oneteaminglasgow Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 November 2083 Not the best month, with a couple of losses against teams around us in the table and getting dumped out the League Cup. Absolutely thrashed Carrick Rangers though, which was nice. Another negative was that Brian Collins, my top scorer with eight, has torn his hamstring and is out for the next two or three months. Far from ideal. It's still tight in the middle of the table, as I expect it'll be for much of the season. I'd like to think we've already done enough to avoid any sort of serious relegation bother though, so that's something. India We had 10 men for 77 minutes against Nepal, so great to still come through that with a victory, even if it was far from convincing. And another solid win over the Maldives followed. I'll call it now, we'll be playing in the next round of the qualifiers. Hooray for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaspianChris Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 2 hours ago, oneteaminglasgow said: October 2083 Good month. We were 4-1 up against Dungannon before nearly throwing it away, but managed to hold out in the end. Glentoran the only real negative, but they are a side who haven't finished outside the top two in the league for 30 years, and have won the title 24 times in that period - so fair enough really. Portadown are pish, and pleased to still be in the League Cup where we'll be playing Linfield in the quarter final. That's the first third of the pre-split season done now (plus one game) and we're doing pretty well. It's very tight between 3rd and 7th, so still not sure where I think we'll finish - top half is the aim this season, and then see what happens in the European places playoff. As I mentioned above, Portadown are an absolute gang. They've conceded at least two in every single game so far. India A good win in the world cup qualifier against Bangladesh, although it's a game we should be winning every time. And then a friendly win over Northern Mariana Islands - a side who aren't affiliated with FIFA and who appear to be one of the worst international teams on the planet. Should be something of a procession from here. Even worse than San Marino or Andorra 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 December 2083 Well, despite losing my top scorer goals weren't really an issue for us this month, but were incredibly poor defensively. We were 4-1 up against Crusaders before letting it slip to 4-4 and then grabbing the winner. Loughall are a lower league side, so no surprises there. Linfield was one of those games that happens against the better sides - they just blew us away and were five up by half time. Same player got all five, and is currently having this as a season... I'll take the rest of the month. Should have held on for a draw against Dungannon, but oh well. We'll be solidly midtable, which is nice. Shout out to Portadown. Desperate that their first points of the season don't come against me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaspianChris Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 The unstoppable Glentoran 5 points off Europe you never know what can happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 1 hour ago, CaspianChris said: The unstoppable Glentoran 5 points off Europe you never know what can happen. As long as I'm 7th or higher, I have a chance - they've got a playoff for one of the European spots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaspianChris Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Fingers crossed then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 January 2084 I'll start off with the transfer business, and we had quite a few guys out the door. Absolutely none of them are losses, other than from a squad depth perspective. I punted Mullen because, despite being a player who never plays, he had a clause to match my highest earner and I'm not paying him that much to never play. Larry Brown had potential to be a good striker but I have younger, better players too so I'd rather stick with them. Incoming we had just the one, left winger Robert Woods who joins on loan from Cliftonville for the rest of the season. He's here to provide cover. A decent enoygh player I suppose. Lee Forde also made his stay permanent. Spoiler A very busy month, and we've struggled a bit with the schedule of playing twice every week and most of my squad are absolutely knackered. We managed to keep the points ticking over and stayed in both cups, so that's something but our only league win coming against Portadown isn't really good enough, particularly with a loss against Glenavon thrown in there. Three quarters of the season done, and we're in a direct fight with Glenavon to grab the final top six spot. Ballymena are also hovering just behind looking to sneak in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaspianChris Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Glentoran still unbeaten I see. How many games left is there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 11, same format as Scottish Premiership. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 February 2084 Another busy month, and overall I'd say a good one. Just the one loss in the league, against a Linfield team we always lose to, and put out the Irish Cup, but we made the final of the Mid-Ulster Cup and got a few important wins in the league too. The draw against champions-elect Glentoran was also a very good defensive display. So, one more pre-split fixture and we're a point off the top six behind Glenavon. Who's our final match against? Win and we're top six. Nice and simple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 20 hours ago, oneteaminglasgow said: January 2084 I'll start off with the transfer business, and we had quite a few guys out the door. Bryan Adams? Please Forgive Me, but that was a Reckless signing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 March 2084 A nonsense match. They scored after dominating the opening stages of the game, and then we went up straight from kick off to equalise. From their kick off, they gave us the ball, gave away a penalty and we scored from the rebound. Job done though. Top six guaranteed, and we're currently sitting fifth. We'll be in the European places playoff no matter what, but have little chance of doing anything other than try to secure fifth. We also have the Mid-Ulster cup final coming up. India We're really not a very good side, but we did enough in these games to secure our passage through to the final stage of the qualifiers. One more game here to go, and then we'll find out who we've to play to try and reach the world cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaspianChris Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 How many stages are there in the Asian World Cup qualifiers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, CaspianChris said: How many stages are there in the Asian World Cup qualifiers? Three - they do a two-legged knockout between the worst ranked teams first, then after that there's two different group stages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 Mid-Ulster Cup final - 2084 Spoiler A really shite game of football, we scored after about 30 seconds and then didn't bother doing anything for the other 119 minutes. Was worried as we've missed a fair amount of penalties this season, but no mistake in the shootout to grab the cup. First piece of silverware here, ideal. I did enjoy this sentence though, as if the two are comparable... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 April 2084 Tough time post split for us, particularly the game against Glentoran which was frankly embarrassing stuff. Linfield and Cliftonville both got late winners against me - had we avoided those then it would have looked a fair bit more respectable. I said after the first month that I'd be delighted with fifth, and I am. Just need to see how the playoffs go, and we could be in the Europa Conference Legaue. That's good stuff. On another note, Portadown made their season a bit less shameful after the split with seven points but that's still one of the worst seasons I've ever seen. 115 goals conceded, just 21 scored, 34 defeats and only eight points. It's no quite Brechin, but it's close. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 European Places Playoff - May 2084 Crusaders won the cup, so it'll be us, Larne, Glenavon and Cliftonville entering the European Placed playoff. Cliftonville are, or at least should be, heavy favourites to qualify, but we'll see how it goes. It's all one leg matches with home advantage for the higher placed team, and we'll be playing Larne in our semi final. Spoiler Ideal. Very much deserved as we dominated throughout and Larne had no real chances to score during the game, so that's nice. Good times to score as well with stoppage time in both halves. Onto the final... Can we do it? Spoiler Nah, pumped. A step too far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 June 2084 Another routine victory in the qualifiers, and a friendly win too. We seem able to completely dominate these games but have a tough time actually breaking down teams and getting goals. Oh well. Comfortably through to the next stage, where we'll be facing... A tough one. I should be at least the fourth best side, ahead of Syria and Singapore, but China, Japan and Iran will be extremely tough. Fourth place still has a chance to qualify, so that's the target. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 Transfers 2084 Absolutely no losses in there. Good to get quite a few younger guys out on loan, hopefully they'll develop a bit and be useful for future seasons should I need them. And some good incoming players, hopefully. First up, we have Blaine Magee. A left winger who can also play on the other side, he's a decent enough player and provides a good bit of depth on left wing and cover elsewhere too. I struggled a bit with that last season as the guys I had to put in whenever we had injuries were shite, so good to have him. Spoiler Graeme Nesbitt is a right back, and again he can cover in other positions along the backline. He's defensively solid, doesn't have much going forward but it's very difficult to find fullbacks at this level who are actually good at that so I'll take what I can get. Should be fine. Spoiler Stephen McMenemy is an attacking midfielder on loan from Linfield. He's a very technically gifted player, in a position we really needed to strengthen and which I always find is crucial to my success, Hopefully he'll be good for the season. Spoiler Jonathan McGivern is a right winger, and I think he's better than my coaches think he is. He's good a decent delivery, technique and can beat a man, and he's got reasonable pace too. Work rate isn't great, but hopefully he'll do enough in an attacking sense that it compensates. Spoiler Declan Donnelly is a dreadful TV personality striker, and I'm very pleased with his signing. Frankly, by the standards of Northern Irish football, he should pish it. Has all the attributes to be a real weapon at this level. Spoiler And finally, I've brought back Jonny O'Hare for a third loan spell with us. Left back, you all know the script with him. Spoiler We're not good enough for a real title challenge this season - the aim is European qualification. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 July & August 2084 A tough start - with both of last seasons top two to begin with - and then a really disappointing loss against Ballymena. We've managed to get our season started with a comprehensive win in the League Cup and a good win over newly promoted Newry City. Plenty of improvement to come, hopefully. Need to really get moving up this table soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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