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Chapter the First: Who needs free time, anyways? July 2, 2022-August 5,2022 Well, this throws my preseason into high gear. There isn't an international break until September, but I want to get on the ball for the United States to make sure that we're set to hit the ground running. This is my first international job in any version of FM, so I'll be learning on the fly.  So, no expectations?  Excellent. That makes my first action very obvious.   I'm running this whole joint like a dictator. No leaving who gets U20 and Olympic call-ups to chance.  Why did you fly me to Qatar to introduce me? I was already in the US.   We've already got friendlies against the Belgians and Irish arranged, but I add several more, including matches against Scotland and Australia next spring and summer.   I also fill the U20's fixture list, by the time we play Mexico next June we should be on our way to a successful youth movement.  The star ratings given here are based upon the US staff evaluation, and not compared to Wrexham players. I've ordered my Wrexham scouting department to pour over every American or person with American eligibility in an effort to get us better/more accurate information. Knowing that Brent Woods is a 4 star player doesn't tell me much, nor does knowing Emiliano Cardenas is only a 1.5 star player.  The best American player is Brent Woods. He's good enough to play for Wrexham, and he's the current star of the US National Team. He plys his trade at Valencia and has been a star in Serie A and La Liga. He's also our obvious choice for team captain.  The worst American on the national team is Emiliano Cardenas, and he wouldn't have gotten into our lineup in the last four years. Unfortunately we have many more Cardenas quality players than Woods quality players, I'm starting to see why the US has been terrible. .png) .png) The other reason America has remained also rans is because AU-Klinsmann was straight awful at convincing dual nationality players to join the USMNT. Carlos Nash is 20 years old and would immediately be the best or second best player on the team, while Dante Flores is a very promising 19 year old talent. Neither will even return my phone calls when I contact them about getting capped. I very much want to lock them down for the United States before Germany/Mexico can do so, as such they're still going to be getting invitations to join the team every month or two and regular phone calls from me.  The hunt for an astute rear end Man begins, though I'm unsure of how to figure out which potential coaching additions would be interested in taking a job with our national team. That's all for now, there's hundreds upon hundreds of scouting reports left to file on prospective American players, and come September I expect to have a good handle on what exactly I'm working with.  Wrexham Pre-Season Camp July 4, 2022 (A SHORT, EXTREMELY WELL MUSCLED MAN enters the locker room and begins changing into his practice uniform as the COACH is exiting his office)  : Holy hell, who are you? A cross between Pocket Hercules and Maurice Jones-Drew? : Hey coach! Didn't recognize me after my offseason conditioning program, huh?: Bailey!? What happened to you?: I felt like I was letting the team down by not doing everything I could to be as good a player as possible. So I signed up under an alias for a few scientific studies. They worked like a charm! Plus, the docs said the green skin should wear off in a month or two.: Bailey, are you involved in anything illegal?: Of course not, Coach! How could you ask me that!?(BAILEY slams his locker closed, knocking over the whole row of lockers) : Umm. They mentioned my temper might be a teensy bit worse as a potential side effect. Our sales are almost complete.  Our purchases, too. I swear.  El Tri are close to immortality, they've been brilliant over the last two years.  That makes two seasonal team talks I haven't botched in a row. I try to keep the pressure off the players, they don't need to think I expect them to win the title. At New York Cosmos, July 5, 2022 Pre-Season Camp  The Cosmos were the flagship squad of the old NASL, the first major pro-soccer league in America. They were a late career port of call for the likes of Pele and Franz Beckenbauer, and easily the strongest team in the old league. But the NASL collapsed after the 1984 season, and the old Cosmos shut down a year later. The new version remains a regionally viable force, by far and away the highest reputation NASL team and on the same level as the worse MLS teams. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control Starting 11: El Sayed (c), Cirjak, Laux, O'Hanlon, Suslov, Dixon, Bailey, Parr, Julio, Argenti, De Blasio. Subs: Kovacevic, Reed, Hammatt, Todd, Morvan, Mair, Shirra, Mujkic, Collett, Rouissi, Bastable. We win, but it's not pretty. Oleg Suslov goes down in the second minutes with a serious injury, and we get just seven shots off. Youth product Cosimo De Blasio is our best player and scores early in each half, while The Incredible Bailey is a force in the midfield for us. It's an acceptable but unimpressive start to our American sojourn. Man of the Match: Cosimo De Blasio.   Cosmos 0-2 Wrexham  That's not the good type of pain. He'll be back around the time our season begins but with Mejasic gone we're in the market for a new second string left back, preferably one that could one day supplant Suslov. I think I might know just the kid.  There's going to be a first time champ one way or another. Watch out for the ghost of Nigel De Jong, El Tri. At Carolina RailHawks, July 8, 2022 Pre-Season Camp  Raleigh-Durham, here we come. Time to get some of that delicious better Carolina BBQ. Youngster Steve Reed will be filling in for Suslov until either we sign a natural left back or Suslov returns from injury. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control Starting 11: El Sayed (c), Cirjak, Laux, Todd, Reed, Mair, Shirra, Parr, Julio, Argenti, Aarts. Subs: Kovacevic, Rawlison, Hammatt, O'Hanlon, Parry, Bailey, Morvan, Bastable, Collett, Rouissi, Mujkic, De Blasio. It's a dire game, and one look at our players conditions will tell you why. We're simply not in match shape, and our players lack the stamina to play anything more than half an hour before looking gassed. We're able to salvage a draw after giving up a shock early goal, but for all our possession don't get more than the one goal. I should have reconsidered the number of fixtures I set up for this trip. Man of the Match: Patrice Morvan   RailHawks 1-1 Wrexham  Bronze isn't bad, but it isn't a World Cup. It's a shame that El Compadrito wilted under pressure, but better than he make those mistakes playing with Argentina than while on the field wearing our kit.  Whoops. That transfer won't go through for two more years. This is why you always check when your transfer is going to take place, in this case I missed that this excellent young American was only 16 and not eligible to join us until he turned 18. I'll have to settle for getting him into as many U20 matches as I can until he's able to come here and learn more directly from me.  Go soak your head. I'm not selling our star keeper.   Great, their supporters will be insufferable until I win a World Cup for the United States.  Poland was the only other team to make a surprisingly deep run in the World Cup, thanks in large part to stalwart centerback Woj Feruga. At Fort Lauderdale Strikers, July 11, 2022 Pre-Season Camp  Go out and win this game boys, and then we can head to the beach. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control Starting 11: Kovacevic, Cirjak, Todd (c), Rawlinson, Enrique, Maloney, Morvan, Bloor, Argenti, Ayari, De Blasio. Subs: Kocsis, El Sayed, Reed, Hammatt, O'Hanlon, Mair, Shirra, Collett, Mujkic, Rouissi, Parry, Bastable. The good news is that they never looked like scoring against us. The bad news is that we stumble through another desultory game, and don't even look better once the youth players are subbed out for first teamers. This has not been an impressive introduction to American audiences, it's a good thing only 5-6 thousand people have been showing up at each match. Man of the Match: Enrique   Strikers 0-0 Wrexham  We played miserably in America, and a big reason is that we were too tired and didn't have enough time to recover our stamina.  There's no place on the first team for you, Cosimo, you're going to have to go on loan somewhere. Also, it's impolite to spurn our feeder team.  We were lucky this transfer stayed out of the papers. Manchester United had him high on their wish list for the year, and would have made a strong play for him had they found out we were attempting to sign him. James Loseille Left Back  Losille is the only person in our entire organization with five star potential. That means he might not only one day outshine the likes of Mujkic and Shirra, but that he might do so by an appreciable margin. There are literally no players in the entire world who rate five stars in current ability when compared to our team, and only nine other players who have five star potential. That makes the 17 year old Loseille a perfect addition to our team. He's already good enough to contribute at the senior team level, but once Suslov is back from injury he'll spend most of the year in the U18s building his stamina and working on the mental aspect of his game.  Do yer duty, Mateo.  I should have spent more time focusing on Team Cohesion and less time playing friendlies. That's a lesson learned for next time.  Motivation concerns? Just throw money at the problem.  The bookies are finally getting wise to us, and give us a realistic shot of winning the league.  It seems like Rainey left a lot longer than four years ago.  