I actually meant to post this a couple of days ago but forgot, I did a little test just for my own satisfaction where i was about to play Lyon so i saved it the game before the Lyon game.
I am 4pts clear of Lyon who are 2nd and in the match before and the week leading up to the match i lost
Kevin Gamiero - 2 months
Keisuke Honda - 2-3 weeks
Jeremy Menez - 3-4 weeks
That was expected because in my experience you usually always lose someone to injury in the week or game leading up to an important fixture or fixtures. I was about to come up to the most important part of the season
Lyon - away - in a top of the table clash
Zenit - home - in the Uefa cup
Caen - home - in the league
Zenit - away - in the Uefa cup
Lille - away - in the league
I then saved just before the Lyon game and the following happened in the 3 restarts i did against Lyon
Game 1 - Lost 2-1 - Dominated the game with more shots on goal, target and CCC, Had a man stretchered off, lost a goal in the last 10mins
Game 2 - Lost 3-2 - Dominated the game with more shots on goal, target and CCC, Had a man stretchered off, lost a goal in the last 10mins
Game 3 - Lost 2-1 - Dominated the game with more shots on goal, target and CCC, Had a man stretchered off, lost a goal in the last 10mins
I tried various adjustments in all games to see if that affected the ability to see out the game and come away with a draw but it really seemed that the game had a pre-determined outcome, of course that probably isn't the case but how do you explain the fact i dominated, had a man stretchered off and lost a goal in the last 10mins of every game?
I hear you. I am playing with AFC Telford in the Blue Square North. In the thick end of the season and only the top team is automatically promoted. My fierce rival, Stafford Rangers, is also in the division and leading it and I am playing them twice in 3 games. I am also in the midst of a 12-game unbeaten run, including 4 straight wins.
So, first game I travel away. I lose 2-0, but the nature of the defeat was sour. I had a man sent off for a straight red, then a penalty denied while it was stll 1-0 with 10-men and finally, they injured one of my players after all my substitutions had been made. Fortunately I only conceeded one goal with 9-men playing for around 10 minutes. Bad news, the two guys I lost through suspension and injury were my captain and best centreback and my star striker who also happened to be the league's leading goalscorer.
So I decided screw this, I am now 9 points behind them in the league and that defeat ****** me off, so I was going to save before my next match with them and try and at least earn a draw.
Second game comes around and Stafford are visiting me.
I tried the defensive approach (Stafford have score the most goals, by a considerable distance, and both their strikers are in the top 5 for goals scored and I am short my best defender): 1-0 loss to a late goal.
I tried the attacking approach: 3-1 loss.
I tried control, and after going 3-0 down I threw on a third forward and went overload: 6-4 loss
I tried counter-attack: had a player sent-off while 1-0 down, now really fuming I went overload with only 10 men and surprisingly equalised before conceeding a late goal to lose 2-1. I settled with the 2-1 loss.
I've now given up on automatic promotion, a dozen points a drift of top spot. Point is, I think once this game decides that you are screwed, you are screwed. The nice bit, I now REALLY hate my clubs fierce rivals and have started a war of words with their manager. I pray I go up with them into the Conference Premier so I can get my revenge on them, hopefully winning a game that relegates the bastards.