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Excellent! An infinite improvement on the number of trophies won under the AJ_Impy Hegemony compared to my predecessors!
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AJ_Impy posted:Excellent! An infinite improvement on the number of trophies won under the AJ_Impy Hegemony compared to my predecessors! Only because I was voted out just as we arrived in the Big Leagues  .TAKE ME BACK WREXHAM PLEASE.
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We've hit a bit of a soapbox issue for me here. First, anybody who expects a single player to lead them to the World Cup is going to be disappointed. There are eleven players on the field, guys. The teams that win may have an outstanding star, yes, but they also have drat good players at every position, and on the bench, and all the way down the 23 man squad. It's not one magic player dragging along a pack of scrubs. For decades soccer has been widely played in the US. There are a little over 3 million players registered with US youth soccer, split about equally between boys and girls. 1.5 million players is a huge number (like the entire teenaged boy population of England). But the US youth system has always sucked for training professional players. When I was playing it would have been considered a terrible thing to try and train a kid to be a professional and any coach who tried it would have been kicked out of the league. Soccer was supposed to be fun and recreational and non-competitive, unlike those nasty, unfriendly other sports; a sort of hippie alternative. Some of that still seems to linger in the system. Certainly almost kid who has a chance to be a professional athlete will choose a different sport, because in the US they pay (and impress girls) much, much more. To be blunt, any US soccer player either really, really loves the game or couldn't hack it in anything else. This seems to be slowly changing. MLS has shown it can put butts in seats (if not eyes on televisions). Youth teams are far more serious. Surveys say younger Americans follow professional soccer far more than the older ones. That means more fans, which means more money, which means more attention, better coaches (the best US coaches don't go into soccer either), etc, etc.
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Dias posted:...and Portugal has Cristiano Ronaldo and nothing else. This is pretty unfair. Even though Ronaldo is way better than the others, the rest of the team is pretty good. I mean, Postiga sucks and it sucks we don't have anybody better than him in his position, and maybe we should have a better man than Varela/Nani in the other wing, but the rest of the team is pretty decent (if not very deep). It's pretty much the same team from the last Euro and we were the only ones who could hold on Spain to the penaltis and had a good game against Germany. Ronaldo is the only one who can scores goals decently, but at least he has good players to serve him and a solid defense in the back.
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May 20, 2014 20:57
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Sky Shadowing posted:It's a bit of a personalized group of death, really. Ghana has knocked the USA out of the last few World Cups, Germany is Germany. Bad travel situations, etc.
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JT Jag posted:Yeah, it's not really a capital G D Group of Death where every team is at risk to an extent so much as a group tailor-made for eliminating the United States. The actual group of death is probably group B with the Netherlands Spain Chile and Australia or group D with England Uruguay and Italy .
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I'd agree with Group B or Group D as Grupo de la Muerte, the difference with the US group being that any of the four clubs could advance. As opposed to Costa Rica and Australia being dead before they even get on the plane to Brazil.
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Now tell us you want to leave, Bastable. Amazing. Magic of the cup, right there. A shame Hull got so close, yet...
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Camoes posted:This is pretty unfair. Even though Ronaldo is way better than the others, the rest of the team is pretty good. I mean, Postiga sucks and it sucks we don't have anybody better than him in his position, and maybe we should have a better man than Varela/Nani in the other wing, but the rest of the team is pretty decent (if not very deep). It's pretty much the same team from the last Euro and we were the only ones who could hold on Spain to the penaltis and had a good game against Germany. Ronaldo is the only one who can scores goals decently, but at least he has good players to serve him and a solid defense in the back. Eh, I might've been a bit too harsh, but I'm not that much of a fan of either of Portugal's starting CBs (seriously I really don't like Pepe) and the team is good-but-not-great with not a lot of depth everywhere else. It's the second-best team in that group, but not by a huge margin. Then again, I think Brazil has a weak team nowadays and people still rate it as one of the strongest squads around, so... Also, YAY FIRST TITLE!
