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    Are you visiting the dole office? Domingos has it nailed on.

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    It took them 8 days to realise that Domingos is a chancer.

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    I’ve made my QPR squad too big I think.

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    My mighty Rugby Town side have hit a rough patch of form. Down to 3rd in the league, and LEE HUGHES's (player/manager) Worcester City have gone top. Frustratingly only the winners get promotion and there's no playoffs, and my outrageously good for this level striker is out of contract in the summer so I probably need to sort it out.

    What kind of tactics are good on this FM, then? Bear in mind I've got level 9 shitkickers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by igor_balis View Post
    My mighty Rugby Town side have hit a rough patch of form. Down to 3rd in the league, and LEE HUGHES's (player/manager) Worcester City have gone top. Frustratingly only the winners get promotion and there's no playoffs, and my outrageously good for this level striker is out of contract in the summer so I probably need to sort it out.

    What kind of tactics are good on this FM, then? Bear in mind I've got level 9 shitkickers.
    3 at the back, attacking wingbacks, 2 in midfield, 3 attackers (either 3 strikers or 1 striker in front of 2 Attacking midfielders)

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    And we're done:

    Here is how the league finished:



    This secured promotion to the top division but we had to have a game against Lalenok to determine the champions:



    Here are the results:



    As you can see we also got to the final of the Cup, so how did that go?





    I thought we had it after smashing a top division team in the semi-final but despite the mountain of chances we created our strikers (who are all shit) just couldn't put them away. On the other hand their strikers put away their chances. Disappointing end but I'd have taken it before hand.

    Here are the squad awards too:



    I'm not sure how a DRL was so good, especially as he didn't score any goals and he only grabbed 1 assist but whatever. Probably just goes to show how shit our strikers were.

    Two league titles in two seasons is pretty good though.

    Oh and the start and middle was awful, my team all hated me because of my shit reputation. Eat a dick lads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    3 at the back, attacking wingbacks, 2 in midfield, 3 attackers (either 3 strikers or 1 striker in front of 2 Attacking midfielders)
    Gone for something between the two - 3 at the back, attacking wingbacks, 2 in midfield, with an AMC behind 2 strikers. Been absolutely smashing teams since then. so cheers for the advice.

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    I'm using this now.

    Gelson Martins is somehow top scoreer with 28 in 30. We're in January and the front four have 102 goals between them, lol.

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    And I'm back in the job. This time with Kartileh in the Dijibouti Premier League which is already underway.



    12 games left as it's an 18 game league.

    I had some better options but three things really pulled me in. The first is their position in the table, they're predicted to finish sixth so they players are doing well. The second is the wage budget, the club is currently spending £40 p/w but the budget is set at £1,632 so I can go fucking mental. Finally, the third reason is the most appealing:



    I want to break that dominance by the phone wankers.

    Facilities:



    The main team in the league owns us? Surely that's just a bit dodgy.

    The stadium:







    It's a real beauty.

    Here is our key player:



    And our hot prospect:



    First game is today (the day I was hired) against the phone bastards so that's a nice and easy start.

    Edit: They own most of the league, no wonder they've fucking dominated it.

    Edit: Oh and my keeper is on international duty for the first match, ofc he is.

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    Do you guys play the offside trap? I find that even though I play with a deeper line I still get a lot of passes behind the defence.

    @Sir Andy Mahowry: It's the stadium they own, no?

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    I'll probably get sacked in the morning for beating the almighty overlords.

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    I just paid £100m for a 17 year old striker from Leicester

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    I just paid £100m for a 17 year old striker from Leicester
    Lets have a look.
    I'm a twit

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    Striker from my last team. He wouldn't come to QPR with me. Not a bad bit of business though, I paid £97k to bring him over from Brazil.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baz View Post
    Lets have a look.

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    You tit. He's a nobody.

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    I mean you're wrong, but OK.

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    He’s no Bentinho.

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    I like him.

    He's not worth 100m but then RL is playing as United so the price is doesn't really matter.

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    My director of football bid £175m for Rashford whilst I had 3 contracts pending for better/equal players.

    Responsibilities changed quick time.

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    This is the best 4123 I've used this version. Utterly lethal, about win the league and Europa with Everton first season with it:

    http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/share...er-united.html

    Change striker to AF and take off tackle harder on the two full backs.

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    @Sir Andy Mahowry - So Dijibouti own your club, the league is named after them, and they've won the league every year?

    Crush the bastards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dquincy View Post
    @Sir Andy Mahowry - So Dijibouti own your club, the league is named after them, and they've won the league every year?

    Crush the bastards.
    Djibouti is the country. Also I'm pretty sure they just own the stadium. It's just weird wording.

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    Hardly any clubs in Africa have their own stadium, somewhere pokey like that they'll play all the league games in the national stadium or whichever grounds local cities have.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    Hardly any clubs in Africa have their own stadium, somewhere pokey like that they'll play all the league games in the national stadium or whichever grounds local cities have.
    Even more so a country of less than a million people.

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    Just got a new striker who shits on all of my other strikers. First game and I see he's ineligible as he's played for too many teams this season.


