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______________________________ Currently playing: FIFA 19 on XB1
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Previously played: FIFA 16 on XB1 Teams: FC Barcelona
Globetrotter CM (previously at FC Twente, Kayserispor, Dorados de Sinaloa and Central Coast Mariners F.C.)
Newport County A.F.C.
The month of March saw us in a three way battle for the Championship league. With Burnley and Watford in hotpursuit. We battled to stay up front in the league despite having a strong FA Cup run going as well.
In a FA Cup action the replay (without Deble who could not get fit in time) with Crystal came down to the 98th minute as we pushed ahead to finally avenge their putting us out in the EPL Cup. It was a quick turnaround in FA Cup action as we had to also take on Liverpool. We were able to take Liverpool down. This completed our Return to Wembley campaign, but this we wanted more than just to return. But we have a huge test coming in the way of Manchester City.
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Currently playing: (In order of Most Time)
CFB 25 Dynasties Mississippi St, Minnesota, UNC, Missouri, Pitt
Forza Motorsport
Star Wars Outlaws
This month had a lot at stake. First in league play we had matches against Burnley and Watford. Fortunately we able to take them both down. The matchup between us and Watford was between first and second in the league. As Watford had leap frogged Burnley for second. But took a back turn in a defeat to Oxford. This three way battle was in the midst of a big FA Cup matchup.
Here comes Manchester City at Wembley. This match went tooth and nail, but in the 70 minute mark Notts made their move. To go on and win 2-0. The team is looking at a difficult May to seal their fate as champions. June will bring the FA Cup final with Chelsea. What will happen can Notts make history?
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Currently playing: (In order of Most Time)
CFB 25 Dynasties Mississippi St, Minnesota, UNC, Missouri, Pitt
Forza Motorsport
Star Wars Outlaws
I recently switched back to FIFA after playing most of the year on PES. The gameplay is hard to get used to again but the presentation is amazing.
I'm starting a career at Tottenham. I'll provide updates as I go but for now I'm debating if I want to sell Lamela to Real Madrid and buy Isco from then.
Swansea City 0 - 2 Grimsby Town GRI - Amang 16', 41'
MOTM: Amang
I couldn't be happier with how we controlled this game. Swansea could barely find room to breathe before we smothered them with pressure, and on the other end we created chance after chance. Our first goal came after Sacko's shot some how hit off both posts before coming back to him and his second effort was saved straight to Amang for the easy tap in. Amang then added a second after Wolf found him on a great run up the middle and all he had to do was beat the keeper. We had a few more chances to extend the lead afterwards, but nothing else materialized for us.
Grimsby Town 3 - 2 Arsenal FC GRI - Amang 15', Wolf 28', Sacko 64'
ARS - Musa 10', Xhaka 77'
MOTM: Wolf
Another fantastic performance to put in the books for us and we really are proving that last year was no fluke. Arsenal did take the lead first with Musa tapping in an inch perfect cross from Walcott. But it only took a matter of minutes for us to answer through Amang tapping in one of his own off of a cross from Vieira. We then took the lead with Wolf sliding in to tap in a loose ball in the middle of the box after Oblak made a nice save on Vieira's shot. We kept on pressing for more and in the second half we extended our lead even further with Wolf crossing the ball in and Sacko hitting it on the volley inside the near post. Xkaha pulled one back though with a header into the open net after his first shot smashed off the crossbar and came back to him. We had to sweat out the final minutes, but we were able to limit them from creating anything too dangerous.
Europa League Group Stage Olympiacos 0 - 1 Grimsby Town GRI - Kapino 64' (OG)
MOTM: Caulker
It's not every day that you win a game without registering a shot on goal, but I guess I will take what we can get. Our attack was a mess in this one, but our defense was in fine form on the other end. The deciding goal came with Kelly getting down the right and he sent a low ball into the box where Wolf got on the end of it. His attempt was deflected by Kapino though and it was enough to push it inside the goal. There wasn't really much of anything else to mention from either side.