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Dias posted:Eh, I might've been a bit too harsh, but I'm not that much of a fan of either of Portugal's starting CBs (seriously I really don't like Pepe) and the team is good-but-not-great with not a lot of depth everywhere else. It's the second-best team in that group, but not by a huge margin. Then again, I think Brazil has a weak team nowadays and people still rate it as one of the strongest squads around, so... Pepe is not the most lovable guy, but he is pretty good at what he does. As for the rest, I mostly agree. As for Brazil, they have top tier defense and midfield but the attack is a bit poor and have a poo poo keeper. They are overhyped because of the Confederations Cup.
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habeasdorkus posted:So, not to derail the derail, but... spoilers! Called it at the start of the season.  Europe hoooo! A Tartan Tory fucked around with this message at 21:40 on May 20, 2014 |
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Does history know any cases of talented coaches leading their teams to victory only to die prematurely in a tragic accident involving piano wire and an ice pick? The megabastards can't be too happy about Wrexham's inconsiderate success.
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Chapter the Tenth: Grab the brass ring. April 20, 2021-May 20, 2021 One point assures us a Champions League spot next year. One win at Wembley assures that our names will ring forever in the annals of the FA Cup. Let's do this thing.  Boumsong deserves to be called up. I'm just disappointed that he'll likely be back at Man United next year, I don't think they'll let a title rival like us keep him.  400 games at a club is quite a feat in a world where managers commonly get canned or headhunted after a couple years.  They're still talking about us as contenders? Neat, but unrealistic. vs. Blackburn Rovers, April 24, 2021 Premier League  Blackburn are having themselves a season. Thanks to Manchester City winning the League Cup and both Manchester United and ourselves looking like Champions League locks, they're looking likely to pick up Europa League qualification. Our own title chances take a big hit before the game, with Manchester United thrashing Stoke 5-1 and pulling three points ahead with a game still in hand. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control. Starting 11: Kovacevic, Cirjak, Boumsong (c), Todd, Dos Santos, Mair, Petts, Matko, Nieddu, Mujkic, Bastable. Subs: Novotny, Feruga, Morvan, Djurovic, Bailey, Rouissi, Di Martino. It's not looking good after eight minutes. Bastable has already missed a sitter, and Blackburn's Dan Collier hits us on the counter. We peg back immediately via Bastable's massive noggin, but the early excitement isn't over until Mick Collier, brother of Dan, puts the Rovers back up in the fifteenth minute. The tables turn when we're awarded a penalty in first half stoppage time, which Bastable coolly converts to level the match. He's kicking himself just before the hour mark, though, when he misses a chance to put us up. Never fear, Nieddu picks up his teammate with the go ahead goal shortly thereafter. Blackburn's keeper had fired a free kick from near the corner flag, which our Italian import intercepted while the keeper was still miles away from getting back in front of the goal. It was as simple a finish as could be from forty yards out, made possible by Dimitri's excellent vision and anticipation. Blackburn gives us a final jolt when they bang the crossbar with twenty minutes remaining, but threaten no further. We've clinched a top four finish Champions League football with three games left. Man of the Match: Rocky Bastable   Wrexham 3-2 Blackburn  Cardiff showed some signs of life in the last couple months, but they'd dug themselves far too deep a hole to climb out of. Southampton aren't safe yet, but they've opened a three point lead over Bristol City and a four point one over West Ham while retaining a game in hand.  I'm eager to pay this bonus for the second year in a row, he's now tied for second most goals in the league. He'd have to go on a real streak to pass the leader, Mark Bloem of Manchester City, but after a slow start to the year the Bastard of Wrexham is having a solid sophomore campaign.  Bastable has also been decisive in several of our cup matches, which has allowed him to break his own club record.  This is his 10th appearance on a team of the week, making him one of the most regularly featured players in the league. He's joined by most of the Tottenham starting eleven after their thrashing of Swansea.  