The only taker for Harley that will get him off our books is Scottish side Dundee United. They have a future fee of £150k, which means that if they like what they see they'll be able to purchase Harley at that price when his loan ends.  Triggering Jeffries option is the obvious move. There's no way I'm letting someone who could reasonably expect to start for a mid-tier club in a top level league at some point in the future go for nothing.  We're paying over 1,000,000 quid a year in wages to a promising but currently unpolished striker. That's megabastard style squad management.  Mair has Finishing 7 and Passing 17. This is a good preferred move for him to learn. At Adelaide United, July 18, 2022 Australian Tour  Lets hope that our Australian tour goes better than the American one. We begin in Adelaide, the fifth largest city on the continent. I once dated a girl who grew up there, she introduced me to meat pies. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control. Starting 11: El Sayed (c), Cirjak, Laux, O'Hanlon, Loseille, Dixon, Bailey, Parr, Julio, Cardozo, Aarts. Subs: Kovacevic, Reed, Feruga, Todd, Morvan, Mair, Petts, Collett, Shirra, Mujkic, Argenti, Bastable. What a difference some rest makes. We pound Adelaide all day long, going up on an own goal four minutes into the match. Rocky Bastable and Mateo Mujkic make the home fans swoon with a goal and an assist respectively, while new signing Shahed Parr wins man of the match with a well struck goal of his own. Man of the Match: Shahed Parr   Adelaide 0-4 Wrexham  Enjoy League One, De Blasio. I have some concern that he'll be too good for that level, and get lazy. But there were no other takers for him, and he's certainly not going to get any playing time for our senior team. At Melbourne Heart, July 20, 2022 Australian Tour  Australia is huge. I was going to comment how Mujkic's family could come to this match, as they live in Canberra, but it turns out that they'd have to fly in if they wanted to not spend a whole day driving. It's a moot point, Meteor strained his back weight lifting at his old gym, and will miss most of the rest of the tour. There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Australian spectators when this is announced. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control. Starting 11: Kovacevic, Cirjak, Laux, Todd, Morvan, Mair, Shirra, Argenti, Petts, Cardozo, Bastable (c). Subs: El Sayed, Reed, Loseille, Feruga, Hammatt, O'Hanlon, Dixon, Julio, Bailey, Parr, De Blasio. We control play completely, but going into the final twenty minutes we've only scored once on a Piero Argenti effort. Then Cirjak and Parr add late game tallies, and we walk away with a comfortable victory over outclassed competition. The only sour note is Bastable's poor game, he didn't play well for his fans. Man of the Match: Tonci Cirjak   Melbourne 0-3 Wrexham  I'm going to have to talk about a new contract with the Board soon, I was in the final year of my current deal and the ingame one had me sign a new one.  They were unwilling to negotiate their offer, essentially giving me a £20k/wk pay cut. That will not stand. You want the best Manager in the world? You better be willing to pay for him. At Central Coast Mariners, July 26, 2022 Australian Tour  The Central Coast Mariners are Bastable's old team, he was a product of their youth squad and grew up in Gosford. They were complete idiots, though, and released him on a free transfer. Qatari club Lekhwiya wasted no time picking up the Bastard and plugging him into their starting lineup. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control. Starting 11: El Sayed (c), Cirjak, Laux, O'Hanlon, Loseille, Dixon, Bailey, Parr, Julio, Cardozo, Bastable. Subs: Kovacevic, Reed, Todd, Hammatt, Feruga, Mair, Morvan, Petts, Collett, Shirra, Taborda, Aarts. Bastable doesn't make his friends and family wait during his homecoming, scoring before five minutes have passed. It sets the tone for the whole match, which can only be described as another dominating display of our quality. Shahed Parr wins another man of the match award, and it's looking like he's going to be a steal even at £17m. Man of the Match: Shahed Parr   Central Coast 0-4 Wrexham At Perth Glory, July 28, 2022 Australian Tour  Our last stop before returning to rainy Wales is on the other side of the continent, with a stop in Perth. Mujkic has recovered enough to play, he and Bastable will get every chance to show off one last time before their fellow Australians. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control. Starting 11: El Sayed, Reed, Hammatt, Todd, Loseille, Bailey, Mair, Parr, Julio, Mujkic (c), Bastable. Subs: Kovacevic, Cirjak, Feruga, Laux, O'Hanlon, Morvan, Petts, Shirra, Taborda, Collett, Cardozo, Aarts. All goes according to plan as we keep another clean sheet and Shahed Parr scores another goal. At the hour mark, though, teenage thug Callum Herdle makes a beeline for Shahed Parr and launches into a vicious tackle. The entire stadium gasps as the young winger is cut down, and the cameras catch a demonically grinning Pete Elliot, ostensibly at the game to “scout” Mujkic and Bastable, pumping his fists in unseemly glee. Man of the Match: Steve Reed   Perth Glory 0-3 Wrexham  Noooooo! I expected Parr to miss a little time this season, but blowing out an ACL is one of the worst possible injuries a soccer player can suffer. He might never be as good as he was when we signed him, and Manchester United are lucky to have recouped as much of their initial expenditure on him. After over eight years I finally sign the right winger I want, and he's done for the season before a meaningful minute is even played. Life is so unfair.  I wonder how many of those were Parr jerseys.  vs. Chester, August 2, 2022 Cross Border Derby  This cross border derby is actually being played entirely within England, since we've been relocated to Wolverhampton. I wonder if Swansea or Cardiff will try to claim that we're not Welsh this season and thus not the best team in Wales. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control Starting 11: Kovacevic, Reed, Feruga (c), Hammatt, Loseille, Bailey, Petts, Argenti, Shirra, Taborda, Cardozo. Subs: El Sayed, Cirjak, Laux, Todd, O'Hanlon, Dixon, Mair, Morvan, Julio, Collett, Mujkic, Bastable. Another minnow, another four-nil pasting. Our real tuneup will come against Manchester City in the Community Shield, but after some fatigue induced problems in America we recovered to properly thump our small time foes. Man of the Match: Steve Reed.   Wrexham 4-0 Chester  Our team strength still runs through our offense, and that is still focused through Rocky Bastable. Cardozo has proven to be an excellent second option, while Bram Aarts continues to grow and improve as a player. We are as deep as any top club that plays with a single striker up top, with three legitimate options before we get desperate.  Left wing is well accounted for, with the world class Mujkic and near-world class Taborda splitting the position between them. Meanwhile Matty Collett, El Juez, and Argenti give us five Premier League quality options at the position.  We're significantly less deep on the other side of the field due to the Parr injury. Collett will be an adequate replacement for Nieddu, though I doubt he'll be as good, and Argenti has the potential to grow into a Champions League quality winger himself. So long as Collett and Argenti stay healthy we'll be OK. If they don't, we're in for some rough sledding.  The loss of Nieddu also makes any injury to Shirra more serious. While we have over half a dozen decent backups to the Golden Boy we lack anyone who comes close to his skill at unlocking defenses while sitting behind the striker up top.  The revitalization of Bailey by boon fiat has given us an incredible amount of midfield depth. Between Petts, Morvan, Bailey, and Mair we run four deep in starting quality central midfielders. That we have prospects Ben Dixon and Julio as backups beyond that merely emphasizes how deep we are.  Our back line remains the weakest part of our team, but it has improved as time has gone on. Todd, Laux, and Feruga are a very competent even though none of them are exceptional, while O'Hanlon and especially Hammatt are building blocks for a stout future. I cannot wait for Hammatt and Laux sitting in the box waiting for any cross a foolish opponent attempts.  Reed and Cirjak both have the potential to be among the best right backs in the world. We're in good hands with either of them, though once again this is an area of comparative weakness on the squad.  The same goes for the other side, where Oleg Suslov is a force but the seventeen year old Loseille is decidedly our weakest second option compared to any position. So long as Suslov stays on the pitch we're in good shape, but if he misses significant time I'm going to have to consider retraining Mujkic as a left back to take some of the pressure off the new kid.  Our defense is backed up by one keeper that most Premier League clubs would love to have in El Sayed and a world class talent in Kovacevic. We can be assured that we won't give up many goals regardless of which one is between the sticks, and Kovacevic especially excels in winning one on one battles against a breakaway attacker. Further, he's become excellent at distributing the ball, improving our offense even more.  The Parr injury sucks. It takes a position of strength and makes us even worse than we were before the window started. We still have another month left to make transfers, and I may add another right winger to improve our depth, but I'm doing my best not to panic buy. But as the above depth charts show we're as deep as we've ever been and even our weaknesses compare well to anything other than the very best clubs. 
