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#181635 The Final
Eric Portapotty
#181583 Pentagon [FM14]
Eric Portapotty
None of them will play any further part in the Egypt Cup as a result.
On the plus side, cash money!
Rested the regulars as a result of the callups and in anticipation of the next cup round.
We weren't in any real trouble (bar a slight spell under pressure near the end), but it'd disappointing that we didn't pull away with a comfortable lead.
Bit early, at least we can get it out of the way earlier.
MORE CASH MONEY
#181557 The Final
Eric Portapotty
Fuck your permissions, of course I'm watching this
#181554 Pentagon [FM14]
Eric Portapotty
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Terribly easy performance, with Hafez putting in an impressive goalscoring display.
It's probably to celebrate this:
It's probably an awful amount of money to pay a 32-year old, but it seems that no money can buy Egyptian setpiece takers any more, so I'll have to stick with what I know.
It's actually a derby (we play in the same stadium), but apparently we've got no real rivalry of any sorts.
#181379 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
#181377 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
Oh yeah, forgot they had a ban, how then can they sign Suarez?
#181368 Susie FC
Eric Portapotty
#181291 Susie FC - The start of something great!
Eric Portapotty
#181160 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
You've a point, but it's hard to say if your title challenge would have lasted so long without Suarez.
Hindsight and all, but still.
I'll bite, please enlighten me.
#181124 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
Well, a couple of muffins and a shepherd's pie during Home Economics class in school, but that's all really.
Fwiw I don't really know how to do either.
#181014 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
#181013 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
Fwiw I slept through it ffs
#180897 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
Will be waking up for that too, can't be worse than the semi considering there isn't actually any football to be played
#180894 Pentagon [FM14]
Eric Portapotty
We return with a match against Koroum, where we were unconvincing, took a lucky lead, then capitulated in spectacular fashion - needless to say the inevitable happened.
Luckily we followed that up with 2 straight 3-goal wins - only to pull another terrible performances out of our arses against El Gouna, saved only by a last gasp effort.
We then won our next 3 games with varying degrees of conviction, to go 6 unbeaten.
Al Moqaoloun had matched our results for the most part, only to falter in the most vital of stages, too leave us with these standings:
Basically, we only needed to match their result in Matchday 33 and we'll be champions - only thing is, we were playing them in said penultimate match:
Excellent show of our credentials - putting the ghost of our last meeting aside and giving them a taste of their own medicine.
Only problem I had with this was that we'd still be second-best if it did come down to head-to-head - not that I needed to care though:
Slightly clutching at straws methinks, when you find that our other trophy was the Super Cup.
Now that's a story.
Last match would be a dead rubber as a result, and I gave it the Instant Result treatment:
Meh.
So we win with a game to spare, but Moqaoloun managed to lose the plot completely and end up third, behind Zamalek, who did well to recover from their mid-season blip to qualify for the CL again.
But look at Al-Ahly, down in 11th - despite having an injury-prone rookie goalkeeper as their only shotstopper, their defence managed a (relatively) respectable 6th in goals conceded - it was their attack that was dire, 6th from bottom!
It's cost them a manager, continental competition for at least the next year and a half, and unless they actually sign another stopper things might get worse.
Players of the season:
Hands down signing of the season, probably my best signing ever.
He was never going to be as good as Mahmoud Ibrahim, but he wasn't here to do what Ibrahim did - he was here to be our set-piece expert.
Averaging a goal or assist a game, I've finally got a proper corner taker.
In fact he's so good I've decided to sign him on a Bosman, at his age it might be a risk but I do feel it's a risk well worth taking.
Player of the Season, but only statistically:
He's broken some records, but it's all good for show only if you don't do it with any sort of consistency whatsoever:
Just look at this, he goes on scoring droughts, then finds a shit opponent, plunders a hatload of goals, and goes around showing off his record numbers.
Not on my watch.
The pretender to the striker's throne has come to the fore, and earned himself a new deal.
Well it'll probably mean a better transfer fee if I'm honest, you can only hold them off for so long.
Now for the Champions League:
Terrible start, but our quality showed as we eventually romped to the finish.
Probably easier, unfortunately we took our foot off the gas far too early.
