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Post by Sonic on Feb 12, 2006 23:10:27 GMT
I hate that bruised head injury as it always seem to come up.
This is more of a friendly game than a competitive game :checkit:
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Post by coffers on Feb 13, 2006 0:09:23 GMT
February 2007: Of Friendlies and Cups:
Free Loafer played well enough to rate a 7 in Iceland U19's 3-1 win over Qatar. Roasted Rasta resumed full training.
In the last friendly before the Icelandic Upper League Cup competition starts we entertained Banik Ostrava who had easily beaten us towards the end of 2006. It was a different story this time around though, the first half was keenly contested but we edged in front from a BXM Flyer header on 38 minutes to go in at the break leading 1-0. BMX Flyer added a second on the hour mark and Ostrava started to crumble. On 64 Boris lashed one into the roof of the net and the scoring was completed by Raffia Pudding with 6 minutes remaining. The lads were ready for the season to start and I couldn't wait. I think th 3048 fans who turned out saw that in the play too. The one negative aspect to come out of the game was Sky Train bruising his head, he could be out for 2 weeks.
Grommit and Ingenious variable are sent home with colds and will be out for up to a week, Darned Critter will be out for up to a month with a back strain from over exerting himself in the weights room. Some things never change, the bookies have made Fylkir 4-7 favourites for our opening game in the Upper League Cup, we get odds of 4-1.
Fylkir vs Fjolnir, Staring Line-up: GK: Snooker Loopy, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy (Entebbe raider 73), DC's: Hide Away & Extreme Santa, DMC: Severe Singlet, MC's: Sky Train (Jammy Forefinger 73) & Boris AMR: Charmed Existence, AML: Foghorn (Roasted Rasta 73), ST: BMX Flyer.
18/02/2006 A. Fylkir (Upper League Cup Grp B) - Fylkir started brightly, looking to take the game to us but didn't really threaten for all their initial possession. We started to ease our way into the game around the 15 minute mark and on 21, Used Crash Dummy chipped a ball over the keepers head and BMX Flyer headed in from almost the goal line. From that moment on-wards we controlled the game. We led 1-0 at the break during which words of encouragement were offered. Three minutes into the second period, Extreme Santa fed a short ball into the area and Charmed Existence lashed in from 8 yards to double our lead, it was almost too easy. On 72 the game was all but wrapped up, Cyborg played a long ball down the right, BMX Flyer latched on to it and centred, Foghorn got ahead of his marker and clipped the ball past the keeper for number three. With the game in the bag changes were made for tiring players. Fylkir took advantage and pressed for goals to get back in the game, one came on 81 when lax play allowed Christinsen to get a header in, Snooker Loopy parried and Oskarsson was on hand to tap into an empty net. Despite piling on the pressure after that, Fylkir couldn't salvage anything else out of the game. Won 3-1, Attendance 739. Weather: Dry 50°f. MOM BMX Flyer (10)
After the game the injury reports came in, Roasted Rasta out 3 weeks with a damaged elbow, Free Loafer who didn't play, damaged a knee cap in training and will miss up to month. The win was described as deserved an comfortable and the board were delighted. Helsingborg come in for Charmed Existence and after a bit of jiggery pokery at the negotiation table an offer of £230K upfront plus £750k over 6 months plus £500k for the first international that he plays plus 30% of any future transfer fee is found to be acceptable to both parties. I may regret this but I do have sufficient cover for the Right wing, and the income over the coming months may help the club improve our facilities for next season. But when it all comes down to it, the transfer falls apart because Helsingborg cannot afford the fee at the end of the day.
Þór are next up and they have to come to our patch where we are made evens favourites.
Fjolnir vs Þór, Staring Line-up: GK: Snooker Loopy, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy, DC's: Hide Away & Extreme Santa, DMC: Severe Singlet (Jammy Forefinger 81), MC's: Sky Train & Boris AMR: Ingenious Variable (Scratched Bit 81), AML: Foghorn, ST: BMX Flyer (Storm In A Teacup 81).
18/02/2006 H. Þór (Upper League Cup Grp B) - The game was a stroll in the park but it took 35 minutes to register the first goal as Þór battled bravely to keep the score down. BMX Flyer hit a 20 yard free kick into the left corner of the net for the opener. The second and final goal came on 45 as Severe Singlet drove a 25 yard effort goal-wards, the keeper parried, Ingenious Variable hit a short low ball into the area and BMX Flyer lifted it over the diving keeper. We were in total control of the second half and didn't really break sweat. Won 2-0, Attendance 169. Weather: Dry 48°f. MOM BMX Flyer (9)
In the English League Cup Final Liverpool are hammered 4-0 by Chelsea, our performance is described as efficient, well we did enough to win and nothing more. As the month ends the board inform me that they are very pleased with our performance and reveal that we made a £4.26k profit during the month.