Really? Nieddu is a pacy attacking midfielder with little to no defensive value. Simpson is a slow, stout holding midfielder who excels at winning the ball from opponents. No wonder you had such a high eccentricity rating, Chaz. Our former captain is having a very good year for Bradford, averaging a 7 rating while featuring regularly. I'm glad he's found success after leaving us last year.  Dude, we qualified for the Champions League in our second season after three straight promotions from the lower leagues. Are you trying to motivate my players for me? Because this is an exemplar of bulletin board material.  Morvan was excellent while filling in for Mair, he'll feature more often in the midfield over time and looks like he's going to be a star for the club.  Sure, give the award to the guy who has a £150,000,000 payroll at his disposal instead of the guy who won just as many games, didn't lose, and has a payroll less than 20% as large. I'm sure that it was so much harder for poor little Manchester City than mighty Wrexham. At Arsenal, May 1, 2021 Premier League  Assuming that Manchester United don't implode in an unimaginably horrific fashion, the only question remaining at the top end of the table is which team is forced into the final qualifier round before the Champions League group stage. Whoever finishes fourth are going to be overwhelming favorites to make the group stage, but it does mean two additional games added onto the start of the season. I'd like to avoid them, we're going to be a thin squad next year and playing more games than we have in a long while. Starting Formation: 4-4-1-1 Counter Starting 11: Kovacevic, Cirjak, Boumsong (c), Todd, Dos Santos, Djurovic, Mair, Petts, Mujkic, Nieddu, Bastable. Subs: Novotny, Feruga, O'Hanlon, Morvan, Bailey, Matko, Di Martino. After a quarter hour Arsenal has had a ton of possession but taken no shots. The two squads are probing each other like heavyweight boxers in the early rounds. Arsenal finally creates some chances, but don't finish them. I move Nieddu out wide at the hour mark, he and Cirjak reward me by causing Arsenal's defense fits after a throw-in. Nieddu is able to pass the ball from the right edge of the area to Bastable in the six yard box. Bastable can't miss from that close, 1-0 Wrexham. Arsenal proceed to pile up shots late in the game, but can't force an equalizer before the final whistle. Diego Dos Santos and Cyril Boumsong are the heroes of our defense, and we leave North London having done just enough to win. Man of the Match: Diego Dos Santos   Arsenal 0-1 Wrexham  The win moves us fleetingly into first place, as our game ended before the Manchester megabastards kick off. Even the ephermal nature of our table topping position is something to be proud of. Going from non-league football to the apex of the Premiership with just three weeks remaining in the season over the course of seven years is an unheard of feat, made even moreso by the fact that we're a fan owned club and have done it without an uberwealthy sugar daddy ladling money into the coffers.  Take it! You earned every last farthing, Bastable. But I thought your bonus was only £120k?  Jaroch is right to be upset, while we did a good job defending Arsenal have only themselves to blame for not scoring a single time. But that's what happens when mind games backfire. Your opponents are motivated and your own players believe their own hype.  We surprised Arsenal by breaking out the 4-4-1-1 and it played a large role in our success today.  The victory also gives us a ten game winning streak, the longest of my career to date.  Woah, that's a lot more money than I'm used to. Did the game get patched while I wasn't looking? No, it turns out that a bug switched the valuations over to US dollars, while still being listed as pounds sterling. Easily corrected, and you won't have to share my confusion as to why every monetary value in the game changed. vs. Derby, May 4, 2021 Premier League  We're running out the reserves today, we play the FA Cup Final in four days and I don't want to risk anyone's health or stamina before that match. Manchester United thumped Liverpool the day prior, while Manchester City might catch them if they drop more points we're not going to and as such it's time to play the kids. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control Starting 11: Novotny, Dos Santos, Feruga, O'Hanlon, Mejasic, Morvan, Dixon, Matko, Bailey (c), Di Martino, Aarts. Subs: Noble, Russell, Ludwig, Alvaro, Rouissi, Argenti, De Blasio Derby jump on top before the first ten minutes are out on a free kick golazo. We have some success controlling the pace of the game, but can't score an equalizer. Novotny makes an impact in the 52nd minute when he saves a penalty, but can't stop Derby from putting one past him as the game enters the final third. We finally wake up and start besieging Derby's goal, but it's too little too late, and we pay even further when Kais Rouissi goes off injured in the 81st minute. I'm not surprised at the loss, Derby are a decent team and this match was intended to blood our youth while ensuring we were fresh for the FA Cup final. It's still disappointing that we couldn't do a better job.   Wrexham 0-2 Derby  Two months is a lot of time for a sixteen year old to miss and will set back his development.  That's interesting, I wonder who's behind the speculation. Blackburn have a ton of history, some of it fairly recent, and are currently a solid club. If they add a sugar daddy owner we're looking at the fight for top four getting even fiercer.  Manchester City now have a chance to win the league, they're a point up on United and each have two games left to play. It's looking like our last game will be quite important. It's also looking like United are a bit gassed, they've won a mere three of their last seven games. They did make the Champions League final, though, and will play Arsenal on May 22nd. If all goes right they could still win the triple, but they're not as imposing as they looked a couple months ago.  I'm hoping that their fatigue carries over into this match.  McLeod's not wrong, Aarts has been our worst first team player. But he's definitely daft if he thinks Aarts is going to even be on the bench for the match. vs. Manchester United, May 8, 2021 FA Cup, Final  There's no point playing scared. We're going out in our most successful formation, and we're going to show United why we're going to Europe next year. Boumsong is restricted from playing, making Meteor our Johnny on the spot not just for our offense but our inspiration as well.  It's clear that Manchester United's players are feeling the burn from so much play. They're starting backups at striker and left winger, and three-fourths of their back line are fatigued before the whistle blows. Meanwhile, we've got our starting eleven sans Boumsong, and everyone is rested and ready for the match. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control Starting 11: Kovacevic, Cirjak, Feruga, Todd, Mejasic, Mair, Petts, Nieddu, Shirra, Mujkic (c), Bastable. Subs: Novotny, Dos Santos, Lewis, Morvan, Djurovic, Matko, Di Martino. It's disaster early, when United hit us on a fast break to take an early lead. As we enter the middle third of the game we're carving up United's sluggish, tired defense. Even so, our possession and shot advantage has yet to tell. At 32 minutes Mujkic watches a shot bounce clear off the woodwork, and less than a minute later Shirra can't convert our best chance of the day. The pressure continues to build on United, and when Meteor gets another chance in the 35th minute he doesn't miss. It's all level at Wembley. Less than a minute after the goal Scott Shirra has to be stretchered from the field after his knee goes in a direction that would only be natural in some birds. It doesn't seem like an intentional injury, but I'm still glowering darkly at my counterpart in the other technical box. Nieddu slides into the middle to replace him, and just a couple minutes later gives us the lead with a run where he nutmegs the Manchester centerback marking him before beating the keeper one on one. United still have chances, but their striker can't get his header down and Man U miss an opportunity to pull even at 50 minutes. We trade chances at the hour mark, with Kovacevic making an important save and Man U has to clear a Mujkic shot off the line minutes later. United appear to be getting more dangerous as the game goes on, but Kovacevic stonewalls them each time. Their desperation becomes more and more apparent, just as it becomes apparent that they just don't have the legs for a comeback. The last ten minutes are all Wrexham, and while we don't add on a third goal it doesn't matter. We just beat Manchester United at Wembley in the FA Cup final, and we did it while playing confident, controlling football. Man of the Match: Richard Petts   Wrexham 2-1 Manchester United  The Dragonz Lair edition released just after the final is a 10 minute long yawp of delight from Grwn.  That's pretty cocky, guys, especially since you were telling me in the boardroom that you only expected us to get to the 6th round.   The squad bonuses are more than covered by the prize money, which has finally gotten to an amount worth mentioning.  