[FM12] The FA Academy returns!

[Lenzar]

Last year I ran a signup that had been quite enjoyable. It consisted of a team of 25 young English stars playing as the 'FA Academy'.

Sadly, the hard drive I was running the game on broke down.

So, I have decided to re-do the challenge this year, with the same basic rules:

*A player must be eligible for England to play for the FA Academy
*A player may have other nationalites, but if he plays for them and cannot play for England, he will be sold
*The game will continue until the FA Academy has none of the original players, but I may well continue to generate to complete careers
*FA Academy will start in League One, replacing the MK Dons.

For those interested in signing up, I need the following information:

Name: (Please be sensible!)
Date of birth:
Place of birth:
Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!)
Other nationalities: (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)
Position(s): (Strongest first)
Four strong attributes:
A preferred move:
Four weak attributes:
Favourite clubs:
Disliked clubs:
Favourite people:
Disliked people:

I'd like to see a nice mix of personalities, if possible.

Signed up so far:
Players will be added by primary position, but may have others.
GK Gavin Kandenta (G_D_K)
GK Baba Ganoosh (Babaginoosh)
GK
DR Steve Duffy (duffy89)
DR Steven Kemp (Spurs + Eastbourne 4eva)
DL Alan Beattie (aldojags)
DL Lewis Davies (Minarin)
DC James Thomas (Lenzar)
DC Jake Stothard (stothy)
DC
DM Arron Balmer (toonbalmy87)
ML David Ginsberg (David Corperial)
ML Ace Willingham (18rabbit)
MR Geraint Alacarde (Larxus)
MR
MC David Akinfewa (MadDog)
MC Tom Poulsen (tomo.irons)
MC Joe McRumber (TheGreatTraveler)
MC John Harkness (Jaded)
MC Jamaal Umar (ntfbolton1972)
AM Eliott Talbott (Braumiller)
FC Omar Brown (Animosama)
FC Danny Jones (Blackwolves)
FC Brett Stephens (Brettyste)
FC Alex Shaw (mack4life)

[Lenzar]

Going to add my own player to give an example!

Name: James Thomas
Date of birth: 29.02.92
Place of birth: Southampton
Preferred Squad Number: 6
Position(s): DC
Four strong attributes: Tackling, Positioning, Marking, Heading
A preferred move: Dives into tackles
Four weak attributes: Creativity, Off the Ball, Composure, Jumping
Favourite clubs: Southampton, AFC Wimbledon
Disliked clubs: Man Utd

[aldojags]

Name: Alan Beattie
Date of birth: 8.6.85
Place of birth: Glasgow
Preferred Squad Number: 16
Position(s): DLC, DM
Four strong attributes: Anticipation, first touch, passing, strength
A preferred move: stays back at all times!
Four weak attributes: pace, natural fitness, dribbling, aggression.
Favourite clubs: Partick Thistle
Disliked clubs: Clyde

[G_D_K]

Name: Gavin Kandenta
Date of birth: 3 jun 94
Place of birth: Michigan, US
Preferred Squad Number: 11
Other nationalities: US
Position(s): GK
Four strong attributes: One-on-Ones, Reflexes, Handling, Command of area
A preferred move: Gets Crowd Going
Four weak attributes: Accelleration, Creativity, Flair, Aggression
Favourite clubs: Cambridge, Arsenal
Disliked clubs: Man U
Favourite people:
Disliked people:

[Animosama]

Name: Omar Brown
Date of birth: 1 Jun 97
Place of birth:Portmore, Jamaica
Preferred Squad Number: 7
Other nationalities: English
Position(s): ST, AMLRC,MLR
Four strong attributes: Dribbling,Finshing, Creativity, Flair
A preferred move: Runs will ball often, tries killer ball often, Comes deep to collect ball, get in oppostion area
Four weak attributes: Corners,Tacking, long throws,marking
Favourite clubs: Manchester united
Disliked clubs:
Favourite people:
Disliked people:

