Season 66 - Week 4

[Gert Funck]

League same story: I dominated (lots of blues for me)

C. Souza MOM with a 9

70 % thats efficiency

[pcmacdaniel]

Level 12 Manager!!!

League: 5-0-0; in 1st place

Champions: 3-0-0; atop Group G. Got a scare today, coming from behind in the 2nd half on the road. Opponent played a 4-1-3w-2 and I used 4-2-2-2 hexagon. Both managers were present and the game remained scoreless until the 41st minute, when the opposition scored off a double corner. Game remained 1:0 in the 58th when both managers substituted, him electing to stay with 4-1-3w-2 and me changing to a 3n-2w-2n-1-2; removing 6* DL/DC Karakai for 4* DMR/MR/AMR Heiner Gamboa. His sub was recorded 2nd by the game engine and 3 minutes later, Owie Ogunyode, broke through his stingy defense, netting the equalizer. 11 minutes later, recently substituted, Heiner Gamboa headed home the game winner.

This win, should cement our place in the KO rounds. If we finish 2nd, we'll most likely face BRAC, a hybrid 4/5* team from Croatia, running 4-4-2 classic. If we win the group, I haven't got a clue who'd we play; currently it would be a hybrid 3/4* 4-4-2 classic with an active manager. The other two teams have more quality than this squad, but play strange formations, and by strange I mean 2n-2w-4-2 and 2n-3w-1-3w-1.

[Ayman]

We made up for the earlier CL loss in the later league match. No, not really, we're now in 3rd place so nothing will make up for it except for a few wins in the CL.
So, we dominated in the league 6-0. Nothing much to say, if only the team played half as well during the CL match we would've won easily.
Gabric scored a hat-trick and contributed with an assist getting a rating of 9, now leading all 3 tables : Top scorer(7), Top passer(5) and Top rated(8.6).

[nikolgiorgos]

300 goals today from Neymar, my best ST so far (and by far)

[Bluebird Hewitt]

Tiny update my end.

Rhondda Rovers played the League and Champions League matches earlier today and showed off our brand new black away shirt in the process. Nothing major of note really as the League game as against a poor team and the CL match was against an illegal formation. Both finished 5-0.





Unfortunately, yellow cards for Allman (League) and Lubo (Champions League) means that they are suspended for the next respective match.

[talisman]

Palace Casuals seem to be making a real go of this season:
- top of the league table (usually slow starters and only hit the upper reaches of the table in the second half of the season)
- top of Champions League Group (can usually be found in the bottom two and sneak into the Knockout rounds in 2nd place)
- through to Playoff Round of Cup (not usually still in by this point in the season)



Day 3 was probably the low point in that the first League game produced a disappointing 1-1 draw at home and then an even more disappointing 0-1 home defeat in the Round 1 match of the Champions League. Day 4 brought a crunch match against our League Champions last Season which brought out a stunning 5-2 away win, and the team has not looked back since, winning all matches in all competitions.

The team is a little heavy in personnel at the moment, which makes it easier to cope with three competitions without resorting to too many green cases. A couple of Youth Players are due in 5 days time so when they arrive a decision will need to be made which players will be retained.



What is pleasing is that the two main strike players are firing on all cylinders, Neagu in the League and Pinto in the other competitions, senior striker Neagu is occupying places in all of the League charts. Left winger Haubner is also finding the net with assuring regularity, especially as he is the primary set-piece taker, current haul is 3FK, 2Pen and 1Solo. At the other end of the scale, Haubner and Babou Noubi put in some poor performances early on and have been rested for the past 2 (Haubner) and 3 (Babou Noubi) days. Haubner was drafted into the Champions League squad for todays match and produced a middling 7 and Babou Noubi was on the bench for the league game as two of the other central midfielders were unavailable, but wasn't used.



More details in the Team Showcase thread for Palace Casuals...

[Gert Funck]

Good result today....... and of course an injury at 89'


And what a debut for the new 1 Token signing, he starts repaying immediately with two goals and MOM nice (only 22 minutes on pitch)



We are on top with only wins (I'am enjoying it while it lasts)

[Buffs Mad]

League: Buffs FC try to draw a line in the sand with this habit of tied matches and conceding in every game.

In match 5 they won 2-1 - almost forgetting to concede but they put that right near the end, and only Craig Gordon's punch from a dbl CK on 89 mins avoided the draw.

As match 6 drew nearer the fans were drawn back with the prospect of 3 wins in a row. Let's draw a veil over that prospect = 1-1. >.<

The Buffs lie 5th or 6th, 6 pts behind still as the leaders lost to 3rd.

Buffs Mad said later "There's just no spark in the league this season, no one player that's stepping up to make a difference - just steady 7 and 8 ratings and the feeling that we are the opponents' 'Cup Final' >.<

[Bluebird Hewitt]

Next update, as I had two early matches today.

Rhondda Rovers reserves played their League match at home to KKP and won with a convincing 6-0 win. However, Thomsen was injured early on and is currently out for three days.



Three hours later saw the main team up against Mustapher in the first leg of the Cup. Despite a brief watch, we managed to win 2-1 at home, but a tense second leg will be expected due to them scoring a 90th minute goal.

[Gert Funck]

Friends we are at season 66