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Old 07-02-2011, 03:00 AM   #364
Radii
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Join Date: Jul 2001
... Well, we were going to play Macclesfield on Nov 24th. Its rescheduled for December 16th due to our field being waterlogged. We already had one match rescheduled in mid december. December is going to get very very crowded.

November 28th, 2015

FA Cup Round 2

Rochdale(10-4-5, 4th) @ Woking (10-4-3, 3rd)


Its a cup match but since we're both in the same league i listed our standings. We're more rested so there is that. Rochdale are favored 5:4, we're 7:4. We've had a lot of success against these guys, 3-0-1, we've won the last three times we played, all of them 1:0.

GK: Lynch
D: Nikolaou/Smith/V Taylor/Alcock
MC: O'Sullivan/Middleton
AM: Colin/N'Guessan
FC: Harsanyi/D Taylor

O'Sullivan is in for Upson, Colin at AML, and Dan Taylor starts in Constantino's spot. We attack on a still wet field in the rain at home today.

1': They start with the ball and after a few passes work towards a shot that hits the right post from 25 yards out. Close.

3': Middleton with a pass from 40 yards out into the penalty area. Colin comes streaking in and times his run perfectly, meeting the ball right as it hits the ground and striking it near post past the keeper!! 1-0

20': they get their first clear cut chance and the first highlight in awhile as they get a cross and a header from very close range, but Lynch makes the save.

24': We've had tons of offensive highlights, 6 corners and some deep throwins, but only 4 shots total, we're not really mkaing that last connection to get a shot off enough.

28': Dan Taylor places a through ball to the right of the penalty area for N'Guessan. He has to fight a defender for it, but he controls it and fires a shot to the far post. It grazes the post and goes wide, so so close.

37': Oh bad news here. Craig Alcock goes down injured and has to come out. Nikolaou can play both sides so we move him to DR, Mike Williams comes in at DL.

HALF: We end the half with a highlight of us earning 3 corner kicks without a single shot being taken. We do manage 6 shots but only one on target. We have 8 corner kicks and i'm not sure we've even taken a shot off of a single one of them. Rochdale 4 shots, just one on target. We have a 57/43 possession edge.

48': We get a corner, no shot there, but a throwin and a cross, Colin with a header... its wide but hey its a shot!

50': O'Sullivan with a through ball up the middle, Colin is first to it, its a clear cut strike, the keeper makes a diving save and barely pushes it wide, just inches wide even after the deflection by the keeper. On the corner the keeper dives out for the cross, free header by Smith... it hits the right post and is cleared by the defender on the line.

52': Another attack for us, Colin makes a great run through the penalty area to generate an open shot, its off the right post again! Ugh, soooo close in the previous few minutes.

59': O'Sullivan plays a ball into the area, Dan Taylor is first to it, I thought he was offsides but I guess not... its our 4th clear cut chance, and he puts it right at the keeper.

65': Subotic in for Dan Taylor.

68': Rochdale with their first shot of the half as an attacker runs parallel to the edge of the penalty box before putting a shot just high.

78': A quick attack after a pass in from the midfield... Subotic with a through ball, Harsanyi is there... off the right post! Ugggggh. Clear cut chance #6. After a clear, we push it back into the area again, this time there's a cross and Subotic has clear cut chance #7 for us, putting a shot inches wide.

79': Vince Taylor is fouled, and he's hurt. He doesn't have to come out but he has that injury symbol and all of a sudden I'm looking at 3 defenders being injured perhaps.

83': This is insane. We now have 18 shots, just 4 on target. Rochdale only has one shot this half still.

85': We'll pack it in for the last few minutes and hold the lead hopefully.

We kill the clock and take another 1:0 win over these guys, that's been the result of our last 4 meetings now.

Woking 1 : 0 Rochdale

We had a 61/39 possession edge and shot an incredible 20 times, only putting 4 on target despite SEVEN clear cut chances. Rochdale shot 5 times all match, just one on target.

Man of the Match: Mickael Colin (8.3)
Goals: Colin
Assist: Middleton (7.9)
Notables: Nikolaou (7.6), V Taylor (7.1), O'Sullivan (7.3)


Hey, guess who we play in our next league match? Rochdale at home.


-- We receive $44,500 for our FA Cup win. We might actually make money this month!

Injury Update

-- Vince Taylor has a twisted knee and will miss 2-3 weeks. Taylor has averaged a 7.06 rating this year and has helped shore up our weak defense. Ok, most likely our offense has helped to shore up our defense... but still I like Taylor back there.

-- Craig Alcock has a hamstring injury and is out 3-4 weeks.

-- Abu Ogogo is still out for an unknown amount of time.


For now, we have 4 healthy defenders on the senior roster. We call up two pretty crappy reserves. D RL James Oliver-Pierce and DC Aaron Gough will play if they have to, but we hope they don't have to.
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