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#230288 What Was The Last Film You Saw?
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Under the Skin.

Strange is the only word I could think of to describe it.
#229971 What Was The Last Film You Saw?
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The overly dramatic deaths isn't really a 70s thing, as much as it is a stylistic choice from Coppola. He loved the operatic and overly dramatic.
Compare it to films like French Connection, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver from the same era. Nothing alike.

Out of those films only The French Connection was made before The Godfather. I don't think of it as a 70s thing, more of an old school thing, it's how someone being shot to death used to be portrayed in films in the 40s, 50s and 60s, The Godfather is a film that has one foot in the modern and the other in the traditional, especially as it was made right at the start of the 70s, and I think the dramatic deaths is an element of the traditional.

With my modern eyes I think it looks silly because for the past 30 or so years people have only died that way in films either for comedic effect or as a light-hearted homage to films of the past.
#229956 What Was The Last Film You Saw?
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Watched the whole Godfather trilogy over the last two days, first time in over 10 years for the first two and the first time ever for the third.

The first film is legitimately one of the very best of all time, the overly dramatic deaths typical of films from that era look silly now, more than 40 years later, but otherwise it is essentially a perfect film.

The second film is also excellent, though for me it doesn't quite reach into the greatest of all time territory of the first.

The third film is a mediocre mess, that mixes a lot of bad, like the awful plot and Sofia Coppola's non-acting with some brief glimpses of greatness, like the scene where Anthony sings for his father. Overall the music is the only thing in this film worthy of the title.
#229697 Chief scout won't start my assignment request?
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yes, chief scout keep setting other new assignment to the scout, leaving my request preparing...

Then you need to go onto the staff assignment screen and set yourself in charge of scouting assignments and not the head scout.
#229686 Chief scout won't start my assignment request?
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Is your scout also set to scout a competition, or has he done so in the past?
#229676 The Xbox One thread
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You know, for something that was hyped as a "home entertainment unit" as much as a console, the Xbox One really sucks when it comes to media. The five-year-old blu-ray player I had before I got the Xbox had far more media functionality.
#229423 Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise
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Nice progress Jonas!
#229417 Trouble saving screenshots
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Alt+F9 not working after the 15.2 update is a recognised bug, you'll have to wait for a hotfix for that one.

As for your issues with the print screen button, I am not an expert, but it sounds like it is some setting in your OS that is causing problems. Try Alt+Print Screen when you have FM up.
#229159 The Night Thread Mk. IX
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Teenaged girls are absolutely insufferable. I'd have committed murder/suicide if I was Rick.
#228728 The Night Thread Mk. IX
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Reading about this guy's history and wondering how the fuck they let him stay in the country. I mean he was granted bail for allegedly killing his ex wife and committing sexual assaults, plus his numerous other assault charges and death threats along with the letters he sent to the families of soldiers killed in the middle east. This peasant should have been deported.

There may have been grounds related to his asylum which would prevent deportation. People who risk being being subjected to torture or executed are never deported by civilised countries.

If he has children that may also be something that would have made the government hesitant to deport him.
#228435 My head coach's contract: Why not always set it to minimum?
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A larger contract offers you job security as it would cost the club more money to terminate you.
#227979 Where can I report a missing player?
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Have you loaded all players from Ecuador at the start?
#227978 Scouting Regens?
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You can check out Fm15 regen/youth intake dates which are listed on the net.

There are no fixed youth intake dates in FM15.
#227440 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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Like I've said before, everyone has a price. I'd consider any bid north of €20M.
#227382 The Night Thread Mk. IX
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Still 3 months of winter left but I am already fucking sick of the darkness.

Can I have some sun please?
#227340 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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#227333 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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Aye, Arsenal, Spurs, United and City are all after him, and PSG have shown interest at times.

20 goals from the wing is just pure ridiculous. Outstanding season from him.
#227312 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/DiZwUDZOJ5dfXgxndirOxVl20PpJKSQaveHPieDx.png

Really proud of our performance in the league this season. Looking forward to testing our squad in Europe next year!

