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Radii · 09-01-2010, 03:08 AM

August 14th, 2013

League Cup Round 1

Charlton @ Woking

We're 9-1 dogs here, they're 1:4 favorites. Do we even try? We play our next league match in 3 days. I've never given up on a match that meant something before, but we play on the 17th and 20th in league play. We're playing our backups today.

GK: Lynch
DEF: Sloma/Fenton/Thomas/Anane
MC: Pulis/Herd
AM: Clapham/Ademola
ST: Sole/Cousins

I have to say, outside of our strikers, its really a decent lineup. Key highlights only today unless we look to have a shot at the miracle.

19': Oh horseshit. We're playing really well, we take the first 3 shots, two of them are key highlights and we look threatening... then they counter after a missed shot, cross into the area... Fenton commits a penalty. They bury it. Guh. 0-1

28': Scary, they center the ball outside the area and a rocket of a shot goes off the crossbar.

HALF: Things fly by after that, Charlton was scouted as a defensive team and appear to be able to shut us down after getting the lead. We'll give it our best though. We take 4 shots, they take 3. None of ours are on target though, and 2 of theirs are, one of them being the penalty of course.

46': We kick off, build up a bit, Clapham crosses to Ademola who puts a header off the crossbar, so close!

47': They counter after our shot and end up with a striker one on one against Lynch, and he buries it, ouch. From excitement to dread in just a moment. 0-2

54': We try to attack and it leaves us open. They get a nice through ball, Thomas doesn't defend it well, clear cut strike, easy goal. 0-3 It was fun guys but lets defend and dig in.

58': Breakaway.. wow great speedy run by a striker right by Fenton. Embarrassing. Dude just sprinted the last 40 yards in after receivign a pass and just ran right by our defense for an easy goal. 0-4

76': Harsanyi in for Cousins who may be a bit hurt here. Nikolaou in for Sloma.

90': Pulis with a great long ball from just behind the midfield stripe, Harsanyi runs past the defense and is first to it, he gets into the area and buries a shot, no chance for the keeper. 1-4

91': They pile on, basically doing the exact same thign to us. A long pass from midfield, great first touch by a forward, easy goal. 1-5

Woking 1 : 5 Charlton

Harsanyi earns a 7.2 for his goal in short work. Pulis a 7.5, he stood out as the only solid performer today really. Anane 5.4, Sloma 5.8, Thomas 5.6, Fenton 4.6, Sole 5.2.

Not unexpected, but that was rough.

-- In other news, the next game for North American World Cup Qualifying was today. The US only manages a 0:0 draw at Canada. Honduras and Mexico roll on and seem locks to make the world cup. The US missed their chance to put Canada in their place here and remains in a perilous 4th place.

After 6 matches:

Mexico - 16 points
Honduras - 12 points
Canada - 8 points
USA - 7 points
Guatemala - 5 points
Costa Rica - 1 point

US hosts Guatemala on 9/7 and travels to Costa Rica on 9/11. Their last two matches are against the top two, Honduras and Mexico. Best take care of business against the two lower squads.

-- In Europe, Germany, Holland, England, Italy, France, Slovakia and Croatia seem pretty safe to win their groups. Russia and the Czech Republic are locked in a tight race for a group. The big news though is with 6 out of 10 matches played, Spain sits in 3rd place in group 2 (need to finish 2nd for any shot at all to qualify). They are tied for 2nd in points with Turkey, same goal differential too, but Turkey has more goals. I assume they'll make it but that's the most excitement in qualifying in Europe by far.

-- In another group, Greece and Portugal are tied with 4 matches to play, Greece leads goal differential by one.

09-01-2010, 03:08 AM	#177
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	August 14th, 2013 League Cup Round 1 Charlton @ Woking We're 9-1 dogs here, they're 1:4 favorites. Do we even try? We play our next league match in 3 days. I've never given up on a match that meant something before, but we play on the 17th and 20th in league play. We're playing our backups today. GK: Lynch DEF: Sloma/Fenton/Thomas/Anane MC: Pulis/Herd AM: Clapham/Ademola ST: Sole/Cousins I have to say, outside of our strikers, its really a decent lineup. Key highlights only today unless we look to have a shot at the miracle. 19': Oh horseshit. We're playing really well, we take the first 3 shots, two of them are key highlights and we look threatening... then they counter after a missed shot, cross into the area... Fenton commits a penalty. They bury it. Guh. 0-1 28': Scary, they center the ball outside the area and a rocket of a shot goes off the crossbar. HALF: Things fly by after that, Charlton was scouted as a defensive team and appear to be able to shut us down after getting the lead. We'll give it our best though. We take 4 shots, they take 3. None of ours are on target though, and 2 of theirs are, one of them being the penalty of course. 46': We kick off, build up a bit, Clapham crosses to Ademola who puts a header off the crossbar, so close! 47': They counter after our shot and end up with a striker one on one against Lynch, and he buries it, ouch. From excitement to dread in just a moment. 0-2 54': We try to attack and it leaves us open. They get a nice through ball, Thomas doesn't defend it well, clear cut strike, easy goal. 0-3 It was fun guys but lets defend and dig in. 58': Breakaway.. wow great speedy run by a striker right by Fenton. Embarrassing. Dude just sprinted the last 40 yards in after receivign a pass and just ran right by our defense for an easy goal. 0-4 76': Harsanyi in for Cousins who may be a bit hurt here. Nikolaou in for Sloma. 90': Pulis with a great long ball from just behind the midfield stripe, Harsanyi runs past the defense and is first to it, he gets into the area and buries a shot, no chance for the keeper. 1-4 91': They pile on, basically doing the exact same thign to us. A long pass from midfield, great first touch by a forward, easy goal. 1-5 Woking 1 : 5 Charlton Harsanyi earns a 7.2 for his goal in short work. Pulis a 7.5, he stood out as the only solid performer today really. Anane 5.4, Sloma 5.8, Thomas 5.6, Fenton 4.6, Sole 5.2. Not unexpected, but that was rough. -- In other news, the next game for North American World Cup Qualifying was today. The US only manages a 0:0 draw at Canada. Honduras and Mexico roll on and seem locks to make the world cup. The US missed their chance to put Canada in their place here and remains in a perilous 4th place. After 6 matches: Mexico - 16 points Honduras - 12 points Canada - 8 points USA - 7 points Guatemala - 5 points Costa Rica - 1 point US hosts Guatemala on 9/7 and travels to Costa Rica on 9/11. Their last two matches are against the top two, Honduras and Mexico. Best take care of business against the two lower squads. -- In Europe, Germany, Holland, England, Italy, France, Slovakia and Croatia seem pretty safe to win their groups. Russia and the Czech Republic are locked in a tight race for a group. The big news though is with 6 out of 10 matches played, Spain sits in 3rd place in group 2 (need to finish 2nd for any shot at all to qualify). They are tied for 2nd in points with Turkey, same goal differential too, but Turkey has more goals. I assume they'll make it but that's the most excitement in qualifying in Europe by far. -- In another group, Greece and Portugal are tied with 4 matches to play, Greece leads goal differential by one.