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#46716 What Are You Listening To?
zeonflux
Nice that must of been amazing, Yeah they're a fantastic band Brett said at the gig that they're gonna have a new album out this year and will be playing live again later in the year......so i shall be there
#46708 What Are You Listening To?
zeonflux
I was at this gig!
#46686 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
zeonflux
#46682 What Are You Listening To?
zeonflux
#46681 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
zeonflux
#46671 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
zeonflux
#46670 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
zeonflux
#46668 (explisive deleted) Corners!
zeonflux
#46648 (explisive deleted) Corners!
zeonflux
#46646 What is your Favourite FM of all time
zeonflux
#46638 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
zeonflux
#290822 Toffee Anyone? Take 2
zeonflux
As you can see we've had a great start to the season in which we've beaten Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea as well as getting a draw against the Gunners. Obviously with the good must come the bad and for us that came in the form of a 5-1 thrashing at Old Trafford and then defeats to Swansea and West Ham in the league as well as a 1-0 lose to Derby in the Cup.
I was still using either my 5-1-2-1-1 or a 3-1-2-1-2 formation up until the Derby loss this was due to the team just playing very inconsistently with these formations and with both of them we created almost nothing in most games and so i decided a change was in order so i've now got a variation of a 3-5-2 from another site and it's worked well with us created alot more chances even if we are missing a fair few, as in the Newcastle game we had something like 26-27 shots and made 7 Clear Cut Chances.
Player wise Carlos Fierro has been on fire this season so far scoring 9 goals and getting 3 assists, also our defense and 1st choice keeper Bevan O'Toole have been outstanding with goals mainly being conceded when i change from having Alderweireld, Duffy and Dawson as my back three to give on of my 2 young CBs a start.
We're currently 3rd in the league 5 points ahead of 4th. although both have games in hand and we're only 5 points off of top spot but again they have games in hand, hopefully if we can stay clear of any major injuries and carry on with our form then we should be bang on course for a top 4 finish and maybe even higher if the top 2 start dropping points!
#45336 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
zeonflux
#290821 Toffee Anyone? Take 2
zeonflux
There have been 2 arrives at Goodison Park in the summer, not including the players i mentioned in the last update.
The first arrival was Belgian international defender Toby Alderweireld, I brought him in as a direct replacement for Jonny Heitinga who i've decided to let go as he's 32 and had about 2 years left on a £65K p/w contract, where as Toby is 27 and on a 5 year contract for only about £5K more.
The second arrival was comes from Reunion via Lyon. He's another top looking regen who has the stats to excel as a LM/AML once he increases in pace. He's gonna be the understudy to Wellington Nem this season and hopefully will be able to shine when given the opportunity.
I decided to get rid of some of the older players in the squad where i have younger players spare so Jenssen was allowed to leave since i had Fellaini, Adryan Torres, Barkely and a few regens who can all play in CM. I also decided to sell Jagielka as he was playing 2nd to 3rd fiddle behind Dawson and Duffy in the center of defense with Heitinga.
Also i was trying to sign Ryan Shawcross but the Stoke manager was being a prick, i offered £15M and the bloke wouldn't accept and then Shawcross said he wanted to leave and the manager put his price at £25m which i didn't have and then 3 days later Shawcross signed a new improved contract so i'm gonna stick with the defenders i got
#45177 Toffee Anyone? Take 2
zeonflux
Yeah i was happy that we finished in our highest position since i began with Everton. Yeah they're some pretty good looking regens and hopefully they'll follow in the footsteps of O'Toole and Conjar and push for places in the first team sooner rather than later.
Also i've got some pretty big transfer news to report upon in the next update, just trying to complete some deals and hopefully we'll be alot tougher to beat in teams of goals scored and conceded next season.
#290820 Toffee Anyone? Take 2
zeonflux
Now before i go on to the rest of this post I would just like to take a moment and voice my own opinions on the ME, first of all I like it there are a few bugs but there few and far between compared to the release version but my main issue is that of the AI tactics. I don't like that every AI team can learn your tactics if you use them for more than 5 games where as the AI for your own team can't.
Case i point during my season i played Man Utd twice, the first time i used a brand new tactic i made which was 5-1-2-1-1 and got them on the counter and won 2-1. The second match i used that tactic and went into half time 1-0 down with 0 shots at all and about 30% possession so i switched to a more attacking 4-2-3-1 that i hadn't used since my second season and it was worse with the score eventually ending 3-0. On the other hand Man Utd have used the same tactic since the start and my players still can't get close to them.
Also the switch between your players being in great form to them being rubbish is unbelievable, now i can understand a striker scoring 3-4 on the bounce but then to suddenly not be able to hit the target at all for 4-5 games in a row is a joke.
