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Izulde · 03-01-2014, 04:23 AM

@AFC Wimbledon (15th)
GK David Raya
DL Jazzi Barnum-Bobb
DC Leon Clowes
DC Samuel Bangura
DR Andy Yiadom
DM Agustin Battipiedi
DM Sergio Sanchez
ML Courtney Harris
MR Izak Reid
ST Alexandr Geynrih
ST Lewis Taaffe

1 - ...Well then. 0-1

2 - Bleh. 0-2

5 - Reid has to come off with injury. Harris to MR and Hoban in at ML.

30 - What's that? A first half hat trick? Yeah. 0-3

36 - Hoban hits Clowes for a header on a corner, but it's not anything worth hyping about, especially since Hoban gave away possession to lead to that last goal. 1-3

45 - Pile on, why don't we? 1-4

53 - Guess who's getting benched next game? 1-5

59 - Guedioura on for Geynrih

Yeah this was probably the worst performance ever. Just awful all around.

Good Trains
Callum McNish
Sergio Sanchez
Samuel Bangura

Bad Trains
Max Crocombe

Loss of $27k last month and Samuel Bangura is getting blasted for his recent play, which is understandable - he's sporting a 5.9 over the last several games.

Alexandr Geynrih has international duties again. We find a goalie who's so far ahead of everyone else on our squad it's incredible and we'd love to sign him, but will the board swing for it even though we're over budget?

...Yes, yes they will. While we wait to hear back, Oldham fires its manager, and good riddance to him, as they're dead last in League 2 at the moment.

vs MK Dons (16th)
GK Max Crocombe
DL Jazzi Barnum-Bobb
DC Leon Clowes
DC Tom Sharpe
DR Andy Yiadom
DM Agustin Battipiedi
DM Kieran Martin
ML Callum McNish
MR Courtney Harris
ST Alexandr Geynrih
ST Lewis Taaffe

28 - Beautiful free kick by Barnum-Bobb to McNish, who centers it to Geynrih for the score and early lead! 1-0

I'm really impressed with how our defensive line has bounced back from the ghastly showing last game. Yiadom moves up to MR and I'm going to give Bangura another chance to prove himself by putting him in at DR.

60 - A failed corner sees Geynrih take the ball and run horizontally towards the right flank, whereupon he crosses it back to Taaffe, and boom goes the dynamite! 2-0

75 - Clowes hits a rocket shot that bounces off Taaffe, who turns around and does a slide tackle back pass to Martin. Long-range shot? No problem! It's his first goal of the year. 3-0

81 - Bangura knocks it to Taaffe who can't control it and has to kick it back out to him on the wing. No problem here either, as Bangura boots it into the six yard box, where Geynrih beats the defense for another goal. That's one way to get back in good graces. 4-0

8.0 for Sharpe, 8.2 for Clowes, 8.1 for Martin, 8.5 for McNish, 8.3 for Taaffe, 9.4 for PotM Geynrih. What an incredible bounceback against a team nobody thought we could beat.

In what I think is the third time this season, our opponent fires their manager immediately after losing to us.

We get our goalie, snapping up 21 year old Welshman Luke Chambers on a deal through 2019 that pays him $48.5k base with 10% raises and way too much money. He was a backup goalie for Southend last season before they relegated and didn't look so hot there, but his potential says he can be elite at this level.

Luke Chambers struggled in a 2-3 loss to England, but Alexandr Geynrih notched 2 assists and an 8.1 rating in a friendly against India that ended in a 4-1 scoreline.

vs Cheltenham (23rd)
GK Max Crocombe
DL Jazzi Barnum-Bobb
DC Leon Clowes
DC Tom Sharpe
DR Andy Yiadom
DM Taylor Parmenter
DM Kieran Martin
ML Callum McNish
MR Courtney Harris
ST Nabil Guedioura
ST Lewis Taaffe

19 - Taaffe's thunderous crack is deflected by the goalie, but that leaves him out of position and Harris has just enough pace to win the race and put in the chip shot. 1-0

35 - Knock for Guedioura

44 - Knock for Clowes and Harris picks up a yellow

Play on, boys. Play on.

45 - Wow. Now Crocombe is knocked.

71 - Disallowed goal due to Crocombe getting fouled. Sanchez, who I forgot to put back in the starting lineup, goes on for Clowes.

Ugly win, but we'll take it. Nabil Guedioura is out 3 to 4 weeks, which further decimates our weak striker situation.

@Bristol Rovers (9th)
GK Max Crocombe
DL Jazzi Barnum-Bobb
DC Leon Clowes
DC Sergio Sanchez
DR Andy Yiadom
DM Agustin Battipiedi
DM Luke Dixon
ML Callum McNish
MR Courtney Harris
ST Jack Jeffery
ST Lewis Taaffe

33 - And that's why you're going to get booted out of here, Crocombe. Bad pass = allowed goal. 0-1

Bangura comes on for Barnum-Bobb, who's had a surprisingly good run in the lineup until now.

