Buffs FC (Scottish Team) - server 112

[BeckStar]

My 2nd team is in same league and CL with my main so what i did was.. give it to a friend :P More competition this way. i just hope they don't beat me haha as it happened few times b4 in friendly games You should do the same :P

[Buffs Mad]

Celtic Rangers trolled a 1-0 win in the league against a bottom feeder so I've abandoned them and Celtic Rangers are reborn at lvl1.

Edit: .....and they came with a 'Dribbler' Striker. O.o

[Christian Christiansen]

Celtic Rangers trolled a 1-0 win in the league against a bottom feeder so I've abandoned them and Celtic Rangers are reborn at lvl1.

Edit: .....and they came with a 'Dribbler' Striker. O.o

Why wouldn't you like the real Messi in your team??

[Buffs Mad]

Why wouldn't you like the real Messi in your team??

I'll let you know if he plays like Messi or if he gets the ball 2m out and goes for a wander.

[Christian Christiansen]

And Buffs who is that lady in the picture?

[Buffs Mad]

Firstly, the Messi like player did nothing all match then curled 1 in at the back post.

Secondly, the person in my picture is Elena Baltacha - Ukranian-born British Tennis player who died around 8 weeks ago aged 30. So its just a little Wimbledon tribute.

[The Avenue]

Maybe, for most of the match, he was too busy drooling like a lemon to realise he was supposed to do his dribbling with the ball?

[Buffs Mad]

Maybe, for most of the match, he was too busy drooling like a lemon to realise he was supposed to do his dribbling with the ball?

Ha ha, my thoughts exactly.

Start of the season is a busy time with 3 teams so I better bring things up to date with recent results.

Fixture catch-up

Buffs Mad has been busy with his consultancy role in advising franchise managers, the World Cup, Wimbledon, Dad's Taxi Service and the continuing 2 week heatwave. O.o

Day 2 saw the return leg in the Cup. The Opposition Manager had been busy and fielded 4 Scot level players (ofc, they were actually cheap 4* purchases for a level 6 manager ). Buffs struggled to get a foothold in the match and produced virtually no offensive threat - but gained enough possession and showed enough defensive prowess to escape with a 2-0 defeat and progress to the Qualifying round 4-2 on aggregate.

Day 3 began with the 1st Champions League Group Stage tie at home to a visiting Vietnamese side. AMR Jimmy Johnstone jinked his way to a hat-trick in a comfortable 6-1 win. Regrettably, Denis Law picked up a 5-day injury - not great news since Buffs are starting the season with a 15 man squad and only 1 other striker.

The opening tie in this season's league campaign was an away tie in the Brazilian rainforest. Buffs had a huge quality advantage and Michael Mols, coming in for the injured Law, looked to have set the tone in 5 mins with the 1st goal. However Buffs really struggled in front of goal, missing a hatful of chances, and couldn't add a second until 18 minutes from time up. That goal came from a free-kick - unfortunately Bremner picked up a 4 day injury in the process.

Buffs Mad was struggling in the transfer market - although the need was obvious he was not one to pay over the odds in a rushed deal and had bailed on an 18 year old after the 3rd knockout round of bidding. The medics were ordered to do their utmost with Dennis Law, Bremner could wait.

Match Day 4 saw Buffs returning to league action.

The opposition had already been thrashed 11-0 on the opening day so Buffs Mad had been scouring the market for another striker to go with 2 up front. He successfully managed to secure the young 19 year old Kenny Dalglish in a dawn deal with a single bid of 4m. (The shrewd Buffs Mad suspected that Dalglish had been a Day 1 buy who was then replaced with a younger model - having played only 1 match but rated 9 with 1 goal, 1 assist and MoM.)

Dalglish therefore made his debut alongside the patched up Law as Buffs lined up in an aggressive 4-2-2W-2 hex formation. However those plans were scuppered in 5 mins (its always 5 mins XD ) as Jim Baxter received a crunching tackle in the box when clear and was stretchered off with a 3 day ankle injury. Buffs Mad thought frantically given the lack of cover for wide areas in the squad. He brought Fletcher on for Baxter and dropped him into a 3 man central midfield unit and signalled Johnstone to come in from the right and play the withdrawn role behind the strike pairing. Incidently McStay slotted home the penalty. With just 2 mins game time Fletcher got the scoreboard ticking over (although quite how the shiny new Digital Scoreboard ticks is beyond me). Goals came flooding in with another 6 being racked up before half time - with no goals but 2 assists for debutant Dalglish. Early in the second half Dalglish again set up Law for his hat-trick and a 9-0 lead. But this new King Kenny was blowing a bit and tiring fast - so Buffs Mad brought in Michael Mols. The remaining goals came from Mols, Johnstone and Gemmell. 19 shots on target in a 12-0 win and Johnstone, Law and Fletcher bagging 3 each, not a bad shift.

