Season 91 - Are you ready?

With idle time on his hands, the Desert Rats Management spent a little while in the Transfer Market over the past couple of days...

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For their late kick-off League match today, Desert Rats FC had both new signings on the bench for their away match against 8th place. Kostadin Marinov bagged his second hat-trick in two days, Shaun Ruel and Bryce Brown adding the other goals in a 5-0 win. Thanks to Gert for the support.

Home Guard FC were presented with some AML players by their Assitant Manager today, and Management scraped together the wherewithal to purchase the ML/AML dual-position player.

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Again the new signing spent the days League match on the bench observing his new team-mates as they played their away match against 3th place, a team performing very much above their Quality rating. After a quiet start, a penalty by Milos Jovanovic spurred the visitors into action and a hat-trick from Matias Rolando, a brace from Samuel Njewel and another from Jovanovic completed the 7-1 win.

I wanted to take this league cup with only wins.

Nope.

Oppo of course not watching, so I wonder..
1. If the game favors me and it seems I get an easy win.
2. Manager is off and does not change anything in his game.

How the hell the games turns around? :rolleyes:

Unlucky lol

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Today we made a big step to win the league:
we won vs 2.TB 4:0 at home.

We also won CL... surprisingly a bit high: 1:8 in an away game.

Thx to all supporters. :o


Tomorrow, the chinese days will start... 5 games against the chinese guy within 3 days, 4 in a row. :eek:
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I wanted to take this league cup with only wins.

Nope.

Oppo of course not watching, so I wonder..
1. If the game favors me and it seems I get an easy win.
2. Manager is off and does not change anything in his game.

How the hell the games turns around? :rolleyes:

Unlucky lol

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I've noticed substitutions can trigger goals either side...Looks that way for you sadly

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I was winning 0-3. Suddenly a managr that had the team inacive joined, and started reciving all the benefits of a newcomer, 1st I had a red, then a 2nd red cause my player splitted one of him, then a foul against was sored, good that I draw 3-3 and the 2nd, lost vs 4th, So now both have 31 points and me 32, in 2nd place. Inredible how the engine manages the things depending of the situations, I would say Im so upset after this but I did not moved my formation with 1DC and Im proud of that despite finally play with 9.

Tomorrow we face the 14th.

Home Guard FC played at home to 9th place in the League and won 8-0. Matias Rolando and Milos Jovanovic each scored doubles, Brice Morel, Hekmat Fadhil, Yves Ndjengue and Sameul Njewel scoring the other goals.

Desert Rats completed their Champions League Round of 16 tie with a 3-0 away win, progressing to the Quarter-Finals with a 7-0 aggregate over their +1 Level opponents. A double from Charlie Howell and a Patrick Tillmanns goal sealed the win.

The Rats also played at home against 9th place in their League, and had a more modest win, Patrick Tillmanns opening the scoring, Charlie Howell bagging another brace and Kostadin Marinov adding the final goal in a 4-0 win. Marinov set a new Club record with his 50th assist, and became the second Desert Rats player to pass the 100 goal mark.

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Home Guard progressed to the Quarter-Finals of their Champions League wth a 2-0 win, going through 6-1 on aggregate. Matias Rolando and Yves Ndjengue were the scorers.

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I've noticed substitutions can trigger goals either side...Looks that way for you sadly

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Nah as you can see first goal conceded out of the blue before sub. And also sub was just a change of the bad performing ST. I cannot see how it could mess up the game.

Of course, thinking logically.

If any irrelevant change could trigger the butterfly effect in this game, then you can be right :D

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Tomorrow, the chinese days will start... 5 games against the chinese guy within 3 days, 4 in a row. :eek:
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woohoo, now you can destroy him once and for all :cool:

post a screenshot with all the results of those games ;)

Hmm... endgame?

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post a screenshot with all the results of those games ;)

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I will...
He is my main rival this season. The winner of the games in CL/Cup will win the trophies for sure (except troll results :rolleyes:).
At league, I've a small advantage... 7 pts ahead.

The funny part of this story: yesterday, he pushed his team ~10%.
If Eisner plays instead of Kraxner, we are ~139%.
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I hope, the results are that good like 4 seasons ago (or better)... 3 wins/3 draws or last season CL-group stage (1:6 win)

GONNNNNNNNNNA BE FREAKIN' HARD!!!!!