70 - Hoban on for McNish

78 - Injury for Clowes

To be honest, I didn't expect to win this one. We were on the road and pretty weak at striker.

Luke Chambers impressed in a 4-1 victory over Iceland's U-21s, but Alexandr Geynrih had one of his worst games ever in a 0-0 draw with China, but that still leaves Uzbekistan on top in their group and with a commanding lead. Wales, on the other hand, failed to get their U-21 team out of group qualifying, England and Romania advancing instead.

vs York (2nd)
GK Luke Chambers
DL Jazzi Barnum-Bobb
DC Tom Sharpe
DC Sergio Sanchez
DR Samuel Bangura
DM Taylor Parmenter
DM Kieran Martin
ML Callum McNish
MR Courtney Harris
ST Jack Jeffery
ST Lewis Taaffe

Our offense has been completely nonexistent in the first half, but our defense at least has held strong.

66 - Hoban on for McNish; Battipiedi in for Martin

74 - Perfect opening for Jeffery and he freezes. Ugh.

83 - Nothing to be done there. 0-1

Harrogate offers to take Max Crocombe on loan for 3 months and pay 100% of his salary. We'll take that. Other teams make offers to pay for less than 100% of wages, which is unacceptable.

vs Oldham (24th)
GK Luke Chambers
DL Jazzi Barnum-Bobb
DC Tom Sharpe
DC Leon Clowes
DR Samuel Bangura
DM Agustin Battipiedi
DM Kieran Martin
ML Callum McNish
MR Andy Yiadom
ST Alexandr Geynrih
ST Lewis Taaffe

20 - Bullshit disallowed goal. No way Geynrih was offsides. In the next breath, Chambers shows why we pay him the big money by making an insane save after a terrible Clowes pass. Wow!

30 - Butter-smooth pass from Geynrih to Taaffe, who gets the excuse me bump off the upright for the goal. 1-0

67 - Reid on for Yiadom

70 - Yellow for Geynrih

79 - Dixon on for Martin

It was that kind of game where Bangura's 7.9 wins Player of the Match. It wasn't pretty, but 3 points is 3 points, and through 17 games, we have 27 points, which puts us 5th. Drop zone is 17/14/13 at 22/23/24 even though only 23 and 24 drop, but 23, which just fired their manager (Bury), has a game in hand. There's no easy outs in League 2, put it that way.

Max Crocombe takes the loan agreement from Harrogate and our wage bill thanks us, though we're still something $26k over it.

