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Post by Moo on Feb 6, 2006 17:49:26 GMT
Impatient poofs! July 2009We manage to sign 18 yo Hungarian striker Fookin Shockin on a free from Tatabánya to be used as a backup or to fill in for the U21 quota. We also get 18 yo DC Elderly Blue on a free from REAC, the quota rules apply here too. Super Smashing Great joins us on a one year contract. The Slovenian right back will be used sparingly. Some departures now, Six Foot Pigeon leaves the club as his contract has expired, as does Person’s Ice Cream, Jerked Chicken, Irish Pullover and ex-grey Fourteen Teeth. And in a cheeky bit of business, we re-sign Picture Exlusive for a fee of 30k. He left us in January 2007 and hadn’t started for the Debrecen first team, but had scored 8 goals in 20 starts for two different loan spells. Profit ahoy! The start of the friendlies began 11th July with a 3-2 reverse at home to Dunaújváros in front of 100 spectators, the fools! Don’t they know I only use these things for fitness!™ We have been quoted at 80-1 for the title, which is far too generous. Only 74 turned up for the 2-2 draw with BKV Elõre, yoof given their chance today, the planks, I’m pleased they’re not getting anywhere near the first division though. Monster Monster broke his ankle in the game and will be out for up to 3 months, which is a huge blow. It will mean that Benji’s Bowl may get his place back, or maybe some time for Seaweed Fry Up or promising youth Elderly Blue. Podbrezova of Slovakia were our hosts for a 5-1 demolition, French Guitarist getting three of them. We put out an almost full strength side for that one to get them match fit for the start of the league season and I sort of know who will be starting. I still think that the front two of last season will be the front two for this one, with Picture Exclusive being a sub. I’m unsure who will be the left back though, Yum Yum looking a very good prospect, but Rainbow Feet has the experience and zimmer frame. Our last friendly was in Slovakia again at Slovan Bratislava and we managed a 3-1 victory with a very good performance. We have a break of a week and a half before our first game of the new season. Yoinks! Here it is then, our first game in the top flight and it’s a home one with REAC being the visitors. They were on the back foot from the off and gave away a penalty in the 12th minute, last year’s star Chemical Movement slotting it in the corner for an early lead. It caused pandemonium in the stands, apparently. We scored again on the stroke of half time, The Giant rising above his marker to power a header in from a corner, but alas it was declared a foul, harsh I thought. We had to sub Chemical at half time as he had picked up a knock, youngster Lily Glue taking his place. We dominated in the second half but couldn’t get another one despite our 16 shots and 10 on target. Picture Exclusive on his second debut for us missed an absolute sitter, but no matter, we started off with a win.
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Post by coffers on Feb 6, 2006 18:11:40 GMT
Good start Moo, A win is always definitely a good start.
KUTGSW! :thumb: (Good Start)
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Post by Moo on Feb 6, 2006 20:41:53 GMT
August 2009
Another home tie, this time with Sopron and we bring in Onion Bhaji for some creativity in the middle and Think Of A Number at right back, for some rotation. We managed to keep the first half goalless, with us edging the first half on chances created. Neither team had complete control, but we seemed to have the more clear cut opportunities which pleased me a lot. A gee up at half time and we’ll see what happens. 53 minutes gone and the visitors capitalised on a loose ball from Breath Catcher, they strode through the midfield and a short pass, turn and shot for their striker and a deflection pushed it past the keeper. A little fortuitous, but their performance in the second half deserved that luck. We had Benji’s Bowl sent off with 15 minutes to go, so we had to struggle on. Unfortunately, we couldn’t do anything with the possession we had and we got our first taste of defeat this season.
And we try to regain our confidence with a cup game to non-league Kiskunhalas and give a few of the fringe players a run out. Hopefully, we won’t get too much resistance from the away side. Goals from Travel Agent Groupie, Onion Bhaji, Picture Exclusive and two for Resulting Confusion helped to get us a 5-1 win against the non-leaguers. Youngsters Elderly Blue and Seaweed Fry Up in the heart of the dfence were outstanding, although the latter picked up a knock towards the end of the game. Our reward is a home tie in the third round with BKV Elõre.
Pécs had looked dangerous in their first two games, so this would be a test for us. So it didn’t help when Benji’s Bowl was sent off for his second time this season for a professional foul after just six minutes. I feared the worst. I brought on Seaweed Fry Up for Breath Catcher and reverted to a 4-4-1. We battled bravely and got our noses in front just before half time with a counter attack, led by Plastic Fantasic the Columbian winger. He sped down the right flank and squared the ball along the six yard line for lone striker Final Chapter. A minute later and Think Of A Number took a short throw to Plastic Fantastic who gave him the ball back. A few jinks and a mazy run later and he fired a low shot past the keeper from the edge of the area. After half time though, he became the villain when he lost his marker from a high cross and their striker buried a header from close range. The home side were up for it again. 72 minutes gone and the home side got a deserved equaliser, although in fortunate circumstances. A deep ball from the back and their right winger got to it before Rainbow Feet. He made a bee line for the byline and pinged it across the face of the goal. The first scorer got to it, but it was saved by Fortune Cookie, but the rebound hit their striker again and trickled into the net. :moop: We managed to hold on until the very end where the home side nicked it., Although we had a couple of chances to win it too, we just couldn’t convert them. Fair play to our lot though, they battled away and almost got the point.