[larxus]

Name: Geraint Alacarde
Date of birth: 6 May 1996
Place of birth: Singapore
Preferred Squad Number: 21
Other nationalities: English
Position(s): MR, ML, MC
Four strong attributes: Crossing, Dribbling, Flair, First Touch
A preferred move: Run with ball often
Four weak attributes: Long throws, Free Kick, Corners, Jumping
Favourite clubs: Newcastle
Disliked clubs:
Favourite people: Fandi Ahmad, David Beckham
Disliked people:

[Blackwolves]

Name: Danny Jones
Date of birth: 14.10.92
Place of birth: Manchester
Preferred Squad Number: 7
Position(s): ST, AMLR
Four strong attributes: Pace, Acceleration, Composure, Finishing
A preferred move: Places shots, tries killer ball often.
Four weak attributes: Aggression, Marking, Long throws, Corners, Balance
Favourite clubs: Manchester United
Disliked clubs: Barcelona, Manchester City
Favourite people: Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes
Disliked people: Carlos Tevez, Joey Barton

[toonbalmy87]

Name: (Please be sensible!) Arron "el chuncho" Balmer
Date of birth: 09.08.93
Place of birth: darlington
Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!) 6
Other nationalities: (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)
Position(s): (Strongest first) dm, cm
Four strong attributes: passing tackling determination Corners
A preferred move: dictates tempo
Four weak attributes: free kicks penaltys crossing agility
Favourite clubs: newcastle darlington ath madrid ac milan universidad de chile
Disliked clubs: man u arsenal spurs barcelona bayern
Favourite people: Aguero mancini balotelli pardew
Disliked people:SAF arsene wenger redknapp

[Braumiller]

Name: Elliott Talbott
Date of birth: 21.09.1996
Place of birth: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Preferred Squad Number: 26
Other nationalities: USA
Position(s): AMC - AMR, AML, FC
Four strong attributes: Decisions, Creativity, Flair, Off The Ball
A preferred move: Plays One-Twos
Four weak attributes: Positioning, Marking, Long Throws, Tackling
Favourite clubs: Leicester City, Columbus Crew
Disliked clubs:
Favourite people:
Disliked people:

[Babaginoosh]

Name: Baba Ganoosh
Date of birth: August 10, 1994
Place of birth: Athens, Greece
Preferred Squad Number: 1
Other nationalities: Greek
Position(s): GK
Four strong attributes: Command of Area, Reflexes, Communication, Influence
A preferred move: Gets crowd going, winds up opponents
Four weak attributes: Tendancy to punch, Eccentricity, Free Kicks, Penalty Taking
Favourite clubs: Olympiakos, Arsenal
Disliked clubs: Panathenaikos
Favourite people: Avraam Papadopoulos, Vasilis Torosidis, Ernesto Valverde, Thierry Henry
Disliked people:

[David Corperial]

Name: David Ginsberg
Date of birth: 10/15/95
Place of birth: Tottenham
Preferred Squad Number: 13
Other nationalities:
Position(s): ML/ AML
Four strong attributes: Acceleration, Crossing, Pace, & Passing
A preferred move: Hugs Line
Four weak attributes: Finishing, Heading, Jumping, & Strength
Favourite clubs:
Disliked clubs:
Favourite people:
Disliked people:

[stothy]

Name: Jake Stothard
Date of birth: 07/11/1993
Place of birth: Norwich
Preferred Squad Number: 11
Other nationalities:
Position(s): DC/R DMC
Four strong attributes: Marking, Tackling, Positioning, Strength
A preferred move: Marks Opponent tightly
Four weak attributes: Corners, Free Kicks, First Touch, Finishing.
Favourite clubs: Doncaster Rovers,
Disliked clubs: Norwich City, Leeds United
Favourite people: Sean O'Driscoll, Billy Sharp
Disliked people: Alex Mcleish

[Brettyste]

