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#381496 FM17 query
Grimnir
The minimum spec says 2GB!
#381482 FM17 query
Grimnir
Are you joking? I have 4gb ram and run FM fine!
#381416 There's no place like home
Grimnir
I probably overpaid for Joe Davis from Fleetwood, but felt I needed to have plenty of defensive cover as I always have poor luck with injuries. Went a bit continental too, Tiendalli eventually agreed to join us after a short trial and is Dutch. With Amenta bringing experience and hopefully some Italian control to the midfield. Tiago also brings some experience into the defence, and worldly know-how after playing in many countries before Minnesota released the old Brazilian. The big out going I already mentioned, the only other permanent transfer was that of McAllister but he is no loss and if anything was pushed through the door!
A couple of loaned out players, Des Pres joining our new affiliate: Barrow! Tried getting a Senior Affiliate but the board were not having it.
So, unable to add or sell anymore, the transfer window shut and left my squad looking like this:
Dean Lyness is in the U23s and transfer listed as he is no longer wanted at the club. I also moved Colin Daniel there as I didn't want to be reminded of him!
As it doesn't mention them in the transfer centre, and some of you may know from real life that they should be in the squad, I sent back Odelusi and Flores to Wigan and also terminated Danns loan so he went back to Bury! (Sorry @gfnx25 !)
Next, back to the football schedule and September's run of games.
#381415 There's no place like home
Grimnir
scabs, sorry, season ticket holders this season but we're going to give away another thousand or so for free to artificially bump the crowd figures as we can count them even if they don't attend. Andy Taylor takes the club armband, with another new arrival in the form of Jack Payne taking the Vice-Captaincy. We head into our first game of the season after not the best of summers but determined to gain promotion.Not a good start, especially for Slocombe in goal who just turned to watch their freekick fly nonchalantly past his head. Even just tilting his head slightly towards the ball would have saved it. Luckily, Vassell popped up late on to give us a well earned equaliser, neither side deserving of more. Weirdly in this game, both teams wore their away strips. It was not a pretty sight.
The EFL cup first round hand been kind to us in that we normally play well against Scunthorpe, albeit now they're in the league above us. History proved out though and two good goals saw us come out with a deserved victory and through to the next round away at Brentford.
A trip to fellow North-West seaside town Morecambe saw us run riot late on. Correia came off the bench to make his debut and didn't he do well. The fans soon learn your name when you bag a brace in your first game! Fonz played admirably too, setting up the goals he didn't score.
A trip to the Hive was obviously a trip too far, we may as well have not got on the coach down. Completely demoralised after what appeared to be a cross floated straight into the net for their third.
The games come thick and fast in the lower leagues in August and it may all have been getting too much for the team. That and my late transfers may well have to be blamed for interrupting the flow. Another poor game.
Maybe after those last two league games we should have seen it coming, but this cup game hurt. Fair enough we probably wouldn't have progressed if we were playing well, nor were we expected to progress...I would have liked a better showing all the same! They wrapped up the game with their three goals by half time, then gave us a pity consolation.
Things needed to improve, especially as this match was on tele! Did we though? Barely. A late goal from the Fonz got us a goal that we maybe just about deserved. It wasn't a loss though, and that was the main thing. I'd held a team meeting before the game to tell the lads we had the ability to improve, and to their credit they did eventually.
Ah, the competition everyone now loves to hate. First up in our group was one of the teams that has arguably caused this hate, Stoke U23s. Not because they are Stoke, but because they are an U23 side. The game was always ours, the stats seem to not show the whole story. We had the better of the ball for the most part and definitely the better of the chances, the win was well earned. Screw Radio 5 and their "fortunate to win" line.
Now, our goal of the month was scored by Jack Payne in our win over Scunthorpe in the League Cup first round. Good work by the leaders of the team as club captain Taylor cut it back to vice-captain Payne who smashed it into the top corner!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2qhVH3GIjM
Next up, transfer window and how it's impacted on my squad and tactics!
#381405 2016/17 Champions League
Grimnir
Cuadrado did not last long!
#381402 2016/17 Champions League
Grimnir
Game over?
#381399 2016/17 Champions League
Grimnir
#381394 2016/17 Champions League
Grimnir
I know, off Bonucci's foot. Still a good goal!
#381391 2016/17 Champions League
Grimnir
You could be talking about either so far!
#381384 2016/17 Champions League
Grimnir
Juventus
1Buffon
15Barzagli
19Bonucci
3Chiellini
12Alex Sandro
5Pjanic
6Khedira
23Dani Alves
21Dybala
17Mandzukic
9Higuaín
Substitutes
4Benatia
7Cuadrado
8Marchisio
18Lemina
22Asamoah
25Murara Neto
26Lichtsteiner
Real Madrid
1Navas
2Carvajal
5Varane
4Ramos
12Marcelo
8Kroos
14Casemiro
19Modric
22Isco
9Benzema
7Ronaldo
Substitutes
6Nacho
11Bale
13Casilla
16Kovacic
20Asensio
21Morata
23Danilo
Free to watch on BT Sport two, stream here: sport.bt.com/free-champions-league
#381382 Pre-Season Thread 2017/18
Grimnir
That'll be us!
Oh and sometimes we go on adventures in Scotland. We took part in some weird little competition under Holloway too, I remember.
Our pre-season is usually more "exciting" if not at least interesting than our season!
#381380 Pre-Season Thread 2017/18
Grimnir
#381373 There's no place like home
Grimnir
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I forgot to mention earlier, I started this game with just the British, Irish and United States leagues loaded. I've since decided to add the Spanish, Italian and French top leagues too, though. It's been a while since I started a new game on FM and it turns out I forgot to update the Germany team fix so I have decided not to add the German top league as that will just add as an annoying reminder.
