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Week 8:

Afro done ur tactics btw olly

Fernando wrote:QOTD Of The Day For Tomorrow - Manager of the week will be based off this
What manager would you like next at the club you support when your current manager is booted.

Hmm it's a difficult one. Ancelotti would guarantee results at Utd but he's getting on in years so, like LVG, ain't going to be a very long term appointment. I love Klopp and his hipster ways but I don't think he and Utd suit each other. He's too zany and is pretty much Mr Dortmund these days. I think I'd give Loew a go if/when he leaves Germany.

Provided he wants it, of course. He may well want to retire!!

I would love Laurent Blanc at United, clearly an intelligent guy and I reckon would want to come to United. Giggs is the obvious one though.

I'm not sure how to make my opinion better to get manager of the week

Fernando wrote:QOTD Of The Day For Tomorrow - Manager of the week will be based off this
What manager would you like next at the club you support when your current manager is booted.

I'll give two answers. Mainly because my first answer is Crawley Town related and may bore you, so also England as I support them too.

Crawley Town: When John Gregory leaves, I'd want someone experienced at this level and someone who knows how to get the best out of a small budget. Ideal world, Cardiff sack Russell Slade in April for not winning the Championship and he rocks up in West Sussex.

England: When Roy Hodgson's time is up its going to be successfully and on his terms, which means the FA will promote his successor from their current role. Whether that person is the Assistant Gary Neville or the U21 boss Gareth Southgate, I'm not sure. I'd probably pick Stuart Pearce. You don't need to have won everything in club management to be a successful international manager, also former U21 boss and cult hero.

For my answer to the question I will start with the fact that I would like Jose Mourinho to be kept as manager until he retires from club management or management at all. That could be 10-15 years? Maybe more. By that time I imagine either John Terry or Frank Lampard will perhaps of gone into management and coaching and by that time be ready to take on the Chelsea job. I have a feeling though that Terry is more likely to go into management because Frank Lampard seems to be getting into being an author at the moment which is fair enough. I imagine that either one could return as a coach in the mean time anyway to gain some experience and then they would make that final step up.

I'd settle for Pep, but could be persuaded on Carlo

Considering the management set up at Leeds, I wouldn't see any of the managers I would like to see at the Club with Cellino in.

However, in all honesty I would like to see Moyes in as he is someone who can long term build a squad/team that Leeds supporters could believe in again. I know there would be the talk that he failed at Man United but, considering the Club's situation he would be the right man in the long term.

Fernando wrote:QOTD Of The Day For Tomorrow - Manager of the week will be based off this
What manager would you like next at the club you support when your current manager is booted.

Jason from The Apprentice Series 9. Because he cracks me up.

Ancelloti was my first choice after Sir Alex. 

I would never ever take Mourinho even if we were promised to win the Champions League and the League 50 times in a row. I'd probably go with Pep, he did say he'd like to manage us one day.

Koba wrote:Ancelloti was my first choice after Sir Alex. 

I would never ever take Mourinho even if we were promised to win the Champions League and the League 50 times in a row. I'd probably go with Pep, he did say he'd like to manage us one day.

I agree and disagree - Mourinho's a kumquat so I wouldn't want him but Pep's boring football doesn't excite me so I'd rule him out too.

Despite the result at the weekend, I rate Poyet quite highly as an up and coming manager, could do a decent job at a big club.

I want Poyet to fail so badly, I was really happy when they got tonked on the weekend and when Poyet found out he lost the Brighton job on MOTD. I didn't mind him before he opened his big fat mouth regarding the Evra and Suarez incident calling Evra a cry baby.

Guardiola is world class. Look at the way he took a side featuring average players like Iniesta and Messi and turned them into winners, before taking Jupp Heynckes' treble winners and making them worse.

Marky wrote:Guardiola is world class. Look at the way he took a side featuring average players like Iniesta and Messi and turned them into winners, before taking Jupp Heynckes' treble winners and making them worse.

He also had than Xavi bloke and crap players like Dani Alves, Puyol and Abidal.

Koba wrote:I want Poyet to fail so badly, I was really happy when they got tonked on the weekend and when Poyet found out he lost the Brighton job on MOTD. I didn't mind him before he opened his big fat mouth regarding the Evra and Suarez incident calling Evra a cry baby.

