A blow to the face

First game in the series turned out to be a liquid-nitrogen shower. The team was completely overrun due to poor management of the squad. The main reason: the lads were exhausted after playing just 3 days ago for the Cup and the team for the series hadn't pulled out its finest playes, who were considerably worn out.

That being said, the Cup game was a good victory overall, but we always keep in mind that the League is what truly matters.

We'll keep you posted on any news regarding the team.

Promotion and beyond

First of all we'd like to address congratulations on the fierce Golden Little Masks and Harimau FC for their respective promotions. As for the Raging Aliens, we feel for the team; our support will never wane.

Now, when talking about the Samurais, lot of sports analysts have been making statements about the easy-going season we had. While part of this is true, it is also true that the team has improved in a gargantuan way; promotions from the youth squad and players trade have blown a breath of fresh air to the group and we are most satisfied about it.

We have earned promotion, but our road to glory is just getting started. The season ahead is extremely tough and it is now that our fans' support becomes paramount.

V.65 (33879) is a series that José Bandoleiro, the star anchorman in "ESPN Iberialísimo" (Spain's ESPN branch), states as the following: "V.65... I would call it "Hell's Boiling Room". It's one of the toughest and roughest series I have ever come across in my 29 years of sports journalism. The sheer thought of having such powerful teams with such appalling technique and strong leadership is the only thing necessary to propel a shuttle into space".

And we couldn't agree more.

That being said, Samurais' next match will be against "deportibo oriental" next thursday for the Cup.

Hope to see you all there!

Fiefdom secured

Hi there fans!

You might have been missing the club's reports, but rest assure the team is at its best shape ever.

Big news of the week was the overwhelming victory over GRACIELA last sunday with the scorer nearly bursting because of data overloading: 10-1! The Swiss-Knife Sylvester Altmann delivers true justice to his nickname, serving as proficiently in defensive as in attacking ranks; this match's hat-trick was his career's sixth! We are more than proud to have him on the team.

Riny van der Well and José Víctor Traverso have proven their offensive prowesses throughout the season, claiming 32 goals amongst the two, more than a third of the Samurais' goal count!

Our beloved Tomás Sténeri has landed a pretty decent deal with another team, and we are more than happy that he did.

The club is currently going through some facility upgrades and times are hectic when addressing the blog, but we are definitely improving not just for the club, but for our fans as well.

Cheers!

Twitter!

Hello there! We just created a Twitter account.

Follow us on http://twitter.com/whitesamurais

Cheers!

Departures on Season 3

The club is going through an easy-going period at the moment. Certainly fans have been our main source of strength and passion, and the team trains hard each week looking forward to fulfill fans' expectations on the field every sunday.

That being said, changes are taking place. It is normal for clubs to lose and gain players, but we like to make it memorable in any of those circumstances. Today we are sad about two of our players leaving the team: Tomás Sténeri and Santiago Vonder Putten. They both have contributed to the team on their own fields. Tomás has always been the prankster, pulling jokes and shenanigans inside and outside the pitch, memorable moments being netting a red card for an opposing team by constantly teasing one of their strikers' buttocks from behind on corner kicks and inviting a hand tackle to the face; he also once performed a huge prank involving board members and mistresses, though that came out somewhat wrong and got suspended for a month. We all laughed regardless of that.

Santiago Vonder Putten has been one of the main scorers of Season 1 and 2, keeping 28 balls inside the net and nailing hattricks on 3 matches. It may not be amazing, but that's before we tell you he's got only 50 TSI. We know what you're thinking, and he may not be as skillful as it looks, but once he steps onto the field it's like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. A fine striker on his dusk, may he find a good team to end his career with. We're certainly going to miss him, but he and the Samurais have to move on. He's leaving with his chin up high, always keeping his katana sharp.

And last, but not least, we want to be straight with all accusations emerging in the media. Juan Pedro Gottdank was indeed summoned to be part of the first team but his controversial and disrespectul attitude clashed against the responsibilities and values needed to be enrolled on a major team. We didn't forsee this, being our feelings guided on how well he behaved on the youth squad and recommendations from coach's assistant Simón Morena. We had to let Juan Pedro go, not before logging him into another football academy.