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TheGreyGhost posted:I'm happy about this because it means we might finally see some sexy USA soccer action, but I still think the comedy option would've been to find a way to replace stinky Pete and lead Meteor and The Bastard to a world cup too. Maybe schedule a friendly against Australia for shits and giggles then retract Bastable and Mujkic from it so he has to play with his scrubs. Maybe someone wins and asks for the return of Pau Hogan.
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Jun 17, 2014 22:11
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Well it is the future so maybe he'll bounce back well after his injury! I hope.  At the very least I hope he can be at least as good as Nieddu when all is said and done. Dreamsicle fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Jun 17, 2014 |
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Jun 17, 2014 22:13
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I love how as soon as you become USA coach, Mexico of all countries manages to win a World Cup.
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Jun 17, 2014 22:30
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FM has always had problems with certain nations becoming over-powered because their researchers have certain biases (cough England cough Mexico cough), but a Mexican world cup win is unlikely today, but given that they seem to be trending up after their Olympic win and absolute stonewalling Brazil today, it's as likely as the World Cup actually being held in Qatar.
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Jun 17, 2014 22:34
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Injuries like that one are the only times I'll reload the game. I figure if it was possible to do it in real life, I'd do that too, even if it was for a team I hate, so I rationalise it that way.
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Jun 17, 2014 22:40
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Sky Shadowing posted:FM has always had problems with certain nations becoming over-powered because their researchers have certain biases (cough England cough Mexico cough), but a Mexican world cup win is unlikely today, but given that they seem to be trending up after their Olympic win and absolute stonewalling Brazil today, it's as likely as the World Cup actually being held in Qatar. I remember back during the glory days of Championship Manager 3 when most of the Scottish Team was OP as all hell because of that very same reason. 
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From pure, morbid curiosity, and since you had friendlies with other NASL teams, I need to know if this year's NASL expansion teams are in the game. The Ottawa Fury, our new team, have done pretty well for an expansion team, and have an upcoming friendly against Rangers, which will easily be the highest quality competition we've faced, despite their demotion. I've been holding off getting FM 2014 because of a lack of free time, but if the Fury are in there, I don't know if I can resist it much longer. Apologies if this is a little off-topic, but speaking of Rangers, Tartan Tory, since you're a fan, can you tell me who I should be on the lookout for when they visit on the 23rd of July? I'm already aware of Fraser Aird and Luca Gasparotto, since they're Canadian nationals, but despite being a scot by ancestry, I have little actual knowledge on who's good and who's not on Rangers, and want to act like I'm in the know, or at least know who I have to look up youtube highlights of.
