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End of Season Self-report - nckkss - 2026-08-12 Today we are going in depth to examine how Nick Kasak’s rookie season at Kaapstad has fared since he move from Adowa Accra FC in the SSL Academy. For Accra, Kasak operated as a left footed winger playing on both flanks – either turning his man on the right, or crossing from the byline on the left, eventually providing good link up play with Blasie N’Kufo and Mullet Man, as well as a few audacious efforts himself. While he was not one of the very top, Kasak was one of the players as part of the conversation. Especially considering there were lots of left sided wingers who were doing just as well if not better. Come the draft, Nick went 10th Overall to Hollywood, and signing their rookie contract for South African based Kaapstad FC, moving not only across the continent, but across the pitch. An intensive pre-season moved Nick from a most left sided attacker to a defensive midfield general-in-waiting. Improving his work rate and his already high pace instead to dictate the game alongside fellow Season 26 Draftee Felix Pedro, who themselves would be slightly higher up the pitch. Alongside this big shift, Nick was also handed the responsibility of taking corners, utilising his natural strengths of placing a cross and picking out a pass. Thankfully expectations have been low for such a move across the pitch, but with Kasak’s TPE now reaching near the top of his class, Season 27 already looks more promising. Let’s take a lot at the cold hard numbers of the thing. How has he ranked compared to other Minors’ players, his teammates and his Academy Class. I have only selected what I see as relevant stats to his position. Appearances: 15 – Nick has been lucky to be ever present for Kaapstad this season. Other rookies have had to share responsibilites. Average Rating: 7.03  (A single 10.0 rating doing a lot of heavy lifting here) Minors Overall: 41st (1st is Silver Tarandus  with 8.05)    Kaapstad: 2nd= with Duncan Walrusson, 1st is Bad Wolf with 7.45 S26: 8th (1st is Jack Pow ) Player of The Match: 1 Overall:  14th=    (1st is Arsene N’Goussou )  Kaapstad:  2nd= with Pedro, von Wolfe and Walrusson. Bad Wolf had 2 PoM S26: 3rd=  (Jack Pow  and Umaq Yupanqui  both have 2 PoMs) Distance Run (km):  215.9 Overall:  9th    Thomas Schwarte  is 1st with 220.1km Kaapstad: 1st    Joshua Homme III Esquire Ltd and Bad Wolf only 3 and 5 km behind respectively S26:  3rd    Sadie Black and STAR SCREAM are 1st and 2nd Goals:  2 Overall:  63rd=  Ozzy Trent Kovacs  and Mikko Rashford II are joint top with 16 (more than a goal a game) Kaapstad:  6th=    After a slow start, Dante von Wolfe finished the season with 6 goals, and every outfield player but one scored this season. S26: 10th=  Dennis van Huntelrooy  lead the rookies with 8 goals. Assists: 3 Overall:    35th=  Jay Cue Jr.  (13) came 1st Kaapstad:  4th    Despite taking corners, they weren’t super effective, and Bad Wolf made 7 great assists for the team in 1st place. S26: 14th=    Alex Pena  came top with 10 assists. Successful Passes: 512 Overall:    48th    Resetti Moretti made 874 succesful passes for Masques Sacres Kaapstad:  2nd    Kaz Okada made nearly 100 more successful passes with 601 S26:  12th    Jimothy Erickson came top of the rookies with 744 passes Pass %: 87.97 Overall:  40th    Benecio Aguilera III   was top with 95.89%  Kaapstad:  4th    Okada (91.62%) once again came 1st, the only Kaapstad player with over 90% S26:  12th      Le Chonk 93.57%  Key Passes: 64 Overall:  5th    in 1st, Bob Berendsen  made 94 key passes  Kaapstad:  1st     Nearly double Bad Wolf (34) in second place, this is maybe Kasak’s strength this season is making the killer balls and key passes from that deep midfield position. S26:  2nd    Sadie Black made 71 Key Passes this season and is top of the rookies here. Chances Created: 15 Overall:  11th=    Silver Tarandus and Bob Berendsen of ASP  topped the leaderboard jointly with 24 Kaapstad:  1st    Bad Wolf (14) right behind, this stat is probably padded by being the main corner taker. S26:  4th    Sadie Black  (22) was just behind the overall minors’ leaders. Dribbles: 25 Overall:  31st=    Silver Tarandus  once again tops the chart with 52.  Kaapstad: 3rd    Bad Wolf (30) and Homme (27) ahead here, but the three of them have been the engine of this side all season. S26:  8th    Kairo Vox  has 35 dribbles. What a mess. Tackles Won: 29 Overall:  63rd=    Matt Stro  got 70 for Krung Thep  Kaapstad:  5th  Middle of the pack, and far behind Bad Wolf (49) and Homme (45) – a reminder Kasak needs to work on defensive duties if he wants to succeed at CDM S26:  18th  Scorp E. Unshark  won 55 tackles Tackles %: 80.56 Overall:  42nd  3 players got 100% - but only made one tackle. Wang Zhihao  got 94.12% Kaapstad:  6th      Xuxu Jang (89.13%) takes top spot here, showing not only does Nick not make tackles, he doesn’t do them well. S26:  13th  Emmanuel Ofusu (93.75%) has the cleanest tackle in the class. Interceptions: 39 Overall:    Jay Cue Jr.  came top with 51 Kaapstad:  2nd    Homme (43) made more, so at least this stat looks healthy for Nick S26:  6th=  Saphira Brightscales  made 45 Clearances: 46 Overall: 9th    Mecha Zilla  tops this with a monster 62. Kaapstad:  1st    Just hoof it clear! S26:  4th  Eric Duic  made 60 clearances Yellow Cards: 6 Overall:    8th=  Florian Gaisberg and Cameron Millwall both got 8 Kaapstad:  1st= with Homme    Need to work on the discipline next season. S26:  3rd=  STAR SCREAM and Christopher Bergmann both got 7 It seems the transition hsa not been without issue. A solid rookie season, but his star is not shining bright just yet. In goal contributions, Kasak is middling, despite the ample opportunity to assist with corners. Perhaps this will be an area he chooses to focus in the off season? Defensively, the picture looks only marginally more promising, with Nick finally getting his hands dirty and defending.  But its the progessive play that I am most excited about. Key passes, chances created. Making sure Kasak has the eye and the ability to make the pass when needed - thats the sort of midfield he would like to be. That and crashing into the box out of nowhere to score an absolute screamer. What grade would we give to Kasak? C+