Season 39

[Ljepoje]

Balkan Boyz - Matchday 11 (Sz.4 - lvl4)



HEADLINE: Manager -Ljepoje- outrageous after 1-2 defeat in the Balkan derby: “It's just ****ing ridiculous!”

Balkan Boyz (Q41,2) Formation: 4-1-2N-1-2 (4-4-2 diamond)>> 1 - 2 << FC Kula (Q32,5) Formation: 4-1-4-1

The Balkan Boyz hosted the first Balkan derby as the Bosnian team from Sarajevo -FC Kula- visited the town of Bihać in the north-western part of Bosnia, near the Croatian border. Several thousand spectators attended, and many announcements were made in both Citys before the "big clash" as both teams compete for the league trophy this season. But despite all expectations and preparations, the game itself turned into a huge dissapointment in which The Balkan Boyz Manager -Ljepoje- burst into anger after the final whistle. As manager -Ljepoje- stated to the local press, he felt that his "team was penalized and ripped off by 3 points due the non-regularity". The game itself was quite controversial from the beginning as many domestic supporters weren't able to enter the stadium due the high securtiy measures. As the security management managed to get the situation under control, the game could finally begin.

And this is where it becomes interesting ....


4minutes into the 1th half, Ivica Olić managed get a warning after a heavy start on Paul Dilena which got injured and carried out on a stretcher. His substition Bryan Hodge got on the pitch and "things" got "spooky". Just 5 minutes after the sub, he managed to score FC Kula´s first goal and therefore give his team the lead (coincidence?). A quarter later, the same Bryan Hodge that got substituted and then managed to score, got booked (now, this guy was jacked as fu*k)! 4 minutes later, The Balkan Boyz managed to get an equalizer thanks to Edin Džeko (understandable). The same Edin Džeko got injured, 9 minutes after the equlizer (the commentary doesn't state, how/why etc). His substitution Xherdan Shaqiri entered the pitch, but just as he entered the pitch - he got a warning! At the same minute as Xherdan Shaqiri managed to get a warning, FC Kula managed to score their second goal! (Now this is fu*ked up!).. A couple of minutes later (the 68min) Hasan Salihamidžić replaced Ivica Olić as Olić seemed to drop in condition rapidly. 2 minutes after the substition is made, FC Kula midfielder Matas Birtalan gets an injury (the commentary doesn't state, how/why etc) and the guest are forced to make a change. From this point, FC Kula manages to defend themselves pretty well, despite our 60% possesion, 17 attempts on target (7 of them at the goal), 7 corners and 8 free kicks!!! His 3-5* players manages to defeat my 6 - 8* players in no time and a 1-2 defeat at home was a fact!

Due this EPIC ENGINE FAIL, Balkan Boyz miss out it´s opportunity to grab the 1th place and stays therefore on a 2nd place with 22points! Tomorrow we will be playing against the league leader -FC Beauteville- and I confident that we will get our ass handled by this Q34 team as well!



Scorers: Don´t give a damn!
Subs: Don´t give a damn!
MOTM: T11 ENGINE (rate:10 OF 10!)

[July Fourth]

Balkan Boyz - Matchday 11 (Sz.4 - lvl4)



HEADLINE: Manager -Ljepoje- outrageous after 1-2 defeat in the Balkan derby: “It's just ****ing ridiculous!”

Balkan Boyz (Q41,2) Formation: 4-1-2N-1-2 (4-4-2 diamond)>> 1 - 2 << FC Kula (Q32,5) Formation: 4-1-4-1

The Balkan Boyz hosted the first Balkan derby as the Bosnian team from Sarajevo -FC Kula- visited the town of Bihać in the north-western part of Bosnia, near the Croatian border. Several thousand spectators attended, and many announcements were made in both Citys before the "big clash" as both teams compete for the league trophy this season. But despite all expectations and preparations, the game itself turned into a huge dissapointment in which The Balkan Boyz Manager -Ljepoje- burst into anger after the final whistle. As manager -Ljepoje- stated to the local press, he felt that his "team was penalized and ripped off by 3 points due the non-regularity". The game itself was quite controversial from the beginning as many domestic supporters weren't able to enter the stadium due the high securtiy measures. As the security management managed to get the situation under control, the game could finally begin.

And this is where it becomes interesting ....


4minutes into the 1th half, Ivica Olić managed get a warning after a heavy start on Paul Dilena which got injured and carried out on a stretcher. His substition Bryan Hodge got on the pitch and "things" got "spooky". Just 5 minutes after the sub, he managed to score FC Kula´s first goal and therefore give his team the lead (coincidence?). A quarter later, the same Bryan Hodge that got substituted and then managed to score, got booked (now, this guy was jacked as fu*k)! 4 minutes later, The Balkan Boyz managed to get an equalizer thanks to Edin Džeko (understandable). The same Edin Džeko got injured, 9 minutes after the equlizer (the commentary doesn't state, how/why etc). His substitution Xherdan Shaqiri entered the pitch, but just as he entered the pitch - he got a warning! At the same minute as Xherdan Shaqiri managed to get a warning, FC Kula managed to score their second goal! (Now this is fu*ked up!).. A couple of minutes later (the 68min) Hasan Salihamidžić replaced Ivica Olić as Olić seemed to drop in condition rapidly. 2 minutes after the substition is made, FC Kula midfielder Matas Birtalan gets an injury (the commentary doesn't state, how/why etc) and the guest are forced to make a change. From this point, FC Kula manages to defend themselves pretty well, despite our 60% possesion, 17 attempts on target (7 of them at the goal), 7 corners and 8 free kicks!!! His 3-5* players manages to defeat my 6 - 8* players in no time and a 1-2 defeat at home was a fact!

