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First one, then the other.
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habeasdorkus posted:
Grats! USA finally beat Ghana on the third try!
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 19:26 |
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Yeah, I am so happy I took the day off to watch. And I won my first case yesterday! This is a banner week for HabeasDorkus, let me tell y'all. I wish the next update would be filled with such joy, but I played it when I finally got home yesterday and while nothing bad happens we're not rocketing to awsomeness.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 19:31 |
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Congratulations on the case not on the World Cup though
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 19:34 |
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Camoes posted:Congratulations on the case not on the World Cup though Understandable. I will never give CR7 poo poo again. He played his heart out today, and if he and the Germans had been a bit luckier he'd be going through.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 19:40 |
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I am a bit tempted to pick this up? Is it worth it? I've noticed people don't seem to like this version compared to some earlier ones (Football Manager 2012 is often mentioned)? I mean it could be interesting but it feels a tad pricey, even at 50% off.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 20:38 |
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FM12 is mentioned quite extensively because they overhauled the Match Engine in FM13, which didn't work fantastically. Also of note is that in FM11-12 there was a formation (a 4-1-2-3) that I'm pretty sure exploited flaws in the engine, and thus was drastically overpowered (and of course which I used). I don't think anyone's found out a 'cheat' tactic in the new Match Engine. FM14 was a big step up from 13, and is well worth it if you want to grab it on the summer sale. But take heed! the game will sap your life away from you if you let it.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 20:47 |
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In the same vein as that question, I'm looking into buying this as a good way to deal with being both unemployed and not in school until august, but I also have literally no idea how to value players/understand how to give good/bad contracts in soccer terms, much less try to come up with tactics beyond "don't get beat in the air on corners" or "Attack wide/narrow". Is there a decent reference out there for philistines like me?
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 21:13 |
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http://www.guidetofootballmanager.com/ I won't deny I've gone to it a couple times during this LP, especially when it comes to tactics.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 21:19 |
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There's also several LPs floating around the internet and Youtube that I found highly instructive for what you need to be looking out for while you play.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 22:04 |
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So ends the group stage. If stupid Portugal hadn't gotten blown out by the Germans I could have 10 points instead of 9, drat that Scott Brown bump for the USA.
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 01:30 |
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Finally caught up with the thread. I still haven't found a way to get a Wrexham jersey with "Bailey" on the back though, which saddens me, despite my general indifference to football. Not total indifference though, Greece is doing amazingly well in the World Cup (while England, Spain, and Portugal are watching it on the TV), so between that and this LP I'm following a lot more football-stuff these days. Great job habeas, and it's good to hear the news about your case!
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# ? Jun 27, 2014 22:44 |
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Quick note to people who still don't own this, 75% off steam sale right now. You know what to do
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# ? Jun 28, 2014 18:12 |
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So how important is it in the Lower Leagues to have multiple formations? I'm planning to use various 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 setups since that the formation where all my players play their natural positions. Also I can't seem to disable auto-assigning of duties/roles in the wizard.
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# ? Jun 29, 2014 00:02 |
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I think it's very important to have multiple rotations in the lower leagues. I'm doing a save right now starting off in the Skrill South. I had pretty good players for the level of competition, but they always struggled after a hot start. Then I started rotating formations every 2 or 3 games and started killing it. I guess the opposition "figures you out" if you play with the same formation every time.
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# ? Jun 29, 2014 00:20 |
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Hey not to sound like a scrub but is there a good guide for how to start out and what I generally should be doing? I I know there is Guide to Football Manager and I've done the tutorials. My issue is just what I should be doing day to day, what stats I should be looking for and how to work toward long term goals (such as youth and player tactics). Everything is just a bit overwhelming.
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# ? Jun 29, 2014 01:08 |
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SkySteak posted:Hey not to sound like a scrub but is there a good guide for how to start out and what I generally should be doing? I I know there is Guide to Football Manager and I've done the tutorials. My issue is just what I should be doing day to day, what stats I should be looking for and how to work toward long term goals (such as youth and player tactics). Everything is just a bit overwhelming. Habe wrote this outline for me when I asked about this: Habeasdorkus posted:First Offseason Hope it helps.