Next up Buffs face another level 6 side in the Cup Qualifying 1st leg. The Buffs are at a 5Q ave disadvantage with the opposition looking like starting in a 4-1-3N-2 - relatively speaking the opposition possess 5 Scout and 3 World Class level players. Buffs Mad remains undecided whether he should set up a punchy 4-3-1-2 but might have little choice unless he can find wide man to run the left flank.

To be continued.

[Buffs Mad]

Think I've maybe been putting too much info on the ticker tape page and then running out of steam for Write-ups.

Catch Up (again).

Cup: Buffs FC come unstuck at home losing 3-1 in the 1st leg. The Buffs struggled and went behind to two goals in the first half - then elected to switch from an overly aggressive 4-3-1-2 to match up to their opponents with the same 4-1-3-2. Soon after the switch they were 3 down but still battling. Both GKs were busy and Souness pulled 1 back on 55 minutes. Buffs pressed hard and had a series of corners but nothing came of them. Fletcher was pushed forward OOP into a ND and chances came and went. Buffs Mad said "It'll be difficult to pull this one back against a clearly better quality side, particularly away from home, but we'll give it a good go."
Editor's Note: This Cup game was a strange one for me, it was clearly a bad start but overall I thought it went quite well, but the puzzling thing is, I usually feel afterwards that I kinda know how the opposition set up their orders but this one had me stuck. I'm almost certain they weren't counterattacking because the team made gains when I went from Normal to Attacking and it felt more end-to-end than that. Although 2 goals came from corners, the first goal and most of their attempts from open-play seemed to come from long range. Anyhoo, here's the piccies....




Champions League: Buffs FC maintained form with an 8-1 win against one of last seasons defeated CL QF teams. AML Jim Baxter hit a hat-trick and Paul McStay claimed 2 from FKs. McLeish, McStay, Baxter and Johnstone all rated 9.

Formations were Buffs 4-5-1V against Opponent's 4-1-2-1-2ND.

Although Buffs scored a few they were pretty sluggish in the first half and squandered a lot of chances with goals in 4 and 33 minutes. Two more were added shortly after the restart. A breakaway goal for the hosts seemed to fire up the Buffs with 4 goals in the last 30 mins as well as two stunning saves for the opposition keeper. Buffs Mad seemed to ignore this when he said "While there were good performances all over the park, Baxter deserves particular praise - he burned through 8% more condition than anyone else in the team."

[Buffs Mad]

League: Buffs Mad had identified today's opposition as the most likely threat in the league. Buffs FC stepped up to the plate and out the park it went with a 6-0 win.

Centre Back Richard Gough collected MotM for his 2 goals and Buffs Mad collected the Game Over award for breaking the opposition's 'at least 15 game winning streak'. Today Steven FC set up in an 4-1-3N-1-1 and Buffs were sent out in a 3N-1-3N-2W-1.




Transfer News

Buffs Mad has struggled to find appropriate wingers to either replace or provide back to existing players. Frustrated he picked up 19 year old Willie Henderson to take over the first team right wing slot. Although only 4* (34Q) it is expected that Henderson will be pushed to make rapid progress in the 1st half of the season.



Jimmy Johnstone will revert to a back-up role. (Buffs Mad is still on the look out for a deputy for Jim Baxter (not had a Davie Cooper yet ;D ). Additionally, Michael Mols has relinquished his guest slot and taken on the personality of Steve Archibald.

Training News

Hard work on the pitch and in training sees Steve Archibald rewarded with 5* recognition once more.



Upcoming Fixtures

The next match sees Buffs visit Blues FC to attempt to overcome a 3-1 deficit against this stronger level 6 side. It is expected that Buffs Mad will be adventurous, as he is inclined to be when he thinks there is nothing to lose. The following match should be a routine encounter against a mid-table side that Buffs defeated home and away in last year's CL Group Stage.