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#383171 Susie On Tour - #1 Stop The Drop
Grimnir
18 years ago
2 weeks ago
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Ndong 2 weeks, Defoe 2 months, Borini 4 weeks. It's fucked my plans for the transfer window, half my team is unfit and or coming back from injuries this is going to be tough hahaha.


Don't forget the African Cup of Nations too!

Defoe at 2 months is a massive loss!
#383170 2017/18 Europa League
Grimnir
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Everyone's favourite European trophy has also been drawn. The British and Irish fixtures in the first qualifying round look like this:

Odd BK v Ballymena Utd
Crusaders v FK Liepaja
FK Haugesund v Coleraine
FC Midtjylland v Derry City
Stjarnan v Shamrock Rovers
Levadia Tallinn v Cork City
St Johnstone v Trakai
Bala Town v Vaduz
Connah's Quay Nomads v HJK Helsinki
Rangers v Progrès Niederkorn
Lyngby v Bangor City

With arguably Derry City getting the toughest of the draws there. Hopefully a few will progress!
#383155 2017/18 Champions League
Grimnir
18 years ago
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Thought they just wanted to play it earlier in the day?
#383112 Susie On Tour - #1 Stop The Drop
Grimnir
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I have done so much wheeling and dealing in the transfer window on mine! I feel like the Harry Redknapp of the forums...you'll see what I mean. I didn't even get everyone I wanted because Cåceres suffered crucuiate ligament damage and so failed his medical.

Some whopping defeats there, @Shedender !
#383071 2017/18 Champions League
Grimnir
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Well, the first qualifying rounds have been drawn and there's a couple of interesting ties. TNS play Europa in a sort of all British tie, and if Linfield overcome their first round opponents they get to play Celtic in the next round which would be a great game. Dundalk will hope for another good run but face a tricky tie against Rosenborg.

Draw in full:

Champions League first qualifying round

Vikingur (Faroe Isles) v Trepca '89 (Kosovo)

Hibernians (Malta) v Tallinn (Estonia)

Alashkert (Armenia) v Santa Coloma (Andorra)

The New Saints v Europa (Gibraltar)

Linfield v SP La Fiorita (San Marino)

Champions League second qualifying round

Group 1

Apoel (Cyprus) v Dudelange (Luxembourg)

Zalgiris (Lithuania) v Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria)

Qarabag (Azerbaijan) v Samtredia (Georgia)

Partizan (Serbia) v Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro)

Hibernians (Malta) or FCI Tallinn (Estonia) v Salzburg (Austria)

Group 2

Sheriff (Moldova) v Kukes (Albania)

Astana (Kazakhstan) v Spartaks Jurmala (Latvia)

BATE Borisov (Belarus) v Alashkert (Armenia) or FC Santa Coloma (Andorra)

Zilina (Slovakia) v Copenhagen (Denamrk)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva (Israel) v Budapest Honvéd (Hungary)

Rijeka (Croatia) v The New Saints or Europa (Gibraltar)

Group 3

Malmo (Sweden) v Vardar (Macedonia)

Zrinjski (Bosnia and Herzegovina) v Maribor (Slovenia)

Dundalk (Ireland) v Rosenborg (Norway)

FH Hafnarfjördur (Iceland) v Víkingur (Faroe Islands) or Trepça '89 (Kosovo)

Linfield or SP La Fiorita (San Marino) v Celtic

IFK Mariehamn (Finland) v Legia Warszawa (Poland)
#383060 Dolphins in the Poole
Grimnir
18 years ago
2 weeks ago
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Hah! An enjoyable story!

Keep it up
#383053 Susie On Tour - #1 Stop The Drop
Grimnir
18 years ago
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You all fly through these games! In my game I'm about the Leicester game. Will try get it finished by next weekend!
#383052 Franjo: A Journeyman Story
Grimnir
18 years ago
2 weeks ago
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Been on holiday for a week so just caught up with all this! Congrats on qualifying and in such a manner!
#382888 Susie On Tour - #1 Stop The Drop
Grimnir
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Ugh, Sunderland.

Well, here we go:

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Two heartbreaks already!

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#382863 General Election June 8th
Grimnir
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Maybe its time to tear it all up and start again.


Let's make all the counties into countries and get some regional feudalism going again.
#382862 Transfer Rumours 2017/18
Grimnir
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Pickford for £30m and Maguire for £17m. What the fuck is going on in our League?


