Agree with Lao Wang. In the game of soccer, do not try to play God by picking or choosing who gets to play against whom. I have learned enough lesson of doing that and most of the time the fate will play against your favour in the end. Just set you goal pure and clear: Dragon has the talents to beat any team in this division by a margin. Just come out and enjoy the last game at our full capcity of skill and fun. The result will take care of itself in the playoff. my 2 cents. Scott "Wang, Julian" wrote: > Hi, Guys: > > I doubt ND40 will care which team they will play with. They will try to > beat all the teams and get the champion. For team Dragon, what you need > is to relax and to beat whichever team you will play with and be the > best team. If your guys can play the way as you did for most of the last > game, you can beat any team. Do not put any unnecessary pressure and > burden to yourself. > > Relex, enjoy and win, > Lao Wang > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Dong [mailto:johndong@microsoft.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:21 PM > To: Eric Zhang; Chen, Mark; dragon@ez.swmed.edu > Subject: RE: 10th League Sunday game: 12:30pm at Highpoint E, Plano > > Assume all the analysis is correct, I think we should LOSE. Seriously, > ND40 need to win to play us if they intend to, otherwise they will play > with Drillers. At least they need to WIN to play us... > > We can just practice our format and strategies in the game. > > J > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Zhang [mailto:eric.zhang@UTSouthwestern.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:08 PM > To: Chen, Mark; dragon@ez.swmed.edu > Subject: Re: 10th League Sunday game: 12:30pm at Highpoint E, Plano > > All: > > I don't think that next game is important to us. Win or lose, we can't > pick > any team in playoff. ND40 can. Look the schedule, we play with Drillers > at > 11:00am. ND40 play with United S.C. 3:00pm. If ND40 like to pick a team, > they will keep an eye on our game. > If ND40 really want to pick Drillers, we win and they win OR we lose > and > they lose. > If ND40 want to pick us, we win and they lose OR we lose and they > win. > > So, just play for fun on next game. let me and the bench have some play > time. > > It's my 2 cents. > > Go Dragons in playoff! > > Eric > > "Chen, Mark" wrote: > > > All, > > > > ND 40 is the toughest team, Drillers second, then FC Devan. And ND40 > > beats them all. Networkers is a skilled team, with less toughness. So > is > > Dragon. > > > > Well, let me try this again: > > > > ND40 Pick: Drillers > > ND40 always wins over Drillers 4:0, 2:1; > > ND40 never wins with netWorkers 2:4, 3:3; > > ND40 ties with Dragon 3:3; > > > > Networkers Pick: ND40 (Impossible), thus -> Dragon > > NetWorkers always wins/ties with ND40; > > NetWorkers never wins over Drillers 1:1, 2:3; > > Networkers ties with Dragon 1:1; > > > > Drillers Pick: NetWorkers > > Drillers always wins/ties with NetWorkers, 1:1, 3:2; > > Drillers always looses to ND40 0:4, 1:2; > > Drillers vs Dragon ? > > > > Dragons Pick: NetWorkers (Agree with Li Huan's opinion) > > Dragon ties with ND40 3:3; > > Dragon ties with NetWorkers 1:1; > > Dragon vs Drillers ? > > > > Current standing, ND40 vs Dragon and Drillers vs Networkers. So who > > wants to change or does not want to change? > > > > 1) ND40 may want to loose next game in order to play with Drillers; > > Networkers intend to play win in order to play Dragons; Drillers want > to > > win in order to play Networkers in the playoff; Dragons want to play > > with Networkers in the playoffs. Use current standing as a basis, we > may > > just want to tie/loose next game. > > > > 2) However, if Networkers assumes that we can beat Drillers, they want > > to loose next time to secure their play with us, then we loose and we > > have to play with ND40. We may want win with this assumption. > > > > 3) If ND40 does not care and go ahead win the next game, we may want > to > > win the next game in order to play with Networkers. > > > > 4) If ...... > > > > Well, I am confused already. One thing I can be sure is that Drillers > > really want to win next game in general. If they play too physical, we > > may just want to save our Zhu(3)-Li(4) for the playoffs. I guess we'll > > just play our game next Sunday, try to win, even though win/loose may > > not matter that much at all. > > > > Just my 2 cents, Go Dragons!!! > > > > -Chen, Si > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Li Huan [mailto:huan_l_99@yahoo.com] > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 6:29 PM > > To: Chen, Mark; Dragon (E-mail) > > Subject: Re: 10th League Sunday game: 12:30pm at Highpoint E, Plano > > > > Latest standing of this division: > > > > #1 North Dallas 40 65 points > > #2 Net-workers 60 points > > #3 Drillers 54 points > > #4 Dragon 50 points > > > > Since Drillers beat Net-workers (3:2) yesterday, > > the playoff teams has already been finalized in > > this division. The next Sunday game will be important > > for these four teams to choose their playoff > > opponents. > > > > Now, it looks like North Dallas 40 and Net-workers > > will remain as #1 and #2 for the regular season since > > their opponents in next game do not have any > > motivation > > to fight with them. North Dallas 40 only need to tie > > the game (vs. United S.C.) with a couple of goals to > > keep the #1 spot. To us, we need to beat Drillers in > > next game although we believe both North Dallas 40 and > > Net-workers are beatable. However, personally > > speaking, > > I would like to choose Net-workers as our playoff > > opponent since North Dallas 40 is more physical and > > has > > a pretty good midfield, which is able to put > > relatively > > more pressure on our defense. Its defense is slow and > > has a lot of gaps though. The performance of our > > midfield will be the key factor to beat them. > > Net-workers has the best goalie, from my opinion, in > > this division and has quite solid defense. However, > > its > > midfield is not very aggressive and it has only one > > pretty good striker. As far as we pay enough attention > > > > to their counter-attack, we should be able to dominate > > > > the game with our new playing style. > > > > Lets keep the momentum and get into the championship > > game again. > > > > Go Dragons, > > > > Huan Li > > > > > > --- "Chen, Mark" <MChen@santera.com> wrote: > > > Dragons, > > > > > > This Sunday 10/28, we will have a very critical game > > > against > > > Smith-Thompson United (Red Striper) at Highpoint E > > > -- Plano. The same > > > field we played last Sunday. As most of us know, we > > > will be in the > > > playoffs if we win. Then on the next makeup game on > > > 11/04/01, our team > > > can pick which team to play in the playoff. > > > > > > So every player is expected to arrive the field at > > > 12:30pm. Both BinBing > > > and Dick did pretty good last Sunday. Get enough > > > time to warm up, > > > stretch, etc. > > > > > > Also, this Thursday's team practice time is at > > > 7:45pm. We will do some > > > shooting to start with. Please be on time. > > > > > > If you are not able to show this Sunday, please let > > > me know. > > > > > > Go Dragons, > > > -Chen, Si > > > (972)814-4631 (M) > > -- > Eric Zhang > Howard Hughes Medical Institute > UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas > 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Y4-106, Dallas, TX 75390-9050 > Phone: (214)648-5034 > Fax: (214)648-5066 > E-mail: Eric.Zhang@UTSouthwestern.edu -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott Bao | | fax: 469-255-9490 Cisco Systems, Inc .|||. .|||. voice: 469-255-4176 2200 E. 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