Prolly we will be 3rd but this was NICE! :o:o;)

Yeah he is -1 level manager and tanking in his league :)

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GONNNNNNNNNNA BE FREAKIN' HARD!!!!!

Prolly we will be 3rd but this was NICE! :o:o;)

Yeah he is -1 level manager and tanking in his league :)

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Congratz man. Great win.

But in your opponent's perspective, he will say: "It's 16% difference and look at those stats, the engine must be broken"

:cool:

We made a great warm up before the hard games start:

8:0 win against 7.place.
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After Kraxner scored his 600.goal, I subed him, to give him the standing ovations and the applause he deserved.
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The applause hold on for a few minutes. 260.000 applausing and screaming fans... I can't describe this feeling. :o
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At this great game... don't oversee the amazing sub Alvarez. :D

At the preperation for the game against the chinese guy, Kraxner talked to me: "Thank you, Boss. A dream comes true. 600 goals... wow. The standing ovations were incredible. You found a great young striker, I reached my career goal, so, you know, I will retire after this season." Kraxner took a breath. "I'm there, if you need me - but please use your energies on Ben and Wolfgang." All I could say was "You will get a great farewell."


At league, chinese and 2.TB (4. place, I won against him yesterday) drewed their game, so I'm now 8.pts ahead, but... ahead to dnag.
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Hell Yes, that was a good one ;)

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The opponent was slightly better so that's satisfying

One of the rarest sights in Persebaya :

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A player leading the League's best players' standings ;)

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One of the rarest sights


A player leading the League's best players' standings ;)

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That's my basic league "health indicator" I want to top the league and dominate the ratings list. So far so good, top 3 and MC Diomandé on the bottom. Leading league with 7 points now, best offense and defense. Still feels tight, with Pueblos quality "disadvantage".

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Note: Kenny, 31. Arce, 29. Varga and Brini, 25

0:2 and 1:1 over my +1 level +20% champions league opponent moved us forward, to a similarly difficult opponent for the Quarter Finals. We went out 2:3 3:2 losses both in the Cup quarters, opposing 451v was well managed, deserved to advance (hope he gets crushed soon tho!)

1. games against chinese guy is won, away 1:3.

After Kraxner took a sit, I had to decide, who starts... Eisner or Meiringer (our new ST). Based on a feeling, I put Meiringer on the pitch - and he thanked it very fast: he scored at 4', after a great crossing from Costa. Costa scored 1:2 and assisted 1:3.
Thx to all supporters.:o

Costa is on the way to make two new clubrecords: 3 more MoM-titles and 9 assists are needed -> best case 17 games to go. So the question is just how high he will go. :p
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^^^

Do your other players sit on the field preparing their taxes while Kramer or Costa play 1v11 footy?

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Do your other players sit on the field preparing their taxes while Kramer or Costa play 1v11 footy?

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Mostly... we analysed, where every player have to sit. So... Costa needs only a good crossing on their heads and the ball deflects in the goal. Or he does it on his own. :p

Home Guard FC had an up-and-down day, first getting another big win in the League and then collapsing to a home defeat in the 1st Leg of the Cup Semi-Final.

Playing away against 11th place, Home Guard put on an attacking master-class, midfielder Alejandro Pusineri netting a maiden hat-trick, but being eclipsed by a five-goal burst from striker Brice Morel. Samuel Njewel bagged a brace and Milos Jovanovic got another opportunity to show his prowess from the 12-yard spot late on to complete the scoring in an 11-0 victory. The only blot on the card was a 6-day injury to midfielder Hekmat Fadhil.

In the Cup, Home Guard were the 9% better Quality side, but the opposition were the better-performing team, going ahead two minutes after the break, but it didn't take long for substitute Supachai Sunthornpit, on for the injured Brice Morel, to equalise. Both sides were conceding free-kicks, but the home team were drawing blanks, and the visitors took advantage of a set-piece of their own to take the lead late-on to condemn Home Guard to a 1-2 defeat.

