Against all Odds - Odds Down F.C (FM 11) - Page 2

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 12:27 AM

Brislington is currently 8th in the table while the Downers are 9th. Injuries are still there to Badlwin, Johnson and McCoy.

Odd Down Lineup:

GK Rusling
D Morris / Porter / Tooth / Metcalfe
DM Gray
M Woods / Murray
AM Banton
ST Gibb / Pritchard

Subs: Hegarty / Hobbs / Thomas / Danvers / Wright

Brislington runs a 4-1-2-2-1, and it looks potent. It's an even game according to BBC Bristol.

Match Time

15' Tooth is issued a yellow card for holding.

18' Gibb is given a solid touch pass from gray at the top of the box. He turns and dribbles the ball in. His shot is blocked by the keeper and then cleared out.

41' Brislington's Ogan makes a nice move in the box to break free and get a shot off. Woods throws his leg into the kick and the ball goes out for a corner kick.

46' Morris plays the ball on the lower left flank and floats a centering cross into the middle of the box where Pritchard gets his head onto the pass and it flies into the right side of the net for a Goal! Odd Down is now up 1-0.

47' Morris and Gibb play a game of give and go on the lower left flank. Gibb receives the pass and takes it in hard towards the goal. His shot, hits the lower right corner and the Downers are now up 2-0!

49' Gibb outmaneuvers his defender and beats him into the box. His shot is deflected by their keeper Simpson and cleared out by Holdsworth.

57' A crossing chance from Brislington's O'Conner to Porter where the header is sent just outside the goal.

65' Danvers receives a long pass on the counter attack and is one on one with the keeper. His shot sails wide.

82' Brislington's Gordon fires a great cross from the upper left flank and sets it perfect for O'Connor to head the shot into the net. First Goal Rusling has allowed in over 400 consecutive minutes. Odd Down is still up, 2-1.

91' Gibb rifles a shot from the half circle just missing the goal to the left.

93' Lucas Banton was flagged for offside and his goal disallowed.

Brislington 1 : 2 Odd Down

Statistic	Brislington	Odd Down
Shots	6	14
On Target	2	5
Off Target	3	5
Blocked Shots	1	4
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	1	2
Long Shots	2	4
Possession	49%	51%
Corners	4	4
Free Kicks	17	14
Throw Ins	17	31
Fouls	14	14
Offsides	0	3
Passes Completed	64%	66%
Crosses Completed	30%	16%
Tackles Won	75%	73%
Headers Won	64%	68%
Yellow Cards	3	2
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	98.6	100.2
Average Rating	6.55	6.99

This was probably one of the tougher matches that went on. Pritchard is a great surprise with the amount of work and the number of goals that he is generating. Gibb is a presence, it's just that he is spotty at times.

This is Pritchards Goal starting off he scoring.

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 12:40 AM

So now the issue of being an amateur team is starting to creep up on Joel. Paying teams are starting to eyeball Pritchard, Porter and a few others. The only thing Joel can do is give them a specific talent and worth to the club and hope they take it. Right now, everyone has been pretty content.

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 09:22 AM

Qualifying First Round FA Cup game that comes two days after a league match. The schedule is congested and players will be rotated this next week. There may be starters that people are not used to seeing.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Wright / Porter / Tooth / Partridge
DM Gray
M Hobbs / Thomas
AM Banton
ST Danvers / Wakeman

Subs: Hegarty / Murray / Lever / Woods / Metcalfe / Pritchard / Morris

7 subs this week will help a bit with choices on who to sit or not. Hoddesdon runs a 4-4-2 and will be entering the match as the dog according to The Non-League Paper.

Match Time

1' Danvers receives a pass into the top of the box and moves towards goal. His indecisiveness to shoot when he received ended up getting his shot blocked.

2' A clean pass from Tooth that leads Danvers as he receives the ball at the half circle allows him to set and shoot as he was one on one with the keeper. A GOAL for Odd Down! Downers up 1-0.

11' Hoddesdon's Bombele centers a pass into the box and it is cleared out but Freeman scoops the ball and fires from the top of the box missing the goal.

17' Thomas works like a surgeon, moving slowly with the ball until an opening happens on the right side and he bolts around his defender and hits s low centering pass. It's deflected but Banton is there to send the rebound into the net! Odd Down is now up 2-0!

21' An ugly play here for Hoddesdon. Hobbs receives the throw in from Wright. Takes the ball into the lower left portion of the box and shoots. Hoddesdon's keeper saves the ball but their own defender Danny Clark slides hitting the ball into the net for an own goal! Downers are up 3-0.

41' Danny Clark of Hoddesdon is issued a yellow card, he has the jist of it, get booted before the game is over.

48' A quick counter sees a two on one as Wakeman and Danvers have a solitary defender. Wakeman crosses to Danvers who is all alone against the keeper and sends the ball into the net. Odd Down is now up 4-0.

50' Danny Clark is not having a good game for Hoddesdon, he takes Danvers down in the box and a penalty is called. Danver's lines up for the shot, cox blocks it but Danvers gathers his own rebound and sends it in. Odd Down is up 5-0! Joel actually changes his tactics to a control based game trying to retain possession instead of attacking.

61' Hoddesdon's Newton has a clean shot from the middle of the box and Rusling deflects it. Wright goes to clear it and is fouled by Hoddesdon's Dennis.

73' Newton fires a shot from the top of the box just missing the goal.

77' Both teams have players off to the side being treated by the physio's. Thomas has the corner and he lines up and crosses it. Porter catches the pass with his head and it bounces off the woodwork.

91' Lever has a free kick from the top of the half circle. He shoots and hits the woodwork, and then Hobbs on the rebound shoots and hits the woodwork.

Odd Down 5 : 0 Hoddesdon Town

Statistic	Odd Down	Hoddesdon Town
Shots	11	5
On Target	6	1
Off Target	4	3
Blocked Shots	1	1
Woodwork	3	0
Clear Cut Chances	5	0
Long Shots	2	5
Possession	53%	47%
Corners	4	2
Free Kicks	18	8
Throw Ins	29	21
Fouls	7	19
Offsides	1	0
Passes Completed	66%	64%
Crosses Completed	33%	0%
Tackles Won	76%	64%
Headers Won	73%	64%
Yellow Cards	1	4
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	92.8	89.8
Average Rating	7.74	5.32

Not much to say in regards to this match. The team decided they wanted to keep in the FA Cup and took it to Hoddesdon. Danvers scores the Hat-trick and is in a great mood.

The Goal of the Match is the goal in the 49th minute by Danvers.

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 10:05 AM

A tired team is headed to Marlborough Park to take on Ilfracombe. With that said. There will be several reserve players playing today.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Morris / Whelan / Shelton / Metcalfe
DM Gonsalves
M Woods / Murray
AM Cowan
ST Gibb / Pritchard

Subs: Hegarty / Woodley / Lever / Pembleton / Banton

Ilfracombe runs a 4-1-4-1 and are picked as the favorites however, The Non-League Paper thinks the teams are evenly matched.

Match Time

3' Cowan gives it to Gibb he spins by his defender and shoots, just missing the goal.

14' Metcalfe is kicked a pass to his spot on the top right corner of the box and he one times the shot. Ilfracombe's keeper was lucky to turn it. Corner Kick.

20' Morris fires a shot from near the sideline on the lower left side and the keeper blocks it while the defender clears the shot.

25' Morris hits a free kick from the lower left side near the box. His pass is one timed by Shelton which is blocked by Ilfracombe's keeper. Morris collects the clearing pass and fires it into Whelan. Whelan's header goes over the cross bar.

39' Morris has a centering pass from the lower left side of the box and it is cleared out.

At half, Woods and Pritchard are just flat out wore out and Pembleton and Banton replace them.

46' Gibb has a free kick that he sends which is just amazing and Murray goes for the header and it is just over the cross bar.

57' Ilfracombe's Powell sends a shot from the top of the half circle which goes wide of the goal.

67' Long fires a shot from about 25 m out and barely misses the cross bar. Ilfracombe is picking up the pace now.

71' Pembleton is working the lower left side of the box and he is one on one with the keeper and his shot is blocked by the keeper.

73' Ilfracombe's Adam has Rusling out of position and he tries to lob the shot over Rusling and it hits the top of the net, barely missing a goal.

80' A free kick for Ilfracombe has Fletcher flying in for the header, Rusling dives and manages to turn the shot over the cross bar.

Ilfracombe 0 : 0 Odd Down

Statistic	Ilfracombe	Odd Down
Shots	6	5
On Target	0	2
Off Target	6	3
Blocked Shots	0	0
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	0	1
Long Shots	5	0
Possession	41%	59%
Corners	3	3
Free Kicks	16	12
Throw Ins	13	27
Fouls	10	12
Offsides	2	4
Passes Completed	67%	77%
Crosses Completed	8%	12%
Tackles Won	66%	82%
Headers Won	73%	74%
Yellow Cards	1	2
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	103.6	103.4
Average Rating	6.78	6.89

Honestly, the draw is a happy thing for the squad considering they were wore out, completely tired and by the end of the game it was apparent as Ilfracombe turned it up and tried to pressure the team into making mistakes, which they almost did. The draw places Odd Down in 5th with 10 points.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	For	Ag	G.D.	Pts
1st	Wellington	6	5	0	1	14	6	+8	15
2nd	Welton Rovers	5	4	0	1	11	6	+5	12
3rd	Longwell Green	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11
4th	Bristol MF	5	3	1	1	14	4	+10	10
5th	Odd Down	5	3	1	1	9	2	+7	10
6th	Bitton	5	3	0	2	10	9	+1	9
7th	Dawlish	5	2	2	1	13	7	+6	8
8th	Street	6	2	2	2	18	14	+4	8
9th	Radstock	6	2	2	2	11	13	-2	8
10th	Sherborne Town	6	2	1	3	17	15	+2	7
11th	Bishop Sutton	5	2	1	2	9	10	-1	7
12th	Brislington	6	2	1	3	15	17	-2	7
13th	Ilfracombe	5	1	3	1	6	5	+1	6
14th	Barnstaple	5	2	0	3	9	11	-2	6
15th	Larkhall	6	2	0	4	12	19	-7	6
16th	Willand	5	2	0	3	10	19	-9	6
17th	Hallen	5	1	2	2	8	14	-6	5
18th	Corsham	6	1	1	4	7	12	-5	4
19th	Wells	6	0	1	5	6	18	-12	1

BYU 14 · 10-22-2011, 10:12 AM

Nice little run going, I haven't played this mod since FM 09, where would you get promoted to next season if things continue?

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BYU 14

Nice little run going, I haven't played this mod since FM 09, where would you get promoted to next season if things continue?

Yeah, the cup matches are what shocks me. I know the players are beat after the matches and my talent is wore out on the reserve side as well. I do have some depth in the U18 squad but I don't know if it is safe enough bringing them up.

I will have to look, but I think it would be the Zamaretto League Division One South & West.

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 10:32 AM

Important Dates in October

10/2 - Longwell Green (Western Premier)
10/5 - Welton Rovers (Les Phillips Cup)
10/6 - Western League Les Phillips Cup 3rd Round Draw
10/7 - Somerset County FA Premier Cup 2nd Round Draw
10/9 - English FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round
10/9 - St. Andrews (FA Vase)
10/10 - FA Vase 2nd Round Draw
10/16 - Radstock (Western Premier)
10/20 - Dawlish (Western Premier)
10/23 - English FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round
10/23 - Larkhall (Western Premier)
10/30 - Barnstaple (Western Premier)

A little congested at the beginning of the month but thins out towards the end. Let's hope the players can keep it up.

The training report came back and Danny Partridge is miserable and not doing anything solid. Joel approaches Danny and tells him he is going down to Reserves due to the poor performance, Joel also tells Danny he needs to step it up to training and Danny get's defensive. Joel tells him tough and Danny storms out of the meeting.

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 11:32 AM

A tired team that will need to step it up. There have been some movement as Joel promoted a few players from the U18 team and Reserves to help rest some of the starters.

Odd Down Lineup:

GK Hegarty
D Wright / Porter / Tooth / Shelton
DM Gray
M Murray / Smith (U18 Promotion)
AM Banton
ST Hooper (U18 Promotion) / Pritchard

Subs: Rusling / Cowan / Lever / Gibb / Metcalfe

Longwell Green will play in a 4-4-2 and are playing as the dog in this game. The Non-League Paper has Odd Down winning this match easily.

Match Time

13' Longwell's Cook tries to center a pass and it is blocked back to Varney in the top left corner of the box. Varney shoots and it sails over the goal.

17' Pritchard is sent a long pass that he runs to, he gets the ball and challenges the Longwell keeper with a close shot. The keeper makes the save and the shot is cleared from the box.

22' Longwell's Roberts lets go of a scorcher from the top of the half circle 25 m out and hits the upper right V of the goal, scoring! Hegarty is flabbergasted, he had it hit his fingertips. Longwell Green is up 1-0.

34' Longwell's Guest is given a yellow card for grabbing onto Tooth's jersey.

41' Longwell's Cooke is given a yellow card for persistent fouling.

54' A free kick from banton in the lower left corner hits Tooth right on the head and the shot sails over the goal.

63' Gibb is issued a yellow card for diving in the box.

68' Wright sends a great pass over the box right to Cowan who was left open at the top of the 6 m box and sends it right into the lower right corner of the net. Game is tied 1-1.

73' Lever had a break away into the box and was taken down from behind by Longwell's Chris Brown. Brown is issued an immediate red card and Longwell is down a man. Continued protests end up getting another card issued, this one a yellow to Hemmings.

74' It's a penalty kick! Gray lines up, and sends it into the back of the net! Odd Down is now up 2-1.

78' A clean centering pass from Gibb to Lever has Lever wide open and sending the pass into the back of the net. Odd Down is now up 3-1.

