oneteaminglasgow Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 You fucking p***k, Tam. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Europa Conference League, First Qualifying Round - First Leg An early start to our season in the First Qualifying Round sees us face Larne, so hardly the exotic away day the fans were hoping for. They'll be a relatively decent side, but we've certainly got a chance. At home in the first leg, so really need to put ourselves in a good position. Spoiler That is, without question, the best performance from my Bala side. Genuinely, so much better than they were. Gives us a great shout of making it through to the next round, but I wouldn't put it past us completely fucking it away from home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Europa Conference League, First Qualifying Round - Second Leg Spoiler Job was done in the first leg, although we needed the goals here to see us through. Outplayed a bit, but these things happen. Made it through which is the main thing. Another trip to Ireland, this time Southern. Can't wait. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 You going to persevere with Bala until you get TNS out on their ear or you reckon it's too big an uphill battle? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 hour ago, djchapsticks said: You going to persevere with Bala until you get TNS out on their ear or you reckon it's too big an uphill battle? I’ll just stick it out with Bala. Don’t think there’s any other teams in Wales I’ll be better placed with than them, and the thought of leaving and having to start over again is a bit depressing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Europa Conference League, Second Qualifying Round - First Leg Spoiler Disappointing loss, but we're not completely out of it with the away goal. It could, and should, have been better as we missed a 89th minute penalty. As it is, we need a 2-0 to see us through. Doable but difficult. They were a pretty good side to be fair to them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Europa Conference League, Second Qualifying Round - Second Leg Spoiler Aye, damage was done in the first leg, but for the second season running we don't get past the second qualifying round. We were good, but the boy Hanratty was just too good for our defence, and they basically seemed to score whenever they fancied. Oh well, onto the real stuff for us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Transfers 2028 First the outgoing players - one retiree, and a couple of guys who didn't play punted. Then there's some guys wo also don't play going on loan, which is fine. Nothing really lost in that lot, I think they got about 4 starts between them last season. Had a quiet summer as I struggled to find the right balance of good enough to actually improve the squad, and poor enough to actually entertain joining me. I'll start with Vasilis Magalios, a centre midfielder. He's a good player, and although he hasn't started much yet, I expect that he'll work his way into the team soon enough. He's a good passer which is nice, and his teamwork is excellent. Spoiler Stefano Magistro, a young centre half, joins to give us another option there. He's also undre 19, and I need to have 2 under 19 players in the squad in all my league games, so he'll be handy for that. Spoiler Last signing was Ifan Savage, a right back who will be my second choice there, but give me an option there. My first choice right back had long periods of being shite last season, so will be nice to be able to drop him when that happens again. He looks basically fine, if unspectacular. Spoiler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 August 2028 Well, that is an unexpected delight. Beating Connah's Quay could be huge, and help lay down a marker. We struggled a bit against Queens Park, but got the win in the end, so yeah it's all going swimmingly. Obviously, TNS have won all their games as well, but all we can do is win ours and see what happens. Top of the table for now though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 September 2028 Two really big disappointments this month - an absolute disgrace of a performance against Cardiff Met, and then throwing away a 3-0 lead against Barry. Other than that, the month went fine. We lost to TNS as per usual, but they didn't seem quite as dominant, so who knows. They still haven't lost a domestic game in 4 seasons though, so maybe a bit early to be calling an end to their time as Wales' big team. 4 points clear, but they've 4 games in hand as they're in the groups of the Europa Conference which always fucks with the scheduling. I'd say we're doing well so far, but I've already dropped more points than TNS did last season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 October 2028 4 narrow wins, and a thrashing off TNS in the league cup. Pretty standard fare really. Assuming that TNS continue on their current trajectory, they'll be 8 points ahead when we've played the same number of games. So that's fun. At least we're currently 11 points clear of 3rd. We should be comfortably the second best team in the league, providing we don't completely collapse. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 November 2028 We were really quite poor against Bangor. We scored an early penalty, and from there we should have put the pressure on and built on our lead, but just didn't get going. Managed to rescue a draw late on, but it wasn't really good enough. Made up for it in the next two games though. We're facing TNS next month, so that'll be us 7 points behind. An absolute farce having them in the league. They're just too good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 December 2028 The cup game was a bit of a joke playing complete dross, but the rest of the month wasn't what I had hoped for. We actually looked relatively solid against TNS, but the game was over as soon as they scored as we never looked like creating anything. Stole a win against Newtown, and then stole a draw against Flint, before absolutely throwing away a win in the next game against them. Absolutely cruising at 2-1, missed a few great chances, got a guy sent off (while he was waiting to be subbed off) and then fucked it in the last few minutes. We need to be winning those games to have any chance in this league. TNS have dropped some points now, but realistically the league's over for this season. Just need to focus on securing second, and building for next season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 January 2029 First things first, I've made some signings. As I said, the league's gone for this season, and has been for a while so just hoping to get these guys in, settle into the squad and hopefully take me to better next season. First up, Bradley Walker, a 17 year old attacking mdifielder. He looks very good. Really good physical stats, plenty of flair, good technique and solid enough ability. I have high hopes that he'll be an important part of my squad if I'm to win anything in Wales. Spoiler Steven Johnston, who I paid just over 2 grand for from Spartans, is a good centre midfielder. His mental stats look great, and he's got decent technical ability too. Pleased to have him. Spoiler Next up, Gus Rush, an 18 year old striker. He's here to give me some depth up front, and looks like he's just a big battering ram of a player, and f**k all else. That said, despite being really bad at it, he's a better finisher than my current striker, and he got 23 goals last season, so who knows. I probably need better, but he'll do for now. Spoiler Another 17 year old in Kevin Williams is a centre half or right back - I'll use him as the former, I think. Quick for a centre half, no glaring weaknesses (apart from being the least determined player of all time) and plenty of time to improve given how young he is. Spoiler Right, that's my signings. Meh. We were never in any danger of losing any of these games, we just couldn't score against Queens Park, but we're still doing well. 8 ahead of 3rd, which is good. As I said, if we can secure second, that'd be lovely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Wish it was me that had managed this, but for the first time in 223 domestic games TNS have lost a match. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 February 2029 Two good wins, and then two losses against TNS. Although we lost twice without scoring, that's probably the best I've played against TNS, especially the first game when I actually created better chances than them, we just couldn't take them and they've got a boy who's scored 40 goals so far this season. 5 clear of 3rd, 6 games to go. We've still to play Connah's Quay twice, so need to make sure we win at least one of those to secure 2nd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 March 2029 Mixed. Won the 2 games I expected to win, and lost the one I really wanted to win. We were simply outplayed in that game, and really didn't deserve anything. Lead is down to 4 points with 3 games left. Both us and Connah's have TNS still to play, as well as each other. Big final month to grab second coming up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 April 2029 Hmm. I had thought that maybe there was a chance that TNS were starting to slip a little bit - not enough for me to actually win the league yet, but a little bit. Then they dished out an absolute lesson, and dispelled that notion. The final two games went pretty well, don't know what else to say. And that's 2nd place wrapped up. Last season we were 22 points behind TNS, this season it's only 19. Keep going at that rate and we'll be champions in no time! We only actually lost 2 games that weren't against TNS, so that's good. Just need to find a way to not get thrashed every time we play them, and that'll be us sorted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 Europa Conference League, First Qualifying Round 2029 - First Leg A bit better on the away day front this season, as we head to Luxembourg to face Swift Hesperange, a team from a town of 2000 odd people. I think we should be winning this one. Spoiler A good start, and we should absolutely be making it through from this position. The boy McGuire is my new main centre forward, so it was good to see him get a few goals, and we generally played quite well, against admittedly poor opposition. Bodes well though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) Europa Conference League, First Qualifying Round 2029 - Second Leg Spoiler Piece of piss. They were absolutely shite, but pretty pleased with that. For the 3rd season running, we go into the second qualifying round... And for the 3rd season running, we'll be dumped straight out. Oh well. Edited January 15, 2021 by oneteaminglasgow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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