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Game uses FIFA 19 version as at 10/01/2019
https://sofifa.com/?v=19&e=159334&set=true

Week 20
Cambridge v Morecambe
Macclesfield v Forest Green
Exeter v Grimsby
Crewe v Carlisle
Lincoln v Mansfield
Colchester v Cheltenham

Match - week to be confirmed
Mansfield v Macclesfield

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Links

https://www.twitch.tv/hero606v2

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rzMxThEbVCIiOq_gKOmMqH7WgcsIpYxleuPOWIzg-4Q/edit?usp=sharing

Team	_________	Manager
Cambridge Utd	_________	Dolph
Carlisle United	_________	Fluxy
Cheltenham Town	_________	Twist
Colchester	_________	Azzy
Crewe Alexandra	_________	Nads
Exeter City	_________	Trebs
Forest Green	_________	TAB
Grimsby Town	_________	Fernando
Lincoln City	_________	Bam
Macclesfield	_________	Hero
Mansfield Town	_________	Rof
Morecambe	_________	Afro

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Matches	_________	Transfers	_________	Other
Fixtures	_________	Lawyers	_________	Rules
Table	_________	Foreigns	_________	Press Conferences
Injuries	_________	Releases	_________
Tactics	_________	Confirmation	_________
Results	_________		_________
Cards	_________		_________

I voted Affers, I'd never let you down. Great win for your boys yesterday!

Azzy wrote:I voted Affers, I'd never let you down. Great win for your boys yesterday!

Chelsea should have been home and dry by half time. That is the most I have seen us dominated by anyone at home, even City.

If I hadn't watched the second half, I wouldn't have believed the score.

Afternoon guys - i have voted Afro.

I have just looked into what my possible team could be for next season (could be a good PC question) and I wondered if there is a formation that allows me to play (or as close to) the below:

----------ST--------
-----AM------AM-----
LM----CM---CM---RM
----CB---CB---CB---

There's a 3-4-2-1 option that I used a bit last season Twist, think it was with LF / RF rather than AM's but I assume Hero can change that

Yep saw that and also 3-4-1-2 with CM's. Don't want to have poor Hero mess about with changing set formations so I will just plump for 1.

I just wanted to play Edu Exposito and Aliendro as AM's with some width and pace outside them. I think I am trying to shoe horn what I have now for next season rather then making massive changes before season 2

Something like:

-----------Sierhuis--------------
-------Exposito--Aliendro-------
Singh----Taylor--Anuar----Engin
--------CB----CB----CB----------

Does it need to be 3 at the back. Another option is 4-3-2-1.

Again, it is LF and RF rather than AMs, which is not as wide as having wingers there.

There are then a couple of things you can do in your instructions and players you pick accordingly to make them narrower

No it doesn't have to have 3 at the back. 4-3-2-1 could work too.

Is anyone else thinking that far ahead? I was just going through my players and looking at current rating, potential and real life form to see who is likely to be my first team next season.

I really should include Glen Kamara in this.....completely missed him!

You could always try 4-2-2-2 so two AM's 2DM's

Alternative the 4-2-3-1 with 3am's would work too.

Games will be starting from around 6:30pm tonight btw.

Hero wrote:Games will be starting from around 6:30pm tonight btw.

Sat at the pool again 6.15 to 7.30ish

Marky, you're apparently on -149k budget, please could you look at the sheet and tell me what i've fooked up

Bam, just had a review of my budget on there and Mandanne should be a lawyer (£594k) rather that a release (£405k)

Fixed

Just starting lawyers and injuries now.

Please can someone do mine, plus injuries for Rof

Afro wrote:Just starting lawyers and injuries now.

Please can someone do mine, plus injuries for Rof

Afro, I've got Lee and Aaron Martin still on my page. Not sure what source you use but I've released both.

Will update at lunchtime

Trebs wrote:

Afro wrote:Just starting lawyers and injuries now.

Please can someone do mine, plus injuries for Rof

Afro, I've got Lee and Aaron Martin still on my page. Not sure what source you use but I've released both.

Will update at lunchtime

Thanks Trebs.

Got 2 teams done, then got collared with work and now have a meeting.