In international week, Travel Agent Groupie was called up to the squad to face Macedonia, but Down To Earth actually played, for his first cap. He did well, despite the side getting beaten 2-1. Think Of A Number played well in Slovenia’s 3-0 win over Malta, collecting his 9th cap. Final Chapter and Yum Yum Pig’s Bum both played in Georgia’s draw in Israel.
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Post by Sonic on Feb 6, 2006 23:46:14 GMT
Nice start with the win. The losses look tight, and the stuffing of the non league team in the cup was tasty. Tighten that defence up and things look rosey.
As to Poland, I'm doing it easy, and just about always did. Except for the Girly Cup for some reason. Europe and the LAC is where it's at, and a tasty Brasilian forward that's coming in in Feb. I think I'll stay around for him, play the WC and then leave. Unless I can get a deal that'll let me play until the end of the season wiht a club that sounds interesting. I've already turned down a couple of Polish teams, a Czech side, and a Belgium side.
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Post by coffers on Feb 7, 2006 8:29:57 GMT
I hope Benji Bowl got a right tongue lashing for his sendings off? You can do without losing first teamers in your first season up especially when it's down to suspensions. Still it sounds as if the rest of the team work together as the loses were prtty tight in the end. If you can keep 11 men on the pitch it looks as if you should do well. :thumb: And it was only a girly cup anyway.
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Post by Moo on Feb 12, 2006 17:50:51 GMT
September 2009
ZTE were our hosts for this one and Down To Earth gave away an early peno, only for Fortune Cookie to save it. However, it was only temporary respite; a cute lob from 25 yards saw the Paraguayan concede a goal. Bah! Just after half time they doubled their lead with a superb free kick from 25 yards. We were losing it in midfield, so I changed to a 4-5-1 and brought on Onion Bhaji the Argentinean. With five minutes to go, we pulled one back, Chemical Movement crossing for Final Chapter to nod in at close range. It was to no avail though and Man of the Match Final Chapter’s goal was for nought.
That’s now three defeats in four league games. And we’re in 11th.
When you’re in a bad run of form, you don’t really want to see the league leaders arrive on your doorstop, but Debrecen is who came to us. We were without Fortune Cookie who had been injured in training, Turntable Jnr was drafted in to cover, the rest of the team unchanged. Breath Catcher put us one up on 4 mins after a fine run at the defence from French Guitarist. The rest of the half was even in possession, although more chances came to the league leaders, the commentary declared they were unlucky to be behind in the game, which was fair enough. We upped the pressure on the away side and they didn’t like it at all. We were by far the more creative side especially down the left and were unlucky to have a goal ruled offside after Rainbow Feet and Chemical Movement combined well to get behind their full back and whip in a cross for Final Chapter to plant a header in. It didn’t look offside, it has to be said. With ten minutes to go, we shut up shop and held on nicely. We bounce back up to 9th.
To the cup then and old foes BKV Elõre visit Wittman Antal Park, hopefully for a good shoeing. They were doing fine of late and up to 7th in their league. Only one enforced change for this game, Me No Sucky in for The Giant who was suspended. 12 minutes in and you felt that it was all going pear shaped, Final Chapter tripped in the box, but Chemical Movement had his weak penalty saved. Hmmm. However we got our deserved lead on 22 with a clever free kick from Rainbow Feet on the left found Me No Sucky totally unmarked on the far post, he squared it and Final Chapter tapped it in past a bewildered keeper. He then got a second ten minutes later and the tie was almost as good as over when they had a striker sent off towards the end of the half. Chemical was replaced at half time due to a knock though, which was bad news. The second half was a bit of a non-event though, the away side happy to minimise any risks and us wanting to conserve energy for our next game in three days.
Our sixth game in the top flight was away to Pápa, so no doubt there will be some hilarious puns about that in the summary. In the twentieth minute we got our breakthrough goal after a scramble in the box. A cross came in from the left, a header saved, the rebound was blocked, but only as far as Tnihk Of A Number who slotted a delicate ball through to Final Chapter who scored another goal, his fifth of the season. The home side hit back within five minutes though, some calamitous defending from Seaweed Fry Up giftin them a tap in from close range. From a corner, the home side needlessly gave away a penalty on 51 minutes, which Chemical Movement scored. Out of the blue, Down To Earth Launched one through the middle for Final Chapter to latch onto, his initial attempt was blocked by the keeper, but he pounced and scored. Yay! Cue defensive changes. We stroll to a 3-1 away win and up to 8th in the table.
