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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: The State of Insanity
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My god, Steve Sampson posts here???!??! (ok, if you're not a hardcore USA Soccer fan, you won't get that, it's ok ![]()
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#1602 | |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Far from home
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The guys I played a lot were in their mid 20s so no real problem there. There wasn't any explicit indication that the heavily played players were getting tired. It was just an intuitive sense that their performance seemed to drop some towards the end of the season. I'm thinking my lack of depth forced me to play them and subsequently may have cost us a shot at promotion. |
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#1603 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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Me likey the 4-4-2 attacking diamond
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#1604 |
College Starter
Join Date: Dec 2001
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I'm still on WWSM 2005 (will probably buy WWSM 2007), but wanted to post something.
My latest game is with Gretna in the Scottish league. Wanted a quick ascendency type experience. Anyway, this weekend in one of my Second Division matches my keeper scored from his own 18-yard area. Gathered the ball and booted it deep. My striker pressured the center back and keeper into a misplay at the edge of the other box and the ball trickled in as two defensive dots scrambled after it in a desperate attempt to clear it off the line. All these matches I've played and yet another first. My 2nd Div Gretna club is 20W, 2D, 1L and on our way to the 1st Div. Fluke loss, but oh well. ![]()
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#1605 |
College Starter
Join Date: Dec 2001
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dola -
My chairman is ambitious and well-financed for the level. But he ticked me off a little in the last transfer window. He told me he wanted to raise our profile by signing a big name. He fails to recognize that we're still a Scottish Second Division side. Surprisingly Ryan Giggs did not want to sign with us. I know, I was shocked. My transfer budget remaining was £4.3M and he was willing to let me go over that on a big name. Sorry, but £4.5M value players aren't going to sign with us, moron. I did sign David Fox formerly of the Manchester United youth system, who is listed as having a national reputation in England. Not good enough, apparently. ![]()
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#1606 | |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Cary, NC, USA
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#1607 | |
College Starter
Join Date: Dec 2001
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That and I haven't gotten a single "the board was delighted with the win" message yet. Even after beating Hearts of Midlothian in the cup. Then again when I won the 3rd Division in the first year it was the first time I didn't get a message regarding the fans' celebrating the achievement. Are my fans that jaded, too? I hope I make the promotion to the premier league next year if that's the case.
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Where Hip Hop lives
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Wanna give more details about that setup? I might be interested in checking something like that out for my Silkeborg Danish league club.
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Cary, NC, USA
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#1610 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2003
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whistles in game?
Been meaning to ask this since it's been going on in my game (WSM disk version) from the beginning and through each patch up to the current 6.03.
Should I only be hearing whistles when a foul or some stop in the action occurs? The thing is I get random whistles while watching my matches in 2d. I do watch the whole 90 minutes with game speed set to the 3\4 mark and the highlights at the halfway mark on the sliders. I very rarely will get a hesitation in the 2d match. The game will stop for maybe a half second. This does not happen every match though. It's so rare it probably only happens once every 5 games or more. I run with full sounds on now but when I first started I used the "smart" sound option. The random whistles still occured either way the sound was set. It's not a big deal but is distracting. I hear the whistle and quickly look down at the pbp to see what has happened only to find nothing, and the game continues normally. Does anyone else (or everyone else) get this same thing? If nobody esle get's this could it be a driver issue on my system? I have onboard sound while the computer is probably 3 years old. I don't believe the sound drivers have ever been updated but haven't had any issues with any other games. Rome TW and Combat Mission would probably be the only other games that see any action on my pc other that FM, EHM with sound. |
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#1611 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: The State of Insanity
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yup, there's some whistles in the sounds they recorded.
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#1612 |
Bounty Hunter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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I think the fans are whistling just to get you to look at the commentary and wonder what happened. Oh, those tricky fans. What won't they do?
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#1613 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
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i always think of them as fans blowing whistles in the stands.
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#1614 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2004
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If an away player the crowd doesn't like is on the ball, the crowd will whistle and/or boo them. Good example is if one player dives for a penaly or goes in for a bad challenge and isn't punished, the crowd will get on their back. Other possibility is if it's near the end of the game and the home side is barely holding on to a lead the crowd will whistle as if they are the ref calling the game to end.
