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#258732 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
Sherwood
#258731 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
#258663 [FM14] Pentagon - Redux
Eric Portapotty
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*and everything in between
Preseason wasn't anything special, we didn't turn on the style till the final match as shown.
That said, we did bring that style to the Supercup:
Ok, maybe not but we did fully exploit playing the 4-6-0 against a 4-4-2.
We let them control the play through their defenders, but managed to intercept balls to their midfielders to go on the counter at speed.
Well of course there's a lot that can go wrong with voluntarily conceding possession:
Case in point - Zamalek we much more intelligent with their system and played a DM in front of their back 4, preventing us from breaking the way we did previously. As a result we were under constant pressure from the get-go, and eventually crumbled; humble pie indeed.
Transfers wise it's not too bad, there's the aforementioned Shehata and 3 loan deals - though business could have concluded earlier than on deadline day itself...
A surprisingly good option down the right, when Mahmoud Ibrahim is needed up front.
Not that he showed it against Zamalek, but he showcased some of his ability against Al-Rajaa.
Excellent business, managing to secure the services of a proper fullback for once, from Inter too.
Provides some sort of cover on the left wing as well.
He was very, very last minute - I'd been chasing another Moroccan rightback throughout the window but he kept playing hardball, so I had to settle if I were to even think of attempting a 3-5-2 this season.
The bad news is that it's only for 3 months, so he won't even play to the January window.
#257707 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
#257549 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
#257546 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
#257541 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
#257523 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
I agree that the Arsenal fans on there are short-sighted and fickle idiots
#257520 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
Magnificent acting there.
#257507 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
Revenge.
#257495 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
#257459 [FM14] Pentagon - Redux
Eric Portapotty
This is where the save last stopped: http://sortitoutsi.net/content/get-comment/157850
Though we didn't draw Damanhour again, thank goodness for that:
As a result we didn't choke this time round and went on to win the whole thing instead.
Anyway... what's different now?
I decided to stop faffing about with the Akoto experiment (forcing him to play in defence when he's really an AM) and go for actual quality.
For this same reason Yao stays, I can't have too much upheaval in the defence while Salah Amin (as we all know) will be rubbish for the foreseeable future.
Unfortuately I decided to keep Yao after signing his replacement:
He's a proper handful in the air (like Yao) and has good defensive ability, but you can't help but feel that only one of them was needed here, not both.
No matter, it might help any prospective change to a back 3.
But I digress - since this is a fresh start, I thought I'll do things differently:
- Stop finishing 4th and win the title earlier;
- Refrain from signing disruptive cancers (cough Georges Bamba cough);
- And delay the financial apocalypse.
And of course win the bloody Champions League title.
Some things won't change because they've been tried and tested (Abdellaoui) but on a whole it won't be the same.
#257095 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
Being able to walk doesn't mean shit, I fractured my 5th metatarsal at 12 and could walk home initially.
#256597 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
#256426 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
If anyone's interested, Lee Kuan Yew's funeral procession.
I was there, helping to close a lane and attempting to control the crowd.
#255912 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
Granted I've never been spat on but it sure as hell won't cause excruciating pain or injury.
#254870 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
#254861 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
#254855 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
#253048 What Are You Listening To?
Eric Portapotty
#246673 The Italian Football Thread
Eric Portapotty
Since when did we become major players in world football?
#246496 The Armoury
Eric Portapotty
#243505 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
Can't say they didn't deserve it, we've been second best to every ball today.
#243489 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
Pace abuse there from Welbeck there.
#241631 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
#241516 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
The Military Policemen do help the (proper?) police with patrol and stuff like that yeah.
Fuck no, it's fucking dangerous
#241512 The Ganja Trail - A Caribbbean Adventure
Eric Portapotty
Before the commencement of this current stretch of games I had a you intake to look forward to:
This is Lisimba Matthew:
And this is everyone else:
Suffice to say it's a fairly dour intake, not one player I can pick out who'll be an eventual starter.
I took the step of terminating some of the candidates' trials, before the HoYD could step in and (as is the norm) sign everyone up - this is who we retained in the end:
All the fullbacks have pace which will be useful, the strikers are there because Austin Robinson is now completely unreliable, Mitchum can take a corner, and I'll take a punt on the HoYD's pick.
I've also played out the season, which I have to say is starting to feel like a procession, a routine even:
I'm not going to go into details, but basically I've starting to realise that I don't actually know how to play FM.
Terrance leader finished his season in wretched fashion, making a number of embarrassing errors, most significantly giving Conaree Utd a late equaliser.
I've then fallen out with him and how he's on the transfer list.
A plus would be the emergence of Jevon Liburd - the youth graduate came into the team because of Lisimba Gumb's injury and Robinson's incompetence, and rewarded my desperation with a couple of goals.
A humiliating conclusion to an extremely frustrating season, didn't foresee Robinson and Leader to drop the ball the way they did, and the rest of the team was at their inconsistent best.
However, in spite of all the rumours regarding my job and the club's financial troubles:
I managed to secure a new deal - incredible, wonder what I'll have to do to get sacked at this rate.
Fuckers don't deserve a cent.
Player of the season:
Lisimba Gumbs gets the nod by virtue of being our top scorer and least unreliable striker.
Unfortunately for us his playing time was limited by his injury and fitness issues.
Can't disagree with that, I'll be amazed if I'm still here this time next season.
#241406 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
2 years, served almost 5 months already.
#239788 The Ganja Trail - A Caribbbean Adventure
Eric Portapotty
What a shameful 1st half here, though it says a lot about our season that it probably wasn't the worst half we've been through so far.
Lisimba Gumbs threatened to mount a credible comeback, but our defence wasn't going to letthat happen.
A much better defensive performance, only to be thwarted by a setpiece right at the end of the 1st half.
Gumbs couldn't repeat his previous (almost-)heroics, while Austin Robinson was just hopeless as a sub:
have no idea what's happened to him, my guess is that he's caught his wife having an affair.
We took an early lead and kept it that way, so Security Forces decided to spend the rest of the game breaking our legs, finishing with 17 fouls.
Another early lead, though this time we couldn't keep it that way.
We were desperately lacking in strike power here, and it took a really unfortunate own goal to secure us a point.
So that's either 5 points from 15 or unbeaten in 3 - they say that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but our football certainly isn't pretty at the moment.
I deserve to be on the brink to be honest, though the finances actually are at this point, burning most of the cash in upgrading facilities has proved to be the anti-masterstroke on my part.
#239510 The Ganja Trail - A Caribbbean Adventure
Eric Portapotty
Yet another annoying stalemate, compounded by the fact that the penalty was regarded as controversial by most circles.
This one was all our own fault, starting so well only to go into the break level is just the worst.
2nd half had us looking over our backs and trying not to concede, which might as well be so since we couldn't score anyway.
We're still in the playoffs, but looking at the games in hand that our main rivals have against us it's not too reactionary to say that our season has gone tits up.
It really is a shame that this team can't put in consistent performances throughout a season.
We also has a cup tie to play out, and with our form who better to meet than giants Newtown United?
Says a lot about this month that our best performance in the past couple of weeks ended in a loss.
We defended with competence, and somehow has 52% possession and 11 shots despite being primarily set up to play on the counter.
Of course, a non-clinical strikeforce couldn't be expected to score against Newtown, and we eventually blinked first, missing our 1st penalty.