Rant over
Results and League Table
No a terrible end to the season but not the best either, if we'd have got a point against either Southampton or Wolves, or managed to keep our 1-0 lead at Villa, which we lost thanks to a fucking awful pass........well i think it was a pass by Nem to, well god only knows it was halfway between the keeper and the defensive line and in between the 2 most central defenders but nowhere near any of our team, then we would have finished higher than we are.
In the end we finished 7th, normally a good enough place for the last EL spot but this year Swansea had to go and win the FA Cup.........Bastards!And so for another year Everton are cruelly denied the chance to have a crack at the EL.
I will admit that there was a small period of the season where had we won games that we (the tactics part of the AI) threw away then the final CL spot was ours for the taking. I'm still not sure whats going wrong defensively as we have a better selection of defenders than most of the other teams in the league except for the "Top" clubs but we just can't keep many clean sheets.
Oh and Dan, Tottenham did us over in the Cup thanks to a nice big Fuck You from the game. We were winning 1-0 until the 75ish minute when Carlos Vela came running from the halfway line on the left to the right hand side of the D on the edge of the penalty box before smashing on past the keeper, the only problem is that the ME or the game or even the gods decided that the RB who was set to man mark him tightly just left him go without following and then 2 of my 3 CBs who are set to close down anything in my half decided to have a tea break and the other CB just didn;t bother to put a tackle in.
Then 5 minutes later the game decideds to set of Jonny Heitinga for a second yellow after he'd only made 2 fouls all match, yet Sandro had scythed down my striker and AM on multiple occasions without so much as a yellow and then about 5 minutes after that Adebayour put them up 2-1 which is how it stayed, oh and neither Destro who started the match not Fierro who finished the match could hit a barn if they where locked in it throughout the match and Destro was lucky to score from the spot.
Finally we come to the last section of this post and that is to look at 3 youngsters i've stolen from elsewhere.
Firstly comes in Ben-Hemo who i've taken from the Chelsea youth candidates after being with then for approximately 3 days he signed a contract with the Toffees, i'm planning on getting Fellaini to toutor him as soon as his move is complete in the summer and i'm hoping he'll go on to great things as he has the potential to be a leading Prem DM.
Next up is Timonah who will be joining from Nantes and i'll be using him as a LM/AML, his mental stats aren't brilliant but hopefully with some tutoring they may improve a bit, depending on his performances and his growth he may be shown the door before some of the other youngsters.
the last youngster to be joining us is Eder and at 14 he looks like he could be a decent back up between the sticks and with the right training and tutoring he could become a world class keeper and at a mere £7.5K compensation i think he's gonna be one of the bargins of the game.
#44962 Toffee Anyone? Take 2
zeonflux
Yeah they do look pretty tasty, my regen Keeper that came through the youth team is now stats wise better than Butland and has become a wonderkid by description.
Yeah Tottenham are probably the easiest of the big clubs but they have got some good players, they've still got Bale but brought Subotic, Lucas Leiva, Tom Cleverley, Sime Vrsajlko, Tiote and Douglas Costa
#290819 Toffee Anyone? Take 2
zeonflux
Transfers
I'm not gonna bother with a screenshot of the transfers as it's pretty much useless for this time of the year for my Everton team the only really big news is that i sold Vladimir Weiss to FC Bayern for an nice £12M and finally decided to let Tim Howard move on as even my assistant manager won't put him in the squad let alone team so he went to West Brom i believe.
I wasn't able to do much with the money though as the board saw fit to only allocate my 45% of the transfer fees and that was after some persuasion but i did manage to find 2 young players to bring in the first i have really high hopes for is this lad.
At only 16 he already has some great defending stats, i saw him just after the summer market closed and tried to get him then but I only had £1M then and they wanted at least $2.5M, also he was a CB then not a DM but nevermind i eventually got him for £4.2M and was applauded for getting him so cheaply!
Second lad to be joining us is.
This lad is another to be joining us from Koln, he's got some alright stats and is joining for free at the end of his current contract and should provide form cover / competition in the right midfield slot with a regen from my own youth system.
The last piece of transfer news is about another player that is set to join the club he's been on a pre-contract for about 2 years nearly and shall be joining from Argentina in the summer.
Another quality looking CB regen and i was after this player since he spawned but for about a year he was refused a permit and then i scouted him one day and boom it said permit would be accepted on appeal and so i snapped him up, i'm hoping he's gonna from a great defensive partnership with Leeuw in a few seasons time.
Results and League Position
During the last update i mentioned about our goal of trying to steal some points via draws from the "Top" teams and i think in the last 2 months we've managed to do this.
2 fantastic victories against the 2 Manchester clubs plus a respectable draw against the Gunners has helped us to keep place with the teams around us and leaves us 7 points form the final CL place.