Hey, Chelsea went out to the eventual champs. Losing to a team of our quality is nothing to be ashamed of.  This marks merely the start of our reign over not just British football but the entire world. All other clubs will behold our terrible beauty, and despair.  It's not all joy in Wales. Shirra's injury is bad luck, he arrived just after the United defender and busted his knee when he collided with the other player's foot. He'll be fine and ready for action next season.  I told you he'd come around. You'll always have a place on this team, Rock. I'm glad you've finally realized what we're building here.  Well crap. Petts has been excellent all season, usurping Djurovic's starting role. He's been especially deadly from the corner flag, his accuracy on corner kicks has resulted in a lot of goals. vs. Manchester City, May 16, 2021 Premier League  The winner of this match could determine the winner of the league. If Manchester United draw or lose and Manchester City wins, City will win the title. It will also likely determine which club has to go through a qualifying round in the Champions league, if we win we are certain to proceed directly to the group stage, while a loss would likely see us forced into a home-away playoff to enter the Champions League group stage. What I'm saying is that there's a lot riding on this. There would be even more riding on it if I'd had us go all out to beat Derby, we would have been in the title fight ourselves. I can't be too upset, seeing as resting our players did result in our first major scalp, but this season could have been even more magical. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control Starting 11: Kovacevic, Cirjak, Boumsong (c), Todd, Mejasic, Mair, Djurovic, Matko, Nieddu, Mujkic, Bastable. Subs: Novotny, Dos Santos, Lewis, Morvan, Bailey, Di Martino, Aarts. City aren't going to roll over for us, they're playing for keeps and preventing us from playing our possession game starting at the opening whistle. A Bastable breakaway draws first blood in the 18th minute, and for the rest of the half things are once again going to plan as we force City into a defensive huddle. We're profligate, though, and despite peppering the goal can't double our lead. Manchester City close out the first half with an equalizer, dragging us back to even despite our obvious superiority. They then take the lead in the 54th minute, hitting us again on the counter. The Bastard puts one in a minute later, but it's for naught as he was offside. It's the last time the ball is fished from the back of the net in the game. It's victory for the visitors, and a fourth place finish for us. We had the game in our hands and let it slip away.   Wrexham 1-2 Manchester City  I'm not sure why it took until the end of the season for our spot to be confirmed, we locked it down before the month of May even began. A fourth place finish is still an impressive achievement, and one I look forward to repeating for years to come. This is by far and away the quickest that I've ever guided a team to the Champions League, in past games it's taken five years in the Premiership and multiple fifth place finishes before breaking the megabastard hegemony.  Gotta leave some room for improvement next year. We weren't eliminated from title contention until the final week of the season.  “You just qualified for the Champions League, how do you feel?” “Disrespected and irritable.” “Thanks for the comment, Coach Belichick!”  It's a good thing we've kept them from at least winning the FA Cup, they could add the Champions League title in a week. Also, three exclamation marks? What is this, Bleacher Report?   It took until the final games of the season, but Southampton survive. I expect better from you next season, Sky Shadowing.   And just think, we're going to see even greater income next year thanks to the Champions League. It's good to be on top.  I'm disappointed that we finished fourth in the league, especially given how well we played in our final match. But we're going to the Champions League next season, and we've cleared out a place of pride in the trophy cabinet for our first FA Cup. It's been a monstrously successful season, and one that will be remembered for decades to come as announcing ourselves heirs to the throne of club football.  BOARD VOTES(Debonairly) We did it. We're in the Champions League and we've won the most prestigious national cup competition on Earth. We can't afford to rest on our laurels, though. If you want us to repeat this type of success, and make some noise on the continent, you're going to have to open up the purse-strings. Reaching the knockout rounds of the Champions League will add a minimum of ten games to our schedule. We will also have the Community Shield to contest next August, against Manchester United. It's not an important competition, but it is another match we have to play. The most important thing to do this offseason is to add depth to the squad that will allow us to handle the increased fixture load we'll face without losing a step in the Premier League. But first, as always, our finances.  