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#172783 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
#172778 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
We can thank Brad Davis for this yet again, played a 9.0 game and bagged two assists. We probably should have got beat in this game but for whatever reason Defoe was just missing chance after chance for Toronto.
I play Chivas USA in the final and looking at them they're a very average side, if Pontius and EJ are on their game we could run out with a big scoreline victory. Its about two weeks till the final, Davis picked up a knock and will miss around a week of training but should be fully fit for the Chivas game. We need him. This is Davis' team. I love Brad Davis.
#172772 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
#172770 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
I'll balance it all out come January, for now I'm just doing the preliminary scouting on a few guys.
#172766 Group D - Costa Rica, England, Italy, Uruguay
Sheriff Skacel
I'd personally love to see a strikeforce of Cassano / Immobile but that won't happen. As for Uruguay, beyond Suarez and Cavani they have very little to offer in my view, a lot of the squad are massively out of form.
#172629 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Unbelievable game, heading into it the players were tired as this only came a few days after the semi final 2nd leg. Gilberto has been top scorer in the MLS this season and he certainly tore us up, we just couldn't handle him at all.
I'm still confident heading into the second leg mind, its nearly two weeks away so the players will be fully rested.
#172627 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Got a bit sketchy in the first leg when our starting GK Hamid got brought off injured, luckily it was nothing serious and he returned for the second leg. We went out there, showed New York what was what and set up a doubled legged affair with Toronto, a team we have beaten every time we've played them this year.
#172617 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Great turn around from the team, we were predicted to finish 2nd last and we proved everyone wrong. What was this down to? The 433 sticking, Brad Davis and the depth of the squad.
I don't fear anyone from the West, if we can win the Eastern playoffs I think we take the title home.
#172613 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
#172608 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Obviously a disappointing defeat, but we created a hell of a lot of chances and on another day we could have won big. That is testament to just how far we've come, I honestly believe that we are only two or three players away from being a true force. Hell, with a little luck we could win the MLS this season.
However, I think its starting to show how much we need a backup striker, I thought Pontius and EJ could hold out but their form has dipped in the recent weeks. We've hardly plummeted down the table but its still worrying.
There's 3 games left and I'm all but assured of a playoff spot, I may rest some key players for two of those games and try and enter the playoffs with a fully refreshed starting eleven.
#172602 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Really not happening, I think next season anything but a deep playoff run is a failure for us, it makes no sense to leave at this point.
US Open Cup final up next, I play my beloved Seattle Sounders.
#172468 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Good deal, 500k is good money for a player who hasn't feature much in the past few months. Gonna look into getting a new backup striker but its not imperative, I have enough depth uptop to pull me through.
#172455 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Straight away I had bids from Vitoria and Panathinaikos but only for 61k (weird figure), he has a value of 500k so I want something around that. My hand could be forced however, will see what the market says.
#172445 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Maybe after a few MLS titles I'll go to another one of my beloved leagues, for now I'm happy to plod along and chase the dream.
Some great references in that first section of the post, one for the hardcore US fans. Since I'm in the garden and bored I'll explain them.
'non-transparent'; the MLS is famed for not properly disclosing how transfers actually work and what allocation money does
'LA/NY biased'; its long been said the MLS favours these two big markets, and its true imo, not to the extent of match fixing or anything, but certainly in terms of player recruitment
'Miami induced'; MIAMI FC BABY
'Ray Hudson'; Youtube him, an eccentric Geordie MLS coach / commentator
'Freddy Adu'; former trialist at Manchester United and also Blackpool
'Soccer/satan'; this is an Australian thing, fuck do I care
'USA 94'; 86 WC got took off Colombia because the coffee market imploded, eventually Mexico got it, but imagine if USA had? Arguably the MLS would be eight years further along in its evolution. Obviously a potential 86 WC wouldn't be as successful as the 1994 WC, but from an American perspective that extra eight years could have been huge.
Word.
#172438 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Would have quite liked Holden in fairness, I reckon on a non-DP contract he could be an absolute steal. Hey ho.
Interested to see where he lands, he has great mental stats for the league and should make an impact.
#172437 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
And believe me, I am. He's been such a great pickup, slow start because of a lack of fitness but he has 9 assists in 15 games. He's been absolutely crucial to our success so far this season, his form has allowed me to sell Silva and also slowly integrate my number two draft pick, Bernardo Andrade.
#172423 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Slowly but surely boys and girls. Things are falling into my place and the Skac 433 has been unleashed. Calcio pulito.
