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Second Worst Dynasty Ever - An FM 2010 Dynasty (Retired, FM 11 dynasty coming soon)
After finally deciding that the 2009 dynasty could no longer continue have decided to try a new dynasty using FM 2010 (I find it hard going back to the 2009 game after playing 2010).
So while others move on to 2011 I will start up a 2010 dynasty. Background I will be taking over Burton who are currently in the Coca Cola League 2. They are predicted to be relegated this season so I will have my work cut out for me. The reason that I chose Burton is two-fold. It will be a bit of a challenge and success will not likely be immediate. This gives me room to improve and also room to fail (I wanted to be able to go in either direction). The second reason is that this team has one of my favorite players from the 2009 game (I know little about him in real life); striker Shaun Harrad. In my previous dynasty he put up monster numbers for Burton. I considered it a victory when I kept him off the score sheet when we would play them. It got to the point where it actually cost me my first job when I tried to get the club I was on to sign him. This will be a slow paced dynasty (as I am balancing a few with the fighting dynasty and the NFL world cup extremely slow dynasty). Additionally my availability changes frequently. Hopefully I can keep interest up while running this dynasty. Team Background Founded: 1950 Finances: Okay Fierce Rival: None Rivals: Knotts County, Derby, Accrington, Port Vale Value: 1.6 Million 2009 Result: Won Blue Square Premier (promoted to CC L1) Highest Position: Current
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Burton Roster
GK Artur Krysiak (19, Poland) - On Loan from Birmingham. Very good in the air and has good reflexes. Easily the best keeper on the squad. GK John Lowe (16, England) - Solid in the air. Needs to improve to have a chance to be the future keeper for the club. GK Kevin Poole (45, England) - Solid all around but his best years are well behind him. The old man of the squad. Has played 117 games with Burton over the last 3 seasons. 434 games played in his career. D RC Ryan Austin (24, England) - Good in the air, solid at marking and tackling and strong. Plays better as center defender. D RL Richard Jackson (29, England) - Good team player but no other real strengths. Projected to split playing time on the right side. D LC Gary Butterfield (16, England) - Good team player, quick and has great stamina. Needs to improve in his decision making if he wants to make the big club. D LC Tom Parkes (17, England) - On Loan from Leicester. Solid central defender. D LC Aaron Webster (28, England) - Very athletic, all-around player. Has been with Burton for 8 years an has played 286 games with 44 goals scored. D C Tony James (30, Wales) - Very good marking and in the air. Entering his third season with the squad. D/WB L Paul Boertien (30, England) - Skillful player but lacks speed. His first season with the squad, signed as a free transfer. D/M R Andrew Corbett (27, England) - Good team player and adds depth but no real outstanding skills. Will get his share of playing time but we may be in trouble if we have to rely on him as a regular. DM, M C John McGrath (29, Ireland) - Probably our best central midfielder. Solid all-around player. Entering his third season with the club. M RLC Russ Penn (23, England) - Very fit team player. Looks to be the second best central midfielder on the club. Entering his first season with the club. M L Terry Mullarkey (16, England) - Quick but has a very long way to go if he wants to make it to the big club and contribute. M C Michael Simpson (35, England) - Team player with skill but lacks speed. Should see plenty of playing time. Entering his third season with the squad. Has played 517 matches in his career. AM RL Jimmy Phillips (19, England) - Good team player and looks like he has a chance to develop into a serious threat. Projected as th highest valued player on the squad. AM R Cleveland Taylor (25, England) - On Loan from Brentford. Quick, good dribbler with plenty of flair. AM L Keith Gilroy (25, Ireland) - Skillful and should get plenty of playing time. Good at dribbling, passing and crossing. Entering his 5th season with the squad. AM LC Jacques Maghoma (21, England) - Quick but no real strengths or weaknesses. Should see plenty of time. AM/F C Greg Pearson (24, England) - Fast paced and quick with lots of flair. Poor decision making sometimes. Entering his second season with the squad. Scored 18 goals for Burton last season and has scored 44 goals in the last two seasons. ST Shaun Harrad (24, England) - Good team player. Entering his 6th season with the squad. Has scored 32 goals over the last two seasons in 55 games. ST Steve Kabba (28, England) - On loan from Brentford. Very quick and solid all-around player. Should see plenty of playing time. ST Richard Walker (31, England) - Good in the air and may be the best penalty taker on the squad. Adds to a very deep group of forwards. First season with the squad. Has 78 career goals in 303 matches. |
11-09-2010, 09:23 PM | #3 |
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It looks like I am going to have a very deep group of forwards to select from, which may tempt me to change to a 3 forward formation... it definitely gives me the chance to do so if we are in need of a goal.
