FM2005: a frog in the Premiership [Archive] - Page 2

FrogMan

04-27-2005, 11:45 AM

March 5, 2011
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pkd</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Name</TD><TD>Position</TD><TD>Morale</TD><TD>Form</TD><TD>Con</TD><TD>Apps</TD><TD>Gls</TD><TD>Av Rat</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>GK</TD><TD></TD><TD>Kasper Schmeichel</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-10-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>29 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.37</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keith Keane</TD><TD>D/DM RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-8-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>23</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DL</TD><TD></TD><TD>Tom Howell</TD><TD>D/DM L</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>10-8-7-7-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>20 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.44</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Danny Shittu</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-8-8-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.41</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Biscan</TD><TD>D/DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>14 (4)</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.28</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DMC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Fábio Rochemback</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-6-7-6-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>26 (1)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.04</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>MR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Clemens Fritz</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-7-8-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.80</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>ML</TD><TD></TD><TD>Marcus Kelly</TD><TD>AM RL</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>10-10-8-8-9</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>31 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.84</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>AMC</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Youssouf Hersi</TD><TD>AM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>6-7-7-8-9</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>34</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>7.76</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Jeppe Lund Curth</TD><TD>F C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-8-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>7.25</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Nadal Lázaro</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-10-7-8-9</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>16 (10)</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7.35</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S1</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Paul Davies</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-8-5-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>5 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.10</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S2</TD><TD></TD><TD>Luca Maioli</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>0 (3)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S3</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Chris Chapman</TD><TD>M LC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>0 (10)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S4</TD><TD></TD><TD>Ben Watson</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-8-7-8-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>5 (8)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.23</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S5</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keigan Parker</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-6-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>23 (8)</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Marc Bircham</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>3 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Craig Crane</TD><TD>D R</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Matt Cross</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>17 (7)</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Andrew Johnson</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>16 (8)</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Sus</TD><TD>David Marek Rozehnal</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-7-7-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>27 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.29</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Mathew Sadler</TD><TD>D L</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-8-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>19 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.10</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
League Match #30: we play Blackburn on their pitch. They're currently in 6th place, 2 tiny points ahead of us, and are evens favourites to win this game. A win would push us ahead of them.

It's our real A team in there today, with about everyone at 100% or very close to it.

They show a 5-3-2 formation with 2 wingbacks with up arrows.

It looks so easy in the 4th minute. A long headers from Keith Keane goes all the way to Clemens Fritx's feet on the right wing. Fritz takes it to the byline, unchallenged, then just inside the penalty area, where he centers it to Youssouf Hersi, standing alone on the edge of the 6 yard box. Hersi scores the 1-0 goal. Great vision from Fritz, but we also had 3 men standing near their 6 yard box, the keeper couldn't do a thing.

We add a second goal to our lead in the 39th minute on a short corner from Fábio Rochemback to Marcus Kelly. Kelly gives the ball back to Roch who swiftly centers it to the 6 yard box, where the head of Danny Shittu meets the ball for the 2-0 goal.

The half ends with us ahead 2-0. We're outshooting them 8(6) to 5(2) but possession is very close to 50-50.

I then made a big mistake. I pulled the team back when I souldn't have. We should have kept playing with the same mentality and we could have kept them at bay that way, possibly even adding another goal. Instead, they got within one when Igor Biscan scored an own goal in the 68th minute.

They kept attacking us and after 2 minutes of injury time, they scored the equalizer, ARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!

Final Scores: 2-2

They end up outshooting us 15(6) to 13(8), goes to show how screwing up your tactics can hurt you.

Youssouf Hersi received a rating of 9 while Kasper Schmeichel, Clemens Fritz, and Fábio Rochemback all got rated at 8.

We drop to 9th with the draw, as Manchester City won their game.
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pos</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Team</TD><TD></TD><TD>Pld</TD><TD>Won</TD><TD>Drn</TD><TD>Lst</TD><TD>For</TD><TD>Ag</TD><TD>G.D.</TD><TD>Pts</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>1st</TD><TD></TD><TD>Liverpool</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>50</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>+34</TD><TD>61</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2nd</TD><TD></TD><TD>Arsenal</TD><TD></TD><TD>29</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>+23</TD><TD>57</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>3rd</TD><TD></TD><TD>Bolton</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>54</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>+25</TD><TD>54</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>4th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Chelsea</TD><TD></TD><TD>29</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>50</TD><TD>25</TD><TD>+25</TD><TD>54</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>5th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Man Utd</TD><TD></TD><TD>29</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>41</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>+20</TD><TD>54</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>6th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Blackburn</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>24</TD><TD>+9</TD><TD>46</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>7th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Fulham</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>41</TD><TD>+1</TD><TD>45</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>8th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Man City</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>+3</TD><TD>44</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>9th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Q.P.R.</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>44</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>+2</TD><TD>44</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>10th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Aston Villa</TD><TD></TD><TD>29</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>+6</TD><TD>39</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>11th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Newcastle</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>40</TD><TD>+2</TD><TD>37</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>12th</TD><TD></TD><TD>West Brom</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>38</TD><TD>-2</TD><TD>37</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>13th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Everton</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>-5</TD><TD>37</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>14th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Portsmouth</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>-12</TD><TD>34</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>15th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Wigan</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>41</TD><TD>-5</TD><TD>33</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>16th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Middlesbrough</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>-10</TD><TD>33</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>17th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Birmingham</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>48</TD><TD>-15</TD><TD>33</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>18th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Tottenham</TD><TD></TD><TD>30</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>44</TD><TD>-18</TD><TD>31</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>19th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Gillingham</TD><TD></TD><TD>29</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>-28</TD><TD>20</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>20th</TD><TD>R</TD><TD>Southampton</TD><TD></TD><TD>29</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>70</TD><TD>-55</TD><TD>5</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Sooooo frustrating. I guess you can chalk that up to being a young team in terms of EPL experience... There's a wow item in there, and that's Southampton already clinching relegation with still 9 games to play for them. Ouch, 1 win, 2 draws, and 26 losses, with 70 goals conceded... that's 2.4 goals per game played... The other promotee, Gillingham, isn't doing much better, with 20 points, 13 below the relegation line. Looks like the Rangers might be the only team who will survive their first season in the Premiership, who would have thought that, huh? :)

Looking at how we crumbled in the middle in the end of the game, I vow to make my next acquisiton a centreback.

I find Anthony Vanden Borre, forget who he's playing for, but he's a 23yo cultured centreback, for whom we wouldn't have to pay compensation. He doesn't believe Q.P.R. can meet his demands, but I feel like trying to offer him a contract. He's got great skill, and at 23, could still grow and become an amazing centreback for years to com for us. I offer him this crazy deal:
$48k per week
+ $2.4M signing fee (since he'd be a free transfer, I don't have a problem with a huge signing fee)
+ 9.6k per appearances
+ minimum release fee clause at $9.6M.

We'll see what he says...

I go back to another player for whom I had asked my scouts to give me some reports. Name is James Collins, a 27yo D C currently playing with Nottm Forest. Neither of my scouts think he has any future in professional football, and my assistant doesn't think that signing him would be worthwhile. He's got great heading, marking, passing, tackling, and positioning with also good decision making skills, determination and concentration. In spite of the bad reports my scouts and assistant gave me, I decide to offer him a contract. He's currently earning $13k and he wants to increase that to $24k. I offer him $20k.

FM

FrogMan

04-27-2005, 11:48 AM

March 7, 2011
Youssouf Hersi is named on the English Premier Division Team of the Week.

March 8, 2011
Hull offer a contract to Nigel Quashie.

March 9, 2011
James Collins is ecstatic to have agreed terms with Q.P.R. He said that he is really optmistic of rising to the challenge of playing at a higher level. As I said before, I think he's got a good skill set for a centreback, even though he lacks a little pace. His good positioning could hopefully make up for it. You can click on the following thumbnail to see his profile.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/th_110309collins.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110309collins.jpg)

March 10, 2011
Anthony Vanden Borre snubs us. He felt the basic wage wasn't acceptable and he doesn't even want ot negotiate. I don't lose hope and I have him on my shortlist. Maybe his current club will let him before a free agent and he'll be more willing to listen once he's unemployed...

March 11, 2011
Nigel Quashie has agreed to terms with Hull. He'll joined them on July 1st. Good for him...

FM

FrogMan

04-27-2005, 11:52 AM

March 11, 2011
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pkd</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Name</TD><TD>Position</TD><TD>Morale</TD><TD>Form</TD><TD>Con</TD><TD>Apps</TD><TD>Gls</TD><TD>Av Rat</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>GK</TD><TD></TD><TD>Kasper Schmeichel</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>10-8-7-7-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>30 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.39</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keith Keane</TD><TD>D/DM RC</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>24</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DL</TD><TD></TD><TD>Tom Howell</TD><TD>D/DM L</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>8-7-7-8-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>21 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.42</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Danny Shittu</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-8-8-8-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.40</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Biscan</TD><TD>D/DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>15 (4)</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.26</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DMC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Fábio Rochemback</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>6-7-6-7-8</TD><TD>97%</TD><TD>27 (1)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.07</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>MR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Clemens Fritz</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-8-8-8</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.83</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>ML</TD><TD></TD><TD>Marcus Kelly</TD><TD>AM RL</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>10-8-8-9-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>32 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.82</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>AMC</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Youssouf Hersi</TD><TD>AM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-8-9-9</TD><TD>98%</TD><TD>35</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>7.80</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Jeppe Lund Curth</TD><TD>F C</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>7.22</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Nadal Lázaro</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>10-7-8-9-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>17 (10)</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7.33</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S1</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Paul Davies</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-8-5-7-6</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S2</TD><TD></TD><TD>Luca Maioli</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>0 (4)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S3</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Chris Chapman</TD><TD>M LC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>0 (10)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S4</TD><TD></TD><TD>Ben Watson</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>8-7-8-8-6</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>5 (9)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.14</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S5</TD><TD></TD><TD>Andrew Johnson</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>16 (8)</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>Marc Bircham</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>83%</TD><TD>3 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keigan Parker</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>6-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>23 (9)</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>David Marek Rozehnal</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-7-7-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>27 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.29</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Matt Cross</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>17 (7)</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Craig Crane</TD><TD>D R</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
FA Cup round 6: we play West Brom at Loftus Road. They're currently 12th in the Premiership. and are 5-4 favourites to win this game.

It's the first of back to back games against West Brom, both of them at Loftus Road. They beat us 0-3 earlier in the season, on their pitch. Hopefully the home crowd will give us a boost.

6th round could also be known as the quarter final. Other matches that will take place are:
Blackburn - Norwich
Machester United - Arsenal
Manchester City - Gillingham

Looking at this lineup, we were dealt a pretty favorable draw.

No changes in our lineup, both teams played on March 5, so a week ago.

In the 20th minute, Clemens Fritz plays a great crosspass, from one wing to the other, to Marcus Kelly. Kelly then centered it to Igor Nadal Lázaro who's one on one with the keeper. He won't miss his chance. Up 1-0!

Fritz goes at it again only 2 minutes later. This time, he beats three defenders, bringing the ball from the wing to the penalty spot, where he beats the keeper for a wonder goal!!! We're up 2-0!

Shocker in the 31st minute: Youssouf Hersi is sent off on a straight red. I didn't catch why, so I go read the match report and dang, he simply pull the shirt of an opponent while going for the ball. I've seen many calls for that, sometimes a yellow is given, but never a red straight up. Then a thought hit me. Who's the ref? You guessed it: Rob Styles :mad: I automatically switch everybody to easy tackling, but it's already too late for Hersi, we'll have to do without him. One thing though. When you're up 2-0, one of the players you can do without is possibly one of your strikers, or in this case, the attacking midfielder...

The half ends with us ahead 2-0. Defensively, we shut them down of any scoring chance, while shooting 6(4) ourselves. We're "outcarding" them 2 yellows and a red to "only" two yellows, heh... Our two yellows had happened before Hersi's red, thus before I switched everybody to easy tackling.

Fritz is again in the middle of the action for our third goal, when Marcus Kelly gets dispossed of the ball while driblling, Fritz is right there and he pounces on the bal with a very hard kick from 25 yards out. With only 10 men, we go up 3-0 after 62 minutes!

They score a garbage goal in the 87th minute, after the ball deflected off Igor Biscan.

Final Score: 3-1

Wow, with 10 men on the field for nearly 60 minutes, we outshot them 12(6) to 6(4), a great game!

Marcus Kelly gets named Man of the Match with a rating of 10. Clemens Fritz rates at 9, while Fábio Rochemback and Igor Nadal Lázaro both rate at 8.

We've been awarded $700k for the win and we're through to the Semi Final!!!

Shitty news about Hersi though. He'll be banned for one match after being sent off. I'm given the possibility to appeal this ban and I do, if only because it's Rob Styles we're talking about...