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# ? Jun 29, 2014 17:49 |
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Did they make it more difficult to poach youth players from other teams? I scouted a lot of them when I got my intake in and they all wouldn't even discuss signing with me.
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inSTAALed posted:Did they make it more difficult to poach youth players from other teams? I scouted a lot of them when I got my intake in and they all wouldn't even discuss signing with me. If a player has agreed to sign a professional contract with his club (check the contract screen, it will show if he has) once he's old enough, then they won't discuss terms. Ever.
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# ? Jun 29, 2014 19:07 |
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So I went and picked the game up in the sale - are there any recommended skins or graphics packs?
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# ? Jun 30, 2014 21:01 |
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Zip! posted:So I went and picked the game up in the sale - are there any recommended skins or graphics packs? I use this for my logos and this for my stadiums. I'm on the fence on my skins, I use Streklo or Vexillum for my skins. If anyone has other suggestions please state some.
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# ? Jun 30, 2014 22:08 |
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Realized that closing this was kind of stupid, even if I am real busy with real life at the moment. Next update is played through, need to finish writing it. It's my first appearance on the sidelines as the USMNT coach!
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# ? Jul 3, 2014 23:59 |
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Glad it's back; looking forward to see how you cope with the rigors and lack of transfer options of international football
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# ? Jul 4, 2014 00:45 |
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I thought you closed it because you wanted everyone to visit TRP. Glad its back. Take the USMNT past the quarters!
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# ? Jul 4, 2014 02:47 |
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It's back!
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Chapter the Second: "Has The God-King Bitten Off More Than He Can Chew?" August 3, 2022-September 9, 2022 Over the next month we'll see both the opening of our Premier League season, learn who we'll face in the Champions League, and the US Men's National Team will play their first games with me at the helm. It should be exciting, if exhausting. Come on, this job isn't that bad! Not even an obscure Frenchman will rear end Man for me. Oh, I see. He can also wear two hats. Well, that makes things much easier, I had initially decided to hire Williams and use Wrexham's higher prestige level to hire a new rear end Man, instead Williams is good for both jobs. Yes, get suckered into my mind games. Lose your cool and your players respect. vs. Manchester City, August 7, 2022 Community Shield Go out there and get me a trophy. I don't care if we're up against Manchester City. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control. Starting 11: Kovacevic, Cirjak, Laux, Todd, Loseille, Morvan, Petts, Collett, Shirra, Mujkic (c), Bastable. Subs: El Sayed, Reed, Feruga, Mair, Bailey, Taborda, Cardozo. It's still even after the first half, and while City have been slightly better we've had chances of our own. I switch us to the counter, trying to break up the low tempo stalemate, and it results in more opportunities for both sides. Howard Webb tries to give us the screw job in the 64th minute by awarding Manchester City a soft penalty, but Kovacevic saves the effort. We still fall behind after a defensive miscommunication five minutes later, and that's all City need as our finishing is abominable. We cannot pick out an equalizer, and a trophy slips away again thanks in part to terrible refereeing. Wrexham 0-1 Man City The good news is that our players rarely actually commit a penalty kick worthy infraction. The bad news is that every single upjumped zebra seems to have it out for us. Pathetic. You're a doody head. At this rate I'm never going to get in trouble with the FA because all the penalty shouts against us are bullroar. But the next time we get even a deserved penalty, or a soft penalty shout turned down, I'm going to go after them at full volume. This is my 10th year as a manager and I've never once gotten a touchline ban for being a jackass. Bailey won't be on the field enough to be captain, but he'll make a good