Will pick it back up in a bit

BamBam wrote:Marky, you're apparently on -149k budget, please could you look at the sheet and tell me what i've fooked up

Starting budget: £2,000,000
Transfers in: £8,724,000
Transfers out: £3,628,750
Press Conferences: £1,700,000
Tactics bonuses: £2,400,000
=
£1,004,750

The weird thing is I've got my budget at £974,750, so it looks like I owe myself £30k, but I'm a lot closer than you were, unless I've missed something obvious.

(Also I realised I could have had another £600k if I'd bothered to get tactics in on time )

Afro wrote:Just starting lawyers and injuries now.

Please can someone do mine, plus injuries for Rof

Done injuries and lawyers. Just missing my two and Rof's injuries

Should make a decision on these two teams being chucked before Hero bothers playing my match against Bury.

Also, what’s happening with MK Dons. Both Nando and I have said we’d run the thing if it makes it more competitive.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Should make a decision on these two teams being chucked before Hero bothers playing my match against Bury.

Also, what’s happening with MK Dons. Both Nando and I have said we’d run the thing if it makes it more competitive.

Anyone still to vote?

At the moment it is looking like we expunge the results, which then leads to whether it is worth playing the matches for those two teams in these two weeks.

If its okay with Hero, I'd say its up to the manager whether they want to run the games or have a week off.

Leandro Grimi
C.Fernandez
Luan Candido

Gerard Valentin
Barry Roche
Pablo Alvarez

Kim Seung Dae
Luca Mazzoni

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Leandro Grimi
C.Fernandez
Luan Candido

Gerard Valentin
Barry Roche
Pablo Alvarez

Kim Seung Dae
Luca Mazzoni

Thank you Sir

Marky wrote:

BamBam wrote:Marky, you're apparently on -149k budget, please could you look at the sheet and tell me what i've fooked up

Starting budget: £2,000,000
Transfers in: £8,724,000
Transfers out: £3,628,750
Press Conferences: £1,700,000
Tactics bonuses: £2,400,000
=
£1,004,750

The weird thing is I've got my budget at £974,750, so it looks like I owe myself £30k, but I'm a lot closer than you were, unless I've missed something obvious.

(Also I realised I could have had another £600k if I'd bothered to get tactics in on time )

Agree on starting budget, transfers in and press conferences
I've got transfers out as 3,075,550
Tactics bonuses as 1,800,000

Hero said you missed bonuses in Games 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12

I'm sure I've fooked up something in transfers out though

Found 500k, I missed the Edu Exposito sale

Anyone want to beat the lawyers offers for Kim Seung Dae or Mazzoni?

I was tempted, but I'd not want to beat Dae's offer.

Azzy wrote:I was tempted, but I'd not want to beat Dae's offer.

Unless there is any chance of getting your Hiro off you, then it will need to be more cash than the Lawyers offer of £421k

Played at CM this week and had his best performance for me so far, but he is not going to play there unless I get a few midfield injuries

It looks like there is one more manager (plus Olly potentially) to vote.

Given it is 7-5 in favour of one option, then I suggest we go with that approach.

I will update the results. tables etc to be with out those teams later. I also suggest that Cambridge and Colchester, who were due to play Newport and Bury this week have a friendly game against each other? It is also the cup final this week

Dolph has already generated fixtures to exclude the two teams, so I will update that this afternoon too

I'm game for a friendly with Dolph, means we have to earn our £200k.

Let's call it the "Best of the West Trophy", with the winner allowed to legally change the loser's team name to either East Ham of East Brom from now on.

I was going to suggest that we play for the soul of Gary Megson

Anyone got any interest in John Marquis? I need to freshen up my squad, so I think he's got to go, even though I'm sure that goals record for a mediocre team in League One means he's due a transfer and/or price rise.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Anyone got any interest in John Marquis? I need to freshen up my squad, so I think he's got to go, even though I'm sure that goals record for a mediocre team in League One means he's due a transfer and/or price rise.

Could possibly, what would you be looking for him?

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Anyone got any interest in John Marquis? I need to freshen up my squad, so I think he's got to go, even though I'm sure that goals record for a mediocre team in League One means he's due a transfer and/or price rise.

I don't see him on your squad page

It's not well updated. I'll get to it

John Marquis is a 26 year old striker currently playing in the Cambridge squad. John was bought for £225k, meaning his lawyer fee is £247.5k and his release fee is £187.5k.

I think his fee will go up, especially as his market value has always been around this and he's never had a season this good. He's 1 in 2 at L1 level, with Doncaster currently sitting in the playoffs.