The $800k gates receipts for this FA Cup match is a new Q.P.R. record, sweet!

Matthew Bates requests to be transfer listed. I grant him his wish.

Results of the other Round 6 matches were as follows:
Blackburn 0 - 0 Norwich
Manchester United 1 - Arsenal
Machester City - Gillingham will be played only on March 23

FM

FrogMan

04-27-2005, 11:56 AM

March 14, 2011
The FA thinks I did not have valid ground for my appeal against the one match ban for Youssouf Hersi, bah...

The FA Cup Semi Final draw happens. The first match will be the winner of the Manchester City/Gillingham taking on Manchester United, while we're slated to play the winner of the Blackburn/Norwich . Both the Mac City/Gillingham match and the Blackburn/Norwich replay are set to be played on March 23. Blackburn and Norwich played each other to a boring 0-0 draw on Blackburn's pitch...

March 15, 2011
Paul Davies requests to be transfer listed. I grant him his wish.

FM

FrogMan

04-27-2005, 02:18 PM

March 20, 2011
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pkd</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Name</TD><TD>Position</TD><TD>Morale</TD><TD>Form</TD><TD>Con</TD><TD>Apps</TD><TD>Gls</TD><TD>Av Rat</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>GK</TD><TD></TD><TD>Kasper Schmeichel</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-8-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>31 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.38</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Craig Crane</TD><TD>D R</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DL</TD><TD></TD><TD>Tom Howell</TD><TD>D/DM L</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>22 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.41</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Biscan</TD><TD>D/DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>16 (4)</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.25</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>David Marek Rozehnal</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-7-7-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>27 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.29</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DMC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Fábio Rochemback</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-6-7-8-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>28 (1)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.10</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>MR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Clemens Fritz</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-8-8-8-9</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>8.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>ML</TD><TD></TD><TD>Marcus Kelly</TD><TD>AM RL</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-9-7-10</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>33 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.88</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>AMC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Ben Watson</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>8-7-8-8-6</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>5 (9)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.14</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Jeppe Lund Curth</TD><TD>F C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>7.20</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Nadal Lázaro</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-8-9-7-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>18 (10)</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>7.36</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S1</TD><TD>Req</TD><TD>Paul Davies</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-8-5-7-6</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S2</TD><TD></TD><TD>Luca Maioli</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>0 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S3</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Chris Chapman</TD><TD>M LC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>0 (11)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S4</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>Danny Shittu</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-8-7-7</TD><TD>85%</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.39</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S5</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keigan Parker</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>6-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>23 (9)</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Marc Bircham</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>94%</TD><TD>3 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Matt Cross</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>17 (7)</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Sus</TD><TD>Youssouf Hersi</TD><TD>AM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-8-9-9-6</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>7.75</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Andrew Johnson</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>16 (9)</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keith Keane</TD><TD>D/DM RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>25</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.16</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
League Match #31: we play West Brom at Loftus Road. They're still in 13th place and again are 5-4 favourites to win this game.

March 20 is Sunday and all the Saturday games have left the league table with us having a shot at 6th place, depending on the result of the Man U/Man C game to be played after ours today.

Danny Shittu strained his neck in training. He still has 5 days to go before being back to top shape. I'll keep him on the bench for this game, starting David Marek Rozehnal and Igor Biscan.

Ben Watson is in for the suspended Youssouf Hersi.

This game is on TV and the key men are presented as being Marcus Kelly for us and striker Dmitry Sychev for them. They point out that Sychev has scored 14 goals in 27 games so far this season.

The Evening's Standard's prediction for this game: West Brom have been poor of late and I can see this game fizzling into a bore draw.

And boy were they right for the first half, as it ends 0-0 with shots going 1(1) for us, 2(1) for them.

Igor Biscan suffered a minor injury but I keep him in.

Even though the action picks up from the start of the second half, it'll take us until the 81st minute to finally score one. Clemens Fritz's center from the byline to the 6 yard box is hit on a volley shot by Luca Maioli for his first Q.P.R. goal! He had come in for Ben Watson earlier in the half. Was nice to hear the home crowd noise get higher as Fritz made his move toward the byline.

We thought we had it in the bag until Tom Howell plays a sloppy pass toward Keigan Parker in the middle of our zone. It's intercepted and converted immediately into a goal from long range for the equalizer, DAMN!!!

We tried going all out attack for the last few minutes, but to no avail.

Final Score: 1-1

We outshot them 12(9) to 5(3). It's a shame we couldn't come away with the win, but again goes to show that we're still not mature enough to always win the big games. Sure we've pulled a few nice ones, but we can be even better, and we will be, once we've learned how to play under pressure... We still won possession with 56%, split 11-21-24, so it's not as if we played very poorly, just that one play...

Clemens Fritz is named Man of the Match with a rating of 10. He had 16 runs past opponents in this game. Everybody else on our team got rated a very grey 7. bleh.

Man City got beat 0-3 by Man U, so we're in 8th place after the match, only one point from 6th place, not bad...

Igor Biscan suffered a chest injury and will miss 6 days.

FM

FrogMan

04-27-2005, 02:19 PM

March 23, 2011
In their replay for the 6th round of the FA Cup, Blackburn needed penalty kicks to overcome Norwich on their pitch. It was 2-2 after regulation. We will play Blackburn in the Semi Final, at Wembley Stadium, on April 20. I've had good luck the two times one of my team has played at Wembley in the past, both times in a playoffs final. Hopefully, this is a good sign :)

The other Semi Final will be Manchester City against Manchester United.

March 25, 2011
Youssouf Hersi is called up to the Holland squad. He is currently uncapped, at 28 years of age.

Tom Howell, who has also never played in an international match, is called up for a friendly match with the England U19 squad. Nice!

To round it out, Andrew Johnson played the whole match with the England U21 squad and showed good composure, scoring their two goals in 2-0m win over Austria in a Euro U21 Championship qualifying match. He got named Man of the Match, rating at 9 while completing 15 of hi 18 passes, winning 5 of the 9 headers he went for and havign 4 runs past opponents. Nice game!

Matt Cross also started for England in that game, playing 60 minutes before being substited. He got rated at 7.

March 26, 2011
It's a round of Euro 2012 qualifying matches and a few QPR players took part in games.

Keith Keane played the whole match in the Republic of Ireland's 0-0 draw with Liechtenstein. He rated at 7.

Jeppe Lund Curth start and played 69 minutes in Denmark's 1-0 win over Belarus. Kasper Schmeichel was the backup keeper for Denmark in that game.

David Marek Rozehnal played the whole match and rated at 7 in the Czech Republic's 1-1 draw against FYR Macedonia.

In other news, Mathew Sadler wants to play with the first team. Well, get used to play with the reserves kid...

March 28, 2011
Tom Howell was the starting left winger and played 68 minute in a friendly with the England U19 squad. He rated at 7 as a winger, interesting...

FM

FrogMan

04-27-2005, 02:20 PM

March 29, 2011
Andrew Johnson keeps impressing the international crowd as he scored the lone England U21 goal again, playing the whole game in England's 1-1 draw against Switzerland.

Matt Cross also played but got injured and had to leave the game. He will have to miss 3 weeks with strained ankle ligaments, dang!

March 30, 2011
Keith Keane, who had played in the last two matches of the Republic of Ireland, is officially called up to the team.

Youssouf Hersi earns his first international cap for Hollad. He came in at the half and, apparently, he played as a left winger, which is a bit unusual for him. Nevertheless, he completed 12 of 15 passes and put 2 of his 4 shots on target, rating at 7 in a 0-2 loss against Norway.

This nice news tidbit showed up after that game:

Hersi proud of his first cap
In a brief interview following his international debut against Norway, Queens Park Rangers' Youssouf Hersi talked of his pride at representing Holland for the first time.

He thanked his manager Steve Gougeon at Q.P.R. for his support and indicated that his call-up proved players don't have to move to big clubs in order to establish themselves on the international scene.
Awww, so sweet. If only Jeppe Lund Curth could understand that... :rolleyes:

FM

FrogMan

04-27-2005, 02:29 PM

April 1st, 2011
The team board is still delighted with my managerial performance.

Kind of odd, no monthly awards seem to have been awarded this month...

I get a bunch of reminders about contracts which are three months from expiring.

The following players will not get any contract offers: Chris Day, John Oster, John Boyle, Mathew Sadler. Lee Mansell, I may keep for sentimental reasons, and because he's looking for only a couple thousands in wages...

Igor Biscan wants a 2 year deal at $16k per week and a signing fee of $190k. I offer him $14k and a $100k signing fee for a 1 year deal. I like the depth that the 32yo, soon to be 33, D/DM C brings to our squad.

As for Keith Keane, I would like to keep him. He wants $31.5k per week and a $360k signing fee for a 3 year deal. Bruno Conti thinks we could easily replace him and recommends only $20k per week. He's only 24 and starting to play internationally, but all my coaches think he is a useful member of our squad. This is kind of bland and I sort of agree that we could possibly replace him, but he's indeed improved many of his skills in the last season or so. I'll wait a little before offering him a new deal.

On the eve of our match with them, Arsenal manager Michael Laudrup said he felt sympathy for me, knowing the magnitude of the task to keep Queens Park Rangers up, saying he wouldn't like to be in my position. He made it clear however that he wouldn't be doing my team any favours in Saturday's game.

I see a bit of overconfidence in the reaction of two of my players. Marcus Kelly and Igor Nadal Lázaro both think that Laudrup is right and avoiding the drop will happen without too much effort.

Seeing how we're placed in the league table, with 7 league games to go, I answered it just the way I felt it. Here's how it came out:

Gougeon in defiant mood
Steve Gougeon was pleased that Michael Laudrup acknowledged the difficulty of the task he is facing.

Media-friendly boss Steve Gougeon has told Michael Laudrup that he is very confident his Q.P.R. team can avoid relegation.

Gougeon told London's Evening Standard that he thought his side has far too much quality to even consider relegation as a possibility.
There were no player reactions to my comment.

In other news, David Marek Rozehnal suffered strained knee ligaments in training. Originally said to be missing one full month, the diagnosis was reviewed to two weeks once he was sent to the physiotherapist.

FM

FrogMan

04-27-2005, 02:31 PM

well, I'm done with any unreported stuff. The wife has a night of class tonight, so I should play some, see ya tomorrow with more :)

FM

Desnudo

04-27-2005, 04:24 PM

FrogMan

04-27-2005, 06:26 PM

With the TV money + finishing position money, I'm sure your wage budget will increase substantially in the offseason. Hopefully you'll be allowed to offer more in wages.

Vanden Borre makes an outstanding attacking fullback if you can get him. He can also fill in well at right midfield. Highly recommended. ;)
We still have something like $12M left in the bank account. TV money was at $24.5M, don't know if it goes up or not, but that will be big, yeah, but finishing position money??? I like the sound of that, how much for finishing between 8th and 13th in the Premiership? You have definitely wet my appetite :)

Vanden Borre, yeah, he's got winner all over him. I'm gonna keep a close tab on him, although he's described as a cultured centreback in my game, but I do remember him having positions D/DM RC, I think, not sure though...

FM

robbgmaier

04-27-2005, 06:39 PM

that's it? man, maybe i should wait a month before i come back :)

FrogMan

04-27-2005, 06:42 PM

that's it? man, maybe i should wait a month before i come back :)
hahaha, start your own, we'll see who's more productive :p

It takes me about 3 weeks to a month to play a season, and I find it almost fast for that kind of game, never been so much into a game as I am into this one...

FM

Desnudo

04-27-2005, 08:25 PM

We still have something like $12M left in the bank account. TV money was at $24.5M, don't know if it goes up or not, but that will be big, yeah, but finishing position money??? I like the sound of that, how much for finishing between 8th and 13th in the Premiership? You have definitely wet my appetite :)

Vanden Borre, yeah, he's got winner all over him. I'm gonna keep a close tab on him, although he's described as a cultured centreback in my game, but I do remember him having positions D/DM RC, I think, not sure though...

FM

Why ruin the suprise? ;) It's substantial though. 8th-13th? Have a little confidence. :)

Vanden Borre is described as a centre-back in my game too, but his lack of heading skill worries me. Plus his creative skills go to waste there.

daedalus

04-28-2005, 02:39 AM

Nice job advancing so far in the FA Cup and still maintaining a good position in the table. Kudos. :D

Yeah, Vanden Borre is listed as D/DM RC with the description of cultured centreback. I'm guessing based on his technical skill. I'm really curious how he's developing now. I haven't been able to resist signing him away from Anderlecht in the demo since he has Arsenal listed as a favourite team.

By the way, could you do me a favour and check to see how Sebastien Larsson is developing? He starts the game as a young midfielder with Arsenal.