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Post by coffers on Feb 13, 2006 10:01:20 GMT
The competition has started again Sonic, you can wake up now. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by Moo on Feb 13, 2006 10:04:37 GMT
Nice update Coffers and taunting of fellow members is encouraged, so a :thumb: for that too. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by Sonic on Feb 13, 2006 22:59:09 GMT
The competition has started again Sonic, you can wake up now. ![](http://www.geocities.com/jacquesdebohun/smilies/grin.gif) What, you woke me up for that. Wake when you've got some real results. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by coffers on Feb 14, 2006 0:21:59 GMT
March 2007: Of Friendlies and Cups Again:I'm not sure why Iceland have so many breaks between games early in the season. Like February there are only 2 competitive game scheduled for the month of March, so a couple of friendlies are quickly arranged, to keep the players match fit and at least one of them is a money-spinner against Aab on the first day of the month, today in fact. We'd played Aab on a number of occasions before and the games had all been pretty close affairs, for most of this game that was something that that didn't look like changing. Aab had missed a 2nd minute penalty which Shouting At Wolves saved brilliantly. We were lethargic in the first half, Aab to there credit deserved to be leading at the break, but the game remained goalless. Some words of encouragement were dished out with some words of criticism in certain places. The second half saw an improvement if effort. Finally the deadlock was broken on 58, Sky Train tool a ball from the right turned his marker and hit a 25 yard scorcher into the net. That was that until the last 10 minutes. With 10 minutes to play, Aab waltzed through our defence and equalised, some changes made earlier seemed to have unbalanced our shape, so a couple more were made. Five minutes later, Almost A Munster put BMX Flyer through, he held off one challenge before wrong footing the keeper and slotting in for number 2. On 87 Raffia Pudding slotted in at the back post from a superb low cross by Boris. On 89, Aab broke and left our defence in tatters to pull a goal back, but a minute into injury time Magnified Eye played a ball into the area, BMX Flyer sneaked in unobserved and smashed the ball in at the near post. Won 4-2, Attendance 3070. A high tackle during the game left Charmed Existence with a bruised thigh that should see him miss up to 2 weeks of action. Our Ass-Man takes time out to indicate that; Used Crash Dummy has improved immensely during recent training sessions, he also informs me that he believes Crash Dummy's development is entirely due to his involvement in regular first team action: ![](http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/4757/fjolusedcrashdummy8wu.jpg) Sky Train goes down with a damaged heel, that's 2 weeks without his services. But Roasted Rasta resumed training. Going into the next game Breioablik are made 5-4 favourites, we have fairly generous odds of 7-4. Breioablik vs Fjolnir, Staring Line-up: GK: Shouting At Wolves, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy, DC's: Hide Away & Severe Singlet, DMC: Notional Anthem, MC's: Ingenious variable & Boris AMR: Raffia Pudding, AML: Foghorn, ST: BMX Flyer. 09/03/2006 A. Breioablik (Upper League Cup Grp B) - Breioablik were blown away by Fjolnir who produced exhibition football against opponents who were clearly outclassed. I took just 10 minutes to stamp our mark on the game, Ingenious variable won the ball in the centre circle and send Raffia Pudding scampering away through the middle, quite what the winger was doing swapping places with BMX Flyer nobody knows, but he jinked one way then the next before sending the keeper the wrong way and delivering the ball into the left hand corner of the goal. It was all Fjolnir but we didn't double the lead until Ingenious Variable headed in a Severe Singlet corner unopposed, to give us a 2-0 half time lead. It was too easy. The second half saw an outstanding display of passing skills but it took us up to the 62nd minute to score again, Notional Anthem fed the ball to Boris in the area his first time lay off to BMX Flyer was blasted under the keeper and boy did the Flyer celebrate. Subs were sent on and Breioablik still couldn't get near the ball as we sprayed it about the pitch. Won 3-0, Attendance 534. Weather: Wet 48°f. MOM Ingenious Variable (10). The board were delighted and the press reported that Breioablik were totally outclassed. Really Dim returns to training, as do Darned Critter, Free Loafer and Charmed Existence. FH are set as 2-5 favourites in our cup clash we have a health 13-2 chance of making a profit according to the bookmakers. Fjolnir vs FH, Staring Line-up: GK: Snooker Loopy, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy, DC's: Hide Away & Severe Singlet, DMC: Notional Anthem, MC's: Ingenious variable & Boris AMR: Charmed Existence, AML: Foghorn, ST: BMX Flyer. 18/03/2006 H. FH (Upper League Cup Grp B) - We expected a tough game but the early indication were that we weren't going to get one, we were 1-0 up after only 3 minutes from Ingenious Variable heading a Charmed Existence near post cross. On 13 Ingenious had doubled his tally and our lead with a 30 yard pile-driver that swerved every which way but loose, on it's way into the net. We continued to dominate for the next 20 minutes but FH started to knock the ball about more freely and began edging their way into the game. Five minutes before the break FH won a free-kick 25 yards out, it was dispatched around thee wall with ease to pull one back and leave us hanging on to a slender lead up to the break. The second half continued how the first left off, FH dominating the play. Something had to be done as they were rampaging down our right, Charmed Existence came off for Raffia Pudding, the new legs stemmed the flow a bit and slowly we started to exert some pressure, two more changes on 72 and finally the pressure told on 77, Foghorn was brought down in the area, a red card was shown and Ingenious Variable grabbed his hat-trick from the spot. FH made a brave effort to get back into the game but we clung on bravely to take another 3 points on our march towards knock out stage qualification. Won 3-1, Attendance 194. Weather: Dry 53°f. MOM Ingenious Variable (10). Four wins in 4 games, another win would guarantee progression to the next stages of the competition. The bad news is that raffia Pudding twisted his knee during the game and is out for 4 weeks. The media and fans seemed to think this was a historic win, the board were pleased. We now had two friendlies arranged for the rest of the month. Sky Train resumes training. In the first friendly away to Brommapojkarna we started well enough and even took the lead on 26 minutes courtesy of a Charmed Existence header. Then that was it, we just gave up as we watched Brommapojkarna carve us open on 3 occasions before the end of the half. I couldn't believe what a pathetic first half performance I had just witnessed as the teams trooped in with us losing 3-1. Granted it wasn't our best side but I would have expected better than this. Some angry words were said, like shocking, disappointing and lacking pride. Some changes were made and our play improved in the second half but not to the extent that any goals were scored. At the end of the day we lost 3-1 and deservedly so. Certain players were left in no doubt of what I thought of their performance. Overall the team were told that they were not good enough, Extreme Santa and Storm In A Teacup were told they were an embarrassment. 101 people turned up, no doubt they were delighted as their team won. We now had to prepare the team for the visit of Slavia Prague, I hoped that they wouldn't be too demoralised after my lam-blasting. Eye Of A Dalek is suffering a dead leg and will be out for a week, he's lucky I didn't kick him after his performance he would have been out for a season the lazy goit. 3097 fans turned up to watch is play Slavia Prague and initially I thought they were going to be disappointed when we started badly looking as if we were going to repeat the last games first half. Prague were all over us and we didn't seem to have an answer. They took an easy lead on 11 carving us open down our left. We just looked jaded and out of sorts, either that or disinterested. Team tactics were changed, slowing down tempo, cutting the width of play and more effort in closing down was asked for. It worked we started to play better passes found their target and we started to edge possession. On 32 Almost A Munster played a ball deep into the area and BMX Flyer got to it before it went out and turned it into the goal from an acute angle. We ended the half on a high. Not only that we continued it into the second period, holding our own against a very strong team. Deep into injury time, Squiffy Skull Cap managed to get on the end of a Hide Away Corner to claim the winner. Won 2-1, pride restored but at what cost? BMX Flyer and Severe Singlet were both led off injured. Severe Singlet is out for 2 months with a sprained ankle, BMX Flyer got off lightly with just a knock to recover from. Shouting At Wolves will be out for 2 weeks with a damaged heel. £26.81k profit was made in the last month and the board are very pleased. BMX Flyer will be out for the next 4 weeks with a twisted knee.
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Post by Sonic on Feb 14, 2006 7:20:48 GMT
Pity about the injuries, but not a bad update. The 3-1 loss was a bit disappoint by the look of things as they seemed to play badly.
