Season 69

[Buffs Mad]

A match in my league, not mine.

Ratings hell >.<



Still, its not as bad as the ratings I saw a week ago for a rl match in the Scottish league. A team lost 4-0 and the newspaper ratings awarded 4 players.....2 O.o

Must have been a high quality match. >.<

[Gert Funck]

For crying out loud, there goes the undefeated achievement... again

[reddeviljohn]

Won cup match 2-1 away with last min goal and won league match 4-0 and today drew our league match 2-2 giving away a late goal

[Top11 Manager]

Won cup match 2-1 away with last min goal and won league match 4-0 and today drew our league match 2-2 giving away a late goal

so you had 2 league matches today?

[Buffs Mad]

League: The Buffs step it up a bit v 10th today at home and bang in 10.

Striker Jack Harper emerged in a basque, fishnets and a touch of lippy - yes, today he was hot (hat-trick). Right winger Ryan Gauld also popped in 3 to take his Season's tally to 40, 27 in the league.

Craig Gordon participated in a nice counterattacking move: saving at the feet of the opposition striker then immediately distributing it out to Robertson (DL) > Baxter (AML) > Harper (ST) > Gauld (AMR) = Goal!

[Gert Funck]

WTF




And to top that we lost the match


Gee, thanks Lord Nordeus

[mmunger]

What. A. Win! Probably the best tactical game in Red Stars Munich history. A 2:1 Cup win in the quarter-finals first leg against a manager who is one level higher and has three Scouts as well as one World Class player in the lineup.



My guys played in defensive mode but they had 67% possession and their long balls were effective. Central midfielder Schmeer stole the show with a brace and a 9.1 rating.

I used a wide formation although my opponent stacked all his players in the middle.



We still have to deal with that annoying away goal in the second leg, but for the time being... let's enjoy that big win.

[Gert Funck]

ok, now I am sure 'the machine' hates me today





Making it the reservs third injury today


2' minute in cup, first action of match

[mmunger]

ok, now I am sure 'the machine' hates me today





Making it the reservs third injury today


2' minute in cup, first action of match

There are two dangers in a match. First, minutes 1 to 3, when you are most likely to concede or see other crap going on.

Then, the first minute after you sub in a player because he can get injured as soon as jumping on the pitch.

[talisman]

Palace teams report, Monday 10th August...

A couple of days to report as I have been out of town...

Casuals had a Champions League match they'd rather forget. After the 6-1 heaviest defeat ever last season, they didn't even get the one at home to a team 7+AQ better, sporting 10 6* players in their starting line-up. Barring a miracle of the highest order, a discrete veil will be drawn over the Champions League for this season. Defender Freddy Jones had his 150th appearance in this game. A couple of League games saw the Casuals bounce back after the CL woes with a 4-0 away win, Hansen, Petrovski, Shaqiri and Zhelev scoring; and a 0-0 away draw. In the Cup, a team a level lower was entertained at home, and they put up a good account of themselves as Casuals won 1-0. Johan Shaqiri celebrated his 150th appearance by hitting the visitors before they had settled in with a 1st minute strike, so a slender advantage will be taken into the return leg.



Terriers started with a 1-0 away win in the League, Nicky Jones providing the goal on the stroke of half-time, then hosted a team of 2Q higher in the Cup, and take a 1-0 advantage in to the return leg. Xabier Moran put the icing on Ruben Gorrano's 50th appearance with the winning goal in the 65th minute. Back to the League, and the 8 game winning run came to a halt with a 1-2 defeat. The hosts were 2-0 up in 25 minutes, and the Terriers attack only breached the home defence in the 89th minute, Xabier Moran, making his 50th appearance in Terriers colours, providing a free-kick cross for recent signing striker Matt Hall to head in his debut goal. The Cup provided an away trip to the US and a 4-2 win to all but seal a Semi-Final berth for the Terriers. Aad Roemgens opened the scoring, and debutant midfielder Stanislav Dolgoborodov put Terriers back in front in the second-half before Ondrej Kadlec scored a brace to seal the win.



Desert Rats FC have suffered a mid-season slump, two defeats taking them perilously close to dropping out of the promotion race altogether. Striker Lorcan Ivory scored the goal in the first match, a 1-3 defeat, and midfielder Michael Attenborough put the Rats ahead early in the second match, but the rest of the team folded in the last half-hour and the final score was 1-4.