Season 40

[July Fourth]

RR Cup, 1st leg - Svalbard Rovers 2-1 Perfect Tactics
Svalbard Rovers: Level 9, 52.4, 3N-5-2 flat
Perfect Tactics: Level 7, 56.5, 3-2-2-2-1 butterfly (60' 4-5-1v)

A first loss for Perfect Tactics this season against a slightly better team but we can't be disappointed here. Things didn't seem to go our way in the first half as they took a lead from a corner through Kastrati. Kastrati got a second goal from yet another corner and it seemed to be Goff giving away the corners each time! We couldn't break their formation down and in the 2nd half we were getting back into the game but we were wasting chances. A red card for our opponents gave us a chance from a free kick but it was saved. However from the corner Pistov headed in for the all important away goal. A stupid glitch meant that we couldn't make a sub and it almost cost us as Hardy was injured, almost giving us an illegal formation and they battered us in the last 5 mins but we held on for a narrow loss.

Goals: Kastrati (24', 37'), Pistov (70')
MOTM: Kastrati
Sent off: Jernslett (70')

Hmmm... Looks like you have to fight all the way to win this tie, the important thing here is you have kept yourself in this since you said your opponents were the better team for most of the game. Your at home in the second leg and I can see you turning this one around and making it onto the last 16 draw brackets drawsheet and it would be good to see quality drawsheet from you in a few days.

Other news: Troll City won their playoff first leg 2-0 at home and are strong favourites to reach the last 16 of their RR Cup.

[dv8r]

Hmmm... Looks like you have to fight all the way to win this tie, the important thing here is you have kept yourself in this since you said your opponents were the better team for most of the game. Your at home in the second leg and I can see you turning this one around and making it onto the last 16 draw brackets drawsheet and it would be good to see quality drawsheet from you in a few days.

Other news: Troll City won their playoff first leg 2-0 at home and are strong favourites to reach the last 16 of their RR Cup.

He was dominating the game for some reason... The butterfly not doing it's job against his 3-5-2 flat. Shots were 11-4 to him at one point and then after I changed formation to the 4-5-1v and he was down to 10 men, I got it back to 16-15... so maybe 4-5-1 v for the home leg. Opponents were watching and had a friend so he had 7% possession to start with. I need this kind of advantage at home so I may set the match late at night to ensure he doesn't watch

[July Fourth]

He was dominating the game for some reason... The butterfly not doing it's job against his 3-5-2 flat. Shots were 11-4 to him at one point and then after I changed formation to the 4-5-1v and he was down to 10 men, I got it back to 16-15... so maybe 4-5-1 v for the home leg. Opponents were watching and had a friend so he had 7% possession to start with. I need this kind of advantage at home so I may set the match late at night to ensure he doesn't watch

Yeah If you watch + he watches with a friend support for the second leg, It will only give you +3% for home advantage, that could result in a very tough second leg again. It's never easy when your playing against the possession wind.

[dv8r]

Yeah If you watch + he watches with a friend support for the second leg, It will only give you +3% for home advantage, that could result in a very tough second leg again. It's never easy when your playing against the possession wind.

I'm rescheduling the match to late in the night so I can get an advantage, it's sly tactics but I must.

Coincidentally, his league match is 20 mins before mine so I can't change it until 15 mins after my match so I'll be affected too.

[July Fourth]

I'm rescheduling the match to late in the night so I can get an advantage, it's sly tactics but I must.

Coincidentally, his league match is 20 mins before mine so I can't change it until 15 mins after my match so I'll be affected too.

Yeah your other tactic is out the window there because of your own league game. 1.30 am K.O. ??

[Rubenito]

Week summary due to my busy scheduele this week:

Cup:

Out from the competition from the 2nd round , we met a 15 level team and we have to wait for the next year to aim for the cup trophy

League:

After a weak start in the first game with a draw in the first day, we managed to win the next 5 games with top teams from our league and we are on the first place with a 3 points advantage

Champions:

1 Win-1 Draw- 1 Lost

We lost out first game , for me a big surprise since we were way better than the opponent, and we are now 2nd place in the group with 5 points behind from the 1st place

Go Aliens

[dv8r]

Yeah your other tactic is out the window there because of your own league game. 1.30 am K.O. ??