Odd Down 3 : 1 Longwell Green

Statistic	Odd Down	Longwell Green
Shots	9	3
On Target	4	1
Off Target	5	1
Blocked Shots	0	1
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	3	0
Long Shots	2	3
Possession	44%	56%
Corners	2	1
Free Kicks	16	13
Throw Ins	22	29
Fouls	10	14
Offsides	3	3
Passes Completed	66%	72%
Crosses Completed	33%	15%
Tackles Won	87%	57%
Headers Won	77%	50%
Yellow Cards	1	3
Red Cards	0	1
Kilometers Run	98.4	92.5
Average Rating	6.94	6.39

A match where it took a bit of yelling from Joel at halftime to wake this team up. The scoring really came on when Joel strategically subbed Lever and Cowan in and put them up on the flanks, so essentially it was a 4-1-1-2-1 that was being played and it caused all sorts of problems for Longwell.

The Goal of the Match was from Lever's shot in the 72nd minute

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 11:49 AM

Some quick news...

Finally find someone worth signing. A Thai striker named Rungratsamee, he is a lot like Gibbs and has some serious speed.

At 15 yrs 332 days, Odd Down Midfielder Ashley Smith is the youngest player ever to start and play in a Western Premier game.

At 16 yrs and 80 days, Christopher Lever is the youngest ever goal scorer for Odd Down.

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 12:35 PM

Again the players are tired but they know what is at stake and Joel will have them ready to go. Another mix is set up..

GK Rusling
D Morris / Wright / Porter / Metcalfe
DM Gray
M Hobbs / Thomas
AM Banton
ST Gibb / Pritchard

Subs: Hegarty / Woods / Shelton / Rungratsamee / Cowan.

Both of the assists wanted the Thai player to start and Joel couldn't see doing that to Pritchard so he will come off the bench.

Welton Rovers will match with formations against the Downers but they are also picked as the dogs in this one. Odd Down hopes to keep it true.

Match Time

5' Morris sends a screaming pass into the box and Pritchard has a diving header connect and rockets it past the keeper. Goal! Odd Down is up 1-0

8' Welton's Strickland is issued a yellow card for an elbow to Wrights head.

18' A clean corner kick from Banton sees it head toward Porter. He goes up and connects sending the shot over the goal.

19' A free kick tap from Banton to Wright has him fire it from 25 m out and straight into the net. Odd Down is now up 2-0.

28' Welton's Beck sends a cross which is taken in the air by Porter who sends it over the net for a corner kick.

31' Hobbs sends a cross from the corner and it is blocked, Pritchard attempts to volley the shot and it ricochets off of Wright and goes out.

36' A great pass into the box towards a streaking O'Neil has him up in the air and striking a clean header, however it just misses the goal to the right.

42' Welton's O'Neil takes a shot from the 25 m area off of a free kick, barely missing the mark.

47' Labinjo tries a cross that is cleared but Brooks tries a volley and misses for Welton.

51' Strickland fires away from the top of the box but Rusling gets off his feet and manages a great diving save.

55' Rungratsamee leads Banton with a great pass. Banton gets the ball lobs it to Gibb who manages to get his head upon it and strikes it lazily into the goal. Odd Down is up 3 - 0.

59' A throw in from Morris to Banton sees Banton pass it back and a clean centering pass to the middle of the box has Woods go up and strike it cleanly with the head scoring! Odd Down 4-0.

72' Welton's Brooks has a clean shot from the top of the box and misses the goal.

78' Rungratsamee passes the ball from the bottom goal line to a moving Metcalfe up the top of the box and his shot strikes off the wood work.

80' Shelton catches Welton with a counter attack move and gets the ball down field to Banton. Banton moves the ball up and sends a clean low cross to the middle where Rangratsamee hits a volley right into the net. Odd Down is now up 5-0.

88' Another counter attack chances see's a long play from Gibb to Rangratsamee who is open and shoots. The Welton's keeper makes an acrobatic save.

Welton Rovers 0 : 5 Odd Down

Statistic	Welton Rovers	Odd Down
Shots	9	13
On Target	2	7
Off Target	6	1
Blocked Shots	1	5
Woodwork	0	1
Clear Cut Chances	2	1
Long Shots	6	3
Possession	50%	50%
Corners	1	10
Free Kicks	13	16
Throw Ins	17	24
Fouls	12	9
Offsides	4	4
Passes Completed	62%	66%
Crosses Completed	21%	21%
Tackles Won	68%	55%
Headers Won	76%	60%
Yellow Cards	1	0
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	101.0	103.0
Average Rating	5.88	7.83

The Downers typically play better when they give up the possession because of their counter attacking capabilities. This was nothing but opportunistic move after move. It was a counter attacking clinic. It does appear that the Rungratsamee signing is definitely a positive move as he had 2 assists and a goal in the match after coming in at the 60th minute.

The Goal of the Match was the diving header by Pritchard

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 02:34 PM

Poor St. Andrews will get to meet a somewhat well rested squad. However, with the upcoming FA Cup match only 3 days a way..there will be some reserves and potential youth playing.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Wright / Smith / Shelton / Woodley
DM Gray
M Hobbs
AM Lever / Cowan
ST Danvers / Rungratsamee

Subs: Hegarty / Tooth / Bentham / Pritchard / Morris

St. Andrews runs a 4-4-2. Odd Down are the odds favorite for this win, but like 30 to 1.

Match Time

1' St. Andrews defender Vincent passes back to their keeper Boswell who misses the pass and the ball goes into the net for an own goal. Odd Down is up 1-0.

23' Hobbs takes a shot from his free kick from the top of the box and misses.

33' A long floating pass from Ramsden to Baker has a rebound going off of Rusling and having Peacock volley in the shot. The match is tied 1-1.

36' Lever Receives a yellow card for diving.

40' St. Andrews Baker has a shot fly to the left of the goal.

43' A missed cross by Lever sets up a chance for Cowan and Pritchard. A great pass by Cowan to Pritchard sees a solid strike from Pritchard go in. Odd Down is up 2-1.

46' St. Andrews Ramsden has a shot bounce off the woodwork.

52' A corner kick from Morris is right to Bentham who has his volley blocked and cleared.

80' St. Andrews Pearce sends a beautiful cross to Ramsden who volleys it in. It is now tied 2-2.

100' Bentham takes a shot from his free kick at the top of the box and misses.

110' Stimson hits the shot from the top of the box catching Rusling out of place. St. Andrews goes up 3-2.

114' Bentham misses from 25 m out.

120' Morris has his shot go wide.

Odd Down 2 : 3 St. Andrews

Statistic	Odd Down	St Andrews
Shots	8	8
On Target	2	5
Off Target	5	3
Blocked Shots	1	0
Woodwork	0	1
Clear Cut Chances	0	3
Long Shots	3	3
Possession	46%	54%
Corners	5	3
Free Kicks	24	25
Throw Ins	25	44
Fouls	20	18
Offsides	5	6
Passes Completed	62%	66%
Crosses Completed	15%	23%
Tackles Won	80%	47%
Headers Won	86%	39%
Yellow Cards	1	2
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	138.0	136.0
Average Rating	6.66	7.01

Total over confidence in this game. Rusling played perhaps his worth match ever and wanting to rest the main starters for the FA Cup was a mistake. This is an embarrassing defeat.

Goal of the Match is St. Andrews Stimson hitting the game winner.

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 05:08 PM

Learning from the past a full squad of starters will be here for the game and playing.

Odd Down Lineup:

GK Rusling
D Wright / Porter / Tooth / Metcalfe
M Morris / Murray / Woods
AM Banton
ST Gibb / Rungratsamee

Subs: Hegarty / Shelton / Thomas / Danvers / Smith / Lever / Pritchard

Hastings is running a 4-4-2. Odd Down is picked to lose and lose big. They will have to gut out this match, but St. Andrews taught them to focus and work hard and the larger club can lose.

Match Time

22' A corner kick from Banton sends it across the box and Tooth rises above all and heads the ball into the goal. Odd Down is up 1-0!

35' Murray shoots from 25 m out and sends the ball over goal.

53' Rusling is hurt in a scramble for a ball in the box and Hegarty has to come in to replace him. This is a scary time if you're a Downers fan.

57' Hastings player Carney receives a yellow card for tripping.

63' Paul Porter is injured and the Downers have to sub Shelton in for him.

72' Hastings has a great cross to Forbes who volleys in the shot for a goal. It is now tied 1-1.

87' Gibb tries a shot from a free kick at 25 m and the Hastings keeper catches it.

Odd Down 1 : 1 Hastings Utd

Statistic	Odd Down	Hastings Utd
Shots	5	3
On Target	3	2
Off Target	1	1
Blocked Shots	1	0
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	0	0
Long Shots	1	1
Possession	57%	43%
Corners	4	0
Free Kicks	18	12
Throw Ins	31	31
Fouls	8	14
Offsides	4	4
Passes Completed	67%	57%
Crosses Completed	17%	12%
Tackles Won	72%	65%
Headers Won	66%	82%
Yellow Cards	0	1
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	96.8	98.4
Average Rating	6.89	6.48

What a solid play by the Downers. If it wasn't for the 2 major injuries (Rusling, Porter) this game was a win for the Downers. It will now go to another game, this one at Hastings place and it will be winner moves on.

The Goal of the Match was by Odd Down and Tooth

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 06:44 PM

Joel is going to focus on the league and promotion more than the cups. Right now there are bids coming in to Pritchard and a few of the other talents that have been shining and the only way to keep a team together is to become semi-pro and be able to pay the players.

Odd Down Lineup:

GK Hegarty
D Morris / Porter / Tooth / Metcalfe
DM Gray
M Murray / Woods
AM Banton
ST Gibb / Pritchard

Subs: Rusling / Shelton / Lever / Rungratsamee / Smith

Redstock plays a 4-1-4-1 and they are picked as the dogs for the match.

Match Time

4' Pritchard has a chance from the middle of the box and his shot goes wide.

6' A misplayed clear out in the box has the ball wind up at the feet of Woods who shoots and scores from the top of the box. Odd Down is up 1-0

16' Radstock's Matthew Babic takes Pritchard down in the box for a penalty. It's a penalty kick. Pritchard lines up and sends it into the back of the net. Odd Down is up 2-0.

20' A crossing pass from Porter to Pritchard see's Pritchard take charge and dribble past a defender and send the ball into the back of the net. Goal! Odd Down is up 3-0.

25' Gibb to Banton has Banton lobbing his shot into the goal. Odd Down is up 4-0/

29' Radstock's Fontaine takes a shot from his free kick at 25 m out. Missing the goal wide.

32' Gibb gives to Pritchard who turns and makes a move. His shot hits the side of the net.

34' Gibb dribbles and moves unopposed with the ball and shoots from the right side of the net. He shoots and scores...Odd Down is up 5-0.

39' Gibb receives a yellow for tripping.

43' A counter attack from Porter sends the ball ahead of Gibb and allows him to run under it. Radstock's keeper turns the shot for a corner.

48' Metcalfe is dribbling and dancing with the ball and moves into the box. Metcalfe is taken down and the penalty is called. Penalty Kick! Pritchard lines up, shoots and scores! Odd Down is up 6-0. Pritchard get's his hat trick!

51' Banton is injured. Rungratsamee is subbed in and moved to ST while Pritchard drops back to AM.

54' Gibb receives a pass into the middle of the box, he turns, shoots and scores!

71' Gibb fires from the top of the box and gets it in there. Odd Down is up 8-0!

93' And it piles on for Radstock as Morris fires a crossing pass and it hits their defender and bounces into the net for an own goal. Odd Down is WAY up 9-0!

Odd Down 9 : 0 Radstock

Statistic	Odd Down	Radstock
Shots	18	1
On Target	11	0
Off Target	5	1
Blocked Shots	2	0
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	5	0
Long Shots	3	1
Possession	65%	35%
Corners	5	0
Free Kicks	11	11
Throw Ins	29	25
Fouls	9	12
Offsides	2	1
Passes Completed	79%	60%
Crosses Completed	20%	0%
Tackles Won	84%	80%
Headers Won	81%	60%
Yellow Cards	1	0
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	86.8	86.0
Average Rating	8.72	4.81

Not much to say here. This was a redemption clinic. A pissed off group of players can take a team to task when they want to.

Goal of the Match..

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 08:07 PM

Banton, Hobbs, Baldwin, Porter and Johnson are all injured and will be out for a while still. This is a do or die game. Starters are in.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Wright / Shelton / Tooth / Metcalfe
M Morris / Murray / Pritchard / Woods
ST Gibb / Rungratsamee

Subs: Hegarty / Smith / Thomas / Wakeman / Whelan / Lever / Danvers

Hastings is still in the 4-4-2 and they will be tough to beat. Odd Down are the underdogs in this one and playing at Hastings, it is definitely not a positive.

Match Time

4' Hastings Odgen receives a crossing pass and sinks it in...Hastings is up 1-0.

5' Gibb to Rungratsamee evens the game just as quickly with a pass and a one on one quick shot. It's even 1 to 1

16' Tooth passes a lob from a free kick to Gibb, who heads it to Rungratsamee and his shot goes just wide.

18' Morris hits Rungratsamee on an open cross. He is all alone against the keeper who took a great angle and the shot is blocked and cleared.

22' Another Gibb to Rungratsamee where the shot goes just wide..

24' Hastings Sterling had a shot from a free kick go wide.

27' Morris sends a cross and Woods has a diving header that misses the goal just barely.

31' Woods gets the pass and takes it up the right side and moves into the box, as the defenders step towards him he crosses it low to Rungratsamee who volleys it into the net for his second goal! Odd Down is now up 2-1!

32' Hastings tries to equalize quickly from the kick off and Forbes brings the ball to the goal line on the right side, lobbing cross, Upton heads it but Rusling catches it.

45' This time its a Rungratsamee to Gibb give and go where Gibb's shot just misses the net.