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#1615 |
Bounty Hunter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Wow, I just accepted the England U21 manager position. Why they'd hire an American who's running a League One squad is beyond me, but I'll take it. Now I have to resist the temptation to put a bunch of my youngsters on the squad. There are much better kids in England than the ones on my team, but I really want a couple of my players to get some experience against good competition.
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#1616 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Thanks guys for the answers. Guess I overthought that
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Head Coach
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Whittier
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Were yo offered the job by the manager of England? Did you have a previous relationship in the media with him? |
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#1618 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
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mmmmm....FM. I need to put the CD back in my cd-drive and re-enter my fanstasy world...
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#1619 | |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Cary, NC, USA
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#1620 | |
Bounty Hunter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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The FA and the England fans are expecting me to qualify for the U21 Championship which is coming up in 2 years. I don't have very much time to start watching every young player who plays against my Cheltenham squad, because I'll need to decide which ones need to get called up to the national side. I'm really excited about this!
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#1621 | |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Not totally out of the realm of possibility. Current England U-21 manager Peter Taylor was managing a lower league side at the time he took the job. He was briefly in charge of Leicester in the Premiership but got them relegated, but has had consistently good success with several clubs in the lower leagues a good reputation of working with youngsters. |
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#1622 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Taylor got a shot at England proper as I recall,, but didnt do much with it.
As for FM, every time I get back into the game, there are things in the engine that drive me nuts - for example, the 10 man opposition score a 90th minute goal - their striker is standing all alone on the pitch, while the central defender set to be marking him is up the field (he's set to "defensive" all the way, and no forward runs and no running with ball, as well as man marking the striker, so I have no bloody clue what he's doing up there) - while the other central defender is 30 yards to the right, playing him on and running in the opposite direction. This with a team alignment set to defensive and with the CM's set to no forward runs - there is no frigging way the guy should be there alone - and the commentary suggests my team is launching a counter attack (the counter attack option is turned off). Every time I get back in, things like this, or the central defenders running away from the last man make me wonder whether the bells and whistles are coming at the expense of the engine. Heck, maybe the fact that I get worked up about a game is a problem. ![]() Last edited by Crapshoot : 03-14-2006 at 12:58 AM. |
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Int management is fun - the sad part for you is that your best U 21 players will get nicked by the senior side.. ![]() |
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#1624 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Ron, Mexico
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Something that I have been wondering about is your U18 team. I leave that up to one of my asst to coach and renew contracts...etc. But when a player turns 19 aren't they ineligible to play in any further matches for the U18 team? When going through that roster today I noticed that I now have three 19 yr olds that are still playing in matches for that team. What are the rules on this?
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#1625 |
Bounty Hunter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Oh snap. Chivas USA just offered me their manager job. They currently have a slim lead in the MLS Western Conference with 10 games to go. The thing is, over in England, my Cheltenham squad have just been given 8-1 odds to gain promotion. This could really be the year that we get out of League One. I think I'm going to have to turn Chivas down. I never really had aspirations to manage in the MLS, but it would have been nice to build up a reputation in the USA to help move me toward the national team job someday.
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Newbury, England
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It's to do with theire age at the start of the season - if they are eligible at the beginning, even if they turn 19 mid-season they will be OK until the summer for the U-18 squad - not sure of the date now but it used to be 'under 18 on the 1st August' and you can play for the U18s all season.
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Ron, Mexico
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Mascot
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tempe, AZ
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Actually 2 different shows. "Footballer's Wives" is a newer show and can be found on BBC America. "Dream Team" is the Harchester United show and can be watched on Fox Soccer Channel. |
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#1629 |
Coordinator
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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i want to coach the england u18 team, so i go look who is the coach....frickin' david beckham. ugh.
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#1630 |
Mascot
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tempe, AZ
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I've never cared about skins before, but I have to say I am quite impressed with the Aurora flow left skin. I am really liking the full screen 2d match as well.