I couldn’t be bothered with the puns, you may not have noticed. I’ll save them for the home game.
We faced a tough task in our next home game. Vasas had been riding high in the league, currently in 4th and although they had just been knocked out of the Wafer Cup 2nd round by St Etienne were odds on favourites for this tie. We scrapped out a 0-0 draw after some resolute defending and tough tackling in the nidfield. There were few chances in the game, but I wasn’t bothered about that, just not conceding was fine for me. A big :thumb: for the team, in my opinion.
Plastic Fantastic would be out for between one and three months with a knock he picked up during the match. Travel Agent Groupie would probably deputise for him.
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Post by coffers on Feb 12, 2006 19:28:52 GMT
A good update Moo and an upturn in form which can't be bad. :thumb:
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Post by Moo on Feb 12, 2006 21:39:09 GMT
October 2009After an international break, we face Honvéd at Bozsik-stadion in Budapest who are currently on a five match unbeaten run and lying two places ahead of us in 6th place. Despite our pressure in the first half, we went one behind after 25 minutes after a powerful header from a corner, their first of the game. Our attacking flair didn’t cease though and we got a deserved equaliser from Final Chapter who latched onto a precise through ball by French Guitarist. The second half was just the same, we were causing the problems and with their first attack, Down To Earth gave away a penalty which Turntable Jnr couldn’t get near. After that though, our confidence seemed to drain away and anything we created was snatched at and put wide of goal. I thought we deserved a draw at the very least, but it wasn’t to be. After the midweek games, we slip to 9th. Gyór were next up and this was a derby match, with the town of Gyór only 25 miles away from ours in the Gyór-Moson-Sopron region. Of course, the usual, “You’re cacker than us!” comments were issued. Monster Monster came back into the line up in place of Seaweed Fry Up, which was nice. We also shuffle our attacking options with Lily Glue moving into the left wing position, Chemical Movement moving up front and Picture Exclusive going to the bench, which irked him immensely. The away side were fired up and should have gone one up in the first five minutes, but we managed to hold that off until the 22nd, a superb move and great running off the ball, Turntable Jnr with no chance on his near post. Their pressure was incessant and they should have scored another just before the break, a slip by Monster let their pacey striker in, but his shot was blocked and the danger cleared. After a bollocking at half time, it made no difference, the away side were all over us again, none of our big players could get in the game, the away side hitting the bar twice in the space of five minutes. So a change was in order, Picture Exclusive came on for Final Chapter who had done nothing and we brought in Onion Bhaji on the right wing. It seemed to give us a bit of confidence and we started to create a bit more. However, the Gyór keeper (who is a target of mine) was keeping everything out until the 91st minute, when after some great movement and patient play through the middle and in front of the two banks of four, Think Of A Number put in a wicked cross from the right for The Giant to head in from six yards. We were jubilant and snatched a point. Oh fook. Away to Ferencváros. And although they were a place behind us in 11th, they were the current champions and were to be feared. Oh fook, I’m frightened. I was very frightened when I saw the slickness of their passing in the first highlight, we just couldn’t get anywhere near them, but a poor shot cost them. We took the lead after 10 minutes, no really we did, after their keeper sent a short pass to their left back who dallied a little, we nabbed it off them and a swift pass to Final Chapter who prodded it into a relatively empty net from 12 yards. With six minutes to go and with both sides cancelling each other out pretty much, Chemical Movement had to come off with an injury, Lily Glue replacing him. We would lose some pace down the left, but we would have to cope. Against the run of play, we counter attack after a corner for Ferencváros and score a second, Final Chapter drawing in the keeper then squaring a ball for an easy goal for Picture Exclusive who hadn’t had a great game so far. Immediately though, the home side levelled, Turntable Jnr should have done better with the tame shot, but he let it past his right hand. 31 minutes to go. Five minutes later and they equalise with a flukey goal from 35 yards. Turntable Jnr had done well punching out a corner, their MC put the ball back in and it ended up in the back of the net. I’m sure he went for it, natch. We made a couple of changes with ten minutes left to try and shore things up in midfield, an away draw with the big boys of Hungarian football is a result to be applauded, so we went for that. However… with two minutes to go, the inevitable happened and we lost 3-2. Bah! Our last game of the month was at home to the old foe, Haladás who were doing great in 6th place in the league table but more importantly, second in the form guide! Chemical Movement wasn’t fit after his injury in the previous game, so Lily Glue came in on the left. Five minutes in and a knock on from Final Chapter from a deep cross and Resulting Confusion knocked the ball in from 6 yards, a great start. We scored a beautiful second at the start of the second half with Think Of A number making a fantastic challenge on the edge of our box, he brought the ball forward and raked a forty yarder down the wing for Onion Bhaji to chase onto. He fed it inside to The Giant who delayed the pass long enough for French Guitarist to find the space. He had plenty time to pick his spot and did so sending the home fans into raptures. A fantastic run with pace from Final Chapter through the heart of the Haladás defence caused a lot of worry and the onrushing keeper had no chance with a precise ball to Fench Guitarist who got his second of the game. Huzzah! 3-0 and back up to 9th! And only 723 were there to see it. I find this a little worrying as the average is only just above that and around half of our average in our promotion season. Where are they all? Watching Gyõr play? Ha!
