16 down, one week to go, before the short winter brake in the Turkish Super League...
Yes, it was fast and jam packed 16 rounds in the Turkish Super League...
After playing matches on the weekend and weekdays, Turkish Super League's first half will be over after this Wendsday and Thursday...
Yes,the last weekend matches in the first half will take place on Wendsday and Thursday!
Weekend,(week 16),started with Orduspor vs Galatasaray match and Galatasaray had no problem beating Orduspor!
Orduspor, who has no coach at helm, is still shopping for a big name coach in Europe!
They are talking about bringing, Hector Cuper!
Under Turkish coach, in the first seven weeks they earned 14 points in the league and once they reached to third place!
After a couple of weeks with bad score , they sacked their coach Metin Diyadin!
Why?
When are we going to see a team will go full season with their coaches, wheather they are doing good or bad?
Same thing happened at Karabuk too....
And now they are talking and wanting Ertugrul Saglam heads in Bursa too!
How absurd is that?
Any way, looking back to week 16th and recapping in short , Galatasaray and Fenerbahce kept winning and Besiktas loss blood in Samsun with a draw and Trabzonspor still big disappointed!
Like I said in my early blog articles, I see Eskisehir is the fourth play off, team in the Turkish Super League!
There is if,coach Sikibbe, and player DEDE does not leave,Eskisehir!
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In the match if the week, Fenerbahce beat Trabzonspor with only one goal!
Trabzonspor defense caught of guard on Alex's corner where goal came by Mehmet Topuz on a header!
Referee Cuneyt Cakir made a huge mistake on a red card to Trabzonspor player Aykut!
That left Trabzonspor with ten man in the match...
This loss kept Trabzonspor on tenth place with 21 points...
Karabuk vs Mersin match was the most goal score match in the week 16...
Mersin Idman Yurdu, scored five goal while Karabuk scored three goals...
I think, this was the most goal score match in the first half of the season!
Like, I said,last week,Karabuk,Bursaspor and Gaziantep are the biggest disappointments,in the league!
The point differences on top and bottom is not that huge in the Turkish Super League..
So every match for every team is very important the league.....
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Looking at last weekend in the league, the most important match will be played in Antalya!
Where Antalya will host Fenerbahce on Wendsday ...
Galatasaray and Besiktas will be at home...
Galatasaray host Manisa and Besiktas will face Karabuk....
Galatasaray might have problem against Manisa!
Genclerbirligi vs Buyuksehir and Eskisehirspor vs Mersin matches will be very interesting too!
If Mersin wins they could surpass Eskisehir and Gencler vs Buiyuksehir match will be fight for sixth place.....
Overall, there will be a lot of good matches in the last weekend of the Turkish Super League!
I think, Galatasaray will close the the year 2011 , on top of the Turkish Super League...
Galatasaray under Fatih Terim, has been the best team of the first half....
The third time for Fatih Terim, could be charming!
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WEEK16; RESULTS......
16 Dec 2011
FT Orduspor 0 : 2 Galatasaray
17 Dec 2011
FT Ankaragucu 0 : 0 Gaziantepspor
FT Bursaspor 0 : 0 Antalyaspor
FT Eskisehirspor 1 : 0 Kayserispor
FT Karabukspor 3 : 5 Mersin
18 Dec 2011
FT Buyuksehir 1 : 1 Sivasspor
FT Fenerbahce 1 : 0 Trabzonspor
FT Manisaspor 0 : 1 Genclerbirligi
FT Samsunspor 1 : 1 Besiktas
WEEK 17 MATCHES.......
21 Dec 2011
17:00 CET Antalyaspor ? : ? Fenerbahce
17:00 CET Kayserispor ? : ? Ankaragucu
17:00 CET Mersin ? : ? Eskisehirspor
19:30 CET Galatasaray ? : ? Manisaspor
19:30 CET Sivasspor ? : ? Samsunspor
22 Dec 2011
17:00 CET Genclerbirligi ? : ? Buyuksehir
17:00 CET Trabzonspor ? : ? Orduspor
19:30 CET Besiktas ? : ? Karabukspor
19:30 CET Gaziantepspor ? : ? Bursaspor
STANDINGS....
1 Galatasaray 16 10 4 2 26-11 34
2 Fenerbahce 16 10 4 2 24-14 34
3 Besiktas 16 8 5 3 24-17 29
4 Eskisehirspor 16 9 2 5 19-15 29
5 Mersin 16 7 5 4 20-16 26
6 Genclerbirligi 16 7 4 5 21-20 25
7 Buyuksehir 16 6 6 4 21-16 24
8 Manisaspor 16 6 6 4 16-15 24
9 Kayserispor 16 7 1 8 18-17 22
10 Trabzonspor 16 5 6 5 20-20 21
11 Sivasspor 16 5 6 5 23-27 21
12 Antalyaspor 16 5 5 6 13-16 20
13 Bursaspor 16 4 6 6 16-16 18
14 Orduspor 16 4 5 7 13-17 17
15 Gaziantepspor 16 3 6 7 12-16 15
16 Karabukspor 16 3 3 10 18-26 12
17 Samsunspor 16 2 6 8 10-19 12
18 Ankaragucu 16 1 4 11 15-31 7
