for some reason one of them froze for a couple of seconds).
As a general rule I think there should always be at least two players (one being the goalie)
between the ball and our goal at all times.
If you are not actively engaging the attacker, try to position yourself in the attackers likely path.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Seconda maglia / Away jersey
Sono pronte le seconde maglie, quelle bianche con bordi neri, da trasferta.
I giocatori (tranne i portieri) sono invitati a farne richiesta apponendo qui un commento con nome, cognome e numero di maglia. Le richieste saranno evase il prima possibile.
Chi non ne farà richiesta non riceverà la seconda maglia.
Grazie per la collaborazione.
Away jerseys, white ones, are ready.
The players (except goalkeepers) are kindly invited to put a comment here asking for it, writing name, surname and jersey number. Jerseys will be sent as soon as possible.
The players not asking for the away jersey won't receive any.
Thanks for your collaboration.
I giocatori (tranne i portieri) sono invitati a farne richiesta apponendo qui un commento con nome, cognome e numero di maglia. Le richieste saranno evase il prima possibile.
Chi non ne farà richiesta non riceverà la seconda maglia.
Grazie per la collaborazione.
Away jerseys, white ones, are ready.
The players (except goalkeepers) are kindly invited to put a comment here asking for it, writing name, surname and jersey number. Jerseys will be sent as soon as possible.
The players not asking for the away jersey won't receive any.
Thanks for your collaboration.
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