Name: Brett Stephens
Date of birth: 24/01/1993
Place of birth:Liverpool
Preferred Squad Number: 25
Other nationalities:
Position(s): ST/AMC
Four strong attributes:Finishing,Dribbling,Composure, Pace
A preferred move: places shots
Four weak attributes:Long throws,Corners,Free Kicks,Tackling
Favourite clubs: Liverpool
Disliked clubs: Manchester united, Chelsea
Favourite people: Rafa Benitez, Roberto Martinez
Disliked people: Sir alex ferguson

[mack4life]

Name: (Please be sensible!) Alex Shaw
Date of birth: October 23rd (set the year so it makes me 16 at the start of the game please)
Place of birth: Sunderland
Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!) 17
Other nationalities: (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one) Irish
Position(s): (Strongest first) ST/AML/AMR (if you already have enough STs then please make me an AML/AMR)
Four strong attributes: Finishing, Technique, Acceleration, Pace (or Dribbling, Technique, Acceleration, Pace if I am made an AML/AMR)
A preferred move: Likes to round the keeper (or Likes to beat his man repeatedly if something like that is still availble if I am made an AML/AMR)
Four weak attributes: Marking, Influence, Aggression, Strength (or Influence, Aggression, Heading, Jumping if I am made an AML/AMR)
Favourite clubs: Sunderland, Darlington, Bristol City
Disliked clubs: Man City, Chelsea, Bristol Rovers, Newcastle
Favourite people: Leave blank please.
Disliked people: Leave blank please.

Thanks.

[Minarin]

Name: Lewis Davies
Date of birth: 10th December 1985
Place of birth: Swansea
Preferred Squad Number: 2
Other nationalities: Wales
Position(s): DL ML
Four strong attributes: Pace, penalty taking, Aggression, Tackling
A preferred move: Marks opponent tightly
Four weak attributes: Influence, Shooting, Jumping, Heading
Favourite clubs: Swansea
Disliked clubs: Cardiff
Favourite people: Brendan Rodgers
Disliked people: John Terry

[MadDog]

Name: David Akinfenwa
Date of birth: 29/10/1995
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
Preferred Squad Number: 10
Other nationalities: Ireland
Position(s): CM, AMC
Four strong attributes: Passing, Dribbling, Long shots, Technique
A preferred move: Likes to round the keeper
Four weak attributes: Long throws,Heading , Jumping, Aggression
Favourite clubs: Cambridge, Wigan
Disliked clubs: Man city
Favourite people: Giovanni Trappatoni, Robbie Keane
Disliked people: Thierry Henry

[tomo.irons]

Always wanted to do one of these

Name: Tom Poulson
Date of birth: 21/3/92
Place of birth: London
Preferred Squad Number: 21, if taken 4.
Other nationalities:
Position(s): AMC, MC
Four strong attributes: Positioning, Stamina, Passing, Long Shots
A preferred move: Gets crowd going, winds up opponents
Four weak attributes: Long Throws, Corners, Free Kicks, Crossing.
Favourite clubs: West Ham
Disliked clubs: Chelsea
Favourite people: Paolo Di Canio, Ludo Miklosko.
Disliked people: John Terry, Didier Drogba.

[nie jem frytek]

Name: Ya-Pierre Dolle
Date of birth: 13-12-1996
Place of birth: Paris
Preferred Squad Number: 13 (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!)
Other nationalities: Cameroon (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)
Position(s): ST/DC/LW (Strongest first)
Four strong attributes: off the ball/finishing/acceleration/determination
A preferred move: shoots with power
Four weak attributes: free throws/free kicks/penalties/crossing
Favourite clubs: Real Madrid/FC Barcelona/Man City/Man United/Liverpool/AC Milan/Inter Milan/Mallorca
Disliked clubs: BSC Young Boys/Anzhi/Malaga/PSG/Marseille
Favourite people: none
Disliked people: none

[Jaded]