vice to Mujkic. This makes me concerned about the political situation in the Congo, but I guess I'll have to find a different patsy to thump on come October. Relations with North Korea have been much better since Kimye were installed as Dear Leaders after the first free and fair election in DPRK's history back in 2019 after Kim Jong Un suffered a fatal accident while skiing. All it takes is a call to Minister of Foreign Affairs Dennis Rodman, and the North Koreans are coming to America. My efforts to sign more young Americans fails again more as centerback Chris Ramirez broke his leg while playing Soccour (a new eXtreme sport that mixes Soccer and Parkour, all the rage among teens without much common sense these days) and failed his medical just before the transfer was to go through. At West Ham United, August 13, 2022 Premier League West Ham just got themselves promoted again, lets see how they match up to us: We should be winning this game in a walk. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control. Starting 11: Kovacevic, Cirjak, Laux, Todd, Feruga, Morvan, Petts, Collett, Shirra, Mujkic (c), Bastable. Subs: El Sayed, Reed, Hammatt, Mair, Bailey, Taborda, Cardozo. Matty Collett earns us a rare penalty in the 10th minute, which the Golden Boy converts. For the rest of the half we have trouble keeping possession, but it comes to nothing for the Hammers. When play resumes we look dangerous again, but there's no joy for our efforts, and we're lucky when West Ham's equalizer is whistled offside. It's a frustrating win, we had tons of chances and yet still nearly dropped points. Man of the Match: Chris Todd West Ham 0-1 Wrexham That's £4.5m more than last year, it looks like our season ticket sales had been surpressed by the small capacity at the old Racecourse Grounds. We had 24,500 attend a match that was over an hour drive from Wrexham. The refurbished Racecourse Grounds will seat about 25,000. I'm optimistic about our chances of filling it come next year. It's going to be hard to get the United States into the top 5 or so of the FIFA rankings. As members of a fairly weak conference we only have one very good team (Mexico) that we'll regularly play major international games against. It's hard to raise your rank too high when you're regularly playing against minnows. My goal is to win the Gold Cup in 2023 and 2025, as well as make a strong push to win the Confederations Cup in 2025, so that we're seeded and don't face a Group of Death situation when it comes to drawing the 2026 World Cup. I should probably actually manage the team before I start making plans that far out, though. These injuries are coming just as I'm preparing the roster for my first international friendlies. vs. Chelsea, August 20, 2022 Premier League This will be a good early test for us. Chelsea is still a very dangerous team, and if we're not careful they could certainly walk away with all the points. I'd like to see our offense come to life, we didn't crush any of our minnow pre-season opponents and we've scored just one goal in the last two games. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control Starting 11: Kovacevic, Cirjak, Laux, Todd, Suslov, Morvan, Petts, Collett, Shirra, Mujkic (c), Bastable. Subs: El Sayed, Reed, Feruga, Mair, Bailey, Taborda, Cardozo. Our players have forgotten how to kick the ball. We get just five of our eighteen shots on target, and not a single one of them gets to the back of the net. Chelsea is happy to let us have a kickaround, we rack up 58% possession on the day, but their defense prevents us from creating many chances and their counter attack breaks through in the 71st minute to put us behind. Once again we go scoreless, and an offense that rang up goal after goal last year has been subdued and listless in our first three real games. Wrexham 0-1 Chelsea I don't foresee making any moves in the final week of the window. We've already brought in over a dozen players when you count our youth purchases, and I'm willing to give Piero Argenti a chance to prove himself on the right wing behind Matty Collett. That also means no sales. One thing that FM doesn't do well is simulate just how much money the very biggest teams will spend on players, Barcelona not spending over £39m on a single player in the past 9 years is very unrealistic. I mean, they're expected to offer close to £80m in real life on Luis Suarez this summer... and Suarez is banned from all footballing for the next four months. Champions League money means that it's time for the Champions League draw. Our trip to the Quarterfinals of the CL last year has improved us from a four seed to a three seed, but that still means our group is going to be very tough as we'll have to face off against a