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Post by coffers on Feb 12, 2006 22:37:10 GMT
I view this as just settling in, I reckon you are doing ok and will eventually win the coveted title of Champions Of Hungary, but maybe not this season.
KUTJSIW! :thumb: (Just Settling In)
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Post by Sonic on Feb 12, 2006 23:16:17 GMT
Nice win in the last game. The Giant looks like he's going to be a big player for you this year. I'd look for cover for him so you don't have a repeat of last season. Oh, and fix that defense.
When you go defensive, do you set the mentality to ultra defensive and the time wasting to max as well as narrowing the play to the middle line and almost if not short passing?
I think you'll stay up easily if you get more wins like the last game.
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Post by Moo on Feb 13, 2006 9:21:05 GMT
I put everything towards those areas, yes Sonic, but not as extreme as I think you're wondering.
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Post by Sonic on Feb 13, 2006 23:04:06 GMT
When I want to kill off a game, or play some of the big clubs, I need to go extreme. I've played matches where the majority of the game was ultra defensive, and then with that mentality in mind, they decide to play a ball across the box instead of kicking it out, which results in my DC getting mugged, natch, and a goal getting put away in the last 15 minutes :moop:
That happened last night in the second round of the LAC, first leg at home against Liverpool. They are a bugger to play. I was especially gutted with that 1-0 loss at home because the team had held itself together so well until that, weathering the storm if not convincingly, bravely. Kicking the ball down the line would even have been prefered :moop:
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Post by Moo on Feb 27, 2006 23:04:42 GMT
November 2009
Newly acquired Picture Exclusive isn’t a happy bunny. He wants to be in the first team, natch, so isn’t impressed at his six appearances so far this term. Fine, I tell him that he should wait and that I pick the team, so he hands in a transfer request, which I accept. Let’s see what happens when he gets back in the team, eh?
DIósgyõr were our hosts on the 14th November after an international break in which Down To Earth played for the national side doing fine, and where 19 yo Elderly Blue was outstanding for the U21 side. Something to think about, but he wasn’t going to be starting for this game. Chemical Movement came back in for Lily Glue. 7 mins in and we were in control, French Guitarist getting on the end of a great ball from Think Of A Number and blasted one from distance. Down To Earth then sent a long ball down field for Final Chapter to chase, he got onto it, but was tackled inside the box, Resulting Confusion got there in front of the keeper and chipped it over the top of him for 2-0 after 22 mins. On the half hour, a solo effort from Final Chapter gave us a 3-0 advantage and we were cruising. We couldn’t add any more but had most of the possession and never looked in trouble. We move up to a mind boggling 7th place.
Immediately after the game, a journo asked The Giant if he wanted to leave to go to a bigger club to fulfil his ambitions. The plurk said he did, natch. I told him he’s staying, natch. Expect trouble in the near future. :moop:
It happened sooner than expected, a written transfer request the following day, quickly refused.
Next up was Tatabánya in the first leg of the 4th round of the cup. Their manager was causing bother, I told him to shut his face, Chemical Movement was out with an injury and so Lily Glue came in. Following a wayward corner in the 21st minute, Think Of A Number squeezed a ball through to the retreating Monster Monster who had come up for the set piece. He spun and fed it through to Picture Exclusive who took the shot early and surprised the keeper for a first half lead. We doubled up after 36 with Picture Exclusive turning provider this time, Onion Bhaki getting onto a cute pass and striking one from twenty yards into the far corner. We seemed very comfortable at the interval. Straight after the break, a lapse from Down To Earth let them in for their first. A stupid error and our keeper had no chance with the strike. The away side didn’t venture forward much after the goal, they seemed content with keeping it at 2-1 and we didn’t seem to have the guile to create much more and that was how it stayed.