The continuing trend of money over skill.
#382861 Kit Thread 2017/18
Grimnir
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Southampton launching their new kit with a bespoke animation that takes a pop or two at Ronald Koeman is pretty funny.


Not that keen on it tbh! Away kit is especially disgusting.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Du3OLuPtG00/WS3Z3_LZnXI/AAAAAAABOJw/RtX2G002AI01FsL4ny7NomG8v7jtHaaFwCLcB/s1600/southampton-17-18-home-kit-2.jpg

https://southamptonfc.com/-/media/images/under-armour-away-kit-201718.jpg?w=1050


#382102 Franjo: A Journeyman Story
Grimnir
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I mainly read these at work, so video highlights are not going to be watched by me!
#382085 General Election June 8th
Grimnir
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EXIT POLL
HUNG PARLIAMENT
Con - 314
Lab - 266
SNP - 34
Lib - 14
Plaid - 3
Grn - 1
UKIP - 0
Oth - 18
#382077 Brentford new club badge
Grimnir
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To be honest, looking at the picture more closely, it includes a lot of blank background so wouldn't work.

It would probably be best going into the logo section of the forum.

@HBurke which I've just done!
#382074 Brentford new club badge
Grimnir
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2 weeks ago
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@BA81 made this, if that's what you mean

http://crest.brentfordfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/1920x/public/bfc_crestlauch_3840x1920.png
#382046 The England National Team
Grimnir
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Guess no one else watched the u20s earlier? Anyway we beat Italy 3-1 and are now in the world cup final


Coudln't watch because...work.

Followed the BBC text commentary. Final is against Venezuela

Solanke seems a good signing by Liverpool now!
#382032 Kit Thread 2017/18
Grimnir
18 years ago
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That looks rather nice!
#382002 Franjo: A Journeyman Story
Grimnir
18 years ago
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Good work!

Keep it up!
#382001 The Lower League Thread
Grimnir
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They're going to force feed away fans? Sickening.
#382000 General Election June 8th
Grimnir
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I hope so.

Hope all of you that can, are/have voted!
#381661 2016/17 Barclays Premier League Thread
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That's no age at all. RIP

Will never forget this epic moment

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#381568 There's no place like home
Grimnir
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Remember, remember, the month of November!

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It started with our entry into the FA Cup and we somewhat stole a win. Shouldn't be surprised really, it seems to be the story of our season so far. They gave us a penalty and thankfully we managed to hang on even when Higham was given his marching orders.

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One cup game followed by another. Another game we were fortunate to win, @Shedender would have loved the goals though as they were both "Champions League"-esque in their deflections. We'd already qualified from the group but this result saw us sit top, if it means anything.

<Insert Notts County screenshot here!>

Whoops, obviously forgot for that one. Needless to say, another 2-1 win!

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Finally! A game we truly dominated in both chances and possession. We did not have a good first half but the rocket I fired up their backsides meant we sealed the result we deserved.

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Mansfield are doing well in the league, so to take the lead so early on was a real boost. However, much like my team talk proved the difference at half time in our last game, their manager had the same idea. Even though they gave us a penalty to boost our lead they were like a different side in the second half and punished us on set pieces.

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For whatever reason, we could not keep the ball against Newport. We didn't need it too much though as when we had it we were lethal. I wasn't worried about this one even when we gave away the early penalty. It was nice of them to return the favour so our veteran Italian could score his first goal for the club.

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So an unbeaten November, surely that is worthy of some recognition...

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Just to mention, we brought in Dean Hammond as I look to meddle with our tactics yet again!

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/22HptriTxjy0YVcfZwwvuhd6lZX0dfVLB2vTSZzn.png


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRV0QoW6QwY

Gave this goal GOTM as it amused me. Black smashes the free kick off the back of the head of Hammond and it falls perfectly for Vassell to score!






#381552 The Lower League Thread
Grimnir
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@Suffolk Seasider Rumour has it you're after Hallam Hope who only just released. Trying to convince some of Danns' old mates to join before securing a deal with the big man?


Seems to fit the bill.

Available on free transfer: check
Not good enough for the division: check
Knows someone at the club: check
Desperate: check

I can see him signing, if we are interested.

I could see us going for Ishmael Miller too!
#381544 Cut-Out Faces Megapack TECHNICAL SUPPORT thread - first post updated for FM26
Grimnir
18 years ago
2 weeks ago
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How do i go about doing that?