one seed and a two seed. We really don't want to get drawn into Group C, Group F, or Group H. None of the possibilities are very palatable, but if I had to choose I'd go with Group A. Chelsea have proven tough opponents but Benfica is possibly the weakest #2 seed. Group B it is. This is doable. Real Madrid are going to hurt us and Club Brugge is tougher than your usual fourth seed, but we should win at least three of our six matches in this group and advance. I may be underestimating PSV, though, they did make a run to the semifinals in last year's Champion's League. I'm optimistic about our chances in Group B, and glad that we didn't get screwed by the draw. I guess we also have to compete in the League Cup as well. Newly promoted Leeds will be our opponent, and even with an away game we should advance handily. You're listed as having a professional personality, El Sayed. Why the hell are you coming to me with this? And no, I am absolutely not selling you five days before the end of the transfer deadline. Know your role. At Norwich City, August 27, 2022 Premier League The Canaries are turning into something of a bogey team for us. We haven't won a league match against our former parent club since April of 2020 three seasons back. We need to win, though, if we want to keep pace with the other megabastards atop the table. If we don't, expect to hear all about how my attention to the USMNT is hurting Wrexham in the tabloids. Starting Formation: 4-2-3-1 Control Starting 11: El Sayed, Cirjak, Laux, Todd, Suslov, Mair, Petts, Collett, Shirra, Mujkic (c), Bastable. Subs: Kovacevic, Reed, Feruga, Morvan, Bailey, Taborda, Cardozo. We're clanging away at the Norwich defenses, and the only thing of interest in the first hour is that Oleg Suslov got himself carded within the first minute. I warn him at the half to watch himself, and send the lads back out to finish battering down the walls before the goal. Then Suslov commits a second obvious yellow card infraction, and we're down to ten men for the last twenty-five minutes. A minute later Cirjak has to come off due to injury, knocking out both of our starting fullbacks. Cursing, I put us on the counter-attack as Norwich comes alive and tries to find the winner. We hold on for the draw, and drop points that will be vital come the spring. Time to prep myself for a bollocking at the hands of those ink-stained wretches. Time to give one to Oleg Suslov as well. Man of the Match: Matthias Laux Norwich 0-0 Wrexham I told you specifically to watch your step after getting carded in the first half. And you go out and screw over your teammates. What sort of jerk are you? Luckily Cirjak isn't badly hurt, or the combined age of our starting fullbacks in the next match would be 36. One of the few bright spots from our miserable start is Mattias Laux showing his stuff. He's the only member of the squad to even be in contention for any of the monthly awards. One of our major problems has been that our players seem to have amnesia. Despite returning almost our entire starting 11 our players have mostly forgotten how to play the 4-2-3-1. The transfer window closes, and Arsenal has opened up their pocketbook with a £107m spend in an effort to restore themselves to the Champions League. We were no slouches ourselves, spending close to £50m. That still means we've sold more than we've bought, though. Our salary continues to increase. We're still well below the megabastards, spending less than half of Manchester City, but we're firmly ensconced within that second tier. I wouldn't be surprised if our first £100k/wk player shows up in a year or so. The USMNT is picked. The biggest surprises to the media are Isaac Parsons and Hunter Fisher, both young prospects that I want to get settled into the squad early so that they'll be ready for the 2026 World Cup. Meanwhile, most of the first team gets called up, the biggest change in the game now that I'm both club and country manager is losing the international break breathers were I could sim a couple weeks in relative peace and quiet. Petts is still very much a part of the England setup, which means that there's one more person I need to worry about getting injured away from the club. Time to hop across the pond and show this motley crew what type of man motivator I am. An auspicious introduction, now if we can just get past the Belgians and the Irish I can start pressuring dual nationals to come check out our results and decide to play for us. I'm going to try and abide by these requests. As a club manager I know exactly how irritating it is to have your players run out there when you've requested that they play a limited number of minutes. Let's see what the old US of A has got. We're going to be using the 