Be Excellent To Each Other

Big Ears Linke-ker is munching a bag of crisps when the camera fades into him. He quickly hides them under his clipboard...

"What a game we just saw. Real one sided stuff with GAZCHAP having 63% of the possession and really deserving a victory but all he could muster was a draw against THEVISION. Gazchap scored early on leaving TheVision fighting back in the second half to score a classic 'run at the keeper and curl it in' goal. The final score.. GAZCHAP - 1 THEVISION - 1"


Thanks for the game Gazchap!! We were excellent to each other.. not one foul in the whole game! I'm really looking forward to the rest of the tournament... I wish it had been about 12 years ago though. I was good at Sensi soccer then.

Needs more Alan Hansen.

But yeah, good game. Trés enjoyable, you had a couple more cracking chances towards the end there that could have seen you taking the match.

But... but according to the 1st post I only have to play you in round 1, and no-one in round 2! I'm terribly confused.

Don't be, Curio is a mong. As there's three teams in a group there will only be one player who has two games each fortnight. You only have the one game to play.

Curiosity - sorry I missed you, I came on around 10 but you were in a game of CoD 4. Left to do something, took longer than I thought I'd be and by the time I came back you were offline. Are you free tomorrow evening (or even later today if you see this)?

I should be on tomorrow night, and should be drunk, giving you a further advantage.

I completely forgot to play either of my matches, even though I was in a game of CoD with Sheepeh!

ScarySheep 3000 2 Curiosity 0

Zombie United took on The Forumites in what was a close fought battle. It could have gone either way, but a goal just before half time gave the Zombies a great breakthrough. Despite some pressure in the second half, the Forumites couldn't get a goal, and the Zombies stole posession and played the ball forwards for their striker to net a second from close range and seal the victory, which they comfortably held on to for the remaining minutes. The game ends 2 - 0.

It really could've gone either way... back luck, sir.

I had the exact same problem last time we ran this cup... I always have loads of shots... they just never go in.

I'm going away for the weekend, so I won't be around at 8pm tonight to sort this out. Current tables as below:



Mark X is going to find it tough to qualify from the group of death now, it seems, although at this early stage all is not lost. The clash of the titans met in Group B with Romanista shading it - I don't want to predict who's going to top that group! Only one game played in both Groups A & C, so not much to talk about there - the less said about Group B, the better...

Opinions on whether Runcle should be replaced or we should wait until he has his new Xbox? Can Dimrill/GazChap and Curio/Sheepeh get their games played ASAP please?

Fixtures for Rounds 3 & 4 are below. You have until 8pm on Friday 27th June 2008 to play these matches:

Fixtures - Round 3

Sheepeh vs Scarysheep 3000
Mark X vs Romanista
TheVision vs Dimrill
Goatboy vs myoptika

Round 4

Curiosity vs Scarysheep 3000
Ramsea vs Romanista
GazChap vs Dimrill
Runcle vs myoptika

Good luck, everyone.

Why would I play Dimrill again in round 4 but not have a match in round 3? Dimrill and I are gonna get our Round 2 match played tonight with a bit of luck.

You play Dimrill in Rounds 1 & 4. The round robin repeats itself after three rounds, but with home and away teams switched around... might be worth playing both games at the same time tonight.

D'oh, if only I'd seen that post beforehand.

Anyway.

GazChap (Forumites) 1 - 0 (School Dinners) Dimrill

A warm-up match before the main event ended with a goal-less draw that saw both teams shatter the woodwork to pieces on a regular basis. Final possession was 50/50. Moving on to the actual game, some rash fouling by GazChap in the opening minutes raised eyebrows. Both teams had a roughly equal share of the possession and goal attempts, the woodwork again taking something of a battering from both sides.

Late in the first half GazChap's midfielder was sent off after a particularly vicious foul, and his star striker was substituted in the middle of the second half after a nasty tackle from Dimrill left him writhing on the floor in agony.

The chances continued from both ends, with Dimrill's players putting up a sterling effort and managing some good tackles and clearances. Unfortunately, in the 90th minute GazChap managed to leg it down the field and curl one off into the back of the 'net.

i'll be back in the country on thursday (need to be in cologne for work http://www.linkforum.eu)

so maybe a game thursday night?

Sheepeh and/or Curiosity - fancy getting our games in before Obscur-o-night tomorrow?