Name: John Harkness
Date of birth: 12-07-1995
Place of birth: Burnley
Preferred Squad Number: 12
Other nationalities:
Position(s): AMC/MC
Four strong attributes: Acceleration- Composure- Technique - First touch
A preferred move: Gets forward whenever possible
Four weak attributes: Long throws- Marking- Crossing- Penalty taking
Favourite clubs: Liverpool- Burnley
Disliked clubs: Man U- Chelsea- Man city
Favourite people: Stevie G
Disliked people: Joey Barton

[duffy89]

Name: Steve Duffy
Date of birth: 25-01-1995
Place of birth: Edinburgh
Preferred Squad Number: 14
Other nationalities:
Position(s): DR/WBR
Four strong attributes: Acceleration, Pace, Tackling, Determination
A preferred move: Stays on feet
Four weak attributes: Finishing, penalty taking, corners, aggression
Favourite clubs: St. Johnstone/Fiorentina/Athletic Bilbao/Las Palmas/Arsenal
Disliked clubs: Man city/Dundee/Rangers
Favourite people: Robin van Persie/Thierry Henry
Disliked people: John Terry

[TheGreatTraveler]

Name: Joe McRumber
Date of birth: 29.11.93
Place of birth: London
Preferred Squad Number: 6
Other nationalities: Colombian
Position(s): AMC, M(CL), DM, D(RL)
Four strong attributes: Tackling, Stamina, Passing, Heading
A preferred move: Tries killer pass often
Four weak attributes: Strength, Influence, Agression, Pace
Favourite clubs: Real Madrid, Chelsea, Man City
Disliked clubs: Man Utd, Barcelona, Fulham
Favourite People: Khedira, Ozil, Falcao
Disliked people: Dani Alvez, Busquets

[Lenzar]

We really need a couple of people to be able to take set pieces, guys. Otherwise we'll be poor from them.

[ntfbolton1972]

Name: (Please be sensible!) Jamaal Umar
Date of birth: 24.04.1994
Place of birth: Bolton
Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!) 24
Other nationalities: (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)
Position(s): (Strongest first) MC, CD
Four strong attributes: Passing, Dribbling, Set Pieces, Long Shots
A preferred move: Something about trying to place shots
Four weak attributes: Heading, Pace, Marking,
Favourite clubs:Bolton, Real madrid, Newcastle
Disliked clubs:Man Utd, Barcelona, Blackburn
Favourite people:Jay Jay Okocha, Sam Allardyce
Disliked people Alex Ferguson,

[18Rabbit]

We really need a couple of people to be able to take set pieces, guys. Otherwise we'll be poor from them.

Ok


Name: Ace Willingham
Date of birth: Nov 11, Age 17
Place of birth: Upton, Merseyside
Preferred Squad Number: 13
Other nationalities: N/A
Position(s): M L/R
Four strong attributes: Free Kicks, Technique, Long Shots, Corners
A preferred move: Shoots Free Kicks With Power
Four weak attributes: Marking, Tackling, Heading, Jumping
Favourite clubs: Manchester United, Juventus, Inter
Disliked clubs: Man. City, Arsenal, Liverpool
Favourite people: Michael Carrick, Nani
Disliked people: Zlatan Ibrahimović, Edin Džeko, Vincent Kompany

[Spurs + Eastbourne 4eva]

Name: Steven Kemp
Date of birth: 10/12/94 (I think this would make me 16, please change if not)
Place of birth: Eastbourne
Preferred Squad Number: 5
Other nationalities: N/A
Position(s): DR, DC, MR
Four strong attributes: Tackling, Marking, Acceleration, Positioning
A preferred move: Plays One-Twos
Four weak attributes: Corners, Free-Kick Taking, Aggression, Finishing
Favourite clubs: Tottenham, Brighton
Disliked clubs: Arsenal
Favourite people: Kyle Walker, Harry Redknapp, Gus Poyet
Disliked people: Arsene Wenger, Joey Barton

[toonbalmy87]