Non-transfer income was up £16m this year. Getting to the group stage of the Champions League will add another £10m to that total. Merchandise sales topped seven figures for the first time, and as our sponsorships come up for renewal we can expect substantial boosts from that category as well.  Our net income declined, however, due to an increase in “non-soccer expenses” of over £13m. This is believed to be related to our purchase of the Racecourse Grounds. We also saw an additional increase of £7m in tax liability, and that will likely grow larger at the end of the month. Along with our increased player and coach wages, we spent nearly £25m more than we did the prior season.  That still gives us a £12m yearly profit, and £33m in cold hard cash sitting in our club accounts. We're now the eighth most valuable club in England with a valuation of £173m, surpassing Liverpool. We're also considered the richest club in England thanks to our healthy balance sheet, topping the likes of the Manchesters, Arsenal, and Chelsea. QUESTION ONE: Transfer and Wage Budget (Intently) We have spent £26m this past season on player wages and bonuses. We have £33m in the bank, and earned a profit of £12m last year. The transfer budget currently sits at £10.4m thanks to player sales and unspent prior funds, that will be available in addition to the amount decided on in this question. Please state the amount you would like to put towards player wages and the transfer budget, along with your choices on the other votes. Last season the Board agreed to a £40m wage/transfer expense, I would hope given the needs of the club and the health of our finances that amount would be drastically increased. Lastly, please try to limit your vote to a range between £20m and £100m, £20m is already £6m less than our current wages and £100m would very likely spend the entirety of our cash reserve. QUESTION TWO: Training Facilities Upgrade (Knowingly) One of the keys to attracting the best talent is having the best facilities. While our training facilities remain excellent, we do not yet match our new peers in state of the art technology and amenities. I would like to begin the process of closing this gap. A) (Agreeably) Capital! We shall have plans drawn up at once. (Training facilities improved, £3.7m spent) B) (Bemusedly) We've already got excellent training facilities. Why do we need to go all University of Oregon? (Training facilities not improved) QUESTION THREE: Youth Facilities Upgrade (Sagaciously) In order to produce more brilliant young players I would like to see an upgrade made to those facilities as well. The Justin Bailey Sheepfold with Training Flock will provide our players with even more ways to reach their full potential by honing their agility and wits while providing them with the protein necessary for growing boys. A) (Decisively) We dislike your attempts to use Justin Bailey to get us to spend more money. (Youth Facilities not improved) B) (Happily) Justin Bailey? No need to say more. Agreed. (Youth Facilities Upgraded, £4m spent) QUESTION FOUR: Youth Level Improvement (Finally) We remain behind other Premier League teams when it comes to our youth development level. I would like to push us to the next level. A) (Cordially) We must keep up with the megabastards, what? (Youth Level Improved) B) (Derisively) You've yet to use one of our academy players in the first team, why should we spend even more money on local lads that will never play for the first team? 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The season prediction contest is coming down to the wire, Trundel is winning at the moment thanks to having nailed all three relegation victims in order of finish, but AJ_Impy could match him if Manchester United win the Champion's League. If that happens I'll have the two of them take guesses as to the winners of the other major European leagues as a tiebreaker. Also, if anyone votes for less than 40m pounds in transfer/wage funds I will threaten to go to the media with pictures of them making unwanted advances towards a sheep. Cutting my wage/transfer budget after a season where we made a big profit and now have more cash on hand than any other club in the country would is cray. Ideally, you'll double that amount. 
