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#352210 The Lower League Thread
#350292 The Lower League Thread
Just a matter of time before Virgin Megaclub are formed now.
There's an idea for a FM save.
#350094 The England National Team
#350031 The Lower League Thread
Comes to something when your club is getting mocked by a bloody train operator.
#349964 The Lower League Thread
Trains?
#349530 The Lower League Thread
The Huddersfield boss is apparently in talks. Not sure if terriersmad knows any more.
#349371 The Lower League Thread
Either Steve Bruce ir Steve McClaren seem the likely choices to replace him. I wouldn't mind Nigel Clough though he has done a fantastic job with Burton over his two spells. Maybe Dean Smith as he's a Villa fan who did well with Walsall and got them playing goid football.
#349270 The Night Thread Mk. IX
It gets better as soon as they can start eating solid food at about three months.
#349269 The Lower League Thread
Wouldn't mind Steve Bruce even though he might not be a popular choice due to being an ex Brum manager, we know how well Alex McLeish turned our right?
#348731 The Lower League Thread
#347273 FM 2017 Challenge Idea: The Scandinavian Challenge
#347015 2016/17 Barclays Premier League Thread
Yes, it's highly irregular for the media to try and make a quick buck from other peoples suffering.
#346806 U21 to U19 [How to?]
#346703 Fitness Thread
And all sponsorship for myself would be very much appreciated and for a good cause.
#346456 1874 Villa - Rise of the Rebels
Cheers Dan.
#346386 The England National Team
I take it from the comments I didn't miss much?
#346354 FM editor data in FM 17
#346290 Looking for a new Challenge
Try Liechtenstein, I really enjoyed that, there is no professional league so clubs play in the Swiss system, FC Vaduz play in the Europa League every year due to them always winning the Liechtenstein national cup.
Failing that, you could try Latvia, Lithuania or Estonia, I had a lot of in in the Baltic, it's pretty easy to dominate domestically, however Europe is a real challenge.
#346289 1874 Villa - Rise of the Rebels
February 2016
February may be the shortest month, but we still had plenty of action crammed in to discuss this month;
Our unpredictable form continued into another month, although there was signs of improvement, resounding victories against Long Eaton and Shepshed pleased the fans, both of those teams were above us in the standings so we have proved we can go toe-to-toe with the bigger sides in the division, however, crushing home defeats by the likes of Coleshill will never do if we are really to become a dominant force, nor will throwing away a two goal lead against Continental Star, again at home.
Despite those disappointments we have moved back up to seventh and our place in the Midland Premier League is now secured for next season, so mission accomplished!
Drinks are on me tonight! I've now started making shortlists of new players for next season as we look to push on and make a real go at trying to get promoted, in fact I've already brought in one of my targets;
Signed on free from Basford Town, Ali began his career at Notts County but failed to make any appearances for the Magpies, he has been floating around the local non-league scene for a decade now and can hopefully find a place to settle down at here. The Italian made his debut in the win over Walsall Wood, we instantly looked more secure at the back with him being better than Sam Moore at collecting the ball. Moore returned for the MFL League cup tie with Sporting Khalsa and it is perhaps no coincidence that we lost for the third time this season to Khalsa before Barcherini donned the gloves again against Shepshed which we comfortably won.
Jerome Murdock's four goals against Shepshed set a new record for goals in a game, the former Coventry Sphinx striker is now on twenty for the season and is chasing the golden boot;
With all our cup commitments over and our place in the league secure, we can enjoy a nice relaxing end to the season and focus on finishing as high as possible. The wonderful scheduling of the MFL meens we will go nearly three weeks without a game before playing two in two days.
26/3 - AFC Wulfunians (H) [22nd]
28/3 - Continental Star (H) [21st]
All three of those teams are fighting for their lives at the bottom, theoretically we should hammer them all, however we have slipped up on our fair share of banana skins already this season so I'll take nothing for granted.
#346216 The Night Thread Mk. IX
#346183 The Lower League Thread
#346180 Standard Fantasy/Request Logo only (NO PACKS) Thread
I made this myself for a fantasy team I'm playing as, was wondering if it could be improved upon so the text is more legible.