Name: (Please be sensible!) Arron "el chuncho" Balmer
Date of birth: 09.08.93
Place of birth: darlington
Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!) 6
Other nationalities: (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)
Position(s): (Strongest first) dm, cm
Four strong attributes: passing tackling determination Corners
A preferred move: dictates tempo
Four weak attributes: free kicks penaltys crossing agility
Favourite clubs: newcastle darlington ath madrid ac milan universidad de chile
Disliked clubs: man u arsenal spurs barcelona bayern
Favourite people: Aguero mancini balotelli pardew
Disliked people:SAF arsene wenger redknapp

edited for free kicks

[Minarin]

I'll change Acceleration to Penalty taking.

[kris0710]

[h=2][/h]

Name: Kris Scott
Date of birth: 23 July 1995
Place of birth: Kettering ,England
Preferred Squad Number: 8
Other nationalities: NA
Position(s): ML, MR, MC
Four strong attributes: Set Pieces, Dribbling, Flair, Acceleration
A preferred move: Run with ball often
Four weak attributes: Long throws, aggression, Corners, Jumping
Favourite clubs: Norwich
Disliked clubs: Ipswich, Kettering Town
Favourite people: Paul Lambert, Eddie Howe
Disliked people: Paul Jewell, Andy Scott

[YellowLittle]

Name: Callum Little
Date of Birth: 06/01/1994
Place Of Birth: Northampton, England
Preffered Squad Number: 11
Other Nationalities: N/A
Position: MR/ DR
Four strong attributes: Pace, Dribbling, Crossing, Creativity
Preferred Move: Hug Touchline
Four weak attributes: Strength, Aggression, Natural Fitness, Tackling
Favourite Clubs: Norwich
Disliked Clubs: Ipswich, Colchester
Favourite People: Jak Riley (Northampton), Paul Lambert, David Fox
Disliked people: Michael Chopra, Joey Barton

[joeSDL]

Name: (Please be sensible!) Jermaine Johnson
Date of birth: 03/09/1994
Place of birth: Manchester, England
Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!) 9
Other nationalities: n/a
Position(s): (Strongest first) AMLC, MLC
Four strong attributes: Dribbling, crossing, acceleration, long shots
A preferred move: runs with ball often
Four weak attributes: long throws, aggresion, marking, tackkling
Favourite clubs: FC Barcelona, Manchester United
Disliked clubs: Real Madrid, Chelsea London
Favourite people: Lionel Messi, Pep Guardiola, Wayne Rooney, Nani
Disliked people: Jose Mourinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, John Terry, Didier Drogba

[macdab55]

Name: Maciej Dabrowski
Date of birth: 5/4/1994
Place of birth: Olsztyn, Poland
Preferred Squad Number: (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!) 32 (my favourite number if its too high then maybe 7)
Other nationalities: (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)
Position(s): (Strongest first) RM/RAM/RB
Four strong attributes: Acceleration, Free Kick Tacking, Long Shots, Corners
A preferred move: Runs down right side (or something like that)
Four weak attributes: long throws, Jumping, Penalty Taking, Aggression
Favourite clubs: Stomil Olsztyn, Chelsea, Seattle Sounders, CS Louhans Cuiseaux
Disliked clubs: Manchester United
Favourite people:
Disliked people:

[18Rabbit]

Lenzar, your inbox is full, just wanted to note that I changed positions as requested.

[nie jem frytek]

Not sure about Lenzar's inbox, so:

Name: Ya-Pierre Dolle
Date of birth: 13-12-1996
Place of birth: Paris
Preferred Squad Number: 13 (No silly high ones - they'll be entered but ignored!)
Other nationalities: Cameroon (If you're born outside of England, you'll automatically have at least one)
Position(s): DC/LB/ST (Strongest first)
Four strong attributes: tackling/heading/jumping/strength
A preferred move: shoots with power
Four weak attributes: /free kicks/penalties/crossing/technique
Favourite clubs: Real Madrid/FC Barcelona/Man City/Man United/Liverpool/AC Milan/Inter Milan/Mallorca
Disliked clubs: BSC Young Boys/Anzhi/Malaga/PSG/Marseille
Favourite people: none
Disliked people: none

[Lenzar]

This signup is now full, aside from one Goalkeeper.