That's my only other choice. Let's hope it pays off

[Bluebird Hewitt]

Updates from my end. The last update was from the 1-1 cup game with Manchatterunitet.

Friday

Rhondda Rovers had an league game away to FC Katowice who, while being the closest to us quality wise, they play an illegal formation. Thankfully, they kept the same formation and gave us 80% possession. Due to this, Rhondda Rovers won 3-0 courtesy of Arianto (35), Ebeye (57) and Gussago (82). Unfortunately, Rhondda Rovers lost Steigelmann in the 39th minute to injury and has had a 3 day layoff (I don't know if the injury helped or not, but he was rated 4 this time). He will be back tomorrow.

Yesterday

Yesterday saw a potential tricky away game in the CL to FC Rapid, while our league game kicked off an hour later at home against Statemaraq FC.

The quality difference was a decent gap (Q5 in my favour), but not to the point where a win was expected. Well, the end result was quite unexpected as Rhondda Rovers won 4-1, the goals coming from Sutcu (5 & 37), Khutaj (28) and Ha (32). They got a consolation goal in the 71st minute. Nothing else major in this match.

However, the League saw a shock result as Rhondda Rover's backup team were held at home against Statemaraq FC. It looked like business as usually as Sutcu tucked away a 10th minute penalty that saw their Vachev booked. However, their Yahia brought the scores level in the 23rd minute. Subs were made that could not change the game, even with a sending off for Vachev in the 81st minute for a second bookable offence. Arianto had the chance to be a hero after getting one on one with the keeper in the 89th, but he put his shot over the bar. That spelt the end of an at least 30 winning game run in the league.

Today

Today sees the day that Rhondda Rovers cup run could come to an end against LaBandita FC who, likely many have said on here, are predominantly a scout team (though the quality difference isn't huge. Q2 in their favour). Rhondda Rovers also had an away afternoon kick off against FCB in the League.

Due to the strength of the team in the Cup, Rhondda Rovers used the majority of the backup against FCB in the hope of turning things around following the shock 1-1 draw yesterday. The team responded superbly with a 4-1 victory for Rhondda Rovers, the goals coming via a hat trick from Cutts (15, 48 & 83) and one from Ebeye (45). The consolation coming in the 48th minute for FCB. Nothing much else to report on here.

The cup match away to LaBandita FC will take place at 10.05 this evening (GMT). Expecting a loss tonight.

That's your update.

[dv8r]

Yeah your other tactic is out the window there because of your own league game. 1.30 am K.O. ??

What do you reckon? 1:30am kick off Wednesday morning or 3:30am kick off on the Tuesday morning?

[Ljepoje]

Just wanna say hello before I head off - again

League: We managed to beat the 3rd team in the league today, Colchoneros FC with 7 - 0 at home. I wasn't expecting this kind of high result since he managed to beat FC Kula and the 4th team earlier on. Anyway, a win is a win and we improved our goaldifference. Israeli team "Iztik Yan" are 2nd at 15points. Tomorrow we play "Scally Utd" (currently at a 3rd place). This is a team we shouldn't have any problem beating.

CUP: The kickoff is set at 23.00CET and we play at home. I think we could and should be able to win the 1th leg without any difficulties, despite the quality of his team (mix of 5* and 6*). Don't know if he is trying to "scare" me or just don't wanna reveal his formation yet, but he has set up a 4-1-3-2 formation (the same as Hypool used and lost with 7 - 0). Also, he has a MC in the 1th eleven that is suspended (red card).

Also, the Transfermarket has been JACKED with 5* all day long. As you can see there are a couple of youngsters on my list that aren't that bad, but I will probably not take part in any bidding since I already have 4 youngsters on PT.





@Dv8r, srry to hear about the CUP loss. Hopefully you could get back on the saddle and beat him in the return. Just go all in or fight "fire with fire" as I did last season.