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 06:58 AM

Why ruin the suprise? ;) It's substantial though.
hehe, okay, we're getting there anyway :)

Vanden Borre is described as a centre-back in my game too, but his lack of heading skill worries me. Plus his creative skills go to waste there.
*tease alert*
come back later on today, I'll have more on Vanden Borre ;)

FM

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 07:06 AM

Nice job advancing so far in the FA Cup and still maintaining a good position in the table. Kudos. :D
Thanks, amazingly happy with the season so far, as much for the unexpected league results and for my best ever showing in either of the Cups. I'm guessing the low number of games in the season might have something to do with that. I mean 38 games if 8 less than I was used to play in lower leagues, and I'm not in any European competition. Who knows for next season, that could change ;)

*tease alert #2*
again, more on the Cup when I get to it today ;)

Yeah, Vanden Borre is listed as D/DM RC with the description of cultured centreback. I'm guessing based on his technical skill. I'm really curious how he's developing now. I haven't been able to resist signing him away from Anderlecht in the demo since he has Arsenal listed as a favourite team.

Yeah, I remember seeing Arsenal has his favorite... *repeat of tease alert #1* :D

By the way, could you do me a favour and check to see how Sebastien Larsson is developing? He starts the game as a young midfielder with Arsenal.
I've taken a note to grab a screenshot of him tonight...

FM

SirFozzie

04-28-2005, 08:49 AM

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 09:07 AM

April 2, 2011
Filled with a lot of curiosity, I decided to have another look at Anthony Vanden Borre. Mainly, I wanted to have a feel for if there was any chance that he'd be available later on if we were not able to sign him now, i.e. was there anybody else interested in him. Oh the shock, four other teams were listed as being interested in him. One Spanish I had never heard of, Mallorca, but three English teams on top of us, Middlesbrough, Bolton, and Aston Villa. Bastages!

The other interesting thing, Vanden Borre isn't thinking Q.P.R. doesn't have the resources to meet his demands anymore, hmmm very interesting. He's asking for $61k per week, with a $650k signing fee for a three year deal. I still can only offer him $48k, but I'm willing to put a package together. Let's see what he thinks of this:
basic wage: $48k per week
+ $2.4M signing fee
+ 20% yearly wage rise
+ $9.6k appearance fee
+ $9.6k assists bonus
+ $9.4M minimum release fee clause.

I hate putting the minimum release fee clause in there, as I've found it can piss me off to no end, but I've also found that it is sometimes a good deal sweetener with some players. The $2.4M signing fee doesn't bother me at all, I see it as a disguised transfer fee, since Vanden Borre would come to us on a free transfer...

It's also saying that he is currently considering a contract offer from the team he is with, Belgium club Anderlecht. We'll see if he snubs us again...

FM

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 09:08 AM

April 2, 2011
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pkd</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Name</TD><TD>Position</TD><TD>Morale</TD><TD>Form</TD><TD>Con</TD><TD>Apps</TD><TD>Gls</TD><TD>Av Rat</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>GK</TD><TD></TD><TD>Kasper Schmeichel</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>32 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.36</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keith Keane</TD><TD>D/DM RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>92%</TD><TD>25</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.16</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DL</TD><TD></TD><TD>Tom Howell</TD><TD>D/DM L</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>8-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>97%</TD><TD>23 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.39</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Danny Shittu</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.39</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Biscan</TD><TD>D/DM C</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>17 (4)</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.24</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DMC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Fábio Rochemback</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>6-7-8-8-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>29 (1)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.10</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>MR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Clemens Fritz</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-8-9-10</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>8.25</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>ML</TD><TD>PR</TD><TD>Marcus Kelly</TD><TD>AM RL</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>8-9-7-10-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>34 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.86</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>AMC</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Youssouf Hersi</TD><TD>AM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-9-9-6-7</TD><TD>94%</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>7.75</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Jeppe Lund Curth</TD><TD>F C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>94%</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>7.18</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Andrew Johnson</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-9-7</TD><TD>93%</TD><TD>16 (9)</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S1</TD><TD>Wnt</TD><TD>Paul Davies</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-8-5-7-6</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S2</TD><TD></TD><TD>Luca Maioli</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>83%</TD><TD>0 (6)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S3</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Chris Chapman</TD><TD>M LC</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>0 (12)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S4</TD><TD></TD><TD>Ben Watson</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Poor</TD><TD>7-8-8-6-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6 (9)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.13</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S5</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Nadal Lázaro</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>8-9-7-8-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>19 (10)</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>7.34</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Marc Bircham</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>90%</TD><TD>3 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keigan Parker</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>23 (10)</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>David Marek Rozehnal</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>31%</TD><TD>28 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.28</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>Matt Cross</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>76%</TD><TD>17 (7)</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Craig Crane</TD><TD>D R</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.14</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
League Match #32: we play Arsenal on their pitch. They're currently 3rd in the league and are 1-3 favourites to win this game.

They have a few injured players: Edu, Christopher Eagles, and their starting right full back Justin Hoyte all appear to be out of this game.

They drew 1-1 to Wigan in their last games but have lost 3 straight prior to that one: 0-1 to Man U in the FA Cup, 0-1 to Werden Bremen in the Champions Cup 1st knockout (was leg 2 and they'd won leg 1 4-0, so they're through anyway), and 0-2 to Man U again in league play.

They show a 4-2-3-1 formation, pretty wide setup. The 3 is 3 attacking midfielders (R-C-L) and the 2 is 2 MC right behind them...

This game is on TV and key men are presented as being Youssouf Hersi for us and Gianpaolo Pazzini, their lone striker, for them.

The Football365.com's prediction: Arsenal will continue their recent impressive form by beating Q.P.R.. You never quite know which Q.P.R. side are going to turn up away from home and that's not likely to change for this game.

They really are too much for us to handle, and that from early on in the game. They score once in the 19th minute, after a ball bounces off Youssouf Hersi and gets to the feet of Pazzini who scores. Kasper Schmeichel had anticipated the path of the shot and was caught off position. Both centrebacks are having a really low start to this game, both rating at 5 early on.

They score again in the 32nd minute, when a shot barely gets in, off the post. We're not first on the ball, and when we get there on time, we're not winning the challenges, especially the headers.

The half ends with us down 0-2. They are outshooting us 12(5) to 3(1). Igor Biscan is rating at 5, Danny Shittu isn't much better and rates at 6.

We're doing slightly better in the second half, stopping them from adding to their lead, but we can't score one either...

Final Score: 0-2

They outshot us 18(7) to 6(2). Kasper Schmeichel had a good game, both goals being almost impossible to stop. He received a rating of 8. Danny Shittu also finished the game with a rating of 8, but his, and Biscan's, darn slow start has probably cost us the early goals...

We drop to 9th with the loss. With 6 games to go, we're still only 3 points off 6th place. 5th place is just about out of reach though...
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pos</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Team</TD><TD></TD><TD>Pld</TD><TD>Won</TD><TD>Drn</TD><TD>Lst</TD><TD>For</TD><TD>Ag</TD><TD>G.D.</TD><TD>Pts</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>1st</TD><TD></TD><TD>Liverpool</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>18</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>+36</TD><TD>65</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2nd</TD><TD></TD><TD>Arsenal</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>+23</TD><TD>61</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>3rd</TD><TD></TD><TD>Chelsea</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>27</TD><TD>+25</TD><TD>60</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>4th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Man Utd</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>23</TD><TD>+23</TD><TD>60</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>5th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Bolton</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>57</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>+26</TD><TD>57</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>6th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Fulham</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>47</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>+2</TD><TD>48</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>7th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Aston Villa</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>+9</TD><TD>46</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>8th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Blackburn</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>28</TD><TD>+5</TD><TD>46</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>9th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Q.P.R.</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>45</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>10th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Man City</TD><TD></TD><TD>31</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>44</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>11th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Newcastle</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>41</TD><TD>+4</TD><TD>41</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>12th</TD><TD></TD><TD>West Brom</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>-2</TD><TD>39</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>13th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Everton</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>38</TD><TD>-5</TD><TD>39</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>14th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Birmingham</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>38</TD><TD>50</TD><TD>-12</TD><TD>39</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>15th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Portsmouth</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>24</TD><TD>35</TD><TD>-11</TD><TD>37</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>16th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Wigan</TD><TD></TD><TD>31</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>-5</TD><TD>34</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>17th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Middlesbrough</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>-12</TD><TD>34</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>18th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Tottenham</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>28</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>-18</TD><TD>34</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>19th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Gillingham</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>-32</TD><TD>21</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>20th</TD><TD>R</TD><TD>Southampton</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>27</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>75</TD><TD>-56</TD><TD>7</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

FM

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 09:18 AM

April 3, 2011
Igor Biscan signs a new deal with Q.P.R., apparently for 2 years. Hrm, I thought I had limited it to one year... Oh well, he'll be 35 when the deal's over :)

April 4, 2011
Manchester City win 1-0 over Wigan in League play. We drop to 10th place but our next match is against said Manchester City. Will be a must win to stay in the race...

April 6, 2011
Persistence pays off!!!

Vanden Borre rejects Anderlecht offer
Vanden Borre set for Q.P.R.

These are the two news items I had in my inbox today! WEEHEE!!! Vanden Borre even revealed that he is very keen to take on the challenge of playing at a level befitting his ability. I may regret the minimum release fee in the future, but he's money in the bank for however long he'll be with us.

So, who's this gem? As you see in his player profile (thumbnail below), he's got skills. Described as a cultured centreback, mainly because of his very good first touch and technique with the ball, he can also pass it with pinpoint accuracy. He's also great off the ball and shows great composure. Finaly, he shows great versatility, being able to play as a sweeper, a defender or a midfielder on either the right side of the center of the pitch.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/th_110406vandenborre.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110406vandenborre.jpg)

Looking at his stats sheet at the bottom of his profile, or his stats for the last few years (below) you can see that he's able to set up his teammates on nice scoring opportunities, getting a fair amount of assists every year.
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Year</TD><TD>Team</TD><TD>Division</TD><TD>Info</TD><TD>Apps</TD><TD>Gls</TD><TD>Asts</TD><TD>MoM</TD><TD>Av R</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2010-11</TD><TD>Anderlecht</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>28</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>7.57</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2009-10</TD><TD>Anderlecht</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>11 (1)</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.33</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2008-09</TD><TD>Anderlecht</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>8</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2007-08</TD><TD>Anderlecht</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>19</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.42</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2006-07</TD><TD>Anderlecht</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>25</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>7.48</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2005-06</TD><TD>Anderlecht</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>23</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>7.70</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2004-05</TD><TD>Anderlecht</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>33 (2)</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>7.46</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

He'll complement our defensive unit and will back up Clemens Fritz nicely. Another signing that I'm very excited about. Next season should be an exciting one at Loftus Road!

FM

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 11:33 AM

April 9, 2011
Ben Watson twisted his knee in practice and will miss one week.

On the eve of our big match, Manchester City manager, my friend Arsène Wenger, once again has nice things to say about me. He said he truly hoped the the best win in our clash on Sunday. He also commented that I was a good manager and that I deserved every success with The Rs.

Following his comment, Danny Shittu is happy I'm getting the praise I deserve, while a trio of players (Fritz, Kelly, Lázaro) feel the team cannot fail to perform whilst under my guidance.

I decide to flatter Wenger and I tell the media I admire him, that I was delighted to read his comments about my managerial ability, that I often look to him for guidance and that I advise that young managers use him as role model. Talk about some sweet ass kissing :)

Following this little exchange, I see that my reputation has been bumped to World Class. Nice! :)

Fulham won their game today, 2-0 over Blackburn, pulling to 6 points from us in 6th place.
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pos</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Team</TD><TD></TD><TD>Pld</TD><TD>Won</TD><TD>Drn</TD><TD>Lst</TD><TD>For</TD><TD>Ag</TD><TD>G.D.</TD><TD>Pts</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>1st</TD><TD></TD><TD>Liverpool</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>53</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>+37</TD><TD>68</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2nd</TD><TD></TD><TD>Arsenal</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>+22</TD><TD>61</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>3rd</TD><TD></TD><TD>Chelsea</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>27</TD><TD>+25</TD><TD>60</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>4th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Man Utd</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>23</TD><TD>+23</TD><TD>60</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>5th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Bolton</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>57</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>+26</TD><TD>57</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>6th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Fulham</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>+4</TD><TD>51</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>7th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Man City</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>+1</TD><TD>47</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>8th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Aston Villa</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>+9</TD><TD>46</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>9th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Blackburn</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>+3</TD><TD>46</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>10th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Q.P.R.</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>45</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
April 10, 2011
Shit, Youssouf Hersi strained his wrist in training this morning and will miss a week. With Ben Watson already out, it's a double blow...