:yawn: Has the league started yet :checkit:
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Post by coffers on Feb 14, 2006 8:33:13 GMT
:yawn: Has the league started yet ![](http://www.geocities.com/jacquesdebohun/smilies/checkit.gif) That's in May. Two more borong months to go yet. :humb:
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Post by coffers on Feb 14, 2006 15:59:20 GMT
April 2007: Of Friendlies and Cups Again:In a rather bizarre twist, the Semi Finalists for the European Champions Cup are all English; Arsenal, Chelsea, Man United and Liverpool. I've seen 3 English sides reach the Semi-Finals before but not 4. Despite being only a first division side, KA, our next opponents, are made evens favourites to win the game, the 9-4 odds given against us winning look rather ridiculous. KA vs Fjolnir, Staring Line-up: GK: Snooker Loopy, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy, DC's: Hide Away & Extreme Santa (Entebbe Raider 64), DMC: Darned Critter, MC's: Ingenious variable & Jammy Forefinger (Boris 64) AMR: Sky Train, AML: Foghorn, ST: Storm In A Teacup (Charmed Existence 64). 05/04/2006 A. KA (Upper League Cup Grp B) - The first 10 minutes apart KA didn't know what had hit them, it was purely one-way traffic. After a couple of early nervy bad passes we settled into the business of destroying our opponents, on 17 Cyborg put a ball into the area and Storm In A Teacup obliged with a 16 yard half volley. Despite lots of pressure we didn't make another breakthrough until the 40th minute, Darned Critter's 30 yard free kick hit the wall and bounced to the right of the goal, before the keeper could regain his balance Sky Train lashed the loose ball inside the near side right post. On 45, Storm In A Teacup got to the by-line and cut the ball back for Foghorn to finish at the far post. A 3-0 lead at the break will do very nicely thank you. Won 5-0, Attendance 355. Weather: Dry 48°f. MOM Sky Train (10). The second period saw KA stuck in their own half for the entire 45 minutes but it wasn't until changes were made on 64 that we managed another goal. It came within 3 minutes of the changes, Darned Critter hit a 20 yard shot that was going 10 yards wide, Sky Train got his boot to it before it crossed the line and diverted it back across the goal for Charmed Existence to hit past the stunned defence before they could react. On 77, Charmed Existence doubled his tally when he picked up a deflected Cyborg cross and lamped the ball into the right corner of the goal. There were plenty more chances but it was difficult to get through the packed KA defence. Won 5-0, Attendance 355. Weather: Dry 48°f. MOM Sky Train (10). The board are delighted that the win qualifies us for the quarter-finals of the Upper League Cup. Raffia Pudding resumes full training and Scratched Bit is transferred to Þróttur for £3000. That only leaves one unhappy player in the squad, Grommit it looks increasingly like I might have to give him away. Predictably our next opponents, KR, are made 4-7 favourites to win, we are a mere 4-1. Elfsborg are sniffing around Ingenious Variable, even though his asking price is set at £2.5M. Fjolnir vs KR, Staring Line-up: GK: Snooker Loopy (Bridge Hag 84), DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy (Free Loafer 84), DC's: Hide Away & Extreme Santa, DMC: Darned Critter, MC's: Ingenious variable & Boris AMR: Sky Train, AML: Foghorn (Roasted Rasta 21), ST: Storm In A Teacup (Grommit 84). 13/04/2006 H. KR (Upper League Cup Grp B) - This was as expected a hard fought game, KR are one of the better teams in Iceland and came to take all three points, but we wanted them two so it made for an interesting encounter. The midfield was the key to winning this and ours apart from Darned Critter did a good job. Unfortunately Foghorn had to be replaced on 21 due to injury, but his replacement opened the scoring on 26 with a great finish from a Sky Train cross. Unfortunately Darned Critter who was the Muppet of the day, gave away a 29th minute penalty from which KR equalised, and that's how the game remained up to half time. The performance so far had been disappointing and Critter got a right blasting for his part in it. We improved in the second half and grabbed the lead again on 53, from an Ingenious Variable penalty. from that moment on we pressed KR hard to try to put the game beyond doubt, without further result. Four changes were made with 6 minutes of normal time left and we went up another gear. Sub for 5 minutes, Free Loader had to go off on 89 with an injury, so we were down t 10 men, but 2 minutes into injury time, Charmed Existence put Sky Train in the clear, his run to goal was unimpeded and with the goalie backing off he shot from an acute angle and killed the game stone dead. Won 3-1, Attendance 911. Weather: Dry 46°f. MOM Sky Train (9). The Post Match injury report puts Free Loader out for 2 weeks with a stubbed toe, Foghorn will be out fo 2 months with strained knee ligaments. The victory was described as historic, quite why that is I don't know, as we've beaten them before. Shouting At Wolves resumes training, Grommit is up for grabs for nothing, but nobody seems to be interested. We're made evens favourites for our home encounter against first division HK, it makes a change but I wonder how the bookies around here make any money. Fjolnir vs HK, Staring Line-up: GK: Snooker Loopy, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy, DC's: Hide Away & Extreme Santa, DMC: Darned Critter, MC's: Sky Train & Squiffy Skull Cap AMR: Charmed Existence (Ingenious Variable 70), AML: Almost A Munster (Roasted Rasta 45), ST: Storm In A Teacup. 19/04/2006 H. HK (Upper League Cup Grp B) - It has to be said that we were shocking in the first half, playing the game as if it was won without kicking a ball. HK took a deserved lead on 32 minutes with a swerving 32 yard screamer. Even then our lads didn't wake up. Thankfully an equaliser came 3 minutes into injury time, Squiffy Skull Cap flicking in a near post cross from Cyborg, on his debut. I decided not to go overboard on the criticism and left my comments to disappointing. It seemed to work as there was more purpose about our play in the second period. On 55 Cyborg crossed deep, Roasted Rasta headed against the post and Storm In A Teacup struck home the rebound. On 73, Roasted Rasta put Squiffy Skull Cap through down the left, his square ball across the goal was met at the far post by Storm In A Teacup for our third. Next up was Squiffy Skull Cap again, this time a 16 yard header from a deep Cyborg cross, it hit the net with 79 minutes on the clock. Squiffy became a hat-trick boy 2 minutes into injury time as he met a far post Sky Train cross and put it beyond the keepers reach. Won 5-1. HK had imploded in the second half, I'd like to think my half time team talk had something to do with it. Won 5-1. Attendance 184. Weather: Dry 57°f. MOM: Squiffy Skull Cap (10). ![](http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/6054/fjoliulcgrps8qs.jpg) Grommit is on his way to Stjarnan for nothing, but we'll get 15% of anything they manage to sell him for. Magnified Eye resumed training. Snooker Loopy will be out for 2 weeks with a strained wrist. Birmingham are relegated from the EPL. We're drawn at home to Fram (ISL) in the quarter finals of the Upper League Cup and that's upon us sooner than we think, we're made 5-4 favourites which is a bit of a novelty, to be regarded as favourites for two games on the trot: Fjolnir vs Fram (ISL), Staring Line-up: GK: Shouting At Wolves, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy, DC's: Hide Away & Extreme Santa, DMC: Darned Critter, MC's: Ingenious Variable & Boris (Jammy Forefinger 66) AMR: Sky Train (Charmed Existence 66), AML: Almost A Munster (Roasted Rasta 66), ST: Storm In A Teacup. 