Youth team has been performing extremely good lately, with a couple of players about to make it to the main squad any time from now.

Have a good week everyone!

Flying high

Hi everyone, we've been drifting away from this blog because of executive board restructures, but we want you to know things are doing better than ever for the club in every single aspect.

Three games into the tournament and we are the solid leaders of the series by a good margin. Youths are taking a breather and the staff is stable, for now.

Sadly, not everything's as sunny as we'd like, and this is a matter we want to address as soon as possible with you, our beloved fans: this season has no real challenging rival to oppose our team. Now, don't take that lightly, every game is grabbed by the horns and going after the take down, sliding some dirty boxing when necessary. The Samurais never underrate a rival, but there are no pelusitas nor YuyinxD to boil blood over to.

I'm not quite sure what that meant, but you get the picture.

Stay tuned for more info about this glorious club. If you have any suggestions and/or request, please do let us know about them.

The third's the charmed!

Great start of our third season, winning against the only true contender this series has to offer.

We won't get too much into details ATM, but we will say that this is not a season to be taken lightly: since we're most confident in claiming the big trophy, we know next season will be harsh as wiping with sandpaper.

It's not enough to be the best, we have to be flawless.

Have a great season everybody!

Sorrow

The season came to an end and the Samurais were unable to take hold of the prize.

We can't express how sad we are about it. Expectations were high amongst the team and the fans as well. It's not sadness because of failing to beat YuyinxD, but because of letting down our beloved supporters.

Today the whole staff is having a close-doors gathering at the campus to have a thoughtful insight at last night's game and the whole season too. Words from coach Lambetain at the end of the match:

"Lads, you have been glorious tonight. More than any other night in this whole season. We all knew our rival aimed to trample over us, relentlessly forcing its way through our ranks. We proved that the Samurais fight to the end, with honor and with untainted pride above all. This was the last match of the season and the first one we lose, but don't let that bring you down my sacred warriors, that's exactly what it means: WE WON 13 OF THE 14 GAMES WE HAD. Isn't that something to be proud of? Isn't that worthy of happiness and isn't it a milestone in our road to glory?

You have poured heart, blood and soul into this game, into this club. That won't go unnoticed. You'll having a couple of weeks off now, you better enjoy them as much as you can, but the reward you have is not leisure, but the merit of nearly nailing a perfect season. Only the best can accomplish it, and you surely are the best. You'll all be in my team any day, any time.

Good work, keep it up."

There is nothing more to say. Next wednesday and friday we'll enable fans and club members to join us in activities side-to-side with some of the players.

Cheers and huge kudos to our fans for their endless burning passion for the club.

Unexpected arrival

We're very upset about the deeds of one of our scouts. We're not going to be openly public about it, but an unsupervised bid took place.

The team spirit decreased, a sensitive blow at this point of the tournament. There are very few matches ahead and "goal" means "gold" to us.

Wait for further news.

Team roster gets pumped up

We've finally come across a fine winger, finnish side-lane roadster Sami Sova. He got along with the rest of the crew pretty fine, specially bonding with his compatriot Sami Angeria.

Last night we played a friendly match against some random team. We crushed them against our odds.

Next sunday's game will be decisive. We'll see how training goes this week to set a lane to Sova and hopefully manage to brush the final strokes on the formation that will be clashing against YuyinxD at EOS.

Looking forward to...

Last night's match didn't see freshmen José Pérez under a bright light, but we do take into account that it was his first pro match and nervousness can be mischieving.

Sadly enough, Arthur "The Black Winger of Death" Werner suffered a nasty challenge. Caos midfielder Renato García bullied him a bit and Faccio gently intervened just to get ranted all over his face. He wouldn't let his teammate and best mate get trashed about and after a couple of chest tackles the rival's pawn got a grip and let it go. A couple of minutes later, after a terrific crossing which Faccio ended with a splendid scissor-kick, the earlier maul took its toll and Werner demanded a substitution realizing his left knee got sprained.

Now we're 7 goals under YuyinxD rather than the 8 we were last week.

On other issues, bidding for our required winger is nearly impossible. We'll see how end of season turns out. Nobody said aiming for the title was easy!

The club's expecting next match's income to pull the lever a bit; regarding next sunday match, coach Lambetain is expecting more of Pérez.