48' Hastings has a well crafted counter that has an Ogden to Robinson play work out where Robisnon's shot goes wide.

57' Hastings sends a long pass and Olodundra receives it, Shelton goes for the tackle from behind and he takes a dive. Shelton is issued the red card and now Odd Down must maintain their lead a man down.

58' Rungratsamee is replaced by Whelan (due to injury) who fills in the gap from Shelton on defense.

79' Tooth receives a yellow for a hard tackle.

86' Carney takes a shot from the 25m area and misses the goal.

89' Metcalfe makes a move and Gibb breaks open and has his angle taken away by the Hastings keeper. His shot is blocked. Corner Kick.

93' Gibb gets a long pass on a brilliantly executed counter attack and his shot rockets above the goal.

94' Olorunda has a point blank shot on Rusling but is blocked!

Hastings United 1 : 2 Odd Down

Statistic	Hastings Utd	Odd Down
Shots	11	13
On Target	3	6
Off Target	5	5
Blocked Shots	3	2
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	2	6
Long Shots	3	2
Possession	50%	50%
Corners	4	2
Free Kicks	15	20
Throw Ins	13	21
Fouls	14	12
Offsides	6	3
Passes Completed	68%	60%
Crosses Completed	23%	15%
Tackles Won	64%	85%
Headers Won	61%	60%
Yellow Cards	0	1
Red Cards	0	1
Kilometers Run	104.8	99.6
Average Rating	6.72	7.00

What a perfectly executed game from a tactical stand point. Coach Fallon pointed out that Hastings did not play well against the 4-4-2, High Defensive Line, Slow tempo and narrow field. Joel took it all to heart as did all the Downers. They played the matches of their life against Hastings and extend their life and their fame. Right now, each match the stands are filled with higher level coaches looking at our talent. This is going to be tough.

Rungratsamee has been a major steal as far as a pick up goes. He has talent and is playing quite well.

The Goal of the Match is the 1st goal by Rungratsamee.

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 08:21 PM

Some housekeeping items for now...

Chris Tooth is 1 yellow card away from a suspension.
Neal Shelton is currently suspended for the next match which it is being appealed.
A request was made to find a parent club and it was shot down as the board did not see how it would help...ARE YOU KIDDING ME!

Toolstation League Premier Division Table

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	For	Ag	G.D.	Pts
1st	Odd Down	7	5	1	1	21	3	+18	16
2nd	Wellington	6	5	0	1	14	6	+8	15
3rd	Welton Rovers	6	5	0	1	14	8	+6	15
4th	Bristol MF	7	4	2	1	19	8	+11	14
5th	Longwell Green	8	4	2	2	9	8	+1	14
6th	Bitton	7	4	1	2	16	12	+4	13
7th	Radstock	9	3	3	3	16	26	-10	12
8th	Dawlish	7	3	2	2	14	8	+6	11
9th	Street	8	3	2	3	23	19	+4	11
10th	Bishop Sutton	8	3	2	3	18	15	+3	11
11th	Corsham	8	3	1	4	11	13	-2	10
12th	Ilfracombe	8	2	3	3	7	7	0	9
13th	Hallen	7	2	3	2	10	15	-5	9
14th	Barnstaple	7	2	2	3	11	13	-2	8
15th	Sherborne Town	8	2	1	5	21	23	-2	7
16th	Brislington	7	2	1	4	15	18	-3	7
17th	Larkhall	8	2	0	6	13	27	-14	6
18th	Willand	8	2	0	6	12	26	-14	6
19th	Wells	8	1	2	5	11	20	-9	5

The Downers are at the top of the table and they definitely want to stay there for promotion.

MacroGuru · 10-22-2011, 11:12 PM

A quick FA Cup match is going to see some tired players. Does Joel play for the league or the cup.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Morris / Wright / Tooth / Metcalfe
DM Gray
M Murray / Woods
AM Thomas
ST Gibb / Pritchard

Subs: Hegarty / Smith / Cowan / Danvers / Whelan / Lever / Rungratsamee

Bedlington plays a 3-5-2 and they are the dogs in this match.

Match Time

2' Bedlington's Sheeran had a point blank shot but Rusling blocked it turned and the ball was cleared out.

15' Metcalfe gathers a ball that was cleared from the box and fires from 30m out and the ball is a burner bouncing off of Newtons as he tried to save it. Into the goal. Odd Down is up 1-0.

18' Woods has two shots ricochet off of the woodwork as he fires away from the right side of the box.

31' Metcalfe centers to Gibb whose shot is cleared out behind the goal for a corner.

50' Woods fires from about 25m out and the shots misses over the left corner of the goal.

51' Tom Murray takes down Bedlingtons Christensen from behind with a brutal tackle and is immediately sent off, no questions asked and he doesn't even fight it. Odd Down is a man down.

57' Gibb is injured and unable to continue. Rungratsamee is brought on.

58' From the half circle Pritchard sends a shot to the left post where it bounces off the wood work and into the net for a goal! Odd Down is now up 2-0.

72' Bedlingtons keeper comes out towards the top of the box to challenge a fast Rungratsamee who sends his shot over the goal trying to catch the keeper out of position.

79' Rungratsamee forces the keeper out of position again, this time instead of shooting he back passes it to Metcalfe he sends the ball quickly over the keepers head and to the feet of a streaking Cowan who volleys the ball into the net. Odd Down is up 3-0.

81' Bedlington's Poole shoots from the top of the box and misses the goal.

85' Pritchard is injured and has to come off, Odd Down are now down 2 men.

Odd Down 3 : 0 Bedlington

Statistic	Odd Down	Bedlington
Shots	12	7
On Target	6	2
Off Target	3	2
Blocked Shots	3	3
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	2	0
Long Shots	4	4
Possession	55%	45%
Corners	7	2
Free Kicks	13	17
Throw Ins	23	23
Fouls	15	12
Offsides	2	1
Passes Completed	73%	60%
Crosses Completed	21%	0%
Tackles Won	69%	72%
Headers Won	70%	55%
Yellow Cards	0	0
Red Cards	1	0
Kilometers Run	93.3	94.2
Average Rating	7.25	5.99

A solid performance by the Downers. Pritchard will get his somehow every game, the fact that he and Gibb are injured isn't going to bode well. Need the physio to let us know how bad it is. Odd Down now moves on in the FA Cup.

Goal of the Match is Cowans goal.

MacroGuru · 10-23-2011, 12:11 AM

Murray is receiving at least a one match suspension, he may get more it depends on the board. Joel has issued the warning and prepared him to miss more.
Injuries are Hobbs (Thigh Strain), Gibb (Neck), Baldwin (Torn Calf), Johnson (Broken Foot), Banton (Strained Knee Ligaments)...Hobbs is the only one close to even coming back.

Some tired players will not see this game.

GK Rusling
D Wright / Porter / Tooth / Metcalfe
DM Gray
M Woods / Cowan
AM Thomas
ST Rungratsamee / Danvers

Subs: Hengarty / Shelton / Lever / Wakeman / Morris

Larkhall runs a 3-5-2 and will be the underdogs in this match. Odd Down will be using their subs wisely.

Match Time

6' Larkhall's Tonge takes Cowan down inside the box for the penalty! Tonge is issued the yellow. Gray lines up for the kick and drives it straight into the net. Goal! Odd Down is up 0-1.

24' Larkhalls Murray is left alone as he receives the pass, Rusling comes out to challenge him and the shot is blocked and Wright clears it out of the box.

39' Chris Tooth trips a Larkhall player and receives a yellow card, he will now be suspended next match.

68' Danvers gets under a long pass, just barely beating his defender. He squares up and shoots, his shot is blocked by the keeper.

79' Morris is in a mad sprint and centers a low pass to Danvers whose volley is blocked and cleared.

80' A little back and forth between Gray and Wright, then Wright centers it right into the group in the middle of the box and Cowan connects with a volley that goes into goal. Odd Down is up 0-2.

83' Larkhalls Murray has a jailbreak run and his shot goes over the goal.

85' Booth gets the pass from Murray and shoots it straight. Rusling was lucky to turn it away for the corner kick.

Larkhall 0 : 2 Odd Down

Statistic	Larkhall	Odd Down
Shots	11	8
On Target	6	4
Off Target	4	2
Blocked Shots	1	2
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	1	2
Long Shots	6	3
Possession	43%	57%
Corners	5	2
Free Kicks	14	14
Throw Ins	18	21
Fouls	14	10
Offsides	1	4
Passes Completed	60%	64%
Crosses Completed	20%	26%
Tackles Won	81%	62%
Headers Won	74%	58%
Yellow Cards	1	1
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	98.5	98.1
Average Rating	6.46	7.14

A well played match by some tired players. Injuries and depth is starting to take it's toll on this team. Tooth will be out next match, Murray may not be back. Hobbs might be healthy enough to play, but then there are 4 others out.

Goal of the Match is the one in the 80' by Cowan.

MacroGuru · 10-23-2011, 09:33 AM

Injury riddled, that is the only way to call this. Hobbs is back but not anywhere near 100%. 6 players down with injuries and 2 suspensions. This team is going to be a rag tag team this game.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Hegarty
D Morris / Shelton / Porter / Metcalfe
DM Gonsalves
M Murray / Woods
AM Thomas
ST Danvers / Pritchard

Subs: Rusling / Rungratsamee / Lever / Wakeman / Wright

Barnstaple has been embroiled in 2 attempts with take overs this off season and this last one succeeded. They run a 4-4-2 and are picked to be the underdogs.

Match Time

15' Barnstaples Bainbridge hits a powerful shot from the top towards the net. Hegarty was lucky to turn it. Corner kick.

21' Paul Porter is hit with a yellow card for I don't know what. The free kick is taking place just at the top of the box. Cahill lines up for the kick and shoots, his shot bends just right and goes in goal. Hegarty was left flat on his feet on this one. Barnstaple is up 1-0.

23' Pritchard places a low, smooth pass to Woods who moves in to towards the goal and fires almost point blank. His shot is blocked and it's out for a corner.

30' Murray shoots from the top of the box and just misses to the right of the goal.

57' Danvers has a clean shot and he hits it weakly going to the right of the goal.

74' Rungratsamee leads Wakeman who dribbles openly down the field. His shot is challenged and he barely misses the goal to the left.

Odd Down 0 : 1 Barnstaple

Statistic	Odd Down	Barnstaple
Shots	10	5
On Target	3	2
Off Target	5	2
Blocked Shots	2	1
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	1	1
Long Shots	3	2
Possession	53%	47%
Corners	8	1
Free Kicks	7	14
Throw Ins	32	31
Fouls	11	4
Offsides	3	3
Passes Completed	67%	57%
Crosses Completed	14%	25%
Tackles Won	74%	68%
Headers Won	75%	53%
Yellow Cards	1	0
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	102.1	99.6
Average Rating	6.48	6.83

A disappointing loss in a game that was very winnable for the Downers. When you get a few players that haven't fit within the squad for match conditions it hurts the team. There were so many missed passes it was not funny. Joel told the boys at the end that they did not perform good enough to get the win and need to seriously step it up in league matches.

The Goal of the Match is the only goal of the game. A Barnstaple shot.

MacroGuru · 10-23-2011, 09:41 AM

Tom Murray's decision game down and he is being suspended for 2 more matches due to his violent tackle.

Important Dates in November

11/3 - Dawlish (Western Premier)
11/6 - English FA Cup First Round
11/6 - Willand (Western Premier)
11/9 - Bath (Somerset Premier Cup)
11/10 - Somerset County FA Premier Quarter Final Draw
11/13 - Bitton (Western Premier)
11/20 - Welton Rovers (Western Premier)
11/27 - English FA Cup Second Round
11/27 - Sherborne Town (Western Premier)
11/30 - Portishead Town (Les Phillips Cup)

The schedule is congested up top and thins out in the 2nd half of the month.

MacroGuru · 10-23-2011, 10:47 AM

With injuries and penalties comes a chance to shake things up and get the talent we have out on the field at the same time. It's shift to the 3-4-3.

GK Rusling
D Porter / Shelton / Tooth
M Woods / Thomas / Gray / Morris
ST Danvers / Rungratsamee / Pritchard

Subs: Hegarty / Wright / Lever / Wakeman / Hobbs

Hobbs will be seeing playing time, just not starting minutes this week. Dawlish runs a 4-4-2 and they are picked to win this match by sky bet but the Non-League has it even.

Match Time

6' Creany of Dawlish hits a nice soft pass to Vansom who volleys the shot over the net.

14' Danvers gives a great pass to Rungratsamee who breaks free of his defender. He strikes it towards goal and it hits the wood work. Pritchard is in on the rebound and gets his head on it and Danvers loses the aerial challenge to Knight who clears it out.

26' Vicary gives to Emati-Emati and he rushes in, Rusling cuts it off and forces the shot wide.

30' Vicary lets a shot go and Rusling turns it. The team will shift back to their old formation of the 4-1-2-1-2.

46' Vicary gets underneath a long pass and out runs the defense sending it into the net. Dawlish is now up 1-0.

69' Another counter from Dawlish puts Vicary into the position to score. It is sent in beautifully. Dawlish is now up 2-0.

74' Danvers receives a soft pass from Gray at the half circle, he spins and shoots, striking it cleanly from there and it screams into the net. Goal! Odd Down closes the gap. Dawlish is up 2-1.

77' Creaney of Dawlish sends a crossing pass right into the 6m box and Vicary goes down for a sliding kick, Wright goes over the top, the ball reflects off of Wright and into the goal past Rusling...it's an own goal! Dawlish goes back up by 2, score is 3-1.

88' 3 corner kicks in a row by Dawlish. All happened to be turned away, one of them was a point blank shot at the net Pritchard managed to block.

91' Rungratsamee sends one to goal from 25m out and barely misses.