Due this EPIC ENGINE FAIL, Balkan Boyz miss out it´s opportunity to grab the 1th place and stays therefore on a 2nd place with 22points! Tomorrow we will be playing against the league leader -FC Beauteville- and I confident that we will get our ass handled by this Q34 team as well!



Scorers: Don´t give a damn!
Subs: Don´t give a damn!
MOTM: T11 ENGINE (rate:10 OF 10!)

4-1-4-1 counters the narrow diamond, especially if its ML/MR are motivated.

[Ljepoje]

4-1-4-1 counters the narrow diamond, especially if its ML/MR are motivated.

Nah, I don´t belive in counterformations. Also, I´ve been beating 4-1-4-1 formations in the CL & CUP with my 4-1-2-1-2. But the main point wasn´t that I lost - it was how/the way I lost. The commentary board didn´t make any sense at all. It didn´t even specife the players that scored/took the free-kicks/corners... It kept switching inbetween the sentences.

'I've never experienced anything like this. But fu*k it, it wanted me to lose and I lost my first league game for the season

[July Fourth]

Nah, I don´t belive in counterformations. Also, I´ve been beating 4-1-4-1 formations in the CL & CUP with my 4-1-2-1-2. But the main point wasn´t that I lost - it was how/the way I lost. The commentary board didn´t make any sense at all. It didn´t even specife the players that scored/took the free-kicks/corners... It kept switching inbetween the sentences.

'I've never experienced anything like this. But fu*k it, it wanted me to lose and I lost my first league game for the season

I've had games like this with my power trained squad, drew a number of games in the league in the last 4 seasons and I even lost 2-1 last season in a league game and had about 20 games where I won by the odd goal. so it means in the last 4 seasons about 80% of my games have been confortable wins in the league with about 15% being close wins and 5% of games being fail.

But when your 10-15Q above most of the rest of the teams in your league you tend not to need the counter formations as they are mainly recommended for weaker teams facing stronger opposition.

[Ljepoje]

I've had games like this with my power trained squad, drew a number of games in the league in the last 4 seasons and I even lost 2-1 last season in a league game and had about 20 games where I won by the odd goal. so it means in the last 4 seasons about 80% of my games have been confortable wins in the league with about 15% being close wins and 5% of games being fail.

But when your 10-15Q above most of the rest of the teams in your league you tend not to need the counter formations as they are mainly recommended for weaker teams facing stronger opposition.

Yeah, but the funny part is that I´ve been playing against this guy for 3 seasons (both league and cl) and I´ve beaten him like 7 of 8 times (despite if I use 442 diamond, classic or 4-1-4-1 my self). He is playing the 4-1-4-1 formation for 3 seasons now and It´s like "his" thing.

He managed to beat the group leader in his CL group (E) a couple of minutes of go, so I will probably have the honor to avoid him in the knockout stage

[kullehh]

Balkan Boyz - Matchday 11 (Sz.4 - lvl4)



HEADLINE: Manager -Ljepoje- outrageous after 1-2 defeat in the Balkan derby: “It's just ****ing ridiculous!”

Balkan Boyz (Q41,2) Formation: 4-1-2N-1-2 (4-4-2 diamond)>> 1 - 2 << FC Kula (Q32,5) Formation: 4-1-4-1

The Balkan Boyz hosted the first Balkan derby as the Bosnian team from Sarajevo -FC Kula- visited the town of Bihać in the north-western part of Bosnia, near the Croatian border. Several thousand spectators attended, and many announcements were made in both Citys before the "big clash" as both teams compete for the league trophy this season. But despite all expectations and preparations, the game itself turned into a huge dissapointment in which The Balkan Boyz Manager -Ljepoje- burst into anger after the final whistle. As manager -Ljepoje- stated to the local press, he felt that his "team was penalized and ripped off by 3 points due the non-regularity". The game itself was quite controversial from the beginning as many domestic supporters weren't able to enter the stadium due the high securtiy measures. As the security management managed to get the situation under control, the game could finally begin.

And this is where it becomes interesting ....