25/04/2006 H. Fram (ISL) (Upper League Cup QF) - We do seem to have problems with our play in the first half, this was not much different to other recent games, but this time I tweaked the team instructions after 13 minutes of huffing and puffing, it made a difference, slightly less width, slightly faster closing down and a slightly slower tempo saw us hold on to the ball more. Edging our opponents for possession we got our noses in front 5 minutes before the break, Boris sent an angled ball towards the edge of the six yard box and as the keeper came to meet it, Storm In A Teacup rose to glance the bal past him. A lead at the break is always nice, but the game was tight, so encouragement was offered and the lads responded. Eventually on 66, Sky Train took the ball wide and ghosted past his marker, he then angled a ball towards the penalty spot and Almost A Munster ran behind the line and drove in for his first of the season. Chances were few and far between but 10 minutes from time Roasted Rasta wrapped the game up with a 25 yard free kick that curled nicely around the wall and whistled into the net. Won 3-0 Attendance 529. Weather: Dry 51°f. MOM Ingenious Variable (8). The difference between the two sides was effectively the quality of finishing, they had as many chances as us but we had more on target and made better use of the chances. The Semi Final Draw sees us pitched at home to Fylkir on 29th April and BMX Flyer resumes training but, he has a bit to go to get anywhere near fit enough to be allowed on to a pitch. Fylkir are immediately made 4-6 favourites which sees us in our traditional underdog role. Fjolnir vs Fylkir, Staring Line-up: GK: Shouting At Wolves, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy (Jammy Forefinger 73), DC's: Hide Away & Extreme Santa, DMC: Darned Critter, MC's: Sky Train (Ingenious Variable 63) & Boris AMR: Charmed Existence, AML: Almost A Munster (Roasted Rasta 63), ST: Storm In A Teacup (BMX Flyer 83). 29/04/2006 H. Fylkir (Upper League Cup SF) - The pattern continues, struggling early doors but with a few slight adjustments the perfromance starts to improve. On 36 a deep cross from Cyborg is met by Storm In A Teacup's head and it's 1-0. Without being too exciting we still deserve the half time lead. Without over excelling ourselves we controlled the second period and, on 75, doubled our lead; Ingenious Variable collected a pass from Jammy Forefinger, steadied himself then swivelled and shot in one movement to beat the keeper at the left hand post. The game was as good as over, Fylkir didn't even look like getting back into it and ultimately didn't. BMX Flyer got a little run out and there was no reaction to his previous problem. Won 2-0 Attendance 410. Weather: Dry 53°f. MOM Hide Away (8). We will meet IA in the final on 25th May, quality of possession told today. As there were no friendlies during the month we made a loss of £12.11k, but the board are delighted with progress.
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Post by Sonic on Feb 14, 2006 23:55:17 GMT
Nice average of 3+ goals a game there Coffers. There doesn't seem to be much to this league at all, as you seem to be humping all and sundry. And the bookies :checkit: May looks to be an exciting month, what with the league resuming and a final. I was done over last night. I had 15 seconds to go and a 25 yard screamer from Alonso took my Piast team's dream of making the Semi's of the LAC for the first time crashing down around us. We were leading 2-1 at Anfield, coming back from a goal down, a dodgy one, in the first leg to be leading on away goals. I had the team on ultra defensive, had maxed out time wasting, taken off a forward and brought on a more defensive midfielder. Bascially everything right, and with 15 to go :moop: The same thing happened in the next game, though it was 15 minutes to go, first shot the game from Wisla, who are second, and then to last placed team who with their only shot at all scored in a 3 on one in the last 30 seconds of the game. We were the 3 too. Actually, the next game saw a two goal lead inexplicalby thrown away and a third goal finally scored after throwing on a lot of attacking players iwth ten to go. I tell you, this game rigs itself sometimes. Needless to say, I've finished the season and now have the WC to look forward to with Italy, Costa Rica and Zambia in my group. I think I can progress from this one ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by coffers on Feb 15, 2006 8:37:05 GMT
It seems to be getting harder though Sonic, I'm not sure if there are subtle changes in tactics going on against us, or the game is just rigging itself as you say. Teams do seem to be taking a more defensive view when we meet them though. Maybe they are sussing out our tactics as I mention in the next update. It just seems our first half performances are getting to be regularly woeful, that's generally followed by an improved second half performance.
Maybe I need to be looking at tictac changes or something.
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Post by Moo on Feb 15, 2006 9:28:06 GMT
Nice work, Coffers. The final should be a doddle, no? ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by Sonic on Feb 15, 2006 23:45:52 GMT
To put the Liverpool game in another light, they won the EPL. I've played the first WC game, against Zambia, and ended up winning 3-2. Zambia were strangely hard to beat. I then had one of my better MCs sent off early in the second half, and he'd only scored two goals as well :moop: Luckily, they had a forward sent of soon after and the game died out. Some GKers must be teleporting, judging by some of the saves I see sometimes.
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Post by Sonic on Feb 15, 2006 23:47:40 GMT
Oh, and I'm trying 3 at the back, DL-> DC <-DR. That's the backline. It seems to stop the wingers getting at you down the flanks a bit better, but I haven't figured out how to spread them out when I've got possession as they sit centrally.