Dawlish 3 : 1 Odd Down

Statistic	Dawlish	Odd Down
Shots	15	5
On Target	5	1
Off Target	8	4
Blocked Shots	2	0
Woodwork	0	1
Clear Cut Chances	3	0
Long Shots	5	2
Possession	57%	43%
Corners	6	3
Free Kicks	18	8
Throw Ins	18	18
Fouls	6	13
Offsides	2	5
Passes Completed	73%	56%
Crosses Completed	12%	0%
Tackles Won	65%	70%
Headers Won	52%	66%
Yellow Cards	0	0
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	101.9	100.9
Average Rating	7.09	6.32

Yeah, the Downers were thoroughly dominated. Initially the thought was because of the 3-4-3, but even shifting to the familiar formation it got even worse. This was not a good game at all for the team. Morale is starting to dip, it needs to pick up and pick up quick. This team can't afford a woe is me approach.

The Goal of the Match shockingly is Danvers goal

MacroGuru · 10-23-2011, 10:45 PM

What a rough week. Not only are the Downers beat up, Justin Pritchard is offered a contract from Boldmere, an honest to goodness he is going to make $35/wk contract, he get's his dream of being paid to play.

The FA Cup Fourth Round Draw happens and Boreham Wood is drawn, a Blue Square Bet South Team. It's making for a rough week.

Odd Down Lineup:

GK Rusling
D Morris / Smith / Shelton / Metcalfe
DM Wright
M Hobbs / Woods
AM Thomas
ST Rungratsamee / Danvers

Subs: Hegarty / Wright / Bentham / Porter / Wakeman / Cowan / Tooth

Boreham run a 4-1-4-1 and are major odds on favorites to win this match.

Match Time

9' Neal Shelton is called for a penalty in the box. Noto nails the penalty kick for Boreham and they take the lead 1-0.

27' Thomas has a shot at goal from a free kick and misses just wide.

51' A lot of movement opens a run by Rungratsamee and his shot goes way wide.

58' Boreham's Charge has run and when he shoots from the top of the box it goes just wide of the goal.

68' Rungratsamee scores on a volley! No wait, it's called back due to offsides. Damn, this hurts.

78' Several shots by Boreham in the net are blocked and deflected by the defense and they finally clear it out.

87' Hobbs takes a shot from the top of the box and misses it.

Odd Down 0 : 1 Boreham Wood

Statistic	Odd Down	Boreham Wood
Shots	4	7
On Target	0	2
Off Target	3	3
Blocked Shots	1	2
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	0	1
Long Shots	2	4
Possession	47%	53%
Corners	1	4
Free Kicks	11	15
Throw Ins	24	31
Fouls	13	10
Offsides	3	1
Passes Completed	68%	71%
Crosses Completed	0%	20%
Tackles Won	75%	61%
Headers Won	85%	52%
Yellow Cards	0	1
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	93.8	94.9
Average Rating	6.42	6.83

Both of the assistants wanted Thomas removed from the team, there was a private chat with him that told him he needed to step up and he pushed back and Joel punched back and Thomas walked out and played a great game.

A 1-0 loss isn't anything to be upset about, especially against a team that is 3 divisions above the team. The boys played their heart out and only lost to a referee calling a BS call and Joel will let it be known.

The Goal of the Match is the only goal, the one by Boreham, a PK and I will not upload it.

MacroGuru · 10-24-2011, 08:11 AM

Several U18's were called up to the senior squad to replace some of the talent that is under performing.

Coaches are saying let Morris and Thomas go and I'm sticking to my guns, they helped us get to where we are, we don't dump players because they under perform.

Players well receive 1 week off of training, they have to get into game shape fast.

A cup game against Bath is coming up as well.

MacroGuru · 10-24-2011, 10:08 PM

Bath City FC of the Blue Square Bet Premier is welcoming the Downers into Twerton Park. In all sense and essence, Odd Down should lose this match. Going into this match, a lot of backups will see playing time as the League and promotion is more important now than the county cup.

Odd Down Lineup:

GK Rusling
D Wright / Porter / Tooth / Metcalfe
DM Gonsalves
M Bentham / Murray
AM Thomas
ST Hooper / Danvers

Subs: Hegarty / Shelton / Cowan / Wakeman / Smith

Bath runs a 4-4-2 and the Downers are definite dogs in this game.

Match Time

2' Bath's Marenghi is quickly around the defense and makes a shot just going wide.

5' Cantham hits a cross and it is barely missed.

19' Danvers gets a deep pass and he is underneath it. Bath's defender chases him down and gets just enough of the shot to make the ball slow down before the net. Danvers had the keeper beat!

21' Bath had the corner kick floater and the point blank shot where Rusling made the save and Wright cleared it from the zone.

22' Danvers freezes and is stuffed at the goaline of the box and the ball is stolen from him and cleared.

23' Marenghi had the Downers defense beat but Rusling made an amazing save.

42' Rollo with an amazing centering pass to Marenghi and his header just misses the goal.

46' Danvers gets a nice leading pass from Murray and his shot is turned away by the Bath keeper. Corner kick.

50' A clean crossing pass to Taylor for Bath almost breaks the scoring open but Rusling makes an amazing save.

57' Danvers gets a great lead pass into the lower right base of the box and his centering pass is low and in front of the goal and a streaking Wakeman volleys it into goal! Odd Down is up 1-0! Odd Down is up!

60' Roll sends a great cross from the corner, Serrant heads it in off the wood work, the ball bounces down and hits Rusling and goes in...it's counted as an own goal...game is tied...

68' A horrible attempt to clear the ball from the box by Bantham almost gave up a goal. Rusling saves it again.

72' A crossing corner gives Bath their 2nd goal. Bath up 2-1

76' A misplayed ball by Rusling ends up with Bath scoring another. Bath up 3-1.

78' Danvers misses his shot.

91' Wakemans steal almost ends up in the net.

Bath 3 : 1 Odd Down

Statistic	Bath	Odd Down
Shots	18	7
On Target	8	2
Off Target	9	2
Blocked Shots	1	3
Woodwork	1	0
Clear Cut Chances	6	1
Long Shots	4	4
Possession	64%	36%
Corners	14	3
Free Kicks	16	15
Throw Ins	23	13
Fouls	11	13
Offsides	4	3
Passes Completed	75%	49%
Crosses Completed	37%	14%
Tackles Won	61%	74%
Headers Won	80%	68%
Yellow Cards	2	1
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	102.7	103.4
Average Rating	7.14	6.37

Bath pretty much controlled the game and did as they wanted. however to be in it into the second half was great, to go up when we did was even better. To lose by 2 with a tired, injury riddled team and a bunch of U18's starting was shocking in a good way.

Goal of the Match is from Bath - Header from Connolly in the 73rd minute.

MacroGuru · 10-25-2011, 06:45 PM

Odd Down bring in 2 new signings...Harry Hogarth to help out the tired beat up defense and Stuart Elliot a Defensive Mid that helps out in a couple of areas.

A couple of young strikers have been promoted.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Morris / Shelton / Hogarth / Metcalfe
DM Elliot
M Woods / Murray
AM Thomas
ST Rungratsamee / Danvers

Subs: Hegarty / Hobbs / Smith / Hooper / Porter

Bitton runs the standard 4-4-2, while it's almost even money Bitton does have the edge according to the bookies.

Match Time

11' Bittons Leach receives a yellow card

22' Rungratsamee gets an open shot from the top of the box. It misses to the left of the goal.

43' Metcalfe passes to an open Danvers who turns and takes a shot from just inside the top of the box and his shot misses.

Half-Time: Hooper subs in for a tired and injured Rungratsamee.

50' Woods had a great corner towards the far post, Hogarth hit the volley and it bounces off the woodwork.

64' Hopper heads the ball, leading Woods on a great break, Woods beats his defender and shoots, Mullen blocks but Woods gets the rebound and sends it in, bouncing it off the post! Goal! Odd Down is up 1-0.

66' Bittons Salter is left wide open on the long pass and is alone against Rusling. Rusling makes a move and forces the shot, and it goes wide.

74' Long pass to Woods who is ahead of the defense and he heads it past the keeper for the Goal! Odd Down is up 2-0!

79' Bitton's Salter gets the pass, spins around his defender and shoots. Rusling turns the shot and it's a corner kick.

Odd Down 2 : 0 Bitton

Statistic	Odd Down	Bitton
Shots	7	3
On Target	3	1
Off Target	3	1
Blocked Shots	1	1
Woodwork	1	0
Clear Cut Chances	3	0
Long Shots	1	2
Possession	59%	41%
Corners	3	3
Free Kicks	12	13
Throw Ins	20	28
Fouls	11	9
Offsides	2	3
Passes Completed	70%	61%
Crosses Completed	7%	0%
Tackles Won	65%	62%
Headers Won	69%	61%
Yellow Cards	2	2
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	97.4	95.4
Average Rating	7.00	6.31

The turning point in this game? It was moving Woods from the midfield up to the striker spot, bringing Hobbs on and benching Danvers. Woods proved that he should be in the striker rotation with his performance today.

The new guys ended rated 6.60 (Hogarth) and 6.90 (Elliot) and handled themselves well with the team. It will take a bit to get them to fit in, but its been a boost already.

It was a much needed win for the Downers as their morale was starting to wane.

The Goal of the Match was the header by Woods.

MacroGuru · 10-25-2011, 06:53 PM

With 11 games into the season and even with a small slump (mostly in cup matches) the Downers find themselves in 3rd.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	For	Ag	G.D.	Pts
1st	Bristol MF	12	8	2	2	30	12	+18	26
2nd	Wellington	11	8	1	2	21	12	+9	25
3rd	Odd Down	11	7	1	3	26	7	+19	22
4th	Dawlish	12	6	4	2	27	14	+13	22
5th	Bishop Sutton	12	5	4	3	22	17	+5	19
6th	Longwell Green	12	5	4	3	17	15	+2	19
7th	Barnstaple	12	5	3	4	21	17	+4	18
8th	Bitton	12	5	3	4	21	18	+3	18
9th	Corsham	13	5	3	5	20	20	0	18
10th	Hallen	12	5	3	4	18	22	-4	18
11th	Street	12	5	2	5	29	26	+3	17
12th	Welton Rovers	12	5	1	6	22	24	-2	16
13th	Ilfracombe	12	4	3	5	14	16	-2	15
14th	Wells	13	4	3	6	21	29	-8	15
15th	Brislington	12	4	2	6	24	26	-2	14
16th	Radstock	13	3	3	7	20	36	-16	12
17th	Larkhall	13	3	1	9	18	39	-21	10
18th	Willand	11	3	0	8	17	31	-14	9
19th	Sherborne Town	11	2	1	8	25	32	-7	7

MacroGuru · 10-25-2011, 08:25 PM

Injury Update - James Gibb is close to returning to full fitness, Aaron Baldwin and Lucas Banton should be ready to go by December 4th. Joe Johnson is the only long term still without a date set.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Hegarty
D Morris / Tooth / Hogarth Metcalf
DM Elliot
M Hobbs / Murray
AM Thomas
ST Rungratsamee / Woods

Subs: Rusling / Wright / Cowan / Danvers / Porter

Willand is running a 4-5-1 and the are picked as the dogs for the match. It will be tough but hopefully the boys will pull off the win.

Match Time

8' Willand's Stamp is on a breakaway and the Downer defense force him to take a poor shot and he misses.

28' Stamp receives a card for tripping.

39' Woods receives a pass into the alley from Murray, takes it into the box and strikes it home for the goal! Odd Down is up 1-0.

41' Stuart Elliot receives a yellow card for tripping Stamp.

46' Rungratsamee is caught offsides as he sends his shot towards goal.

Half-Time: Thomas is playing horribly and is subbed by Cowan and we will see how that effects the game.

48' Hogarth misplays the ball and Stamp gets it, the lucky thing was Metcalfe coming from the side and Hegarty cutting down the shooting lane and forcing Stamps shot to miss the net.

62' Murray receives a pass from Rungratsamee and he dribbles for a couple and then kicks a powerful shot from the middle of the half circle and beats the keeper. GOAL! Odd Down goes up 2-0.

72' Murray is left unchallenged and pushes the ball into the right side of the box, in about the mid area, his shot just misses the net.

74' Wannell receives the corner kick and blasts it towards the goal. Hegarty makes the save.

81' With all the subs used, Woods goes down with an injury and Odd Down is forced to go with a man down.

85' The line judge makes the call! Not even the referee and the penalty happens in the box and it's Morris that committed the foul. Stamp lines up for the penalty kick and he blasts it into the net. Odd Down is still up 2-1.

Willand 1 : 2 Odd Down

Statistic	Willand	Odd Down
Shots	5	3
On Target	2	2
Off Target	3	1
Blocked Shots	0	0
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	1	0
Long Shots	1	0
Possession	43%	57%
Corners	3	4
Free Kicks	21	14
Throw Ins	25	30
Fouls	10	16
Offsides	4	6
Passes Completed	60%	68%
Crosses Completed	13%	15%
Tackles Won	55%	73%
Headers Won	76%	55%
Yellow Cards	1	1
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	104.2	102.8
Average Rating	6.40	6.84

Ben Woods has proven in the past two matches he is a better striker than midfielder and with Danvers and Rungratsamee playing poorly and Gibb close to healthy, we will have a log jam at the striker spot. But then again, Woods did take an injury this match and we need to see how long he is out.

The Goal of the Match was Woods and the first goal of the match.

BYU 14 · 10-25-2011, 09:01 PM

Goal differential is great, I have a feeling that will come in handy by seasons end.

MacroGuru · 10-25-2011, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BYU 14

Goal differential is great, I have a feeling that will come in handy by seasons end.

Yeah, i believe in pouring it on and I don't pull back...it's pissed off a few coaches and they have commented negatively on me to the press and I just tell them to bugger off...

