Can't sleep, so on we go.
vs P/Palo Seco (11th)
G: Kevin Mussio
D: Devon Young/Kirt Lewis/Hayden Vincent/Marvin Thomas
MC: Everald Coker/Kevin Jamerson
AM: Damian Pino/Kyle Morgan/Colin Williams
S: Dwayne Alzola
34 - Fucking corners
0-1
42 - Horrendous defending
0-2
49 -
Jamerson moves to AMR,
Cummings in at CM,
Samuel replacing the absolute ass
Morgan at AMC
83 -
Coker intercepts and hoofs it right to
Jamerson. He dribbles into the box and crosses to
Pino, but it's too little, too late.
1-2
We played tons better in the second half and frankly should have been able to get at least a draw, if not a win.
I splash $500 down in compensation and $5.5k a year in coaching salary to bring in a guy to rework our training so that Fitness areas are both at 2.5*. If that doesn't satisfy the whiners, I don't know what will.
@ Barrackpore (11th)
G: Kevin Mussio
D: Devon Young/Kirt Lewis/Hayden Vincent/Marvin Thomas
MC: Kevin Jamerson/Kowyn Samuel
AM: Damian Pino/Kyle Morgan/Colin Williams
S: Dwayne Alzola
31 - We'll take that double yellow!!!
54 -
Peltier and
Cummings in for
Alzola and
Samuel respectively. Is this where we just admit we made a mistake with Alzola and try to dump him in the offseason?
64 -
Williams dribbles down the right flank, and on the center,
Peltier powers in the header to finally go up
1-0
76 -
Cummings passes left to
Williams outside the box, and the delivery to
Peltier later, we've got insurance and I think the choice is clear.
2-0
It took us a while to get going, but
Akim Peltier's 2 goals off the bench translated into an 8.6 rating and
Colin Williams had a breakout 7.9 game.
Welp that attempt to get rid of
Dwayne Alzola bombed miserably. He doesn't want to leave and no one else wants him, either. I'd really like to clear that $8,000 dead weight off my books.
vs Malabar (2nd)
G: Kevin Mussio
D: Devon Young/Kirt Lewis/Hayden Vincent/Marvin Thomas
MC: Everald Coker/Kevin Jamerson
AM: Damian Pino/Kyle Morgan/Colin Williams
S: Akim Peltier
3 -
Williams to
Morgan on the short pass, and then the AMR runs ahead into the box. He and
Jamerson are facing off against two defenders, with
Morgan's pass hitting the latter. Lateral left, and
Peltier beats the defense for the score
1-0
60 -
Jamerson to AMR,
Samuel at AMC, and
Cummings is in as the attacking MC
81 - Fucking terrible kick by
Mussio. Right to them
1-1
I'm going to be honest - we didn't deserve to draw that game, much less come close to winning.
I lock up most of my staff for next season with minor pay raises. One coach and
Kowyn Samuel will be playing elsewhere next year, however. He's willing to take a small paycut, but his physical attributes, which were never great to begin with, are already declining and he's 34.
@ Police B (9th)
G: Kevin Mussio
D: Devon Young/Kirt Lewis/Hayden Vincent/Marvin Thomas
MC: Everald Coker/Kevin Jamerson
AM: Damian Pino/Kyle Morgan/Colin Williams
S: Akim Peltier
12 -
Thomas throws into
Morgan despite the double team. He gets it to
Williams in the box. Shot between two defenders is deflected, but
Williams sinks the rebound for his first ever Golden Frog goal!!! He's a guy that took a while to acclimate, but I saw something in him and stuck with it. Really great payoff as he's adjusted
1-0
34 -
Jamerson lays off right to
Williams for the dribble into the box, and on the center,
Jamerson rises high to smash in the header!!! I had hopes the shift would eventually start working
2-0
42 -
Morgan somehow dodges the sliding tackle and passes to
Pino in the box. Our left winger doesn't like the double team, so he kicks back to
Morgan for the first touch to
Jamerson in the half circle. Loft shot goes in!!!
3-0
55 -
Mussio with the v.v. stupid own goal
3-1
58 -
Jamerson to
Peltier for the right side give to
Williams. Pass forward to
Morgan, and he hits
Peltier in the box for our youth pull's 5th goal of the year already!
4-1
65 - With the game well in hand,
Spann will get his first action at AML, and
Theobald will sub in for
Lewis
75 - If we blow this, I'm going to fucking scream
4-2
87 -
Morgan to
Jamerson to
Williams in the box. Just as the defender closes in, he lofts the mid-range shot that finds the net!!!
5-2
Our most complete victory of the season, and with 3 games left, we'll finish somewhere between 5th and 9th most likely (currently 6th). For a team that was supposed to be in a relegation fight, that's an excellent position - especially since I'm only spending about half the wage budget.