Manchester City 2 - 0 Grimsby Town MCI - Zuculini 54', Soyuncu 77'
MOTM: Fernando
We missed way too many chances and we have to walk away wondering what if. Zuculini didn't miss though and he opened the scoring in the second half with a powerful strike from the edge of the box that settled into the top left corner. Soyunco doubled that lead after he got his head on to the end of a cross from Sane and directed it down past the keeper's reach. We have to be more clinical if we want to get better results in games like this.
Grimsby Town 0 - 2 Liverpool FC LIV - Chirivella 28', Sturridge 40'
MOTM: Markovic
Same scoreline as last game, but this time we weren't even close to looking like we belonged on the same field as our opponent. Liverpool absolutely took apart our defense and after a particular run of making our guys look foolish Chrivella capped it off with a first time finish to take the lead. Their next came with Markovic weaving his way through our defense and then finding Sturridge in front of goal for the easy finish. I wish I could say we had any good chances to pull one back, but I would be lying if I did.
League Table
Youth Academy
Board Objectives
Youth
-Within 2 seasons, have at least 1 player from the Youth Academy signed in the first team play at least 50% of the games in the next season. (Remaining seasons: 2)
Brand Exposure
-Gain £6,800,000 earnings from shirt sales within a season
Financial
-Finish the season with £5,950,000 unspent allocated funds (transfer budget and wage budget).
Domestic Success
-Premier League: Finish Mid Table.
-The Emirates FA Cup: Reach the Round of 32 Stage.
Continental Success
-Champions Cup: Reach the Group Stage.
Blackpool FC 3 - 1 Carlisle United BLP - Payne 3', Elliott 56', Yeates 90'
CAR - Lambe 81'
MOTM: Yeates
We conceded for the first time in 4 games, but we had our shooting boots on today to more than make up for it. We struck almost instantly when Yeates played Payne up the middle and he finished across the keeper. Our next came from Elliott who after Vassell played him down the right he did the rest himself and was able to get his shot off and finish inside the far post. Carlisle pulled one back when Lambe took advantage of our back line trying to catch him offside and he timed it perfectly to get free and head home a cross. Yeates put the game away though after Elliott sent him through on the counter and all he had to do was beat the keeper.
We continue on with another win in dramatic fashion. Shootouts are always nerve wracking, but our keeper stood tall and we walked away with the victory. Vassell opened the scoring with a great header off of a corner that powered it's way into the back of the net. Delfouneso took advantage of poor defense to grab the equalizer after cutting the ball inside and finishing across to the far post. Cain then rescued us with an absolutely stunning shot from outside of the box into the top right corner and we had the lead once again. In the closing minutes though Swindon picked up a cleared corner and sent it straight back ahead to Gladwin and he turned to finish on the near post. The game was going to be decided by penalties. After an impressive display from our keeper, Potts was able to put the deciding penalty away and send us through to the next round.
Stevenage FC 0 - 1 Blackpool FC BLP - Cain 51' (PEN)
MOTM: Cain
Stevenage was completely toothless in this, and even though it took a questionable penalty for us to score, it's hard to argue that it wasn't the result we deserved. Our goal came in the second half after Vassell was through on goal and it seems questionable as to whether he was clipped or not by the defender, but his shot went wide as he went to the ground. The referee pointed to the spot and Cain tucked it away despite the keeper going the right direction.
Blackpool FC 2 - 0 Accrington Stanley BLP - Elliott 12', 90'
MOTM: Elliott
Accrington hardly managed any threat, and took just a single shot the entire match. On our end, Elliott was on top of his game and Acccrington couldn't find an answer for stopping him. His first came from the right side of the goal and he timed his shot to put it through the defender's legs and inside the far post. He had a second denied by the post just 10 minutes later, and he continued to assert his presence up front. It looked only a matter of time until we were going to add a second and finally it came in the last minute with Daniel crossing the ball in and it fell to Potts who had his shot saved but Elliott was there to clean it up and complete his brace.