Three days later and we’re at home again, this time in the league to Fehévár who were in 14th place and in need of an upturn in form to save them from the drop. We needed a win to keep us away from the bottom three. We named an unchanged team for this one. Not a great half really, although we had the lion’s share of the possession. We had a couple of early corners, both bringing great saves from the keeper denying Picture Exclusive on both occasions. Central midfielder French Guitarist was looking lively in spurts, but not as effective as normal. The second half brought much of the same and it ended scoreless. We fell a place into 8th after 13 games, seven points ahead of Pápa in 15th
Another midweek game and the second leg of the cup against the Tatty ones and we’re defending a 2-1 lead. Another unchanged side, with right winger Plastic Fantastic almost making it into the side, but he should be ready for the weekend. Within the first five minutes, we went behind, a dinked free kick over the top of the wall and their striker getting above Down To Earth, who seemed to be making a few mistakes of late. It seemed to spark us into life though, and some intense pressure came to a head on 31 minutes, Final Chapter crossing the ball in for the marauding French Guitarist to nod in at the back stick. Straight from the kick off, French Guitarist got another, Onion Bhaji setting him up this time. We were on fire, six minutes later, Onion curled a ball down the channel for Picture Exclusive to run onto and smash the ball first time past the keeper’s left hand and into the corner. Sublime and in control. On the hour, Rainbow Feet had the ball on the left and he turned back inside and pinged the ball across the park to Think Of A Number who controlled it and put a deep cross in for the French fella to steal in on. He had time to pick his spot, but went for the volley. He made it 4-1 on the night and 6-2 on aggregate. Think Of A Number then fluked a goal with a cross. Ha!
Sweet, our QF was against rivals Gyõr, with the first leg at home in two weeks. ‘Ave it!
Kecskemét were bottom of the pile and entertained us on the 28th. We had some tired players and we may have to try and sneak something in the second half here. Chemical Movement came in for Lily Glue who dropped to the bench. Hopefully with him in we could give the home side something to think about. Final Chapter picked up a knock in the first ten minutes, but he struggled on enough to lay off the ball to French Guitarist who shot tamely at the keeper. For some reason, the keeper could only parry the ball onto the post and into the net. Sweet. Just what we needed. Picture Exclusive then picked up a knock and just before half time, Paraguayan keeper Fortune Cookie knocked a point blank shot onto the post… and wide! Rainbow Feet cleared and we led at the half. We had a problem though. With our front two both carrying knocks, we had to change them, but others were tired and it looked like we may have to go all defensive and close the game off, something I’m loathed to do. It was looking dodgy when Lily Glue who had come on as a sub also got knocked, but he managed to feed Breath Catcher in the area who was about to shoot when felled. Chemical Movement made no mistake and we pulled away. Lily Glue was fading fast and we had to take him off even though Chemical Movement was running on fumes. We brought on the defensive unit in Me No Sucky and attempted to shut up shop. It worked and we jump up to sixth in the table.
After the game, the Kecskemét manager was fired and I was installed as odds on favourite to take the job. Of course, I’m not interested and the board are delighted.
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Post by Sonic on Feb 28, 2006 0:36:41 GMT
Huzzah, An update!
I almost had a heart attack when I seen that you'd posed an update. These should come with warnings, danger, may cause you to flip out and give your heart irregular rythmn. Even more so, it was packed with wins. And transfer requests which are always fun.
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Post by coffers on Feb 28, 2006 8:35:35 GMT
The rest has obviously done you a lot of good, just look at all those wins, and a draw for good measure. Top hole stuff Moo.
KUTTHWWW! :thumb: (Top Hole Winning Ways)
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Post by Moo on Feb 28, 2006 9:24:09 GMT
Aye, I was getting carried away with the Toon save, I forgot about this lot. There is a potential problem though, as someone mentioned to me yesterday about Brazil and I have kind of promised myself I would go there and play a game soon. However, this means finishing the Hungarian save, which I am enjoying. I need to come to a decision on when it's a suitable time to quit. Obviously I need to finish this season and next season should be interesting as I have a few decent looking youngsters in the U19s, hopefully more to come in the summer, but most of my reserves are out of contract, so there will need to be a little bit of rebuilding in order. So this season and next for sure, after that, I don't know...