Desert Rats FC had an away 1st Leg in the Cup Semi-Finals, and were quick out of the blocks against an evenly-matched opponent. Charlie Howell and Patrick Tillmanns put the Rats two goals up after only six minutes, and Tillmanns added another just after the half-hour. The home manager turned up just before half-time, and his half-time tinkering obviously had an effect as his charges pulled a goal back after the break, but the visitors Management had other ideas and made his own changes, successfully preventing any further inroads into the lead and the match finished with a 3-1 win for Desert Rats.

In the League, Desert Rats pulled held true to the adage below, going behind in the first half against their 4th place hosts, but a change from normal/low press to attacking/high press at the break reaped dividends in the second half and kept the home side at bay while the forward line went out, unsuccessfully as it turned out, for a winning goal. Charlie Howell made the vital strike in the 70th minute as the Rats dropped points in the League for only the second time this season.

Thanks to madflo, axd23, CM-16, and a couple of others for their support today.

Kostadin Marinov gets a name-check for the second day running, his appearance in the earlier Cup match being his 100th match for Desert Rats.

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Kind of a bad day...

we lost at CL at home 0:2 against the chinese guy...
Maybe we can turn it back, but I think CL is done. :(

yesterday, we beat him 1:3... he watched. Today... he didn't watch and we lost... more to say?
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Strange stuff happening in my leagues. My first team was a bottom feeder after an incredible unlucky start. Losses against bottom feeders, ties while I was totally dominant, but I went on a winning streak of 7 wins in a row and I beat the numbers 1, 2 and 3 without problems. Still only second though. I have a good chance in the CL so no worries there.

How different is it with my second team. After a long undefeated streak I suddenly lost 3 out of 6 games. The number 2 and the number 3 beat me big time. Higher in quality, equally match wise but the scores are totally off. Both team 12 shots and 6 at target. End score 0-4 loss :p Strange stuff haha. CL and Cup is still possible, so the triple is still alive.

One of my lost games was due to a red card. Quality wise I 10% stronger, had more possession, more shots, etc... but still the a.. manager said that the opponent was stronger. What?

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Strange stuff happening in my leagues. My first team was a bottom feeder after an incredible unlucky start. Losses against bottom feeders, ties while I was totally dominant, but I went on a winning streak of 7 wins in a row and I beat the numbers 1, 2 and 3 without problems. Still only second though. I have a good chance in the CL so no worries there.

How different is it with my second team. After a long undefeated streak I suddenly lost 3 out of 6 games. The number 2 and the number 3 beat me big time. Higher in quality, equally match wise but the scores are totally off. Both team 12 shots and 6 at target. End score 0-4 loss :p Strange stuff haha. CL and Cup is still possible, so the triple is still alive.

One of my lost games was due to a red card. Quality wise I 10% stronger, had more possession, more shots, etc... but still the a.. manager said that the opponent was stronger. What?

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I used to pay attention to AM comments, now I just ignore them altogether, don't even bother opening it up to read what he has to say ...

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One of my lost games was due to a red card. Quality wise I 10% stronger, had more possession, more shots, etc... but still the a.. manager said that the opponent was stronger. What?

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I've had that one too, usually in conjuction with a red card for one of my players sometime during the match. He seems to comment on the Quality difference at the end of the match rather than the start...

Todays league game (against chinese guy) ended 2:2, away.

But... opponent didn't watch again, we were down 2:0. His 1.shot (FK) was a goal. His keeper saved 2 FK of Costa...
Finally, Costa and da Silva scored and we had 5:9 SoT at the end. Let's compare 4 games we played against him:

1.league game, we won 3:2, 10:4 SoT, 1:3 saves
1.leg cup, we won 1:3, 5:10 SoT, 3:2 saves
1.leg CL, we lost 0:2, 4:4 SoT, 2:2 saves
2.league game, draw 2:2, 5:9 SoT (to us), 5:2 saves

quite annoying... the only game were the efficiency is to us, is the game which both managers watched... and... it isn't his keeper made so many saves... it just the efficiency.

At the moment, we are 6 points ahead to dnag, 9 to chinese guy. Looks comfortable.

Home Guard FC had a 1st vs 2nd League clash as their first big match of the day, and, barring a dramatic collapse, it looks like 'Game Over' for the League competition this season. Hudson Mendes Ribeiro and Matias Rolando scored the second half goals that gave Home Guard a 2-0 win and a commanding lead at the top of the table.

