Grilled coach Han Lik-Tsun acknowledged his team's desire in earning a big win despite challenging conditions, and also attributed it partly to Grilled's ground staff.

"You hear little of them, but they're very much part of our team." Han praised. "Just last week, the groundsman asked to meet me, and gave a very detailed report on how our pitch might be customized to suit the team."

"Even after a long playing career, I had not known that there were so many varieties of grass! After listening to his presentation, I decided on returfing with tall fescue, cut short to encourage a passing game."

"The striped pattern helping our guys to gauge offside made sense, but I wasn't sure about deliberately messing up the penalty area to add randomness." Han continued. "Also, I'm pretty sure that a sloped playing surface contravenes Hattrick regulations."

It was a good day for hosts elsewhere too, with Changi Genius becoming the early frontrunners after demolishing BDSMFC 8-2. They will however be without influential Dutch defender Arnout Cevaal for up to a month.

Arrogancae were stopped by the free-spending newbies are newbies in a game they should have taken something from, while CharlesCheesePie dominated seluraralc 4-0 to edge above Grilled on goal difference.