Thats a class team. I will post mine up in a few mins.Quote:
Originally Posted by adamcarr
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Thats a class team. I will post mine up in a few mins.Quote:
Originally Posted by adamcarr
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-----------formidable----excellent----solid----------------
excellent----------------------------------------excellent
solid-------excellent------solid---inadequate--------------
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That's a 5-4-1 with 3 inner midfielders. The inadequate midfielder is in solid form and has solid experience so it makes him at least passable in reality.
Im waiting for my inner mids to pop to exellent stamina though so this weekend it will be two solid and an exeellent in there with a solid winger instead of an exellent one cause he is low on form! Same with one of my defenders Im gonna have to play a passable one this weekend!Quote:
Originally Posted by DE TOWN
Adam you have a very nicely balanced team. Do you train playmaking?
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passable----------solid--------------passable
passable----solid----solid----solid----passable
-------excellent-------------passable---------
My keeper is due to pop to excellent any week now!
Nice team! How much do formidable defenders go for? Trainig is really paying off for you! Have you made a big profit on it or are ya holding onto your defenders?Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
Yeah! Two of my exellent inner mids are only exellent +2 though!Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
Are you gonna continue training keeper then?Quote:
Originally Posted by DE TOWN
Quality team. If you could get a solid/excellent midfielder you would be even better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
until I get the 2 of them up to excellent. Then I will go back to Playmaking. Both of my keepers are due to pop any week soon. Hopefully next week.Quote:
Originally Posted by adamcarr
I suppose youll sell one of them then! Firstly you need to get a solid coach though! Do you have trainees??Quote:
Originally Posted by DE TOWN
According to transfer compare they go for 800k. He also has excellent stamina and inadequate playmaking. Means I can play him offensive to boost the midfield. He has a few weeks of training behind him and I am definately going to train him up to outstanding before I cash in but that could be a good 10 weeks. Problem is I bought him for quite a lot when I joineed as I didn't know what I was doing. I signed him at 19 so he is 21 now. You're talking about a good 11 or 12 weeks for a pob at this stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by adamcarr
The full back I sold the other day was pure profit. He cost 2k and he had passable winging and inadequate defending. I trained him up to solid and sold him for 150k. He was 22 when I signed him, again when I didn't know what I was doing. So he is my only profit so far. I have two lads who were inadequate defenders when I signed them for 1k each and they are both excellent plus a bit now. Not sure when I will sell them. They have no secondaries.
It really does payoff to have a good defence. It is really hard to score on me and despite being only the 3rd best team last year I conceded the least goals. It's rock hard for me to score though as I only play 1 striker. I need to play 5 defenders to maximise training and have to play 4 midfielders to keep possession up.
De Town when you go to train playmaking again sign 17 year olds with good secondaries even if they only have inadequate playmaking.
Yeah. Which 1 I dont know yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by adamcarr
Tell me about it. The keeper sale will go a long way to funding 1. I am skint at the moment.Quote:
Firstly you need to get a solid coach though!
Not at the moment. I plan to buy some though and train them up.Quote:
Do you have trainees
Yeah, I know. This is my 3rd full season starting on Sunday and I havent got a proper training system going for outfield players. Disgraceful :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
I just don't have the money. My midfield is always struggling to muster up quality. The inadequate fella was solid last year and was great due to the experience but he is 35 and one day dropped a whole load in skill. I brought in a 30 year old solid Irish fella with no secondaries for 60k. I hope when the gate receipts roll in I will sign another veteran. At the moment I am chasing an Irish fullback 17 year old trainee with passable winger to fill the void left by my last sale. I have got a decent trainee programme in place and hopefully it will pay off.Quote:
Originally Posted by DE TOWN
You grasped the game very early and it is paying off big time! I only started taking training seriously in recent weeks! I signed two trainees andv the both popped in their first week! :) It was after that, I started noticing the importance of training!Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
No harm. It can take so long to get to grips with the game. Some people after seasons do not play friendlies every week and seem to have not even a slight training programme. It's a confusing game and only experience and chat with other players can teach you. Not the rule book.Quote:
Originally Posted by DE TOWN
I sort of did. But in hindsight I wished I signed more 17 year old inadequates for 1k. When you decide what to train you are best to clear the board in that position and bring in all young trainees. Defence is easiest to start into as secondaries are not too important and you can keep your midfield the most important part without having to bring in trainees.Quote:
Originally Posted by adamcarr
How does everyone want to get on this season??
I hope that since I sorted out my midfield I can move up a place to second!
PS will you be going for top place this season??
DE TOWN has your stamina training paid off??
