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Mrs watching Greatest Showman for about the millionth time atm, will replay afterwards.

Cambridge vs Carlisle must be the worst game so far. My team did do their standard spell of just passing to the keeper with increasingly less control.

Highlight was Kenny Miller coming on and the close up showing that FIFA's Kenny Miller looks less like the reasonably big (in reputation) Scottish player and more like that lad who was concerned with muslamic ray guns

Cheers Hero. Fifa did it’s thing this time of shuffling my team, my striker ended up at cb and dm at rm, lm up top etc. Somehow they still got good ratings! Lost two out of two so no complaints.

Renege wrote:Cheers Hero. Fifa did it’s thing this time of shuffling my team, my striker ended up at cb and dm at rm, lm up top etc. Somehow they still got good ratings! Lost two out of two so no complaints.

One day, we beat you twice in one day, we beat you twice in one day, we beat you twice in one day

Just gutted that Takefusa Kubo scored twice in the first game and they got expunged from the record

Cracking work on finishing the games Hero - was nice to watch another Carlisle result 

I scored a goal and I won a game!

Banging out two nil-nils in a row. Why won’t my team shoot?!

Might not be getting much work done today!

Defending very optional for my backline in that one! Just have to focus on the league for now

Get Olly Lee heading from the edge of the box more. That was a amazing header!

Afro wrote:Get Olly Lee heading from the edge of the box more. That was a amazing header!

He's got many strings to his bow!

Hamalainen already a fan favourite after a debut hat-trick to send us to the final

Pastinho has just scored goal of the season for Bam

It was a volley a la Van Persie/Cahill/van basten

and then got lucky for his hat trick goal with a crap touch when clean through, only to get the luck of the rebound

What was the score? Jesus that change in tactics has led to 5 goals in two games for Pastinho

Just finished 4-1. Dons defense was just too high for Pastinho running in behind time and time again.

Afro wrote:Just finished 4-1. Dons defense was just too high for Pastinho running in behind time and time again.

And Pastinho now top scorer out on his own in the league with 7

Afro wrote:Just finished 4-1. Dons defense was just too high for Pastinho running in behind time and time again.

Or was it just making the most of no offsides, in the no rules format?

Fluxy wrote:

Afro wrote:Just finished 4-1. Dons defense was just too high for Pastinho running in behind time and time again.

Or was it just making the most of no offsides, in the no rules format?

This was the league game v MK Dons, so offsides were back on again

Always pleasing to d1ck the Man City of the Challenge League

Think connection went during Cheltenham v Carlisle?

It ended 1-0 to Carlisle, sent Afro screenshots.

Hero wrote:It ended 1-0 to Carlisle, sent Afro screenshots.

I just watched it, it does cut out at 89 minutes. 

Just proven that we are two-man team, with Fruchtl the leagues De Gea and Olly Lee can't stop banging in goals 

Fluxy wrote:

Hero wrote:It ended 1-0 to Carlisle, sent Afro screenshots.

I just watched it, it does cut out at 89 minutes. 

Just proven that we are two-man team, with Fruchtl the leagues De Gea and Olly Lee can't stop banging in goals 

And we all know who is going to end up injured tomorrow #itsafix

Hero wrote:It ended 1-0 to Carlisle, sent Afro screenshots.

I give up

Watching it would people say I was unlucky?

Well that went well.

Fernandez pulled clear of Pastinho to 8, think he’d be top of assists too with 6 now but haven’t seen other games!

TwisT wrote:

Hero wrote:It ended 1-0 to Carlisle, sent Afro screenshots.

I give up

Watching it would people say I was unlucky?

I would say just keep doing what you are doing for one more week at least....

Lost that game purely cos my players wont shoot. They excel in finding space in central positions and working it out wide where players are under pressure.

Sorry Hero, I know I still owe you tactics. Will try today - my daughter has a perforated ear drum and the last few days have been hell.

No worries! Hope she's okay.

Also waiting on what Trebs wants to do with his tactics as he's fielding ineligible players currently.

I got a migraine now so am going home. Just give me a default loss please.

I'm happy to wait until whenever

On nights this week but an investigation will be conducted, probably at 4 in the morning.

TAB consider yourself a lucky man. The snow in our match hindered my team and they were not able to play to their full potential.

nadeem2099 wrote:TAB consider yourself a lucky man. The snow in our match hindered my team and they were not able to play to their full potential.

Fair weather prima donnas. You really are building a team in the Real Madrid mould.

You'll be getting deliberate bookings next

nadeem2099 wrote:TAB consider yourself a lucky man. The snow in our match hindered my team and they were not able to play to their full potential.

As Sun Tzu once famously said “When the general is weak and without authority; when his orders are not clear and distinct; when there are no fixed duties assigned to officers and men, and the ranks are formed in a slovenly haphazard manner, the result is utter disorganization.”

Take a boo wrote:

nadeem2099 wrote:TAB consider yourself a lucky man. The snow in our match hindered my team and they were not able to play to their full potential.

As Sun Tzu once famously said “When the general is weak and without authority; when his orders are not clear and distinct; when there are no fixed duties assigned to officers and men, and the ranks are formed in a slovenly haphazard manner, the result is utter disorganization.”

All hail Sun Tzu

Well that was a bad 24 hours!

2 games, two 1-0 defeats and a grand total of one shot on target for me across the two games.

Safe to say that I won't stick with this new formation!!!

I'll get the week 12 table, results etc updated at some point today

Afro wrote:Well that was a bad 24 hours!

2 games, two 1-0 defeats and a grand total of one shot on target for me across the two games.

Safe to say that I won't stick with this new formation!!!

Should have taken the default win

Our game showed why I persist with Takefusa Kubo at AM, despite him being only 64-rated. All our play goes through him, he's the only player who doesn't make stupid passes, and he has limitless energy. If I ever met him IRL I'd probably get him to sign my nipples.

Azzy wrote:
Should have taken the default win

Nah, no pride in getting a default win. One minor consolation is that I was better versus you, then we were against Twist!!

Only negative is that I had been itching to try the different formation. Proved it didn't work from the first game, so probably wouldn't have used it against Twist if our game was played last week.

But that's the risk I took! Playing catch-up now, but as Klopp says, who wants to be top in March!

Its been a good weekend At worst ill be 7pts clear of 2nd which is lovely.

Played with 1 for width, still got players in shooting positions passing it out wide

Decent game Hero, I was anxious you might nick a late equaliser!

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Played with 1 for width, still got players in shooting positions passing it out wide

It was a good game. That volley by Valiani was

nadeem2099 wrote:

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Played with 1 for width, still got players in shooting positions passing it out wide

It was a good game. That volley by Valiani was

I was livid it got to him but delighted later when he was taken off, looked like the best player.

The Grimsby juggernaut marches on