FM

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 11:35 AM

April 10, 2011
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pkd</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Name</TD><TD>Position</TD><TD>Morale</TD><TD>Form</TD><TD>Con</TD><TD>Apps</TD><TD>Gls</TD><TD>Av Rat</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>GK</TD><TD></TD><TD>Kasper Schmeichel</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>33 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.38</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keith Keane</TD><TD>D/DM RC</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.15</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DL</TD><TD></TD><TD>Tom Howell</TD><TD>D/DM L</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>24 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.38</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD>PR</TD><TD>Danny Shittu</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-7-7-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>32</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.41</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Biscan</TD><TD>D/DM C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>18 (4)</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.23</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DMC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Fábio Rochemback</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-8-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>30 (1)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.10</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>MR</TD><TD>PR</TD><TD>Clemens Fritz</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>8-8-9-10-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>8.11</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>ML</TD><TD>PR</TD><TD>Marcus Kelly</TD><TD>AM RL</TD><TD>Poor</TD><TD>9-7-10-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>35 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.83</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>AMC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Luca Maioli</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>98%</TD><TD>0 (7)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Jeppe Lund Curth</TD><TD>F C</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keigan Parker</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>23 (10)</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S1</TD><TD>Req</TD><TD>Paul Davies</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>7-8-5-7-6</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S2</TD><TD>Lst</TD><TD>Lennart Rhee</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Poor</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.27</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S3</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Chris Chapman</TD><TD>M LC</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>0 (13)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S4</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Marc Bircham</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>3 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S5</TD><TD></TD><TD>Andrew Johnson</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>7-7-9-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>17 (9)</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>Youssouf Hersi</TD><TD>AM C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>9-9-6-7-7</TD><TD>85%</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>7.73</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>Ben Watson</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Poor</TD><TD>7-8-8-6-7</TD><TD>83%</TD><TD>6 (9)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.13</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>David Marek Rozehnal</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>30%</TD><TD>28 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.28</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>PR</TD><TD>Igor Nadal Lázaro</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Poor</TD><TD>9-7-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>19 (11)</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>7.33</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>Matt Cross</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>66%</TD><TD>17 (7)</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Craig Crane</TD><TD>D R</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.14</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
League Match #33: we play Manchester City at Loftus Road. They're currently 7th and are 4-5 favourites to win this game.

It's a must win game for us if we wanna stay in the race for 6th place.

I start Luca Maioli in Youssouf Hersi's place.

Manchester played in the Euro Cup only three days ago.

The first half goes scoreless. Would have been fun to watch if there had been any real highlights, but I kept getting only text messages. I HATE TEXT UPDATES! We're outshooting them 5(1) to 3(3). We're winning possession with 55% split 9-26-20, and I nudge the team's mentality on tick more attacking.

This little adjustment pays off, big time as we score twice within 6 minutes. First in the 53rd, like the good old time, Jeppe Lund Curth fires a shot from close range. It's stopped but the keeper let go a long rebound. Keigan Parker is on the other side of the net and picks up the ball with an empty net in front of him.

Parker adds another one when Marcus Kelly finds him, unmarked, inside Man City's penalty area. He scores his second of the game for the 2-0 lead.

We even add a third one when Luca Maioli fires a vicious shot, aiming for the top corner...

Final Score: 3-0

We outshot them 12(6) to 7(4) on the game. Great win!

Marcus Kelly is named Man of the Match with a rating of 10. He had 12 tuns past opponents. Rochemback, Maioli, Parker, Curth, and Schmeichel all got rated at 8.

We move back to within 3 points of 6th place, now in 8th place with 5 games to go!
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pos</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Team</TD><TD></TD><TD>Pld</TD><TD>Won</TD><TD>Drn</TD><TD>Lst</TD><TD>For</TD><TD>Ag</TD><TD>G.D.</TD><TD>Pts</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>1st</TD><TD></TD><TD>Liverpool</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>53</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>+37</TD><TD>68</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2nd</TD><TD></TD><TD>Chelsea</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>18</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>55</TD><TD>28</TD><TD>+27</TD><TD>63</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>3rd</TD><TD></TD><TD>Arsenal</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>+22</TD><TD>61</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>4th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Man Utd</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>47</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>+21</TD><TD>60</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>5th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Bolton</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>57</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>+26</TD><TD>57</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>6th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Fulham</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>+4</TD><TD>51</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>7th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Aston Villa</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>47</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>+10</TD><TD>49</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>8th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Q.P.R.</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>48</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>+3</TD><TD>48</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>9th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Man City</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>48</TD><TD>-2</TD><TD>47</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>10th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Blackburn</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>+3</TD><TD>46</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>11th</TD><TD></TD><TD>West Brom</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>42</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>12th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Newcastle</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>+3</TD><TD>41</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>13th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Everton</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>34</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>-5</TD><TD>40</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>14th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Portsmouth</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>-10</TD><TD>40</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>15th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Birmingham</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>38</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>-14</TD><TD>39</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>16th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Tottenham</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>47</TD><TD>-18</TD><TD>35</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>17th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Wigan</TD><TD></TD><TD>32</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>43</TD><TD>-6</TD><TD>34</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>18th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Middlesbrough</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>44</TD><TD>-13</TD><TD>34</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>19th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Gillingham</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>18</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>-31</TD><TD>24</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>20th</TD><TD>R</TD><TD>Southampton</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>28</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>76</TD><TD>-57</TD><TD>7</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
April 11, 2011
Jeppe Lund Curth and Marcus Kelly are both named on the Premier Division Team of the Week.

FM

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 11:41 AM

April 16, 2011
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pkd</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Name</TD><TD>Position</TD><TD>Morale</TD><TD>Form</TD><TD>Con</TD><TD>Apps</TD><TD>Gls</TD><TD>Av Rat</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>GK</TD><TD></TD><TD>Kasper Schmeichel</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-8-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>34 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.40</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keith Keane</TD><TD>D/DM RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>27</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.15</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DL</TD><TD></TD><TD>Tom Howell</TD><TD>D/DM L</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>25 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.37</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Danny Shittu</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-8-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.39</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Biscan</TD><TD>D/DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>19 (4)</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.22</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DMC</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Fábio Rochemback</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-7-7-8</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>31 (1)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.13</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>MR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Clemens Fritz</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-9-10-7-7</TD><TD>98%</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>8.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>ML</TD><TD></TD><TD>Marcus Kelly</TD><TD>AM RL</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-10-7-7-10</TD><TD>98%</TD><TD>36 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.89</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>AMC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Luca Maioli</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-8</TD><TD>94%</TD><TD>1 (7)</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.13</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Jeppe Lund Curth</TD><TD>F C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-8</TD><TD>98%</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>7.23</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Andrew Johnson</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-9-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>17 (10)</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S1</TD><TD>Req</TD><TD>Paul Davies</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>8-5-7-6-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S2</TD><TD>Lst</TD><TD>Lennart Rhee</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>5 (6)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S3</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Chris Chapman</TD><TD>M LC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>0 (14)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S4</TD><TD>Trn</TD><TD>Nigel Quashie</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Very Poor</TD><TD>6-7</TD><TD>94%</TD><TD>1 (2)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S5</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Nadal Lázaro</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Poor</TD><TD>9-7-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>19 (11)</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>7.33</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Marc Bircham</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>3 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Craig Crane</TD><TD>D R</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.14</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>Matt Cross</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>62%</TD><TD>17 (7)</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>Youssouf Hersi</TD><TD>AM C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>9-9-6-7-7</TD><TD>78%</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>7.73</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keigan Parker</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-8</TD><TD>94%</TD><TD>24 (10)</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>7.03</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>David Marek Rozehnal</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>32%</TD><TD>28 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.28</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>Ben Watson</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Poor</TD><TD>7-8-8-6-7</TD><TD>75%</TD><TD>6 (9)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.13</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
League Match #33: we play Bolton on their pitch. They're currently in 5th place and are 4-5 favourites to win this game.

Our FA Cup Semi Final is only in 4 days, on April 20, I gotta keep that in mind. Hopefully, I'd like to pull both wingers (Clemens Fritz and Marcus Kelly) at the half. Youssouf Hersi isn't playing today but should be ready, even if not at 100%, for the Semi Final.

Funny blurb from the scouting report of Matt Gibson, my scout in charge of reporting about my next opponents. Look at this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110415boltonreport.jpg

"Ricardo Gardner is a potent threat in a pacey attacking line and Ricardo Gardner is the spark in a creative midfield" Talk about a jack-of-all-trades this Ricardo Gardner :D

They score in the 17th minute on a free kick from just outside our penalty area. Kasper Schmeichel got a hand on it, but couldn't completely stop it.

The half ends with us down 0-1. They're outshooting us 6(3) to 3(1). I go against my initial plan and decide to leave Fritz and Kelly in the game for the beginning of the second half.

Igor Nadal Lázaro passes the ball back to Keith Keane on the centerline in the 71st minute. Keane sees the run of Luca Maioli and connects with him on a lovely through ball. Maioli won't miss his chance alone with the keeper. We'Ve pulled even!

Sadly, we collapse in the middle again, as they move the ball to the edge of the box through the center of our defense and they score what will be the winning goal...

Final Score: 1-2

They outshot us 13(7) to 7(3) but we played well as a whole. A frustrating loss...

Kasper Schmeichel is named Man of the Match with a rating of 8. Keane and Biscan also got rated at 8, although Biscan was in the middle of the play on their last goal...

We stay in 8th place despite the loss, but Manchester City and Blackburn both have a game on us.
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pos</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Team</TD><TD></TD><TD>Pld</TD><TD>Won</TD><TD>Drn</TD><TD>Lst</TD><TD>For</TD><TD>Ag</TD><TD>G.D.</TD><TD>Pts</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>1st</TD><TD></TD><TD>Liverpool</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>53</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>+37</TD><TD>68</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2nd</TD><TD></TD><TD>Chelsea</TD><TD></TD><TD>34</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>57</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>+28</TD><TD>66</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>3rd</TD><TD></TD><TD>Bolton</TD><TD></TD><TD>34</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>60</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>+27</TD><TD>61</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>4th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Arsenal</TD><TD></TD><TD>34</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>32</TD><TD>+20</TD><TD>61</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>5th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Man Utd</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>47</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>+21</TD><TD>60</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>6th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Aston Villa</TD><TD></TD><TD>34</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>+12</TD><TD>52</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>7th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Fulham</TD><TD></TD><TD>34</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>+3</TD><TD>51</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>8th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Q.P.R.</TD><TD></TD><TD>34</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>47</TD><TD>+2</TD><TD>48</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>9th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Man City</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>48</TD><TD>-2</TD><TD>47</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>10th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Blackburn</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>30</TD><TD>+3</TD><TD>46</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>11th</TD><TD></TD><TD>West Brom</TD><TD></TD><TD>34</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>40</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>+1</TD><TD>45</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>12th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Birmingham</TD><TD></TD><TD>34</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>40</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>-12</TD><TD>42</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>13th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Newcastle</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>45</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>+3</TD><TD>41</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>14th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Everton</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>34</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>-5</TD><TD>40</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>15th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Portsmouth</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>-10</TD><TD>40</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>16th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Wigan</TD><TD></TD><TD>34</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>46</TD><TD>-7</TD><TD>35</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>17th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Tottenham</TD><TD></TD><TD>34</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>-20</TD><TD>35</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>18th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Middlesbrough</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>44</TD><TD>-13</TD><TD>34</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>19th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Gillingham</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>18</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>-31</TD><TD>24</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>20th</TD><TD>R</TD><TD>Southampton</TD><TD></TD><TD>33</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>28</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>76</TD><TD>-57</TD><TD>7</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
FM

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 11:42 AM

April 17, 2011
The other FA Cup Semi Final, opposing the two Manchester club, is played and WOW! Manchester City comes out on top, winning the game 1-0. Our Semi Final against Blackburn is in three days...

April 18, 2011
David Marek Rozehnal resumes training followin his physiotherapy. The specialist who treated him is optimistic that he has recovered fully from his injury.

I find it ironic, since I questioned his rating in the game, but Igor Biscan is named on the English Premier Division Team of the Week.

April 20, 2011
Getting the lineup ready for our match against Bolton, the "Unh" tag is showing again for Matt Cross, instead of the "Inj" tag that had been showing for almost a month. This reminds me of the little spoiled brat whining about his contract. I take a look at his demands now, and I'm pleasanlty surprised. Maybe the time off the field got him thinking, but the kid has lowered his demands from $55k+ per week to a more reasonable $28.5k per week, with a $440k signing fee, for a three year deal. He's currently earning $17k, so $10k more per week won't kill us, and he could still improve on his current skills. I offer the requested $28.5k per week, but I lower the signing fee to $260k. There's also a minimum fee release clause to this deal, but it's going up from a current $4.8M to $9.4M...