Grimsby Town 2 - 0 Blackpool FC GRI - Yussuf 43', Vernon 45'
MOTM: Vernon
This was without a doubt our worse performance in quite some time. We hardly looked like we wanted to even be out there, and Grimsby took full advantage of our lack of intensity. Yussuf opened the scoring using a good bit of patience to wait for his window before firing the ball from the edge of the box and inside the near post. Just 2 minutes later Vernon was able to get some space on the back post and rise up to head in a cross to double the lead. We didn't offer any threat in the second half and we had to just accept our defeat.
We caught a bit of a break at the end of the first half when Kennedy was shown a straight red for cutting down Philliskirk from behind with reckless abandon. We finally took advantage of the numbers when Payne raced down the left and crossed it to the back post where Elliott was standing unmarked for the volleyed finish back across to the far post. They caught us out of position though and through a combination of sheer numbers and great spacing, Adeboyejo was able to dribble straight at our goal and unleash an impressive shot into the top right corner. We weren't ready to give up and with the numbers advantage we pushed forward and Philliskirk was able to cross it in and Redshaw was there to meet it and send a looping header over the keeper.
Yeovil Town 1 - 0 Blackpool FC YEO - Hedges 90'
MOTM: Khan
It was an absolutely crushing way to lose, but we were lucky to not have conceded prior to that. It doesn't alleviate any of the frustration though. Yeovil dominated us from the beginning and they had chance after chance, each time seeming to get a little closer to making the breakthrough. Their breakthrough finally came in the closing minutes with out keeper throwing the ball straight to them and one cross later Hedges was sending his header into the back of the net for the deciding goal.
League Table
Youth Academy
Board Objectives
Youth
-Sign at least 2 players younger than 20 years old, with potential greater than the average overall rating of players current;y in the same position.
-Sign 1 player in your Youth Academy to the defender position.
Brand Exposure
-Sign 1 crucial 1st team player assigned to a forward position.
Financial
-Finish the season with £2,550,000 unspent allocated funds (transfer budget and wage budget).
-Keep player salary growth under 20%
Domestic Success
-EFL League Two: Fight for Promotion.
-The Emirates FA Cup: Reach the Round of 32 Stage.
-Within 2 seasons in EFL League Two: Gain Automatic Promotion (Remaining seasons :2)
House Rules
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Credit to Pukellama on Reddit
League two
Youth:
•Can only sign 5 players up to the youth squad.
•Can only sign 2 players from youth squad.
•Maximum youth scout rating 1 star.
•Maximum 2 scouts.
•Can only scout British countries
Buying:
•Can not sign anyone who is above 65 current overall.
•Can not sign anyone who is under 24.
•Can only buy players from the Irish, Scottish and English leagues (up to league 1).
•Can loan players from championship and below only (max overall of 68) (max 2).
•Can only sign one pre contract agreement, min age 30, max ability 65 (67 if promotion likely).
•Maximum transfer - £500k (£200k if player included).
•Maximum wage - £1500.
•Can't buy anyone with 'great potential' or above.
Selling:
•Have to accept any offers from people in championship or above or a major euro league
•Have to sell anyone above 70 overall
League 1
Youth:
•Can only sign up 7 players to youth squad.
•Can only sign 3 players from youth squad (can include previous years).
•Maximum youth scout rating 2 star.
•Max 3 scouts.
•Can only scout British countries
Buying:
•Can not sign anyone who is above 69 current overall.
•Can not sign anyone who is under 24 (excl. loan).
•Can only buy players from the Irish, Scottish and English leagues (up to Championship).
•Can loan players from championship and below only (max overall of 70) (max 2).
•Can only sign two pre contract agreements, min age 27, max ability 69 (70 if promotion likely).
•Can't buy anyone with great potential or above.
•Max transfer - £1mil (£500k if player included).
•Max wage - £10k.
Selling:
•Have to accept any offers from people in championship or above or a major euro league
•Have to sell anyone above 72 overall
Championship
Youth:
•Can only sign up 7 players to youth squad.