MacroGuru · 10-26-2011, 11:19 PM

Not much to say other than the Downers should be ready to put this team away, they have done it once already. Trying to get some rest to the starters and avoid injuries.

Odd Down Lineup:

GK Rusling
D Wright / Porter / Tooth / Metcalfe
DM Gray
M Hobbs / Cowan
AM Thomas
ST Rungratsamee / Danvers

Subs: Hegarty / Hogarth / Morris / Woods / Murray

Welton runs the same lineup as Odd Down, the 4-1-2-1-2 and are picked to get destroyed by the Downers.

Match Time

27' Wells from Welton gets a great pass centered to the box where he volleys and is blocked by Rusling.

34' Rungratsamee sends a low cross into the middle of the box and it is blocked and sent back to him, he scoops up the rebound and shoots catching the keeper way out of position and scores! Goal! Odd Down is up 1-0.

44' A crossing pass from a free kick from Brooks hit's Puckett squarely and he heads it past Rusling! Goal for Welton...the game is now tied, 1-1.

Half: Woods is subbed in for Thomas who is having a horrible game.

58' Wright sends a great pass towards Tooth, his header is just outside of the goal.

69' Hobbs sends a great cross from a free kick and Tooth's header is blocked and cleared by Welton.

77' Another free kick pass from Wright to Tooth. This time Tooths header hits the woodwork and he catches his own rebound and sinks it! Goal! Odd Down is now up 2-1.

Welton Rovers 1 : 2 Odd Down

Statistic	Welton Rovers	Odd Down
Shots	5	6
On Target	2	3
Off Target	2	3
Blocked Shots	1	0
Woodwork	0	1
Clear Cut Chances	2	2
Long Shots	1	0
Possession	47%	53%
Corners	3	4
Free Kicks	10	18
Throw Ins	25	25
Fouls	16	7
Offsides	2	3
Passes Completed	64%	63%
Crosses Completed	25%	18%
Tackles Won	72%	70%
Headers Won	61%	63%
Yellow Cards	1	0
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	94.5	94.1
Average Rating	6.53	6.80

I wouldn't call this a rough game, but I wouldn't call it a great game. The Downers received their 3 points from the win, but it wasn't pretty. The lack of cohesion was apparent in the game. Rungratsamee and Tooth both picked up their first senior goals this match (league goals).

Injuries are starting to clear up and some players who have been getting PT due to the injuries will be sent back down to the reserves.

Goal of the Match was the Welton Rovers goal.

MacroGuru · 10-27-2011, 06:10 PM

A week of rest helped everyone including Gibb, he gets his first start in a long time.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Morris / Porter / Hogarth / Metcalfe
DM Elliot
M Hobbs / Murray
AM Woods
ST Rungratsamee / Gibb

Subs: Hegarty / Tooth / Wright / Danvers / Thomas

Sherborne Town runs a 4-4-2 and are picked to struggle against the Downers. We know how this goes, the players have to play.

Match Time

4' Tuohy from Sherborne is given a yellow card for tripping.

22' Sherborne's Montacute's shot goes wide of the goal.

35' Murray shoots from the top of the box and it goes wide.

39' Murray takes the ball into the right side of the box and sends a low centering pass to Gibb who boots it in! He was missed! Goal! Odd Down is up 1-0!

45' Montacute is booked a yellow for his foul on Woods.

65' Gibb receives a clearing pass from Murray out of the box and takes off down the left flank, the rest of the team follows he sends the ball into the box and catches a streaking Thomas who heads it into goal off the post! Goal! Odd Down up now 2-0.

72' Levet runs to the ball from a long clearing pass. He is up one on one against Rusling and shoots, Rusling blocks and Hogarth clears.

73' Brookes sends a crossing pass to Rayner whose volley goes straight over the goal.

82' Woods receives a great cross from Metcalfe and his header hits the wood work and is cleared out.

91' Preece hits a shot from about 30m out and catches Rusling out of position and it goes in. Goal! Down is still up 2-1.

Odd Down 2 : 1 Sherborne Town

Statistic	Odd Down	Sherborne Town
Shots	11	6
On Target	3	2
Off Target	3	4
Blocked Shots	5	0
Woodwork	1	0
Clear Cut Chances	2	0
Long Shots	3	4
Possession	60%	40%
Corners	3	2
Free Kicks	12	10
Throw Ins	19	29
Fouls	9	10
Offsides	1	2
Passes Completed	75%	63%
Crosses Completed	20%	25%
Tackles Won	74%	72%
Headers Won	65%	61%
Yellow Cards	0	2
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	100.7	99.8
Average Rating	7.00	6.41

A decent game. The score should have been higher but Sherborne basically went into a defensive shell to stop shots and offense. The goal in the 91st minute is upsetting because Rusling was pitching the clean sheet.

The Goal of the Match was Gibbs goal.

MacroGuru · 10-27-2011, 07:24 PM

Gibb, even with his long delay with his injury still leads the team with 9 goals. the team is starting to slowly come together and mesh. Some of the new acquisitions and even Gibb have to get adjusted but it will happen.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Hegarty
D Wright / Porter / Hogarth / Tooth
DM Elliot
M Woods / Cowan
AM Thomas
ST Rungratsamee / Gibb

Subs: Rusling / Metcalfe / Murray / Danvers / Morris

Portishead runs the standard 4-4-2 and the Downers are the favorites for this one.

Match Time

11' Gibb lulls his defender to sleep and then speeds around him. His shot hits the wood work next to the upper left v.

12' The throw in from Wright goes to Tooth who passes it back and Wright sends the volley to the center of the box. Gibb's diving header is blocked and then cleared out.

36' Portishead's Mitchell sends a shot and it rebounds off the wood work. Hegarty is out of position and Elliot manages to clear it out of the box.

37' Browne receives the corner and was unmarked in the box. He sends it in. GOAL! Portishead is up 1-0.

Half: Gibb and Tooth are exhausted and are subbed by Danvers and Metcalfe. The talk is all about wanting to see more from the players, they are playing piss poor.

49' Cowan fights for the ball and wins it, sends it ahead to Danvers and he was left alone and sends the ball past the keeper. GOAL! The score is tied now 1-1.

51' Phil Webb of Portishead is issued a yellow for tripping Rungratsamee.

67' Danvers receives another leading pass into the box and this time Portisheads keeper is ready and blocks the shot.

71' A corner kick is volleyed, blocked, rebound is sent off the wood work and then Browne takes the ball into the net. GOAL! Second one for Brown and Portishead are now up 2-1.

76' Woods receives the long pass from Metcalfe and is left one on one with the keeper and he wins this one. GOAL! The score is tied again 2-2.

79' Paul Porter receives a yellow for persistent fouling.

82' Metcalfe sets Woods up, but he is able to lead Danvers and get a fast attack on the goal. Danvers sends it in. GOAL! Odd Down is now up 3-2.

Odd Down 3 : 2 Portishead Town

Statistic	Odd Down	Portishead Town
Shots	10	5
On Target	5	2
Off Target	3	2
Blocked Shots	2	1
Woodwork	1	2
Clear Cut Chances	4	0
Long Shots	1	1
Possession	59%	41%
Corners	3	5
Free Kicks	14	11
Throw Ins	34	21
Fouls	11	13
Offsides	0	1
Passes Completed	72%	61%
Crosses Completed	6%	8%
Tackles Won	77%	67%
Headers Won	70%	80%
Yellow Cards	1	1
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	98.9	98.7
Average Rating	6.92	6.47

Not happy with the bulk of the play. The guys were tired, knew that going in. Was expecting more than what happened. This game shouldn't have been 3-2. There shouldn't have been heroics needed by Danvers. He did step up, and hopefully the assistants will lay off about dropping him.

The Goal of the Match was Danvers game winner in the 82nd

MacroGuru · 10-27-2011, 07:48 PM

December News and Notes

Rolling into December, the League Table looks good.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	For	Ag	G.D.	Pts
1st	Odd Down	14	10	1	3	32	10	+22	31
2nd	Bristol MF	14	9	2	3	37	16	+21	29
3rd	Wellington	14	9	2	3	26	18	+8	29
4th	Dawlish	14	8	4	2	32	15	+17	28
5th	Bishop Sutton	15	7	5	3	30	20	+10	26
6th	Barnstaple	15	6	4	5	26	20	+6	22
7th	Longwell Green	14	6	4	4	18	18	0	22
8th	Bitton	14	6	3	5	26	22	+4	21
9th	Hallen	14	5	5	4	24	28	-4	20
10th	Street	14	5	4	5	34	31	+3	19
11th	Ilfracombe	14	5	4	5	17	18	-1	19
12th	Corsham	15	5	4	6	22	26	-4	19
13th	Brislington	14	5	2	7	28	30	-2	17
14th	Welton Rovers	14	5	2	7	24	27	-3	17
15th	Wells	14	4	4	6	21	29	-8	16
16th	Willand	14	4	0	10	22	37	-15	12
17th	Radstock	14	3	3	8	20	38	-18	12
18th	Larkhall	15	3	1	11	19	43	-24	10
19th	Sherborne Town	14	2	2	10	29	41	-12	8

Important Dates

12/1 - Western League Les Phillips Quarter Final Draw
12/4 - Street (Western Premier)
12/11 - Corsham (Western Premier)
12/18 - Bristol MF (Western Premier)

Training Report

Players trained well over the past month:
Thomas (Aerobic)
Morris (Aerobic)
McCoy (Tactics)

Players failed to impress over the past month:
Gibb (Strength)
Rusling (Shot Stopping)
Hunt (Tactics)

Youth Players trained well over the past month:
Luciani (Strength)
Riley (Strength)
Judd (Aerobic)

Youth Players failed to impress over the past month:
Keeling (Tactics)
Laird (Ball Control)
Shelton (Defending)

Award Winners
Bishop Suttons boss wins the November award, Joel Sutton ends up 3rd in voting.

MacroGuru · 10-27-2011, 09:52 PM

Baldwin has been out for 4 months due to a Torn Calf Muscle and he now officially resumes training. He may be able to start playing in the next couple of matches.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Morris / Tooth / Hogarth / Metcalfe
DM Elliot
M Hobbs / Murray
AM Cowan
ST Rungratsamee / Gibb

Subs: Hegarty / Thomas / Woods / Danvers / Porter

Street runs a 4-2-4 and have been picked to lose at home due to their recent struggles at home.

Match Time

1' Actually 23 seconds into the match, there is a quick move from Cowan to srping Rungratsamee free. He strikes an amazing shot into the net....GOAL! Odd Down is up 1-0.

4' A long pass from a Metcalfe counter and it sets Gibb and Rungratsamee up for a 2 on 1. Gibb brings the ball up the right side and lofts the ball up. Rungratsamee hits it with the header sending it into goal for the score! GOAL! Odd Down is up 2-1

8' Hobbs to Cowan, sets up a great move and shot by Cowan it is blocked by the Street keeper and the rebound is cleaned up by Gibb. GOAL! Odd Down is now up 3-0.

16' A crossing corner from Street's McKenzie is headed over the goal.

Half: Gibb was injured just as time expired at the half and will be subbed by Danvers. Metcalfe is replaced by Porter. The half time talk was all about not letting their performance drop.

85' Cowan brings the ball from close to midfield all the way into the box, dribbling through several tacklers. His shot misses to the left.

88' Hobbs sends a long kick from the right corner towards the far post. Hogarth rises in the air with the header and sends it into the right corner of the goal. GOAL! Odd Down is up 4-0.

92' A stupid penalty by Hogarth as he takes down the streaking Street player and is immediately issued a red card for his tackle from behind.

93' Reynolds lines up for the shot from the free kick and it goes wide right.

Street 0 : 4 Odd Down

Statistic	Street	Odd Down
Shots	7	10
On Target	1	5
Off Target	3	2
Blocked Shots	3	3
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	0	3
Long Shots	6	1
Possession	48%	52%
Corners	4	2
Free Kicks	21	17
Throw Ins	16	25
Fouls	13	13
Offsides	4	8
Passes Completed	61%	64%
Crosses Completed	21%	22%
Tackles Won	58%	65%
Headers Won	54%	78%
Yellow Cards	1	1
Red Cards	0	1
Kilometers Run	99.6	100.7
Average Rating	5.66	7.51

What a great start to the game. Street wasn't expecting a quick tempo as we have been playing a slow paced game of late. This tempo shift caught them off card initially. Once they corrected they managed to keep the ball away from us for a lot. This was a great win and the team was informed they had a sensational performance.

The Goal of the Match was the 1st goal of the game by Rungratsamee.

MacroGuru · 10-28-2011, 06:55 PM

Weekly Notes

The quick goal by Rungratsamee last week, the one in the 19th second was a record for fastest goal in the league.

Banton has resumed training after being out for 7 weeks due to a strained knee.

New Signing for the midfield, Joseph Boakye from Ghana.

Match Notes

My smack talking that was made in the press this week turned into the fact I think this match is supposed to be a walk in the park and it wasn't anything close to that.

Boakye will come off the bench. With Baldwin healthy we might see some players shift down to the reserve squad. Wright is called up to be a sub for defense with Hogarth serving his suspension.

Corsham runs a 4-4-2 and has had difficulties on the road. Because of this, the Downers are picked to be winners at home.

Odd Down Lineup
GK Rusling
D Morris / Porter / Tooth / Metcalfe
DM Elliott
M Hobbs / Murray
AM Woods
ST Rungratsamee / Gibb

Subs: Hengarty / Boakye / Banton / Baldwin / Wright

Match Time

9' James Gibb is injured and the Downers are forced to sub quickly. In comes Baldwin, about 51' earlier than planned.

19' A quick pass from Hobbs to Rungratsamee has him alone with the keeper. The keeper blocks the shot and turns it into a corner kick.

24' Stuart Elliot is knocked out with an injury. Joseph Boakye is subbed for Elliot and moved up into the MF, the team has now shifted to a 4-3-1-2.