My team is trying to piss me off though. After starting out with a string of great games and climbing as high as 2nd in ECS we have fallen back to 7th. We suffered some injuries and morale continued to be okay until we played the league leaders Weymouth. We got up 2-0, but proceeded to concede 3 goals and lose. That started a crisis of confidence in the club that I have just managed to turn around. Luckily we are doing okay in the cups and generating some $. Weymouth seems to have 1st locked up so I need to get into the playoffs and grab the 2nd spot for promotion. |
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#1631 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Well, I finally bit the bullet and started a new career. Having played my first game as a total newb, to both fm and football, I was continually trying to make up for my rookie mistakes. So the Kettering dynasty is no more.
Started again unemployed and was hired by Cambridge Town(ECS) in late Febraury. It's a lot more fun starting out with some knowledge of what you want on your club. I'm a relegation battler but the budget is at least sound and the messages from the board are somewhat positive. Spent my first day looking over the roster and have to say I was not impressed. Playing a 442 my midfield is my strength. Two good MC's and a MRC, the MLC looked good along with his backup but both tend to disappoint in a match. But since I can't fix it if I don't know what's broke I stuck with what I had. I installed my tactics and made my way to my first match. Much to my surprise I found the lads can move the ball up the pitch with some pretty impressive speed and can get off about 10-12 shots a game with a high of 18. Problem is they seem to have a little trouble finding the net. Although in their defense I have seen the opposition GK make some impressive saves. Slight underdog in the first one and I'll be damned if I didn't win 2-0. The team has played pretty well since, lots of 1-0, 2-1, 1-1 type scores. Bottom line though is the club was in 19th when I took over and things didn't look good. With tonight's win though I am up to 14th with 3 to play and the worst I can do is 18th. Relegation avoided and almost time to refit the club for next year. High point of the year was finding a MLC that I transfered in at no cost. Not a scorer but he can run, dribble, and pass. This guy has really stabilized the team and he's still not in match shape. As a matter of fact tonight's win was against the 1st place team in ECS 2-0 on their pitch with my Cambridge Town club dominating the match. Score could have easily been 5-0. This game is so much fun. I've had it for about 5 months and it just doesn't get old. Can't wait to get to next season to see what my club can do. My best players are still under contract and if I can find one or two more pieces I think we'll be making some noise in the ECS. Last edited by Sweed : 03-18-2006 at 12:37 AM. |
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#1632 |
Mascot
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tempe, AZ
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Sweed, does it really say Cambridge Town? I am currently managing Cambridge City in my game of FM2k6. In my fm2k5 game that I was playing right before fm2k6 came out I played Cambridge City for the 1st time and got promoted to Conference National my first season. Not quite sure if I am going to make it this season. About 1/2 a season left though so there is hope if we keep up our form and get a good run going like the start of the season.
RPI, what team in Russia are you managing? I have plans to manage Kuban (Krasnodar) in the future as I have been there and seen the stadium. I also need to tackle my long time goal of promoting Limerick in Ireland. They are the team I used to play in the older CM games, and I never got anywhere with them. I have seen their pitch as well a few times. Got to love this game. |
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#1633 | |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Sorry, your are right it is Cambridge City. Worked a long day today and then came home and fired up fm. Just a tired guy up checking the boards when I should be in bed ![]() ![]() Sounds like you are quite the football (soccer) fan. Me, I'm a typical guy from the US that 6 months ago knew absolutly nothing about football. Always heard so many good things about FM here at fofc and wanted to give it a try. Now I'm becoming quite the fan. I'm hoping when HD tv hits my area that the FSC will be part of the expanded package that you have to take. Otherwise talking the wife into paying extra to watch "soccer" may be the last straw ![]() I do get to see the occasional match on tv here though. While watching, in the back of my mind, I'm thinking what a great game this is and how wrong I was to think it was boreing. |
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#1634 |
Mascot
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tempe, AZ
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Congrats on beating the #1. I know I was excited yesterday when I got up 2-0 on Weymouth. It sucked losing 3-2.
