diff --git a/src/main/java/forge/game/MatchController.java b/src/main/java/forge/game/MatchController.java
index 6d79506c730..17ece6f21e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forge/game/MatchController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forge/game/MatchController.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import forge.game.player.LobbyPlayer;
 import forge.game.player.LobbyPlayerHuman;
 import forge.game.player.Player;
 import forge.game.player.PlayerStatistics;
-import forge.game.player.PlayerType;
 import forge.gui.InputProxy;
 import forge.gui.framework.EDocID;
 import forge.gui.framework.SDisplayUtil;
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ import forge.gui.match.controllers.CStack;
 import forge.gui.match.nonsingleton.VField;
 import forge.gui.match.views.VAntes;
 import forge.properties.ForgePreferences.FPref;
-import forge.util.Aggregates;
 
 /**
  * TODO: Write javadoc for this type.
@@ -163,31 +161,44 @@ public class MatchController {
         }
 
         try {
-            HumanPlayer localHuman = (HumanPlayer) Aggregates.firstFieldEquals(currentGame.getPlayers(), Player.Accessors.FN_GET_TYPE, PlayerType.HUMAN);
+            
+            HumanPlayer localHuman = null;
+            for(Player p : currentGame.getPlayers()) {
+                if ( p.getLobbyPlayer() != FControl.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.getLobby().getGuiPlayer())
+                    continue;
+                localHuman = (HumanPlayer) p;
+                break;
+            }
+            if (null == localHuman)
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot start a game without a human yet!");
+                
             FControl.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.setPlayer(localHuman);
+
+            // The UI controls should use these game data as models
             CMatchUI.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.initMatch(currentGame.getRegisteredPlayers(), localHuman);
             CDock.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.onGameStarts(currentGame, localHuman);
-            
-            CLog.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.init(currentGame.getGameLog());
-            currentGame.getGameLog().addObserver(CLog.SINGLETON_INSTANCE);
-            
+            CStack.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.setModel(currentGame.getStack());
+            CLog.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.setModel(currentGame.getGameLog());
             CCombat.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.setModel(currentGame);
-            
+
             Singletons.getModel().getPreferences().actuateMatchPreferences();
             Singletons.getControl().changeState(FControl.Screens.MATCH_SCREEN);
             SDisplayUtil.showTab(EDocID.REPORT_LOG.getDoc());
 
-            InputProxy inputControl = CMessage.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.getInputControl();
-            inputControl.setMatch(this);
-            input.addObserver(inputControl);
-            currentGame.getStack().addObserver(inputControl);
-            currentGame.getStack().addObserver(CStack.SINGLETON_INSTANCE);
-            currentGame.getPhaseHandler().addObserver(inputControl);
-            
+            // black magic still
+            InputProxy inputProxy = CMessage.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.getInputControl();
+            inputProxy.setMatch(this);
+            input.addObserver(inputProxy);
 
-            
+            // models shall notify controllers of changes
+            currentGame.getStack().addObserver(inputProxy);
+            currentGame.getStack().addObserver(CStack.SINGLETON_INSTANCE);
+            currentGame.getPhaseHandler().addObserver(inputProxy);
+            currentGame.getGameLog().addObserver(CLog.SINGLETON_INSTANCE);
             // some observers are set in CMatchUI.initMatch
 
+
+
             final boolean canRandomFoil = Singletons.getModel().getPreferences().getPrefBoolean(FPref.UI_RANDOM_FOIL) && gameType == GameType.Constructed;
             GameNew.newGame(this, startConditions, currentGame, canRandomFoil);
             
diff --git a/src/main/java/forge/gui/match/controllers/CLog.java b/src/main/java/forge/gui/match/controllers/CLog.java
index 153ccae5137..7f737b7ec7d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forge/gui/match/controllers/CLog.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forge/gui/match/controllers/CLog.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public enum CLog implements ICDoc, Observer {
      * TODO: Write javadoc for this method.
      * @param gameLog
      */
-    public void init(GameLog gameLog) {
+    public void setModel(GameLog gameLog) {
         model = gameLog;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/forge/gui/match/controllers/CStack.java b/src/main/java/forge/gui/match/controllers/CStack.java
index 0df0d9c9155..73fa71b0395 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forge/gui/match/controllers/CStack.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forge/gui/match/controllers/CStack.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import forge.gui.match.views.VStack;
 public enum CStack implements ICDoc, Observer {
     /** */
     SINGLETON_INSTANCE;
+    
+    private MagicStack model;
 
     /* (non-Javadoc)
      * @see forge.gui.framework.ICDoc#getCommandOnSelect()
@@ -36,25 +38,17 @@ public enum CStack implements ICDoc, Observer {
     public void initialize() {
     }
 
-    /* (non-Javadoc)
-     * @see forge.gui.framework.ICDoc#update()
-     */
-    public void update(MagicStack model) {
-        VStack.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.updateStack(model);
-    }
+    private final Runnable upd = new Runnable() { @Override public void run() {
+        SDisplayUtil.showTab(EDocID.REPORT_STACK.getDoc());
+        VStack.SINGLETON_INSTANCE.updateStack(model); 
+    } };
 
     /* (non-Javadoc)
      * @see java.util.Observer#update(java.util.Observable, java.lang.Object)
      */
     @Override
     public void update(final Observable arg0, Object arg1) {
-        if ( arg0 instanceof MagicStack )
-        {
-            FThreads.invokeInEdtNowOrLater(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() {
-                SDisplayUtil.showTab(EDocID.REPORT_STACK.getDoc());
-                update((MagicStack)arg0); 
-            } });
-        }
+        update();
     }
 
     /* (non-Javadoc)
@@ -62,7 +56,9 @@ public enum CStack implements ICDoc, Observer {
      */
     @Override
     public void update() {
-        // won't update without a model!
+        FThreads.invokeInEdtNowOrLater(upd);
     }
+    
+    public void setModel(MagicStack model) { this.model = model; }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/forge/gui/match/nonsingleton/CField.java b/src/main/java/forge/gui/match/nonsingleton/CField.java
index bf3bfb16b49..1680985b214 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forge/gui/match/nonsingleton/CField.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forge/gui/match/nonsingleton/CField.java
@@ -86,13 +86,7 @@ public class CField implements ICDoc {
         public void mousePressed(final MouseEvent e) { cardclickAction(e); } };
 
 
-    // Hand, Graveyard, Library, Flashback, Exile zones, attached to hand.
-    private final Observer observerZones = new Observer() {
-        @Override
-        public void update(final Observable a, final Object b) {
-            FThreads.invokeInEdtNowOrLater(updateZonesRunnable);
-        }
-    };
+
     private final Runnable updateZonesRunnable = new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { CField.this.view.updateZones(CField.this.player); } };
     private final Runnable updateDetailsRunnable = new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { CField.this.view.updateDetails(CField.this.player); } };
     
@@ -103,7 +97,14 @@ public class CField implements ICDoc {
             FThreads.invokeInEdtNowOrLater(updateDetailsRunnable);
         }
     };
-
+    // Hand, Graveyard, Library, Flashback, Exile zones, attached to hand.
+    private final Observer observerZones = new Observer() {
+        @Override
+        public void update(final Observable a, final Object b) {
+            FThreads.invokeInEdtNowOrLater(updateZonesRunnable);
+        }
+    };
+    
     // Card play area, attached to battlefield zone.
     private final Observer observerPlay = new Observer() {
         @Override