4-5-1 Counter, the two best American players are midfielders with attributes best suited to counter-attacking and they're both young enough that they'll be major figures in our next World Cup squad. vs. Belgium, September 2, 2022 International Friendly The Belgians aren't the force that they were in 2014-2018, but they're still a very good international team. Even a draw here would be nice. The real goal will be to see who can be contributors in our first international competition, the 2023 Gold Cup. I have hopes for guys like Toninho, Woods, Padilla, Carroll, and Munk, but it's going to take a while before I can start trusting them to hold down a spot in our lineup. Starting Formation: 4-5-1 Counter Starting 11: Toninho, Parsons, Needham, Bruno, Erlic (c), Padilla, Ramos, Woods, Perez, Munk, Carroll. Subs: Salazar, Gaspar, Bartlett, Latham, Cruz, Spence, Gordon, Burman, Fisher, Lenz, Mancini, Anderson. The Belgians only get one shot off all game. It's not on target. Unfortunately, we don't score either. It's looking like our defense and our midfield will be strengths, but we're going to have trouble scoring goals with this team. Still, a 0-0 draw where we outplayed our higher ranked opposition is something to build from. Man of the Match: Mario Erlic USMNT 0-0 Belgium It was a good draw, and if we'd had more finishing we'd have won. I'm going to be trying to build up their confidence first, and results like this will help. Parsons played well. He's one of the few USMNT players with the potential to play for a club like Wrexham one day. You might recall that I tried to sign him, but he chose to play for the very solid Cruz Azul in Mexico instead. Ooops. I don't know who I left in for too long, but it's a mistake I'll try not to make in the future. Sorry, club coach, I understand exactly how you feel! I knew this day was coming, but it galls me to pay out the final part of the transfer fee when he's not even eligible to play in our next match after getting sent off versus Norwich. Meanwhile, our 19 year old right back has gotten capped by England. Even if he says he doesn't need to be patronized, he still appreciates my comments. This will make beating Ireland a good deal tougher. vs. Ireland, September 6, 2022 International Friendly I think we can beat the Irish, who are a midlevel European squad that seldom makes the World Cup. If we can scrape a draw with the Belgians and a win against the Irish it'll be a strong start to my international team career. Due to fatigue, injury, and limited minutes we're going to have a different lineup than against Belgium, and that could spell trouble. Starting Formation: 4-5-1 Counter Starting 11: Salazar, Latham, Needham, Bruno, Erlic, Padilla, Ramos, de la Rosa, Perez, Munk, Carroll. Subs: Gaspar, Bartlett, Parsons, Cruz, Spence, Gordon, Burman, Fisher, Lenz, Anderson. 28 year old right winger Dean Perez puts us up in the 8th minute with a third effort goal, and everything is looking wonderful. Then reality intrudes when Ireland score on a poorly defended set piece late in the first half. Things look to be headed towards a US draw or win, though, when Ireland has a man sent off in the 67th minute, but they hit us on the counter with just bare minutes remaining to take the 2-1 lead and the eventual victory. It reminded me of a Wrexham match, we had all the opportunity in the world and came away with nothing to show for it. USMNT 1-2 Ireland At least someone is happy right now. As opposed to two of our important first teamers, neither of whom is all that happy when I call them into the office to congratulate them. Go ahead, take the money. See if I care. It's not like we don't have £10m more in the bank. It has not been a good five weeks for me, and now we're going to be missing El Compadrito for the next three. Wrexham USMNT That was not a good run of results. Losing to Manchester City and Chelsea isn't terrible, but scoring just once in three Premier League games is. It's also very clear that I'm going to need to learn how to adjust from being at the helm of a fighter jet at Wrexham to tootling about in the USMNT jalopy. It's early days yet, we haven't done anything worse than miss out on another Community Shield, and we can easily turn things around. Ergo I'm going to hold off on panicking until I actually have a reason. habeasdorkus fucked around with this message at 05:39 on Jul 4, 2014 |
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Someone please tell me I'm not the only one who reads USMNT and my first translation is US Mutant Ninja Turtles every time
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# ? Jul 4, 2014 05:38 |
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Welcome back Habeas, thanks for continuing this!
