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Old 09-14-2011, 04:38 AM   #854
Radii
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Join Date: Jul 2001
-- Since we've got first unless we start losing by 4 or 5 goals, lets knock this out.

April 25th, Charlton (20th) @ Ipswich (1st)

Constantino gets two clear cut chances in the first 15 minutes, but the first goal is to Khan, Donnelly hits him in the 28th minute. They tie it up in the 34th though as we foul them 18.00001 yards out. Free kick for a goal, hard to stop from that range. 36th minute Khan does it again, and the pass again comes from Donnelly! We start to run away with it at Constantino hits Gordon who puts a great shot near post from a tight angle in the 41st minute.

We keep it going in the 2nd half, Neil Gordon gets his second goal running on to a wonderful pass from Mills made near midfield.

Ipswich 4 : 1 Charlton

Man of the Match: Neil Gordon (9.0)
Goals: Gordon 2, Khan 2 (8.8)
Assists: Donnelly (8.7), Constantino (8.1), Mills (8.5)

Mason 6.9, Jackson 7.0, Kirkland 7.4, McKerr 7.3, Welsh 7.1, Guarin 7.2.

Ipswich have won the Coca-Cola Championship

The fans and the board love me. It was a done deal already but now its a mathematical certainty.

Watford win and Derby lose. With 1 to go:

6. Watford - 73 pts
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7. Derby - 70 pts

How good is this? Watford travel to Derby for the final match of the season. Derby have a significant goal differential advantage. If Derby wins, they're in the playoffs.


May Update

-- Just the one match left on May 3rd then we're done.

-- Steven Mills gets singled out for training well. His set pieces improve but they're still awful so meh. But his Anticipation (13) and Decisions (13) go up and that's awesome.

-- Matthew Khan is second in player of the month voting... QPR's Enrico Rocchini scores 8 goals in 4 matches to win that award. Khan did the same thing, oh well.

-- I am manager of the month for April.

-- The board is Delighted with my ledership now after winning the league.

-- We lose $2.73M last month.


May 3rd: Ipswich (1st) @ Middlesbrough (18th)

They score first in the 21st minute, Jackson is back too far out right and allows one of their forwards to hang out behind our defense for an easy pass and finish. We shoot 9 times to their 3. We'll get something in the second half.

We finally get one in the 69th minute, Constantino with a nice ball ahead to Gordon on a counter attack and Gordon scores.

Middlesbrough 1 : 1 Ipswich

Man of the Match: Stuart Kirkland (7.5)
Goal: Gordon (7.5)
Assist: Constantino (7.3)
Notables: Welsh (7.0), Mills (7.2), Mariga (7.1)




-- Derby and Watford draw. That's all Watford needed. The playoffs will consist of Leeds, QPR, Bristol City and Watford.


Champions League

A quick update.

Quarterfinals

2-leg series

Inter 6 : 2 Real Madrid
Arsenal 3 : 2 Roma
OM 2 : 0 Celtic
Barcelona 6 : 1 Ajax


Semifinals

Inter 4 : 2 Barcelona
OM 2 : 1 Arsenal

Inter gets a chance for a 3rd straight Champions League title. OM is Olympique de Marseille from france. This is the first time they've even made the champions league since 2014 when they made the final 16.

That's it for now. We'll cover the Euro Championship during the offseason and prepare to go completely insane spending money on left midfielders and central defenders. Also, do we try to buy Simon Hamilton? Khan came on so well here but we need that target man don't we? Do we try to ride into the EPL with Carlos Antonio or do we consider looking in another direction? We'll be better prepared for the EPL this time around but I think there are still going to be big questions about whether or not we can stay up this time..
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