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**dancinpants** · 06/01/2009, 7:20 PM

Getting tight at the relegation zone:

Pants 2 -1 Forest
Provos 3 - 2 DBS
Harps 0 - 0 Sligo
Cobh 2 - 0 UCD.

The only interest in the division is at the bottom end now. UCD seriously under estimated Cobh judging by the team they put out.

**Bluebeard** · 06/01/2009, 8:18 PM

Gates of Steel 1-0 Holidaysong FC

Wexford Boys 6-0 Sligo Starlets
Dundalk F.C 2-5 SRFC Sligo Rovers
Burton Albion FC 0-1 Patsys Fags

Pld W D L G A GD Pts
1 Wexford Boys 10 9 0 1 30 - 5 25 27
2 Holidaysong FC 11 7 2 2 25 - 11 14 23
3 Gates of Steel 11 7 2 2 22 - 10 12 23
4 Patsys Fags 11 7 0 4 18 - 11 7 21
5 SRFC Sligo Rvrs 10 4 3 3 24 - 16 8 15

The rest led by Burts and Ragball a further five points behind.

The Boys should win it, they won't make any silly underestimations

. Fags should pip us - they have the better squad and more experience, and we're missing our best defender for the next three or four games. Fags have 3 of the top five to play plus Ragball, Holidaysong have three plus Burts, while we have two plus Burts. Could be exciting.

**sligoman** · 06/01/2009, 9:21 PM

A point not bad for me, although Pants and Shams did have to go and win then

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**DmanDmythDledge** · 06/01/2009, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by dancinpants

UCD seriously under estimated Cobh judging by the team they put out.

Didn't underestimate them at all. Need to get the young players' experience up and not much choice other than to pick the game against bottom of the league. Good performance by Cobh but we would have won comfortably if they played they way they had been in previous games (the 3 midfielders were the only ones to get above 6 against the Drunks).

**dfx-** · 07/01/2009, 12:13 AM

Hee-uge win to remain competitive, but there's now another couple of teams dragged back into it. Shligo have only scored six times, but are one point from safety

Also killed off any title challenge though with the win. Nice to actually get back to late wins than late defeats.

**Bluebeard** · 07/01/2009, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by lucanhoop87

the two late injuries ended up costing us dear, what are yisser opinons on substituting slightly injured players? is it always the safer option to take them off or is it worth the risk?

Depends. I would always take them off, except in the last crunch game of a season, or a cup final. It works for me, and I have had quite a bit of success in the few private leagues I play on. That and giving the players cocaine once a week - no drugs tests on Xperteleven, so who is to know.

Originally Posted by lucanhoop87

also just on a side note, is there any limit to how big a thread can be? this must be the biggest thread on this forum by absolutely miles

Beaten by the Totty watch thread with around 8k posts, and positively walloped by the Word Association thread weighing in over 11k, I'm afraid.

**dfx-** · 07/01/2009, 9:16 PM

I always leave them on the field, it slightly affects the rating the player gets, but no other big impact I've found during a game. Certainly not on the cocaine anyway..

**Bluebeard** · 08/01/2009, 1:12 AM

Originally Posted by lucanhoop87

*edit i've found it, its actually really crap, i dont want to have to be clicking on links to see totty dammit!!! and one of the links i did click on was pictures of a bloke

Those would date back to the before before time - the more recent ones are of mighty fine lassies with the pic in the post thanks to the evolving technologies, with the occasional inclusion of a sheep or goat thanks to the Blessed Martyr Ruben Sosa.

**EAFC_rdfl** · 09/01/2009, 8:47 AM

Originally Posted by Bluebeard

with the occasional inclusion of a sheep or goat thanks to the Blessed Martyr Ruben Sosa.

how we miss him!! Fingers crossed the top two put in a better performance in tomorrow's round of games in the premier

**sligoman** · 09/01/2009, 12:22 PM

I see Camoranesi has decided to hang up his boots.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 09/01/2009, 3:26 PM

Only have one retirement myself (Sunnerborn). Just means I'll play 3-5-2 more or less all the time next season.

**dfx-** · 09/01/2009, 3:28 PM

None here. Di Napoli plunders on.

3 Panties leaving..that has happened to me once and decimated the squad that I had. The squad was and is still rubbish, but still..

**steno** · 09/01/2009, 3:49 PM

Lost three last season to retirment and only beginning to recover now, no one this season.

**sligoman** · 09/01/2009, 4:54 PM

Just Peers for me, not starting this season really so not a major loss.

**dancinpants** · 09/01/2009, 6:08 PM

Yup, Camoranesi, Aboyne, and Pearcey all done at the end of the season. Was to be expected in fairness, hence Tone and Slaney being brought into the defence and Jensen into midfield - 20 yo 7 rated bargain of the century.

Will shop for one more midfielder before the start of next season - be that in the Premier or 1st div.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 09/01/2009, 9:53 PM

Originally Posted by dancinpants

Will shop for one more midfielder before the start of next season - be that in the Premier or 1st div.

I'd hold out if I were you. Probably wouldn't get anyone to 100% and if you get someone with really bad form they will take a big hit in the CR.

**sligoman** · 10/01/2009, 8:22 PM

UCD AFC 4-0 Provisional SRFC
Finn Harps FC 3-1 Loftys Lazy 11
Sligo Rovers F.C. 2-1 Cobh Ramblers F.C
Drunk Babysitters 1-1 Pants AFC

Shams up next, not looking forward to that

. Maynooth, the crock that Shams sold me, finally found his scoring boots though

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How does the match experience thing work btw? I've a player who's played 9 times this season with 91% experience and another player who has played 4 with 99% experience

**Bluebeard** · 10/01/2009, 9:03 PM

Really tight in the First now, three points separate first from fourth, thanks to a Fags win against the Boys, while both us and Holidaysong had good wins against the Sham Sligs and the Burts. Tonight's results guarantee us a minimum of 6th this season, making it the franchise's best season in the league ever, and our target for this season already achieved! We can take it easy from now on and use the remaining games just get experience up

We've got dramatically improving Ragball Rovers away next - that will be a tough one. Fags should beat the floundering Starlets. Big game is Boys against Song next week - if we manage to beat the Rovers, any result in that game is in our favour!

**steno** · 10/01/2009, 9:50 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

UCD AFC 4-0 Provisional SRFC
Finn Harps FC 3-1 Loftys Lazy 11
Sligo Rovers F.C. 2-1 Cobh Ramblers F.C
Drunk Babysitters 1-1 Pants AFC

Shams up next, not looking forward to that

. Maynooth, the crock that Shams sold me, finally found his scoring boots though

How does the match experience thing work btw? I've a player who's played 9 times this season with 91% experience and another player who has played 4 with 99% experience

From what I have noticed the younger they are the quicker they get to 100% a 18 year old might take four games while a player thats say 28 might take say 9 games. I'm just picking numbers off the top of my head BTW not sure how many games it would take to get a player to 100%.

**Bluebeard** · 10/01/2009, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by steno

From what I have noticed the younger they are the quicker they get to 100% a 18 year old might take four games while a player thats say 28 might take say 9 games. I'm just picking numbers off the top of my head BTW not sure how many games it would take to get a player to 100%.

That makes sense to me based on my experience. I also have a suspicion that the position and how many players you standardly deploy there has an impact. A defender in my set up tends to accumulate experience faster than a midfielder does, and goalies normally build it up swiftly.