ExeChris

He didn't play for Exeter after beginning of Feb 23 after being arrested and charged with assault. As with others in a similar position he disappeared from the game following the update after the transfer window.

I get a bit triggered looking at all the players available and thinking that there are so many that I don't know who to sign and I don't want to go through all of them. So once I decided that I would only sign players with double-barrelled names (ie Ward-Prowse, Wan-Bissaka). It certainly makes it more interesting at lower levels. I did include youth players coming through by adding '-Youth' to all of them to make them valid players.

Got to be worth a cheeky £1.

2031 and I'm at Championship Stoke City who haven't been in the Premier League since 2018. End of the season and we've finished 4th in the league and won the Carabao Cup, qualifying for Europe. Board are now very disappointed that I haven't satisfied one of the club's objectives by not growing the club's reputation?! It is so annoying.

Got it on alphabetical order by accident?

Enjoying the update mostly, the football I'm seeing is better but I've moved clubs and gone up a division so the players are better quality. Some of the goals and general play I'm seeing are superb. Some points I've noticed: More injuries for sure. A lot of training injuries including serious ones of 1 month out plus. Players get very tired during the games, but probably no more so than before. Maybe not more offside goals than before but I've noticed strikers often run yards offside and so they look awful when they 'score' from being so offside. There are sometimes a lot of disallowed goals but often the whistle has long gone before a 'goal' is scored so to me that's not a problem. I've not really noticed a lot more woodwork being struck, but if it is it's flicking the top of the bar or outside of the post. I'll be polite and say the goalkeepers are unpredictable. The UI is still clunky, set pieces I've given up getting people to stay where I want them to go, and there are odd things during games like a header from a corner is described as 'a fine move' but I am enjoying it. Maybe that'll change if I lose 5 in a row but for now things are good.

I'm seeing an increase in injuries but they're mostly between games. I haven't touched the training settings. Also seeing many more penalties it seems; we miss 3/4 of ours but they don't.

8 games since new patch, only one once and I've dropped off top of the league. Don't know what's happened but we are a shadow of the team we were. Also we've had two players sent off for straight reds in that time (7th and 11th minutes) whereas none in the previous 30 odd games of the season?

Noticed this a couple of times, I've got my team on 'stay on feet' to try and cut down on cards and free kicks conceded, but my Ass Man says "We're simply giving away too many fouls and could benefit from a little more caution" and it suggests removing the stay on feet instruction. That doesn't make sense to me?

I've just been advised that I did not make the shortlist for a job I applied for. "This is mainly as a result of your slight reluctance towards making set pieces an important part of your approach"! Do I have to click 'plays for set pieces' now on my tactics to broaden my job suitability?!

I'm sure it is my tactics but it doesn't make it any less frustrating.

I don't fancy their chances with that squad...

I'm old and struggle to think of Christmas presents my long-suffering wife can get me. This is ideal so I'm guessing I will get this just before Christmas and start playing after when I've reached a suitable place to finish the previous save.