FM

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 12:02 PM

April 20, 2011
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pkd</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Name</TD><TD>Position</TD><TD>Morale</TD><TD>Form</TD><TD>Con</TD><TD>Apps</TD><TD>Gls</TD><TD>Av Rat</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>GK</TD><TD></TD><TD>Kasper Schmeichel</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-8-8-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>35 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.42</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keith Keane</TD><TD>D/DM RC</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-8</TD><TD>96%</TD><TD>28</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.18</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DL</TD><TD></TD><TD>Tom Howell</TD><TD>D/DM L</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>95%</TD><TD>26 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.35</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Danny Shittu</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-7</TD><TD>97%</TD><TD>34</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.38</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Biscan</TD><TD>D/DM C</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-8</TD><TD>97%</TD><TD>20 (4)</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.25</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DMC</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Fábio Rochemback</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>8-7-7-8-6</TD><TD>94%</TD><TD>32 (1)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.09</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>MR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Clemens Fritz</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>9-10-7-7-7</TD><TD>96%</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.91</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>ML</TD><TD></TD><TD>Marcus Kelly</TD><TD>AM RL</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>10-7-7-10-7</TD><TD>96%</TD><TD>37 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.87</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>AMC</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Youssouf Hersi</TD><TD>AM C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>9-9-6-7-7</TD><TD>91%</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>7.73</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Jeppe Lund Curth</TD><TD>F C</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-8-7</TD><TD>96%</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>7.21</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keigan Parker</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-8</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>24 (10)</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>7.03</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S1</TD><TD>Req</TD><TD>Paul Davies</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>8-5-7-6-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S2</TD><TD></TD><TD>Luca Maioli</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-8-7</TD><TD>92%</TD><TD>2 (7)</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.11</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S3</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Chris Chapman</TD><TD>M LC</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>93%</TD><TD>0 (15)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S4</TD><TD></TD><TD>Ben Watson</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Poor</TD><TD>7-8-8-6-7</TD><TD>87%</TD><TD>6 (9)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.13</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S5</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Nadal Lázaro</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Very Poor</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>98%</TD><TD>19 (12)</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>7.32</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Marc Bircham</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>3 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Trn</TD><TD>Nigel Quashie</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Very Poor</TD><TD>6-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>1 (2)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Unf</TD><TD>David Marek Rozehnal</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>61%</TD><TD>28 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.28</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Matt Cross</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>79%</TD><TD>17 (7)</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Andrew Johnson</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>9-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>94%</TD><TD>18 (10)</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Lst</TD><TD>Lennart Rhee</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>96%</TD><TD>5 (7)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Craig Crane</TD><TD>D R</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.14</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
FA Cup Semi Final: we play Blackburn at Wembley Stadium. They're currently in 10th place in the Premiership and are 5-4 favourites to win this game.

Their roster shows a lot of guys with very poor morale and looking at their fixtures list, that's a bit understandable. They have lost their last three games, all by scores of 0-2. One of their starting DC (in 5-3-2) is suspended.

Both time we've played them this season, we drew 2-2.

Youssouf Hersi is back in as starter.

I really wanted to give the start to Igor Nadal Lázaro as he's done so well for us in Cup play, scoring 7 goals in 4 starts, but the recent loss dropped his morale to very poor and that's got me a bit worried. I reunite Keigan Parker with Jeppe Lund Curth instead. Lázaro will be on the bench with Andrew Johnson sitting this one out.

They show a 5-3-2 formation, the same the showed the last time we played them, with 2 wingbacks with up arrows.

The first half goes scoreless, but it's not because we're not trying. Their keeper is keeping them in the game, as we outshot them 8(3) to 2(1) and we win possession with 58%, split 9-21-28.

The second half is more of the same, although we got even closer, but couldn't even shoot. We won possession in the second half with 63%, split 4-22-37 :eek: and we're outshooting them 11(4) to 2(1) after 90 minutes. They didn't shoot once in the last 45 minutes...

I expected to see "Final Whistle" with a replay to be played later, but instead I was surprised to see "End of 90 minutes". I guess there are no replays in the Semi Final. I tweaked the mentality to push it a nudge further in attack. I'm getting worried they could get a lucky goal on a counter attack, we gotta convert early on!

And we do!!! In the 103rd minute, Fábio Rochemback tries a kick from very long range and it hits the crossbar! Keigan Parker is all alone to get the rebound and he buries it for the 1-0 goal!

At the half of extra time, we're outshooting them 14(5) to still 2(1)

In the 1st minute of the second half of extra time, Parker fires a shot that is blocked, but not controlled by their keeper. Igor Nadal Lázaro pounces on the rebound and strikes the ball with fury, burying the ball for the insurance goal.

Final Score: 2-0

WE WON! WE'RE THROUGH TO THE FINAL!!!!

We outshot them 17(8) to 3(1) on the game and we deserved that win!

Fábio Rochemback is named Man of the Match with a rating of 9. He completely 46 of his 57 passes. We have 5 others at 8.

The FA Cup Final will also be played at Wembley, on May 28, when we'll take on Manchester City and my friend Arsène Wenger. Hopefully my luck at Wembley, and against Wenger, won't fail me on that day :)

One thing bugs me though, looking at the fixtures list, I already know that Tom Howell will be unavailable for that game, as he'll be in the middle of a bunch of qualifier for the U19 Euro Championship at that time. Bugger!

Marcus Kelly suffered a facial injury (!) and will miss 3 days.

FM

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 12:04 PM

One good thing is if you make the FA Cup final, it is very likely you'll be heading to Europe no matter what, since the FA Cup place in the UEFA Cup can go to the loser of the FA Cup Final IF the winner has already qualified through their final standings.
I can now comment on this :)

As you've seen, with who is through to the final, I doubt that Man City will qualify for the Euro Cup with their league position. So it's either we finish in 6th, or we win the FA Cup. I say we crush Man City again :)

FM

robbgmaier

04-28-2005, 12:41 PM

note for the future, if it's being played at wembley, their ain't no replay :)

and congrats on being through to the final, make sure you're best team is prepared for that one!

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 12:46 PM

note for the future, if it's being played at wembley, their ain't no replay :)
I know now, but thanks :) Stil lots of stuff I learn as I go on, but it's fun like that, keeps it refreshing :)

I'm happy it wasn't too late when I started that game. I've set myself a last hour limit of about 10:45 to start a game. Sometimes, my addiction gets the best of me and I start one around 11:10 or so and it ends at 11:30 and the wife gets pissed, she doesn't understand my addiction... ;)

and congrats on being through to the final, make sure you're best team is prepared for that one!
Thanks, unless we get hit by a sever case of terpkristinitis, we should have a well rested squad for that game, as our last league match is on the 14th and the Cup Final is on the 28th... Will have to make sure I have a left fullback who's match fit though, either Matthew Bates or Mathew Sadler...

FM

SirFozzie

04-28-2005, 02:01 PM

FA Cup Semi Finals and Final are always single games with Extra Time/Penalties at a neutral site.

FrogMan

04-28-2005, 02:26 PM

We got 6 players set to join the club on free transfers on July 1st. I thought I'd put 'em all together in one post...

César Augusto Fawcett, 26yo D/DM L, projected starting left fullback
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/th_110105fawcett1.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110105fawcett1.jpg)

Quincy Owusu Abeyie, 24yo S C, projected striker on squad rotation
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/th_110116abeyie.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110116abeyie.jpg)

Li Tie, 33yo DM C, backup midfielder, mainly backup defensive midfielder
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/th_110224tie.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110224tie.jpg)

Ross McCormack, 24yo S C, projected starting striker (maybe on rotation)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/th_110226mccormack.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110226mccormack.jpg)

James Collins, 27yo D C, possible starting centreback, depending on how he settles in
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/th_110309collins.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110309collins.jpg)

Anthony Vanden Borre, 23yo SW/D/DM RC, possible starting centreback or right fullback, and backup right winger
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/th_110406vandenborre.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110406vandenborre.jpg)

I think I've done good so far, especially snatching free transfers like that. We'll see...

I'll probably lay low until the new wage budget and transfer budget are announced following the end of the season.

FM

daedalus

04-29-2005, 01:12 AM

Congrats on making it through to the final.

I think the best part of adding all these talent is having done so without spending money. With his reputation, Vanden Borre should satisfy your chairman's desire for a big signing so you've met his requirement and STILL managed to hang onto your money. That'll leave you to spend that money however you want. That'd rock.

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 06:58 AM

Congrats on making it through to the final.
Thanks! :)

I think the best part of adding all these talent is having done so without spending money. With his reputation, Vanden Borre should satisfy your chairman's desire for a big signing so you've met his requirement and STILL managed to hang onto your money. That'll leave you to spend that money however you want. That'd rock.
Agreed about it being a good thing that they're all free signings. Not sure how it'll work out with the chairman's desire, or if he'll keep me on as short a leash with the new season's transfer budget. I had barely national reputation at the start of last season, so they may have felt they needed to make sure I wouldn't spend money crazily left and right. Now this time around, I've gain reputation not only to a continental level, but now even to a world class level. Maybe they'll have the feeling I know what I mean if we're the only club out of the promotees of a year ago who stays up :)

About Vanden Borre, he'll certainly be seen as a high profile player, mostly because of his style, but he's not even the guy among the new dudes with the most reputation. His reputation is currently only at national, probably because he played with Anderlecht and not in England, or Italy, or Spain. César Augusto Fawcett et Ross McCormack, both coming from Rangers, both have continental reputation...

FM

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 09:08 AM

April 22, 2011
Tom Howell wants an improved contract. The 19yo left D/DM is currently earning $2,600 per week and is looking to increase that to $27k per week, with a signing fee of $650k, 15% yearly wage increase, and a minimum fee release clause set to $14.5M. He's currently valued at $8.2M.

Bruno Conti recommends offering a contract around $22k per week, as he says Howell still has a lot to learn. I offer on the low side, at $22k per week, with a signing fee of $300k, dropping the yearly wage rise, but keeping the minimum release fee at the requested level. I also put him as being on a squad rotation, since César Augusto Fawcett is coming to sort of take his left full back spot next season.

Matt Cross has put pen to paper on a lucrative 3 year deal worth $4.4M. The kid has kept on growing this season, even though I didn't see him as an every day starter, I think he's got a bright future.

FM

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 09:10 AM

April 23, 2011
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League Match #35: we play Chelsea on their pitch. They're currently in 2nd place and are 1-2 favourites to win this game.

Luca Maioli is ineligible to play in this game, being that he is on loan with us but club contracted to Chelsea.

Following his recent minor injury, Marcus Kelly's condition is only at 65%, so I sit him out. Tom Howell starts at left wing and Mathew Sadler starts at left full-back.

They show a pyramid-like 4-3-2-1 formation.

This match is on TV and key men for both are presented as being Youssouf Hersi for us and Ronaldhino for them.

The Londond's Evening Standard's prediction is as follows: Chelsea are on a high and that form should be enough to get them a victory over Q.P.R. today.

For one of the rare occasions, it's us who have had the least rest since our last match. Chelsea last played on April 16, we last played on April 20. That's because we're still in the FA Cup and Chelsea are not, na na na na na na :D

The first half goes scoreless. They're outshooting 7(3) to 3(0) but we're holding tight. We're winning possession with 56%, but we're having a heck of a tough time getting it out of our zone, as expressed with the 26-27-3 split.

Jeppe Lund Curth's condition dipped to 67% after he got nicked following a challenge late in the first half. I pull him and put Igor Nadal Lázaro in his place.

Igor Biscan gets dispossessed deep in our zone and that leads to their one, and only goal, as they went into a funky lineup with some probably very heavy defensive setting. It may be only my newbiness, but I had never seen a formation like this. Click the thumbnail to take a peek.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/th_110423chelsea.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110423chelsea.jpg)

Final Score: 0-1

We fought with all we had, but couldn't get that one goal to tie it. They outshot us 11(5) to 9(2). Tom Howell and Fábio Rochemback both had down games...

We stay in 9th place as Aston Villa, Fulham, and Manchester City all lost.
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Gillingham have clinched relegation making us the only promotee from last season who will apparently avoid going back down after only one season... That kind of make me proud :)

FM

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 09:20 AM

April 24, 2011
Tom Howell rejects our first offer but is willing to negotiate. Look kid, you got a valid contract, you're just unhappy about it... I offer him $23k per week with a $400k signing fee, the rest is unchanged.

April 25, 2011
Another spoiled kid this Tom Howell. He rejects our offer again. I up it to $24k per week, $440k signing fee and add a 5% yearly wage rise.

April 26, 2011
Bruno Conti reports that Paul Davies was nowhere to be seen for today's training session. I issue him a warning for unprofessional behaviour.

Later in the day, Davies accepts his warning and acknowledges that his unprofessional behaviour was unacceptable and that he deserved the warning. I indicates a willingness to improve his behaviour in the future.

Tom Howell rejects our offer again. He's pretty quick at replying to our offers, gotta say that... I offer him $24.5k, 480k and again 5%.