#172421 Group D - Costa Rica, England, Italy, Uruguay
Sheriff Skacel
I think Rooney will have more say on the game from AML than he will from AMC or ST in this England team, even if we put him at AMC it means forcing Lallana out-wide and I'd rather give him every chance from AMC. We've tried Rooney at AMC and ST for England and its hardly set the world on fire, its time to give other guys a chance in that position but also still hold a modicum of faith in Rooney.
If he underperforms once more in this tournament I think its time to slowly reduce his influence. In the past we've tried to move away from the Beckham's, Campbell's and Owen's and just banished them from the team, leaving huge gaping holes and with that the players either end up getting called back up or we just suffer in their absence. We just need a slow process of reducing the importance of Rooney and trying new things.
It just reminds me of Raul and Spain, Raul was holding back the Spanish national team, once he got dropped, the team started to work a lot better. I'm not saying dropping Raul led to a golden era for Spanish football or that dropping Rooney will do the same or England, but I do believe slowly moving away from Rooney as a guaranteed starter will benefit the team. And its not like Raul was past it when he got phased out, heading into Euro 08 he was in fine form for Real.
#172414 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Time to cross the great divide.
DC United is taking its talents to.......Galatasaray.
Purely because they are willing to pay me 1.7m whereas Fenerbahce are only offering 1m. It hurts me, because I consider myself to be a Fener kind of guy.
#172410 Group D - Costa Rica, England, Italy, Uruguay
Sheriff Skacel
#172404 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
#172403 Group D - Costa Rica, England, Italy, Uruguay
Sheriff Skacel
I'd have the same defence as you but I'd go;
Lallana
Sterling - Sturridge - Rooney
I don't want Sterling coming off the bench, I want him starting. If we want an impact player then I'd rather that was Welbeck, right now Sterling is playing better and offers more to this team than what Welbeck can. I also think its time to try something different with Rooney, the more I think about it the more I like him from LW. Not just for cutting inside but also for the quality of his passing, could set both Sterling and Sturridge on a lot of runs in behind from angled balls.
#172402 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Replacement for Silva, picked him up on a free, he's bounced around a lot lately (five clubs in as many years) but I think he could be a valuable addition for us. American, good age, good all rounder stats and can play two positions.
Another thing that swayed me on signing him instead of going foreign was the performances of Grabavoy at MC. I've started him in the last few games and he's done really well. As I only drafted him this season he's still very rough round the edges, but if he keeps performing this well he could be a starter in our potential playoff run.
#172396 There and back to see how far it is
Sheriff Skacel
#172391 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
Visual rep of the league, exactly where I want to be at this point. Its just all about staying in and around 4th/5th. I'm also about to play the QF of the US Open Cup, winning that could provide a nice morale boost to the squad and also hopefully a small rep boost.
Last year Silva was one of my best players with 3 goals, 7 assists and a 6.93 average rating. There was some interest in him from Europe and I wasn't that interested in selling him, so I set an asking price of 1m (value of 400k). This year he got an injury early on and has only started six games. He was just coming back into the team and out of nowhere Auxerre put in a bid of 1m, so straight away I accepted it. Great money for a player who has hardly featured this term.
With that I have about 1.3k in cap space to go out and get myself a decent MC option, first I'm gonna look around the league and if nothing is forthcoming I'll look into the summer releases in Europe.
#172364 The Venues
Sheriff Skacel
Knock the Qatar bid all you want but they have three components which will arguably ensure the greatest WC of all time;
1. Close proximity between stadiums
2. Actual infrastructure being built (yes I know what this comes at the cost of)
3. Stadiums being partly dismantled and sent off to Africa
And for people that knock nations like Brazil and South Africa for building big needless stadiums, our 2018 bid had a 46k stadium to be built in Plymouth. Genius.
#172363 FIFA 15
Sheriff Skacel
#172362 Naming my baby
Sheriff Skacel
#172360 This is not just a career this is an MLS career
Sheriff Skacel
Also make sure you scout nations like Costa Rica, Honduras, etc as some great regens can come from those nations. Keep a constant check on which free agent American players are available too, you can pick up some great squad fillers and every now and then a great MLS quality player.
#172359 Some seasons Ferrisin'
Sheriff Skacel
On my front we're going ok, round about halfway stage I'm 6th in the conference, 3 points off the playoffs in 5th. I'm also 7th in the whole league, goes to show the strength of the East compared to the West.
Also into the semi finals of the US Open Cup and I'd love to win that, earlier on in FM14 I won it three seasons in a row with Columbus, and last season I got the semis with DC. That shit my calling card. I go hard in the US Cup and I go deep.