He was only defending his fellow Uruguayan

The Special Juan wrote:

Marky wrote:Guardiola is world class. Look at the way he took a side featuring average players like Iniesta and Messi and turned them into winners, before taking Jupp Heynckes' treble winners and making them worse.

He also had than Xavi bloke and crap players like Dani Alves, Puyol and Abidal.

And David Villa, Pedro, Busquets. Not forgetting Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic at points as well. It's a miracle he got them to win trophies.

Yeah, look at how dominant Barca were before and since he was there.

You've got to consider the rise of Real, Atletico and Bayern as well as the chaos around Tito Vilanova's time in charge. By all accounts a healthy Vilanova keeps them dominant.

It was very much like the class of 92 - Pep had a mix of youth players either coming through or reaching their peak at the right time. As soon as they looked like they were on the wane, rather than stay and build another team like Fergie did every few years, Pep ran and let someone else pick up the pieces.

They caught up because Barca went backwards.

Xavi was about to leave when Pep came in, Iniesta became World Class under him as did Messi becoming the best player in the world.

Busquets and Pedro were promoted into the first team under Pep. Pique was going nowhere at United. 2 of them went on to become mainstays of the team of the decade under Pep.

Not forgetting Barca were in a complete shambles at the end of Rikjaards reign, masked by a run to the CL semi final where they played nobody particularly good and were fairly easily handled by United over 2 legs.

As for the Bayern thing, that nobodys retained the CL in its current guise says plenty about how much harder that is to retain than to win. Still retained the cup and set a new record for quickest title win.

It's one of two for Everton.

If Hibbert scores before Martinez leaves, I'd like someone who would continue Martinez's style of play. so I'd say someone like Ronald Koeman.

If in the unlikely event that Hibbert doesn't score, then Hibbert needs to be player manager until he does score. And then we riot.

Afro wrote:It's one of two for Everton.

If Hibbert scores before Martinez leaves, I'd like someone who would continue Martinez's style of play. so I'd say someone like Ronald Koeman.

If in the unlikely event that Hibbert doesn't score, then Hibbert needs to be player manager until he does score. And then we riot.

If they're winning 5-0 and they get a penalty, does Hibbert take it?

I don't want Giggsie at the helm, for me he's too much of a not wanting to upset his friends type of manager, I would though look at the Class of 92 and pick the G-Man, Red Nev.
He's shown his knowledge week in week out on Sky Sports, he's shown his passion and he lead the team whilst a player with a huge amount of testicular fortitude. He would make players proud to wear the shirt, he'd know what it takes to be a Utd player and he'd buy some ruddy defenders.

To be honest, I would've gone with Carlo last year for United, and said so at the time. Felt the job was just too big for a relative novice to that level in Moyes.

United should really shy away from promoting someone because of their proximity to Ferguson when he was at United. Chances are, and it happens fairly regularly, they won't come close to replicating his performance. Best to bring in a new regime and freshen up.

Hell, look at people under Ferguson that have gone into management. Bruce, McClaren and Hughes have bounced around without ever cracking the top level. Queiroz had a year at Real Madrid, 2 years with Portugal and now manages Iran.

Blanc might be the wildcard I guess, but he was only there for 2 years

Marky wrote:

Koba wrote:I want Poyet to fail so badly, I was really happy when they got tonked on the weekend and when Poyet found out he lost the Brighton job on MOTD. I didn't mind him before he opened his big fat mouth regarding the Evra and Suarez incident calling Evra a cry baby.

He was only defending his fellow Uruguayan

So he was defending someone purely on where they come from, he wasn't backing up the facts but because they're both from the same country. That's not on.

Koba wrote:

Marky wrote:

Koba wrote:I want Poyet to fail so badly, I was really happy when they got tonked on the weekend and when Poyet found out he lost the Brighton job on MOTD. I didn't mind him before he opened his big fat mouth regarding the Evra and Suarez incident calling Evra a cry baby.

He was only defending his fellow Uruguayan

So he was defending someone purely on where they come from, he wasn't backing up the facts but because they're both from the same country. That's not on.

Actually he was explaining Uruguayan culture, and Suarez's defense that the n word is less offensive there.

He called Evra a cry baby no need for explanation there it's clear he was supporting his own countryman regardless if he was wrong or right. 

If I'm squaring up to someone swearing at them, full of adrenaline and I use a racist word that's got nothing to do with my culture or where I'm from. I'm being a Tinkywinky full stop.

We need a new page.

Viva.

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JA606's PS4 Fifa 15 tournaments are here.