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Fusbolito McGiggola posted:From pure, morbid curiosity, and since you had friendlies with other NASL teams, I need to know if this year's NASL expansion teams are in the game. The Ottawa Fury, our new team, have done pretty well for an expansion team, and have an upcoming friendly against Rangers, which will easily be the highest quality competition we've faced, despite their demotion. Good players to watch out for. Kenny Miller, Jon Daly, Dean Shiels, Lee Wallace, Lee McCulloch, Steven Smith (I rate him ,though I seem to be the only one who does!) and of course your Canadian chaps. We are rumoured to be re-signing Kris Boyd in the next month as well, whe is quite frankly still one of the best Scottish strikers sine Ally McCoist (who is our manager!). So if we grab him, watch out for him as well. We have a good, young team, with key veteran personnel like Miller, McCulloch and Wallace who tend to boss about/train the young ones. Even with the past few years, we are probably still in the top 5 teams in Scotland talent wise, plus because we are so young, we are only going to get better. I predict we will win the league again within 2-3 seasons of getting back on the top. Seeing as Celtic seem to be picking up aging stars and are gradually running out of money (only so many times their sugar daddy can bail them out of that tax bill!). A Tartan Tory fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Jun 17, 2014 |
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Jun 17, 2014 23:46
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Fusbolito McGiggola posted:From pure, morbid curiosity, and since you had friendlies with other NASL teams, I need to know if this year's NASL expansion teams are in the game. The Ottawa Fury, our new team, have done pretty well for an expansion team, and have an upcoming friendly against Rangers, which will easily be the highest quality competition we've faced, despite their demotion. Wait, Ottawa has a team? You mean, I can drunken;y watch soccer in my city?
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So are Adrian Peterson-esque recoveries from ACL tears possible in FM? (The year he returned from injury he was the only thing keeping his team at a respectable record)
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bunnyofdoom posted:Wait, Ottawa has a team? You mean, I can drunken;y watch soccer in my city? Haha, yeah, we've had a team for a while now, they've just been in the PDL. This year, with the opening of TD Place, the Fury were granted an NASL franchise, and are, so far, not doing too badly at all. They've got a ways to go yet on the talent level, as they have a grand total of one international player, Omar Jarun, who plays for Palestine. But, in a twist noone saw coming, the Fury are actually doing okay! They're beating teams they should beat, and losing to teams they should lose to. They finished 6th out of 10 in the spring season, and barring a heartbreaking goal in injury time to Minnesota United and TWO late goals to San Antonio, they'd have finished clear in third. Fury are going to lose HORRIBLY to Rangers, but it's a good opportunity to actually attract some local attention, and inform fans that the team actually exists now, and that while it's not Premier League or MLS, it's actually a pretty okay brand of soccer. Thanks for the info, Tartan Tory. I have to say that despite the fact that all my relatives back in Scotland would murder me, since they're all Ayr United fans, the SPL doesn't feel right without Rangers. Here's to hoping they'll make it back this year!
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So I take it you're not going to be letting Bastable or Mujkic play for Australia ever again?
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Holland is still choking in the World Cup? I guess some things never change.
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Can you post up exactly what you did to Bailey? Maybe put hulk Bailey next to the vanilla version.
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bunnyofdoom posted:Wait, Ottawa has a team? You mean, I can drunken;y watch soccer in my city? This is the best way to type drunkenly 
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For Bailey I just pumped his strength and stamina up to maximum and boosted his aggression/bravery up as well. Then I set his CA at 150 (for comparison Petts is around 155, Julio around 145). The game took care of the rest. Before:  After:  The end result is that all of his stats went up by 2 or 3 points.
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What was his original CA btw? Also, how crazy is Colecott btw? He's been winning various awards etc and is the player with the highest match rating in the UK but I don't recall him being called out much. Finally, what's with goalies nearly always being called out as the key player of the opposing team? P.S. Congrats on snagging that USA job.
