Buffs FC (Scottish Team) - server 112

[Buffs Mad]

I'm not giving up I'm just not trying to tempt fate

I've come back from 8 and 10 pts before and won. 13pts was a bigger margin so its more hope than expectation....but secretly *shhhh* I'm still hoping

Just don't tell anyone.

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"Lord Nordeus I beseech you. Send forth your Troll Army to Greece (not near Nik ) and France and deliver us our rightful prize!"

[talisman]

I'm not giving up I'm just not trying to tempt fate

"Lord Nordeus I beseech you. Send forth your Troll Army to Greece (not near Nik ) and France and deliver us our rightful prize!"

If the Troll Army is going near Greece they can visit my 1st place team too...

[Buffs Mad]

If the Troll Army is going near Greece they can visit my 1st place team too...

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[Buffs Mad]

Why oh why oh why....?

In the league, I beat 14th twice scoring 13; I beat 12th twice scoring 11; but I draw 1-1 twice with 13th.

Let's file it under "Bogey Team".

Where did it all go wrong?

My Striker scores around 30 goals by Day 14; in 25 matches (yeah I 'work them baby') he rates below 8, 6 times. He gets injured in the Cup. He's rested, subbed, trained, cuddled and spoken to nicely but not until Day 20 does he rate 8 or over.

Let's file it under "Convalescence".

[Buffs Mad]

Player of the Season candidates

The season is not yet complete but the nominations are in.

Jack Harper, ST, 1on1 SA - 48 games, 51 goals, 20 assists, 16 MoM, 7.79 average rating (due to 3rd quarter slump);
James Morrison, MC, no SA - 48 games, 20 goals, 23 assists, 4 MoM, 7.45 average rating;
Andrew Robertson, DL/DC, no SA - 50 games (ever present), 4 goals, 1 assist, 4 MoM, 7.52 average rating - not a 6 or lower in sight (so far);

Steve Nicol, DL/DC has already been awarded the Buffs Barmy Army "Cut him and he bleeds Blue n White" Recognition for Commitment having played in all matches this Season and 328 in his career. He also has rated 7, 8 or 9 only this Season so far, not a 6 or lower in sight.

[Buffs Mad]

Still some fun to be had around CL spot (I beat 4th today), but who cares......

Season End







Performance Awards

Main Striker Jack Harper picked up the League Top Scorer & Top Rated Awards. He finished second to the Buffs' MC James Morrison in the Top Passer category.

Buffs Mad ignored the Glory Stats in his selection of Player of the Season and opted for the ever-present, ever-consistent Andrew Robertson (DL/DC) - the 21 y.o. played in all 52 matches this Season with an average rating of 7.52.

Jack Harper finished the Season with 52 goals, 20 assists and 17 MoM - although he exceeded the 40 goal target Buffs Mad said "He should have scored 50 and would have had he remained focused."

James Morrison excelled after being given respnsibility for CKs from the left and finished with 21 goals, 25 assists and 4 MoM. His midfield partner Liam Henderson was tagged with the most likely to exceed the 7.50 average rating (and failed) but it was Morrison that went closest out of the MCs with a 7.47 average.

DL/DC Steve Nicol exceeded the 320 match target and increased the Buffs' Appearance Record to 330.

[Buffs Mad]

Milestone Achieved

Jack Harper scores his 100th Buffs goal in his 3rd season.



DMC/MC Experiment

Lord Nordeus got his way with the Boosters nerf and the Buffs had to invest 24T to complete Charlie Mulgrew's training.



Mulgrew has so far played 3 matches at MC and 5 at DMC achieving 7 ratings on all occasions. Lets hope Lord Nordeus leaves him be and doesn't trash his performances from now on. O.o

The main reasons this has been done are 1. just to see if both roles are compatible and 2. to simplify the transition from 451v to 432w1 etc.

[Buffs Mad]

Performance Update - Day 10



Its important to recognise that Stankov and Baxter are both left wingers and I often give them 45 mins each a lot of matches so their stats should really be counted together. This allows me to make my booster sub and bring on an impact player when I need to try to trigger something. Good to see my GK steal a MoM this early - both main MCs have been performing well but Striker Harper just loves the taste of Champagne too much.....maybe I should rename him *Champagne* Charlie Nicholas.

'Stooge' Curly Howard did come on as a sub and rate 8 once but I think it was a friendly (for booster) before I had any other subs. Moe and Larry remain disinterested in this Soccer thing.

[Buffs Mad]

\o/ Live Match on my PC \o/



So here's some pretty updates of my DMC and MCs

[Buffs Mad]

Season 16 ends with 6 Buffs players playing over 50 matches.

Highlights included:

• Main Striker Harper seemed to bug his 1on1 SA in the second half of season and ended up with 35 assists - so only 48 goals;
• Harper did however break the Club's MoM record with 21;
• MC James Morrison made a valiant attempt again at achieving a 7.50 average rating but after 51 matches he failed with 7.47;
• MC Liam Henderson matched the club record number of bookings - 10 yellows = 4 suspensions;
• 2 players averaged under 7 for the season - the GK that played every game (6.96) and an aging DC/DMC that only played in 25 matches (6.85) and was sold.

Surprisingly I managed to save some rests this season but because my final league match was not unti 10 pm today the devil found work for etc and I spent around 60 of them on Playmaker SA for my DMC/MC just to try it out. The DMC/MC performed not that bad with 6 x 6s and 8s, the rest 7s. (An injury in the second half of the Season hampered his performance.)

I think I'll increase the number of subs again to 6 - 4 was just too few and doesn't allow rest after injuries.

14 players will be carried over into the new Season - a decision will be made on whether the 3 Stooges will be retained thereafter or sold.