End of season awards:

Top Goalscorer:

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Player of the Year:

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Team of the Year:

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#226958 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/BnTzqD2ATAbjgifEcAAj3rIsLxUDRTkQNAS6xzfV.png

It's almost like the other teams aren't even trying!
#226825 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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#226788 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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Some decent looking signings, especially the Ivorian. Could you suggest me some other clubs with great youth facilities to give it a go myself?

Rennes, Sochaux or Auxerre if you want to play in France.
#226696 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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A look at my transfers this season:

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Finally made use of the buy-out clause in Mohlin's loan deal, he's a really good back-up who could take over after Areola if I end up selling him in the future. Cissé was a nice bargain I just couldn't resist, even though he arguably doesn't have a future with us. I'll probably end up selling him on for a nice profit in the summer. Angban and Emana are two promising African newgens that I am pleased to have gotten so cheaply.
Brought in Denayer and Batshuayi after they impressed me at the Olympics, Batshuayi has a buy-out clause of €8M in his loan deal that I'll make use of in the summer.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/R0LPmCrUiwtUdGFW2DCfpePjQV7ypqh4Mi67oyad.png

Aloé sadly didn't develop as I'd hoped and couldn't find any playing time behind Jansson, Nattestad and Landre. Guillaume became expendable because of the incredible development of Henry and the acquisition of Strandberg last season. Diógenes was never going to develop into a first team player for us and I am very pleased to have made a €1.1M profit on him only six months after signing him for free. Leghait never developed like I had hoped, Bourigeaud still has potential but he doesn't fit into any of the roles in my midfield, he doesn't have the defensive ability to play as an anchor and he doesn't have the mobility to play as a box-to-box midfielder or roaming playmaker, while Necid lost his place in the team after I acquired Batshuayi.

And a look at the players I signed:

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A good defender who's confident with the ball at his feet. Should be able to sell him on for a profit in the future.

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A quick and fairly complete striker who really belongs at a bigger club than us. Much more mobile than his predecessors, which adds a new element to our game.

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A left-winger with world class potential, I'm going to re-train him into a left-back as I think this guy could become the Ivorian Roberto Carlos. He has everything you'd look for in a wing-back on the attacking side and he's already decent at marking, needs a lot of work on the mental side but that should come with age and experience. A real bargain.

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Young goalkeeper with nice potential. Will be our third option for the coming few years.
#226607 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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We played pretty well in January:

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Overall this season has gone much better than the last, much thanks to a tactical change I made early in the season. Out went the defensively unstable 4-2-3-1 that had me concede an astounding 68 goals in the league last year and in with a 4-3-3 featuring an anchor man to provide some defensive stability.

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I have scored more goals and conceded less than last year, I no longer get destroyed by the big boys and as you could see before, I've managed to reach my first cup final. My players are also much improved in this new system, my centre backs are performing much better, Adnan is starting to look world class and Cyprien and Bahebeck look like completely different players. I used to be sceptical about Bahebeck playing as an inside forward, after 10 goals in 22 games, that scepticism is now gone.
#226522 Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise
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I love that you have a player named Vincent Bastard
#226309 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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The best performance since I took over takes us to our first cup final, that it was against bitter rivals Lille just makes it even sweeter.
#226304 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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Time to say farewell to one of my young stars:

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Every player has a price, for Ødegaard it was €30M in straight-up cash.
With that money I'll be able to raise the wages of other key players like Tariq and Adnan which will hopefully help me keep them for longer.

Ødegaard's replacement:

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A very similar player who can play all across midfield, though without the world class potential that really made Ødegaard stand out. Brought him in for €3.6M
#225622 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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Now I'm sad, and absolutely exhausted. No more FM for me today.
#225617 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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I'm out of words, really. Wow.

I meet France in the final.
#225607 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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Heroes, every single man.

No time to celebrate, or even rest:

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#225598 Les Sang et Or - A Player Development Project
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I think this tournament is over for me...

That Spain squad gives me nightmares.