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11-09-2010, 10:12 PM | #4 |
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July 8, 2009
Friendly versus our reserves. GK - Krysiak DL - Boertien DC - Webster DC - Parkes DR - Jackson ML - Gilroy MC - McGrath MC - Penn MR - Taylor ST - Kabba ST - Pearson The remainder of the squad are eligible subs. 1st half - We look extremely rusty. Not one player impressed me in that half as the half ends scoreless. 2nd half - Poole in for Krysiak at keeper to start the second half. - Maghoma infor McGrath at center midfield to start the second half. - Phillips in for Taylor at right midfield to start the second half. - Mullarkey in for Gilroy at left midfield to start the second half. - Simpson in for Penn at center midfield to start the second half. - Austin in for Jackson at right defender to start the second half. - James in for Webster at center defender to start the second half. - Harrad in for Pearson at striker to start the second half. - Butterfield in for Parkes at center defender to start the second half. - Walker in for Kabba at striker to start the second half. - In the 69th minute Harrad finds James in the box with a corner kick; James turns quickly and fires into the right corner of the goal to give us a 1-0 lead. We have controlled this half much better and it seemed to be a mtter of time befre we finally broke deadlock. - We hang on for the 1-0 victory but we did not look good. Man of the Match: Reserve keeper Jon Hurst is named the man of the match |
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Hopeful this was because of rust and not a sign of the season to come.
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11-10-2010, 11:31 PM | #6 |
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July 12, 2009
Friendly hosting Chester. GK - Krysiak DL - Webster DC - James DC - Parkes DR - Jackson ML - Gilroy MC - McGrath MC - Penn MR - Taylor ST - Kabba ST - Harrad The remainder of the squad are active. 1st half - In the 34th minute a fine one touch pass gave McGrath a great opporunity deep in the box but he fires his shot off the keeper and it was cleared. - Neither team can break the scoreless tie and the match is 0-0 at the half. 2nd half - Lowe, Corbett, Phillips, Pearson, Maghoma, Walker, Austin, Simpson, Butterfield, Boertien and Mullarkey in to start the second half. - In the 84th minute Pearson takes a pass deep in the box but his shot is saved by the keeper. - The match ends scoreless. Man of the Match: Ryan Austin is named man of the match with a 7.4 rating. |
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July 14, 2009
Friendly at Nuneaton. GK - Krysiak DL - Webster DC - James DC - Parkes DR - Jackson ML - Gilroy MC - McGrath MC - Penn MR - Taylor ST - Kabba ST - Pearson The remainder of the squad are active. 1st half - The half ends scoreless and has me extremely frustrated as it is full of missed chances. 2nd half - In the 73rd minute Mullarkey wins a challenge in the bax and quickly fires a shot in the right corner of the net to give us a 1-0 lead. - We hang on for the 1-0 victory. Man of the Match: Terry Mullarkey is named the man of the matchg of 7.5. |
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July 18, 2009
A friendly at Havant & Waterlooville GK - Krysiak DL - Boertien DC - Webster DC - Parkes DR - Corbett ML - Gilroy MC - McGrath MC - Penn MR - Taylor ST - Kabba ST - Pearson The remainder of the squad is active except Richard Jackson who is recovering from an injury sustained during the last match. 1st half - In the 11th minute Pearson makes a great move to dribble past a defender into the box and fires a shot just inside the left post to give us the 1-0 lead. - In the 13th minute midfielder Wes Fogden took a pass from a corner in the box and fired a well places shot into our goal to tie the match 1-1. - In the 35th minute striker Steve Hutchings took a pass in our box, turned and fired it into our goal but the flag was up as he was offside, goal disallowed. - The half ends 1-1; we started out well but then we went into a long stretch were we could not control the play; nar the end of the half we seemed to be getting it back. 2nd half - Phillips, Harrad, Simpson and Mullarkey in for Taylor, Gillroy, Penn and Kabba to start the second half. - In the 50th minute Krysiak came forward to collect a long ball towards the box and it bouinced off him right to striker Steve Hutchings who fired it into the wide open goal to give them a 2-1 lead. - In the 51st minute Poole in for Krysiak. - In the 55th minute Simpson fires a laser from 30 yards out that found the top left corner of the goal to even the match 2-2. - Butterfield, Maghoma, Walker and Austin in for Boertien, McGrath, Perason and Corbett in the 70th minute - The match ends 2-2; I am not really pleased with a couple of the presumed stars of the team, mostly Kabba and Krysiak, as they seem to be just going through the motions so far. Man of the Match: Greg Pearson was named man of the match as he had a goal and was rated 8.0 for the match |