April 29, 2011
Marc Bircham strained his groin in training and is originally said to be missing 2 weeks. Now you know what a groing strain mean, right? Stinking rehab. I send him to see the specialist and he says he'll be good to go in only 3 weeks.

Tom Howell now took a couple days to reject our latest offer, still willing to negotiate. I offer him $24.5k again, this time with 600k as a signing fee and 10% yearly wage rise.

FM

terpkristin

04-29-2005, 09:47 AM

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 09:58 AM

Screw Tim Howell, he's beginning to think he's worth a lot more than he seems to be. I mean, his demands seem somewhat outrageous and your offers seem a nice middle ground. What a punk.

Wow, you're taking that very seriously! :D

I like Tom, but I know he won't even be starting for us next season, so I kind of want to keep the offer in line with that. I know I'll have a slew of other players who will be looking for new contracts soon. Marcus Kelly, who's been our most constant player over the last two years, is still being paid only $6,000 per week, although he isn't complaining about it one bit.

Funny thing about Tom Howell though. Not sure I reported that, maybe I did, but when Lennart Rhee left PSV to come on loan with us, there was a comment from a PSV player saying that Rhee leaving would bring a breath of fresh air to their locker room. The minute Rhee got to our team, I saw a comment from Rhee to the effect that Howell shouldn't take himself so seriously, and a comment from Howell saying that Rhee will never realize his fullest potential if he doesn't change his attitude. These are not publicly made comments, simply blurbs you see on the player profile page, under "bad relationships"... Just thought it was interesting. Either it's they both have an attitude problem, or it's only one of them... It's interesting...

It's sometimes hard to gauge for some players like with Tom here, then for others, it's more clearcut. Take Mat Cross, he's already asked twice to renegotiate, and I've called a "spoiled little brat" more than once, mostly because he's described as "unsporting" which isn't the nicest compliment you could get to define your personality... :)

Great game with Chelsea! That was incredibly close. :)

It was indeed close. If you take out the second Arsenal game, we've played surprisingly well against big clubs this season, at least I like to think so. Hopefully the offseason additions will give us the boost we need to really challenge them next season :)

FM

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 11:33 AM

April 30, 2011
The three month loan of Luca Maioli ends today and he returns to Chelsea. Too bad Chelsea wanted so much for him because I think he could have been pretty good in Clemens Fritz's place on the right wing. I'm happy with Fritz's production, no complaint here, but let's face it, Maioli is 21 and Fritz is 30. Maioli will certainly keep on getting better with the years. I'll keep him on my shortlist and may try to get him on loan again, possibly for all of last season, if Chelsea is open to it which they probably won't, or Maioli won't want to come back on loan with us...FM

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 11:37 AM

April 30, 2011
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League Match #36: we play Everton on their pitch. They're currently in 14th place and are 4-5 favourites to win this game.

Tom Howell goes back to left full back and Marcus Kelly is back in on the left wing. Igor Biscan is out, David Marek Rozehnal is back in following his injury.

They show a 4-1-3-2 formation with 3 MC and 1 DMC. Li Tie, who's joining us on July 1st, is playing the lone DMC in that formation.

The first half, or should I say the first 35 minutes of the game are simply crazy. By the time the 36th minute had rolled in, we'll find ourselves ahead by 4, having scored 5 goals and allowed one. Everything worked for us, here's how we scored...

First in the 15th minute, Clemens Fritz scored what will from now on be known as a "Fritz", a goal like only he can make happen, and make it look easy. He took the ball from just inside our side of the pitch, dribbled it on the right wing, around one opponent, then he cut to the center, always keeping control of the ball, brought it in their penalty area and just when he got inside the area, launched a top corner kick. A truly beautiful goal!

Now, only 5 minutes later, the left wing is where it's happening, when Marcus Kelly centers a nice ball to Igor Nadal Lázaro who scores from 25 yards out.

And when I said everything was going for us, you better believe it as only 4 more minutes later, in the 24th minute, it's Fábio Rochemback's turn to make a nice play, stealing the ball from one of their midfielders with an inch-perfect tackle. Kelly picks the loose ball and finds Jeppe Lund Curth who scores his fifth of the season. At that point we were up 3-0 but the fireworks had just started.

They tried applying pressure on the ensuing kickoff, only for us to stop them, dump the ball forward, where it's a matter of pinballing the ball around, Hersi-Kelly-Hersi and Youssouf Hersi scores the 4-0 goal, only 2 minutes after our third goal.

Believe it or not, we got a bit cocky at that point, and they caught us with too many of our players forward on a corner kick. They launched a crazy long pass that a striker was able to get to before any of our defenders could. They make it 4-1 in the 33rd minute.

But hey, we're not gonna let go now, are we? Igor Nadal Lázaro scores his second goal of the game, capping a wonderful team play after Jeppe Lund Curth's shot was blocked with a long rebound.

The half ends with us ahead 5-1. We are putting evertything on target, or almost everything, outshooting them 11(9) to 4(3). Everybody is at either 8 or 9 in form, except Kasper Schmeichel who rates at a very pedestrian 6. Maybe I should put him at striker a bit...

They keep playing long balls after long balls and one of them pays off in the 81st minute, when there's nobody left in the stands. They make it 5-2 and will not be able to get back in the game, despite firing many more shots in the second half than in the first.

Final Score: 5-2

We outshot them 15(12) to 13(5). Despite the score, and I may surprise you here, I don't see this as our best game of the season. We let them fight their way back into the game, sort of and had it not been for a couple of lucky bounce, it could have been much closer.

I'm definitely happy with it though :)

Marcus Kelly is named Man of the Match with a rating of 10. Igor Nadal Lázaro also gets a 10 for form, while Clemens Fritz and Fábio Rochemback both received a 9. Every other starter but Schmeichel gets an 8. Schmeichel finished the game with a 6 while the non-starters finished at 7.

We move up to 7th but Fulham and Man City are still to play. In fact, they play each other tomorrow. A drew result would be a draw between the two. Hey a man can dream :)
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Back to the clubhouse, I get a message that Tom Howell rejected our latest contract offer. Hey kid, you're turning down the chance to boost your weekly wage about tenfold, from a tiny $2,600 a week to about $24,500 a week, what's the matter with you? I break off talks, we'll see later... (seriously, this is what happened and it's not guided by anything that tk may have said :))

FM

terpkristin

04-29-2005, 11:47 AM

Nice big win over Everton!
Why is it that everbody always considers the R's the underdogs even though you've consistently proven yourselves over this season? And tell Howell to take a hike. Do what Gary did to John Gilcrhist (UMD basketball reference)

/tk

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 11:51 AM

May 1st , 2011
The board are still delighted with my managerial performance.

Huhoh, Everton sack their manager. I guess these first 35 minute of our last match might have been the final straw. That reminds me of when I got sacked by Luton. We had also just lost by a big score and they gave me the boot at that point. I feel bad for the dude, but oh well :)

Marcus Kelly comes in 3rd for Player of the Month. He received form ratings of 7, 10, 7, and 10 in his 4 games in April.

Clemens Fritz's goal against Everton, the first one dubbed a "Fritz", is selected as Goal of the Month. That's how impressive that goal was. :)

Manchester City win 3-1 over Fulham and they move to 6th place. Aston Villa still has to play their 36th game.
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pos</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Team</TD><TD></TD><TD>Pld</TD><TD>Won</TD><TD>Drn</TD><TD>Lst</TD><TD>For</TD><TD>Ag</TD><TD>G.D.</TD><TD>Pts</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>1st</TD><TD></TD><TD>Liverpool</TD><TD></TD><TD>36</TD><TD>21</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>58</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>+39</TD><TD>74</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>2nd</TD><TD></TD><TD>Chelsea</TD><TD></TD><TD>36</TD><TD>20</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>59</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>+28</TD><TD>69</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>3rd</TD><TD></TD><TD>Arsenal</TD><TD></TD><TD>36</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>60</TD><TD>34</TD><TD>+26</TD><TD>67</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>4th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Man Utd</TD><TD></TD><TD>36</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>51</TD><TD>29</TD><TD>+22</TD><TD>64</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>5th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Bolton</TD><TD></TD><TD>36</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>61</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>+24</TD><TD>62</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>6th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Man City</TD><TD></TD><TD>36</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>53</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>7th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Aston Villa</TD><TD></TD><TD>35</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>9</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>40</TD><TD>+9</TD><TD>52</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>8th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Q.P.R.</TD><TD></TD><TD>36</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>11</TD><TD>54</TD><TD>50</TD><TD>+4</TD><TD>51</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>9th</TD><TD></TD><TD>Fulham</TD><TD></TD><TD>36</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>6</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>51</TD><TD>52</TD><TD>-1</TD><TD>51</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
May 2, 2011
Mathew Sadler sprained his wrist and will miss one week. My thoughts automatically go to the FA Cup Final. He should be fine by then.

Marcus Kelly, Fábio Rochemback, and Igor Nadal Lázaro are all selected on the English Premier Division Team of the Week. It's a first for Igor.

Aston Villa wins 3-1 over Wigan and thus regain 6th place. We're in 8th place, 4 points away from Aston Villa and 6th place. We play Aston Villa, at Loftus Road, on May 7.
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Looking at my roster, I see that Matthew Bates has suffered a torn hamstring in training today and will miss three months. We're now down to Mathew Sadler as only left full back for the FA Cup Final...

May 5, 2011
Andrew Johnson wants a new deal. He believes that other players in the division are on far better deals and is unhappy that is being denied a respectable wage. AJ isn't a full time starter yet, not at the EPL level. He's getting there though, and sometimes you can see a skill or two creep up to the level where they show in orange on his profiel (15). He's currently earning $2,200 a week and I see his contract is unprotected, probably because his last deal was for more than two seasons, but he's still under 23, so I'd expect anybody who would have wanted to sign him would have owed us some compensation. Woah! He wants $58k per week and a signing fee of $950k for a 4 yeard deal. Bruno Conti recommends offering him a deal worth around $38k per week... I split in the middle and offer him $43k with a $550k signing fee but for a 2 year deal. There's no minimum release clause involved as he didn't ask for one.

May 6, 2011
Andrew Johnson is quick to put pen to paper on a lucrative 2 year deal worth $5.4M. If he keeps starting for the England U21 team, I'm sure he'll gain valuable experience and he could develop into an amazing player...

FM

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 12:02 PM

Why is it that everbody always considers the R's the underdogs even though you've consistently proven yourselves over this season?
It's one area where the game falls short: adjusting perceptions as the season goes on. There are quite a few examples of that. First, in our team information, they're still listing us as "relegation battlers" even though, with two games left to the season, we're 15 points out of the drop zone. Then there's my assistant manager, who still thinks that the team needs to be strenghtened in many areas (not all anymore though) if we are to avoid relegation. And then there are the odds. I've been reporting them mostly to show how we've been picked as underdogs for most if not all the games so far this season. Take the FA Cup Final for example. Even though we've beat Man City twice, by an aggregate score of 8-0, they're still 5-4 favourites for that game...

I don't mind it so much, as I don't base my hopes of winning/losing a game on the odds, nor do I buy players based solely on my assistant manager's opinions, as long as it doesn't have an effect on game results, it's something I can live without...

FM

FM

Desnudo

04-29-2005, 01:35 PM

The game sets odds mainly on club reputation, which changes very, very slowly.

finketr

04-29-2005, 02:15 PM

fwiw,

my main formation i've been running is the
4 defensemen
1 DMC
MR/MC/ML
0
2 F/C

with the exchange of rooney for lampard, ui''ve started playing a
4 defense
0
mr/dmc as mc/ ml
rooney at AMC
2 forward/centers

and then once in a great while when i'm ahead and switching to more defense, i've been in a 5-3-1-0-2 or that 4-1-3-1-1.

we won't talk about the ugly injury game where i ended in a 5-3-0-0-0 formation.

--tim

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 02:18 PM

the first of your two formation is exactly what Everton was playing when we crushed them :D

FM

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 02:25 PM

By the way, could you do me a favour and check to see how Sebastien Larsson is developing? He starts the game as a young midfielder with Arsenal.
Well, he didn't develop too well. In fact when I searched for "Larsson" yesterday, I got only one fellow, and there were no skills showing, all "-" everywhere. He is now with IFK Malmö. They signed him as a free agent on April 26, 2007, a few months after Arsenal had released him (on November 14, 2006).