In the folder where you just put your requested faces (I assume these are new to the pack and not just updates), there is a file called config.xml which you need to open in notepad or somesuch. In there you need to add:

<record from="YOUR REQUESTED PLAYER ID HERE" to="graphics/pictures/person/YOUR REQUESTED PLAYER ID HERE/portrait"/>

Where you need to replace YOUR REQUESTED PLAYER ID HERE with the player id. So if your player number was 0 it would look like this:

<record from="0" to="graphics/pictures/person/0/portrait"/>

Then save and reload FM.

Hope that helps.
#381541 There's no place like home
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Right then, October!

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Injuries continued, but this time to the front line. Through this month we had injuries to Matt, Gnanduillet and Philliskirk. Step up young Rowan Roache. What a start to his career here! A potential gem. His first goal for the club sealed the victory for us.

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Things clicked for us in this game, but as a club we've always done well in this competition in whatever name or form its taken. Nice to beat a team in the division above, even if they are struggling! Think we've qualified for the next phase with a game to go.

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Who needs Stevie G? We have Clark Robertson. A slip at the back in torrential rain saw ex-loanee Ikpeazu thump in a hell of a strike. Shame he never did that for us! Young superstar to be Roache stepped up late on to get us a point.

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Another late goal saw us take all three points away at high flying Accrington. We seem to be defending well, even if the opponent has more shots. Higham taking the motm. Possession seems to gradually creeping up too.

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A solid defensive approach once again allowed us to nick a one goal win over what I think is the strongest team in the division. I'm not liking the amount of shots we're facing though! We are overdue a good thrashing...

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Ouch. There it is. I thought we might be able to get back into it but then Potts got sent off for persistent fouling and we crumbled. All of the team seemed to want to join Potts and as such we earned a fine from the FA for our card collecting.

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This counter-attacking football is giving me stress and potentially heart failure. We manage to create some good chances and nick games, but the possibility of scorelines ending up like those against Cheltenham are all too likely every game. Hopefully I can see this out to January because then I will need to change how we play for the good of my health and the teams!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Emx8aZSm8k

A good pass from Payne sets up young Roache to continue his goal scoring streak in the first team.
#381537 Cut-Out Faces Megapack TECHNICAL SUPPORT thread - first post updated for FM26
Grimnir
18 years ago
2 weeks ago
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Hi guys looking for some help.

Downloaded requested cutout faces, added them to my faces folder.

back into game, reload skin.

not showing up......any help??


You need to edit the XML file to include them in there.
#381530 Transfer Rumours 2016/17
Grimnir
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Dembele (The Celtic one) looks to be going to AC Milan.

Is this a sign of how far Milan have fallen these past years? Or how over-rated Dembele is?
#381516 Franjo: A Journeyman Story
Grimnir
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Have enjoyed these mini-sodes

Looking forward to getting back to the nitty gritty of week in/week out football!

Stay strong!

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#381515 There's no place like home
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Into September! We had a bit of a break from the closing of the transfer window due to Yeovil having international call ups but one of our goalkeepers was away too so I wasn't about to complain. Eventually game time came around and it saw us visit Colchester.

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The media really don't like us winning when playing this way, even though we scored two good goals. The concession at the end was arguably more than they deserved, they may have kept the ball more and supposedly shot more but they never really threatened.

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*yawn* this was not a good or exciting game. Our defence performed admirably, thankfully, because the forward players may as well have not been there.

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More poor stats in terms of possession and shots, but a set piece proved enough for us to nick this one.

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It was in this game where I lost my faith in playing with wing backs. My players obviously do not like it, even though they have it as one of their positions they should play well in. We were poor until I changed it to a back flat 5 with them set as "wing backs" in their role. This seemed to work and young Luke Higham set up Cullen for the winner.

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I gave it one last go with wing backs, and it did not work. Portsmouth dominated us first half. Second half we at least had some more chances, Fonz could have got a couple to skew the scoreline even more but only managed to net one. This was the death toll for wing backs.

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"Wake me up when September ends" is not one of Green Day's better songs, but it resonated with me this month. We may have got some victories but I think it was more down to me tweaking formations in game and just having better quality through the squad in some cases. I'm not playing wing backs anymore! Which is handy as Andy Taylor is now suffering from knee tendinitis and out for 5 months. I'd like to change to just having four at the back but I will stick to a flat back 5 for now and maybe make some squad changes in the winter transfer window. It's never the best time to do business, so we may see more loans!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHbiAxwhIro

Cullen got our goal of the month. Smashed in off the underside of the bar!