03-01-2014, 04:23 AM	#69
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	@AFC Wimbledon (15th) GK David Raya DL Jazzi Barnum-Bobb DC Leon Clowes DC Samuel Bangura DR Andy Yiadom DM Agustin Battipiedi DM Sergio Sanchez ML Courtney Harris MR Izak Reid ST Alexandr Geynrih ST Lewis Taaffe 1 - ...Well then. 0-1 2 - Bleh. 0-2 5 - Reid has to come off with injury. Harris to MR and Hoban in at ML. 30 - What's that? A first half hat trick? Yeah. 0-3 36 - Hoban hits Clowes for a header on a corner, but it's not anything worth hyping about, especially since Hoban gave away possession to lead to that last goal. 1-3 45 - Pile on, why don't we? 1-4 53 - Guess who's getting benched next game? 1-5 59 - Guedioura on for Geynrih Yeah this was probably the worst performance ever. Just awful all around. Good Trains Callum McNish Sergio Sanchez Samuel Bangura Bad Trains Max Crocombe Loss of $27k last month and Samuel Bangura is getting blasted for his recent play, which is understandable - he's sporting a 5.9 over the last several games. Alexandr Geynrih has international duties again. We find a goalie who's so far ahead of everyone else on our squad it's incredible and we'd love to sign him, but will the board swing for it even though we're over budget? ...Yes, yes they will. While we wait to hear back, Oldham fires its manager, and good riddance to him, as they're dead last in League 2 at the moment. vs MK Dons (16th) GK Max Crocombe DL Jazzi Barnum-Bobb DC Leon Clowes DC Tom Sharpe DR Andy Yiadom DM Agustin Battipiedi DM Kieran Martin ML Callum McNish MR Courtney Harris ST Alexandr Geynrih ST Lewis Taaffe 28 - Beautiful free kick by Barnum-Bobb to McNish, who centers it to Geynrih for the score and early lead! 1-0 I'm really impressed with how our defensive line has bounced back from the ghastly showing last game. Yiadom moves up to MR and I'm going to give Bangura another chance to prove himself by putting him in at DR. 60 - A failed corner sees Geynrih take the ball and run horizontally towards the right flank, whereupon he crosses it back to Taaffe, and boom goes the dynamite! 2-0 75 - Clowes hits a rocket shot that bounces off Taaffe, who turns around and does a slide tackle back pass to Martin. Long-range shot? No problem! It's his first goal of the year. 3-0 81 - Bangura knocks it to Taaffe who can't control it and has to kick it back out to him on the wing. No problem here either, as Bangura boots it into the six yard box, where Geynrih beats the defense for another goal. That's one way to get back in good graces. 4-0 8.0 for Sharpe, 8.2 for Clowes, 8.1 for Martin, 8.5 for McNish, 8.3 for Taaffe, 9.4 for PotM Geynrih. What an incredible bounceback against a team nobody thought we could beat. In what I think is the third time this season, our opponent fires their manager immediately after losing to us. We get our goalie, snapping up 21 year old Welshman Luke Chambers on a deal through 2019 that pays him $48.5k base with 10% raises and way too much money. He was a backup goalie for Southend last season before they relegated and didn't look so hot there, but his potential says he can be elite at this level. Luke Chambers struggled in a 2-3 loss to England, but Alexandr Geynrih notched 2 assists and an 8.1 rating in a friendly against India that ended in a 4-1 scoreline. vs Cheltenham (23rd) GK Max Crocombe DL Jazzi Barnum-Bobb DC Leon Clowes DC Tom Sharpe DR Andy Yiadom DM Taylor Parmenter DM Kieran Martin ML Callum McNish MR Courtney Harris ST Nabil Guedioura ST Lewis Taaffe 19 - Taaffe's thunderous crack is deflected by the goalie, but that leaves him out of position and Harris has just enough pace to win the race and put in the chip shot. 1-0 35 - Knock for Guedioura 44 - Knock for Clowes and Harris picks up a yellow Play on, boys. Play on. 45 - Wow. Now Crocombe is knocked. 71 - Disallowed goal due to Crocombe getting fouled. Sanchez, who I forgot to put back in the starting lineup, goes on for Clowes. Ugly win, but we'll take it. Nabil Guedioura is out 3 to 4 weeks, which further decimates our weak striker situation. @Bristol Rovers (9th) GK Max Crocombe DL Jazzi Barnum-Bobb DC Leon Clowes DC Sergio Sanchez DR Andy Yiadom DM Agustin Battipiedi DM Luke Dixon ML Callum McNish MR Courtney Harris ST Jack Jeffery ST Lewis Taaffe 33 - And that's why you're going to get booted out of here, Crocombe. Bad pass = allowed goal. 0-1 Bangura comes on for Barnum-Bobb, who's had a surprisingly good run in the lineup until now. 70 - Hoban on for McNish 78 - Injury for Clowes To be honest, I didn't expect to win this one. We were on the road and pretty weak at striker. Luke Chambers impressed in a 4-1 victory over Iceland's U-21s, but Alexandr Geynrih had one of his worst games ever in a 0-0 draw with China, but that still leaves Uzbekistan on top in their group and with a commanding lead. Wales, on the other hand, failed to get their U-21 team out of group qualifying, England and Romania advancing instead. vs York (2nd) GK Luke Chambers DL Jazzi Barnum-Bobb DC Tom Sharpe DC Sergio Sanchez DR Samuel Bangura DM Taylor Parmenter DM Kieran Martin ML Callum McNish MR Courtney Harris ST Jack Jeffery ST Lewis Taaffe Our offense has been completely nonexistent in the first half, but our defense at least has held strong. 66 - Hoban on for McNish; Battipiedi in for Martin 74 - Perfect opening for Jeffery and he freezes. Ugh. 83 - Nothing to be done there. 0-1 Harrogate offers to take Max Crocombe on loan for 3 months and pay 100% of his salary. We'll take that. Other teams make offers to pay for less than 100% of wages, which is unacceptable. vs Oldham (24th) GK Luke Chambers DL Jazzi Barnum-Bobb DC Tom Sharpe DC Leon Clowes DR Samuel Bangura DM Agustin Battipiedi DM Kieran Martin ML Callum McNish MR Andy Yiadom ST Alexandr Geynrih ST Lewis Taaffe 20 - Bullshit disallowed goal. No way Geynrih was offsides. In the next breath, Chambers shows why we pay him the big money by making an insane save after a terrible Clowes pass. Wow! 30 - Butter-smooth pass from Geynrih to Taaffe, who gets the excuse me bump off the upright for the goal. 1-0 67 - Reid on for Yiadom 70 - Yellow for Geynrih 79 - Dixon on for Martin It was that kind of game where Bangura's 7.9 wins Player of the Match. It wasn't pretty, but 3 points is 3 points, and through 17 games, we have 27 points, which puts us 5th. Drop zone is 17/14/13 at 22/23/24 even though only 23 and 24 drop, but 23, which just fired their manager (Bury), has a game in hand. There's no easy outs in League 2, put it that way. Max Crocombe takes the loan agreement from Harrogate and our wage bill thanks us, though we're still something $26k over it. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)