Nice touch getting 64 points in the fantasy league this week :), beat me by one point :eek:
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Nice touch getting 64 points in the fantasy league this week :), beat me by one point :eek:
England World Cup Squad
FC Croft have been inspired by their new signing this season Bobby Moore, Jack & Bobby Charlton & Geoff Hurst. So they have decided to name the full squad after the 1966 world cup winning squad. Also keeping the theme going have changed their shirt colours.
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World Cup Squad & Positions
1 GK Gordon Banks
2 DR George Cohen
3 DL Ray Wilson
4 MC Nobby Stiles
5 DC Jack Charlton
6 DC Bobby moore
7 MR Alan Ball
8 ST Jimmy Greaves
9 MC Bobby Charlton
10 ST Geoff Hurst
11 ST John Connelly
12 GK Ron Springett
13 GK Peter Bonetti
14 DL Jimmy Armfield
15 DL Gerry Byrne
16 ML Martin Peters
17 MR Ron Flowers
18 DC Norman Hunter
19 AML Terry Paine
20 MC Ian Callaghan
21 ST Roger Hunt
22 ST George Eastham
How they lined up
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We will be changing the Team name for the start of Season 6
I had Gordon Banks and Geoff Hurst in my squad a few seasons ago :), Hurst made it to the CL final back then, with disaterous outcome lol. Also had a player I named after my soon in four weeks time grandson, I sold him at the end of last season and he should be playing for someone still at the lower levels lol.
Champions League 2nd match
I wanted to share this result with you all because I was nervous before the match using a new formation & quite a few new players in the squad. Well the rest speaks for its self.:D
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Day 5 of the League
Well tomorrow will bring a crucial game not for FC Croft but for the 2nd & 3rd teams, which I will be watching very closely. It will give me some useful information in preparation for Day 6 when we play Liony FC
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Simoncas 31.2 Q 2nd
Liony FC 31.1 Q 3rd
PMSL, its good to see you with a sense of humour Kammy lol
Weekend Results
Well the weekend matches have put some light between the top 5 teams.
Day 5
Both Us (FC Croft) & Simoncas won their games to stay unbeaten & share top spot. I watched the match between Simoncas & Liony FC to get a few pointers ahead of Sundays day 6 match.
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Day 6
Simoncas played their game first & only managed a draw, which give us more incentive to win against then 3rd place Liony FC. As I anticipated the formation stayed the same so played a counter for the AMC, which worked out quite well.
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A very good weekend 2 point clear of second place Simoncas which could stretch to 5 points if we win the away game on day 8 Tues.
Game of the Season Starts Tomorrow Tue 21:46 GMT
We are already 10 point clear of the 3rd, 4th & 5th teams, so playing the second place team away will be our biggest match so far this season.
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He will be playing 4-4-2 but the 4 across the middle will line up ML-MC-MC-MC.
I plan to play my same back 4 who have only let 2 goals past them this season 5 midfield & 1 Attack 4-5-1 flat.
A draw would be acceptable, but I am playing for a small win. This should give me the cushion needed to complete another promotion.
Disappointment
Well having read some of the comments that people were making regarding the shocking results that they got today (Troll Mourinho), this result was no surprise.
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We started off exactly as predicted in the earlier post^^^^^^ then after 36' he had a player sent off for a foul that was adjudged to be on the edge of the box ("what no penalty") Having missed the free kick into the crowd I new that the story was already written. On the 68' I changed my formation from 4-5-1 to 4-4-2 to take advantage of the missing red carded central defender & 2' later they get their only shot on goal only to be tipped behind for a corner, in comes the corner & comfortably defended by my central defender, but what's this a second corner, the crowd are furious & low and behold 1-0. 70'. A further change to Hexagon was clearly not going to even retrieve a draw, so sure enough the 26-0-0 season & unbeaten season comes to an end. Am I disappointed of course, but I am not going to Quit, or Tank or even Cry. I'm just going to Carry on Regardless.
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Very unlucky...glad your keeping your head up and moves on :)
MIA
Well I've been busy working over the last 4 days so not had chance to keep you updated or even read some of your posts, but I will get through them all over the weekend.
I had another disappointing result in the league straight after the result with Simoncas which handed them a 4 point lead, but recent wins for me & a draw from him the gap is now only 2 points.
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The Champions League is a different story we have already won the league without playing later tonight so I plan to experiment with a few players.
Champions League Qualification
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Tonight we go into the draw for the next stage of the champions League as Group Winners.
If my memory serves me correct we should be playing FC Rossonero in the next round.
After disappointing performances from Nobby Stiles. It has been decided to put him on the tranny List & despite his stats interest is high & a sale is guaranteed.
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Champions League First Knock-out Stage
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This team played some good football in the group stages, but he doesn't use a definite formation at the moment he is lined up as 4-4-2, but has used 4-5-2V so things may change. I will also be using 4-4-2 but have the capability to change to either 4-3N-1-2 or 4-2-2-2 Hexagon to counter during the game.
Kick off at 18:41 GMT but I have a league match 17:56 so we will have to be careful especially only having 1 GK due to injury. I did have both my GK injured last night after training, but one due back 2 day so was able to treat him this morning for 1 pack minimum amount.