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Post by coffers on Feb 16, 2006 0:40:11 GMT
May 2007: Of Friendlies League and Cups This Time:Snooker Loopy resumes training, though he won't be fit enough to play in a friendly arranged against Germinal Beerschot on 3rd May, which is the last game before the league season starts. I stick with my normal starting tactics and this time we get off to a flyer against Gerrminal Beerschot, Shouting At Wolves hit a goal kick towards the half-way line, Charmed Existence picked it up and ran with it before hitting the ball towards the near corner of the 6 yard box, where BMX Flyer hit a first time angled drive beneath the keeper to put us one up. BMX is at it again on 23, this time A deep cross by Cyborg is headed down by Squiffy Skull Cap and BMX Flyer is left with the easiest of chances to tuck the ball away, he did and we were 2-0 up. That was the state of affairs at the break. The official crowd was 3084, Money, Money, Money as Abba would sing. Anyhow the second period went much the same way as the first except we didn't score early on. Instead Beerschot hammered a 25 yard free-kick into our net on 71 and then started to play. A quick adjustment of tictacs and we started to settle again. On 81 Sky Train nicked the ball in midfield, sent roasted Rasta away down the left and his low hard cross was met at the near post by Storm In A Teacup, their could only be one outcome, ye another goal for Fjolnir. Beerschot again pulled a goal back on 84 to set up an exciting finish but we held out to the end for a neat 3-2 win and a pot full of money. Next up the league season starts..... In the meantime Chelsea won their 3rd consecutive EPL title. :humb: Sunderland and Wigan join Birmingham in the relegation stakes. FH started a war of words prior to the game and are made 1-3 favourites, we intend to make them eat their words despite our outsider odds of 7-1. FH vs Fjolnir, Staring Line-up: GK: Snooker Loopy, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy (Jammy Forefinger 82), DC's: Hide Away & Extreme Santa, DMC: Darned Critter, MC's: Ingenious Variable & Boris AMR: Sky Train (, AML: Almost A Munster (Roasted Rasta 66), ST: BMX Flyer (Storm In A Teacup 66). 12/05/2006 A. FH (Icelandic Premier League) - It looked as if our opponents managers comments had got to the team in the first half, as usual we started badly, but I tweaked the attributes and it got worse, goals on 14 and 42 gave FH a 2-0 half time lead. I was not a happy man, they were stupid goals to give away and the team were told that nothing less than a win would do. It had the desired effect and we came out in the second period with more purpose to our game, I'd tweaked the tictacs back to my normal settings. We finally pulled a goal back on 56, Darned Critters free-kick was headed out, then headed back in and BMX Flyer stuck his boot out, the ball ended in the net. FH looked dejected and we went for the jugular. The defended manfully and held out up to the 82nd minute when Extreme Santa hit a long ball down the right, Sky Train latched on, shrugged off two challenges in the area and hit a low ball across the box, Roasted Rasta got his foo to it first and we were level. It's all we had left in the tank and the game finished with honours even, though overall I think we deserved better. Drew 2-2 Attendance 1391. Weather: Dry 71°f. MOM Sky Train (9). The FH manager absolutely lam-blasted his players after the game and was extremely unhappy with their performance, I must admit I wasn't happy with our performance but for the most part left it at just disappointed, at least we'd shown character and come back in the second half. The media thought we were unlucky not to win. Severe Singlet resumed training. Chelsea beat Blackburn 3-1 in the FA Cup Final. Keflavik make a £12k offer for Squiffy Skull Cap, it's laughed of and they're told don't come back with anything less than £600k plus 50% of any future transfer, that scares them off good and proper. Arsenal win the European Champions Cup Final on penalties against Chelsea. Storm In A Teacup strains his groin and will be out for 4 weeks. Valur are made 4-5 favourites to win our next match, we get odds of 3-1. Valur vs Fjolnir, Staring Line-up: GK: Snooker Loopy, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy, DC's: Hide Away & Severe Singlet, DMC: Darned Critter, MC's: Sky Train & Boris AMR: Ingenious Variable (Charmed Existence 45), AML: Almost A Munster (Roasted Rasta 77), ST: BMX Flyer (Jammy Forefinger 69). 20/05/2006 A. Valur (Icelandic Premier League) - Something strange is definitely happening, I think teams are starting to suss out my tactics as winning is becoming a struggle. We finally broke the deadlock on 32 when Boris sent over a cross from the left and BMX Flyer volleyed n form 6 yards. Valur were on level terms within 4 minutes, a break down our left, ended in a neat passing play that befuddled our defence and ended in a goal. With time running out at the end of the half, Cyborg sent a cross-field ball to Almost A Munster, he returned it across the area and BMX Flyer put us back in front on 42. The second half was one hell of a battle for supremacy, one which we effectively won when Valur were reduced to 10 men on 71, after a centre back fouled Charmed Existence when through on goal. There was no goal that time but the game was put out of Valurs reach on 86, Charmed Existence put Boris away in the left channel he carried the ball as Charmed Existence charged through the centre to collect a return pass and finish from 6 yards. Won 3-1 Attendance 1191. Weather: Dry 84°f. MOM Cyborg (9). The board were delighted as they consider Valur our closest rivals, it's no wonder it was such a hard match. We now have a Cup Final against IA to look forward to, they are made 4-7 favourites. Boris will miss it though as he is out for 2 months with strained ankle ligaments. THE UPPER LEAGUE CUP FINALIA vs Fjolnir, Staring Line-up: GK: Snooker Loopy, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy, DC's: Hide Away & Severe Singlet, DMC: Darned Critter, MC's: Sky Train (Jammy Forefinger 45) & Boris AMR: Ingenious Variable, AML: Almost A Munster (Roasted Rasta 33), ST: BMX Flyer (Raffia Pudding 63). 25/05/2006 N. IA (Icelandic Upper League Cup Final) - I expected a tough game after the last few, but we competed well throughout the match, even in the first half. both sides had the same number of goal attempts, nine, but we had six shots on target to IA's one, so that tells a story. It took us up to the 27th minute to open the scoring, Darned Critters 25 yard free-kick curled around the wall and beat the keeper at the near post. On 37 the IA Left back played a ball across field along the half way line behind the rest of his defence, BMX Flyer intercepted and ran on, spotting the keeper was totally out of position he hit a 40 yard shot, straight as a die into the unattended net, to double the lead, which we kept to the break. What could I say? keep it going don't ease off was what I said and we didn't. Continuing the pressure, Jammy Forefinger released a ball into the area on 55 and BMX Flyer blasted it into the left hand corner for number 3. That was the point we eased up a bit, but not enough for IA it seems. Ragnarok Replay stupidly got himself sent of in injury time but it made no difference to the game. Won 