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A friendly hosting GH Academy . GK - Poole DL - Webster DC - Parkes DC - James DR - Corbett ML - Gilroy MC - McGrath MC - Penn MR - Taylor ST - Harrad ST - Pearson The remainder of the squad is active except Richard Jackson who is recovering from an injury. 1st half - In the 16th minute Pearson dribbled deep on the right wing and lofted a cross towards the goal, Harrad headed it into the goal to give us the 1-0 lead; that is the Harrad that I remember! - In the 36th minute McGrath plays a perfect through ball to Taylor in the box who one touched it pass the keeper to give us a 2-0 lead. - We go to the half up 2-0! It looks like the team is coming together out there. 2nd half - Boertien, Phillips, Austen, Kabba and Mullarkey on for Webster, Taylor, Corbett, Harrad and ilroy to start the second half. - In the 60th minute Kabba makes a great one touch pass to Phillipsjust inside the mox who fires a bullet into the upper right corner of the goal to give us a 3-0 lead. - In the 65th minute a perfectly times pass from Kabba found Pearson deep in the box and he beats the keeper to put us up 4-0! - Butterfeld, Simpson, Maghomma and Walker in for James, McGrath, Penn an Pearson in the 66th minute. - We hold on to the 4-0 victory. Man of the Match: Greg Pearson was named man of the match with 1 goal, 1 assist and an 8.4 match rating |
11-17-2010, 04:38 PM | #10 |
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Entering into negotiation with Cheltenham for 27 year old defender Shane Duff. We have gone back and forth a few times but have not gotten close yet. He would make a great addition to our team but they are asking well above his value; which is also above our team budget.
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11-18-2010, 10:36 PM | #11 |
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July 24, 2009
A home friendly against Hartlepool. GK - Krysiak DL - Parkes DC - Webster DC - James DR - Corbett ML - Gilroy MC - McGrath MC - Penn MR - Phillips ST - Peason ST - Kabba The remainder of the squad is active except Richard Jackson who is recovering from an injury. 1st half - In the 18th minute Adam Boyd headed a perfect cross into our goal to give them a 1-0 lead. - We go to the half down 1-0. 2nd half - Boertien in for Parkes who had picked up a yellow card in the first half to start the second half. - Harrad in for Phillips to start the second half; Penn moves to right midfield and Harrad moves forward as we change to a 4-3-3 to start the second half. - Mullarkey and Austin in for Gilroy and Corbett in the 59th minute. - Butterfield, Walker and Maghoma in for James, Webster and McGrath in the 82nd minute and we change to a 3-4-3. - We are unable to get on the board and fall 1-0; good effort though. Man of the Match: Hartlepool defender Neil Austin is named man of the match; he played a solid game with a 7.5 match rating. |
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Cheltenham accepted our offer for Duff and we have begun negotiating with him.
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July 27, 2009
A home friendly against Derby County. We have signed midfielder Josh Craddock, a midfielder, as a free transfer. GK - Krysiak DL - Boertien DC - Webster DC - Parkes DR - Corbett ML - Phillips MC - McGrath MC - Craddock MR - Taylor ST - Kabba ST - Walker The remainder of the squad is active except Richard Jackson who is recovering from an injury. 1st half - In the 2nd minute striker Steven Davies took a pass deep in our box and fired a shot that hit the post then bounced off Krysiak and into our goal to give them a 1-0 lead. - In the 23rd minute Butterfield in for an injured Boertien. - We go to the half down 1-0. 2nd half - Harrad in for Walker to start the second half. - Penn in for Taylor in the 56th minute. - Pearson, Gilroy, Maghomma, Austin in and we change to a 3-4-3 in the 66th minute. - In the 73rd minute Craddock madea great through pass to Pearson in on goal who wuickly fired a shot; the keeper saved it but it bounced right to Kabba who fired it into the gaping net to level the match 1-1. - The match ends 1-1. Man of the Match: Defender Javan Vidal of Derby was named man of the match as he earned a 7.6 rating for the match. |
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Boertien has a hip injury. I have sent him to a specialist and he will be out for at least 3 months.
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We have to delay our Duff deal for a week to attempt to get the funds together. This is on me as I thought I could get this through.