28' Hobbs leads Woods into the box and Woods sends this one home to the back of the net! GOAL! Odd Down is now up 1-0

37' Kamara lines up for the free kick for Corsham. It's a great pass towards Fullam who is unmarked and heads it into the goal. GOAL! Game is tied 1-1

45' Fullam receives a low crossing pass from Heath. Rusling is able to turn the shot and Porter clears it for a corner.

Half: Rungratsamee was injured at the end of the half and has to come off. They are attacking our strikers and pounding them. Woods moves up to Striker and Banton will replace Rungratsamee. This sucks, we have used up our subs and the defense will be worn out by the end of the game.

46' Hobbs has another great leading pass, this one for Baldwin who takes it into the box and shoots from about the spot, sending it low and into the left corner of the net. GOAL! Odd Down is up 2-1

55' Banton receives a long pass from Metcalfe. He spins and makes a quick pass to Baldwin who volleys it right into the goal. GOAL! That is Baldwin's second of the game! Odd Down is up 3-1

66' Kamara has a corner kick and sends it to Murtagh who was unmarked and pushes it into the goal. GOAL! Corsham closes within 1, 3-2

69' Banton sends a great cross from the corner and Tooth heads it. It just goes over the cross bar.

71' Baldwin hits Woods on a great pass. Woods is fighting with his defender moving the ball towards the net. He stutters, setting his defender off the mark and fires from about 28 m out and it screams by the keeper for a goal. GOAL! Odds Down moves up 4-2

74' Porter takes Wickham down, Colliding with him in the air. The referee issues Porter a yellow card for rough play.

83' Boakye heads a pass to Woods, leading him enough to get in close but his shot sails on him.

86' Scott Metcalfe is hit with a yellow card for taking down a Corsham player.

89' Hobbs is injured and has to come off. This will leave the Downers down a man with 3' of injury time.

91' The first yellow card of the match is issued to Corsham, Wilkes was the player that was hit with it.

92' A free kick from Tooth bounces off the wood work and Boakye hits the rebound into goal! Wait, Boakye is hit with offsides? I'm confused on this one.

Odd Down 4 : 2 Corsham

Statistic	Odd Down	Corsham
Shots	8	3
On Target	5	3
Off Target	3	0
Blocked Shots	0	0
Woodwork	1	0
Clear Cut Chances	3	3
Long Shots	2	0
Possession	53%	47%
Corners	4	2
Free Kicks	9	18
Throw Ins	33	25
Fouls	15	6
Offsides	3	3
Passes Completed	70%	56%
Crosses Completed	20%	37%
Tackles Won	78%	61%
Headers Won	76%	55%
Yellow Cards	2	1
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	90.2	87.7
Average Rating	7.28	6.17

Match Analysis
What a brutal game. I don't think Corsham was there to play footy, it looked more like a mugging the entire game. They were tackling fierce, cleats up and 4 injuries in one game is proof to that.

Baldwin is healthy that is good. Woods does quite well as a striker. Boakye coming in and adding his flair was decent. We will have to see how bad our injuries are.

Goal of the Match was Baldwins goal at the 46' mark.

MacroGuru · 10-28-2011, 09:10 PM

Weekly Notes

Physio comes back, James Gibb damaged his spine in the game and will be out for at least 2 to 3 months. Stuart Elliot tore up his knee and will be out for 3 months.

Joe Johnson is back to full health.

Match Notes

The team may be shifting into some uncommon formations when subs come in. But for now, the will be running the 4-1-2-1-2.

Bristol is running in a 3-4-3 formation and is very attack oriented. They have played poorly on the road lately and since it is a home game for the Downers, they are picked to win.

It's a snowy, blustery day.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Morris / Tooth / Hogarth / Metcalfe
DM Wright
M Boakye / Murray
AM Woods
ST Baldwin / Rungratsamee

Subs: Hegarty / Hobbs / Banton / Danvers / Porter

Match Time

14' Metcalfe plays give and go with several of the Odd Down players up the right flank, finally he sets it up to send a through pass to Runratsamee. The defender nicked it and set Rungratsamee out of position, he sends it through to Baldwin who volleys it into the net! GOAL! Odd Down is up 1-0

18' Baldwin takes it across the top of the box and shoots, missing the goal.

40' Chris Tooth is issued a yellow card for holding a Britsol player.

41' A great pass to Beech was for not as he was whistled for offsides.

Half: No needed subs yet at the half and the talk was set towards encouraging the players to keep it up.

54' A misplayed ball by Murray has McGrath set up wide open in the box. Quick thinking by Tooth creates a corner kick.

55' McGrath sends a great pass from the corner to Ngwa and he volleys the shot over the top.

59' Metcalfe sends a long pass down the right flank to Rungratsamee who rushes to the ball, breaks free and send the ball to the left of the goal.

62' Woods moves the ball, to the top left corner of the box and it shoots for the upper left corner of the goal and it sinks in. GOAL! Odd Down is up 2-0.

70' Ngwa has a break away run and he centers it, the pass is partially blocked but Bird manages to get his head on the ball. Rusling covers it and gets the save. Woods is moved to the striker position and Banton is subbed in for Baldwin and is the AM.

79' Rungratsamee is worn out and Danvers is subbed for him. Hobbs is subbed for Boakye.

82' Wright sends a great cross from his free kick and Hogarth heads it towards goal and the Bristol keeper makes an amazing save and turns it out. Corner kick.

84' Another great cross off of a free kick to Hogarth and a header. This time right to the keeper.

85' Ngwa was wide open moving into the box. His shot caught Rusling out of position but it hits the wood work and Hogarth clears it.

87' Ngwa is left running for a long pass and Tooth takes him down in the box. He is lucky to not get a card. Hiner lines up for the penalty kick and he boots it over the net. He let the moment get to him!

Odd Down 2 : 0 Bristol MF

Statistic	Odd Down	Bristol MF
Shots	12	8
On Target	4	1
Off Target	3	4
Blocked Shots	5	3
Woodwork	0	1
Clear Cut Chances	2	3
Long Shots	2	2
Possession	55%	45%
Corners	6	7
Free Kicks	9	8
Throw Ins	31	33
Fouls	6	8
Offsides	3	1
Passes Completed	72%	67%
Crosses Completed	25%	20%
Tackles Won	85%	63%
Headers Won	66%	84%
Yellow Cards	1	1
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	99.4	97.3
Average Rating	7.15	6.33

Match Analysis

Not a bad game in some nasty weather. The possession was pretty lopsided in favor of the Downers up until about the 80th minute. That is when Bristol went into overload mode to attack.

Baldwin and Woods score again and it is definitely great to be able to reload at striker without missing a beat with losing Gibb.

This was the last match for the Downers of the year. next match is on New Years day.

Goal of the match was the first goal by Baldwin

MacroGuru · 10-28-2011, 10:28 PM

January News and Notes

Frickley makes Woods bid and we promptly counter and he decides to stay.

Wellingborough goes after team captain Joe Johnson, we let him go as we do not play with a MR or ML. He signs with them for $35 a week.

Porter is immediately promoted to captain and Tooth to vice captain.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	For	Ag	G.D.	Pts
1st	Odd Down	17	13	1	3	42	12	+30	40
2nd	Dawlish	17	11	4	2	38	16	+22	37
3rd	Wellington	17	11	3	3	31	19	+12	36
4th	Bristol MF	17	10	3	4	39	19	+20	33
5th	Bishop Sutton	18	9	6	3	34	22	+12	33
6th	Barnstaple	17	7	4	6	29	22	+7	25
7th	Longwell Green	17	7	4	6	19	21	-2	25
8th	Bitton	17	7	3	7	32	29	+3	24
9th	Ilfracombe	17	6	4	7	20	22	-2	22
10th	Brislington	17	6	3	8	35	37	-2	21
11th	Hallen	17	5	6	6	26	32	-6	21
12th	Street	17	5	5	7	35	37	-2	20
13th	Corsham	17	5	5	7	25	31	-6	20
14th	Wells	17	5	5	7	23	31	-8	20
15th	Willand	17	6	0	11	26	41	-15	18
16th	Radstock	17	5	3	9	27	44	-17	18
17th	Welton Rovers	17	5	2	10	26	34	-8	17
18th	Sherborne Town	17	4	2	11	34	46	-12	14
19th	Larkhall	17	3	1	13	21	47	-26	10

We currently sit in 1st and have 8 goals ahead of everyone with the goal differential. We have several teams breathing down our necks, the scary one is Bishop Sutton, they have won and tied a lot and do not lose.

Important January Dates

1/1 - Wells (Western Premier)
1/8 - Bishop Sutton (Western Premier)
1/15 - Hallen (Western Premier)
1/25 - Dawlish (Les Phillips Cup)
1/26 - Western League Les Phillips Cup Semi Final Draw
1/29 - Ilfracombe (Western Premier)

Training Report
Players that trained well the past month
Baldwin (Tactics)
Gray (Tactics)
Banton (Aerobic)

Players that failed to impress the past month
Danvers (Strength)
Morris (Attacking)
Woods (Defending)

Youth Players that trained well the past month
Wiles (Strength)
Laird (Aerobic)
Bentham (Aerobic)

Award Winners
Dawlish Town's Chris Meyers won the Western Premier Manager of the Month award while Joel Sutton of Odd Down finished in second in what was a tight battle.

MacroGuru · 10-28-2011, 10:57 PM

Weekly Notes

Trying to stave off bids from higher division teams looking to poach our players to secure their spot.

Match Notes
Wakeman was called up from the reserves as a just in case move. Gray was called up because he is going to be the new DM for a while.

Wells runs a 4-2-4 and are picked to be major underdogs in this match against the Downers.

Odd Down Lineup
GK Rusling
D Morris / Tooth / Hogarth / Metcalfe
DM Gray
M Woods / Murray
AM Banton
ST Baldwin / Rungratsamee

Subs: Hegarty / Porter / Boakye / Danvers / Hobbs

Match Time

4' Well's Martin hits a beautiful header toward the top right corner of the goal. Rusling does everything in his power to tip it over the goal.

23' A great header off of the long pass from Metcalfe and Baldwin is whistle for offsides.

34' Banton moves the ball and is quickly around his defender. His shot hits the side of the net.

40' A great move by Rungratsamee leaves him open for the pass from Murray. He takes the pass and is left alone against the keeper. His shot, just misses the goal.

Half: Metcalfe is subbed by Porter due to his yellow card. Murray is subbed by Hobbs due to the same reason.

50' Rungratsamee fires a 6m shot at the goal and the keeper can only turn it away and out for the corner kick.

76' Rungratsamee gets a great pass from Baldwin and his shot hits the wood work and is cleared out.

82' Tooth sends a screaming pass to Boakye and he turns and fires quickly. His shot hit the wood work and was collected by the keeper.

92' Jack Morris and Boakye scramble to an open Wells player in the box and he dives! Morris is called for the penalty and the ball goes to the spot. An injured Martin lines up for the shot and he scores! Wells is up 1-0!

Wells 1 : 0 Odd Down

Statistic	Wells	Odd Down
Shots	5	8
On Target	2	3
Off Target	2	4
Blocked Shots	1	1
Woodwork	0	2
Clear Cut Chances	1	4
Long Shots	3	1
Possession	44%	56%
Corners	3	3
Free Kicks	18	14
Throw Ins	20	24
Fouls	11	13
Offsides	3	6
Passes Completed	62%	70%
Crosses Completed	11%	21%
Tackles Won	67%	76%
Headers Won	58%	60%
Yellow Cards	0	5
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	99.5	103.7
Average Rating	6.76	6.63

Match Analysis

This loss is a tough one to swallow. We pretty much dominated this game and to have a win given to them by a PK hurts and Joel will probably be reprimanded, fined or suspended after this press conference. 5 yellow cards to us and nothing to Wells smells like home cooking.

As we all know what the only goal was, I will not upload it.

MacroGuru · 10-29-2011, 09:24 AM

Weekly Notes

So Joel receives a stern warning from FA and the board to keep his gob shut about the officiating.

Right now Porter, Morris, and Boakye are bringing interest in from other clubs. Harrogate Railway ponied up an offer on Woods, and the Down quickly countered.

Players injured Gibb, Elliot and youth Luciani, Bentham.

Match Notes
The players are pissed and want to make up for their piss poor performance against Wells. They do need to do it as Bishop Sutton is 5th and Odd Down is tied for 1st and hold onto it because of GD. The last meeting between these teams the Downers won 3-0.

Bishop Sutton are a bit taller and stronger than our squad so that is going to have the Downers keep the passes down.

Bishop Sutton runs a 4-5-1 defensive lineup and the match is predicted to go either way.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Morris / Porter / Hogarth / Metcalfe
DM Hobbs
M Boakye / Murray
AM Banton
ST Rungratsamee / Woods

Subs: Hegarty / Wright / Cowan / Baldwin / Tooth

Match Time

16' Bishop Sutton lulls the Down defense to sleep with back and force passing then they send a deep one for Sperring to run under. He gets the ball, takes it into the box and lobs his shot over a rushing out Rusling. It's a goal! GOAL! Bishop Sutton is up 1-0

26' Bishop Sutton's Baker is issued a yellow card for tripping Murray.

32' A corner kick straight to Bishop Sutton's Eastwood goes off the head, off the wood work off the back of the diving keeper and into goal. GOAL! Bishop Sutton is now up 2-0

35' Woods shoots from the top of the circle and misses.

39' Sperring receives a low pass from Baker. His volley is blocked by Rusling but he gets the rebound and puts it into the net. GOAL! Bishop Sutton is up 3-0.

Half: Rusling is being replaced by Hegarty. The players were told in no certain order they were horrible in the 1st half and that more is expected of them in the 2nd.

45' Hogarth sends a deep pass to Woods who has his lane cut off in the box. He still shoots smartly and hits a Bishop Sutton player to get the corner.

