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Old 07-21-2011, 02:17 AM   #462
Radii
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Join Date: Jul 2001
-- Two league 1 sides made the quarterfinals of the League Cup, Wigan and Stockport. Both were knocked out today by EPL sides, Birmingham and Chelsea move on to the semis.

December Notes

-- We play on the 3rd, 10th, 17th, 26th, 28th, and 31st. It'll be really nice to get some rest for most of the month here.

-- Constantino comes in second in the Player of the Month award for League 1. Barnsley's john sutton won it, he scored a goal or two against us I remember.

-- Paulo is the League 1 young player of the month! constantino is second there.

-- The board is delighted with my leadership, and our performance in League 1 is a highlight. Signing James Chester remains a disappointment. We made money in November! Profit of $65k.

December 3rd, 2016

Woking (9-8-2, 2nd) @ Crystal Palace(14-3-2, 1st)


Crystal Palace have been brilliant this year, we have the same number of losses with just 2 but their record is just stellar. They have been in League 1 since the 10/11 season, top 10 the last 3 years in a row. They're huge favorites, 4:7, we're 4:1 today. We lost to them in the FA Cup back in 2014, our only ever meeting.

GK: James
D: Nikolaou/Taylor/Marc/Alcock
MC: Upson/Paulo
AM: Colin/N'Guessan
FC: Harsanyi/constantino

Crystal Palace ST Chris Ojapah has 21 goals in 19 league appearances, he's got a ridiculous 8.09 average rating, 5 assists, and 5 man of the match awards. Constantino has 24 goals, 3 assists, 6 man of the match awards and an 8.02 average rating in 19 league matches. They have two starters hurt, we have 2 starters hurt, but one is our keeper.

This is the strongest lineup we can start given the injuries. We defend today.

6': WHOA. midfielder Duncan takes out Harsanyi from behind in the midfield... the ref calls him over and shows him a straight red card!! Wowowow. We get a man up for 84 minutes. We change to an attacking mindset immediately. Pressure pressure pressure.

20': We're dominating possession but they are packed in really really tightly, getting a goal is still going to be a challenge.

21': Defender Ward with a yellow tackling Harsanyi.

22': Oh James... They have a goal kick, the ball bounces at the edge of the penalty area, James comes out but they have a man that outran our defenders, he gets his head on the ball and pops it up over James and into the net... pretty embarrassing stuff. James takes the blame for the goal and his rating tanks. 0-1

32': Colin makes a great run down the left, harassed the entire way, he plays a cross to the near side of the 6 yard box.. but Harsanyi can't win the header, great play by Colin but we can't get anything going.

33': Yellow for midfielder Hughes tackling Upson.

43': Paulo tries to make a tackle in the midfield and he's hurt... he can stay in but his fitness took a big hit.

47': We have the ball in their end, Paulo receives a pass in the area, splits two defenders to get it to Constantino, Constantino with the shot... its by the keeper and in!! 1-1

HALF: We get a goal out of nowhere to close out the half and to completely bail out Jason James. We need to get another goal to beat these guys though. O'Sullivan has to come in for Paulo, he didn't recover during halftime, I fear something long term here.

61': Upson has it about 25 yards out after some buildup, it looks like their defense is squeezed in tight to stop Constantino/Harsanyi, Upson plays it out to the left to Colin, he is unmarked, advances a step or two on the keeper and fires a shot.. right at the keeper and deflected away. Poor finishing, that was a great look.

68': Colin has it on the left side, he pulls up about 40 yards out and plays in a cross, Constantino gets his head to it, but it hits the crossbar and bounces over.

71': We have it and are on the attack again, O'Sullivan is about 30 yards out, he gets a ball into the area, Harsanyi... maybe offsides, that is damn close, but he gets to it first and is able to direct a shot to the far post by the diving keeper to give us the lead!! 2-1 One of their guys gets a yellow for crying about the lack of an offside call.

80': Paterson in for a super tired Colin, Paterson to forward, Harsanyi AML. Ferry in for the tired Upson.

88': They have a long free kick, its sent into the area, James is right there but one of our guys heads it behind for a corner anyway.. the first corner is headed behind for a second corner... second one, O'Sullivan heads it clear, they recover and send it back forward and start to build up, they end up with a cross in from the left that James comes out for and secures.

93': We seal the deal!!! Constantino scores two at their place while their star gets shut out!! They're trying to attack and get the tying goal, Marc wins a ball out near midfield and starts a quick counter, a ball is played up to N'Guessan who plays a nice pass into the center of the area for Constantino, he strikes it with his first touch and the keeper is helpless. 3-1

Crystal Palace 1 : 3 Woking

We simply wore them down today after a red card in the 6th minute. Its a win on the road against the #1 team in the league so we're thrilled, but we know they're going to be ready for the rematch in a few months.

Man of the Match: Constantino (8.8)
Goals: constantino 2, Harsanyi (7.2)
Assists: O'Sullivan (8.1), N'Guessan (7.2), Paulo (6.9)
Notables: Nikkolaou (7.7), Marc (7.7), Colin (7.0)

O'Sullivan came in for the injured Paulo at the half and was brilliant.


-- Paulo is fine, we've been getting very lucky of late with these in game injuries turning out to be nothing.

-- Crystal Palace have been so dominant this season that even with this victory today we're still 7 points behind them. That red card was a ridiculously big break, we weren't supposed to win today.

Last edited by Radii : 07-21-2011 at 02:17 AM.
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