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Post by Moo on Feb 28, 2006 23:26:18 GMT
December 2009Down To Earth suffered a calf strain that would have him on the physio’s table for three to four weeks. Nice. This means that U21 Elderly Blue would have his chance. He looked a lot better than Seaweed Fry Up and I wanted him in there to see how he would cope. He’d have to do well, with an away trip to 2nd placed Sopron. Seven minutes in, we take an unexpected lead after a woeful free kick was intercepted and Picture Exclusive and Final Chapter worked the ball between them to draw in the keeper for the latter to score. Do I go for the draw now? I think not. It got better two minutes later with Chemical Movement beating his man on the left and swinging a corner in for Picture Exclusive to nod in. We had another four great chances in the first half before hitting the bar. Naturally, I feared the worst, as the home side would be well up for it. I needn’t have bothered. A quick “Don’t let your performance drop” to the lot of them and they came out flying. Monster Monster intercepted a pass and sent it over to Thin Of A Number, he sent it forward to Plastic Fantastic who ran with the ball and put a ball through the middle for French Guitarist who placed the ball in the corner. 64 mins gone and we made it four, Picture Exclusive felled on the edge of the box, Chemical Movement with the 20 yard free kick. Dreamland. On 71, the home side were reduced to ten men, Picture through on goal was tripped from behind and the big centre half had to go. The Giant then scored a fifth on 82 after a free kick on the right was nodded down by Picture Exclusive and the Brazilian swept in a half volley. Dear me. Despite his unhappiness, The Giant was in good form, so his damaged heel would mean we would miss him for up to a month. Me No Sucky would step in and bairn Master Of Puppets would get his 16 yo ass on the bench. Pécs came to visit Wittmann Antal Park today and were in good form one place above us in 5th. We were top of the form guide though because of their surprise defeat last time out. Against Fehérvar. We had much of the better possession before the interval and it paid off on 25 minutes with Final Chapter latching onto a hopeful punt upfield by Think Of A Number, running half the length of the field with two defenders bearing down on him, but he managed to hold them off and slide the ball past the keeper. Pécs tried to hit back straight away though, hitting the upright from a finely worked free kick and a header. The second half started off very evenly matched, both sides creating some half chances, but neither really making the keepers work. Tired legs gave me the chance to change things around, Nation Of Seven who had’t played for the firstteam for a while was replaced with French Guitarist moving to the left and sub Onion Bhaji going through the middle. With ten minutes to go and the away side changing to a 4-3-1-2 formation, I went to stifle their midfield play and brought on youngster Master Of Puppets for his debut. Three minutes later, he broke up a dangerous attack from Pécs and fed the ball to Onion Bhaji. He ran at the defence and pushed the ball down the channel for sub Travel Agent Groupie who lashed it into the far corner. The crowd went wild and we moved up to 5th with a 2-0 win. Soon after the Ferencváros board sack their manager and I was on the shortlist, apparently. I didn’t get it though, but I was surprised to see my name there, as I’m still only considered a local reputation manager. Our last game of the year took us to 3rd placed Újpest who had only conceded eight goals in sixteen league games. Onion Bhaji came onto the right wing in place of Plastic Fantastic and Chemical Movement made another return from another injury, but only went to the bench. In all honesty it was a fantastic game, both sides willing to attack and leave the odd gap at the back. The home side had the better of it but Monster Monster and Elderly Blue were magnificent, keeping their strike force to shots from outside the area. We kept it tight until the 70th minute when I decided to change to a 4-5-1 of sorts. Two minutes later we scored from a free kick, Onion Bhaji the Argentinean with the all important goal. Cue defensive tactics and we finish the year on a high. Me No Sucky got man of the match with a brilliant display in place of The Giant, still a couple of weeks from playing again, but as the restart of the season wasn’t until February, he should be back. With 17 games gone: 1. Vasas 36 pts (+25) 2. ZTE 32 pts (+12) 3. Mosonmagyaróvár 30 pts (+15)4. Újpest 29 pts (+10) 5. Sopron 28 pts (-4) Ferencvárós wade in with a cash plus player deal for Picture Exclusive, I re-neg and will await their reply. I’m hoping that they bite for the deal, as PE has a min fee of 1.5m again, which I can’t remember putting on him.
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Post by Sonic on Feb 28, 2006 23:35:04 GMT
Coffers is right, the rest has done wonders. 1.5M is plenty to rebuild in Hungary I'd imagine, especially if you can do your wheeling and dealing with Picture Exclusive again.
Reputation is a funny thing, as I'm still only considered a National manager, but have won the World Cup with Austria.
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Post by Moo on Mar 1, 2006 9:22:47 GMT
Becasue I'm now in the top flight, I have been able to get three decent friendlies for the break, two of them being Red Star and Partizan of Belgrade. I forget who the third is, but they are of a similar quality. Hopefully we won't get humped too much and ruin our morale.
I'm not exactly sure what to do with the transfer window now though. The squad I have at the moment seem to be coping very well and I will need to get some reinforcements in for the start of the season, but I don't want to disrupt any harmony we have. Bozzers are the way to go of course, but it's a lovely quandary to have, seeing as we're sitting in third. I expect Ferencvárós to climb the league though as they have installed a new manager and he is trying to go for a few players already, including Picture Exclusive. I looked at the European qualification spots last night and 1st go into the LAC qualifiers, 2nd and 3rd go into the Wafer, 4th go Toto depending on the Cup winners. I assume this means that if one of the top three win the Hungarian Cup, 4th place gets the Toto, otherwiase it's the Cup winners. I'd be surprised if I'm in that shake up either way.
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Post by coffers on Mar 1, 2006 9:34:49 GMT
Great stuff again Moo, When in a quandry who to buy, I generally stick with Bozzers. I hate spending the cash.
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Post by Sonic on Mar 1, 2006 22:35:44 GMT
I spent 1.4M on a right winger last night, and I'm not sure it was the right move. The players decent enough but as Coffers said. Plus he's on more than I wanted to put him on. Panic buy by the look of things. Actually, I thought I'd signed him on a free but it looks like I had to pay compensation. I hate how you can't cancel free transfers anymore, or prearranged transfers anymore.