46' Corner Kick from Banton is sent to Hogarth whose header goes over the net.

49' Woods receives a pass in the box, spins and shoots. Furniss turns the ball out and it's a corner kick.

56' Baker receives a great pass from Hawkins. His header is blocked by Hegarty and cleared out by Metcalfe.

59' A long pass from Morris down the left flank has Rungratsamee and he sends the cross to a streaking Woods who volleys it into the net. GOAL! Odd Down scores and bring it to 3-1. Banton is subbed by Baldwin and Woods steps back to play the attacking mid.

73' A sub is called. Wright comes in for Boakye. He will move to the defensive mid and Hobbs will step up to the mid.

Odd Down 1 : 3 Bishop Sutton

Statistic	Odd Down	Bishop Sutton
Shots	7	8
On Target	3	3
Off Target	3	4
Blocked Shots	1	1
Woodwork	0	1
Clear Cut Chances	1	2
Long Shots	0	4
Possession	61%	39%
Corners	8	1
Free Kicks	16	10
Throw Ins	26	27
Fouls	7	15
Offsides	3	1
Passes Completed	71%	60%
Crosses Completed	23%	42%
Tackles Won	47%	74%
Headers Won	57%	69%
Yellow Cards	0	4
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	96.6	97.8
Average Rating	6.41	7.05

Match Analysis

A disappointing performance by the Downers and especially their defense. Hogarth was atrocious and he let everything and everyone by him. We held possession yet could not score when we had chances. Bishop Sutton wanted this one more than our guys did. They were informed it was a disappointing performance.

Goal of the Match was Bishop Suttons 17th minute goal by Sperring.

Taz13 · 10-29-2011, 09:38 AM

Great read and sorry I am late to the game, but man I need to stop reading and start playing the game myself. :-) All of these FM stories are amazing and really do help promote the game. I just hope that I can figure it all out.

MacroGuru · 10-29-2011, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taz13

Great read and sorry I am late to the game, but man I need to stop reading and start playing the game myself. :-) All of these FM stories are amazing and really do help promote the game. I just hope that I can figure it all out.

Thanks! The best piece of advice I can give you is to take it one step at a time. Jump into it and use the assistant to guide you initially, then you will get the hang of it. It took me a little bit to get there but I love this game, it's very deep and drags you into the game.

MacroGuru · 10-29-2011, 10:24 AM

Weekly Notes

Woods has decided he wanted to stick around and has agreed to tell the other teams to go to hell for now.

Match Notes
Hogarth will sit due to his performance and attitude in private chat. He may be brought in off the bench. Gray gets the start at DM.

Hallen plays in a 4-4-2, they are a taller team and are picked to be the underdogs in this match.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Morris / Porter / Tooth / Metcalfe
DM Gray
M Boakye / Murray
AM Woods
ST Rungratsamee / Baldwin

Subs: Hegarty / Danvers / Hobbs / Banton / Hogarth

Match Time

10' Baldwin receives a floater from Banton in the corner and his header is sharp and to the lower right corner but Conolly is there and clears it out.

27' Hallen's Oliver has a point blank shot against Rusling and he blocks it and his defense clears it.

38' On a throw in deep into the box, Hanley fouls Rungratsamee as he is going for the ball. Referee is pointing to the spot. Penalty Kick! Woods lines up for the shot and drives it in low to the right. GOAL! Odd Down is up 1-0

42' Morris with a long pass down the left flank leads Rungratsamee with enough room to set a perfect floater to a diving Baldwin who heads it into the goal. Odd Down is now up 2-0!

46' It's a long pass from Boakye to Baldwin. As Baldwin is rushing to it, his defender Carragher slide tackles knocking the ball to center where Woods is and he strikes the ball into the right side of the net. GOAL! Odd Down increases their lead 3-0.

61' Hobbs comes in for Boakye

72' Banton comes in for Rungratsamee and takes the role of AM while Woods move up to ST. Danvers comes in for Baldwin at ST.

73' Bishop Sutton's Oliver fires a shot from the top left corner of the box going just wide.

77' Oliver sends a cross to Hay in the middle of the box who puts it in past Rusling. But wait! It's offsides! The goal doesn't count.

78' Banton to Danvers and Danvers shoots, but he doesn't get it all and the ball sails to the left.

86' Banton to Woods on a give and go at the top of the box and Banton is all alone against the keeper and sends it in. GOAL! Odd Down moves the count up and the lead is now 4-0.

Hallen 0 : 4 Odd Down

Statistic	Hallen	Odd Down
Shots	6	10
On Target	1	5
Off Target	2	2
Blocked Shots	3	3
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	0	3
Long Shots	4	2
Possession	47%	53%
Corners	5	3
Free Kicks	11	11
Throw Ins	20	23
Fouls	11	8
Offsides	1	3
Passes Completed	68%	67%
Crosses Completed	25%	11%
Tackles Won	76%	72%
Headers Won	55%	71%
Yellow Cards	0	0
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	96.6	99.7
Average Rating	6.07	7.57

Match Analysis
A pretty even game throughout out, Odd Down players just made the best of their chances in this game. The win was needed and boosted morale for most of the team.
No injuries and no cards make this game even better for the Downers.

The Goal of the Match was the last goal by Banton

MacroGuru · 10-29-2011, 12:06 PM

Weekly Notes

New Mills offered Woods, Odd Down countered and Woods has selected to stay. Following this up is an offer for Durham, Odd Down have countered and are waiting for Woods decision.

Match Notes
Hogarth will be back in the lineup this game. Everything else is pretty much the same as the last match. Last time out against Dawlish they did beat Odd Down 3-1 and because of this, the Downers are underdogs at home.

Dawlish runs a 4-4-2 attacking formation and are looking to move on into the cup.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Morris / Tooth / Hogarth / Metcalfe
DM Gray
M Boakye / Murray
AM Woods
ST Rungratsamee / Baldwin

Subs: Hegarty / Danvers / Porter / Banton / Hobbs

Match Time

8' Vicary shoots and misses.

32' Boakye shots from the top of the left corner of the box and misses.

Half: No subs, just telling the players they need to score 1 more goal than Dawlish.

46' Woods shot is rocketed towards goal and blocked by the Dawlish keeper and the rebound is cleared.

57' Tooth is replaced by Porter.

71' Banton is replacing Rugratsamee and Hobbs comes in for Murray who received a knock.

89' Vicary has his shot blocked by Rusling. Cleared out by Metcalfe

Extra Time: Players are told, we need just one more goal.

95' Creaney sends a great pass from the corner and squires tries to volley it in. It is blocked by Rusling and Banton clears the rebound.

96' Morris sends a great centering pass to Baldwin, he is exhausted and his move is to slow and his shot is stopped by the keeper.

113' Lawley sends a shot to goal, It's a weak strike and floats to Rusling and he easily catches it.

Penalty Kicks

PK1:
Dawlish - Lawley lines up and shoots it in. Goal! 1-0
Odd Down - Gray lines up and shoots it in. Goal! 1-1

PK2:
Dalwish - Lartey lines up and his shot hits the cross bar!
Odd Down - Baldwin lines up and it's in! Goal! 1-2

PK3:
Dalwish - Vanson lines up and strikes true. Goal! 2-2
Odd Down - Porter lines up and drills it home. Goal! 2-3

PK4:
Dawlish - Vicary lines up and his strike is wide!
Odd Down - Woods lines up for the win and he hits it! GOAL! MATCH! 2-4

Odd Down 0 (4) : 0 (2) Dawlish

Statistic	Odd Down	Dawlish
Shots	6	9
On Target	2	4
Off Target	1	3
Blocked Shots	3	2
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	1	1
Long Shots	0	4
Possession	53%	47%
Corners	2	4
Free Kicks	19	25
Throw Ins	25	39
Fouls	19	16
Offsides	6	3
Passes Completed	69%	66%
Crosses Completed	35%	7%
Tackles Won	81%	48%
Headers Won	80%	47%
Yellow Cards	1	1
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	136.9	138.9
Average Rating	6.76	6.71

Match Analysis
What a back and forth match. The players on both sides were physically exhausted. They ran a total of 138 km's. Odd Down were lucky to have stopped the barrage of shots and attacks coming from Dawlish. Rusling played great.

When it came down to PKs there was slight arrangement as the second strongest PK shooter was moved to the 4th spot for a potential scenario of winning the game due to missed shots. What a move by Joel Sutton.

MacroGuru · 10-29-2011, 01:12 PM

Weekly Notes
Pretty exciting week for the Downers as offers flew in and out of the club house.

Woods has 2 offers from other clubs, Frickley and Durham plus Odd Down saying we want you to stay.

The big win came when Joel contacted Birmingham City about a youth player they have, Scotsman Fraser Kerr, he is a 19 yr old Defenseman and when they said he is available for loan, it was kind of like, well could we loan him for the rest of the season. Birmingham City came back, why the hell not....We now just have to convince him to play for us.

Hegarty, Porter, Morris, Murray and Boakye have also drawn a bunch of interest. If we can keep this team together before the end of the season I will be shocked.

Match Notes
From scouting and playing against Ilfracombe previously we know they do not handle the 4-4-2 that well so that will be the tactic going into the game. Looking to hit and score a lot of goals this match. The guys are a little tired after the last match.

The last match was a 0-0 draw against Ilfracombe and we need to get the 3 points.

Ilfracombe comes out in the 4-1-4-1 formation and the game is predicted to end in a draw. It is also a cold snowy day.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Hegarty
D Wright / Porter / Hogarth / Tooth
M Cowan / Hobbs / Murray / Banton
S Woods / Rungratsamee

Subs: Rusling / Metcalfe / Morris / Baldwin / Boakye

Match Time

10' Great crossing pass from Banton in a free kick on the lower right corner. Hogarth volleys it and it is blocked and cleared.

11' Cowan sends it in to Woods, his volley misses the net.

16' Tooth sends it in to Rungratsamee and he shoots and it is blocked. It doesn't matter though as he is whistled for offsides.

23' Strudwick passes to Adams who shoots and it sails over the goal.

30' Banton sends a great cross from the left corner. Murray stretches with his leg attempting the volley and trips up a defender and is called for the foul.

33' Hobbs passes to Banton who is wide open heading into the box, he must have been excited because his shot went to the right of an open net.

Half: Baldwin subs in for Woods who is exhausted. The team is told that they can win this match.

46' Goodfellow passes to Davis who shoots from 30m out and misses.

51' Powell fires at goal from the top right corner of the box. Hegarty was lucky to block. He turns it out and it is a corner.

52' Peter Adams is issued a yellow card for his aggressive tackle on Banton.

55' Hobbs has a shot blocked by a defender he gets the rebound and sends it back but it is saved by the keeper.

63' Morris is in for Banton and Cowan moves to the MR.

66' Tooth sends a great pass into the center. Morris' header hits the wood work and the rebound is cleared behind the goal. Corner kick.

69' Hobbs sends a good pass to Cowan and Cowans shot is blocked and there is a scramble for the ball in the box and Cowan is whistled for a penalty.

75' Boakye comes in for Hobbs.

81' Morris brings the ball in from the left side and his shot goes wide.

92' Cowan picks up an injury and is off the field. Odd Down is down a man.

94' Rungratsamee is taken down in the top right corner of the box, the Downers feel like it was penalty and the play continues on.

Odd Down 0 : 0 Ilfracombe

Statistic	Odd Down	Ilfracombe
Shots	11	8
On Target	4	3
Off Target	3	4
Blocked Shots	4	1
Woodwork	1	0
Clear Cut Chances	5	0
Long Shots	3	7
Possession	53%	47%
Corners	8	2
Free Kicks	16	18
Throw Ins	30	25
Fouls	16	15
Offsides	2	1
Passes Completed	73%	67%
Crosses Completed	23%	0%
Tackles Won	62%	56%
Headers Won	38%	86%
Yellow Cards	1	1
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	100.2	99.7
Average Rating	6.63	6.85

Match Analysis

A tough pill to swallow here. The Downers had the bulk of the chances here and they could not convert on them. They were tired from the last match and were just not good enough against Ilfracombe. There wasn't a need to berate them, they played their hearts out so sympathy was the route that went here.

MacroGuru · 10-29-2011, 01:31 PM

February News and Notes

Coming into February we have Kerr telling us to go get stuffed and Woods is still committed to us.

Important games this month for us.

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	For	Ag	G.D.	Pts
1st	Dawlish	22	14	6	2	47	19	+28	48
2nd	Wellington	22	13	6	3	41	24	+17	45
3rd	Odd Down	21	14	2	5	47	16	+31	44
4th	Bristol MF	22	13	5	4	50	27	+23	44
5th	Bishop Sutton	22	12	6	4	44	26	+18	42
6th	Bitton	21	9	4	8	39	36	+3	31
7th	Longwell Green	22	9	4	9	27	30	-3	31
8th	Barnstaple	22	8	6	8	36	30	+6	30
9th	Ilfracombe	22	8	5	9	25	28	-3	29
10th	Brislington	22	8	4	10	43	46	-3	28
11th	Corsham	22	7	6	9	32	38	-6	27
12th	Wells	22	7	6	9	30	41	-11	27
13th	Willand	21	8	0	13	30	45	-15	24
14th	Radstock	22	6	5	11	31	49	-18	23
15th	Street	22	5	7	10	38	45	-7	22
16th	Welton Rovers	22	6	4	12	31	39	-8	22
17th	Sherborne Town	22	6	4	12	37	48	-11	22
18th	Hallen	21	5	7	9	27	41	-14	22
19th	Larkhall	22	3	5	14	28	55	-27	14

Dawlish holds a 4 point lead over us and we play Wellingtom and Dawlish this month. It's our month to secure the league.

