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Post by DC on Sept 17, 2008 15:25:43 GMT
What's 220,000 peso's? Can we buy a pizza in France with that?
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Sept 17, 2008 16:20:13 GMT
September 2000 A couple of old friends rear their heads in September, in the shape of Super Goalie and everyone's favourite GLitFOS. We also get swamped with injuries at one position and sign a double-figures amount of free players, while plunging into the red financially. The month is like reading page one of the Divots' handbook. It starts off with the disturbing news that we're favourites to beat All Boys... A sentence that gets more troublesome when on further inspection, it turns out we share our stadium with All Boys. Anyway, All Boys have at least one man on their team; that man being Superman and he plays in goal. We're all over them, but can find no way to get the ball into the net and end up with a 0-0 in the "away" game at Falklands Islands Stadium. It proves to be a good start to the month for our keeper too, as he follows the All Boys clean sheet with two more blankings against Central Cordoba and Arsenal de Serandi, as we win both games 1-0. Cordoba was suposed to be a decent side, but we blitzed them off the park and had three penalty appeals turned down along the way, while Arsenal are definitely better than us, but we took control in their stadium early on and then a back and forth game somehow added no more goals. Five Arsenal players scored 8 out of 10 in a real belter of a game and we were really pleased to leave with all the points. After saying that his best feature would be that he'd retire soon, Ugly Friend responded by scoring the winner in both of those 1-0 wins and then, predictably, got injured. He was followed into the medical facilities, such as they are, by fellow forwards Cult of Pasta and Dick Days and midfielders Hold it, Shake it and Mining for Monsters. Handily, Monsters' injury led me to put Pictures of Alesha back into the starting 11 and she suddenly looked pretty bloody handy. However, our injury-ravaged front line was always going to cause us trouble and we dropped the next game 2-1 at home to Quilmes. Central Defender King of Town got himself booked for a challenge and then sent off for arguing about the yellow card, making a bad situation worse. Our goal was little more than a consolation from Charity Moped and only great play from Apples for Whisky in goal saved us from a bigger defeat. King of Town became the first San Miguel player fined and to be fair, he accepted the punishment, which he should, because he's a forking idiot. In the final game of the month, we were away to Tigre and absolutely hammered them... 2-1. The scoreline does little to reflect our dominance as their goal came from a mistake by Apples in goal. The team rebounded well from losing the early lead gained by Pictures of Alesha and unhappy soul Eighth Wonder got his just reward for a magnificent game, when he scored the winner on 88 minutes. Wonder had run the Tigre defence ragged and had two penalty appeals turned down, pushing the count now to nine consecutive appeals without us being given a spot kick. ----------------------------------- September ResultsAll Boys 0-0 San Miguel San Miguel 1-0 Central Cordoba Arsenal de Sarandi 0-1 San Miguel San Miguel 1-2 Quilmes Tigre 1-2 San Miguel ----------------------------------- A day after the Tigre game, the side fired their manager allowing me to stamp an X on my desk. Five more and I'm an Ace. Breaking into the side in September were FRC Teach a Man to Fist and SC Dick Days, both in response to the injury crisis up front. Fist might hang about; DD, not so much. Joining them were MC Mermaid Knees who looked great in his first game and cack in his second and GK Cowboy Mask, called up to sit on the bench after some great performances for the reserves. Metropolitan Zone
Pos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quilmes 8 4 0 0 9 4 2 2 0 3 1 20 2nd Banfield 7 3 1 0 8 2 1 1 1 3 3 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Ferro 7 3 1 0 5 0 1 1 1 2 2 14 4th Platense 6 2 1 0 7 4 2 0 1 6 4 13 5th Nueva Chicago 7 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 7 4 13 6th San Miguel 7 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 4 3 13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th All Boys 7 1 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 10 8th Arsenal de Sarandí 8 3 0 1 4 2 0 1 3 2 6 10 9th Estudiantes (BA) 8 2 1 1 6 3 0 1 3 3 7 8 10th Def. y Justicia 7 0 3 1 6 8 0 2 1 3 4 5 11th Ctral. Córdoba 8 0 2 2 1 6 1 0 3 2 5 5 12th Tigre 7 0 1 3 3 6 0 1 2 5 9 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13th Porvenir 7 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 3 3 8 1 I don't know what it means, but we're above one of the lines in the table!
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Post by DC on Sept 17, 2008 16:54:43 GMT
I'm disappointed by the lack of obvious "All Boys" headlines.
San Miguel Manager claims "We were all over them...we just couldn't get it in."
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Sept 17, 2008 17:22:31 GMT
I left All Boys alone so that you could fiddle with them.
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Post by DC on Sept 17, 2008 17:29:03 GMT
"San Miguel Manager fingers All Boys to go down"
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Sept 17, 2008 18:05:50 GMT
If he hadn't missed our best chance, then we could have had; "Eighth Wonder Spoils All Boys' Clean Sheet."
Or it did when Patsy Kensit was in it.
