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Narrowly beat Dundee 1-0. Then pumped Falkirk 5-0. Then brushed aside Hamilton 2-0.

Had the first leg of my quarter final v Ajax. Won 5-3. I was at home though, so if they win 2-0 or 3-1 or 4-2 next leg then Im out. Need to be careful.

Im on a 7 game winning streak :) Macca has 25 goals and 17 assists from 45 apps. GUN!
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socceroos_fan wrote:
A question that I have still not found the answer to. When should should you tackle hard on a player? I only do it when my assistant says to or if the player is in bad condition.

Tackle hard on a player who is tired, a player who the assistant suggests, it works well on fullbacks and smaller players to worry them off the ball or players with lower composure.
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:shock: Probs sums up why my players get suspended for too many yellows all the time.

Ok, After being hired by Millwall who were in relegation danger, I came in and cleaned out the trash and fixed up a bit, Brought in Chris Coyne for 40k, some spainiard called Popo for 293k, and Adrian Leijer on loan.

Finished the season in a respectable 12th considering where we were at the beginning of my reign. In the process I had a striker have a 1080 minute non scoring streak, a few weeks in reserve put him in his place.

Aaand I took up the Ivory Coast job as well, had a almost epic game against Greece first match, down 4-0 at halftime, brought on Kalou and Drogba and brought it back to 4-4 only to lose out by a Samaras 90th minute winner to lose 4-5. I not long after resigned after noticing I will have to compete in the upcoming world cup with no keepers.

Which brings me to the fact the Ivory Coast had no keepers, not even in the age teams, Is this only because I have a small database running?
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There should be a couple of Ivoirian keepers. Their current number 1, Boubacar Barry plays in Belgium.
If you don't have any keepers, ones will be generated for you anyway.
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Has anybody EVER had the board accept their request for more transfer funds? :lol:
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Yeah, at Inter they gave me an extra 6 mil. No such luck at Millwall though.
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Celtic denied my claim. I will try again in January though. I deserve it after taking them to the League Cup title, and hopefully the SPL and the semis of the Uefa Cup
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imnofreak wrote:
Has anybody EVER had the board accept their request for more transfer funds? :lol:

Once...but I already had the transfer set at 10m and was 500k short so they made up the difference. Other than that I've had hundreds of requests turned down "they're yet to see a return for this season's investment" ](*,)
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FFT-League tonight for those who are interested. 8pm Kick-off. We'll get a couple more games under our belts tonight.
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Yeh I'm in till about 10/10:30 again.
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Has anybody EVER had the board accept their request for more transfer funds?

Sometimes, although when I was at Vitesse starting my 2nd season with them they gave me a tyransfer budget of 300k...There was no way I could get a top half finish with the current team so I asked for more money and they gave me 7mil #-o Why don't you just give it to me in the first place!
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I have a lot of work to do, so I might not be able to take part.


In my Blackburn game, I have won the League Cup after beating Man City 5-4 on penalties after a scoreless game, Leo scored the winner after a MOTM performance taking care of Robinho.

I beat Valencia on penalties as well after a 3-3 aggregrate draw. Elano scored in the last minute to get to extra time and Gudjohnsen got the winner in the shootout. I play Bayern Munchen in the quarters.

Currently in 6th, locked with Livepool who are on a great run of form. Torres has scored 22 goals in 29 EPL games and is unstoppable. There are 8 games remaining with them having the better fixtures, so I'm expecting to drop down.

If you win the League Cup, do you automatically qualify for Europe?

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There was no way I could get a top half finish with the current team so I asked for more money and they gave me 7mil

Probably hadn't recieved tv rights yet.
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If you win the League Cup, do you automatically qualify for Europe?

As long as the FA Cup winner is already qualified through league placing.

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Can I join in this league halfway through?
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The online one? Yeah.

You will be Sydney FC.
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And it's hardly halfway through :lol:
2 games actually.
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We need another easy beat tbh.
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Yeh marconi isn't enough.
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New season with Millwall, signed Inzaghi on a free transfer only for him to get injured in training for a few months.

Also signed a bit of a wonder for my league, Miguel Palanca was released from Real Madrid and now he's my star, scored in all 5 games so far.

Preseason: 3-1 win over Huddersfield and a 1-1 with Fulham.

Season comes and 3 wins from 3 games has me sitting pretty in 1st.
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socceroos_fan wrote:
Yeh marconi isn't enough.

I was about to say "Hey, I beat avy 2-0" then remembered I beat avy's assistant 2-0 :P
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Ok I finished a dismal 8th but I won the ECC! Which is great because I wont be able to do that next season lol. England got an extra cup spot though so I will play Europa league. I beat Barca 3-2 In the ECC final, goals to Tevez and a Rooney double. I then got pumped 5-1 in the FA Cup final V Arsenal. For some reason I just struggled in the league as I made semis of the League cup final of the Fa and won the ECC. I now have a 44mil transfer budget with Marquinhos on the way and VDS, Giggs and Scholes retiring and Berba trnasfer listed for 25 mil, I have just accepted a Real Madrid bid for him too. I dont know who to sign as Marquinhos can cover for Giggs, Scholes and Berba but I am thinking of signing David Silva as my wings have succumbed to injury time and again in my two seasons with Ronaldo missing six months in the first and five in the second and Valencia not being able to play more than two in a row this season without picking up an injury. I dont think I will invest in a GK as Foster seems up to the job. A RB would be decent though, I'm thinking of signing Stanton from Inter
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Sign him Fredsta. He is in my team now and is great! His stats are great for a 21 yo. It's Santon though IIRC.
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Yeah wasnt sure of the spelling. I havent actualy checked out his stats since last season but if they arent that good I will just loan him out for a season rather than have him being an unhappy bench warmer
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Santon and Rafinha are the top picks for RB IMO.
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Yeah I also forgot to add that I signed these two 15 y.o Brazilian guns for a total of 7mil. Abilio I think and Maiquel, not too sure on the spelling but my scout highly recomended them and the latter Maiquel has stats pretty much simmilar if not better than Fletcher already he plays CM and looks like a fucking freak and the other Abilio is a Winger, they both look like absolute stars as Abilio has better stats than Giggs and Park and Maiquel who looks the better has stats not too far off Veloso. Im very excited about them
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Well if they're 15, you're not going to get them for three years and 7m is a lot to pay for that level of player when you can usually get young south american players for about 2m a pop.
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Lost the quarter final to Ajax on away goals :cry:

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Ohhh sucked in there.

Beat Sydney 1-0 in tonight's FFT-League. Would have been more if I hadn't been booted from the game and had to let my ass-hat of an assistant play completely the wrong tactics ](*,)
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Yeah.. that was a slight disaster. I don't know why it fucked up like that. Probably my sister or something using the other computer.
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14 games into the season im sitting 2nd behind Stockport. Import Palanca is going gang busters scoring everywhere and Coyne is as solid as a rock in back. I also picked up my first ever Manager of the Month award.

Knocked out of league cup Rd 1 by QPR, Progressed to Rd 2 in FA Cup with a 6-0 win over some unpronouncable club.

All's going well and if I can hold steady I may be in running for auto promotion to the Championship.
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Yeah.. that was a slight disaster. I don't know why it fucked up like that. Probably my sister or something using the other computer.

Drawn and quartered sounds like a suitable punishment for her.
The record should show that I was leading the table at the end of August with 9 points from 3 games. So even if I finish last, at least I started well 8-[
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