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#162333 A Long Rise From The Welsh Dumps!
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Ive enjoyed managing in Wales before, good luck
#162332 Pentagon [FM14]
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Haha doesn't matter how you do it, well done.
#162254 Spinning Swimming and Screaming through Turkey
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Erm, 14th i think it was? Something like that

Yeah its been horrendously inconsistent. We're awful against the teams around us and usually half decent against teams from the top half.
#162192 Spinning Swimming and Screaming through Turkey
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Halfway point. Living very dangerously. Performances (if not results) have improved since I switched to 4-4-2 so that gives me some optimism. Also the amount of goals scored by Yilmaz is a positive. Hung all my hopes on him and he's done about as well as can be expected. My bunch of wingers have also done pretty well. The defence however is laughably bad, some of the goals I've been conceding have been ridiculous. Ironic to think this was the part of the squad i thought was strongest at the beginning of the season.

I'll stick with 4-4-2 for the rest of the season and if Yilmaz stays injury free im sure we will be fine and then I can see how/if i can re-shape the squad in the summer. I said I wanted a long haul save and god is this gonna be one.
#162190 Spinning Swimming and Screaming through Turkey
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FUCK YOU SERKAN TURHAN. These guys are one of the promotion favourites. I really needed to win this.
#162144 Susie FC
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haha so unlovable
#162131 Spinning Swimming and Screaming through Turkey
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Its following the same pattern unfortunately. I lose a bunch of games in a row and as soon as the press and board start getting on my back the lads pull out another huge win. I'll be very surprised if im still in a job by the end of the season.

Gonna switch to a simple attacking 4-4-2 for the rest of the season as scoring goals has been a huge problem so will go with 2 up top. Its not like i can concede more goals than I am anyway.

Will chuck some screenshots up when i get to the halfway point in the season.
#162129 Pentagon [FM14]
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just caught up on this, great read and will be following. Kutgw
#162089 Addickted To Winning (A Charlton story) IIIIIIIII
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same here bar mines the 13th, can't wait for a summer of FM
#162063 Spinning Swimming and Screaming through Turkey
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The run ended with a win over the club currently at the top of the league. Huge win
#162061 Spinning Swimming and Screaming through Turkey
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Taking a break from Uni work today so will be able to crack on with this a bit more. Been on a horrible run of form at the beginning of the season. Hopefully its just a case of new players bedding in or players needing to adapt to the tactics i have implemented. Or maybe the squad just isn't at the level i though it was. Will see how the season goes on
#162059 Rules are made to be broken.
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Very interesting premise. Will be following
#162026 Addickted To Winning (A Charlton story) IIIIIIIII
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yeah the dregs of Swedens lowest leagues are an absoloute ball ache to get out of. Nightmare stuff
#162022 Susie FC
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still at bloody Leicester
#161808 Champions League 2013/14
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Should I stay up for the match tonight? Because if last week was anything was anything to go by I'll just sleep through.


Chelsea have 6 defenders on the pitch if that helps
#161776 Champions League 2013/14
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I reckon a lot of teams will be playing cautious, slow football during this World Cup tbh mainly because of the heat. Cant see many teams making it through the whole thing playing aggressive athletic and powerful football, not unless they have 23 world class players to keep it fresh. So i can still see Spain doing very well with the way they play.
#161775 Susie FC
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wahey looks to be my breakout season...hopefully. Scored plenty of goals, got my first international goals, first player of the month....hopefully someone will take a chance and sign me. Consistently finishing and subsequently failing in the playoffs with Leicester is getting old
#161703 Champions League 2013/14
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Probably the latter to be honest, a few managers who dominated domestically have been sacked for not winning the CL
#161701 Another Arsenal Career...
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Wow, go Rickie Lambert
#161557 Champions League 2013/14
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I would rather score 2 goals and play in the final than score a hat trick and then not
#161553 Champions League 2013/14
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why wasnt Ramos subbed at half time, asking for trouble
#161532 Champions League 2013/14
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dont think Ramos knows hes a booking away from missing the final..
#161526 Champions League 2013/14
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like so..haha fantastic goal
#161523 Champions League 2013/14
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Game over now surely. No way will Bayern score 4 against a team as good defensively as Madrid... that and the fact Ronaldo, Bale and Di Maria will tear them to shreds on the counter
#161053 Spinning Swimming and Screaming through Turkey
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Drew a team from a higher league in the first round of the cup and got beat 1-0. Not arsed about the cup but the prize money of going a few rounds would have been nice
#161050 Spinning Swimming and Screaming through Turkey
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https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/9ecWZr09UPEsZ4Er7yJU6MgdMqmUN5suuNCmJRrm.png

Happy with that for my first game. Yilmaz off to a flying start and another new signing with the other
#161048 Spinning Swimming and Screaming through Turkey
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My signings. No money means lots of frees obviously and the club was very thin on the flanks so nabbed a new RB, LB, AML and AMR as well as cover at MC. I dont really know where the squad stands tbh as its pretty awful, some of these players may be cover, some will be first teamers. This first season will be mostly an experiment to find out which players work well and in what formations. As long as I stay away from relegation i'll be happy as I will then be able to begin to move forward. My main tactic will be a 4-5-1 with a DM. My wingers are fairly pacey so I will be playing quick, direct counter attacking football to begin with.

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My hopes will mainly lie on Yilmaz. Due to playing 1 up top and utilizing the wings I wanted a Target Man type striker who could score from crosses, bully defences on his own and hold the ball up well and he was the best I could find in the free transfer system.

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Also in getting rid of some of the clubs highest earners and replacing them with cheaper alternatives we are now under the wage bill. I want to keep expenditure at the club as small as possible so that in future we can hopefully start having some money with which to build a proper squad. Until then im going to have to rely on some shrewd business in the free markets and whatever youth comes through at the club, which at the moment consists of 4 players in the Reserves and 0 in the U19's
#161033 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
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I personally wouldn't have had Kompany in there tbh. Whilst still a fantastic defender he has made quite a few mistakes this season in the league and been quite inconsistent and not up to his usual standard. But at the same time im not sure who else to put there, its not really been a great season for defending. Maybe one of Davies, Koscielny or Terry? I dunno. Also think Azpilicueta has flown under the radar at LB but I agree with Shaw. And i would've given GK to Marshall who has made some ridiculous saves this season. De Gea has established himself really well and Cech and Begovic has also been as consistent as ever but I like an underdog.
#160972 Spinning Swimming and Screaming through Turkey
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16 years ago
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Good luck in Turkey


Thanks pal. Will have some updates up later tonight
#160956 Another Arsenal Career...
SpinSwimScream
16 years ago
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Aye its definitely a good first season. Good to identify your weaknesses and strengths and know where to build on. Chambers is a good signing too. Good eventual replacement for Sagna