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Sept 17, 2008 18:06:10 GMT
What's 220,000 peso's? Can we buy a pizza in France with that? About £35,000. So probably not.
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Post by Moo on Sept 17, 2008 19:41:45 GMT
That'll be the 2nd promotion playoff group there, s1ut. I've explained that in the other thread. Not that'll you'll be bothered when you're in 15th, obv.
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Post by Boony on Sept 17, 2008 19:43:15 GMT
Having played 00-01 in Argentina, you'd think I'd remember. But it was all very complicated, and all a very long time ago. I can't even remember which team I was :moop:
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Sept 17, 2008 20:52:29 GMT
October 2000 October was dull, as we opened up with a 1-1 at home against Platense thanks to an equaliser from Pictures of Alesha. Platense's goal was another appearance of the popular GLitFOS. :moop: Then we lost 2-0 away to Banfield, who are one of the favourites for the title and looked like it as they led by two after just over half an hour. We fought back well in the second half, but couldn't crack their defence. Then the injuries hit again, as Teach a Man to Fist broke his hip and will miss four months, with fellow forward Charity Moped joining him for the first month with a torn groin. With Eighth Wonder still moping about our front line, which was never the most dangerous, is now looking completely anaemic. :moop: Our goalscoring problems were confirmed in October's last game, as we drew 0-0 at home to Ferro, despite playing virtually the whole game in their third of the field. The draw drops us back below the dotted line of confusion, into seventh. Still, only five weeks now before our giant sack of randomness shows up, filled to the brim with freebie players.
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Sept 17, 2008 22:32:14 GMT
November 2000 November is a dreadful month and I'm very glad it's over. Our results are poor, starting off with a 3-0 defeat at the hand of Estudiantes, but what really bites is the injuries. Our front line isn't great when everyone's healthy, so spending the month picking third string forwards isn't going to improve things. Then things get worse, when midfielder Bernie Clifton's Ostrich suffers a broken leg in the 0-0 against Def y Justicia (no defence or justice for my players though, eh?) and is followed off the field by Dirty Martini who tears his hamstring. Bernie will miss seven months. Amusingly, in our third and final game of the month, using a patchwork front line and people I haven't even looked at before in midfield, we win! 1-0 over Neuva Chicago who had beaten us earlier in the season. Dead Strings gets the only goal, from 20 yards out, but we have chances for more that are, predictably, spurned by our aimless forwards. Charity Moped returns from four weeks out with a groin strain in this game and lasts seven minutes before hobbling off with bruised thigh, as the AI continues to enjoy robust challenges with no yellow cards. After the game, I stick Eighth Wonder on the transfer list, because he's still UNH and refuses to rate anything other than a 6. He's our best player by far when he can be bothered, but that's been about twice so far, so fuck him. Banfield offer 550,000 pesos for him, but get declined, because I don't want to have to play against the pantfish. Two weeks until the bus full of new players arrives. Metropolitan Zone
Pos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quilmes 14 6 1 0 16 6 4 3 0 9 4 34 2nd Platense 14 6 1 0 17 5 4 1 2 11 9 32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd All Boys 14 5 2 0 13 3 2 3 2 7 6 26 4th Banfield 14 5 1 1 15 6 1 3 3 8 11 22 5th Nueva Chicago 14 4 3 0 8 4 2 1 4 8 10 22 6th Ferro 14 5 2 0 9 2 1 2 4 3 9 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th San Miguel 13 3 3 1 6 4 2 1 3 4 8 19 8th Estudiantes (BA) 14 4 2 1 13 6 0 2 5 6 12 16 9th Arsenal de Sarandí 14 4 0 3 7 7 1 1 5 5 14 16 10th Def. y Justicia 14 1 4 2 12 12 0 3 4 5 10 10 11th Tigre 13 1 2 3 5 7 1 2 4 8 15 10 12th Ctral. Córdoba 14 1 2 4 5 11 1 2 4 3 9 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13th Porvenir 14 1 2 4 5 9 0 1 6 5 14 6
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Post by Moo on Sept 18, 2008 7:04:13 GMT
To be fair, I think you're doing pretty well. A nice bit of lurking there too. :thumb:
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Post by Boony on Sept 18, 2008 8:25:00 GMT
Aye, you've got a game in hand against the Tigers, which could propel you above the line of confusion, and you've got the bag of randomness coming up, which should give you more depth, if not a couple of new starters. Great holding job in the first half of the season. Now - avaunt!
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Post by Moo on Sept 18, 2008 10:42:54 GMT
Did we have a definate list for this relay? Has the order been decided?
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Post by Boony on Sept 18, 2008 10:46:16 GMT
I think pretty much everyone who regularly posts here was interested, but there is no defined order as yet. Wanna sort one out? Do it in the other thread - maybe take order of interest, or karma, post count, availability into consideration. I'm sure you can handle this, with your love of keeping things tidy :thumb:
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Post by Moo on Sept 18, 2008 10:49:54 GMT
I'll let someone else do a list, I've been told that being tidy isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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Post by floplexter on Sept 18, 2008 10:59:33 GMT
If he hadn't missed our best chance, then we could have had; "Eighth Wonder Spoils All Boys' Clean Sheet." Or it did when Patsy Kensit was in it. Badabing, chaching and all things ing. Woof. Lurking? Lurking? KUTWTFIGOWTPSW! What The Fuck Is Going On With This Promtion System
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Post by elth on Sept 18, 2008 11:09:10 GMT
Win every game and you'll get promoted, I guarantee it.
