Season 39

[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

[July Fourth]

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

I've got a friend team that I played many seasons in the old cup format and it took me ages to crack a way to beat 4-1-4-1 and that was to throw the kitchen sink at the formation by playing a very aggressive 3W-4-3 against it, It seems like the 4-1-4-1 doesn't like it if you try to hammer it with an aggressive formation, but I don't know if I goot lucky that day or not because it was against a team 8 quality higher than me and I probably wont face such strong opposition like that again that plays the 4-1-4-1.

[Ljepoje]

I've got a friend team that I played many seasons in the old cup format and it took me ages to crack a way to beat 4-1-4-1 and that was to throw the kitchen sink at the formation by playing a very aggressive 3W-4-3 against it, It seems like the 4-1-4-1 doesn't like it if you try to hammer it with an aggressive formation, but I don't know if I goot lucky that day or not because it was against a team 8 quality higher than me and I probably wont face such strong opposition like that again that plays the 4-1-4-1.

I could try it in the return (30/4), but I only have 2 ST in my disposition. I could go with a 3W-4-1-2 or 4-4-2 Classic as well (since it worked last time we played).... Or I could use his 4-1-4-1 formation against him, hmmm

Thanks anyway!

[Morgan O'Bree]

I could try it in the return (30/4), but I only have 2 ST in my disposition. I could go with a 3W-4-1-2 or 4-4-2 Classic as well (since it worked last time we played).... Or I could use his 4-1-4-1 formation against him, hmmm

Thanks anyway!

I can say same formations with better quality does the job unless troll comes out.

Champion's League, Day 4

Omer SK [3-2-2-2-1 Butterfly] 0 - 3 New Team [3-1-4-2]

A rather disappointing performance against a Q19 team (we are like...2,2 times stronger? Jeez) proved that game engine is on a rampage for the second consecutive day. We started, and kept for all the match, with a crushing 70% ball possession and the bar in our full favour as usual. Callaghan got us the first goal from a early free kick (6'), and from that till the half time all was shown was us pummeling them down to bits but constantly being stopped by 1* or 2* defenders. Schneider failed two consecutive chanches sending the ball to nowhere.
In the second half we started from where we left it letting in Fubuki Shirou (DR) and Patrick Everett (DL) along with Johnny Mason reforming our usual 4-1-2-1-2 not to be trolled, but to troll back. The history repeated as we kept pressing the goal zone until Schneider (the only one between midfielders ad forwards still at 0 goals this season) found the right pass for Mason. The navigated ex captain after having failed a one on one this time strikes in the 2-0 (77'). Shirou close th curtain with a magistral free kick before the end of the match (83').
We hence won 0-3 with the opponents unable to sign even a tiny action in 90', and STILL having at the end the same amount of shoots then us (14/14 6/9). New Team peaks 15 points with 19 goals scored and one conceided. Voices reports Coach Mad's weird face when controlling match's statistics: