[SIGN UP] Please be in my FM23 save

[AyDee]

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[-james-]

Phwoar.

[Baz]

You've just picked all 20s so at the moment won't be created.

I'd appreciate if you could fill it in again properly?

We've 27 players anyway. Well done everyone for being so sound. Some big hitters missing though - you'll regret it, lads.

I've decided I will create a team. We'll replace Bradford Park Avenue in the National League North.

As per the signup form we'll be starting with a bunch of 16 and 17 year olds. This is quite pleasing:



So from NLN to EPL it's a minimum of five seasons. If we manage successive promotions (spoiler: we won't) then we'll all be 21 and 22 when we emark on our Premier League journey.

[Spikey M]

It was all 20's with a 1 for heading you slag.

[Offshore Toon]

Will the FM engine know what to do when Spikey's head punctures the ball?

[Baz]

Will the FM engine know what to do when Spikey's head punctures the ball?

We shall never know.

[Spikey M]

I resubmitted and followed the rules.

[John Arne]

Will you use in the in-game editor to lock everybody at the club, or you allow players to move freely?

[Baz]

Will you use in the in-game editor to lock everybody at the club, or you allow players to move freely?

I won’t be using an in game editor at all so will be clinging onto us for dear life.

Does a transfer embargo include outgoing deals? It doesn’t does it.

[igor_balis]

I won’t be using an in game editor at all so will be clinging onto us for dear life.

Does a transfer embargo include outgoing deals? It doesn’t does it.

What you can do is set the contracts like 25 years and have a future dated arranged transfer to some other club for 2045 or some shit

You could even have some fun with that, have all the TTHers turn up at some Gibraltan club in their late 30s for one last hurrah or something.

[Baz]

Quick preview of the positions* for everyone who's signed up so far:



Any disagreements? (Had a little blunder with the editor requiring everyone to have at least one 20 position and kept making people a ST but I've sorted my formula out and all 'natural' positions will now be 20, rather than between 19-20, as 19 is only accomplished.) Whipped this up quickly this morning so some errors may have crept through.

And any gaps? Still need to create myself so will try to plug any holes.

2 GK
2 right backs (2 right wingbacks)
3 left backs (3 left wingbacks)
6 centrehalves
5 centre mids (4 defensive mids, 5 attacking mids)
3 right mids (3 attacking mids)
1 left mid (5 attacking mids)
11 strikers (this may be a result of the aforementioned editor issue, or everyone wants to be a striker more likely the former, thankfully)

Depending on formation, left mid could be problematic, and maybe right back.

I'm sure plenty will be taught new positions too.

Could do with another keeper, I guess.

*These may change for FM23, depending on the ranged value assigned for each criteria, eg 13-17

[Giggles]

I didn’t sign up so I’m not sure why I’m on that list.

[Baz]

I didn’t sign up so I’m not sure why I’m on that list.

I was wondering why you're Northern Irish.

I'ma keep you. You're welcome to rejoin with correct info, of course.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I was wondering why you're Northern Irish.

[Giggles]

I was wondering why you're Northern Irish.

I'ma keep you. You're welcome to rejoin with correct info, of course.

Work away, nothing I can do about that but I'd rather not be if I've any choice in the matter, I could have signed up if I had wanted to be (a DM verification would have been an idea really).

[Ben]

I don't recall putting myself down as a striker? I should be like an 8 for that; send the big lad up for a bit of route 1 at the end.

[Baz]

Work away, nothing I can do about that but I'd rather not be if I've any choice in the matter, I could have signed up if I had wanted to be (a DM verification would have been an idea really).

Well whoever it was took the time so do the attributes right.

Okay I won’t put you in, mizzog. Shame cos I was looking forward to seeing how a player who has every single one of his teammates as a disliked person deals with everyday life.

[Giggles]

Thank you. I wouldn't have seen why you'd want anyone in it that didn't want to be, and was only put in as a pisstake, especially when such efforts were made to get people to sign up properly if they wanted to be.

I'd blame Sincere but I don't think he can tie his laces so probably wouldn't have managed counting anything up to 20.

[niko_cee]

I thought I was going to be more of a leftback/wingback, so feel free to tinker me if you wish [or change to a needed position].

Headshot [spoilered for massiveness]:

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Hats off to whoever did Giggles and made him hate everyone.

[John Arne]

@Baz You can change me to a normal ML to fill in the gap, if you like. Same stats.

EDIT: Ah, Niko also said the same. Feel free to do whatever is easiest.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Okay I won’t put you in, mizzog. Shame cos I was looking forward to seeing how a player who has every single one of his teammates as a disliked person deals with everyday life.

Keep him in ffs.

[Offshore Toon]

Keep the player and call them Goggles or something. It's not like any of the information is actually correct.

[igor_balis]

Keep the player and call them Goggles or something. It's not like any of the information is actually correct.

Jens Munstermann

[Giggles]

He can do what he likes, I won't be paying any heed to it at all, so I'm not sure what stimulating mahow thinks he's going to get out of it in that case anyway. But if he wants to leave it in then as I said there's not a big pile I can do now is there?

I had the manners to stay out of it all completely from day one and not have my oar in it when I had no intention of signing up anyway, so no more could I do.

[Lewis]

I don't recall putting myself down as a striker? I should be like an 8 for that; send the big lad up for a bit of route 1 at the end.

I don't think I put striker either. Proper lolling at Giggles' profile though.

[CJay]

I don’t think I did striker either. Baz’s spreadsheet has gone rogue.

[Gray Fox]

Onto the mentals creation bit, 20 is more of something, right? So as an example, 20 in controversy would be say Luis Suarez, but 1 would be Gary Lineker?

[Spikey M]

Giggles picture:

[Lewis]

More like.

[igor_balis]

Onto the mentals creation bit, 20 is more of something, right? So as an example, 20 in controversy would be say Luis Suarez, but 1 would be Gary Lineker?

I feel like the game and database editor have always done a pretty shoddy job of clarifying things like that. When I was messing around with chairman stats like interference and stuff I was none the fucking wiser and even Reddit didn't seem to know.

[Gray Fox]

Winged it. Fuck it.

[randomlegend]

I feel like the game and database editor have always done a pretty shoddy job of clarifying things like that. When I was messing around with chairman stats like interference and stuff I was none the fucking wiser and even Reddit didn't seem to know.

If you hover over the stat for a few seconds, does a bubble pop up which explains it like in-game? That's my only suggestion.

Pretty sure 20 is more though yes, as a rule.

[Baz]

I don't think I put striker either. Proper lolling at Giggles' profile though.

His name was down as Spaghetti O’Sullivan. Supports Rangers and Milwall, dislikes Liverpool. 150cm tall, born in Londonderry with a second nationality of English.

And good news that we won’t have 11 strikers, now I’ve noticed the flaw and fixed the spreadsheet.

Add Gray Fox to the pile, a centre mid whos also adept at DM and AM.

You joining us @randomlegend?

[Lewis]

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Keep it in.

[Danny]

Smiff lurking to add Giggles

[niko_cee]

His name was down as Spaghetti O’Sullivan.

[Baz]

Fixed it:



Again, let me know if anything looks wrong and I'll shout at my formula.

New rundown of the team:
2 goalkeepers
4 leftbacks (4 l wingbacks)
2 rightbacks (2 r wingbacks)
7 centrehalves
7 centre mids (6 defensive, 9 attacking)
8 left attacking mids
3 right attacking mids
10 strikers

[Offshore Toon]

Joffylinton

[Danny]

I have had DC added. I thought I set that to competent rather than anything you would see on the squad screen. Not a big deal since my attributes aren’t built for it.

[Baz]

I have had DC added. I thought I set that to competent rather than anything you would see on the squad screen. Not a big deal since my attributes aren’t built for it.

You have:

DC Accomplished
DM Natural
MC Natural
AMC Natural

Happy to change DC to Competent if you want?

Also, for transparency, turns out the ranges I got off Google were false/outdated. Should have been (and in case anyone on Google is looking for FOOTBALL MANAGER POSITIONAL RATING VALUES)

2-4 Makeshift
5-8 Awkward
9-11 Unconvincing
12-14 Competent
15-17 Accomplished
18-20 Natural

But I've set all our Naturals to 20 due to one position having to be 20, and we've no makeshift anything besides Ben as a makeshift striker, based on a previous comment.

Anyway kits and badge! Thinking of asking Lorenzo to do us 3 kits and a badge.

What colours do we want? Presumably some bastard awful version of grey and gold to match the forum. What about away and third. Do the work for me, lads. Be creative. I'm a spreadsheet badboy, not a design maverick.

The order form asks for:
Team name: The Third Half, presumably?
Kit manufacturer (eg Nike):
Kit colours (home/away/third):
Kit sponsor:
"Anymore details about your kits":
Description of the badge:

That guys badges are quite decent, although probably just whipped up on Canva in 5 mins.

Unless our lads @phonics and @SvN want commissioning to do the badge and I just pay that website for some kits? Lorenzo asks for £15 for a logo but was gonna get the £25.50 2D + 3D + Custom Logo package.

Actually @Sir Andy Mahowry what was that thing you used to generate kits? Were they as decent as these?

[Spikey M]

I thought Spaghetti O’Sullivan was a makeshift striker as well as a DM?

Don't care about colours but we should be sponsored by Stefan Postma and Stewart Lee.

[Clunge]

Postma – what a blast from a shitty past.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

@Baz

I followed this video:



Here are some kits produced by it:

https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showt...l=1#post519985

Their Discord has a lot of Sponsor packs and various other bits too so you can really customise them.

[igor_balis]

I like how many of us cunts have picked exactly AMLC/ST. I bet we all have natural right foot and "cuts inside from left wing" PPM

[randomlegend]

His name was down as Spaghetti O’Sullivan. Supports Rangers and Milwall, dislikes Liverpool. 150cm tall, born in Londonderry with a second nationality of English.

And good news that we won’t have 11 strikers, now I’ve noticed the flaw and fixed the spreadsheet.

Add Gray Fox to the pile, a centre mid whos also adept at DM and AM.

You joining us @randomlegend?

Done it, sorry I was slow.

[Baz]

@Baz

What colours do we want? Presumably some bastard awful version of grey and gold to match the forum.

Ugh.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You can re-roll it multiple times, I ended up doing it when the design was too similar to last year and/or the sponsor didn't come out right.

[Baz]

I've joined the team.

DL, MC, ST

[Baz]

Suggestions welcome for people to use as the player photos for the following, please:

@7om @Danny @Gray Fox @Lewis @Lofty @Mazuuurk @P_3 @Spoonsky @randomlegend