Anyway, click the thumbnail for his profile, once my scouts had reported to me about him, kinda crappy...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/th_110430larsson.jpg (http://photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110430larsson.jpg)

FM

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 02:29 PM

May 7, 2011
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pkd</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Name</TD><TD>Position</TD><TD>Morale</TD><TD>Form</TD><TD>Con</TD><TD>Apps</TD><TD>Gls</TD><TD>Av Rat</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>GK</TD><TD></TD><TD>Kasper Schmeichel</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-7-7-6</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>38 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.36</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keith Keane</TD><TD>D/DM RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-8-7-7-8</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.19</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DL</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Tom Howell</TD><TD>D/DM L</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-8-6-8</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>29 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.35</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Danny Shittu</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-8</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.41</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD></TD><TD>David Marek Rozehnal</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-7-8</TD><TD>96%</TD><TD>29 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.30</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DMC</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Fábio Rochemback</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-6-9-6-9</TD><TD>98%</TD><TD>35 (1)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.17</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>MR</TD><TD></TD><TD>Clemens Fritz</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-9</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>7.93</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>ML</TD><TD></TD><TD>Marcus Kelly</TD><TD>AM RL</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-10-7-8-10</TD><TD>97%</TD><TD>39 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.92</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>AMC</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Youssouf Hersi</TD><TD>AM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-8</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>40</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>7.70</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Jeppe Lund Curth</TD><TD>F C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-7-8</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7.24</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Nadal Lázaro</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-10</TD><TD>98%</TD><TD>20 (14)</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>7.41</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S1</TD><TD>Req</TD><TD>Paul Davies</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>8-5-7-6-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S2</TD><TD></TD><TD>Matt Cross</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>96%</TD><TD>17 (8)</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.16</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S3</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Chris Chapman</TD><TD>M LC</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>94%</TD><TD>0 (17)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S4</TD><TD></TD><TD>Ben Watson</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-6-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6 (10)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.13</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S5</TD><TD></TD><TD>Keigan Parker</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-8-8-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>25 (11)</TD><TD>13</TD><TD>7.06</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Biscan</TD><TD>D/DM C</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>22 (4)</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.23</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>Marc Bircham</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>57%</TD><TD>3 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Trn</TD><TD>Nigel Quashie</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Very Poor</TD><TD>6-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>1 (2)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>Mathew Sadler</TD><TD>D L</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>72%</TD><TD>20 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.10</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Andrew Johnson</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>19 (10)</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Lst</TD><TD>Lennart Rhee</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>5 (8)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD></TD><TD>Craig Crane</TD><TD>D R</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.14</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
League Match #37: we play Aston Villa at Loftus Road. They're currently in 6th place, 4 points ahead of us, and are 4-6 favourites to win this game.

This game is HUGE for us. Winning here could give us a tiny way to finish in 6th. We'd still need some help, as we're 4 points away, but we'd get much closer...

They kicked our but 0-3 the last time we played them. Granted, the game was on their pitch, but when you look at the shots (3(1) for us, 25(13) for them) it's obvious who killed who in that game.

They have suffered a few injuries since their last game against Wigan a few days ago.

Seems we're missing too many chances early on, as we put our first three shots over the bar.

David Marek Rozehnal is having a shaky start to the game, his form rating at 5 for some time. They take advantage of that when they center a ball to a guy near him and he scores the 0-1 goal.

Keith Keane plays a sweet crosspass all the way from right the wing to the left, to the feet of Marcus Kelly. Kelly brings it into the penalty area and finds himself one-on-one with the keeper. He beats him for, believe it or not, his first goal of the season. He's got a boatload of assists, and plenty of Man of the Match nominations, but he had not scored one goal so far this season. Tied 1-1.

The half ends with both teams tied at 1. They're outshooting us 6(2) to 4(1), but we're winning possession with 55%. Even better, it is split 10-23-22, so we are indeed moving the ball inside their end of the field, we just need to be more opportunistic.

We launch a great counter attack in the 78th minute. So great that Youssouf Hersi has the ball with Keigan Parker and Igor Nadal Lázaro in front of him with only 1 defender for them three. Thing is, Lázaro is the closest to the center, but he's in an offside position. Hersi holds up play and while Lázaro is still in an offside position, Hersi passes the ball the other way, to Parker who wasn't offside, a sweet pass. Parker finds himself alone with the keeper on the right. He's got no angle but he still finds a hole for the 2-1 goal!!! Now we need to hang on.

They go to a 4-2-4 formation in the 82nd minute.

The 90th minute rolls in and the fourth official announces that 3 minutes of injury time will be played. I see them mount an attack and the game slows down in front of my eyes. I can see the unmarked player, I see Tom Howell go way out of position, they move the ball too easily, dang they will score... and they do... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! My heart sinks...

Final Score: 2-2

It's not even a loss.
It's not causing to relegate.
We've had an amazing season so far.
We still have the FA Cup Final to play.
And yet, I'm heartbroken with that draw... :(
A huge letdown...

So much so, that I completely forgot to write down the shot figures, but they did outshoot us.

Kasper Schmeichel is named Man of the Match, with a rating of 8, but it means nothing to me. Youssouf Hersi and Marcus Kelly also get rated at 8.

Marcus Kelly suffered a strained wrist in the game and will miss one week. I'll most certainly keep him out of our last league match and keep him for the FA Cup Final.

We drop to 9th place with one match to play.
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Our last league match is at Gillingham. We've now clinched 9th place and we have a shot at 8th place, since Fulham play Chelsea on the road for their last game of the season. One thing's for sure, we'll finish this season with at least a winning record, which I'm incredibly proud of. :)

Trying to decipher who will play in what Euro competition next season and based on what was posted earlier in the thread, I get these teams:

Champions League (top 4 in EPL/ 2 straight to group play, 2 in qualification)
Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man Utd

Euro Cup (#5 EPL + FA Cup winner (runner-up if winner alredy qualified) + League Cup winner (next highest if winner already qualified) )
Bolton, QPR/Man City, winner of League Cup (can't remember)

Euro Vase (next two highest in EPL)
6th place (Aston Villa/Man City/Fulham), 7th place (Aston Villa/Man City/Fulham)

So, I take it we need to win the FA Cup Final if we wanna be in some Euro competition next season, since it doesn't look like Man City have qualified by other means, barring a League Cup win, which I honestly don't remember who won.

Also, if Man City beat us and win the FA Cup AND if they end in 6th or 7th place, the 8th place team would qualify for the Euro Vase. There's an outside chance it could be us if we win, Fulham lose, Aston Villa & Man City finish 6/7 and we win against Gillingham to finish in 8th place.

This rounds up what I had to report so far. We've got two games to play in the season, our last against Gillingham and the FA Cup Final against Manchester City. These last two games could be played as early as this evening, or at about the latest tomorrow evening. I usually don't do much reporting during the weekend, but I'll make sure to come back and report about these two games before we go into offseason mode...

Wish me luck!

FM

finketr

04-29-2005, 02:44 PM

good luck, fm!

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 07:14 PM

okay, so I went and found that Chelsea won the League Cup over Middlesbrough.

Given that, possible teams for the various European competitions next season could be...

Champions League (top 4 in EPL/ 2 straight to group play, 2 in qualification)
Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man Utd

Euro Cup (#5 EPL + FA Cup winner (runner-up if winner alredy qualified) + League Cup winner (next highest if winner already qualified) )
Bolton, QPR/Man City, 6th place finisher (Aston Villa/Man City/Fulham)

Euro Vase (next two highest in EPL)
7th place (Aston Villa/Man City/Fulham), 8th place (Fulham/QPR)

That's where it gets interesting. Given that, if Manchester City finishes ahead of Aston Villa in 6th place (MC win and AV lose or draw, or MC draw and AV lose) we're qualified for the Euro Cup no matter what would happen in the FA Cup Final, since we'd be in as winner if we win it, or as runner-up if we lose since Man City would have already qualified by finishing 6th... I hope I understood this right. Was very interesting to learn that stuff... Now off to play that last game of the season... :)

FM

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 10:15 PM

May 8, 2011
Justin Wall's 3 month loan at Stevenage ends and Wall is said to be sad at leaving them. He feels he learnt a lot during his loan spell and is hoping his increased experience will help his chances of establishing himself within the Q.P.R squad. He played 14 league matches while at Stevenage, scoring one goal, assisting 2, and averaging 7.14 in form ratings. My view on him is that the 18yo striker is still far from seeing the field on a regular basis with the first team. However, at first view, I find that many of his striker-related skills have improved a bit during his loan.

Some league games were played today and even though they didn't play, Wigan clinched relegation with a win of a team just ahead of them. They join Southampton and Gillingham as the 3 teams that will go down to the English Championship.

May 11, 2011
Craig Crane feels that he should be a regular member of the first team. I gotta say that the 20yo promising full-back has improved his skills lately, but with Anthony Vanden Borre coming to town, his chance of being our #1 right full-backs have hit a wall...

May 14, 2011
Nathan Jameson is absent from training, again. I fine him two weeks wage.

Later in the day, he let me know he accepts his fine and that his behaviour was unacceptable. He shows a willingness to improve his behaviour in the future, until next time...

FM

FrogMan

04-29-2005, 10:19 PM

May 14, 2011
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League Match #38: we play Gillingham in this final league match. They are currently 19th and for once, we're 6-4 favourites to win the game.

With a few possible scenarios, we could finish the season in 8th place, otherwise we'll end in 9th.

There are a few other games of interest to us today:
#6 Aston Villa - #1 Liverpool
#2 Chelsea - #8 Fulham
#7 Man city - #13 West Brom

I sit out Youssouf Hersi from this game, as he has 4 yellow cards to his record and is one more yellow from a one match ban.

Mathew Sadler is in the game to try and regain some match fitness.
Chris Chapman is in for Marcus Kelly who should be ready for the FA Cup Final.
Ben Watson shows up unhappy today. He feels he deserves a more important role in he team. I don't know what to make of this one. He's sort of a tweener, best possible backup middie I could want, but he's not established himself as a possible starter at either the AMC or the DMC position.

I'm saving Igor Nadal Lázaro for the Cup Final, given how well he's played in the Cup this season.

We're controlling the ball pretty well early on, but they're the ones who score first, in the 13th minute, after trying to center the ball twice, the third time's the charm and we go down 0-1.

In the 29th minute, Ben Watson's shot from long range gets deflected. We pull even on a lucky goal.

The half ends with both teams tied at 1. We're outshooting them 9(5) to 6(2).

In the other games, nothing is going the way we'd want it to go. Aston Villa is winning 1-0 over Liverpool, Chelsea is losing 0-1 against Fulham, and Man City is also losing 0-1 to West Brom...

We push the mentality a couple nudges to a more attacking style in the second half, but we just can't find a hole. In the 80th minute, I decide to go all-out attack and yet, we just can'T score...

Final Score: 1-1

We outshot them 15(8) to 7(3) on the game but we couldn't get the kill shot! Gotta say that the end of that game had many players that are not regular starters, think a Matt cross who's not completely match fit, think a Chris Chapman who's not played many games at left wing, think a Ben Watson also not completely match fit, at the end of 90 minutes of play...

Clemens Fritz is named Man of the Match with a rating of 9. Keane, Rozehnal, Rochemback and AJ all get rated at 8. Jeppe Lund Curth, while he stil got rated at 7, was not impressive at all...

We end the season in 9th position, as we absolutely needed a win for us to go up a spot. Sadly, we could have gone up a spot, since Fulham lost 1-3 to Chelsea. Aston Villa ended drawing 1-1 with Liverpool and Man City did the same West Brom. Liverpool are declared champions on a tiny 2 goals of goal differential over Chelsea, wow, close finish!
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We now need to win the FA Cup to qualify for any kind of Euro competition.

WOAH! We have been awarded $12.5M for our final position in the league. That is indeed substantial!!!

That 9th place in the EPL is a new Q.P.R. record by the way.

Our next match is the FA Cup in two weeks.

FM

FrogMan

04-30-2005, 09:42 AM

May 16, 2011
With the season over in the Premier League, it's time for the annual Awards banquet!

Player of the Year
1) Cristiano Ronaldo, Man U
2) Aliaksandr Hleb, Chelsea
3) Marcus Kelly, Q.P.R <---------- WOOT!!! :D

Pretty great for Marcus to be listed with these two great players. WEEHEE!!!

Young Player of the Year
1) Gary Foster, Wigan
2) Peter Underwood, Wigan
3) Phil Dixon, Birmingham

Don't think we had anybody who could have been listed in here. I had Foster on my shortlist early in the season, when I first thought of replacing Matt Cross on the right wing...

Manager of the Year
1) Rafa Benítez, Liverpool
2) José Mourinho, Chelsea
3) Vicente Del Bosque, Man U

I know these guys led their respective teams to high positions in the league, but come on, I feel that with the players I had, I could have been listed in there... (I know it's not how it works, but still, I'd like to think I'm worthy of at least 3rd place ;))

Footballer of the Year
1) Cristiano Ronaldo, Man U
2) Aliaksandr Hleb, Chelsea
3) Marcus Kelly, Q.P.R <---------- WOOT!!! :D

Same as Player of the Year, and honestly, I don't see the difference between the two...

We place two players on the English Players' Team of the Year, as Marcus Kelly and Youssouf Hersi found their way in there. Look how sweet this team looks with our boys in there :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110516select.jpg

And wow, oh wow! All three goals listed for goals of the years were scored by Rangers!!! You don't believe me, do you? Click the thumbnail to take a peek...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/th_110516goals.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/QcFrogMan/FM2005/QPR-EPL/110516goals.jpg)

Amazing, huh?