Result
2-2
As anticipated it was a tough game they started the match with WD & I stayed with 4-4-2. We took the lead 20' but soon it was 1-1 25', we took the lead again 36' & managed to get to half time 2-1 up, the final goal came in the 59' to make it 2-2. I threw everything at him in the last quarter of the game but couldn't get the win. Nevertheless a draw away from home in the champions league is a good result, having 2 away goals to take home means a clean sheet is a must in the return leg.
Champions League Update
So the second leg was a guessing game regarding which formation to use he decided on 3N-1-4-1-1. I opted for 4-5-1V.
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The match ended in a hard fought 1-1 draw but went through to the next round on away goals a3-3
Next Champions League Opponent
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They have not changed formation throughout the contest 4-1-2-1-2 WD
League Update
:D:D Back on Top :D:D
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Champions League Quarter Final
As expected this was a very tough match in both legs.
Match 1: His main striker was banned for this match so his usual WD had to accommodate 2 AMC. An even game which we took the lead 12' giving us a vital away goal, but soon after 16' it was 1-1. Then the unthinkable happened, I was setting my self up for a draw to take home with the away goal advantage & 89' conceded a double corner to lose 2-1.
So the next match would be a must win game without conceding any away goals.
Match 2: The formations changed slightly, I had to ensurer that we dominated the midfield & he got his striker back to give him his usual formation. We got the possession we needed 60-40, but the goal just wouldn't come so mid way into the second half I changed to 4-5-1V attacking with a change of ST & brought on a DMC. Still nothing so I was accepting defeat when 89' a bad tackle on my striker meant a sending off & more important a penalty. No mistake & a deserved 1-0 victory & through to the Semi Finals on away goals. I think it was a balance of double corner in the first leg & penalty in the second leg, but overall a very even game & pleased to be still in the competition.
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League Update
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Simancas & Jackky FC play today & I will play them both in my next fixtures, so I have an interesting few days ahead of me.:p
Player Spotlight
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Top 6 performers in my team this season.
Even zoomed in that's hard to read.
Thanks for the advice Cat. I have updated now with larger pic's, a bit fuzzy but very readable.:)
League Champions
After a convincing 4-0 win over our close rivals we can now confirm that the League title is ours
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We can now concentrate on the Champions League already taking a 3-1 home victory to Brazil for the return leg of the semi final.
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Champions League Result
Well we got the Victory we wanted but under very strange circumstances!Quote:
We can now concentrate on the Champions League already taking a 3-1 home victory to Brazil for the return leg of the semi final.
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He started as usual with 3N-5-2Flat & I started with 4-4-2 but blue arrows on both CM & both DC as He would be coming at me through the middle. The game starts & I am the only person watching so a bonus, then 8' my MC puts in a bad tackle & gets a yellow card, he is now down to 10 men & no sign of a sub so auto sub not set up another bonus. 13' another injury, I think he just fell over because nothing was mentioned in the comments, but more importantly he is down to 9 men another bonus. 35' later the score is still 0-0 & he is playing like he has 11 men on the pitch :confused:, but a draw is enough for me so no change. Now here is the funny part. 39' The other guy decides to watch the game, sees he has 2 injured so brings on 2 subs, then bang bang 2 quick goals 41' & 43' yes that's right for me :confused:. He must have been swearing & cursing at this point, so to rub salt into the wound I get a 3rd.
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So an aggregate win 6-1 & through to the final for the 4th time. :cool:
Champions League Final
Kick Off at 21:04 GMT
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We had a couple of lucky escapes on the way to the Final winning only on away goals. So absolutely delighted to be there.
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Our opponent is no mug & are 4.5 pts better Quality so we go into the game as underdogs at 7/4 while they are 10/11 fav.
The game will be played at the Lakeside Stadium, but there are not many seats so I would encourage the supporters to get there early. Also winning the toss gains a big advantage.
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Introduction To my sister club
Starting in a couple of days will be my sister club - The Raiders. This will be a 35T team for interest only.
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I will create a separate Showcase once the season kicks off.
good luck in the final
The Raiders?!?! I live near Raiders country, they are some rabid fans, I'm just sayin' a little hooliganish.... :)
GOOD LUCK!
Champions League Result
Short & sweet we got beat 1-2 They played ND & I countered very well 1-1 at HT but the second half just wasn't to be 1-2 after 65' & then I through everything at their defence but sadly not to be. Looking forward to next season already:p
good luck this season
****NEWS FLASH****
Forget about Leddy completing the Cup double & a well earnt budget striken 2nd place in the league.
Forget about Cat Harrison recovering from a Tankable season to win on goal difference.
Forget about Pasq doing the League & CL double both in a last gasp push.
The bigest story this weekend is FC Croft winning away in the first round of the cup, after 3 disapointing seasons in this well sought after competition they come away with a very convincing away win. it may only be the prelimenary round in the cup to others but to the manager of FC Croft it is a confidence boost after a disappointing last season.
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Even with all the support creating a 13% disadvantage (manager watching & 4 friends supporting - 3 in view) we still came away with 3 crucial away goals in a 1-3 victory.:D Lets hope this is not just a sweetener from the men above only to be taken away in the second leg. Could this be our season? Is it that the cup consists of teams from levels 1,2 & 3 - 4,5 & 6 - 7,8 & 9 ........ & the best chance you have of winning the cup is if you are level 3, 6 & 9 ..... or occasionally level 2, 5 or 8. What ever I have a good feeling about this season.:D