I had a shocker in the Premier League one last week, 1 draw and 3 losses in group games (despite smashing it on Seasons in the build up), but November 16th is the next one and it's the Turkish league.

There's also a couple of pro clubs sides if you play that format. See if you're really as good as they (you) say.

No one wonder you got trashed you were Liverpool they can't defend and you can't either so was a disaster waiting to happen that.

Playing this side and system didn't help either;


Plus the same old "1 goal behind at 75 mins, go all out attack" meant a couple of harsh heavy losses.

I also learned Lallana is average on Fifa, in the end put Sterling LW and Markovic at RW.

Cheers Marky, I'll put my name down. 

The Nov 16th tournament is that only Turkish teams you can pick?

Besiktas are tank at Fifa Ozyakup at AM,Ba up top is an epic combo

We don't pick them, they're randomly assigned. But yes, Turkish only.

I'll probably get Fckinloadobollockzszpor.

Sorry to break up the conversation but just wondered what you guys all think of my tactic writing etc within the league? If you don't mind. I would appreciate any responses I'm just interested to find out what the general opinion is.

Marky wrote:I also learned Lallana is average on Fifa, in the end put Sterling LW and Markovic at RW.

It's more about pace this year on fifa. That's what I've noticed from youtube vids.

Just seen this on Twitter;

"The irony is that Oscar Pistorius will wake up this morning and there really will be a burglar using his toilet"

Holymiky wrote:Sorry to break up the conversation but just wondered what you guys all think of my tactic writing etc within the league? If you don't mind. I would appreciate any responses I'm just interested to find out what the general opinion is.

Pretty solid. Nothing really to add to be honest, maybe some more specific instructions would help but that's not a major issue at all. I'm more impressed by your signing of Gundogan, perfect DM/Deep lying playmaker in your side, maybe even alongside Stambouli in a pair.

Fifa Patch News

Elsewhere, the latest patch also fixes various bugs, as you can see in the patch notes:

Adjustments and improvements to shooting and goalkeepers.
(PS4) Fix for fans experiencing stuttering during online and offline gameplay.
Added ability to call out the keeper in Pro Clubs.
Fix for instances where Player Instructions in Seasons mode were not carrying over into gameplay via Team Management.
Further improvements to Player Search in Career Mode.
Adjusted Legendary difficulty in gameplay.
Improvements to Goal Line Technology.
Fix for match length issues in FIFA Ultimate Team Single Player Seasons matches.
Updated real-world injuries and suspensions in Match Day Live.
Improvements to 'Looking Ahead' audio in Career.
Fixes to Player selection in Team Management in multiplayer matches.
Tuned player specific audio speech in all modes.
(XB1) Improvements to motion blur effects.
(XB1) Fix to the display of FIFA Ultimate Team Legend players in the EA SPORTS Football Club widget.

Marky wrote:

Holymiky wrote:Sorry to break up the conversation but just wondered what you guys all think of my tactic writing etc within the league? If you don't mind. I would appreciate any responses I'm just interested to find out what the general opinion is.

Pretty solid. Nothing really to add to be honest, maybe some more specific instructions would help but that's not a major issue at all. I'm more impressed by your signing of Gundogan, perfect DM/Deep lying playmaker in your side, maybe even alongside Stambouli in a pair.

He sold Stambouli to buy Gundogan

Thanks for the feedback Marky I did have to lawyer Stambouli to raise the cash for Gundogan. I was thinking of playing a 4-3-3 with gundogan holding slightly in the centre with Maher and Vilhena more advanced.

Marky what's a Batanic member?

Koba wrote:Marky what's a Batanic member?

You know I mentioned Pro Clubs? The Batanic is the name of the Pro Club they and I play for with our individual pro's. I don't play too often though.

Holymiky wrote:Thanks for the feedback Marky I did have to lawyer Stambouli to raise the cash for Gundogan. I was thinking of playing a 4-3-3 with gundogan holding slightly in the centre with Maher and Vilhena more advanced.

I realise that. Now.

Ah well. Gundogan as the DM works a treat anyway.

Viva what's up?

Pro clubs is too much of a hassle. If you play drop in matches your teammates can be right bellends and never pass the ball.

nadeem2099 wrote:Pro clubs is too much of a hassle. If you play drop in matches your teammates can be right bellends and never pass the ball.

That's why I play DM on drop in matches and pro clubs, only way I can guarantee being involved!