A very unfriendly friendly

Apart from the pitiful 8-0 thrashing, the Madhatters 06 received a much-needed 14,000 in gate receipts and added three youth players to their starting squad. The forward Jan Kolnierzak, midfielder Nikolas Kaltsas, and winger Winfred Grasel, all three have a great deal of potential and should give the second team a much needed boost. I'm pretty sure that the weather was a small factor in today's onslaught, playing a new tactic under rain conditions, not a good idea, especially creative play. My two biffs for the day are the fact that a good many of the second half of the Madhatters 06 matches seem to be replicas of the first half of their matches? And, regarding players, the two that I'm a little disappointed in at this point are MacRobie (first team) and Lanus (second team) they seem to be static, nothing is happening. Oh well, time to get ready for this weekends league match against Brick Athletic FC, should be a barnburner, (Literally). A crowd of 2048 braved the tough weather today at the Nye Arasen Arena to watch a friendly international between their local Kanaris squad and the Madhatters 06. The Madhatters 06 changed their style a little by playing a 3-5-2 formation with creative play as their match tactic. The Kanaris opted for an offensive match strategy by using a 2-5-3 lineup with normal match tactic. The Kanaris dominated the match with a 76% ball possession. The Madhatters 06 earned a yellow card early in the first half when Robert Giordano charged the ball prior to the referee blowing his whistle. The Kanaris won the match by a score of 8-0. The Kanaris Scorers were, Flip Vik and Trond Remmen each with a hat-trick, Kristian Sundberg and Olav Elstad. The Rating and lineup for the Madhatters 06: Midfield: disastrous (very high) Right Defence: poor (very low) Central Defence: wretched (very high) Left Defence: wretched (very low) Right Attack: wretched (very low) Central Attack: wretched (high) Left Attack: wretched (very low) Lineup: Astilla - Moran, Giordano, Beutling - Gräsel, Chirivella, Lanús, Kaltsas, Kearney - Trudeau, Kołnierzak The Rating and lineup for the Kanaris: Midfield: poor (high) Right Defence: poor (very high) Central Defence: weak (very high) Left Defence: weak (low) Right Attack: inadequate (very high) Central Attack: weak (very high) Left Attack: poor (high) Lineup: Köferli - Tandberg, Øygarden - Sundberg, Vik, Remmen, Eriksson, Elstad - Nielsen, Lillehagen, Halkjær