Season 77 - Week 4

Atlético Kolkata Day 11-12 Report

Yesterday was a 8-1 demolition day at home — David had 2 goals and assists, Thiago had 2 and 1, Jorge has 1 and 1, Stokke, Garayar and sub Rusu had a goal each. 5 goals came after 51', when Klochkov was injured and the offender got second yellow, thus expelling him from the game. MOM was Thiago... He has so many MOMs, despite not helping the scoreboard in any way in some of those games. :confused:
And today was a 2-0 away. The scorers were MOM Kayis and David. Unfortunately Garayar, who's quietly crept into the top 5 scorers despite being a MC, got 2nd yellow of tournament which means he'll miss out tomorrow, a very easy game, and a good one to grab some goals. His 6 match scoring streak also halted, scoring 7 in the run.
Currently we're 2nd on GD, 1st a point ahead, 3rd level but has 1 less GD (19 vs our 20), 4th a point behind. Even the Premier League won't offer such drama.

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

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Lucky you, I've a similar schedule, only that everyone in the top 4 is hot on each other's heels.

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Weird game for my team NIK with 7 goals vs a very defensive formation.
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Defense but mostly GKs had an awful performance and many mistakes.
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Wauw, small but important win against much stronger and all newly bought scouts.. Just so epic awesome!

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Originally Posted by talisman

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...

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Thank you, I'm in F and appreciate the info as it's been awhile since I got out of group stage.

Day 12 - Palace teams League report.

Palace Casuals were away at 8th place and conceded a late goal in a 1-1 draw. AM Angelo Musto, playing on the right-wing for this match, scored the Casuals goal in the first half.

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Palace Terriers were away at 3rd place and had little problem in dispatching them 4-1. A goal each from Brian Horne, Onder Chamoun, Samir Gross and Declan McGranaghan.

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Brief summary of where the teams are at this stage of the season:

Palace Casuals record in all competitions: P17; W14, D3, L0; GF 56, GA 12. League, 1st; Cup, in 'Top-16' Round. Of the 56 goals scored, 47 have been scored by just three players: Musto (AMC/AML/AMR) 18, Wiegman (ST/AMR) 15, Gerini (ST/AMC) 14.

Palace Terriers record in all competitions: P22; W19, D2, L1; GF 64, GA 12. League, 2nd; Champions League, 1st in Group and qualified; Cup, in 'Top 16' Round. Top scorers: Gross (ST/AML) 16, Horne (ST) 9, Chamoun (DC/DR) 8.

still hatin' on the schedule gods...

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I got that kind of schedule last season..this season the schedules are more balance than before..maybe it was random..

Day 13 - Palace Terriers Champions League report.

Palace Terriers are already assured of progression to the Knockout Phase of the Champions League so fielded a few reserves for their last Group match today. Samir Gross (25-yard pile driver) and Philip McKay (free-kick) scored the goals, reserve 'keeper Federico Russo kept the visitors out and won MoM. The opposition had another of Gert's double-yellows...

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good CL result

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The win streak is alive at 24. Strikers went dry for 3 games, then scored again.

Win 22: Home League game, 1:0. All wins have been hard fought since the strikers' production dried up. 3:0, 5:0, 7:0 wins are but a distant memory. Curiously, the GK has started allowing goals at the same time STs stopped scoring, so we are getting burned at both ends. Most goals against have been from set pieces: CKs and FKs. This was the first of three back-to-back-to-back league games against strong opponents vying for the top 4 spots. The up and coming MC Piedade scored from Monasterski early and we basically hung on to the lead for the rest of the game. Star MC Pinheiro grabbed a second YC and had to sit out the next big match. MOM honors for the DC Zeciri underscored the importance of good defence in the absence of goal production by the forward line, which stayed quiet for the second game in a row.

Win 23: Away League game, 2-1. Playing one of the few teams that outrates us in the league, we were encouraged by the recent signs of their marked slump. Win one draw and four losses in their last five league contests, they plummeted from the 2nd place early in the season and as high as 3rd yesterday, to the 6th as of this writing. We were happy to hand them one of those defeats. Playing for a generous monetary reward as much as for pride, veteran AMR Willemse and the promising MC Stehlik scored early, but the opponents responded before halftime. Pressing high and making key substitutes to bring in fresh troops we just managed to hang on to the minimal lead.