#346177 1874 Villa - Rise of the Rebels
January 2016
Before I get going with this months report, I must quickly disclose that I had to replay the final game of last month against Rocester as I had left FM open overnight and my laptop restarted itself to apply an update. The result the second time around was still a draw but 2-2 instead of 1-1 this time;
Ok, on to January, just four games this month, two wins and two losses;
Both defeats came via late goals which was frustrating, thinking back a large proportion of all our reverses have been by a goal in the last fifteen minutes which is obviously a cause for concern, one possible cause of our late jitters is our slow central defenders, they struggle to cope if the opposition brings on fresh legs up front, especially if they have a bit of pace. Sadly there doesn't seem to be anyone that we can stretch our wage budget to that would be a great improvement on our current crop so we'll just have to work harder on defensive positioning in training.
Before the two defeats we had climbed as high as sixth, our highest position so far this season, sadly we have now dropped four places down to tenth;
If we can find some consistency in the last few months of the season then we could well finish in the top six which would be amazing given the media and board expected us to be fighting relegation, admittedly I have always hoped for better than that, there is no way a team that has the quality we do in attack and in particularly in midfield should be fighting for their lives at this level.
I am beginning to form an idea of the squad I want for next season and what positions we really need to improve, I've already mentioned the defence but a goalkeeper is also on my wanted list as well as a couple of new wingers. Whether I will be able to get any of the potential targets myself and my scout Lewis Druery have identified remains to be seen.
February is potentially a big month for us, most of our opponents are at the wrong end of the table so if we can get maximum points we could find ourselves suddenly right up among the big guns in the division
6/2 - Long Eaton United (A) [8th]
10/2 - Coleshill Town (H) [14th]
13/2 - Continental Star (H) [19th]
17/2 -Walsall Wood (H) [18th]
23/2 - Sporting Khalsa (A) [MFL League Cup Quarter Final]
27/2 Shepshed Dynamo (A) [6th]
#345717 The England National Team
#345634 The Trials and Tribulations of a Football Manager (Career)
#345612 1874 Villa - Rise of the Rebels
December 2015
We came through the festive season as we added another ten points to the board this month;
Beating title favourites Hereford was a great result, the Bull's haven't quite hit their stride yet this season but they have the strongest squad in the division and I fully expect them to be right up there come May. Far less impressive was getting smashed 5-1 by struggling Heanor, The Derbyshire outfit exposed us time and again at the back and no matter what I tried tactically to stem the tide they utterly dominated us and the scoreline in no way flattered them, this was by far the worse performance in 1874's short history and one I'm eager never to have to sit through again. Thankfully we bounced straight back with a narrow win over North Birmingham neighbours Boldmere St Michaels, after having lost twice to the Mikes already this season I was determined we would be the ones celebrating this time and we were thanks to Neville Thompson's well placed header midway through the second half.
We finished 2015 with a share of the spoils against Rocester with Thompson again on target to rescue a point with nine minutes to go.
Still in the top half and looking all but safe in the division already which was the boards objective in pre-season, it would take a pretty terrible second half of the season for us to be relegated now. My aim now is to finisih as high as possible and to bolster my squad in the summer into one capable of taking a real tilt at the title and promotion next time.
We are through to the quarter finals of the MFL League cup where we travel to Sporting Khalsa who have already got the better of us twice this season, I am hopeful of some success in this competition so I will be doing everything to ensure we get through to the semis.
In other news, the board have agreed to let me study for a coaching badge;
Could be useful as I look to improve our coaching capabilities.
#345472 Transfer Rumours 2016/17
#345439 The Lower League Thread
You meen you don't belive we will be in the Champions League in three years time?!?!
In order to help us complete our domination of world football We've signed Albert Adomah fron Middlesbrough with Adama Traore going the other way.
#345390 The Lower League Thread
The general air amongst fans and Facebook users is we would be happy just to get morale around the club back up, relations between fans and various players are still pure poison and there seems to be no real sense of optimistim. Just being in the top half of the table and putting together a few good runs would probably be enough this year, perhaps sneaking into the playoffs.
#345350 First Year as Pro Team Advice