Eureka!
Posted 13-05-2009 at 11:31 AM by T-Mills-85
Gentlemen. Last night. I made. A Breakthrough.
I think i am finally understanding the shooting controls. Properly.
Lately i have noticed a significant improvement in hitting the target. Now when i am 1 on 1 with the keeper and it goes out for a throw in (this has happened) it's because im either not concentrating properly or i panic and dont stay calm. The first game i played last night was against liverpool_fifa. He has just joined the manual league as marsielle and wanted to get some practise in with his new team so we had a friendly, as always with manual games it was pretty open. we both had some solid chances, but one Key thing for me was an incident late in the first half. I cut inside from the right wing and hit a hard low shot into the bottom corner. the keeper got down for it, but was only able to push it back at my striker. i took a touch and then fired another shot, this time from a tighter angle. the keeper had come across to cover his near post and easily got in the way of it, but again it fell back to my striker, now only a few yards from the touchline. Third time lucky? No. i fired in another low shot, keeper gets down low and pushes it round the post for a corner.
"wow. well done. you had three bites and still didn't score."
No i didn't. but i managed to make three shots, in VERY quick succesion. ALL on target. all good shots, but tight angles and good keeping stopped them going in. call me sad. but, this was exciting to me.
so, suddenly it looked like i might be able to pose a threat in front of goal. Just in time for my league game against Kappa.
It actually turned out to be a fairly uneventful game. there were a few chances here and there. nothing really conctrete, apart from one chance i had very late on, i cant even remember how it came about, but i ended up chasing down a loose ball 1 on 1 with the keeper. the keeper JUST got there first and cleared it. Then Kappa went on a 5 minute tear and penned me into my own area until the whistle went. 0-0.
So after 3 League matches i have drawn 2 and lost 1. Sat in 6th place. Although i have one game against Wexi still to play, and a win would put me third pending other fixtures. unless i won by 4 clear goals (unlikely) then i would be 2nd on GD.
I rounded the evening off with a blinding game against Shorty Alien X2. i didnt know what to expect after our league game ended 0-0 but it turned out to be a really good game. I scored first with what might have been considered a cheap goal on assisted but hopefully not on manual.
I had both strikers bearing down on goal, shot from the edge of the area as the keeper rushed out, hit the bar and it fell back to my other striker with plenty on space on the other side of the area who smashed it into an empty net. Again 2 shots in quick succesion hitting the target, (its a shame Kappa didnt let me get close enough to really try that against him) Shorty equalised quickly with a good header and we went in 1-1 at half time.
More of the same in the second half. Loads of chances, plenty of good efforts from both. Shorty went 2-1 up with what can only be described as defensive error of the millenium. he broke down the right, tucked inside. fed a lovely low pass across the box that would have found his striker in space around the penalty spot, if my centre backs hadnt decided to both go for it, then confuse each other. it pinged of a shin and past the keeper. It was too funny. i equalised with a clear break on goal, and tidy shot into the bottom corner. and eventually won 3-2. i cant remember what my last goal was like, i was so pleased to have scored it. Great game. I scored 3 which i was really really pleased about. hopefully i can keep it up. but the prospect of starting to put my chances away is brilliant.
Gotta keep it short today. quite busy.
As always cheers for reading.
Tom
I think i am finally understanding the shooting controls. Properly.
Lately i have noticed a significant improvement in hitting the target. Now when i am 1 on 1 with the keeper and it goes out for a throw in (this has happened) it's because im either not concentrating properly or i panic and dont stay calm. The first game i played last night was against liverpool_fifa. He has just joined the manual league as marsielle and wanted to get some practise in with his new team so we had a friendly, as always with manual games it was pretty open. we both had some solid chances, but one Key thing for me was an incident late in the first half. I cut inside from the right wing and hit a hard low shot into the bottom corner. the keeper got down for it, but was only able to push it back at my striker. i took a touch and then fired another shot, this time from a tighter angle. the keeper had come across to cover his near post and easily got in the way of it, but again it fell back to my striker, now only a few yards from the touchline. Third time lucky? No. i fired in another low shot, keeper gets down low and pushes it round the post for a corner.
"wow. well done. you had three bites and still didn't score."
No i didn't. but i managed to make three shots, in VERY quick succesion. ALL on target. all good shots, but tight angles and good keeping stopped them going in. call me sad. but, this was exciting to me.
so, suddenly it looked like i might be able to pose a threat in front of goal. Just in time for my league game against Kappa.
It actually turned out to be a fairly uneventful game. there were a few chances here and there. nothing really conctrete, apart from one chance i had very late on, i cant even remember how it came about, but i ended up chasing down a loose ball 1 on 1 with the keeper. the keeper JUST got there first and cleared it. Then Kappa went on a 5 minute tear and penned me into my own area until the whistle went. 0-0.
So after 3 League matches i have drawn 2 and lost 1. Sat in 6th place. Although i have one game against Wexi still to play, and a win would put me third pending other fixtures. unless i won by 4 clear goals (unlikely) then i would be 2nd on GD.
I rounded the evening off with a blinding game against Shorty Alien X2. i didnt know what to expect after our league game ended 0-0 but it turned out to be a really good game. I scored first with what might have been considered a cheap goal on assisted but hopefully not on manual.
I had both strikers bearing down on goal, shot from the edge of the area as the keeper rushed out, hit the bar and it fell back to my other striker with plenty on space on the other side of the area who smashed it into an empty net. Again 2 shots in quick succesion hitting the target, (its a shame Kappa didnt let me get close enough to really try that against him) Shorty equalised quickly with a good header and we went in 1-1 at half time.
More of the same in the second half. Loads of chances, plenty of good efforts from both. Shorty went 2-1 up with what can only be described as defensive error of the millenium. he broke down the right, tucked inside. fed a lovely low pass across the box that would have found his striker in space around the penalty spot, if my centre backs hadnt decided to both go for it, then confuse each other. it pinged of a shin and past the keeper. It was too funny. i equalised with a clear break on goal, and tidy shot into the bottom corner. and eventually won 3-2. i cant remember what my last goal was like, i was so pleased to have scored it. Great game. I scored 3 which i was really really pleased about. hopefully i can keep it up. but the prospect of starting to put my chances away is brilliant.
Gotta keep it short today. quite busy.
As always cheers for reading.
Tom
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