Chronicles from the Eagles...

Cup: my boys are scheduled to play loos FC from Bangkok in the semi in a couple of days. Baring any event, this is team that will easily bested over 2legs - return leg will be played at our home ground in front of maximum capacity crowd. We shall not speculate for now about the finals until we scale this hurdle.

Champions league: A comprehensive 1-7 away win in the 1st leg quarter finals against one of the varied Asenal FC another Bangkok team almost guarantee us a place in the semi finals even if we don't kick a ball. Our second team lead my player manager- now bench warming club legend O D Ben will lead in line for the return leg in a couple of hours.

League: This will surely go down to the wire as predicted. 3teams are battling for 1st position. After match day 18: The eagles are on 49points, Aliance FC is on 48points and Fc cool runner on 45points. There is fight going on everywhere in the league...the fight for 4th position is also heating up, even the relegation battle is a dog fight as just 8points separate 6th from 13th position with 8games to play. It's to close to call in this league with about 12active players all fighting with tooth and nail while spilling blood.

This is a challenged we relish and a league victory this season we go down in history as the most competitive....even a second place will not be totally disappointing knowing fully well we did all we could? Back to reality of match day 19. The eagles travel to Holon Israel to face Aliance Fc in a top table clash in front on their 43000 screaming fans. Both clubs 1st team rating is 45+. This a match of all ages...pundits are all over this but both teams are evenly matched all over the pitch, with Aliance having superior defensive line and the eagles a slight edge in offence tanks to Crawford and Batistuta. We also have to be weary of the attacking threat of their striking duo of Aguero and Choi - both very dangerous players in the league! Book makers just tipped the odds a little in favour of Alliance because it an home match but never bet against the boys from down under.

Talking tactics Alliance s a team that plays only one formation 100% the time 4-3(w)-1-2. This team shows that playing countering formation is a farce. Just stick with the formation that suits your playing philosophy while change every game and spoil player bonding?