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# ? Jul 4, 2014 07:34 |
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So didn't England win the 2014 World Cup in your game? How un-realistic. I have never really felt the need to play beyond like 10 years in any Football manager ever. When Mini Messi Ryan Gauld retires it would be like 2028 or something. Wondering how others experience with long decade or more games was like. I recall that in one of my games the world was full of outstanding keepers and poor strikers leading to many 0-0 in every league. Too many Tim Howard's and George Samaras and football would be a sad place
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# ? Jul 4, 2014 13:31 |
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Chelsea and Celtic in the same group? That will be a bloodbath.
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# ? Jul 4, 2014 14:06 |
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Huh, getting fucker over by Howard Webb. He is still a referee in your game? He will be 51 in 2022!
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Hunter Fisher: A True Outdoorsman
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# ? Jul 4, 2014 22:13 |
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So I just noticed that Wrexham never got parachute payments yet. Are they even a thing in this game?
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Dreamsicle posted:So I just noticed that Wrexham never got parachute payments yet. Are they even a thing in this game? Aren't those just if you get relegated?
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Teddybear posted:Aren't those just if you get relegated? Oh yeah, I forgot about that. It was always factored into the payments in articles about the Championship Promotion playoff.
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# ? Jul 5, 2014 00:48 |
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Ha ha, Chelsea bought me, or at least a player with the same name.
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# ? Jul 5, 2014 08:40 |
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Finally caught up to this thread after reading it for the last 2 weeks. Good job. Now install a logo pack... http://www.fmscout.com/a-tcm14-logos-megapack.html I'm sick of all those plain EPL logos. And this hair set that just got posted in the TRP thread: http://www.fmscout.com/a-olt-expanded-hair-pack-fm14.html Also... you still have a long way to go to hit Mega-Megabastard levels: Zero One fucked around with this message at 04:39 on Jul 6, 2014 |
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Habeasdorkus, if you weren't letting the thread decide your contracts, what kind of contract do you think you'd have by now? Because I am currently trying to figure out why my board is being so ridiculously stingy in contract negotiations. I just won a Premier League and Champions League double, was named Manager of the Year, and over my short career have led Portsmouth from obscurity to being one of the best teams in Europe. And yet they're only offering me a £500/week raise. I'm getting paid less than most Championship managers despite being pursued by most of the top teams (from whom I could probably get at least 10 times my current salary). When I entered negotiations with Arsenal (just to see what would happen, since I have no intention of joining a different team), the board panicked and tried to convince me to stay, but I didn't see any way to ask for a raise, just for a bigger transfer budget or a different club philosophy. I could just use the editor to give myself the sort of salary I deserve, but it's really perplexing, to the point that I'm wondering if it's some kind of bug.
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Viscardus posted:Habeasdorkus, if you weren't letting the thread decide your contracts, what kind of contract do you think you'd have by now? Because I am currently trying to figure out why my board is being so ridiculously stingy in contract negotiations. I just won a Premier League and Champions League double, was named Manager of the Year, and over my short career have led Portsmouth from obscurity to being one of the best teams in Europe. And yet they're only offering me a £500/week raise. I'm getting paid less than most Championship managers despite being pursued by most of the top teams (from whom I could probably get at least 10 times my current salary). When I entered negotiations with Arsenal (just to see what would happen, since I have no intention of joining a different team), the board panicked and tried to convince me to stay, but I didn't see any way to ask for a raise, just for a bigger transfer budget or a different club philosophy. I could just use the editor to give myself the sort of salary I deserve, but it's really perplexing, to the point that I'm wondering if it's some kind of bug. The game decides how much to pay you by your fame. Fame is a number form 0 to 10000 I think. You get points based on what you win/what position you team ends up at. If you go really fast up the ladder the game knows they shouldn't fire you because you are successful but the amount they want to pay you is still based on your fame, so your fame score is still low despite winning things. At least that's how I understand this.
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Finally caught up, what an epic LP! I'm enjoying it enormously. A few versions back scouting costs were split between the "Scouting Costs" and "Other" posts in the expenditures chart; I don't know if that's still the case but if it is, it might explain some of your rising costs. Having close to 20 people jetting around the world constantly costs quite a bit, and if you - as it sounds like - are scouting a lot of individual players every newgen date, it makes sense.
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