As they missed the boat, the first of YellowLittle, joeSDL and macdab55 to create a goalie gets the last spot.

Do others want to create some staff? I was just going to use England staff but I can get an assman etc from you guys if you like.

[YellowLittle]

Name: Callum Little
Date of Birth: 06/01/1994
Place Of Birth: Northampton, England
Preffered Squad Number: 11
Other Nationalities: N/A
Position: GK
Four strong attributes: One on Ones, Reflexes, Decisions, Aerial Ability
Preferred Move: None, If I have to than Avoid Weaker Foot
Four weak attributes: Flair, Penalty Taking, Aggression, Pace
Favourite Clubs: Norwich
Disliked Clubs: Ipswich, Colchester
Favourite People: Paul Lambert, David Fox, Vincent Kompany
Disliked people: Michael Chopra, Joey Barton

[Lenzar]

All 25 players are now created. After I have tested the database quickly I will get the game going later tonight.

For staff I'm just going to put some of the better known but non-employed English coaches etc, including Psyko as assman.

[Kristof1982]

Going to add my own player to give an example!

Name: Vladimir Lazarevski
Date of birth: 22.4.92
Place of birth: Vladivostok
Preferred Squad Number: 23
Position(s): MR
Four Strong Attributes : Crossing, Finishing, Stamina, Pace
A preferred move: Gets Crowd Going
Four weak Attributes : Heading, Creativity, corners, penalties
Favourite clubs: Arsenal, Lazio, Vladikavkaz, Partizan Belgrade
Disliked clubs: Tottenham, Roma, Cska Moscow, Ref Star Belgrade
Favourite People: Arsene Wenget, Radomir Antic, Alan Dzagoev, Paval Mamaeev
Disliked People: Harry Redknapp, SAF

[Kristof1982]

Going to add my own player to give an example!

Name: Vladimir Lazarevski
Date of birth: 22.4.92
Place of birth: Vladivostok
Preferred Squad Number: 23
Position(s): MR
Four Strong Attributes : Crossing, Finishing, Stamina, Pace
A preferred move: Gets Crowd Going
Four weak Attributes : Heading, Creativity, corners, penalties
Favourite clubs: Arsenal, Lazio, Vladikavkaz, Partizan Belgrade
Disliked clubs: Tottenham, Roma, Cska Moscow, Ref Star Belgrade
Favourite People: Arsene Wenget, Radomir Antic, Alan Dzagoev, Paval Mamaeev
Disliked People: Harry Redknapp, SAF

ah bugger, why did that only get posted yesterday...weird, posted that like 5 days ago

[G_D_K]

Awfully quiet here

[nie jem frytek]

Because it's only sign-up topic. However here http://community.sigames.com/showthr...my-Game-Thread is also quiet.

[terence123470]

Name: Teron Fong
Date of birth: 6/3/96
Place of birth: Hong Kong
Preferred Squad Number: 14 or 31(if no 14)
Other nationalities: Hong Kong
Foot: Right
Position(s): AML/C CM,AMR ST ML/R DR, WBR/L DL DM
Four strong attributes: Free Kick, Corner, Penalties, Long Shot
A preferred move: Cut Inside, Shoot With Power, Avoid Using Weaker Foot, Try To Beat Offside Trap
Four weak attributes: Heading, Jumping, Long Throw, Marking
Favourite clubs: Arsenal, NY Redbull
Disliked clubs: MC, MU, Chelsea, LA Galaxy
Favourite people: Thierry Henry
Disliked people: Samir Nasri, Emmanuel Adebayor, Arsene Wenger, Kun Aguero

[stothy]

Sign up finished months ago mate.