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    So after getting sacked from Soroksar, I applied to a lot of jobs and got a lot of offers. In the end I decided to join:



    I know it's difficult to guess from just the badge, but that's East Fife. We play in the 3rd tier of Scotland and the club managed to get into the playoffs last season but didn't get past the semis. I would like to say that we can try and get the 1 automatic promotion spot, but Livingston (the team that got relegated from the Championship) and Raith (the team that narrowly missed automatic promotion last season) are significantly bigger clubs that us, so the goal is a playoff spot, hoping that we can cause an upset there.

    I've reached the mid-season part and we've been doing quite good so far:



    But it has to be said that the table is flattering our performance a bit. We are on a great run currently with 13 points in the last 5 games, while the teams around us have been faltering. Our attack is as good as any in the league but our defence leaves a lot to be desired. This chap below has been our best performer with 17 goals to his name:


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    Youth recruitment day and I get this gem.

    Looks shit to all of you but he's already one of my best central midfielders. Going to start him in my next game and see what he can do.

    Takes my tally of Warsama's to 4 though.

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    Boy wonder scores 2 in his debut.

    Hero.

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    That moment when there's more competition for best Warsama in the club than there is for best midfielder.

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    I sold Sandro to PSG for 70mil. The game is fucked.

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    Done.





    The telephone bastards were surprisingly shit. I thought I'd have a real tough time but we steamrolled it with very little resistance.

    Cup final:



    Should have been simpler but they but our strikers were shit. Luckily we got away with it.

    3 league titles and a cup win in 3 seasons, not too shabby.

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    I finished my season as well.



    Last game was against Livingston at our place and a win would take us to 1st, but sadly we could only muster a draw (and really we didn't deserve better). Looking back at the season we only have ourselves to blame for not winning the league as we squandered too many a lead. We faced Raith in the Playoffs, but I wasn't too hopeful, seeing as we failed to get a single win in our 4 encounters (2 draws and 2 losses). That said, our performance in the playoffs was abhorrent and we went out, losing 5-1 on aggregate. They went on to beat Ayr 5-1 on aggregate in the finals too, so at least we won't have to face them next season.

    I am not sure where to go from here. I want to stay but our star striker (whose loan I had hoped to renew) didn't have his contract renewed at Celtic and I doubt he's going to want to sign for us. Finding a replacement for his 31 goals will be a tough task. On the other hand I don't see much promise in looking for a new club.

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    I really wish I could hire a PA or something to do these shitty job interviews for me.

    They're so fucking shit and pointless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry View Post
    I really wish I could hire a PA or something to do these shitty job interviews for me.

    They're so fucking shit and pointless.
    Yeah they are somehow even worse than press conferences.

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    Q - Can you be trusted with our transfer budget?

    A - If anything I would be more careful than usual with the budget entrusted to me


    First day, new office furniture ordered


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    Playing my first game as FC United, and really enjoying it so far. We had an incredible start to the season and were top of the league, but the last month or so has brought us back down to Earth. We lost home and away against Salford, who are now top, and we've slipped to third. Still, I was hoping for playoffs, so anything above that will be a bonus.

    Plus we've had a brilliant FA Cup Run. We've reached the 4th round, beating Wycombe 5-3 away in round 3. Just had the draw for round 4



    Shame it's not away.

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    My personal favourite is when they ask you if you're planning to stay long at the job.

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    Here is the real life team according to Google:



    One guy even has a Wiki page:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Blanchard

    Unfortunately I doubt he's a white boy from Quebec who also used to play hockey.



    Here is the stadium:





    Here is our key player:



    Our hot prospect:



    Budgets:



    Table:



    We're predicted to finish 12th so unless I'm incredibly handy in the market I think my run of league titles will end at 3.

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    It's between Good Luck and Golden Lion for a place in my heart from that division.

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    Your Key Payer and Prospct are both white? In that team? Racist cunt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wullie View Post
    It's between Good Luck and Golden Lion for a place in my heart from that division.
    @Jimmy Floyd will love a bit of Club Colonial.

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    First big transfer is in.







    Instantly our best player.

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    Hey that guy has a wikipedia entry. It's french wikipedia and it's a single line, but he has one!

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    We've hit the big time.

    He even has international caps and goals.

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    Sellout.

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    Christ, I've just seen his value.

    27k. The rest of the first team squad combined has a value of £5800.

    Like 4 and a half times better than the whole squad

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    Foreign versions of Wikipedia pages fascinate me. According to Manx Gaelic Cov are still in the Championship and it's 2008, which is the world I'd like to live with.

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    When using instant result, do people find that the assistant manager changes the players' positions around? I have a couple of players playing as shadow strikers, but as they're only being trained and not natural in that position, I find them being moved up front, or deeper. Is there a way around this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wullie View Post
    Foreign versions of Wikipedia pages fascinate me. According to Manx Gaelic Cov are still in the Championship and it's 2008, which is the world I'd like to live with.
    The Romanian version of Coventry is a mess.

    https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_City_FC

    In the Coca-Cola Championship (so 2008ish), a previous chairman (2007-11), your squad from 2009 but then it has your manager from last season.

    Edit: Actually Slade is only on the right, in the detailed staff list Coleman is there.

    Happy 2009.

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