![]() I think it was CM that really turned me into a fan. I'm not even sure how I initially found out about CM, but I ordered CM01/02 through Chips & Bits and became a fan. I also around that time had a Russian girlfriend who lived in Ireland (Limerick). So when I would go to see her I would get to watch the CL and UEFA Cup games in pubs, and also got to watch some WC 2002 games when we were in London. She was from Krasnodar, and I visited her family there once. Now that I think about it, I might have first seen CM the first time I visited Limerick. I bought my copy of CM4 in Cork the last time I was in Ireland. It is truly a beautiful game, and it is rather odd that being a nation of immigrants from all around the world that we don't thrive on the sport like everyone else does. I just moved into my new place and have Dish network now, which means I have GolTV and Fox Soccer. Now I just need a Tivo to save everything when I am at work. Last edited by vyshka : 03-18-2006 at 02:28 AM. |
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#1635 |
Mascot
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tempe, AZ
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Question: can you view matches that other people save from their games? On the match day screen you can save the match under options, and on the initial screen you can view match. That might make for some fun with people's dynasties (I am lazy, and haven't looked. For all I know ppl are already putting them with their dynasties).
I am going to need to stock up on Tums if my team keeps this up. I'm in 5th, playinng the 3rd ranked team at home. Right off they score on a free kick in the 2nd minute. I proceed to equalize and go ahead around the 28th minute. The ref is handing out yellows like candy on Halloween. In the 40th minute one of my DCs gets his second yellow. 43rd minute I get another goal. 50th minute Weston-super-Mare gets another goal, and is within 1 now. 79th minute W-s-M player gets his second yellow and is off the pitch. Last 10 minutes consist of many corner kicks on my end of the pitch. Held on to win 3-2. Last edited by vyshka : 03-18-2006 at 04:50 AM. |
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SI Games
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Melbourne, FL
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SI Games
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Melbourne, FL
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2003
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To tell you the truth I am still trying to figure out the whole cup thing, I don't even know what FA means ![]() ![]() I started umemployed and after looking back at my game was hired on March 5 not late February. I have gone 5 wins 2 draws and 1 loss since taking the job at the club. So because of the late hiring I'm guessing that I'll have no cup games until next season? Also wondering if there is an explanation of the cup abreviations in the game like the rules tab for each league? I admit I haven't taken the time to look yet but there is so much for me to learn and look at so if it's there and obvious forgive me. |
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#1639 | |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Mascot
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tempe, AZ
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FA stands for the Football Association. I need to look in the game again to
make sure which competitions equate to which irl. I have made it back up to 3rd, but still about 18 points behind Weymouth. They have 57 out of 66 possible points. I have made it to the 3rd round of the FA trophy competition, but I have played any serious sides yet. I am hoping to get past York (National Conference) this round. In real life in England there is the FA Cup, the Carling Cup, and I am not sure what else. |
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Troy, NY
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I manage Sokol Saratov. They start in the 1st Division (Second level out of the two, Premier Division is the top one). Kuban also is in the First Division, I believe. I got promoted after three seasons, and while I've made Europe the past three seasons, Kuban has bounced up and down. Nevertheless, they're in a bit of an upswing right now so I think they may make a push for Europe. They have some good young players in my game (current year is 2012). I like managing Russia because there is tons of European opportunity -- in my game right now 50% of the top teams make Europe. However, it's very difficult to do well in the Premier Division because of the monopoly of Moscow teams led by CSKA who are as good as any 2nd tier team in the world in my game.
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#1642 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: The State of Insanity
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Sheesh, Marc.. Cambridge Town Does not exist, you're thinking of Cambridge UNITED ![]() ![]()
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#1643 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: The State of Insanity
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For Cups? FA Cup, League Cup, the LDS Vans tropy (League 1, 2, and Conference teams only) and the FA Trophy (non-league teams only!) are the four knockout competitions, the Supporter's shield (played between last year's FA Cup champions and EPL champions) being a one-off.
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#1644 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
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i put FM back in my CD-drive yesterday and promptly played from like 6pm-4am.
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#1645 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Calgary
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After getting Vauxhall Motors into the championship, I've been on the lookout for a larger squad. I was sitting in 15th place, tied with Plymouth who was relegated from the Premiership the year before. They fire their manager and I pounce. They hire me and state that they are really ambitious, immediately wanting me to sign a high profile player. I spend $7.5 million on two players from my Vauxhall squad, along with a striker from Serie A. The biggest problem I have is my best striker wants $1.8 million/yr. and the board will only allow $1 million. I think I'll have to sacrifice some of my high-priced veterans to get him under contract. Oh yeah, since taking over I've climbed to 10th. With 5 games to go, we're only 2 points out of a playoff spot. Vauxhall have dropped to 20th.
