Ouch!

By looking at the outcome it would not be hard to guess that we played one of the better teams in our league, if not best, earlier today. There isn't a strategy in the world we could have used that would have made this match a competitive one. At the moment it's just not possible, the lack of talent the Madhatters 06 have with the abundance in talent Japan4 have, no chance. Oh well, there's always next week. A crowd of 4616 braved the miserable weather at the Polo Grounds to watch the onslaught by Japan4. Madhatters 06 played their usual 4-5-1 formation with attacking on the wings as their tactic. Japan4 opted for the 3-5-2 formation with normal tactic. Japan4 held the ball for the better part of the match, 87% to be exact. One yellow card was awarded to Madhatters 06 Miquel Angel Puertas for holding while Ben Browne of Japan4 earned himself a red card for delay of game and a handball. Japan4 won the match by a score of 8-0. Japan4 scorers were, Tony Ruark, Fredrik Cedererberg, Jean-Christophe Larocque, Alejandro Borelli, Stephen O'Toole, Jean-Christophe Larocque, Stephen O'Toole, Alejandro Borelli. The Rating and lineup for the Madhatters 06: Midfield: disastrous (very high) Right Defence: poor (very low) Central Defence: poor (low) Left Defence: poor (high) Right Attack: poor (very high) Central Attack: wretched (very high) Left Attack: poor (low) Lineup: Larouche - Aindow, Garner, Puertas, Moore - Massé, MacRobie, Sesma, De Leon, Rystad -Béliveau Match Rating and lineup for the Japan4: Midfield: passable (low) Right Defence: excellent (low) Central Defence: excellent (low) Left Defence: excellent (very high) Right Attack: solid (very high) Central Attack: inadequate (very low) Left Attack: weak (low) Lineup: Moser - Ahern, bin Mohammed, Cedererberg - Borelli, Larocque, Diffley, Roe, Browne - O'Toole, Ruark