Debut

Newly promoted defender José Pérez will be making his debut tonight against Caos F.C at "la chatarrería" stadium.

We thought that people were kidding about the name of the arena, but that's the real name. Lame.

Well, regardless of that, we're really looking forward to see José in action, since he proved his worth at the youth academy.

Robertino Peñalva has been very eager to make his breakthrough into the main team, but we told him it's too soon to have him in the big leagues. He's got terrific potential and we're dead sure he's going to be the next Samurai star in our heaven.

The season is heading to its end, players are accomplishing great things, everything seems to be going great to this mighty warriors.

Stay tuned for more info!

Finances are mining acquisitions

The players' scouting is a daily exercise which is taken over by the coach assistant Mario "The Sniper" Fagundez. Mario is the sole responsible of unsurpassable defender Oldenburger and attacking force's spear tip Van der Well signing into the club.

He says: "Spotting players is not as easy as it may seem to be. Not because the transfer pool is empty, au contraire, players who excel at the requisits we look for abound. The problem is in the finances department. The accountant pre-sets me with an exact budget that I can't get reckless with. Bids turn wild during the last moments of the auctions and cool-minded decisions are quite hard to take hold of. During my career I've went overboard a couple of times, but at this point of the season and planning the matches ahead, I can't get caught in the bidding frenzy. The search must go on."

Incomes are steadily growing, but club expenses are smothering any chance of hiring good quality players. Will we get a good winger by the time we face YuyinxD? Only time will tell.

Youthfulness in bloom

The little Runners just played abroad on a visit to our dearly beloved friends, the Golden Little Masks. The clash against the Golden Mascaritas proved the hard work to be done in days ahead.

The crushing defeat was in fact refreshing for the little rabid bear cubs, who claimed that the excitement of visiting another country, meeting the brotherly squad and finally comprehending the bonds of brotherhood and friendship that bonds our two clubs is a life-long lesson to be learned.

In the Mascaritas they've found good friends and hopefully everlasting relationships that transcend the pitch. Some of the Runners have expressed their feelings over this journey and how it helped them to get over the sorrow of their bad performance at the youth series.

The youngsters are lit up and eager to play back home.

We cannot express in words our gratitude towards GLM management staff, who assisted our kids and personnel in terms of accomodation, tours and some travel expenses. We'd like to repay in kind any time soon.

The top is higher than we expected

It's not like the team is doing badly. Not at all. Thing is, YuyinxD is getting stronger by the weekend and we must be well prepared to face them in three-weeks time.

Now an eight-goal difference sets us apart from the top and the samurais are trying their best to overcome its rivals by a larger margin, but to no avail. Last match was 7-0 for the samurais, but our bitter enemies went 8-0 on the final scoreboard.

It's not undermining though, since we're doing some pretty strong scouting looking for hawk-esque wingers to provide some vertigo on rival's sidelines. It's also important to take note of the fact that YuyinxD are playing with 3-5-2 formations lately and we have to come up with a counter-tactic soon.

We'll keep you posted on any further issues.

Today's match

We don't usually talk about matches before they take place, but today's different because we are quite excited about the game scheme good ol' coach Lambetain has been developing over these few days.

Fans complaint on friday and yesterday because of the coach's decision of having close-doors training exercises, but since they're expecting a favorable result, we are confident in bringing satisfaction to our beloved followers. The fan base is steadily growing, and with their utmost loyalty we hope to accomplish the League Cup.

Be sure to follow the match on HT Live if you can't attend to the Ken Watanabe Arena tonight, though we strongly encourage you to do it since we're having free giveaways for fans at the exit lounge.

On a side note: the samurai's apprentices, the Ashigaru Runners, are abroad for this week since they're playing their first international match at our great friend club GLM's stadium, The Golden Ring. The Runners are pitting against the Golden Mascaritas, and hopefully they'll raise the team spirit and morale a bit, since they're having no success at all in the youth series. Best of luck for both teams.

Plans ahead

The club's pouring all its effords in attaining the title of VI.536 Series. Truth be told, it's going quite smoothly, hard training, rehearsing formations and players' positions, pushing the envelope every sunday clash.