Our change in form comes from a new formation i made to try and combat the 4-2-3-1 used by the bigger teams, i first used it against Man Utd and then changed back to a 4-1-2-2-1 but after the loss to Swansea i decided to go back to it and in the 8 games since going back we've won 6, drawn 2, had 4 clean sheet and scored 16 while conceding only 5 so it's working so far.
And here is the tactic in question.
I'm probably gonna stick with it now until the end of the season and hopefully we'll have a crack at Europe next season and possibly even the CL..........well you can dream, can't you
#44909 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
zeonflux
#290818 Toffee Anyone? Take 2
zeonflux
As you can see we've had a hit and miss start to the season, we played well against Burnley and Reading in the league and also against Sheffield United in the cup but have been unable to beat the big teams in the league this is due to that spawn of satan............the 4-2-3-1 with wingers added with my teams inability to defend set pieces even with the Def. Set Pieces training set to high.
the only other result that is worth a mention is the 4-0 drumming we took at Blackburn as they were using a generic 4-4-2 and matter what we did we just couldn't get going or even stop them from playing. I'm pretty sure they got 2-3 or their goals from corners or IDF's with is a bit of a pain in the ass considering the problems i've already mentioned with the set pieces.
I'm thinking of trying a new defensive / counter formation when playing against 4-2-3-1 in which i shall have a flat back 5 with a DM in front set to tight man marking of the AMC and then having 2 wingers man mark the opposition FBs and then a an AMC and a Poacher to try and nick us a goal.
Our league position isn't the best but i'm hoping to get wins against the teams around us and below us and try and nick some draws off of the top teams and hopefully we'll push on for a Euro place but the end of the season.
The next update shall come after the end of January and will include any business is make in the transfer window.
#43800 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
zeonflux
What with people saying Xabi Alonso is after a move back to England, you never know when you'll need to kick him in the chest
#43791 English Premier League 2012/2013
zeonflux
#43785 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
zeonflux
Motherfucker don't care cause he getting paid, plus he has the perfect excuse if he's a flop, "the team were already in trouble when i joined"
#43784 The Night Thread Mk. IX
zeonflux
As Rick James once said "Cocaine is a hell of a drug!"
#43684 Toffee Anyone? Take 2
zeonflux
Yeah he's hopefully gonna be the future of the club in years to come, I played him in the EL last season as part of a 4-3-3 and he got 4 goals against Nordsjaelland in a 6-2 victory
#43628 What Are You Listening To?
zeonflux
#290817 Toffee Anyone? Take 2
zeonflux
Transfers for the start of season 4:
I decided to bring in Coentrao as i'm short of Full Backs and had to use Fabio as cover at both RB and LB last season with only having Coleman for RB and Baines for LB.
I then brought in Torres as i'm building my midfield for the future and also as i wasn't sure that Fellaini would sign a new contract as his was up at the end of the coming year. (He has now signed a new 4 year deal
Finally I brought in Rodrigo on loan from Man United as i'm going to be playing a new formation this season which includes Wingers and i only had Nem as a decent AML.
Here's the team that will hopefully be challenging for the CL places this year. I'm happy with the players although I didn't have enough for a new CB but i'm converting Simao to play there as cover due to his high defensive stats. Also i'm looking forward to watching my 2 top quality regens improve again this season.
ST - Kruno Conjar - This kid has it in his locker to be top class, his Technical and Mental stats are brilliant for his age and i'm trying to get him to improve his quickness but having him train as a Poacher as i'm hoping he'll improve his pace and his striking stats at the same time.
GK - Bevan O'Toole - This is another kid who is destined for great things, unlike Conjar he came through Everton's own youth team, I will say that he did fuck me off though as he came into the youth team in the March after i had signed Butland and his stats aren't too dissimilar.
And finally here are the 2 formations i shall be championing this season:
Both of these tactics are from online, i tried using my own and nothing worked, i imagine that at some point in the season i will be making my own again as i really prefer using 2 strikers.
And that's everything for now so i'll be getting on with it and i shall post an update in 2 months time! (In game
#290816 Toffee Anyone? Take 2
zeonflux
I'm now about to start my 4th season as the manager of the Toffees and he's a quick look back at how i've done.
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Not been doing amazingly well in the league finishing 9th, 8th and 8th although that's mainly been to my team turning to shit after January and i reckon i could have finished in the top 4 during the 3rd season had Fellaini not got a 2 month long lay off with a torn hamstring.
Having underperformed in the league i have had some success in winning the Capital One Cup during the second season.
I've brought in quite a few players since i took over but here's the players who are still at the club that i've brought:
Mattia Destro, Ademileson, Adryan, Wellington Nem, Fabio, Vladimir Weiss, Simáo, Ruben Yttergard Jenssen and Jack Butland.
#43620 Travelling across Europe - proving I'm better than Dan!
zeonflux
#43617 Getting Around Europe Quicker Than Shedender
zeonflux