Dunno what's so confusing to be honest.
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Sept 18, 2008 12:13:37 GMT
It's easy the way elth explains it. I don't know why I didn't notice that.
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Post by Moo on Sept 18, 2008 12:26:56 GMT
Elth > s1ut
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Sept 18, 2008 12:43:17 GMT
December 2000 You know how you spend hours pouring through the Empire Stores catalogue, making a concise list of everything you want for christmas only to find yourself spending Boxing day trying to look at the stars through the wrong end of a microscope? Yeah. So the transfer window opens on December 11th and everyone gets the message that Argentinean clubs are now able to buy players again. But there's one important caveat. " Teams may buy two players before the close of the transfer window on 2 February." :moop: If I'd known this yesterday then I could have canceled some deals to make sure I got the pair I wanted, but now I have no time and while the bus that pulls up outside is still going to contain random new signings, it's going to be a very small bus. I click next to see which pair I got and find : Horse Milking - Colombian ML with some reasonable looking attributes top and tailed by a 19 in Positioning and a 6 in Balance. Not a bad signing as we don't have any MLs and have been either using a DL or an AML in the role. Wrong Number - Argentinean SC who should be a god at this level if he lives up to his stats. Scores a 20 for Off the Ball, a 17 for Pace and a 14 for Finishing, although his Anticipation and Positioning are both poor. The other nine players I had agreed to sign, (including a former Chelsea and England striker...), have their transfers cancelled. I wouldn't have minded the Chilean defender I'd sealed a deal with, but you can't always get what you want. Before this disappointment we play against the bottom team Porvenir and give them a right clubbing, finishing up 4-0 thanks to goals from Cult Pasta, Ugly Friend, King of Town and Mechanical Leg Benders. After the game, Ugly Friend announces he's going to retire at the end of the season. So my squad-listing prediction turned out to be correct. Up next were Arsenal de Sarandi again and we sent them packing with a flea in their ear too, with something of a surprise as Viking Merkin scores despite being utter cack only on the field because I was tired with Eighth Wonder's misery and then Hold it, Shake it belts in a 25 yarder, as you do with 3 finishing. For the last game of the month we were on the road to league-leaders Quilmes and were overrun everywhere but the scoreboard, dropping a 1-0 defeat. ------------------------------------------------------ Porvernir 0-4 San Miguel San Miguel 2-0 Arsenal de Sarandi Quilmes 1-0 San Miguel ------------------------------------------------------ Toward the end of the month an offer of 170,000 pesos comes in for Eighth Wonder from non-league side Gimnasia y iro de Salta. I tell them to get lost and they promptly reply with a 500,000 peso offer. I say yes and Mr "I want to join a bigger club" agrees to sign for a non-league side. The cock. My next game is.... in February. Metropolitan Zone
Pos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quilmes 18 7 1 1 19 9 5 3 1 13 8 40 2nd Platense 17 6 2 0 17 5 4 2 3 12 11 34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Ferro 18 7 2 0 15 3 3 2 4 7 10 34 4th Banfield 17 6 1 1 16 6 2 4 3 10 12 29 5th All Boys 17 5 3 1 15 6 2 3 3 10 11 27 6th Nueva Chicago 17 5 3 1 14 7 2 2 4 9 11 26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th San Miguel 16 4 3 1 8 4 3 1 4 8 9 25 8th Estudiantes (BA) 18 5 3 1 16 8 1 3 5 10 15 24 9th Arsenal de Sarandí 18 5 0 4 9 10 1 1 7 6 18 19 10th Def. y Justicia 18 3 4 2 16 13 0 4 5 7 13 17 11th Tigre 17 1 4 3 6 8 1 3 5 9 17 13 12th Ctral. Córdoba 18 1 3 5 7 14 1 2 6 3 15 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13th Porvenir 17 2 2 5 10 16 0 1 7 5 18 9
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Post by Boony on Sept 18, 2008 12:49:11 GMT
I'd forgotten the 2 player restriction I like your updates, they're funny. Win your games in hand, and you're flying. I think, if you look at the other league in the division, they've got something like 18 teams. I could never understand that. Random sentences forming a paragraph here. KUTGW!
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Post by Moo on Sept 18, 2008 12:53:24 GMT
Joint best defence in the league, eh? Nice work! Nice bit of lurking again and I'm pleased that there are some random transfer caveats. That's awesome. Approximately four shades of awesome. :thumb:
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Post by Mr Bismarck's Electric Donkey on Sept 18, 2008 13:03:17 GMT
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Post by Moo on Sept 18, 2008 13:11:42 GMT
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