Only five weeks sets YuyinxD apart from us, and we better be prepared. The team's going into thorough scouting of quick wingers and head specialists for defence.

It's going to be a match to remember!

All cannons are aiming towards GRACIELA1, looking forward to blast away the opponents' net next sunday.

Not enough

Hello everyone, how have you been? As you know, the Samurais are doing quite well into the season but can't manage to reach our rivals, YuyinxD. We have to come clean about it: we are pissed about it.

The Samurais do win by lots of goals, but they just keep slipping out of our hands. We recently made a spectacular acquisition: newly hired Riny "The Raging Tulip" van der Well. His debut couldn't have been better, netting a hat-trick by constantly overwhelming the rivals. What a match!

Whilst the main Samurais are doing fine, the youngsters aren't performing so well. Maybe it's because of midterms or their first heartbreakes, but we soon have to fix that leek. It'll be a duly appointed subject.

We'll be writing soon for more info about the team.

Cheers.

Ch-ch-ch-changes ♪

Second season is well underway and the team is looking forward to claiming the league trophy for the first time. Hard work, having fun and comeradership are key stones to enhancing the group's performance week after week.

As a team on the rise, additions had to be made: by hiring spokepersons, accountants, physiotherapists and doctors we've amassed a total of 14 members in the staff. Plus, we've hired one more scout for our youth squad, since a couple of the kids decided not to take part in the epic journey that being part of the Samurais represents. We wish all the best for them and their families.

As far as the series are concerned, we are tied with YuyinxD by points, but remain as runner-ups by goal margin. Eight goals keeps us apart but we are quite confident in our work strategy looking forward to week 14, our next clash against our rivals.

We're trying new formations and the lads are getting the hang of it; last match was won with 5 goals on top of our bot rival but having a passable experience with the new 3-4-3 line-up. It sure looks like a profitable change, though during the next few weeks we'll be trying out some new tactics with the aforementioned play scheme.

We'd like to give shoutouts to our beloved friends at Golden Little Mask; the club's not going through the best of times and we'd like them to know they have full support from us.

News

Hi there fans! We're back with a crapload of news for you today.

We salute the brave warriors on the matches won against the botted team talleres f.c. and the user-managed club river fronterizo. Even though poor management during week 2, the team pulled off a nice victory against talleres giving the team a nice goal pool to fight YuyinxD off the second place, since they are ahead of us by a 5-goal margin.

As the season develops, we see YuyinxD is a slightly fearsome team. With powerful players and probably 3+ seasons under the belt, the rival squad is likely to be the sour milk during this tournament. We've come across a tie the first time we pitted against each other. It was a testing game, we were carefully measuring our abilities, our weaknesses, our opportunities. Next time it won't be as easy as it was.

Because of that, an addition to the team took place recently: dutch wing back Sytse-Jan Oldenburger came to the team as a fan favorite. Coach Lambetain came to the management team and asked for that specfic player as the board was preoccupied on other club negotiations. Lambetain's steadfast resolve gave him a fresh player to stuff the trenches.

Now the target's on midfielders and strikers to build up the team for week 14, the next clash against our season's enemies.

We'll definitely be getting more staff members as well.

Regarding our youth team, even though it's not an awesome squad ATM, we have great confidence in the little brave ones. There may be some departures, since some of the lads aren't motivated enough and do have other interests and/or obligations they must take hold of. We'll keep you posted on this matter.

A new beginning

Last night's match against YuYiNxD was quite enlightening (from now on I'll write the name without capping).

Even though the opponents were apparently more skillful than our beloved warriors, the team's defence and midfield were as stoic as the weather allowed. The scorching sun boiled the arena in an Inferno fashion, pressing onto the lads to no avail. The goal wasn't tainted but the attack opportunities were hard to come across with.

The clever coach Lambetain has matured enough to forsee the gameplay according to the conditions displayed. Knowing the enemies' advantages and our weaknesses, he told the brave ones to play a mistake-based offensive game. Wait for openings. Turtle up if necessary. Crouch in the bushes like a tiger and wait until the prey lowers its guard, then pounce towards it and slash the motherfucker's belly exposing its innards and bust its neck with a 14 ton car-crushing diplodocus-mauling bite.

It didn't happen though.