3-0 Attendance 2761. Weather: Dry 78°f. MOM Cyborg (8). The win was described as Incredible, both the fans and the board were ecstatic and though it nothing short of a miracle, in fact the fans believe me to be some sort of magician, having said that they later played down the win claiming the game was deceptively even, well it was but not if you look at finishing quality. Ragnarok Replay is warned about his sending off. There is one more league game left for the month, a home game against Keflavik who are made 4-5 favourites to win the game. As usual we were rated a reasonable 3-1. Charmed Existence and Used Crash Dummy missed the Cup Final due to international duties with the Swedish U19's squad, Charmed Existence scored the third goal in Sweden U19's 3-0 win over Croatia and took away an 8 rating, Used Crash Dummy was rated a 7. Extreme Santa will be out for 2 weeks with a strained neck. Back To The LeagueFjolnir vs Keflavik, Staring Line-up: GK: Snooker Loopy, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy (Entebbe Raider 66), DC's: Hide Away & Severe Singlet, DMC: Darned Critter, MC's: Sky Train & Ingenious Variable AMR: Charmed Existence (Squiffy Skull Cap 66), AML: Almost A Munster (Almost A Munster 66), ST: BMX Flyer. 30/05/2006 H. Keflavik (Icelandic Premier League) - Th pre match banter was almost a mutual admiration society, but it did Keflavik no good what-so-ever as we dominated from start to finish. we took the lead as early as the sixth minute as BMX Flyer held off 2 challenges, before wrong footing the keeper and slipping the ball into the right hand corner, it was his 10th goal of the season. Darned Critter put us 2 up from the spot on 13, after a push on BMX Flyer in the area. On 27 a 50 yard pass over the top by Cyborg found BMX Flyer in the clear, suffice to say he drew the keeper and finished with aplomb. On 33 Sky Ball slipped the ball into space in the area and BMX Flyer had his hat-trick, Keflavik were in free fall. 4-0 up at the beak, all I could ask for was more of the same. I nearly got it too, but not as much as the first period, It took until the 77th minute to record another score and it was a belter, Sky Train took a shot pass form Ingenious Variable juggled it a little bit and the slammed a glorious 25 yard shot goal-wards and that's where it finished, in the goal. Five minutes from time the rout was complete, Roasted Rasta pulled a ball back to the edge of the area and Darned Critter drove through a crowd of players for his second and our sixth. Won 6-0 Attendance 422. Weather: Wet 66°f. MOM BMX Flyer (10). The media described it as a hammering, the board were over the moon, we had created an new club record win and even the Keflavik fans were effusive in their praise. It can't be bad. In the Icelandic Cup 1st round we are drawn at home to Volsungur, the game will be played on the 13th June. The Keflavik manager is full of praise regarding my abilities, claiming that I was the better manager and the team were tactically superior, I responded by saying that my friend was a thoroughly decent chap. Notional Anthem is out for 2 weeks with concussion form a robust training challenge. Following the Cup final win and a profit of £20k, the board are delighted with my progress. BMX Flyer scored 4 goals in the last two games, I think his stats tell why: The Premier League Table![](http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/826/fjolnir13yj.jpg)
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Post by Sonic on Feb 16, 2006 6:17:48 GMT
He's crap :checkit:
Did he start like that, or did he rocket up? Why the hell have you got someone like that playing in Iceland, it's criminal. Is he a regen?
Nice update, though I can't see any slipping, except for the draw. What annoys me most is that my strikers hit the ball too often right at the GK 3 or 4 times within 5 seconds. All are saved, cleared and then my team ends up conceding a corner :moop:
Will you be jumping ship at all, or are you going to try a few seasons in Europe first?
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Post by coffers on Feb 16, 2006 8:30:52 GMT
He's rocketed, when I got him for free, very, very early in the game his stats were definitely mediocre, I think his heading and finishing were pretty decent around the 15 mark, IIRC when I aquired him from Husqvarna most of his other stats were around the 9, 10 or 11 ish mark. At the time I said he looked like a prospect for the future. THis was him last season, but by then he'd had more than a seasons worth of training: ![](http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/2400/fjolbmx6po.jpg) To be honest I really cannot understand why nobody has come in for him, well apart from a very early enquiry from Man Ure, before he'd really proved his capabilities. As for jumping ship, I want to see how far I can take them in Europe, If I can get them to the Group stages, that would be a major achievement, once we're knocked out of all European competitions then I'll consider jumping ship, I am seriously fed up with the ultra long wait between the end of one season and the start of another. Hopefully a good showing in Europe may raise my profile and someone better than Port Vale and/or Bristol Rovers will be interested in my services. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by Sonic on Feb 17, 2006 3:19:06 GMT
An update on my game. It's the WC and Austria need one more win to go through to the next round. We seem to go well agaisnt top teams and struggle for some reason against teams I think they are capable of beating. It's frustrating watching them not be up for these games, even if they are prepared for them. Case in point was the next game, Costa Rica. We have most of the possession, but a quarter of the shots that Costa Rica had, but scrape a 1-0 win. It's stupid the possession we've had. So far I've had a player suspended for each game, and in this game, a defender picks up a yellow, ruling him out for the nexrt game, Republic of Ireland, as Italy beat Zambia with another 2-1 scoreline. Surprisingly, we easily beat them, but couldn't seem to kill the game off, winning 1-0. Turkey's up next, and by this time, it was late and I had to save to sleep :moop: The other development was my next Ronaldo. He became the target of about 10 clubs, the likes of Milan, Juv, Lyon, Ajax, Hertha, etc. The unfortunate thing is that he has a release clause of 7M pounds and only Milan have bidded this outright, meaning I can negotiate with the rest. It's a shame I'm going to lose him, as if I'd been able to keep him for the next season, I might have stayed on for one more. I still might. I'm definitely leaving Austria after the WC. I'm liking htis game ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by coffers on Feb 17, 2006 10:17:39 GMT
June 2007 Part 1: Full Time League Action:
Foghorn and Storm In A Teacup resume full time training. Our next game is away to newly promoted Þróttur and we are made evens favourites, the bookies still consider us to be minnows.
Þróttur vs Fjolnir, Staring Line-up: GK: Shouting At Wolves, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy, DC's: Hide Away & Severe Singlet, DMC: Darned Critter, MC's: Sky Train & Ingenious Variable AMR: Charmed Existence (Jammy Forefinger 58), AML: Almost A Munster (Roasted Rasta 78), ST: BMX Flyer (Storm In A Teacup 78).