My strikeforce is just not working, whoever I have up there, so obviously something needs to happen.

Also, I chopped two whole onions into my stir fry this evening, but with one added much later into the process than the other. The resulting onion taste in my mouth, hours later, is quite fantastic.

If you lads need me to continue doing my team - i can do so. Apologies for the absence, life has taken over a bit recently but if you want me gone i can also go

(Also what is everyones thoughts on the Maddie McCann case - interesting thread about it here - https://twitter.com/joshrfrd/status/1107411288039346177 )

Life has taken over a bit, oh and here's a link to Maddie McCann discussion

Are those two things linked Olly?

Have expunged Newport and Bury from results and the table for this week

Afro wrote:Have expunged Newport and Bury from results and the table for this week

Will update Top scorers and assists later.

I could expunge goals against Newport and Bury from the scorers list, but can't do assists easily as I don't record who has assists against each team.

What would be the preference - update scorers and not assists, or just leave both as they are

Leave as they are, its not changing much

BamBam wrote:Life has taken over a bit, oh and here's a link to Maddie McCann discussion

Are those two things linked Olly?

Seems silly to update scorers and assists

Glad both responses agree with my thoughts.

I’ll update scorers and assists tonight if I get a chance otherwise I’ll do it tomorrow.

Btw fixtures for the second half have been redone and posted to exclude N and B (thanks Dolph). Still need to add cup in though

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:(Also what is everyones thoughts on the Maddie McCann case - interesting thread about it here - https://twitter.com/joshrfrd/status/1107411288039346177 )

Don't know much about the conspiracy theories, but I do know that those parents should have had their remaining kids taken from them, and both sent to jail for the rest of their lives. How they had the front to do a world tour, lick the Pope's ring and do all the media when they are some of the most despicable people who have ever lived, I have no idea.

Any parent who leaves their kids alone so they can go for a boozy dinner out should be slowly tortured each and every day by the KGB. I'm still as angry with them today as I was at the time - they are pure, total scumbags, and I feel more sorry for their other kids than I do for Katie Hopkins' kids.

That case proved why society has gone down the drain - they were made out to be victims, rather than perpetrators of a sick and depraved crime.

Azzy wrote:

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:(Also what is everyones thoughts on the Maddie McCann case - interesting thread about it here - https://twitter.com/joshrfrd/status/1107411288039346177 )

Don't know much about the conspiracy theories, but I do know that those parents should have had their remaining kids taken from them, and both sent to jail for the rest of their lives. How they had the front to do a world tour, lick the Pope's ring and do all the media when they are some of the most despicable people who have ever lived, I have no idea.

Any parent who leaves their kids alone so they can go for a boozy dinner out should be slowly tortured each and every day by the KGB. I'm still as angry with them today as I was at the time - they are pure, total scumbags, and I feel more sorry for their other kids than I do for Katie Hopkins' kids.

That case proved why society has gone down the drain - they were made out to be victims, rather than perpetrators of a sick and depraved crime.

I agree with this. Had they been working class people, and not doctors, I think the reaction to them by the media would have been very different

Afro wrote:

Azzy wrote:

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:(Also what is everyones thoughts on the Maddie McCann case - interesting thread about it here - https://twitter.com/joshrfrd/status/1107411288039346177 )

Don't know much about the conspiracy theories, but I do know that those parents should have had their remaining kids taken from them, and both sent to jail for the rest of their lives. How they had the front to do a world tour, lick the Pope's ring and do all the media when they are some of the most despicable people who have ever lived, I have no idea.

Any parent who leaves their kids alone so they can go for a boozy dinner out should be slowly tortured each and every day by the KGB. I'm still as angry with them today as I was at the time - they are pure, total scumbags, and I feel more sorry for their other kids than I do for Katie Hopkins' kids.

That case proved why society has gone down the drain - they were made out to be victims, rather than perpetrators of a sick and depraved crime.

I agree with this. Had they been working class people, and not doctors, I think the reaction to them by the media would have been very different

100% agree - if they were young black parents from a council estate they'd have done time for negligence.

Two people agreed with me on something...that goes in the diary

When we went on the work ski trip last year I made the error of getting involved in a back and forth regarding the McCanns in the work What's App group only to then discover one of the Board is personal friends with them.