Not a chance. When I came to my league there was only two teams who existed previously. So there's always been two teams miles better than the rest of us. One of those got promoted and was replaced by a relegated bot. So now I have only one clearly better team than me but his midfield is full of formidables and outstandings. I don't have a chance. We even got a good human team promoted to the league. I could finish anywhere from 2nd to 5th. I hope 2nd though.Quote:
Originally Posted by adamcarr
Would like to finish 4th but dont really have the players yet. Can see another play-off game at the end of the season :(Quote:
Originally Posted by adamcarr
Yeah, big time. Everyone in my squad is up to either solid or excellent :) Even my coach :pQuote:
DE TOWN has your stamina training paid off
I reckon i'll finish 3rd again myself. The team that finished 2nd last season have a strong team and the team that came down from the league above seem to be strong also(checking TSI's). I'll have to buy a few Excellent defenders this season i think. My team looks roughly like this.
------------------Solid-------------
--------Solid------Solid-------Passable----
Solid----Solid-----Excellent-----Solid----Solid------
--------Excellent---------Solid-------
I have about 4 other Solid Inner Mids aswell that are young 18/19. I have a passable Striker who's 34 now with outstanding set peices, he finished 3rd top goalscorer last year, scored 15 goals i think and about 9 of them were Free Kicks. He's a bit too old now though. I have a 30,000 stadium so hopefully gate receipts can being in a few more excellents. Does anybody know what training Short Passes is like ?? what will pop if i train this ?
Be very careful with the auld fella. His skills could drop two levels in an instant. With that level of set pieces keep him in the team as long as he has some skill. You'll get no resale value on him at this stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by GK for the Town
Short passes trains passing for all midfielders and strikers. On average it is a week or two shorter than training a primary. You could play 3-5-2 or 3-4-3 or even 2-5-2 if you are mad to train a fair amount of people. However passing is useless compared to primaries at this low level. You're better off sticking to playmaking or whatever you train.
Your right about the auld fella, He's dropped a few already on the secondaries like passing. I'm gonna stick with the playmaking i reckon. The problem i have is that most of them have wretched passing. I think i just bought another innner mid by mistake, i was half asleep and put a fairly substantial bid in. Hopefully he'll turn out good though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
We're close to the 1,000 posts mark now lads. Lets keep the chat and the tips coming. If any of you's are going to sell an excellent defeneder in a few weeks, let me know. I'm sure we can come to some arrangement.
How big is everyone's supporters club?
How much money do you have/owe?
How old is your oldest player?
for me its...
How big is everyone's supporters club? 1996
How much money do you have/owe? -207k
How old is your oldest player? 31
Just signed a 17 y/o old passable wing, inadequate defence and playmaking for 35k to be my new wing back trainee. He also has inadequate stamina. He'll make a great defender in a couple of seasons. Hopefully the defence will pop sooner rather than later.
How big is everyone's supporters club? 1271
How much money do you have/owe? -3,000
How old is your oldest player? 36 (excluding the coach)
De Town you have a massive supporters club. Is that correct? :eek:
How big is everyone's supporters club? 1596
How much money do you have/owe? -136,091
How old is your oldest player? 33
How do you have such a big supporter club DE TOWN??
I generally dont know how my SC is so big, considering the **** season I had last season. Every week last season, even though I was getting beaten 5-0 or 6-0 I still gained about 10-15 supporters. In the last 3 weeks when I have won 3 games in a row. I got about 40 a week. It still seems a lot though :cool: Will pass the 2000 mark this week :)
EDIT: I have 8 spokespersons, they drag in the crowds. That is porbably why.
I have 10 spokespersons and have been playing the game longer and you still have 400 odd more supporters, ya lucky ba$tard! Also dont spokespersons just make the sponsors happy and then the sponsors will give ya money??Quote:
Originally Posted by DE TOWN
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by adamcarr
Its just luck I suppose!
Actually, I think your right now that I think about it! ah well, im not complaining :cool:Quote:
Also dont spokespersons just make the sponsors happy and then the sponsors will give ya money
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solid-----solid----solid----passable
excellent/passable----exellent--excellent-----passable
-------solid--------------solid---------
De Town your fan club simply defies HT logic. With 6 spokespersons last season I only got 15 fans at a time when I was doing well.
I know. Maybe the season when I got promoted I got loads, I cant remember. Plus I got a 10% increase after I got promoted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Student
I get 13-15 new supporters most week & only have 1 spokesman.
What are ye all expecting out of the games tomorrow? Im MOTSing mine because I'm playing a team that will be around my standard. Might PIC the cup game during the week.
I reckon I might sneak a win. Depends on his tactics.
Don't know what to expect. I have a little higher TS than normal due to PICing in the cup and my opponent has not logged in for a month which means his TS is lower. He is better than me but I hope I can tactically outsmart him seeming as he is esentially a bot. I think I will draw though.Quote:
Originally Posted by DE TOWN
Playing against relegated team so real top of table clash. maybe i can catch him off guard in 1st game. Playing 3rd best team in league (assuming i'm 2nd best) in 2nd league game. If i lose first 2 games league season is over.
Still 0-0 in all games except my opponents are succesfully pressing me!
Yeah, its fairly boring stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by adamcarr