Win 24: Home CL game, 3:2. Playing against the second best team in the group we would have settled for a draw, but a loss by two goals or more would have made us finish second and resulted in a tougher next round draw. Well aware of the stakes, ST Kara found his scoring touch early, treating the fans to a convincing reenactment of the Red Sea parting in a play where the opposing defenders run parallel and away from the onrushing forward. I am sure the sight made the opposing manager, who looked on, cringe. Fortunately, there was no dreaded passback, and Kara, whose slump had run up to 5 games, incidentally, the number of goals he had scored in his last productive outing, finished with ease. Elated, he immediately made a defensive mistake and earned a YC, the opposition converting the ensuing FK. MC Stehlik continued to impress, scoring a beauty, his effort backed up by AML Coronel, who, too, scored before the halftime break. Rearranging their ranks for more offense, the opposition scored halfway through the second from a CK to bring the score to within one, but not enough to disrupt our impressive win streak or challenge our dominance of the group.

Reserves just done enough

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ok!

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setpiece killer

Champions League...

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1st in league, keep walking in Champions League and Cup
keep dreaming :rolleyes:

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Day 13 - Palace teams League report.

Palace Casuals played away at 5th place, and after a domanant first half, rather lost it after the break, and ended being thankful to escape with a 3-3 draw. Maarten Wiegman (2) and Angelo Musto were the Casuals scorers.

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Palace Terriers were a home against 7th place, and eased to a 6-0 win. The Assistant Manager must have been asleep for much of the second half, as his post-match report didn't mention Nikolay Radev's 5 goals. Samir Gross scored the other goal, and MoM Radev assisted in that, too. Radev miscued a penalty way wide of the left post, and striker substitute Kamel Hamlili only lasted 3 minutes before being injured in the incidet which led to the penalty. 'Keeper Aurelian M'Futi made his 50th appearance in this match.

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The Champions League Group Round 6 has now completed, and Palace Terriers are contemplating a Knockout Phase littered with landmines in the form of Friends' teams...

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Giorgos Karatziolis scored 5 today to reach 250 goals milestone...

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A very satisfying finish the the Champions League Groups. You can see in round 3, I lost at home, ending my long unbeaten streak. Next round, I faced the same team and beat him at his house. Going into the last, I'm in 1st place with a 7pt lead in GD. He goes and rips off a 12-0 win meaning I'd have to get at least 5 goals to regain 1st. My team gets a 6-0 win. I know it's not important, but it was satisfying. Maybe we'll run into each other again in the knockout rounds.

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Originally Posted by motrin

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A very satisfying finish the the Champions League Groups. You can see in round 3, I lost at home, ending my long unbeaten streak. Next round, I faced the same team and beat him at his house. Going into the last, I'm in 1st place with a 7pt lead in GD. He goes and rips off a 12-0 win meaning I'd have to get at least 5 goals to regain 1st. My team gets a 6-0 win. I know it's not important, but it was satisfying. Maybe we'll run into each other again in the knockout rounds.

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You would have been first no matter what your win in the last round, as you had a better record in the head-to-head with your rival.

Harder than it looked

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Originally Posted by talisman

You would have been first no matter what your win in the last round, as you had a better record in the head-to-head with your rival.

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Ahh. I thought it was points, goal diff, goals scored, wins, then head to head performance... Or something like that. No matter. On to the knockout rounds

Day 14 - Palace teams report (1/2).

Palace Casuals had a home League match against a high-Quality 13th place team who seem to be having a bad season. The Management wasn't complacent, however, as the slightly poorer-Q Casuals team was sent out in defensive/counter mode and got back onto the winning trail with a hard-fought 2-0 win. Right-winger Maarten Wiegman scored both goals before succumbing to injury 4 minutes from the end. He now faces an uphill battle to get fit for Casuals' vital away Cup 2nd Leg match this evening.

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Palace Terriers went away for their Cup 'Top-16' Round 2nd Leg match against a team a Level higher and 2.1Q-points better, defending the 3-1 lead they gained from their excellent 1st Leg performance. It was a change to be the team doing the Trolling, as a speeding Samir Gross latched onto a long defensive clearance in the 6th minute and used his 1-on-1 SA to slot the ball past the 'keeper to give Terriers the lead. All the defence had to do then was stop the home side scoring four times, and that was that - although the AM didn't seem to appreciate the fact in his match summary. Anything that got past the defence was stopped by MoM 'keeper Aurelian M'Futi, and Terriers progress to the Quarter-Finals 4-1 on aggregate.

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Originally Posted by motrin

Ahh. I thought it was points, goal diff, goals scored, wins, then head to head performance... Or something like that. No matter. On to the knockout rounds

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Nope: Champions League rankings - Top Eleven be a Football Manager

Outplayed but took our chances

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league win and consolidated nr. one position

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Keeper scored two goals

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Having a bad stretch of injuries. 6 injuries in 5 days. Two were during power training on the old version, but this is tough on the red packs. I also thought if a person got injured, they should be safe for a couple days.