Important February Dates

2/5 - Wellington (Western Premier)
2/12 - Brislington (Western Premier)
2/19 - Longwell Green (Western Premier)
2/26 - Dawlish (Western Premier)

Training Report
Players that trained well over the past month
Hobbs (Tactics)
Wright (Aerobic)
Carr (Tactics)

Players that failed to impress over the past month
Gray (Attacking)
Banton (Strength)
Woods (Strength)

Youth Players that trained well over the past month
Keeling (Strength)
Smith (Aerobic)
Shelton (Aerobic)

Youth Players that failed to impressed over the past month
Pembleton (Strength)
Bentham (Aerobic)

Awards
Dawlish's Head Coach wins the Boss of the month award for January

MacroGuru · 10-30-2011, 08:31 PM

Weekly Notes

Woods received bids this past week from Frickley, Durham and Gosport. Odd Down countered with an offer as well. The Downers can't pay him, but he is being promised he is a key player.

Gibb and Elliot still are not 100%

Match Notes
Wellington runs a 4-4-1-1 and this game should be a pretty fairly even game. There is nothing big as far as changes for the match except Tooth is not involved this week.

A couple of milestones here...Rusling hasn't allowed a goal in 216 consecutive minutes and Rungratsamee hasn't scored in 601 minutes.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Morris / Porter / Hogarth / Metcalfe
DM Gray
M Boakye / Murray
AM Woods
ST Rungratsamee / Baldwin

Subs: Hegarty / Wright / Banton / Danvers / Hobbs

Match Time

1' Deeks shoots and Rusling blocks. Metcalfe clears for corner.

2' Porter is issued a yellow card for tripping.

12' Whelan shoots towards goal and it goes over.

16' Deeks receives a pass and shoots, Rusling blocks but it doesn't matter as Deeks was offside.

24' Morris sends a floating pass into the center and Baldwin is streaking in and heads it into the net. Goal! Odd Down is up 1-0

29' Dugdale with a centering pass to Jones who volleys and his shot is blocked by Morris and Rusling scoops it up.

31' Murray goes for the tackle and cleanly steals the ball from Brunt. Brunt turns around and attacks Murray, elbowing him in the face....RED CARD! Wellington is now down a player.

Half: No changes are made, the team is encouraged to go out there and keep it up, Rungratsamee is pulled aside and it is let known his performance is disappointing.

47' In a counter attack from a goal kick, Rungratsamee is left one on one with the keeper. He shoots and the shot is blocked and cleared.

60' Rungratsamee is subbed by Banton. Woods moves up to striker and Banton moves to the AM spot. Danvers is subbed in for an injured Baldwin.

61' Murray shoots for goal from 25m out and it just skims the cross bar and goes over.

79' Keith Wright is subbed in for Gray.

86' On a botched header to clear a centering pass from the box, Wright collects and brings it up to the top of the box from about 20m and shoots. It screams into the net between the keeper and the wood. GOAL! Odd Down is up 2-0

89' Metcalfe is injured and has to go off. It is now an even man match.

Wellington 0 : 2 Odd Down

Statistic	Wellington	Odd Down
Shots	3	9
On Target	1	4
Off Target	1	3
Blocked Shots	1	2
Woodwork	1	0
Clear Cut Chances	1	2
Long Shots	2	3
Possession	35%	65%
Corners	3	4
Free Kicks	11	12
Throw Ins	18	19
Fouls	10	6
Offsides	2	5
Passes Completed	66%	81%
Crosses Completed	16%	20%
Tackles Won	76%	70%
Headers Won	68%	53%
Yellow Cards	2	1
Red Cards	1	0
Kilometers Run	92.6	99.1
Average Rating	6.27	7.19

Match Analysis
What a tightly called game. Once we realized how the ref was going to call the penalties and went lightly with the tackles. I don't know what got into Brunt on Wellington's side but that was a brutal elbow and Murray might have a broken nose from it.

Unfortunately, there wasn't the ability to take advantage of the man down until the match was almost over.

The win was much needed and we will have to see where we land now and where Dawlish is at.

Goal of the Match was Baldwin and the first goal of the game.

MacroGuru · 10-30-2011, 08:33 PM

Quick question for those following...do you like the youtube vids of the goal of the match for each match? Or does that bog the thread down for loading?

Portiere · 10-30-2011, 10:09 PM

I would advise only posting video when a really exception or important goal has been scored.

MacroGuru · 10-31-2011, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Portiere

I would advise only posting video when a really exception or important goal has been scored.

I was thinking that as well, if then....because it's bogging down this second page...I asked because we are almost onto the 3rd page.

MacroGuru · 11-01-2011, 03:03 PM

Weekly Notes

Gosport, Durham and Frickley are continuing to bug Woods and the Downers are continuing to counter.

Match Notes
In the prior meeting, Odd Down won 2-1. Brislington is looking to draw even with this. Brislington is running a 4-1-2-2-1 formation and is set to attack from the get go. They have also traveled poorly and because of this they are picked to be the underdog in this match.

Rusling has not conceded a goal in 306 minutes of soccer. If Danvers is brought on he will have appeared in 25 career league matches.

Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Morris / Porter / Hogarth / Metcalfe
DM Hobbs
M Boakye / Murray
AM Banton
ST Woods / Baldwin

Subs: Hegarty / Tooth / Cowan / Danvers / Wright

Match Time

5' McGloshan with a shot on goal for Brislington misses.

13' Murray shoots on goal and it sails over the bar.

26' Baldwin is the recipient of a long pass by Woods. He has to rush down to get under it and he does. He is one on one with the keeper, he shoots and the keeper barely gets a hand on it and it goes over the net for a corner.

30' Morris fires a shot from the top of the box and it hit's post, rebounds off the keeper and into the net. GOAL! Odd Down is up 1-0.

Half: Baldwin received card as did Hobbs close to the end of the half. Baldwin is subbed out by Danvers and the goal is to hope Hobbs can last with the card until about the 65th minute. The team is encouraged to keep it up.

66' Tooth is subbed in for Metcalfe and Wright is subbed in for Hobbs. Murray has a yellow card and will have to risk it for the rest of the match.

69' A deep free kick by Wright is sent to Hogarth who heads his shot over the goal.

74' Banton steals the throw in and quickly passes it to Woods. He led him enough to get Woods ahead of the defense and he shoots, scoring from about the topof the box! GOAL! Odd Down is up 2-0!

Odd Down 2 : 0 Brislington

Statistic	Odd Down	Brislington
Shots	10	3
On Target	5	0
Off Target	2	2
Blocked Shots	3	1
Woodwork	0	0
Clear Cut Chances	1	0
Long Shots	1	2
Possession	51%	49%
Corners	6	2
Free Kicks	7	13
Throw Ins	35	33
Fouls	11	7
Offsides	2	0
Passes Completed	69%	68%
Crosses Completed	8%	9%
Tackles Won	73%	70%
Headers Won	62%	68%
Yellow Cards	3	1
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	92.6	88.9
Average Rating	7.07	6.25

Match Analysis

Morris scores his first ever league goal for Odd Down and this will make the fans who have been excited about his play gush even more on it. Woods leads the team in goals and just added another to his total.

Man of the Match

Odd Down DL Jack Morris (8.00 Rating)

MacroGuru · 11-03-2011, 02:04 PM

Weekly Notes
The positive news of the week is that the Downers were able to get a commitment from Woods as he had a barrage of offers again from Frickley, Durham and Leamington.

Stuart Elliott has returned to full training as well after being out for 2 months dues to Torn Knee Ligaments.

Match Notes
This is the second meeting between these clubs this season. The first meeting had Odd Down take the match with a 3-1 win.

Elliott if needed will come in as a sub as he still is not at 100%. Gibb and Woods will be starting at the striker spot which should give the Downers some power up front.

Longwell Green runs a 4-1-4-1 defensive type of formation. They are picked to struggle against the Downers.
Odd Down Lineup

GK Rusling
D Morris / Porter / Hogarth / Metcalfe
DM Gray
M Boakye / Murray
AM Banton
ST Woods / Gibb

Subs: Hegarty / Wright / Elliott / Baldwin / Hobbs

Match Time

12' Hogarth misplayed a clear out from a long pass to Tehrani. Tehrani took the pass and dribbled to the box, he was converged upon by the defense which forced him to shoot. His shot went wide.

21' Hogarth receives a great kick from the corner by Banton. His header is sent wide.

28' Woods has a great shot after a nice low pass from Murray. Woods shot hits the top of the wood work and is cleared. Boakye scoops up the pass by Gray and sends it into goal and it is caught.

33' The Longwell keeper misplays a pass and Gibb swoops in to the ball as he kicks it Anderson sticks his foot out and deflects it out behind the goal. It's a corner kick.

34' Murray's shot goes wide.

Half: Banton is struggling and isn't playing well, so Woods will drop back to AM and Baldwin will come in for Banton and play ST.

53' A long pass from Porter to Gibb has him scrambling to the ball in the box. He has the ball and Obi slides in taking out Gibb's legs. Penalty is called and the referee points to the spot. Woods with the shot and he sends it home! GOAL! Odd Down is up 1-0

58' Boakye sends a great pass to Hogarth from the corner and Hogarth's header goes off just the top of the wood work.

59' A pass from Metcalfe to Baldwin sees his diving header go just wide.

61' Boakye rifles a shot from the top of the half circle and it is barely turned by the keeper. Corner Kick.

77' Elliott comes in for Gray and Hobbs comes in for Woods and becomes a 3rd midfielder.

Longwell Green 0 : 1 Odd Down

Statistic	Longwell Green	Odd Down
Shots	5	10
On Target	1	3
Off Target	3	6
Blocked Shots	1	1
Woodwork	0	2
Clear Cut Chances	0	2
Long Shots	3	4
Possession	46%	54%
Corners	4	10
Free Kicks	13	13
Throw Ins	27	17
Fouls	12	12
Offsides	2	1
Passes Completed	68%	65%
Crosses Completed	14%	13%
Tackles Won	67%	71%
Headers Won	74%	55%
Yellow Cards	0	1
Red Cards	0	0
Kilometers Run	103.2	101.8
Average Rating	6.58	6.93

Match Analysis
Not a pretty game as the Downers controlled the ball a lot and had the shots. They could not generate anything in close as the Longwell Green defense clamped down.

Woods played great until he wore himself out. Elliot came in and took a knock with time winding down, so we do know he isn't 100% yet.

There could have been more made out of this match but the 3 points are what counts.

Man of the Match

DR Jack Morris (7.6)

10-22-2011, 12:40 AM	#52
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	So now the issue of being an amateur team is starting to creep up on Joel. Paying teams are starting to eyeball Pritchard, Porter and a few others. The only thing Joel can do is give them a specific talent and worth to the club and hope they take it. Right now, everyone has been pretty content. __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

10-22-2011, 10:32 AM	#57
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	Important Dates in October 10/2 - Longwell Green (Western Premier) 10/5 - Welton Rovers (Les Phillips Cup) 10/6 - Western League Les Phillips Cup 3rd Round Draw 10/7 - Somerset County FA Premier Cup 2nd Round Draw 10/9 - English FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round 10/9 - St. Andrews (FA Vase) 10/10 - FA Vase 2nd Round Draw 10/16 - Radstock (Western Premier) 10/20 - Dawlish (Western Premier) 10/23 - English FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round 10/23 - Larkhall (Western Premier) 10/30 - Barnstaple (Western Premier) A little congested at the beginning of the month but thins out towards the end. Let's hope the players can keep it up. The training report came back and Danny Partridge is miserable and not doing anything solid. Joel approaches Danny and tells him he is going down to Reserves due to the poor performance, Joel also tells Danny he needs to step it up to training and Danny get's defensive. Joel tells him tough and Danny storms out of the meeting. __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

10-22-2011, 11:49 AM	#59
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	Some quick news... Finally find someone worth signing. A Thai striker named Rungratsamee, he is a lot like Gibbs and has some serious speed. At 15 yrs 332 days, Odd Down Midfielder Ashley Smith is the youngest player ever to start and play in a Western Premier game. At 16 yrs and 80 days, Christopher Lever is the youngest ever goal scorer for Odd Down. __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

10-23-2011, 09:41 AM	#69
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	Tom Murray's decision game down and he is being suspended for 2 more matches due to his violent tackle. Important Dates in November 11/3 - Dawlish (Western Premier) 11/6 - English FA Cup First Round 11/6 - Willand (Western Premier) 11/9 - Bath (Somerset Premier Cup) 11/10 - Somerset County FA Premier Quarter Final Draw 11/13 - Bitton (Western Premier) 11/20 - Welton Rovers (Western Premier) 11/27 - English FA Cup Second Round 11/27 - Sherborne Town (Western Premier) 11/30 - Portishead Town (Les Phillips Cup) The schedule is congested up top and thins out in the 2nd half of the month. __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

10-24-2011, 08:11 AM	#72
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	Several U18's were called up to the senior squad to replace some of the talent that is under performing. Coaches are saying let Morris and Thomas go and I'm sticking to my guns, they helped us get to where we are, we don't dump players because they under perform. Players well receive 1 week off of training, they have to get into game shape fast. A cup game against Bath is coming up as well. __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

10-22-2011, 10:12 AM	#55
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	Nice little run going, I haven't played this mod since FM 09, where would you get promoted to next season if things continue?

10-25-2011, 09:01 PM	#77
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	Goal differential is great, I have a feeling that will come in handy by seasons end.

10-29-2011, 09:38 AM	#89
Taz13 n00b Join Date: Aug 2008	Great read and sorry I am late to the game, but man I need to stop reading and start playing the game myself. :-) All of these FM stories are amazing and really do help promote the game. I just hope that I can figure it all out.

10-30-2011, 08:33 PM	#96
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	Quick question for those following...do you like the youtube vids of the goal of the match for each match? Or does that bog the thread down for loading? __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

10-30-2011, 10:09 PM	#97
Portiere Mascot Join Date: Oct 2010	I would advise only posting video when a really exception or important goal has been scored.

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