Friday 16 March 2018

Spring Season - Week Eight - March 16th

- Sabr and Yaqeen started the night off with a 1-1 draw, Haya and Emaan followed with a tight game that ended 0-0, Ridha made a late comeback to tie Ikhlas 3-3 and Shukr defeated Ihsan 2-1 despite being outplayed.

Three Stars of the Week:
1st Star: Akib Malik (Ikhlas) - 2 goals and 1 Assist
2nd Star: Emad Hussain (Shukr) - 1 goal and 1 Assist
3rd Star: Khalid Mufti (Haya) - shutout

Mecca Conference :
RANK
TEAM
GP
WINS
LOSSES
TIES
POINTS
GF
GA
GD
1
7
3
1
3
9
11
7
4
2
7
3
2
2
8
16
13
3
3
7
3
2
2
8
16
19
-3
4
7
1
4
2
4
10
18
-8
Note: 4th place does not qualify for the playoffs   


Medina Conference:
RANK
TEAM
GP
WINS
LOSSES
TIES
POINTS
GF
GA
GD
1
7
4
1
2
10
16
11
5
2
7
2
2
3
7
9
11
-2
3
7
2
3
2
6
19
14
5
4
7
2
5
0
4
15
19
-4

Note: 4th place does not qualify for the playoffs   

- Next three games are within your own conference. This means games this week mean more! Teams in a struggle to either claim a playoff spot or move up to a higher seed have more control of their own fate the rest of the season.

- After a busy season with player activity it was a quiet trade deadline. While his name has come up (often) this season there was some speculation that Ridha GM Shaukat Khan may shop Abdu Sharkawy to see what would be offerred in return.  Traded twice this season, Sharkawy has proven to be a steal with 8 points in 7 games.

- We do have one waiver transaction: Sajid Khan has cleared waivers and will replace injured Aazar Zafaar and will join Emaan for the rest of the season.

It looks like the Solimon’s are trying to recreate this championship team:

- This is the second time this season Haya has battled to a 0-0 draw. In Week Five vs Shukr and now last week against Emaan. 

- So many people who aren’t in the league still follow the stats.  We saw Samad Hamidi interview Osman Buttar.  Recently we caught up with Tahir Marouf who played last season and gave his thoughts on why Maaz Haq is not running away with the scoring title as he did last year: “I guess people started to get use to his tendencies”.

- Speaking of scoring, do you know that Black Panther and Maaz Haq have the same amount of points. Must be that Vibranium shirt from Under Armor!

- Emad Hussain gave his team a big boost last week as Shukr had him start on defence but with a limited number of forwards available he was pushed up to play wing where he made a great impact, scoring his teams first goal and assisting on the winner.  When asked if his success against Ihsan goalie was in part to playing with Ahmad Mobin last season and learning his tendencies, Hussain was humble and said he was just glad to help his team get a big win.

- Back to the Osman Buttar sighting, when asked why he and Rizwan Kalair were watching the 11pm game they responded that Ali Wadee was worth the price of admission - likely intended to be a compliment but considering admission is free...

- Mecca vs Medina: who was the better conference during the last four games against each other?
Mecca: Shukr, Emaan, Yaqeen , and Ikhlas
Medina: Ihsan, Haya, Sabr, and Ridha

Medina had a record of: 4 Wins, 5 Loses, 7 Ties and scored 33 goals
Mecca had a record of: 5 Wins, 4 Loses, 7 Ties and scored 29 goals

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