County League - Animo et Fide
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Tough FA Cup draw but a semi-final against Liverpool is a history day for the Hatters. The defense will be tested at Wembley but if you knock out Liverpool, the final is there for the taking.
@LABoog4 wrote:Tough FA Cup draw but a semi-final against Liverpool is a history day for the Hatters. The defense will be tested at Wembley but if you knock out Liverpool, the final is there for the taking.
Absolutely. Had I got Bournemouth in the semi final, I would probably have expected me to beat them and get in the final myself. But Liverpool - and Aston Villa too, reaching the Round of 16 in the Champions League this season - are probably a bit too far ahead.
Finally promotion! Tough Liverpool loss but expected. The team was not embarrassed at Wembley.
I'm excited to see how this team does in the Premier League. It will be a challenge next season for sure but that will make it fun.
@LABoog4 wrote:Finally promotion! Tough Liverpool loss but expected. The team was not embarrassed at Wembley.
I'm excited to see how this team does in the Premier League. It will be a challenge next season for sure but that will make it fun.
Thanks friend. Yes, we're going up to play the big boys. I haven't always had an easy time against Prem teams in the cups, so I do anticipate a heavy challenge ahead...
Great start to the season. The fixtures have been kind, avoiding the upper half teams as you settle into the league.
I like the transfer business. It seems like promoted clubs go a little crazy in windows to try preparing for the upper league and they lose their identity.
Sticking with what got you promoted is a smart choice.
@LABoog4 wrote:Great start to the season. The fixtures have been kind, avoiding the upper half teams as you settle into the league.
I like the transfer business. It seems like promoted clubs go a little crazy in windows to try preparing for the upper league and they lose their identity.
Sticking with what got you promoted is a smart choice.
At least it's an approach I've always liked. A great reward for the players who won the promotion, in stead of buying 40 new ones like Nottingham Forest did.
2 wins in the first 3 league games was quite a bit above expectation. Now I've played a bit further in, it's safe to say that this good form hasn't exactly continued.
The results are back to reality now but I honestly think fans would be happy with this. The losses to the big clubs are competitive games and even some draws mixed in.
The defense is holding up, Villa, Liverpool, United, and Spurs were all held in check. Very good sign that the club will stay up this season.
I'm predicting a cup win and six points from the next round of games.
@LABoog4 wrote:The results are back to reality now but I honestly think fans would be happy with this. The losses to the big clubs are competitive games and even some draws mixed in.
The defense is holding up, Villa, Liverpool, United, and Spurs were all held in check. Very good sign that the club will stay up this season.
I'm predicting a cup win and six points from the next round of games.
Yes, having already played Liverpool, City, Villa (in the CL), United and Spurs, I really can't complain about the current amount of points, drawing against two of them. But it seems like a gap is building from my last win to my next one. Maybe you're right about the upcoming games. Can't expect too much from Arsenal, but Norwich and Palace should be beatable, the latter having just been promoted too.
I think I jinxed you last time by predicting a good run of results and then you went 10 straight without a win. Fortunately things are turning around a bit and results are improving. Beating Leeds three times and then taking a player less than market value from them, Leeds fans must really be upset with you!
@LABoog4 wrote:I think I jinxed you last time by predicting a good run of results and then you went 10 straight without a win. Fortunately things are turning around a bit and results are improving. Beating Leeds three times and then taking a player less than market value from them, Leeds fans must really be upset with you!
Haha, yeah that was a proper jinx. But I appreciate the attempt to guess the outcome of the upcoming fixtures. It didn't quite turn out that way, but results have improved a bit since, so I'm pretty happy about the development all in all.
Leeds is a good little story in the story, turning themselves into a regular UCL side with a lot of top players in their roster: Marquinhos, Gabriel, Inacio, Rico Lewis, Rodri, Rice, Kamara, Ruben Neves, Kubo and Sesko, all with +85 OVR currently. I don't know how they got so impressive, but perhaps it's a result of my initial moving clubs around in the start of this save. So beating them three times was pretty great, and looking at that defensive midfield (Rodri, Rice, Kamara & Neves) it's no wonder that I got to sign the Cohen fellow with a reasonable discount.
A nice draw in the next round of the FA cup. At this point in the season, you should be safe from relegation and you have a very deep cup run as well as a chance for a deep FA cup run.
This has to be considered a successful first season even without a trophy.
@LABoog4 wrote:A nice draw in the next round of the FA cup. At this point in the season, you should be safe from relegation and you have a very deep cup run as well as a chance for a deep FA cup run.
This has to be considered a successful first season even without a trophy.
A nice draw indeed. Brighton have become a quite difficult opponent in recent years, so playing them in the 3rd round wasn't optimal. Bristol City is arguably an easier task.
Trophy or not, I agree that this season is all about survival, so I really can't complain with the relegation zone being continously kept at a distance.
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