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The Sandman posted:So I take it you're not going to be letting Bastable or Mujkic play for Australia ever again? Not if I can help it. I can't keep them out of major international games (except the ASEAN cup, I'm going to change the game in order to keep them from missing two months of the season every two years from that crap), but I am going to withdraw them from every friendly I can. Munin posted:What was his original CA btw? 89. Essentially a medium quality League Two player. Munin posted:Also, how crazy is Colecott btw? He's been winning various awards etc and is the player with the highest match rating in the UK but I don't recall him being called out much. Colecott is very, very good. He's AU-Raheem Sterling, and he's delivered on his promise at the age of 26 with a breakout year that saw him score 12 goals with 17 assists in 32 games (very Nieddu-esque numbers). Munin posted:Finally, what's with goalies nearly always being called out as the key player of the opposing team? Gotta stop us from scoring 5 goals a game somehow The goalie tends to get picked if we're playing a crap team, and because they age so slowly there's enough good goalies in the world that even mediocre teams will have one. I think the "key player" tends to be the one the AI rates the highest, ergo often picking the 34 year old keeper.Dreamsicle posted:So are Adrian Peterson-esque recoveries from ACL tears possible in FM? (The year he returned from injury he was the only thing keeping his team at a respectable record) We'll have to wait and see. Hopefully he doesn't lose too much and can make it back up. But this is going to really put a dent in his chances of fully achieving his potential. Fusbolito McGiggola posted:From pure, morbid curiosity, and since you had friendlies with other NASL teams, I need to know if this year's NASL expansion teams are in the game. The Fury do exist, but aren't listed as a NASL team. NASL isn't playable in the vanilla game, but there's likely database edits that add NASL play and the Fury. You'd be best served by making sure I'm right about that before buying, though. Dias posted:Holland is still choking in the World Cup? I guess some things never change. The curse of Mark van Bommel! Sky Shadowing posted:FM has always had problems with certain nations becoming over-powered because their researchers have certain biases (cough England cough Mexico cough) Now that I'm head of the US I can actually say that some of the American regens have sky high potential, but what's holding the US back is a complete lack of development from age 16 onwards. Players with world class potential are stuck at places like the US Development Academy and not playing any games or developing very much, and no one in Europe can sign them until they reach 18 years old meaning that they never get a chance to play with a good youth side. Fixing the awful development of young players is how I'm going to get the US into contention for a World Cup win. Oh, and I just checked, Ed Phillips not only remains at Tackleford despite getting relegated, his job status is listed as "stable." What a clownshoes operation. Getting fired from there was the best thing that's ever happened to me.
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habeasdorkus posted:Getting fired from there was the best thing that's ever happened to me. And for Wales.
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habeasdorkus posted:We'll have to wait and see. Hopefully he doesn't lose too much and can make it back up. But this is going to really put a dent in his chances of fully achieving his potential. Well if as long as he becomes better or at least equal to Nieddu, I'm not complaning. habeasdorkus posted:Oh, and I just checked, Ed Phillips not only remains at Tackleford despite getting relegated, his job status is listed as "stable." What a clownshoes operation. Getting fired from there was the best thing that's ever happened to me. If I was a good writer, I'd make a story of Ed holding some scandalous material of the owners. Speaking of the owners, do the Cadbury's still own the team? I'm also disappointed you didn't make Bastable say this but more Australian.  I tried finding a better clip but he ended saying something different. Dreamsicle fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Jun 18, 2014 |
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I demand blood! Revenge must be had. Can you buy that player off his team and sabotage his career?
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habeasdorkus posted:The end result is that all of his stats went up by 2 or 3 points. His leadership went up by seven. Is he going to be captain this season?
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Jun 18, 2014 07:17
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That may upset the applecart a little considering the Meteor's had it for a year (or two?) now. I don't know whether Bailey leaving the club for a while earlier would reset how long he's been at the club in the other players' eyes either though that's a lesser concern.
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Jun 18, 2014 08:32
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Smoky Bandana posted:That may upset the applecart a little considering the Meteor's had it for a year (or two?) now. I don't know whether Bailey leaving the club for a while earlier would reset how long he's been at the club in the other players' eyes either though that's a lesser concern. He's a legend alongside brown, right? He could be the vc!
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Jun 18, 2014 09:45
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Teddybear posted:He's a legend alongside brown, right? He could be the vc! Hey, Bailey's my man. I'm just worried Mujkic'd throw the toys out the pram. He's got the Ambitious personality I think?
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Jun 18, 2014 09:52
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Yeah, Bailey's going to be VC. He's still not going to be starting a ton of games (though he's now great as a holding midfielder as well as a decent playmaker) so Mujkic will still be the guy getting on the pitch most often.Dreamsicle posted:Speaking of the owners, do the Cadbury's still own the team? Yep. And they have an insanely high ambition rating and insanely low patience and loyalty ratings, so I have no clue how Ed still has his job.
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habeasdorkus posted:Yep. And they have an insanely high ambition rating and insanely low patience and loyalty ratings, so I have no clue how Ed still has his job.  : Mr. Phillips, you'll find a vanilla envelope on your desk containing a set of pictures. Now, I understand your owners are particularly fickle when it comes to their managers, but I believe this evid- sorry, gift should come in handy. Now, about my fee...
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Jun 18, 2014 15:01
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Why is Sepp Blatter a villain, by the way? I mean I don't doubt that he is one, it's the World Cup and I'm looking for something for the water cooler.
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Jun 18, 2014 21:11
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tomanton posted:Why is Sepp Blatter a villain, by the way? I mean I don't doubt that he is one, it's the World Cup and I'm looking for something for the water cooler. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJEt2KU33I
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Jun 18, 2014 21:15
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tomanton posted:Why is Sepp Blatter a villain, by the way? I mean I don't doubt that he is one, it's the World Cup and I'm looking for something for the water cooler. He is the head of the most corrupt organization in the world (no lie, I love soccer but FIFA is awful). The Qatar World Cup is just the last disastrous decision. And I doubt he would have won any of his recent elections if not for massive bribery.
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Jun 18, 2014 21:16
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Sooo... how many of our brackets had Spain going pretty far?
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Jun 18, 2014 21:18
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tomanton posted:Why is Sepp Blatter a villain, by the way? I mean I don't doubt that he is one, it's the World Cup and I'm looking for something for the water cooler. Bent as a three bob note, buffoonery on a par with Prince Phillip, presides over a "non-profit" organization that has a billion dollar reserve that forces world cup hosts to reverse laws banning alcohol in stadiums because Budweiser is a major sponsor, awarded a world cup to gay banning, 50 degrees summer having, no stadiums having Qatar. For reasons.
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Jun 18, 2014 21:21
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Torrannor posted:He is the head of the most corrupt organization in the world (no lie, I love soccer but FIFA is awful). The Qatar World Cup is just the last disastrous decision. And I doubt he would have won any of his recent elections if not for massive bribery. The Qatar world Cup is an amazing fuckup though, they've literally attached the FIFA brand to slavery http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/14/qatar-admits-deaths-in-migrant-workers. Basically gently caress Blatter.
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i really wanted World Cup 2018 in England and World Cup 2022 in the USA. It would have been awesome. Instead we get more Putin Games and a 2020 decision that moves the World Cup because hahahaha Qatar.
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Jun 18, 2014 21:31
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I am extremely glad the US missed out on the moneysinks and corruption of the Olympics and World Cup and I really hope it's not moved here from Qatar.
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Jun 18, 2014 22:01
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Where is the 2026 World Cup being held in this LP?
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habeasdorkus posted:i really wanted World Cup 2018 in England and World Cup 2022 in the USA. It would have been awesome. Instead we get more Putin Games and a 2020 decision that moves the World Cup because hahahaha Qatar. FIFA have been unmistakably clear: they are not moving the location of the 2022 World Cup. They have not been in contact with the United States about hosting instead. They are not concerned at all about Qatar as a host and they certainly won't buckle under pressure to move the World Cup. They are shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, to discover that someone may have paid for votes.
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Rogue0071 posted:I am extremely glad the US missed out on the moneysinks and corruption of the Olympics and World Cup and I really hope it's not moved here from Qatar. On the other hand, it would make it more likely for Canada to make it by freeing up a North American qualifying slot, and they would inevitably have some games in Seattle that I could drive down and see. And my country wouldn't even have to pay for it! Sounds like a win-win to me. Edit: Oh god, I just looked it up and apparently Canada is bidding for the 2026 World Cup. I would much prefer the Americans host it, to be honest. Viscardus fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Jun 18, 2014 |
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