Season 77 - Week 4

[ponzu]

I am moving my win/ST scoring streak reports here on the advice of the wise Arion.

I don't know how often this happens (certainly, had never happened to me before) but I have not lost a competitive match this season. I am sure this streak will come to an end before long, but until then I am having a lot of fun rooting for my team and my strikers to keep the two streaks alive.

Nineteen wins in a row, and strikers have scored every time.

Win 18: home Cup game, 3:0. Despite being evenly matched on paper, we had crushed the opponent 5:0 on their turf. For the return match, I lowered the win bonus to a symbolic number just so that the lads know they did not do anything wrong and I am still thinking about them. I also went defensive just because that is what you are supposed to do in a home game after winning away. AMR Willemse was intent on proving wingers still relevant by scoring two (last one from GK Dudic on CK) and ST Monasterski scored from the backup ST Khoza to keep the ST scoring streak alive.

Win 19: away League game: 4:1. Playing against a weaker opponent, AML Coronel and AMR Willemse staged a bloodless coup of sorts trying to take over the MVP honors from the strikers by combining for 3 goals and 3 assists. ST Kara continued to slump and was replaced by ST Monasterski after 63 minutes. When it looked like ST scoring streak would end, "The Monster" Monasterski scored at the 87 minute mark. DMC Ghigani earned a perfect 10.0 rating despite not figuring in the scoring, and was given the MOM honors over Coronel, who was also a 10.0.

Willemse now has the most G+A points on the team at 12+10, as well as 5 MOM, while Kara still has the most goals: 19. Monasterski is the league's leading scorer with 10, Willemse is the highest rated at 8.3, and Coronel has the most assists with 6.

[talisman]

Day 11 - Palace Terriers Champions League report.

Palace Terriers ensured progression to the Knockout stage, and the Group Leader spot, with one match remaining as they beat the second place team in their group, and the bottom team beat 3rd to make the race for the runner-up slot a bit more interesting. Left-winger Samir Gross bagged a brace to notch up his 50 goals for the Terriers. Gross was the first (and only, so far) AM Recommendation Purchase made by the Terriers Management and has racked up his goal tally in only 70 matches, and also has 18 assists to his name.

[reddeviljohn]

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[talisman]

Day 11 - Palace teams League report.

Palace Terriers played at home against 4th position and it was that man Samir Gross again, netting another brace as Terriers win 3-0 to consolidate their 2nd position and keep themselves within shouting distance of the Vietnamese team in 1st. Midfielder Lukasz Sapela scored the third goal as the MCs forced their way onto the score sheet, Nico Cue providing the assist. Terriers have another player on the sick list, the fourth in six matches...





Some Terriers players are starting to make their way onto the 'Top Players' lists...



Palace Casuals were at home to 3rd place, and had only stadium and manager's possession advantage as both sides fielded teams of exactly the same Quality. The Management had to tinker a little with orders and bonuses, but eventually struck gold when left-winger Angelo Musto ran onto a long forward pass and opened the scoring, then provided the corner that Maarten Wiegman helped into the net. The Management were in the process of telling the team to go to hard defending for the last 10 minutes when the visitors pulled a goal back, but that was all they were allowed by a resolute Casuals team.

[HoofDaddy]

A little torn on whether or not to go for 1st place. I'll need a 3-0 victory at home to get it. I'll likely turn win bonus off and rest players but see how a specific formation works. Hopefully we will see him in the final.


Home leg went as planned. i might have scored a 2nd had I risked more but I am happy with a clean sheet. Did not want a 3-2 win. Found a hard defensive zonal formation to counter 451 with. GK Jussi was MoM but it should have been Zuger as he defended corners expertly. I'll take 1-0 and being called names by Mr.Oblivious every match.


Back on top.

[talisman]

A little torn on whether or not to go for 1st place. I'll need a 3-0 victory at home to get it. I'll likely turn win bonus off and rest players but see how a specific formation works. Hopefully we will see him in the final.

Depends on which Group you're in. Second place in Groups B,D,F,H will get you into the top half of the draw, which, if you get to the final, gets some sort of priority when setting the match time for the Final, in my experience...

[talisman]

More Palace Terriers Youth Academy product today, a 4*/60Q DL (16T) and a 2*/53Q DC/DR (0T). The second one signed and on the transfer market, the first one released - as usual...

[reddeviljohn]

Wow 4 away goals should see us into the next round

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[talisman]

Day 12 - Palace teams Cup report.

Both teams played their Cup 'Top-16' Round 1st Leg matches this morning.

Palace Casuals were away at an equal-rated Level 29 team, and having started with defensive/counter orders, found themselves 0-2 down at the break. The Management substituted a poorly-performing yellow-carded player at the break, and sent the team out to attack. Angelo Musto scored twice to give Casuals a draw and two away goals for the home Leg. Left-sided midfielder Felipe de Vasconcelas Leite made his 100th appearance in this match.





Palace Terriers Management set up the team for the home 1st Leg match and then saw the quality disparity between them and their Level 11 opponents, 94%/68.7 vs 103%/71.0:

So defensive/counter was the order of the day, and Onder Chamoun stunned the visitors with a first minute 30-yard thunderbolt, but the visitors equalised on 20 minutes. Declan McGranaghan repeated the dose to put the Terriers 2-1 up at the break, and when the Management decided that Samir Gross wasn't cutting it in this match and sent for a replacement, he confounded the powers that be by heading home a Brian Horne corner for 3-1. Liberal applications of defensive bonus saw the Terriers through to the final whistle for a well-deserved victory.

[ponzu]

Win streak is now at 21. Strikers' scoring streak got snapped at 20.

Win 20: Away CL game, 3:0. Playing an underpowered CL opponent, whom we had beaten 4:0 at home, we did not sweat it too much. Monasterski scored early to avoid last minute heroics and keep the scoring streak alive. He later assisted on a goal by defenseman Van der Plas, who got bored in his own half and decided to have at it, earning MOM in the process. Kara continued to struggle and the wingers went dry for once.

Win 21: Away Cup game, 2:1. Having obliterated our 1/16F opponent 5:0 and 3:0, we were optimistic about being paired in 1/8F with a team who had barely (1:2 and 1:0) squeaked by their last opponent, who happens to dwell in the basement of our league. In hindsight, it may not have been a good idea to switch from one of our standard formations featuring two wingers to an unfamiliar 3N-4-1-2 and passing through the middle. Playing attacking football with attacking bonus boosted to 15%, we conceded a goal early in the second half. Attacking hard and having been promoted from ML to AML, Angel "Old Man" Orue scored an all important equalizer, which would later prove to be enough for MOM honors. I was prepared to live with a 1:1 away draw, when at the 81 minute mark the crew ran a complex combination, which included a pass back from the opposing half to the GK and confused everyone, including me and the opposition and culminated with a goal by the DC Akwaffo. Despite earning respectable ratings, the two strikers went empty handed, snapping the 20-game scoring streak.

The real test comes next when I play the 4, 3 and 2 place teams in succession. While there is plenty of daylight between us and the 3rd and 4th places, the 2nd place team is hot on our heels.