County League - Animo et Fide
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A fortunate break to see the leaders slip up and you were able to take advantage of it. Hard to believe someone can go 159 games without an assit. You would think they would get one by accident in that many games.
@LABoog4 wrote:A fortunate break to see the leaders slip up and you were able to take advantage of it. Hard to believe someone can go 159 games without an assit. You would think they would get one by accident in that many games.
Yeah maybe so. But I do actually find it hard to get assists from the centerbacks. Goals come from time to time, from corners etc, but it's not often I succesfully drive up the ball from those positions to create a goal.
Three in the lead, two will earn automatic promotion while the third will be forced to play-offs and miss promotion all together. Better not be that third team, that would make it feel sour: this is where the excellent defensive record comes in to keep you in 2nd for now. However, you could make it easier on yourself to score more than 1.57 goal avg. per game.
@Danimal5981 wrote:Three in the lead, two will earn automatic promotion while the third will be forced to play-offs and miss promotion all together. Better not be that third team, that would make it feel sour: this is where the excellent defensive record comes in to keep you in 2nd for now. However, you could make it easier on yourself to score more than 1.57 goal avg. per game.
That's true. One of the three teams will be left disappointed and could end up with Crystal Palace in the playoff maybe. 3rd place finish in the league, and perhaps Palace make a push to end in 6th? That could be a terrible fate for the one missing out on the automatic promotions.
You're also right about the fact that my defence is carrying me for the time being. I've failed to score in 6 games this season, four times 0-0 and two 0-1 defeats. So a few more goals would work wonders for me, no doubt.
Your team is sounding like mine. Solid defense that is keeping you in games but the attack is letting you down. Avoiding the playoff has to be the main goal now, winning the league secondary.
@LABoog4 wrote:Your team is sounding like mine. Solid defense that is keeping you in games but the attack is letting you down. Avoiding the playoff has to be the main goal now, winning the league secondary.
Absolutely. In my mind there isn't the big difference between finishing first and second in a lower league tier as League One. Promotion is key, first or second place is not important.
Tricky: three in the lead and right now your defence is decisive.
But you're not first in terms of wins, or in terms of scoring goals.
- @JustinCase0110
8 goals in the last 3 matches. Looks like scoring form has returned on time. Scoring is improving and defense is staying strong. I think you are the new favorites for the title at this point.
QPR and Crystal Palace are major disappointments.
@Danimal5981 wrote:Tricky: three in the lead and right now your defence is decisive.
But you're not first in terms of wins, or in terms of scoring goals.
Absolutely. Been successful in avoiding defeat, so my big number of draws mean that both wins and losses are lower than those of my rivals.
@CO88LER5 wrote:
8 goals in the last 3 matches. Looks like scoring form has returned on time.Yes, certainly a sign of a better attacking output. I was awful in the last game though, still can't fathom how I won that so comfortably on the board.
@LABoog4 wrote:Scoring is improving and defense is staying strong. I think you are the new favorites for the title at this point.
QPR and Crystal Palace are major disappointments.
I think so too. But it's been a little up and down for us, Blackburn and Coventry lately, taking turns to be number 1, 2 and 3. It's pretty close and very exciting. A few poor results, and the others will take the lead!
QPR are disappointing, yeah, but I'm speechless over Palace. That's not what I expected from them...
Funny, for the position of right back my final choice was between Bonnah and Afolayan. He was (still is) on my shortlist, as in my career a washlist of players will be a year before contract's end soon (which means it's time to extend or sell).
It is hard to make signings in the third tier that will make fans happy. Either the player is not good enough, or he's unheard of in most cases.
@Danimal5981 wrote:Funny, for the position of right back my final choice was between Bonnah and Afolayan. He was (still is) on my shortlist, as in my career a washlist of players will be a year before contract's end soon (which means it's time to extend or sell).
Afolayan as a right back? Interesting. He's listed as a winger or CF, so I hadn't considered using him that defensively. I have removed him from the front for the most part, often playing him as the RAM in my current formation. But I hadn't considered him in more defensive positions than that.
@LABoog4 wrote:It is hard to make signings in the third tier that will make fans happy. Either the player is not good enough, or he's unheard of in most cases.
Yes, most players on my shortlist are listed as unavailable, possibly because League One is a step down for most or all of them.
Originally I was probably happy about staying in League One for two seasons, before taking another step up. But the above mentioned situation has certainly pushed to my eager to take that step as soon as possible.
- @JustinCase0110 Beginnin to look like a procession to the Championship.
Good progress in the cups, too.
@CO88LER5 wrote:
Beginnin to look like a procession to the Championship.
Good progress in the cups, too.Yes, absolutely. I have quickly gone from being in no rush to force the promotion to soon to now really wanting it as soon as possible. The last two transfer windows have been disappointing in terms of not being able to sign 80-90% of the players on my shortlist. And these players just grow, becoming more expensive and perhaps out of reach, before I get the chance to sign any of them. The downside of wanting a slow climb, I suppose...
Uuuuh, that's tight, tight, tight!... (Tuco Salamanca, Breaking Bad)
Production is up but it is still your near perfect defence that is making the difference.
- @JustinCase0110
You'll find that, in the Championship, no player is 'unwilling to move'. Or, at least, hardly any.
It's one of those cliffe edge things.
Been there so many times in the past.
@Danimal5981 wrote:Uuuuh, that's tight, tight, tight!... (Tuco Salamanca, Breaking Bad)
Production is up but it is still your near perfect defence that is making the difference.
Absolutely. Hehe, Tuco... Great character. Absolutely love the scene, where WW goes into his office and ends up blowing everything up with some chemical substance. At that point I thought there'd be more of that as the show progressed, but it was still a great show. Better Call Saul too, providing more background stories on the Salamancas, Fring, Mike E and Saul. In some ways I actually think BCS is better than BB.
@CO88LER5 wrote:
You'll find that, in the Championship, no player is 'unwilling to move'. Or, at least, hardly any.
It's one of those cliffe edge things.
Been there so many times in the past.Yeah, this is what I hope, and I think I've used your experiences on the matter as a testament of that. Now I'm eager to get that promotion ASAP, because you've said this a few times. So now it better be the case 😉
