Quote (zarkadon @ 19 Aug 2017 13:49)
Mallorca's season in the 3rd level kicks off tomorrow morning. We're playing away against Peralada, a team that has spent most of it's 102 year long history below the 4th level, and now be playing their first ever season in the third level. The cause for this improvement is that a decade ago they became Girona's feeder club, and just recently they've officially become their b-team, changing their name to CF Peralada-Girona B.
So now they have some interesting players from Girona, which should make them a decent team on paper, but they're not expected to be a rival for the top teams in the group. Hope we can kick off things with a win.
Mallorca has gone through a complete overhaul this summer. We've either sold, released or refused to extend the contracts of all but 4 of our players from last season, so it's a really fresh start (which is exactly what we needed). The 4 players we kept were also among our top 6-7 players last season, so it's great that they stayed, even if they had offers from top Segunda clubs. To be honest I know fuck all about the signings we made, because most of them are players with a long record in the third level, but apparently they're among the best in the division. And, as I said in this thread 2 months ago, our new manager has also a positive and proven experience in Segunda B... so things look promising. Too bad they also looked well last summer and we ended up crumbling and relegating ffs,... but alas, let's hope this all works out well this season.
Promoting is a must, and our immediate goal is to top our group. Looks like the also recently relegated Elche will be our main rival, because they too have made some neat signings, but there will be other threats on paper like our city rivals Atlético Baleares (they're very experienced in fighting for promotion to Segunda), Alcoyano (so are they), and the b-quads of Valencia and Villarreal (both ofc backed by Primera teams). It's imo the most demanding group of the division.
Unfortunately, many of the games won't be on tv, so I'll miss out on many of our games this season :(
Peralada 0 - 1 Mallorca
Damn, we had to relegate to the third level to finally win our first game of the season, 6 years after we last did so (when we were playing in Primera) ffs.
Pretty easy albeit boring win. Peralada parked the bus big time, even while losing, up until the last 5 minutes of the games. I guess that these kind of games will be our bread and butter, and the real difficulty we will face in most matches; lots of teams will lock themselves up, making it really hard for us to score.