Finally, since this is also a Monday, Clemens Fritz is selected in the Team of the Week for the past week.

May 21, 2011
Marc Bircham resumes full training following his physiotherapy.

May 22, 2011
Tom Howell is officially called up by the England U19 for a group of Euro U19 qualifying matches. The first is on the 25th, against Switzerland U19.

May 23, 2011
Shit, there's one less decision I'll have to make regarding my roster for the FA Cup Final. Keigan Parker broke his arm in training and wil miss one month. I was undecided between him and AJ on the bench. As I said, there's just no way I'm not starting Igor Nadal Lázaro in a Cup match...

May 25, 2011
Tom Howell played well for England U19, getting an assist as the starting left full back in a 3-0 win over Switzerland U19. He rated at 8.

FM

FrogMan

04-30-2005, 03:07 PM

May 27, 2011
Tom Howell played left wing this time and only rated at 7, not really excelling.

Through the media, Arsène Wenger tells me that his side is relishing the opportunity to test their skills when our sides will meet at Wembley in our FA Cup match. Speaking to a journalist from bbc.co.uk/sport, he stated that his side would do their best to match Q.P.R. and he hoped it would be a cracking game.

That comment created some reaction among my players. First Danny Shittu is happy I'm getting the praise I deserve. Then Clemens Fritz, Jeppe Lund Curth, and Matt Cross all believe that the team cannot fail to perform whilst under my guidance. I've had this message before our last two matches against Manc City. Hopefully we can get the same result this time around...

I decide to play it on the safe side, not give them any "billboard material". I simply praise my friend Arsène Wenger. This new comment creates no new reactions from my players, while only one of theirs is happy his manager is getting the praise he deserves...

FM

FrogMan

04-30-2005, 03:08 PM

Well, this is it, I'm about to go play that game. Only thing I can say is that as of May 28, at 15:00, I have no new injuries to report.

Will get back to report on it later, and later may mean this evening or tomorrow morning...
FM

FrogMan

04-30-2005, 07:32 PM

May 28, 2011
<TABLE><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Pkd</TD><TD>Inf</TD><TD>Name</TD><TD>Position</TD><TD>Morale</TD><TD>Form</TD><TD>Con</TD><TD>Apps</TD><TD>Gls</TD><TD>Av Rat</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>GK</TD><TD></TD><TD>Kasper Schmeichel</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-6-8-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>40 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.37</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DR</TD><TD>Wnt</TD><TD>Keith Keane</TD><TD>D/DM RC</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.21</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DL</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Mathew Sadler</TD><TD>D L</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>21 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.09</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD>PR</TD><TD>Danny Shittu</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.38</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DC</TD><TD>PR</TD><TD>David Marek Rozehnal</TD><TD>D C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>31 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.31</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>DMC</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Fábio Rochemback</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>9-6-9-7-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>37 (1)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.18</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>MR</TD><TD>PR</TD><TD>Clemens Fritz</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>8-7-9-8-9</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>16</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>8.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>ML</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Marcus Kelly</TD><TD>AM RL</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>10-7-8-10-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>40 (1)</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7.93</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>AMC</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Youssouf Hersi</TD><TD>AM C</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-8-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>41</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>7.68</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Jeppe Lund Curth</TD><TD>F C</TD><TD>Poor</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>19</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7.21</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>FC</TD><TD>Req</TD><TD>Igor Nadal Lázaro</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-8-7-10-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>21 (14)</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>7.40</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S1</TD><TD>Req</TD><TD>Paul Davies</TD><TD>GK</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>8-5-7-6-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>6 (1)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S2</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Ben Watson</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-6-7-7-7</TD><TD>99%</TD><TD>7 (10)</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.12</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S3</TD><TD></TD><TD>Igor Biscan</TD><TD>D/DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-8-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>22 (4)</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7.23</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S4</TD><TD>Yel</TD><TD>Chris Chapman</TD><TD>M LC</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>1 (18)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>S5</TD><TD>PR</TD><TD>Andrew Johnson</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-8</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>20 (10)</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>7.03</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Marc Bircham</TD><TD>DM C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>92%</TD><TD>3 (5)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Trn</TD><TD>Nigel Quashie</TD><TD>M C</TD><TD>Very Poor</TD><TD>6-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>1 (2)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Inj</TD><TD>Keigan Parker</TD><TD>S C</TD><TD>Superb</TD><TD>8-8-7-7-7</TD><TD>44%</TD><TD>25 (13)</TD><TD>14</TD><TD>7.05</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Int</TD><TD>Tom Howell</TD><TD>D/DM L</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>8-7-7-8-7</TD><TD>83%</TD><TD>30 (6)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.33</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Int</TD><TD>Matt Cross</TD><TD>AM/F RC</TD><TD>Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>17 (10)</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>7.15</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Lst</TD><TD>Lennart Rhee</TD><TD>AM R</TD><TD>Okay</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>5 (8)</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.00</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>-</TD><TD>Unh</TD><TD>Craig Crane</TD><TD>D R</TD><TD>Very Good</TD><TD>7-7-7-7-7</TD><TD>100%</TD><TD>7</TD><TD>-</TD><TD>7.14</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
FA Cup Final: we play Manchester City at Wembley Stadium. They finished the season in 7th place of the EPL, only 4 points ahead of us. They are 4-6 favourites to win this game.

It's finally here, the big one. Looking back into Q.P.R.'s history book, I found that The Rs have never won the FA Cup. They have been runners up once, in 1982...

Setting my lineup, I see that Keith Keane is being scouted by a few teams. Birmingham, Southampton, and Wolves seem interested in the right full back. I'd like to keep him, but not knowing what our wage budget will be, I'm mor tempted to play incoming Anthony Vanden Borre at the right full back spot than keeping Keane on board. It's not completely impossible that I offer him a contract though.

I was going into this game with the idea of keeping two players capable of playing the wings side, since my wingers are usually the guys who need to be replaced, especially Clemens Fritz on the right side. Despite that, I decide to keep Ben Watson on the bench with Chris Chapman, instead of keeping Matt Cross. I see that Watson has most of the skills I'd like to have in a winger, even though he's simply known as a M C, with good crossing skill. On top of that, Watson would be more useful than Cross if I needed a midfielder in the middle.

I've gone very often without a defender on my bench this season, but I can't take this risk for this game. I wouldn't want to see myself caught off guard with an injury to a defender early in the game and plugging a non defender that would struggle in there. For that reason, I keep Igor Biscan on the bench too. He is also pretty versatile and could fill in for Fábio Rochemback if I needed him to.

As we get to the game, they show a 4-4-2 formation with long arrows on the wingers.

The game is on TV and key men are presented as Youssouf Hersi for us and wonderkid goalkeeper Dave Reynolds for them.

Soccernert.com's prediction goes as follows: I think Manchester City have enough to secure a win against Q.P.R.

Wow, that was a deep and well tought out analysis, thanks for sharing... :rolleyes:

It only took 4 minutes for us to be in trouble. We had had a chance already but we put it over the bar. On the counter, the ball got pinballed a few times on the edge of our penalty area, until one of their strikers get it and buries it. We go down 0-1...

Before getting to the game, I thought about checking who the ref was, but it competely slipped my mind, until Mathew Sadler gets a yellow in the 22nd minute. I then thought about checking... Anybody wanna guess??? You got it: Rob Style... :mad: I quickly ask all my guys to go easy on their tackles...

The half ends with us down 0-1. They're outshooting us 7(3) to 3(1), and they're spending an awful lot of time on our end of the field.

Marcus Kelly definitely didn't pick the right day to take the day off. He's rated at 5 at the half, while everybody else is at 7. Jeppe Lund Curth's condition is at a very low 77% at the half, I pull him and put Andrew Johnson in the game.

In the 61st minute, Marcus Kelly is not getting out of his funk, still rated at 5. I pull him out of the game and put Chris Chapman in. I also tell the guys to start attacking quite a bit more...

The new directives seem to work a bit as the 67th minute will se us tie the game. Kasper Schmeichel picked up a ball far out of his net. He took his time and threw a perfect ball to the right to Keith Keane. Keane also took his time, allowing our strikers to get in position. He saw Igor Nadal Lázaro run into space and launched a superb 45yds pass ahead of Lázaro who was on-on-one with the keeper. He scores his 15th of the season!!!

In the 74th minute, Clemens Fritz's condition has dipped to 64%. I pull him and put Ben Watson in his place.

One of their centrebacks gets his second yellow and is sent off in the 76th minute. They pull a striker and replace him with a backup centreback. They go to a 4-4-1 formation.

I tell my guys to go atacking a bit more, with long arrows now on the wingers and a forward arrow on Hersi. We don't take advantage of it...

After 90 minutes, the score is 1-1. They're outshooting us 14(7) to 6(4) at this point. Kasper Schmeichel saved us late in the game with some great saves. He's at 10 for form after 90 minutes.

I pull back the mentality to a more normal setting and take off the arrow on Hersi and lower tge arrows on the wingers.

Hersi is guy with the lowest condition, at 67%, while they have 4 under 70%.

It's still 1-1 at the half of extra time and they're outshooting us 16(8) to 6(4) at this point. We've not put one shot in the first 15 minutes of extra time. We had a scare early on in extra time as Kasper Schmeichel needed the physio for some minor injury. He looks ok now.

At this point, we have 4 players with a yellow, while they have 3 with a yellow, nout counting the one who's bee sent off...

They're now playing a 4-3-2 formation.

Extra time ends without a winner, score still at 1-1. Overall, they outshot us 20(8) to 9(6). We had some great scoring chances in the second half of extra time but couldn't convert.

We go to penalty kicks with both keepers rated at 9 for form in the match. Man City will kick first.

Man City #1: Barry Ferguson (PK=13)
he scores an easy goal

Q.P.R. #1: Fábio Rochemback (PK=17)
he kicks it STRAIGHT INTO THE KEEPER'S HANDS!!! no goal

after 1: Man City 1, Q.P.R. 0

Man City #2: Jamie Carragher (PK=14)
Schmeichel touches the ball but the kick was too hard, goal...

Q.P.R. #2: Youssouf Hersi (PK=15)
he scores an easy goal

after 2: Man City 2, Q.P.R. 1

Man City #3: Chris Riggott (PK=8)
he kicks it WIDE!!! no goal!

Q.P.R. #3: Chris Chapman (PK=12)
he ties it with a goal straight in the middle!

after 3: Man City 2, Q.P.R. 2

Man City #4: Matt Sullivan (PK=8)
his kick hits the post and bounces off!!! no goal!

Q.P.R. #4: Ben Watson (PK=12)
he scores an easy goal to the goalie's right!

after 4: Man City 2, Q.P.R. 3

Man City need to score to stay alive and who does Arsène send??? HIS KEEPER!!!

Man City #5: Dave Reynolds (PK=?)
He kicks it straight on the crossbar!!! NO GOAL

PLAYERS REJOICE AROUND KASPER SCHMEICHEL!!!! Q.P.R. HAVE JUST WON THE FA CUP AND WITH IT, HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE EURO CUP!!!!!

Final Score: 1-1 (Q.P.R. win 3-2 on PK)

Kasper Schmeichel is named Man of the Match with a rating of 9.

Woah, in attendance were 89,968 spectators, wow!

A couple news items catch my eye following the big game, first this one about our fans:

Q.P.R. fans ecstatic
Q.P.R. are understandably delighted after their boss Steve Gougeonbeat all odds to bring them glory in the English FA Cup.

As Rs fans celebrated through the night, one fans' spokesperson commented that there were already plans afoot to rename they supporters' club after the great manager.

Q.P.R. board members were spotted celebrating amongst the fans after winning the competition.
One word: SWEEEEEEET!!! :D

Here's the official news clipping about the game:

Unexpected Q.P.R. victory in penalty adventure
Manchester City 1 - 1 Queens Park Rangers
(Q.P.R. won 3-2 on penalties)

Queens Park Rangers certainly had luck on their side as they played their part in an entertaining English FA Cup Final against Manchester City this afternoon.

Q.P.R. were on the defensive for long periods of the match, but managed to hold their nerve to win 3-2 on penalties.
Again: SWEEEEEEEEEEET!!! :D

We're awarded $3.6M for our win, boosting the club's bank account to nearly $29.5M. Our finances are now described not only as "secure" but "rich" :)

The 2011/12 European Qualifiers are announced following the game, and they're just like I had predicted:

Champions Cup: Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool (holders)

Euro Cup: Bolton, Aston Villa, Q.P.R

Euro Vase: Fulham, Man City.

Well, the offseason starts now :)

Look for the sequel to this great season, "FM2005: a frog in Europe" on a message board near you :D

FM