I still can't understand why I can't get players to join my club. I'm able to offer upto 50k pounds in wages too, not that I'd want to with a stadium of 4500(3500 seated).
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Post by Moo on Mar 13, 2006 22:24:39 GMT
January 2010Ferencváros are at it again, spreading rumours that they want Elderly Blue, which is no surprise, he’s got the ability to do well for whoever he plays for. The speculation has unsettled him though, which has annoyed me immensely. Then rivals Gyõr came in for a bid for Picture Exclusive, but most of it was for 40 league goals, something which could take another two seasons., so I dropped it to 20 goals, which could be this time next season and asked for more money up front. Gyõr refused the offer, but we managed to nab one of their reserve strikers in the meantime, Argentinean Man With Boobs joins for 60k. He’s a goal scorer, so hopefully will replace the outgoing Resulting Confusion in the summer. Our first friendly saw a 2-1 defeat at home to Red Star, but a crowd of 3741 saw us put up a fine effort against a big side. French Guitarist getting a reply on 39 after two quick goals from the away side put them ahead on 29 and 34. February 2010On the 6th, Elderly Blue gained his first full cap for Hungary and he did OK in a 1-0 defeat to Israel. Our second friendly brought Grazer AK to our home and after taking a lead in the 20th minute through new recruit Man With Boobs, we then conceded two goals to go in behind at half time. French Guitarist scored an equaliser after a dinked free kick from sub The Giant mid way through the second half and we deserved the draw at the very least, which was encouraging. A couple of days later, Debrecen sacked their manager and I was named as one of the favourites for the job. I’d say “No” if they asked. Probably. In our final friendly at home to Partizan Belgrade, 3702 saw Picture Exclusive come off the bench to score twice and win us the game 3-2, despite the best efforts of Serbian-who-was-pants-at-Chelski who was marked out of the game by Elderly Blue, apart from one shot on goal that went in. Never mind, we won, so ner! Despite being on the front foot for the first part of our first game back after the winter break, it was REAC, the home side, that took the lead on 22 minutes. A lapse from our left back Rainbow Feet let his man behind him to sneak in with a poacher’s goal from a deep free kick. From that point on the home side had the better of possession without hurting us. So a rocket at half time to fire our lot up and try and salvage something from the game. We conceded an early goal in the second half though and we looked down and out, so I made changes, Picture Exclusive and Chemical Movement off, Lily Glue and Me No Sucky on. The Giant then picked up a knock and we had to patch up, but to no avail, we lost to the better side on the day. The last game of the month was at home to 2nd placed ZTE. A win was vital to our chances of staying in contention for a European place, as I didn’t want a run of defeats getting our morale down. I kept faith with the same eleven, almost, Think Of A Number and Onion Bhaji were both brought back after suspension, Plastic Fantastic and Smilie’s Toothpaste making way. Picture Exclusive repaid the faith within ten minutes, latching onto a pass from the left wing to slot home nicely. French Guitarist should have scored in first half injury time with a header, but hit the bar. Their striker wasn’t so daft, converting his in the 4th minute of injury time. Three injuries in the space of twenty minutes put paid to much in the tactical change department and we were getting overrun in the middle. We tried our best though and scraped through for a draw, which I would have taken at the start. The 3713 at the game was a new record attendance though, which was nice.
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Post by coffers on Mar 14, 2006 8:24:25 GMT
Is that a little wobble I see, no matter I'm sure you'll sort it out, but those bloody injuries the AI keeps chucking in are bloody annoying. I'm sure it's cheating.
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Post by Moo on Mar 14, 2006 9:25:44 GMT
I'm sure of it too, especially after three fine mid-season friendly performances. With the transfer window now closed, we have to make do with what we have, as I couldn't see anyone that would make a huge difference to our squad. I will revamp in the summer I think to try and push for a Wafer Cup spot, but money is looking tight at the moment. I fear the big teams will try and nab Elderly Blue and of course when you see talented youngsters like him coming through into your ranks, you don't want to let them go. I did so with Picture Exclusive and General Error earlier in the game, and it took me a season longer to get promoted. I don't know if I could find anyone like Blue again.
There are some unhappy players in the first team squad too: The Giant wants to leave to go to a better club, but hopefully a top 6 finish can persuade him to stay. I have a target in mind if he does go though; Picture Exclusive is wanted by Ferencvarós and Újpest so is dismayed that I won't let him go; Travel Agent Groupie, Yum Yum Pig's Bum and Onion Bhaji all want more games, which is understandable.
