Season 39

[Morgan O'Bree]

League, Matchday 3.

New Team [4-1-2-1-2] 8 - 0 "Insert Arabic Name FC" [4-4-2]



A fairly easy match against one of the "main opponents" in this season's League. Against the 4-4-2 flat our Narrow Diamond resulted devastating, even if this time too we had our MCs playing the big role of main scorers, while only Lenders up until now unblocked with a goal today, leaving out other main strikers still at 0 (Hutton, Schneider). The match was clearly a preannounced killing spread started with Denton receiving from Ivor Hardy and beating in the early moments of the match the still cold keeper (2'). Despite being his first official match, Hutton even not scoring held a magnificent performance serving the first two of his 3 daily assists to James Derrick (20') and Mark Lenders (31') ending the first half on 3-0.
In the second half Is Oliver Hutton again finding the right path for Paul Diamond (57') after some mins of tiki-taka, who followed a second goal few minutes later (66'); Two goals from Rob Denton (73', 85') and one from Becker (76', League's top scorer) rounded the final result on 8-0. New Team first in the board with just one team keeping the winning streak behind.

Scorers: Rob Denton (3), Paul Diamond (2), Tom Becker, Mark Lenders, James Derrick.
MoM: Rob Denton (9), New Team.

Champion's League, Matchday 2

Fc Barcelona [5-2MC-1-2] 0 - 2 New Team [4-1-2-1-2]



We surely expected some sort of resistance from this averagly good team taking off the hat a super defensive 5-3-2, but we didn't expect to have so many difficulties during the game. More than once for all the duration of the match we risked on his counter-attacks and found difficultly spaces to get the ball in. But this time, as their work should be, when our midfielders couldn't break the chains our Strikers took the team's pride on their shoulders and gave it their all.
Despite the managers being both active (with a possible cup opponent supporting FC Barcelona) our possession was far superior since the start. Altho, Barca's keeper was defently in his gracious state today (Rating: 8) as he managed to deflect in corners everything our mids and forwards shoot at him. We went ahead thanks to a magnifique header by Karl Heinz Schneider from one of the many corners in the first half,drew perfectly by Clifford Yuma as Hardy was resting for this one (18'). Barca reaction followed right after with a 30 mts shoot which Price succesfully made his bocking the ball on the ground. We kept pushing without many successes, managing to safely recover the ball twice during Barca's two dangerous counters. In the second half we got in the finally recovered Le Blanc along with the captain Oliver Hutton (for the unnoticed but generous 8 rated Mason), who with a personal action jumped two defenders and the keeper giving us the safe 0-2 which concluded the match, as our opponents' reaction wasn't properly strong to penetrate our mails.

Scorers: Karl Heinz Schneider, Oliver Hutton.
MoM: Clifford Yuma (9), New Team.

[dv8r]

Champions League, round 2 AC REJRa 0-4 Perfect Tactics
AC REJRA: 36.2, 4-4-2
Perfect Tactics: 51.4, butterfly

An easy win and we remain top of the group. Mata with a long range strike put us 1-0 up and then after a quiet remainder of the half we found some more goals in the 2nd half. Van der Zande with his first goal for Perfect Tactics from the counter attack before Hardy added to the score 7 minutes later. A late Petersen free kick made it 4-0 and rounded off a routine win

Goals: Mata (15'), van der Zande (53'), Hardy (60'), Petersen (77')
MOTM: Warmwater

[Bluebird Hewitt]

To add to my three injuries already, my backup DL has injured himself in training and is out for 4 days. Useless geriatric tit. Might flog him for fun and let someone else have his injury.

[PeterMeter]

Had two games in pretty quick succession today as well, been a bit frustrated with the scheduling so far as I've had 3-6 hours between games at the most, meaning the team rarely get more than 5%'s worth of rest.

Started off with a League game against one of the bottom half teams, Adel FC. After a shock opening where Mroz opened the scoring for the hosts iLandslaget grabbed a firm hold on the reins. 3 goals by Gamarra and 2 goals by Bouzgarrou, 1 by Hai and then the obligatory Gerailton goal meant we dominated proceedings and took all 3 pts with a 7-1 win.

The short rest for the Champions League game meant I had to reshuffle the team somewhat, but everyone performed their part to help the team see off Dalibor FC, an acquaintance from last year's CL, in a 3-1 affair that flattered the hosts somewhat. The 3 central midfielders Sogaard, Hai and Liljehook scored for iLandslaget while Willhelmsson scored a consolation goal for Dalibor FC.
Maximum pts for iLandslaget so far in both competitions, these being the first goals the team let against them as well.

Not had a lot of injuries so far, but enough to cause some problems since I have such a small squad.

[Raykco]

Had two games in pretty quick succession today as well, been a bit frustrated with the scheduling so far as I've had 3-6 hours between games at the most, meaning the team rarely get more than 5%'s worth of rest.

Started off with a League game against one of the bottom half teams, Adel FC. After a shock opening where Mroz opened the scoring for the hosts iLandslaget grabbed a firm hold on the reins. 3 goals by Gamarra and 2 goals by Bouzgarrou, 1 by Hai and then the obligatory Gerailton goal meant we dominated proceedings and took all 3 pts with a 7-1 win.

The short rest for the Champions League game meant I had to reshuffle the team somewhat, but everyone performed their part to help the team see off Dalibor FC, an acquaintance from last year's CL, in a 3-1 affair that flattered the hosts somewhat. The 3 central midfielders Sogaard, Hai and Liljehook scored for iLandslaget while Willhelmsson scored a consolation goal for Dalibor FC.
Maximum pts for iLandslaget so far in both competitions, these being the first goals the team let against them as well.

Not had a lot of injuries so far, but enough to cause some problems since I have such a small squad.