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steinrokkan posted:Does history know any cases of talented coaches leading their teams to victory only to die prematurely in a tragic accident involving piano wire and an ice pick? The megabastards can't be too happy about Wrexham's inconsiderate success.  : Moyes?! Shouldn't you be hiding in the boot of a cab somewhere? What are you doing here? : I was called on our... mutual friend's number. And yes, God knows I've to keep a low profile. There are a group of Red Devils ultras hunting me! Hunting me, with knives and rope! Do you understand?! Losing the cup to that lovely little team of Welshmen has doomed me! : Be calm Mr. Moyes. : YOU!: Yuri Kropotkin! You can't be here! You're wanted for murder. That satellite...: Satellites fall out of sky every day. Sometimes in ocean, sometimes burn up in atmosphere, sometimes land on worst investment of your life and give you a chance to make good on terrible losses through crafty insurance fraud. : And Brown exposed your scheme. The league stripped you of your franchise and MI-5 hounded you all the way to the border of Russia.: Where our mutual friend found me and put me to work. And now, many years later, I am here for revenge!: That's all well and good, and no one would like to see Brown humiliated and destroyed more than me, but how? He's surrounded by a team of fanatical footballers!: His fanbase is building a replica of Nelson's Column dedicated to him in Wrexham!: The Wrexham Board all owe both their jobs and their unassailable right to embezzle with impunity to him!: His players left Euro Disney a smoking wreck that even the French won't visit!: I have been cultivating a special weapon for just this purpose. For years I have been working, slaving over my revenge. Come forward, my servant! : Yes, master. :  : Justin Bailey! Impossible! He's...: The perfect means of revenge! Observe. Bailey, kill that useless Sky Sport reporter!: Yes, my lord. : How did you?: Bailey was never good enough to play in the Premiere League. When Brown removed him from the rotation, he became desperate and started taking performance enhancing drugs. Drugs which I supplied to him. Drugs which have both granted his desire to be the greatest footballer in the world, but have left him a mindless slave under my control!: Gotta....start. Football...is...my life.: Soon, I will use his football skills to destroy Wrexham and grind Scott Brown under my heel!: Heh... heh heh.: Muh hu heh. Heh heh heh : MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAAA!!!
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But wasn't his wife the one who brought that satellite down?
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  That is amazing. Would you mind if I made that an official interlude? The one thing is that Kropotkin was believed to be dead. And yeah, it was his wife, but we're pretty well and truly a different universe than Bad Machinery at this point. Poetic license! habeasdorkus fucked around with this message at 02:26 on May 21, 2014 |
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habeasdorkus posted:
I'd like that. habeasdorkus posted:The one thing is that Kropotkin was believed to be dead. He faked his death and fled for Russia once Scott Brown exposed his plans. MI-5 pinned the blame on his wife and called it case closed, obviously they missed something.
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1. Last year's wage/transfer expense was £40M, and we're making £12m of profit. I'd like to avoid dipping too far into the red, so let's increase that to £60M. That sounds like a lot now, but the Champion's League money truck should cover the difference. I don't want to increase it too much in case we fall out of the top four next year. 2. A. Sure, gently caress it. 3. B. gently caress it! 4. A Even if you don't use them, you sell them for a profit later. And it's not like this one costs money.
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May 21, 2014 02:29
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God this thread owns.. I kinda wish I wasn't caught up. More importantly, can we please sign Maxim Tsigalko?
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May 21, 2014 02:32
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Added your bit as a "Fan Trust Interlude" in the OP table of contents. Did the same for SnafuAl's brilliant poem. I love both of them.
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May 21, 2014 02:33
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You either die languishing in the Skrill North, or you live long enough to see yourself become the megabastard. ABA if that ain't too clear Also, let's go with £60M and if it's either too much or too little, I blame JT Jag. Plus I need the extra cash to buy myself that solid gold tanning salon for supermodels. Wait, did I say that out loud
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May 21, 2014 02:43
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65m, ABA. I thought we already had a youth paddock? I suggest installing a sheep dip so our players can enjoy a rate of flyblow, ticks and lice less than 130% of the BPL average.