This is where the injuries are sometimes welcome though, as you can put the second XI'ers in there. I don't mind injuries too much with this lot, as the backups aren't far off in their abilities
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Post by Moo on Mar 14, 2006 22:58:40 GMT
March 2010We then travelled to Debrecen for a difficult game. Onion Bhaji was out with a fractured jaw, so Plastic Fantastic came back in. In a dull first half, there was one highlight and one goal. Unfortunately, it wasn’t us that scored it. After a poor last game, Monster Monster missed a header after 8 minutes and the ball fell to their striker who couldn’t miss. The second half went downhill from the moment French Guitarist picked up an injury. A second for the home side after 62 and a third in injury time condemned us to a second successive away defeat and we needed to get our pre-break form back. Onto the QFs of the cup and home to rivals Gyõr. We gave a debut to Man With Boobs as Final Chapter picked up a suspension. We took just 14 minutes to put the ball in the back of the net, the debutant picking up the ball in midfield, giving it to Super Smashing Great on the left who saw French Guitarist dashing to the box. One deep cross and one header in past the keeper. Offside. Bah! But three minutes later we got another header in and this one counted, Plastic Fantastic with the goal. He then got a second on the stroke of half time after Super Smashing Great cut inside onto his favoured right foot and swung a delicious corner in. But then the away side scored twice after the break and pulled level. We had to make a change as Guitarist again got a knock and had to come off, the poof. The game petered out into nothingness after that, both sides content with the draw. We now had the ideal opportunity to get back on track with a home game against a really shit side. Pápa, in fact. Ha! We brought back Final Chapter and dropped Man With Boobs, just because the former was fitter than the other one. We missed a hatful of chances in the first half before we took the lead with a French Guitarist header. He picked up a knock soon after, so we would have to keep an eye on him. He eventually came off not long after the break and the rest of the team were knackered at the 70 minute mark, so we had to go all defensive, which was an awful thing to do against this lot. We got lucky after 82 when a nice cross from Travel Agent Groupie was deflected past the keeper for an own goal. Cue more defensive play and we get the win and move above Újpest on goal difference into 4th place. Next was the return leg against our rivals in the cup. Picture Exclusive helped us early doors after a Gyõr corner was cleared to him and he ran 70 yards to tuck it past the keeper. Three minutes gone and we lead 3-2 on aggregate. We then went two up on the night when Final Chapter was fouled in the box, Chemical Movement blasting it in. Ha! We’ve been here before. However, four minutes later, Chemical took a short corner on the left, picked up the return pass then bent one into the far corner with his right foot. Yoink! Then the home side struck back immediately with a soft goal after two mistimed tackles from our so called defence. The home side must have had a rocket from their manager at half time, as they came out flying. We made some adjustments, the midfield getting tighter to their men and it seemed to stifle everything. They don’t like it up ‘em, it seems. We ground it out for a 3-1 on the night and 5-3 on agg. We’re through to the semis, where we meet Újpest over two legs. Three days later another tough game, this time away to league leaders Vasas, who we drew at home with back in September. So a sickeningly slick move in the second minute for the opener wasn’t the start I wanted. Sliced open, we were. Bah! We managed to pull together and even the injury to Plastic Fantastic and the major reshuffle didn’t drop our heads. Their second goal on 43 minutes did though and we had our work cut out if we were to get anything, as we hadn’t created much so far. Mid way through the second half and we were looking like the team to score next, but the players were knacked, so a switch around again and we were looking decidedly tree like in our approach, but no goals to report, I’m afraid, but a cracking effort from the lads in the end. We slip back to 5th with the loss. We had a whole week’s break until the match against Honvéd, which was spoiled by Final Chapter thinking about moving clubs to win trophies. I played the “stay with us” card, but I didn’t see it working, I expect him to be gone in the summer. Fortune Cookie’s iffy form was deemed good enough for an international call up for Paraguay. I was a bit nervous about this one, it seemed that I only had two fit central midfielders, so I was playing a wing back, Super Smashing Great, in the advanced MC role. We’ll see how that pans out. With only three minutes gone, Picture Exclusive scored from a great cross from the left from Chemical. He then got onto a sloppy back pass to get his second of the game, and it seemed more comfortable then, but I wasn’t taking anything for granted, these lot have a decent scoring record. They came right back at us and we tried to counter with some swapping of our positions, Thin Of A Number going to right wing with Super Smashing Great going to full back and Travel Agent going through the middle. The visitors had a free kick just outside the area and Fortune Cookie somehow got his hand to the ball to knock into the post and out for a corner. It was exciting stuff, but I didn’t want exciting, I wanted three points. I wanted more caution in the second half, as I expected Honvéd to attack us, but instead I got a cracking move down the right and a Picture Exclusive volley for his hat trick. Soon after, Sounessitis struck and we had to bring off two injured players, Chemical Movement and The Giant, on came Me No Sucky and Lily Glue. On 65 minutes, Man With Boobs, who had replaced the dropped Final Chapter for the game, woke up (he had done nothing all game) and scored from 30 yards, stunning the keeper and me, more importantly. Points in the bag, we can relax now. Vasas are five points ahead of second placed ZTE. We’re in 5th and positions 2-8 are separated by four points. Interesting.
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