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Another friendly, this one at Dorchester. GK - Poole DL - Webster DC - Parkes DC - James DR - Corbett ML - Gillroy MC - McGrath MC - Penn MR - Taylor ST - Harrad ST - Pearson The remainder of the squad is active except Richard Jackson and Paul Boertien who are recovering from an injury. 1st half - In the 33rd minute Pearson found Harrad with a well timed through ball; Harrad pushed the ball ahead and then placed a perfect shot past the keeper who was trying to come out to cut down the angle and into the net to give us the 1-0 lead. - We held the play during the first half; if we continueto play like this it should be a easy victory as we go into the half up 1-0. 2nd half - In the 60th minute McGrath found Pearson in all alone and he fired a shot past the keeper before he ould come out to meet him but the flag was up and the goal is disallowed. - Phillips and Maghoma in for Taylor and Gilroy in the 61st minute; Dorchester is now playing an all-out attack. - Craddock and Simpson in for Penn and McGrath in the 75th minute. - Austin, Kabba and Walker in for Corbett, Harrad and Pearson in the 82nd minute. - We are unable to add to the score but we completely shut them down for the 1-0 victory. Man of the Match: Tony James was named man of the match. He played well with a 7.7 match rating, he led the team in tackles, headers won, key headers and interceptions. |
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Our last friendly before the season starts as we are on the road against Gateshead. GK - Krysiak DL - Parkes DC - James DC - Austin DR - Corbett ML - Maghoma MC - McGrath MC - Craddock MR - Phillips ST - Kabba ST - Pearson The remainder of the squad is active except Richard Jackson and Paul Boertien who are recovering from an injury. 1st half - In the 27th minute an injured Parkes is replaced by Webster. - In the 3rd minute of injury time Kabba was mugged in the box on a corner and a penalty is awarded. - Pearson takes the penalty and drills it inside the right post to give us the 1-0 lead. - We go to the half up 1-0 but not playing well, though neither team is playing well as the pitch is turning into a muddy mess in the driving rain. 2nd half - Gilroy in for Maghoma in the 63rd minute. - All remaining subs brought on in the 81st minute; only Corbett, Austin and James remain from the starting lineup. - In the 84th minute Webster gets called for a penalty; ehty say it was in our box but I disagree as it looked outside of the box to me but a penalty is awarded. - Striker Steven Richardson fires the shot into the upper left corner of the net to level the match 1-1. - In the 89th minute Simpson finds Harrad in teh box who fires the ball past the keeper but the flag was up, no goal. - The match ends 1-1 as a draw. Man of the Match: Ryan Austin is named the man of the match though he ad a modest 7.2 match rating; he led the team in tackles, headers won (was a perfect 17 for 17), key headers and interceptions. |
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Our season opener as we travel to Shrewsbury. Jackson, Parkes and Boertin are injured and unable to play. Harrad is serving a suspesion. GK - Artur Krysiak DL - Aaron Webster DC - Tony James DC - Ryan Austin DR - Andrew Corbett ML - Keith Gilroy MC - John McGrath MC - Russ Penn MR - Jimmy Phillips ST - Steve Kabba ST - Greg Pearson Subs - GK Kevin Poole; AM C Josh Craddock; AM LC Jaques Maghoma; ST Richard Walker; M C Michael Simpson; AM R Cleveland Taylor 1st half - Striker Dave Hibbert received a pass beyond our defense and just outside of the box he fires a shot past Krysiak to give them a 1-0 lead. We got jobbed on that goal as he was clearly offside. - We have a few chances but are outplayed and trail 1-0 at the half. 2nd half - Craddock on for a poor performing Corbett to start the second half; he moved to center midfield, McGrath will play a defensive midfield position and Austin moves to right defender as we change to a 3-5-2 due to our lack of available defenders. - In the 56th minute Hibbert is at it again as he takes a long counter attack pass into our zone and brings it down the right wing; he fires a perfectly placed shot into the upper left corner of our goal to give them a 2-0 lead. We were just starting to put some good pressure on them too. - In the 60th minute Gilroy takes a corner from the right wing and fires it into the box were James one touches it into the nt... GOOOAAAALLLL!!!! We are back to within a goal at 2-1. - Maghoma on for an injured Craddock in the 68th minute. - In the 80th minute Pearson had a great chance from deep in the box but the keeper made the save and the defense cleared it for a corner. - We are unable to get the equalizer and fall 2-1. Man of the Match: Shrewsbury striker Dave Hibbert was man of the match; he scored both Shrewsbury goals, had an 8.8 match rating and had 5 ot the team's 7 shots on target.
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This dynasty is about to be retired. I now have FM 11 and will be starting a dynasty using that version at smoe point over the next couple weeks.
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How about a 2nd division team in a top four team with lots of money, but not much talent, so we can see you build the talent?
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I have always liked how the English leagues are setup (with the promotion/relegation). Do other countries use the same approach as well (I know MLS doesn't)? I like this suggestion, just a matter of finding the right team. I generally like going with a 2nd division (or lower) team so that there is room to gain promotion or have to avoid relegation. |
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Here's a thought.. if you use my USA edit (I can give you a link in a lil bit)
Look at Boston Athletic in the Challenge Division... well if you can get past using a Boston team
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Don't tell anyone but I like the Red Sox so I can get past that. If you said it was a New York team, that would be different. |
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