End-of-match report shows us that WE had the advantage regarding overall rating details. That shows us, and the world, that good players don't necessarily make the difference. It's all about tactics, comradery and huge manly sacks.

The new season kicks off!

The team so far

As we eagerly await next season, off-season gives us a little bit of playtime and work in the meantime.

The youth team is responding extremely good to training and players re-locations. Gómez, Oyarbide and Peñalva are greatly comfortable in their positions so far. Their mid-field and forward abilities have proven their worth on last two matches, blatantly overwhelming the opposition.

As for the main team, we are quite confident the Samurais will earn and retain first position in the next series. Changes are right round the corner: Aniceto Moglia was fired because of disrespectfulness towards the management team and staff. While discussing the renewal of his contract, he felt he wasn't making it to the first team (again) and spat on Lambetain's face. His last words were: "Ever since I joined this team I put my heart and soul into it. You don't deserve me." We must say he did put his heart and soul to the team, except when he got wasted once every two weeks and never went to get the ball each time he drove it out of the training field.

In another turn of events, Gianfranco Bueno is leaving us on his own since he says he found a better way to make a living: as a dealer.

In a casino.

We sure hope the best for him!

And last but not least, next season we'll be having a new team to pitch against: YuYiNxD.

Checking upon the players, it's more of an old, but extremely experienced squad. We'll just have to show our youthfulness, skill and good looks against the old war veterans.

This will be a season to remember!

A few updates

The team has been very busy last two weeks. A lot of changes are shaping up the end of the season with healthy winds.

In our last friendly match the Samurais fell horribly under a battering pelusita who gave no mercy and didn't leave a single round to fire. We'd like to remember our fans that pelusita's voodoo dolls are a purely aesthetic item, but we are working with Obama's grandmother who is a shaman to get our hands on some real dolls.

Last week's match was one to enjoy. The Samurais thought GRACIELA1 came onto the pitch with no will to win whatsoever since they weren't gonna make it to the top 4. Surprisingly enough, G1 bursted on the first minutes and scored a swift-handled ball into the net. Alain Welker made a fool out of Rieks-Pedersen with a ball through the pipe line and smackin' him on the buttocks as he flew by past him.

It only made things worse for the defence warriors. 5 minutes after Atilio Iribarne nimbly evaded Moratorio's murderous halberd and lunged the ball into the goal.

14 minutes into the fray, the "Black Devil from the Right", our beloved and almost mythical Enzo Faccio pulled off some sleight of feet and after slipping through enemy lines heel-kicked the ball to start to even up the score. He didn't made the fans wait, since at the next minute Faccio netted the tie in a splendid show of field-awareness, throwing two bricks and building consecutive walls to end up blasting a right-footed shot from the small box.

Vonder Putten's scoring abilities make up for his overall sloppy footwork, a fact G1 knew the hard way when the 3-2 for the away team showed up in the LED panel.

Vonder Putten displayed some Nico Rotundo's-kinda magic when after dodging 2 bloodstained shins made up the 4-2 for the Samurais. Things went downhill for G1, getting people injured and getting owned in general.

The Samurais are already setting their eyes on the next season, easily claiming a solid 2nd place in VI.536. With 2 more matches to go, the lads are playing as cool as ever but never letting their guard down. We are eagerly awating tonight's match against talleres f.c, our fans are dead sure we're gonna win, and we love to please our fans.

Friendly match or rekindling of the rivalry?

In just a few hours we'll be pitting against pelusita on a friendly match they most happily agreed to play. The Ronins (or simply put, our B squad) will give the shogun's advocates a nice match to spectate from the terraces.

Meanwhile, coach Lambetain takes this instance as a sparring match to polish some edges and cement some players on the field.

Will this be a match to remember?

Absolutely not.

Entry fees are half the price for non-members and free for members of the club. Minors under 12 won't pay ticket. Be sure to pay visit to our gift shop for nice discounts on ashtrays, cutlery and pelusitaFC's players' voodoo dolls.

Another egg in the basket

12075 fiery souls showed up for the first of the last 4 matches of the season at the Ken Watanabe Arena last sunday night.

Samurais took on Los KA with a totally mind-driven game, playing creatively all across the midfield, with wingers flying madly throughout the side lanes and crossing venomous passes through land and sky. The team had no shame about last week's defeat and even gave no mercy to Los KA.

