Season 91 - Are you ready?

[axd23]

This season was a disaster. After 2 consecutive doubles (League+CL) and 6 straight League wins in total, this season I didn't win anything. The only good thing about this season was the promotion in Gold 2 with 3 tournament wins with my FA.

League

It was a hard-fought battle against top teams from the start. Easily the most competitive league I've ever taken part in. What ended up biting me was an away draw against a team which played every single match after this result to intentionally lose, most notably against the second of the table losing to them 14-0 a few matches after mine versus him. And a 1-4 home defeat against the champions. After going up 1-0 he equalised and managed to turn it around with a direct free-kick. I made a terrible mistake believing that attacking would get me at least a draw only to end up conceding 2 more. A final point I would like to make, after a certain point it seemed like everyone in the top 4 was against me, always supporting my opponent. I've never seen something like this so it really upset me. Anyways...

Champions League

After 2 consecutive titles, I was knocked-out in the Quarter-Finals by a lesser quality team due to the away goals rule. The team I won in last season's Final ended up taking the trophy home.

Cup

Bombing out of the competition in Round of 32 was my thing for 3 straight seasons. This one, I reached the semi-final only to be eliminated by a team which was also in my league. He lost in the final so that was very satisfying.




I don't really have an MVP for this season, it was so mediocre after all and nobody really stood out. But I would like to say goodbye to a player who only played for 3 season but he was phenomenal, helping more than anyone in winning 4 titles. Farewell Can Ucar.




Also, a big thank you to a striker who although didn't perform well this season was surely one of the best strikers I had so far in the game. Goodbye Radvan Barkanichkov.

[talisman]

Home Guard final day report and Season summary.

Home Guard FC completed a perfrct League season, ending with a 2-0 win over 9th in the table with goals from Brice Morel and Samuel Njewel. Thankfully the end of season injury blitz has abated, and all 12 players used came through without a scratch.

Season review.

Home Guard FC started out their League season as the standout team in terms of Quality, and with the necessity to upgrade the team substantially in order to compete in the other competitions, particularly the Champions League, the gulf between them and the other League participants grew to the point that it wasn't when they would drop points, it was if.



Home Guard's first foray into the Champions League went well until the Semi-Final, when they under-performed against a -10%Q team, and went out with a 1-2 home defeat after a 0-0 away 1st Leg.



In the Cup, Home Guard went one better than last season and brought home the trophy, to record their first double.



The Playing squad was much improved, particularly in the first half of the season, 10 players coming in and 8 players leaving. The final playing squad, and their club records are here:



The Player of the Season was brought in on Assistant Manager's recommendation on day 8, his description was 'Goal Machine' - the Management think he's lived up to that appellation.



...and finally, the Player records for Home Guard FC