4minutes into the 1th half, Ivica Olić managed get a warning after a heavy start on Paul Dilena which got injured and carried out on a stretcher. His substition Bryan Hodge got on the pitch and "things" got "spooky". Just 5 minutes after the sub, he managed to score FC Kula´s first goal and therefore give his team the lead (coincidence?). A quarter later, the same Bryan Hodge that got substituted and then managed to score, got booked (now, this guy was jacked as fu*k)! 4 minutes later, The Balkan Boyz managed to get an equalizer thanks to Edin Džeko (understandable). The same Edin Džeko got injured, 9 minutes after the equlizer (the commentary doesn't state, how/why etc). His substitution Xherdan Shaqiri entered the pitch, but just as he entered the pitch - he got a warning! At the same minute as Xherdan Shaqiri managed to get a warning, FC Kula managed to score their second goal! (Now this is fu*ked up!).. A couple of minutes later (the 68min) Hasan Salihamidžić replaced Ivica Olić as Olić seemed to drop in condition rapidly. 2 minutes after the substition is made, FC Kula midfielder Matas Birtalan gets an injury (the commentary doesn't state, how/why etc) and the guest are forced to make a change. From this point, FC Kula manages to defend themselves pretty well, despite our 60% possesion, 17 attempts on target (7 of them at the goal), 7 corners and 8 free kicks!!! His 3-5* players manages to defeat my 6 - 8* players in no time and a 1-2 defeat at home was a fact!

Due this EPIC ENGINE FAIL, Balkan Boyz miss out it´s opportunity to grab the 1th place and stays therefore on a 2nd place with 22points! Tomorrow we will be playing against the league leader -FC Beauteville- and I confident that we will get our ass handled by this Q34 team as well!



Scorers: Don´t give a damn!
Subs: Don´t give a damn!
MOTM: T11 ENGINE (rate:10 OF 10!)

you have no chance to beat 4 - 1 - 4 -1 or 4 - 4 -2 this season , a 1* team were using 4- 4 - 2 and beated me

[dv8r]

Champions League, round 5 - android fc 0-7 Perfect Tactics
Android FC: 25.5, 4-4-2 classic
Perfect Tactics: 51.7, 3-2-2-2-1 butterfly (2nd half 4-1-2-1-2 ND)

Our second 7-0 win today. As this was a dead rubber, we played half our 2nd team. Suarez got a hat trick, twice from a corner and once from a free kick. Fabregas scored via Suarez's pass and Suarez also set up Cazorla just before the break. Petersen got 2 goals, one from long range and another from a free kick. The win puts android fc rock bottom of the group and they are on the brink of getting knocked out.

Goals: Suarez (8', 50', 61' HAT), Fabregas (28'), Cazorla (36'), Petersen (40', 74')
MOTM: Petersen

We will play Pakisaji FC in the next round.

[Morgan O'Bree]

The sole fact that 4-1-4-1 counters diamond is idiotic. In the end it differs not much from 4-4-2 which is countered by diamond itself. Let alone that a single striker vs 4 men should be riddiccoulous. another sample is that the counter to 4-5-1 is 3-5-2. Basically makes no sense as you play with one less defender. And an extra st just how can overcome a 4-back plainly? To me is senseless. Like playing with 4-3-2-1 wide vs a 3 dc defense and not having your wings do a sigle action. To me: crap.

[July Fourth]

The sole fact that 4-1-4-1 counters diamond is idiotic. In the end it differs not much from 4-4-2 which is countered by diamond itself. Let alone that a single striker vs 4 men should be riddiccoulous. another sample is that the counter to 4-5-1 is 3-5-2. Basically makes no sense as you play with one less defender. And an extra st just how can overcome a 4-back plainly? To me is senseless. Like playing with 4-3-2-1 wide vs a 3 dc defense and not having your wings do a sigle action. To me: crap.

Lol... lets not forget that 4-4-2 Classic COUNTERS 4-2-3-1 on this game!!!

Basically counter formations are rock, paper, scissors on Top Eleven.

[Chris Rath]

The sole fact that 4-1-4-1 counters diamond is idiotic. In the end it differs not much from 4-4-2 which is countered by diamond itself. Let alone that a single striker vs 4 men should be riddiccoulous. another sample is that the counter to 4-5-1 is 3-5-2. Basically makes no sense as you play with one less defender. And an extra st just how can overcome a 4-back plainly? To me is senseless. Like playing with 4-3-2-1 wide vs a 3 dc defense and not having your wings do a sigle action. To me: crap.

The key at 4-1-4-1 is the DMC, who gives the center more stability. That is where 4-1-2-1-2 focuses the attack (if played in a normal way). And with the offensive motivated wingers (as July described), you can play nice counter attacks. I made very good experiences with it against 4-1-2-1-2, too.
But if it is a counter formation, I don't know. There is more the match engine considers. Sometimes I noticed special ability players can turn the outcome of a match completely besides the famous random effects. :s

I'm starting to think counter formations are a hoax!!

I lost with butterfly, 4-5-1v AND 4-1-2-1-2 in the cup against the 4-4-2 classic. Twice against a weaker team.

Just use your best team, that's all I can say.

I had problems with 4-5-1V as well against 4-4-2 in the CL some days ago (won luckily by standards), but I believe it was no normal 4-4-2, but a motivated one.