•Can only sign 4 players from youth squad (can include previous years).
•Maximum youth scout 3 star. . . Can only scout Euro countries
Buying:
•Can not sign anyone who is above 74 current overall.
•Can not sign anyone who is under 20 (excl. loan).
•Can only buy players from the Irish, Scottish, Non major European leagues (such as Norway) and Major European 2nd divisions and below (bar Barcelona B).
•Can only sign one player from a non EU league.
•Can loan any European players (max overall of 78) (max 3).
•Can only sign two pre contract agreements, min age 27, max ability 78.
•Maximum transfer - £2mil (£1mil if player included).
•Maximum wage - £25k.
•Can't buy anyone with great potential or above
Selling:
•Have to accept any offers from clubs in a major euro league (inc prem)
•Have to sell anyone above 79 overall
Prem (not in europe)
Youth:
•Can only sign up 9 players to youth squad.
•Can only sign 4 players from youth squad (can include previous years).
•Maximum youth scout 4 star.
•Can scout anywhere
Buying:
•Can only buy European players (plus 2 non EU - Non EU can be bought from non EU leagues).
•Can not sign anyone who is above 78 current overall.
•No age restriction.
•Can only buy players who are not currently playing in euro league or higher.
•Can loan any European players (max overall of 80) (max 2).
•Can only sign two pre contract agreements, no min age, max ability 78.
•Max transfer - £15mil (£10mil if player included).
•Max wage - £90k.
•Can't buy anyone with exciting prospect or above
Selling:
•Have to accept any offers from clubs in Europe (euro league + euro cup)
•Have to sell anyone above 80 overall
Prem (europa league)
Youth:
•Can only sign up 9 players to youth squad.
•Can only sign 4 players from youth squad (can include previous years).
•No maximum youth scout rating
Buying:
•Can only buy European players (plus 3 non EU).
•Can not sign anyone who is above 81 current overall.
•Can only buy players who are not currently playing in euro cup (including non EU league).
•Can loan any player (max 2).
•Can only sign two pre contract agreements, no min age, max ability 80.
•Max transfer - £20mil (£12.5mil including player).
•Max wage - £150k.
•Can't buy anyone with exciting prospect or above
Selling:
•Have to accept any offers from clubs in euro cup
•Have to sell anyone above 83 overall
Prem (champions league) - 1st year or where you didn't reach quarters in previous year
Youth:
•Can sign up as many players to youth squad.
•Can only sign 2 players from youth squad (can include previous years).
Buying:
•Can buy any nationality.
•Can not sign anyone who is above 84 current overall.
•Can only buy players who are not currently playing for a major team.
•Cannot loan anyone.
•Can only sign one pre contract agreements, no min age, max ability 85.
•Max transfer - £25mil (£17.5mil including player).
•Max wage - £175k.
•Can buy any level of potential
Selling:
•Have to accept any offers from major clubs.
•Have to sell your best player if reach the semis or higher (add to transfer list, and sell to a club in the champs cup)
•Have to sell anyone who is above 86 overall
Prem (champions league) - reached quarters in previous year
Youth:
•Can sign up as many players to youth squad.
•Can only sign 1 players from youth squad (can include previous years).
Buying:
•Can not sign anyone who is above 88 current overall.
•Can only buy players who are not currently playing for someone else who reached the quarter finals.
•Can only sign one pre contract agreements, no min age, max ability 87.
•Max transfer - £30mil (20mil including player).
•Max wage - £225k
Selling:
•Have to accept any offers from Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich. . . Have to sell your best 2 players if you don't make the quarters the following year (to a big team only).
•Have to sell anyone who is above 90 overall
Prem (champions league) - reached final in previous year
Youth:
•Can only sign up as many players to youth squad.
•Can only sign 1 players from youth squad (can include previous years).
Buying:
•Can not sign anyone above 91 current overall.
•Can only sign one pre contract agreements, no min age, max ability 87.
•No max transfer.
•No max wage