Atlético Kolkata Day 13-14 Report

Yesterday was a 6-0 home win. Falamarzi, Pirlo, MOM Kayis and Thiago got a goal each; David had a brace; Kayis also had an assist; Thiago had two.
Today I was too busy watching the India vs Pakistan t20 World Cup match (India won), and Nordeus nicely scripted a 2-1 win for the home team while Atlético Kolkata travelled with a 33% advantage. This made us trail four points from top... hope for no upsets next. On top of that, Pirlo gets 2nd yellow of league. I've no other DMC, won't buy too. Thank you Nordeus, for not letting me enjoy after the cricket game.

suitecases are Packed for the next round Of the Cup

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So I finally lost yesterday basically because I was not around for the training and the match. Anyway.....let me introduce to you to wonderful players who has been the pillars for good performances from Golden Eaglets fc.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...d2b3dae704.jpg The keeper is our fk taker and he has been wonderful. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...f20367b9f3.jpg
He came renamed though, but he has been performing better than Vardy himself. [emoji2]

Day 14 - Palace teams report (2/2).

Palace Casuals played at home in their Cup 'Top-16' Round 2nd Leg, hoping to press on from the 2-2 draw obtained in the reverse fixture. The Management decided to let injured ST/AMR Maarten Wiegman rest and drafted in ST/AML Andre Faisca to replace him, AMC/AML/AMR Angelo Misto moving to the right-wing. Being slightly poorer in Quality, Casuals were set up to defend/counter, and Misto and ST/AMC Massimiliano Gerini scored a brace each as the home side ended 4-0 winners to progress 6-2 on aggregate. Fiasca made his 100th appearance for the Casuals, and defender Anatoliy Mustafa his 50th.

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Palace Terriers played away against 10th place, and came up against Nordeus' 'Crock a Striker' scheme, where strikers are injured in the last 5 minutes of in League matches; today's winner for Terriers was Brian Horne, who joins fellow striker Kamel Hamlili in the treatment room. On the pitch, defender Peter Jorgensen, midfielder Lukasz Sapela and left-winger Samir Gross netted to lead Terriers to a 3-0 win. Midfielder Christophe Ouahbi made his 50th appearance for the Terriers.

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It's been a while since I posted anything so I've put a few images up.
Currently on course for the League title, in QF of Cup and last 16 of the Champions League chasing a second consecutive treble.
The Cup looks in danger with a team a level above me I could meet in SF round who has a few world class players and most scouts.

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This Liverpool FC guy, I beat him to a shadow striker AMC/AML player and we bid against each other for a MR/AMR Shadow Striker. Unfortunately ran out of tokens so I tracked him down in a friends League and bid for that player. So far I've upped the bid to 7T but he isn't biting. I want that player!

OMG my striker Escobar and my left midfielder Tebily are fighting it out for top goal scorer! The record is 142 set by Constantin

Escobar 99 goals
Tebily 100 goals

Escobar broke my assist record last season of 90 previously set by Constantin, now he wants most goals! Pitry is about to set most appearances beating a record of 264.

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It's been a crazy couple of months breaking old records and winning a first treble.

I'm out of the cup after a 4-0 away defeat, our worst defeat in 2 seasons. Manager was away and the lineup was still set to 2nd teamers from the last CL group stage game with the wrong orders/formation for our cup opponent. Hopefully we can take it back from them as we welcome them at home in the 2nd half of league play. St. Patrick's Day turned into 2 for me lol.

Dialing in on my CL quarterfinal where no amount of green beer with prevent me from attending.

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Originally Posted by motrin

Having a bad stretch of injuries. 6 injuries in 5 days. Two were during power training on the old version, but this is tough on the red packs. I also thought if a person got injured, they should be safe for a couple days.

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Not if you use the old version

Day 14 - Palace teams tidy-up.

A late fixture in Palace Casuals' League, and the table after Round 12 is complete

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Palace Casuals are looking down both barrels of a tough Finals Rounds - at least all the bigger guns are in the other half of the draw and will fight it out amongst themselves before they get a chance at Casuals...

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Palace Terriers are looking at a tough draw themselves, being the only remaining Level 10 team left in the competition...

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Lost the first CL match away with 1-0. I dont get it, i had the upper hand with 13 shots on target and 65% posession. Well lets hope the second match will be better

One foot in semi

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