09/06/2006 A. Þróttur (Icelandic Premier League) - The first half was a none event, all you can say about it was we controled the play without doing much about it. You can win this I said at half time, just a bit more effort is needed. So for the first 20 minutes the game continued it's merry way heading towards obscurity. Then we started playing and on 67 Sky Train got the ball near the right corner flag, he cut back and headed towards the area, two defenders and the keeper were watching the near post, that's exactly where Sky Train hit the ball and somehow it found it's way into the net. Six minutes later HIde Away broke up an attack on the edge of our area, hoofed a long clearence upfield over the defence, BMX Flyer was on it like a shot, running unimpeded towards goal he hit a powerful drive under the keeper to double the lead. That was effectively that, we had chances but the keeper got in the way of them, they had half chances and missed by miles. Won 2-0. Attendance 384. Weather: Dry 53°f. MOM BMX Flyer (8).
The board were delighted with the way we eased to victory against anothe rbunch of local rivals as we eased our way to the top of the tabe, and we have a game in hand over the four teams immediately below us. We're once again favourites to win the next game against Volsungur, 6-4 favourites in fact. Darned Critter damages a heel and will be out for 2 weeks but Extreme Santa resumes training. I have noticed that reducing everybodies training schedules to heavy rather than very heavy has resulted in faster condition recovery rates between games.
Fjolnir vs Volsungur, Staring Line-up: GK: Shouting At Wolves, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy (Almost A Munster 64), DC's: Hide Away & Severe Singlet, DMC: Jammy Forefinger, MC's: Sky Train & Ingenious Variable AMR: Charmed Existence, AML: Foghorn (Roasted Rasta 45), ST: BMX Flyer (Storm In A Teacup 64).
13/06/2006 H. Volsungur (Icelandic Cup 1st Round) - The pundits expected a close game they didn't get one, it was so one sided it was unbelievable. Volsungur didn't manage one shot at goal. The rout started on 11, Chermed Existence getting a head of the keeper to head in Used Crash Dummy's cross in at the near post. We had to wait until 29 for the second and it was a belter, Sky Train hit a 30 yard banana, which crept inside the right hand post at the last moment. Then Volsungur collapsed; on 33 Used Crash Dummy got up to head in a deep Cyborg cross from 12 yards. On 36 BMX Flyer knocked down to Ingenious Variable to make a run on goaland score from just inside the area. The on 39, BMX Flyer won the ball about 30 yards out, he dribbbled his way to the 6 yard box and hit it under the advancing keeper. On 42 Ingenious Variable knocked down to give BMX Flyer an easy second. That gave us a 6-0 lead at the break. I simply told the team I was thrilled and left the to sort out the second half for themselves. We didn't have to wait long, Roasted Rasta hit a blistering 22 yard free kick inside the right post on 56, Ingenious Variable half volleyed his second at the near post on 61 and then won and scored a penalty on 66 for his hat-trick. THat was it, by the end of the game we'd had 21 out of 28 shots on target and scored from 9 of them. Won 9-0. Attendance 192. Weather: Dry 46°f. MOM Ingenious Variable (10).
Not Surprisingly there were some high ratings for Fjolnir players, 4 rated a 10, 4 rated a 9, 4 rated an 8, the other 2 got a 7. The board were delightd with the dominant win which is a new ecord win. Were on TV next in a home encounter against Fylkir who are made 4-6 favourites. We have a home draw against 1st Division IBV in the 2nd round of the cup. In the European club rankings, we are ranked at number 337.
Fjolnir vs Fylkir, Staring Line-up: GK: Snooker Loopy, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy (Entebbe Raider 69), DC's: Hide Away & Severe Singlet, DMC: Notional Anthem (Jammy Forefinger 69), MC's: Sky Train & Ingenious Variable AMR: Charmed Existence, AML: Foghorn, ST: BMX Flyer (Storm In A Teacup 69).
16/06/2006 H. Fylkir (Icelandic Premier Division) - It's seems all our biorythms are at peak this week as Fylkir feel the heat from our title challenge. The fun started on 18 as Ingenious Variable had his shirt pulled when moving on goal, he took the spot-kick himself and scored. Three minutes later a back pass was misccontroled by their keeper, BMX Flyer pounced and robbed him of the ball, as it bounced loose Almost A Munster gleefuly stroked it into the gaping goal. ON 26 BMX Flyer made it three heading in a near post cross from the left by Used Crash Dummy. Fylkir never got a sniff for the rest of the half as we pressed for a fourth goal, which didn't come. It did come in the second half though on 51 minutes, Used Crash Dummy crossed long to the far side of the penalty area, Cyborg moved onto the ball and lashed it in before the defence could react. It was his first goal for the club, and by did he enjoy it. But we hadn't finished there, on 55 another Used Crash Dummy cross found BMX Flyer, his volley nearly broke the net. We continued to pepper the Fylkir goal but didn't add to the tally until the 69th minute, when Notional Anthem went down in the area, Ingenious Variable scored from the spot. On 78 an Entebbe Raider free Kick from the left found Charmed Existence breaking the offside trap, he calmly placed the ball under the keeper for number 7. The day was complete when Storm In A Teacup was hauled down by their keeper in the area, the keeper was sent off and Ingenious Variable claimed his hat-trick of penalties. I was gobsmacked another sensational victory. Won 8-0. Attendance 554. Weather: Dry 46°f. MOM Ingenious Variable (10).
The win was described as dominant and even the opposing fans were effusive in their praise. The board were delighted and the 8-0 win was a new club record for a league win and also a new Iclandic Premiership high scoring League game record, Where do we go from this, well there is another home league game against IA this month and a home cup game against IBV, only time will tell if we can keep this form going......
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Post by Moo on Feb 17, 2006 12:42:53 GMT
Christ on a BMX! He's a fooking cracking player now. There's no way he should be playing in Iceland. The only thing I can think of is that scouts can't get over to your place because of the frozen conditions. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Nice work on the cup win and the successive humpings and I agree about the group stages of the LAC. If you can get into that, never mind through it, it's a hell of an achievement. And what's wrong with managing Port Vale? :checkit:
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Post by coffers on Feb 17, 2006 14:08:36 GMT
I've managed Port Vale once or twice in earlier versions and have never particularly liked them for some odd reason. I don't really know what it was so have never considered them in later games.
To be honest if the offer had come in, after I'd done a stint in Europe with the Icelanders, I might have taken it, same with Bristol Rovers. I definitely want one crack at Euro competition with Fjolnir though, and I'd like to see if it raises BMX Flyer's profile I want to see a mega offer come in for him. I reckon he's got to be worth £5M of anybody's money and that would be really serious dosh in the Icelandic league.