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In the Champions League, having disposed of a mega-threat side in the previous Round, Home Guard now find themselves with one foot in the Semi-Finals after a convincing win over a more equal team. Strikers Brice Morel and Matias Rolando put the home side two goals up early on, then the middle of the match belonged to recent left-wing signing Ellis Wardell. Having claimed MoM for his assists in the earlier League match, Wardell got the MoM in this one, netting a hat-trick. A late Penalty by Milos Jovanovic closed the match on a 6-0 win for Home Guard.

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The Desert Rats FC Management rolled out his latest weapon in the fight against higher-Quality +1 Level teams in the Champions League, and the Rats shaded the home Quarter-Final 1st Leg by a single goal to give them a fighting chance of a Semi-Final berth. Midfielder Mukhtar Hassan turned in a Kostadin Marinov cross in the 25th minute to give Desert Rats a 1-0 win.

The league match of the day saw Desert Rats at home to 3rd place, and after a good start, struggled in the mid-match, but rallied to overcome a stubborn opponent with a 3-2 win. Kostadin Marinov and Charlie Howell put the hosts ahead 2-0 by the 32nd minute, but the visitors scored a goal each side of the break to level the match. With 14 minutes to go, Mukhtar Hassan repaid the favour from the earlier match, supplying Marinov a cross which he deflected into the net to score the winner for Desert Rats.

Another name-check today, as central defender Blagovest Metodiev played his 100th match for the Rats.

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Hakurei United lost Nanok Purwana, the main GK, for at least 2 days after random injury. Joni is a good guy in my team and the fact that the red and white squad is only competin for the CL spot in the league makes everything feels safe

FA draw is done... and we have a really hard weekend:

Semi-Finals against WorldTop 7, other Semi-Finals are the FA, who beat us 2 weeks ago at 2.leg and a FA, we struggled a few weeks ago (we won 18:15, but it was really close).

yesterday was a good day for our team won our CL home game 5 -0 courtesy of 2 red card from my oppo. In league we still at the top facing a 2nd spot with unexpected result not watching the game.
Today we in the cup final and got lucky with a 0-0 draw unable to watch the game. All in all its a good day.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...29e30ca0f2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...efc14e1e4e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...409dd0cebb.jpg

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FA draws are on now........and we get a chinese opo again.....damn.......ill not be up at 4am to manage my team, no way......is the second time this season this happen, as last time we get the other side of the planet association, why?? on tournement there are 4 groups, 3 of them in our time zone (GMT) and 1 from asia, and that group from asia as to play agaisnt us.....like last time........cant we get a same time zone group?? or if that gotta be at leats put others playing to them not the same guys ever :(

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Won for 1 goal yesterday vs a team of middle table, we still in 2nd place and 6 points from the leader, playing daily with the 1-4-2-3-1 and no more formations, so target accomplished. yesterday I saw a player in da market of age 24, a AMR and first I thought that was Irish for the flag but I confused the Ireland flag for the one from Ivory Coast or so that is the same but inverted xD

So I did not go for the player to accomplish my own rules this season. Only players from Britain islands.

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:eek: omg... good luck to you.


4. game in a row against the chinese guy: we won 3:1at home, so we reached our 9. cupfinal in a row.
But... he didn't watch his game... take a look at the saves... (we are black) :eek:
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Thx to all supporter, I think, whole friendlist was there again. :o


Tomorrow we play our last game against the chinese guy. Let's hope, we can repair the 0:2-loss.

Holy batsh.t, RNG hates me again. My team was undefeated in the competition. 11 wins and 1 tie. What could happen right? A lot apparantly. The forlast 5 games were already 3 losses and 2 wins. Next game is against the number 9. He is about 20% weaker then me and looks like an abandoned team. Couldn't attend the match but when I checked the A.. mananger said that we were just a little better but it was a hard game.

Stats him vs me
Possession 36-64%
Shots 8 vs 20!
On target 2 vs 9!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saves 7 vs 0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

Seriously troll result. End score 2-2. Come on. And the best thing, his goalie only scored a 6,5?????????? He should be the man of the match.