{"id":8330,"date":"2017-03-10T06:30:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T06:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/?p=8330"},"modified":"2017-03-09T19:32:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T19:32:05","slug":"gonna-fun-2-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/2017\/03\/gonna-fun-2-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Gonna have some fun 2.13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned in my previous post, the Israeli Premier League splits in two after 26 matches. Because we made the cut, we\u2019re now safe from relegation.<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly, because we\u2019re now in a mini-league consisting of the top six teams, we\u2019re now in with a chance of qualifying for Europe \u2013 the top three (or, if one of them wins the cup, the top four) qualify.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the top three teams are through to the semi-finals of the cup; we\u2019re only three points behind the team in 4<sup>th<\/sup>; and there are 30 points still to play for. Sounds exciting, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p>But it isn\u2019t. We\u2019re not going to qualify. We\u2019re in relegation form: one win (and 8 points) in the last nine. We\u2019ve just been taken apart by Maccabi Haifa, 4-1. We were awful.<\/p>\n<p>We have only two players injured, but they\u2019re our best strikers and their out for the season.<\/p>\n<p>In the window I sold one striker and loaned out another. I was intending to bring one in, but failed. That leaves us with one striker \u2013 Idan Golan, on loan from Hapoel Haifa.<\/p>\n<p>I blame the manager.<\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019ve nothing to lose \u2013 we can\u2019t go down \u2013 so I\u2019m going to have some fun. I\u2019m going to play with our new formation, which I\u2019ll need to tell you about, and see where it gets us. 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