3-6 hours is fine. That is plenty of time for your players to recover, especially if you've got a full squad. Many managers would love to have that time difference.

[PeterMeter]

3-6 hours is fine. That is plenty of time for your players to recover, especially if you've got a full squad. Many managers would love to have that time difference.

Not really for them to recover on their own though, is it? 5% doesn't really do much for their overall condition if this goes on for much longer. I'm averse to buying packs only to get the team back in the yellows for the 2nd game of the day. And I have a small squad, which I stated. Maybe I should've mentioned that previous seasons almost all my league games were played before 2 in the afternoon and CL/Cup games were generally played after 7pm. On rare occassions I had less than 6 hours, which means I'd get 10-15% back between games every day.

Last year's final meant I had something like 30 mins between the 25th game of the season and the Champions League-final, so yes, I'm aware it could be worse.

[Zeon]

damn, another draw in leage 1-2-0 atm, need to step up if i dont want to jeopardadise project 3rd consecutive league win^^

[Raykco]

Matches today, (League & Champs League).

LEAGUE. Matchday 3.

Result: ARABIC TEAM 1-2 LONDON CITY
Goals: Silva 10, Brown 54, Duggan 73
M.o.M: Jake Brown

Our stuttering start to the season, continued, with this hard fought win against what seems like an abandoned team. The home side took an early lead through Gary Silver. We kept pressing forward, but couldn't make a breakthrough, and trailed 0-1 at the interval. We sent on Jake Brown for the second half, and he made all the difference. Brown went on a solo run, and struck the equaliser within ten minutes of the restart. We began to dominate more and more, but only one more goal came our way, when Hector Morgada played a through ball, for Terry Duggan to clip home.


CHAMPS LEAGUE. Group Match 2.

Result: BUNJY FC 1-2 LONDON CITY
Goals: Andersson 16, Zola 54, Serkov 59
M.o.M: Stig Andersson

Although we won, this was yet another disappointing display, against the weakest team in our group. Stig Andersson scored the only goal of the first period, after being put in by a simple pass from Jake Brown. Adam Zola headed a second for us, from an Andreas Costa corner, shortly after the resumption. Sergey Serkov pulled one back for the home side, just on the hour mark, but we held out for an important win.


GENERAL THOUGHTS.

We are lying 2nd in the league with 7 points, without really getting into gear. In the CL, we are equal top with TAK fc. We both have 4 points and identical goal difference, (both scored 4 and conceeded 3). Our problems seem to be at home, where we have won just once and drawn three, in all competitions. Away from home, we have won all 4 matches.

On a brighter note tonight, 'keeper Keith Cross went up a star rating to 5*, while DC, Clayton Manning, and ML, Jake Brown, both became scouts, all through normal training (no PT).

[Ljepoje]

GENERAL THOUGHTS.

We are lying 2nd in the league with 7 points, without really getting into gear. In the CL, we are equal top with TAK fc. We both have 4 points and identical goal difference, (both scored 4 and conceeded 3). Our problems seem to be at home, where we have won just once and drawn three, in all competitions. Away from home, we have won all 4 matches.

On a brighter note tonight, 'keeper Keith Cross went up a star rating to 5*, while DC, Clayton Manning, and ML, Jake Brown, both became scouts, all through normal training (no PT).

I experienced this in the beginning of the season as well. So I decided to change things "around" a little bit the next morning. First, I went from a 4-5-1 V formation to a 4-1-2-1-2 (4-4-2 diamond) formation. Second, I decided that it was time for a win bonus increase a little bit.

And what happend? Well, we won, won and keept winning. 0-3, 2-6 and 1-3: All away

My point is, set you win bonus at max or increase it a little bit & switch your current formation (or move player around if the can play multiple roles).

[Morgan O'Bree]

SENSATIONAL NEWS FOR NEW TEAM!

A press conference is held surprisingly after the CL match, with Coach Mad shocking the audience with a glamorous announce:

Yes, we did receive lately so many offers for our players that we spent more time refusing them than looking for new talents. Expcially for Bruce Harper, we had offers at a point they became annoying. A particular team was so incredibly insistent that no matter how many times we refused, they kept coming back at us. Now, we have put on Harper trust and efforts last year to bring him up as a player worth of New Team, and for the last season he did a damn good job. Although lately, with he uprising of Richard Flanagan, and at 22 years old's doors, we gradually diminished our investement upon him.


Journalist:Does it mean you're putting him for sale in the market, Mr. Mad?

Well no, we never planned so. We wanted to keep him at least for the current season, and so when Anstey FC offered for him back, instead of refusing, knowing it wouldn't matter, we answered putting on him an overrated price.

Journalist: Of what price we're talking about, Mr Mad?

Well, standing by TL our Harper was priced 2,68 M at the present condition, so we asked Anstey FC...5,35 M plus transfer feed covering expenses.

<Shocked noise around>

Journalist: So, did that work as deterrent to avoid being annoyed more?-the reporter woman smiles-.

Actually, no, they accepted.

<Shocked voices>

As of today, Bruce Harper will find new luck playing for Anstey FC, we concurred already with him for the immediate transfer. We thank him for his performances and wish him the best in his new team.

Journalist: Are you gonna replace him at any rate?

Well, about that... <He invites someone behind the curtain to move over to his place, letting the crowd leave another shocked scream> We are happy to announce that we completed the research of a new talent covering the DR role. Please welcome Fubuki Shirou, our new rising star.

<The conference goes on with the player's interview>

Harper's transfer infos:


Fubuki Shirou's Transfer:


With this New Team's solves the riddle of not having a FK specialist when Callaghan isn't around. Next season New Team's navigated defender will be able to rest more due to his upcoming 26 years old.