2nd best team in DR Congo, behind TP Mazembe - which isn't saying a lot, considering they've shared all the league titles between them in this career.
Are they better? Are they worse? Well we'll have to play them to find out:
Rode our luck slightly, but comfortable overall.
Without a doubt the most harrowing 2nd half I sat through, ever.
5 goals up on aggregate and with 2 away goals, you'd think it'd be enough.
Their 1st - "It's a consolation"
2nd - "Another consolation, meh"
After the third you start to get real nerves, then Soliman gets himself sent off to exacerbate our predicament, idiot.
Then their 4th goes in, then a 5th (through a dubious penalty) to set ourselves up for the most agonising finish to a match I've seen.
So the man I've signed to spearhead our CL assault will miss the 1st 3 matches, after which we might not even be in the running when he returns - what a fucking moron.
I wasn't sure about our chances in the group stages, but after that collapse all bets are off - I'll be happy with just the prize money for finishing bottom.
It's not too shabby too, even if all 6 group matches end in defeats and we finish bottom, we still get to pocket around 800k, which is 800k more than what we got in prize money when we topped the group in our previous Confederation Cup campaigns - this truly is the big time.
As usual, Egypt Cup updates match-by-match to follow.
#180845 Semi Finals
Eric Portapotty
#180832 Semi Finals
Eric Portapotty
Feel bad for Vlaar though, looks a decent bloke.
#180769 Semi Finals
Eric Portapotty
#180767 Semi Finals
Eric Portapotty
I'll now take the opportunity to apologise for jinxing this match, fucking awful game.
#180750 Semi Finals
Eric Portapotty
#180723 Semi Finals
Eric Portapotty
#180626 [FM14]Johno's career
Eric Portapotty
What's your new capacity?
#180625 Semi Finals
Eric Portapotty
#180595 Semi Finals
Eric Portapotty
Doesn't help that I've missed all of the knockout rounds having to wake up early for the gym.
#180594 What's the last thing you bought thread
Eric Portapotty
Glaucoma? How old are you?
#180570 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Eric Portapotty
#180486 Semi Finals
Eric Portapotty
#180462 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
Speaking of Everton, I'm surprised they've been quiet in the window so far, considering they are in the EL next season.
#180461 Semi Finals
Eric Portapotty
Fucking A.
#180215 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
Eric Portapotty
Fuck Balague.
#180211 Pentagon [FM14]
Eric Portapotty
Yeah 3 in a row will be nice, then again there's going to be huge pressure on us to deliver, and I'm not too sure that we can prevent a choke.
Would love to, considering he'll be good for top-level football for the next 10 seasons if he develops properly.
I'd need to actually leave Smouha before that though, and that means actually winning the CL in 10 years...
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March youth intake update:
Unbeaten, which is good; dropping points against minnows Suez FC, not so.
Also you'll see that after the Suez draw Abdellaoui dumped 5 against another minnow after I forgot to sub him off when he already had his hat-trick.
Now I'm glad for his goalscoring exploits (that's 9 in just these 6 games) but he could do with more consistent scoring.
Still behind Al Moqaoloun, though it does mean the pressure would be on them, and there is still time.
Zamalek have properly shot themselves in the foot though, now that El Gouna have reeled them in.
But at least they're not Al-Ahly.
Champions League now:
Nervous, but eventually easy.
Easier.
We've met previously a couple of months, a win each in the Confederation Cup group stage.
No idea if they'll be as easy as they were least year, but they are top of the Ghanian top flight, so clearly it's not going to be a thrashing.
Transfers:
Bingo! A no-brainer to insert that clause considering his ability, but on hindsight maybe I should have held out for a bigger to get him, instead of selling him to a middleman club.
Nevertheless, I have to count my blessings, given our financial state.
And I've managed to farm Farouk out, too bad this happened:
Not the best news, but it shouldn't affect him too much, fingers crossed.
Youth intake now:
Not the best, primarily because I already have a left wing prospect, and I was hoping for a defensive prospect to cover for Zakaria's eventual departure.
More like "Dour Kamel" amirite? ....
Basically they have speed, and not much else.
Can I use them? We shall see.