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Post by Moo on Feb 17, 2006 14:19:26 GMT
You could probably buy Rekjavik (sp?) for that. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by coffers on Feb 17, 2006 16:58:41 GMT
June 2007 Part 2: Full Time League Action with a cup game thrown in:Bridge Hag, neck strain 2 weeks, Shouting At Wolves heavy cold 1 week, that leaves us with 1 fit goalkeeper for the next game, say no more. Charmed Existence signs a new contract and joins the full time ranks. I'm hoping for a big boost in stats now, Hacken are still sniffing around even though his asking price is set at £4M. KR offer £12k for Bridge Hag, they're told to shove it. IA are made 4-6 favourites for the next game we are 7-2. Fjolnir vs IA, Staring Line-up: GK: Snooker Loopy, DR: Cyborg, DL: Used Crash Dummy (Entebbe Raider 69), DC's: Hide Away & Severe Singlet, DMC: Notional Anthem (Jammy Forefinger 69), MC's: Sky Train & Ingenious Variable AMR: Charmed Existence, AML: Foghorn, ST: BMX Flyer (Storm In A Teacup 69). 20/06/2006 H. IA (Icelandic Premier Division) - After the last two games this was a disappointment, pretty it wasn't but we controlled the entire game. We seem to have worn out our shooting boots today as everything went straight down the keepers throat or was way off target. Having said that there was no lack of effort. We took the lead in first half injury time, A glancing BMX Flyer header from a Cyborg cross. The second period was much more of the same, but on the hour mark, Sky Train won the ball in midfield and ran at the defence as at the point they decided to challenge he fed the ball between two defenders for BMX Flyer to slot into the left corner and double his and our tally. The game was wrapped up on 73 when Roasted Rasta broke down the left, centred for Storm In A Teacup to volley against the keeper, Charmed Existence celebrated his new contract by toe poking in the rebound. IA were better organised than our last two opponents but we still had the measure of them. Won 3-0. Attendance 1417. Weather: Dry 71°f. MOM Severe Singlet (9). The board were pleased as we cruised to an historic victory, our Ass-man, Mock Tennis, reported that man of the match Severe Singlet may never improve beyond his current level and should be put on the transfer list, if I did that I'd be short on cover for the central defensive roles, the man's an idiot. Cyborg will be out for 2 weeks with a bruised thigh. Darned Critter resumes training. We're evens favourites to beat first division IBV in the 2nd round of the Icelandic cup. In the draw for the first qualifying round of the European Champions Cup we are drawn against Neftci of Azerbaijan, we will be away for the first leg which will be played on 11th July. We face a 6400 mile round trip for the first leg, I'm sure it's a wonderful place. The tie of the round is apparently Shelbourne vs Levadia of Estonia, funny that, it does nothing for me. If we manage to get through the 1st round we'll meet Danish Side Brondby on the 2nd qualifying round, now that will be a tough test. Fjolnir vs IBV, Staring Line-up: GK: Shouting At Wolves, DR: Extreme Santa (Free Loafer 85), DL: Used Crash Dummy, DC's: Hide Away & Entebbe Raider, DMC: Severe Singlet, MC's: Jammy Forefinger (Sky Train 85) & Ingenious Variable AMR: Charmed Existence, AML: Foghorn (Roasted Rasta 58, left field injured 119), ST: BMX Flyer. 27/06/2006 H. IBV (Icelandic Cup 2nd Round) - What a woeful display, though we dominated throughout the game we looked clueless when it came to shooting and creating chances. It was 0-0 at the end of normal time Thank goodness for BMX Flyer, he nicked the ball off the keeper on 105 minutes and hit it into the empty net from 30 yards. The 50 seconds into injury time he scored a great solo effort running the ball from the halfway line then rounding the keeper in the area to round of the only really decent performance on the day.. Won 2-0 aet. Attendance 159. Weather: Dry 57°f. MOM BMX Flyer (9). Roasted Rasta will be out for a month with a twisted ankle. The performance was described by the press as highly polished, they were at a different game to me. Thankfully we now have a week to recover from our exertions.In the draw for the Quarter Finals of the Icelandic Cup we get home advantage again and once again we face a first division outfit in the shape of KA, the tie is due to be played on 25th July. A 17yo Albanian ARC joins on a free from Besa (P), his name is Sha La La La Lee Yeah! He'll be paid £2000 per month and is on a full time contract. He is immediately valued at £100k. Sha La La La Lee Yeah joins on a free, he's expected to be a star of the future, we'll have to wait and see:![](http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/920/fjolshalalalalee6kf.jpg) The board are delighted with our progress even if we did make a loss of £3.1k last month. There are a fair number of Bosman's arriving in July, I'll update you then.
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Post by coffers on Feb 17, 2006 17:35:10 GMT
July 2007: The Newbies Part 1:Well as the month of July arrives on our doorstep so do a load of free signings via the Bosman route. I had expected that one or two of our better players may have been bid for by now, and any of them bozzers had been I hope it doesn't cause too much trouble. Anyhow to the introductions: First on the list of our new hopefuls is Burnt Vegetarian, he's a 24 year old Portuguese striker and he's arrived from Portosantense: ![](http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9813/fjolburntvege6xb.jpg) Then we have 24yo attacking midfielder Menage A Trois, he's French and arrives from Basingstokes' twin town, Alencon: ![](http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1732/fjolmenageatrois7gd.jpg) We now have what looks like a rather dubious signing, Centre Back Keep Left, he's 24, French and arrives from Cambrai. The scouts assure me that he is 4 star material. I bloody hope so: ![](http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6042/fjolkeepleft3sc.jpg) All three players are happy with their moves but all of them expect to have to break through the language barrier first. There are 3 more to come in the next update.........
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Post by coffers on Feb 17, 2006 17:47:28 GMT
July 2007: The Newbies Part 2: Click The Thumbnails for a better view of their statsNext on the list of our new hopefuls is Cypriot AML Famous Nick, he 21, looks useful and arrives from Kokkinotrimithia. The fans are unsure about his signing, but then they were worried about Sky Train rocking the boat: ![](http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/7114/fjolfamousnick4hi.th.jpg) At number 5 we have 25yo central midfielder Stolen Vehicle, he's Portuguese and arrives from Cesarense: ![](http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/8089/fjolstolenvehicle2hc.th.jpg) And finally there is Carrot Strips, a 23yo French AM/LC, who arrives from AC Amiens: ![](http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/8544/fjolcarrotstrips9cv.th.jpg) Again these three players are happy with their moves but all of them expect to have to break through the language barrier first. Meanwhile Bridge Hag has resumed full training.
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