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May 21, 2014 02:50
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Fussy Dutchman posted:More importantly, can we please sign Maxim Tsigalko? I'm on the verge of inking To Madiera to a long term deal. Dias posted:Also, let's go with £60M and if it's either too much or too little, I blame JT Jag. I can't complain about 60m. Or at the most I'll grumble mildly. Obviously I'm for using that big stack of cash we've saved up, but that's because I'm the manager and not responsible for the club staying solvent. We could probably afford 80-90m without spending down to nothing next year. eta: Ack, we do have a paddock. Let me go back and change that. habeasdorkus fucked around with this message at 04:17 on May 21, 2014 |
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May 21, 2014 02:51
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83 Million A B A Yes I'm extremely confident in our club. Dreamsicle fucked around with this message at 03:59 on May 21, 2014 |
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May 21, 2014 02:59
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ABA and sure, £70M sounds good to me. I want to keep our status as the wealthiest club in Wales.  also habeas you should clearly give Bailey superstats on par with or surpassing Bastable in order to reflect the fan interlude
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May 21, 2014 03:02
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1: £57 Million - I'm willing to give you all the income. 45 Million including the 5 from the winter transfer window plus the 12 income. I'd appreciate the club continuing to run some kind of a profit. 2: A - Capital Cost of doing business 3: B - Capital Cost for my love of J. Bailey 4: A - A free potential source of income?
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May 21, 2014 03:09
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You guys are all going small scale, I trust our manager 80 million pounds, ABA. To fight all the Megabastards become a more sensible version of one.
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May 21, 2014 03:15
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60m, which apparently is content-to-mild-grumbling amounts, but I'll give you ABA to keep you happy in exchange.
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May 21, 2014 03:40
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65 million on the wage budget with an extra 5 reserved for siging a special talent/new key player. ABA for the rest. Great achievements were made and they don't seem to stop. I clearly aimed to low with my prediction of getting the League Cup. At least I got the placement right.
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May 21, 2014 03:43
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Due to the economic downturn: 1) zero transfer budget 2) b 3) a 4) b Sorry, times are tight due to the 2021 banking crisis!
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May 21, 2014 03:47
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I trust Scott Brown even more than he trusts himself. 1. 80.999 million pounds sterling!!! 2. B 3. A 4. B Bring us the scalps of Europe.
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May 21, 2014 03:49
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QUESTION ONE: Transfer and Wage Budget £60m A B A Considering what Scott Brown has done for Wrexham, not following his advice is tantamount to blasphemy!
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May 21, 2014 03:55
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£90M A B A MAKE IT RAIN
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May 21, 2014 04:00
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1. £64.3 Million. You can't be outspent by some upstart American Ice Football League. Spend to the NHL salary cap. 2. A 3. B 4. A
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May 21, 2014 04:01
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Bozart posted:1) zero transfer budget The amount is how much we'll spend on both player wages and transfers, not just wages. We're spending 26m on salaries right now, so ~20m is the lower bound for votes. It's essentially a demand that I sell players. I'll put you down for that, but you're now my least favorite member of the electorate. If you want to vote for flat wages and zero transfer funds, let me know and I'll update that. Likewise, I'd ask people to avoid going too high (above ~100m).
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May 21, 2014 04:10
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1: 65m, with the right to increase it during the Jan trading window if we're in contention again. No need to play all our chips at once. 2: A, with the caveat that if we can introduce a new kit every game like Nike does with the Ducks we absolutely should. I think our lads would look good in chrome and neon yellow. 3: B, children are the future, won't somebody please think of the children, Wu-Tang is for the children, etc... 4: A, we can keep the clone factory going with the Champions money. Side question, if this was real life the megabastards would just buy out our boys and spend us back into the basement. Accordingly are you going to jack up Bastard's/Meteor's transfer rate to like 100m and force someone to call our bluff, or will that make our lads mad and they'll leave at the first chance?
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