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#1646 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
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This game makes me disgusted at myself sometimes. World Club Championship Semifinals versus Mamelodi Sundowns. So I decide to cut Mamelodi a break and start all of my bench players and my non-squad guys, the ones who are whining about playing-time or the ones who just havn't managed to see the field enough.
Uh huh...so we only manage to squeak by 10-0. That's all...I just found that funny, I was hoping it'd just be like...4-0...maybe even 4-1. But 10-0?!?! I'm mean ![]() ![]() |
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#1647 |
Bounty Hunter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Just to keep people updated on my career with Cheltenham, I'm halfway through the 2012-2013 season. Noting that my team has fallen apart in the final month of each of the last two seasons, I decided that I needed to upgrade, particularly in defense. It took a few weeks for my new players to get used to my team, and we were sitting in the relegation zone after about 10 matches.
Since that time, I discovered that my formation was partly to blame. I decided to stop getting fancy and go back to basics with a standard 4-4-2. My midfield had been allowing too many opponents to run through the center of the pitch, and nobody was getting the ball to my forwards anyway. Now that I have some guys in midfield, there's less pressure on the defense, and the strikers are getting some shots. Sadly, my high-priced strikers (including good ol' Hammertime) were missing the net. I brought in a kid who had been sitting on my U18 squad since he was 16, and after he hit age 19, I put him on my reserve team. I figured that I had nothing to lose, so I promoted him to the senior squad. It's been like magic. This kid is 20 years old, and here are his first four league performances for this season: September 29: 1 shot, 1 goal [some time off for international duty with my U21 national squad] October 20: 6 shots, 3 goals October 27: 4 shots, 4 goals November 3: 6 shots, 2 goals He hasn't scored so many goals since, but he does have 13 goals in 13 league appearances this season. He also has 2 goals in 2 cup matches. He loves playing alongside Hammertime, so they get to start as my forwards for every match now. They really play well together. The kid now has a "national" reputation, and his value has skyrocketed to $350,000. He's only played a quarter of a season! Honestly, though, my favorite thing is that one of my defenders, a very mature and seasoned individual, absolutely loves the kid. It shows that the youngster is really impressing people. Another interesting thing is that the kid is listed as being unambitious. I think I can use that to my advantage. He may not want to leave Cheltenham for a bigger club anytime soon. Now, unfortunately, I am about to enter the 3rd round of the FA Cup against Arsenal. Our cup run will end here. ![]()
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#1648 |
Bounty Hunter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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We held Arsenal scoreless for 73 minutes. We had three good scoring chances and their keeper stopped them all. Cheltenham go down, 1-0. I still told my entire squad that I was elated with them after the match. I never expected to give up only one goal away at Arsenal. Great job, boys. Now let's go win League One.
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#1649 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Random question - does anyone else 2 seperate replies in the "news" screen when you reply to a player ? I had a player who wanted first team action, I told him that I picked the team, and I get 2 responses- one saying he understands and accepts that he was a bit hasty, and a second saying that he wants a transfer.
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#1650 |
n00b
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: chicago
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Never seen this one before, maybe cause I never tried it.
But I was playing a friendly match before the season starts. I always go 11 on and 11 off at halftime with an extra outfield player being the 23rd. At the 55 min mark I get an injury and for this game the 23rd is my 4th string gk. Normally I'd just go with 10 men and see what my guys can do, but today I decide to put him in, as a central midfielder with forward runs (playing the 1 in a 4312), in front of 3 other center midfielders (figuring I'll let him screw up the offense, but don't wanna mess up with the defense) I paid no mind to the rest of the match and went thru commentary only, and when I get to the end I noticed we scored 2 more goals, but this guy ends up with a match rating of 1. I've seen some 3s and 4s before, but never a 1. Stat line was 4 passes att/1 complete, 2 headers att/1 complete. The guy he replaced (who only played 10 min) had 2 for 2 passes, 1 int, 1 attempted header. I understood why it happened, but has anybody else ever seen a ranking like this? |
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