Defence played a key role imposing against the frail opposing striker's attitude towards attacking. Like little sissy girls throwing peantus to a tiger, KA's offensive line fell under the mighty defending pressence of the Samurais.

Despite this fact, ball possession in the first half went equal both ways. It was clear that the mental worning out of the team translated onto their bodies. Coach Lambetain gave a memorable speech during half time:

"What's this?"

- A ball.

"What is it made of?"

- Leather.

"Where does leather come from?"

- The cow.

"Where does the cow live?"

- In a field.

"What's in a field?"

- Grass.

"What does the cow eat?"

- Grass.

"Well then, we'll give it [the ball] grass, right? Ok, Faccio, give me a boot. Then, this is a ball, what is *this*?"

- A boot.

"What is it made of?"

- Leather.

"Where does leather come from?"

- From the cow.

"WRONG. This is MALE. This comes from the bull. If this [the ball] is femenine, the cow, and the boot is male, the bull, then this is what matters: let's assume this is the female, the cow, let's call it "she". To make her fall for us, to seduce her, we have to be aware of the rival, who's also trying to seduce her, and he has virtues like being powerful, well protected, have a lot of money and have a massive dick danging between his legs. What do we have to offer? We are very masculine, have great looks and intelligence. And a big hairy nutsack scourting our titanic rod. Now, once the ref blows, SHE, the queen, will be battled for between us. By attributes, she's gonna want to end up with him, but what do we have to do? Just kick him on the groin and steal her from his arms (or feet). Once we have her, we seduce her, we treat her gently, we take good care of her. She's gonna be totally moved by it, overwhelmed, and she's gonna take us to her bed and blow the shit out of our cock. And do you know where's her bed? At the end of the net."

Moments later the janitor said it was the same speech Carrasco once gave to River Plate.

It didn't matter. The lads were totally touched and blitzkrieging inside. It was their moment and they seized it with a superior ball possession during second half.

Fans were going bananas over the team, and the team answered the call by netting 2 more goals.

It was a great sunday for us all.

A loss is a winning

Last night was the big night, the most important match of the season for both teams. pelusitaFC popped onto the arena with 9 victories under its belt against a strong challenger with a samurai look on its face.

Good weather conditions sure put some pressure onto the Powerful samurais, which were less than few, but enough for pelusita's strikers to break the defence with titanic strides.

First half met both teams in an incredible show of raw talent and pure determination. While overscored, the Samurais never backed down against the monstrous defence line pelusita displayed, only matched by its fearsome counterattacks.

Our newly added keeper, Giuseppe Chirio, the Italian Falcon, made spectacular saves throughout the match, while the hot-spurred midfielder, Agustín Aroztegui, didn't fullfill the expectations the trainer had.

Samurais couldn't keep up with pelusita, with an overall sloppy performance but still managed to keep it together throughout the game, without giving away more than 57% ball possession.

The team had a long talk after the game, where our values as a team, but more importantly, as a human group, were deeply delved and positive attitude enlightened the team spirit once again. With only 4 matches ahead, fans hope for the best and the players show themselves very confident in remaining as runner-ups in the league.

Next week the Samurais will face Los KA, one of the newcomers in Hattrick, who even with rough training and trainees are accomplishing a solid third place in the series.

We'd like to give shoutouts to GLM, who were unfortunately defeated 2-1 last sunday. Keep up the good work!

Big match!

White Samurais F.C. is a team who's been battling for the league vanguard since its inception nearly six months ago.

As the team progressed, it met it's match: pelusita FC, the toughest team in the league, which with 9 matches played and 9 straight victories shows proof of the power the team has.

Samurais has definitely evolved since its birth and today, at around 9.30 p.m. uruguayan time, the team will face it's archnemesis once again, ready to make a comeback from the 1-7 outcome of the Old Trafford derby on week 5.

With new additions to the team making their worth last friendly match against our beloved friend team from abroad, Golden Little Mask, aside from deploying a couple of new tactics, we'll sure give pelusita a hard match. Statistics don't show us as favourites, nor our fans will harshly take on a defeat.

As we say at Samurais: "Every match is a final."

And now it's as true as it can be.