So where to begin? I suppose with my fellow back room staff. We didn't really have much of one, and those we did were really not up to scratch. I got rid of everyone I could, though unfortunately that could not extend to the owners! Ah well, at least I can get on with Valeri. A complete re haul then, probably happiest with Jason Dodd coming in as a coach. Begged the board for another coach position, and after much kow-towing I got my way. This meant I was able to afford the luxury of having coaches that would specialise in fitness or goalkeeping. For those that are interested, here's how my staff lined up:
Just to say, I didn't get rid of absolutely everyone as McCann has interest in him so I hoping to take advantage of that before replacing him!
The board had arranged some friendly fixtures already. True to life they were all away from home against lower league clubs, so I rectified that by adding a few home games to interrupt their concerts! There weren't many teams available, but i managed to persuade some of the Irish over and the Belgians. It was a rather dull and tedious experience overall, even if we were unbeaten. Cliftonville was the most infuriating, we pounded them but could not find the back of the net. Vassell was in worrying form too, not finding the net in any pre-season fixture.
I have been playing Vassell as a poacher in the middle of a front three, I am thinking that will change come the beginning of the season to be replaced by a target man like Gnaduillet (when he has recovered from injury) or Matt as most of the chances Vassell had were headers that went over. I'm trying something new for this season, a 5-2-3. Five at the back seems to be the current managerial trend sweeping England, so I'll see what all the fuss is about. I can't make too many changes in terms of players at the squad, as most were only brought in in the summer and will be hard to shift until the end of the season. We're very striker heavy, hence putting three up front. We have young Bright Oyasi-Samuel at the club who plays on either wing, so I will be using the classic 4-4-2 also. In fact, for the first pre-season we did indeed start with every English fan's favourite formation but Bright got injured in the 3rd minute and has been out for the remaining friendlies!
(Ignore the player roles, those were just the default ones when I set the formations in training and took the screenshot).
I'll update on transfers when the window closes and try to keep updates to in game months. Can't promise how regular they will be in real life!
#381368 Pre-Season Thread 2017/18
Grimnir
15 July - vs Southport (a), 3pm
22 July - vs Salford City (a), 3pm
22 July - vs Radcliffe Borough (a), 3pm
25 July - vs Chorley (a), 7.45pm
29 July - vs Macclesfield Town (a), 3pm
No home games, because the owners want to line their pockets by hosting as many events as possible at the ground over the summer. The pitch may then be gutted before we've even started the season, but football is not even second in terms of importance at Bloomfield Road whilst the Oystons are there. The teams are all still local though, don't want to have to spend money on hotels that aren't owned by them! The level of opposition isn't exactly high (no offence to fans of these teams), so looks like they want to play on us having an unbeaten preseason along with the recent promotion to try and entice more fans into breaking the boycott and becoming a scab. The sad thing is, it will work.
Your club off to anywhere interesting?
#381362 2016/17 Champions League
Grimnir
And no that is not my Google search history!
Hoping for a Juve win tonight. However, I think Real's "know-how" and arguably stronger bench may see them through to victory.
#381358 This Is Anfield
Grimnir
It's weird, I think he is potentially their best defender at the club?! Okay, they don't have great defenders so it is not saying much, but I still think the fans and the manager should give him a chance.
#381351 This Is Anfield
Grimnir
Also, is Sahko likely to stay or go?
#381348 The JourneyMan
Grimnir
Best of luck on this new adventure!
#381345 There's no place like home
Grimnir
...I've returned home to sunny Blackpool! As much as I loathe the owners, I couldn't resist the devil's handshake when he offered me my dream job. Hopefully in my time here I can make the club more attractive so that these vermin are bought out. Meanwhile, we all know their presence means low crowds, low funds and low investment. I'm going to have to wheel and deal in the transfer market, free transfers and loan deals here we come! It's not too difficult in the lower leagues to survive and even prosper this way, so for now we should be okay. A new outfit and some new lucky shoes, and I'm ready to see what a mess this club is in.
#381299 Teithio Cymru (Traveling Wales)
Grimnir
#381279 The Lower League Thread
Grimnir
And I don't hang around your message boards, I hang around our message boards who have twitterers and the like to do this research for me
#381197 Kit Thread 2017/18
Grimnir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAYEflIwUfM
Speaking of "home" towns, Ipswich revealed their kits for next season. Can't say I'm keen on either. The home kit has these weird shiny stripes
Whereas the away kit is red. Which I always think is really strange for Ipswich and just a strange choice for an away kit colour when so many teams have red as their home kit.
#381186 The Lower League Thread
Grimnir
But please don't give us Danns!
#381185 Chemin de la gloire - Le Mans
Grimnir
#381115 The TV Thread
Grimnir
#381114 What Was The Last Film You Saw?
Grimnir
John Wick 2 - 8/10. Not as good as the first but still plenty of violence and gun-fu!
#381101 Chemin de la gloire - Le Mans
Grimnir
Never knew that French squad rule. Does that apply to all divisions or just the one you're in?
#381025 2016/17 Barclays Premier League Thread
Grimnir
Well, it is being reported on the BBC and they're usually amongst the last to.
#381022 -
Grimnir
Best of luck with the career
#381021 General Election June 8th
Grimnir
A: Under the Strong And Stable™ leadership of Theresa May there will be no changes to any lightbulbs.
Clarification: Under the Strong And Stable™ Leadership of Theresa May all changes to lightbulbs will be means-tested.
Re-clarification: Under the Strong And Stable™ Leadership of Theresa May the number of changes to lightbulbs will be capped. Details of the cap will be announced after the General Election when we are pretty sure that voters will have forgotten about the original Tory Policy on changes to lightbulbs.