North Shore United struggling

[Froste39]

With 3 Academy Matchdays in the new format finished, it is time to take look at the statistics so far and make some remarks about their level of play.<br><br>As most content is about the Div1 and Div2 I feel that the new Academy teams get overshadowed a bit, which is sad, because obviously a lot of thought and time has went into their designs and Academy is striving to be that exciting slope into the real action for new people on this site.<br><br>Without further ado I shall cover the struggles of North Shore United, the team my player currently plays in while waiting for his chance with SFV.<br><br>First things first, NSU has been underwhelming. They tied their first game scoreless against an equally weak looking Atletico even though they outshot them 16-5. Defensively it was a great effort, but offensively they definetely lacked a good Poacher as none of the many attempts found their way into the net.<br><br>The second day was an utter catastrophe as NSU managed to get scored on 3 times by Victoria Falls even though Victoria was one man down early due to a red card.<br>The 0-3 was the worst performance of NSU so far and a real backbreaker.<br><br>Thankfully they kind of rebounded by reaching a 1-1 against Stockholm, coming back from a 0-1 score and showing admirable composure. It also was their first goal in 3 games. <br><br>All in all NSU really struggles offensively and might require a new tactical approach to cover their weaknesses as most of there TPE are accumulated into the defense. Maybe a Catenaccio approach and relying on set pieces with their strong physical defenders, scoring by headers might be the way to go for now until new offensive talent joins the Academy.<br><br>With matchday 4 on the horizon it will be interesting to see which path the team will take, embracing mediocrity, falling down to last place or making a rise through the ranks with a refreshed offense.<br><br><!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1' id='QUOTE-WRAP'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->333 words<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><!--QuoteEEnd-->