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Old 09-09-2011, 01:48 AM   #800
Radii
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Join Date: Jul 2001
-- Carlos Antonio, Gordon, Constantino and Hamilton are all named to the Championship team of the week this week.

October Update

-- We play on the 1st, 5th, 9th, 19th, and 26th. All League Matches.

-- Constantino is player of the month again in the Championship. That's two in a row. He's played 9 league matches and been man of the match 7 times.

-- The board is pleased with my leadership. Constantino's play is the highlight. No negative.

-- We lost $2.96M last month.

October 1st, 2019

Leeds(6-1-3, 3rd) @ Ipswich(5-3-1, 5th)


We're 4:5 favorites today, making Leeds 3:1 despite their 3rd place standing currently.

GK: Carlos Antonio
D: Kirkland/McKerr/Burke/Berthet
M: Guarin/Mariga/Donnelly/Gordon
ST: Hamilton/Constantino

McKerr and Burke DC's. Guarin starts at ML, Mariga over Mills at MC today. Standard mindset today.

8': We have a number of attacking highlights early, but just 2 shots so far, both saved.

12': We have a corner, taken to the far end of the 6 yard box, Burke heads it, keeper has to dive to turn it back for a second corner. We get a shot off that corner but its put wide.

30': we get another corner, they head it out, we recover and send it back wide to Gordon. Gordon crosses in, Hamilton wins a header... and its off the crossbar.

HALF: Scoreless here. We're in control, 55/45 possession, 12 shots for us/5 for them. 6 on target for us/1 for them. The big issues is that we have 8 shots from long range. I issue the "work ball into box" instruction for the second half.

48': Constantino is my hero. They have a goal kick and kick it to a defender... Constantino attacks, wins the ball, runs towards the center of the pitch, but the defense is set. He controls it very well, Mariga into the area, Constantino finds him with a great pass, and Mariga blasts a shot into the net!! 1-0

61': We have it in the offensive end, winning a couple 50/50 balls to keep possession in the midfield, Berthet ahead to Hamilton, Hamilton hits Guarin coming into the area, Guarin has a clear cut chance and he puts it by the keeper! 2-0

65': We build up on offense, Kirkland plays a long ball from the midfield to Hamilton, Hamilton into the left side of the area, a centering pass for Constantino and he volleys it into the net! 3-0 Three very quick goals.

68': Turgay Colak in for McKerr. Taylor and Khan in for Hamilton and Constantino. Lets finish this off without injuries heh.

86': we control it well on offense, Donnelly with a through ball to Khan, Khan with a nice shot from 15 yards out, near post by the keeper! 4-0

90': Donnelly with a yellow.

91': Their leading scorer Steve Carroll avoids a tackle by Turgay Colak and shoots from 20 yards out... he hits the bottom of the crossbar and it bounces in. 4-1

No shutout but that's ok!

Ipswich 4 : 1 Leeds

Man of the Match: McDonald Mariga (8.4)
Goals: Mariga, Constantino (8.3), Guarin (8.0), Khan (7.1)
Assists: Hamilton 2 (7.6), Constantino, Donnelly (7.4)
Notables: Berthet (7.3), Kirkland (7.1), Burke (7.2)

Strong win. We had 1 less match played than a few teams. Combine catching up to the rest of the league in matches played with a QPR loss and we now sit in first place by ourselves 10 matches into the season. Who's underperforming now?
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