It's set to 10PM because I get in at 9 from work and need to eat dinner etc, but if I finish up early and have a few minutes, certainly.

Ah, ok. If not then I'm free most of this week at the mo.

Around that time should work for me, invalid-feyonce permitting (she's got an inner ear infection and her balance is not all it could be).

That certainly suits me, as I probably won't have much spare time in the week before then.

How are we doing with this? I haven't seen Goatboy online at all this week, so haven't been able to play my match.

I'll endeavour to catch up with the sheep types soon.

Was this also aimed at me?

What time can you "do" tonight?

I'm available for most of weekend also if thats any good for you?

myoptika (Zombie Utd) 2 - 0 (Forumites) Goatboy

Group D finally gets underway with a win for myoptika's brainmunchers. Although I had most of the attacking play, Goatboy lead a valiant rearguard action, repealing wave after wave of undead shooting.

After hitting the woodwork twice, I finally managed to find the net after 30 mins. I could only relax midway through the second half after slotting away a second. Goatboy had two great chances in the second half, firstly to equalise and then to get back into the game with about five minutes left.

All-in-all a good game and well played to The Goat.

Lulz, had a really enjoyable game where I went down 0-2 to myoptika, brought back memories of playing against mates on the Amiga and ST. I'm starting to 'get' SWOS again now, having had it sat on my drive for ages, but I need to learn how to finish properly before I bother playing much online, I can create openings but my shots are fucking hopeless.

Well done Myoptika!

Yeah I enjoyed it too. No discernable lag, either!

mark/ramsea, not have that much time, but wednesday 25th?,

I think that should be okay for me.

Splendid. Just give us a shout if you see me on Live.

Curiosity (Zombies) 2 Scarysheep 3000 (Forumites) 1

In a match that was exciting without ever threatening to become a classic, Curiosity's Zombies took the lead through what looked like a jinking, twisting and turning run of genius by the striker, but was actually a cack-handed attempt at keeping the ball in possession. The shot went in though, so it was 1-0.

Shortly before half time though, the Zombie keeper passed the ball to the opposition for the second time, and the striker made no mistake. 1-1 at half time.

In the second half it was end to end action, but the Forumites copied the Zombies by passing the ball to a defender who was caught in possession. One diagonal shot later and 2-1 was the score.

Despite a post hit for either side, and a ridiculously long goalmouth scramble in front of the Zombie keeper, nobody could net again and it ended 2 - 1.

that's a deal then.. are we live-befriended yet?

edit: no we're not, just send you a friend request (to BrokenTV)

I got an email today saying my eggbox has been mended and is being sent back, I have a 12 month subscription live thing at the ready so my season should start within a week hopefully.

They also (usally, at least) give you a free month of XBox live along with your fixed console.

Good stuff. Remember everyone else, that this Friday is the deadline for Rounds 3 & 4.

Sheepeh! When you free for our bout? Preferably not Weds if poss...

Any time Thursday or Friday is good for me. Also Curiosity still needs to play me!!

Yes I do.

I can make any evening time today and tomorrow, or possibly very late on Thursday. Friday is out.

Dimrill - when are you available dude?

Tonight? About 9?

Yup, sounds good.

Dimrill's Dinners 2 - GazChap's Forumites 1

Yup, before 9:00 is good for me

oh predicted homecoming parade for my eggbox is thursday woohoo.

And after full-time of the football* is good for me.

(*The semi-finals of Euro 2008, that is. Not the SWOS football.)

Dull match?

i'm at home and wil have my xbox running from 8 cet to the match and from the match, so i hope to see you both then

if you accept my friend request, natch

I... can't remember much. GazChap, fill him in if you recall.

Practice match beforehand in which Dimrill narrowly beat me 1-0. In my defense (or rather, not, as the case may be) one of my defenders got sent off.

Dimrill outplayed me for the "real" match, with 55% to 45% possession and a significantly higher number of shots, as well as shots on target. I managed to scrape an equalizer back in the 72nd minute (after Dimrill scored in the 31st) but he quickly responded and went into the lead again in the 84th minute. There was no way back.

damn, kind of missed everybody, looked a few times before the match, but markx had just left, and ramsea messaged me after it it was too late, but now i see mark did show upafterward... tomorrow new chance?

I realise it's a bit late for me to type this now, but I've simply not had a chance to get on SWOS tonight. I shall keep an eye out for you online over the next few days, as I'm tantalisingly close to getting my free time back.