The CSE UEFA Euro 2012 - Game Thread!

[stothy]

Please be aware of player naming in this thread.

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welcomes you all to ...



... THE CSE Forum 2012 Euros!


Welcome to Poland and Ukraine

We would like to introduce you to this year’s tournament. At the last major event held on CSE France ran out winner, with both finalist competing in this competition is the conclusion obvious already?

Four years ago we saw Spain pick up the trophy and then go on to win the FIFA World cup 2 years later, 2 years on could they win their third competition in a row or is there someone else waiting in the wings to win it...



Who will win this trophy this year become the first CSE Euro cup winner?

The next post will include the initial group draw.
Here is the save game
PLEASE START SELECTING YOUR 23 MAN SQUAD AND SEND THEM IN TO MY PM OR EMAIL.

[stothy]

CSE EURO CUP FINAL: PREVIEW SHOW

Code:

GROUP | TEAMS IN GROUP
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  A   | Ukraine, Croatia, France, Denmark
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  B   | Ireland, Russia, Italy, Poland
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  C   | Sweden, Germany, Holland, Greece
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  D   | Spain, Czech-Republic, Portugal, England
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Group A France may see this as a let off but this is a major competition so anyone is a difficult opponent. Croatia, Denmark and Ukraine all have players that could cause France some problems, I would not put my money on one of these teams to win the group it is just so tight.

Group B Italy will go in expecting to walk this group but we all know the force Russia has upfront. Ireland should be written off but there could be a surprise or two coming from them. And not forgetting host nation Poland who are also a handful.

Group C is wide-open after Germany’s manager failed to turn up to any training sessions. Sweden and Holland are both top sides with world class forwards. Greece have caused an upset or two as well.

Group D is the Group of death any major tournament needs. Reigning champions Spain, the infuriating England who fail to impress most of the time, Portugal the home of Cristiano Ronaldo and Czech-Republic, the country that has never failed to qualify. All possible winners of this competition, we know we will lose at least 2 major contenders in this group.


So there you have it. The groups and managers are ready, and now we have our build up to the biggest competition since the last CSE major competition!

[stothy]

RESERVED FOR TOURNAMENT TREE

[Tactic Master]

Get in Best of luck everyone!

[kris0710]

Poor friendly result but happy with the injury front so far. Good luck everyone, except Sweden, Germany and Holland

[TheGreatTraveler]

Is Carrasso out of the tournament or just the begginig?

[Tactic Master]

Major problem, you can't select anymore players from the pool because apparently the squads have already been decided? :S

[18Rabbit]

Are we going to be able to give match tactics/shouts/set piece instructions for the actual matches or will it all rely on the tactics files?

[Tactic Master]

Error Image: This comes up when I try to add or remove players from the squad...

Players to choose from: Leaving me with only the players from the squad already assembled to pick from... No Gerrard? No Parker? No Walcott?

[stothy]

Major problem, you can't select anymore players from the pool because apparently the squads have already been decided? :S

Bugger that is a major problem... I told it to get me to next squad selection... One second I will have a look at my save file.

Are we going to be able to give match tactics/shouts/set piece instructions for the actual matches or will it all rely on the tactics files?

Tactics are the only thing I will be using I'm afraid.

[Tactic Master]

I've sent you my list anyway Stothy, which i believe is only one change to the original message I sent you the other day.

[marty78]

I'll happily play with the pre-select as well, its not like were playing for money. Although saying that, as I am playing with Italy maybe I should bung stothy a few quid.

[TheGreatTraveler]

Should we send you the squad as a game file, as a list, or as screenshot?

[stothy]

Don't worry I have sorted everything guys, new save file coming your way soon!

Send me your squad list (23 man not 30) as a list or shortlist file please. (Shortlist file is best)

[stothy]

HAVE ANOTHER GO GUYS

Injuries and results have changed, sorry!

[5ergio]

I am guessing we should name a 30 player squad now and later leave 7 out right? At least that's what I am doing right now.

[stothy]

I am guessing we should name a 30 player squad now and later leave 7 out right? At least that's what I am doing right now.

Right guys:
Name your 30 man squad
At the bottom have a cut off line
At the top of the cut off line put your preferred player i.e. your best backup.
When I select your 23 man squad I will select all the ones above the cut off line, UNLESS someone is no longer available in which case the first person from yuor backups is used.

Here is an example:

Stothy's 30 man squad:

Player 1
Player 2
...
Player 22
Player 23
---------
Player 24
Player 25


Player 7 gets injured so is dropped and player 24 takes his place.

[brettney1980]

HAVE ANOTHER GO GUYS

Injuries and results have changed, sorry!

Any reason why my tactics i sent you aint being used!? Just had a look and everyone else's seem to be ...

[stothy]

Any reason why my tactics i sent you aint being used!? Just had a look and everyone else's seem to be ...

Oh dear, I knew I would miss someone! Don't worry, I will add it, and use FMRTE to change the tactic blend to the same as everyone else!

[Babaginoosh]

Cant seem to make a shortlist on the save

[5ergio]

I have sent it as a list to your mail. As NT managers, we can't create shortlists I presume, not sure though.

[stothy]

A list will be fine then guys, I haven't really experimented much as a NT managed I just thought you could!

[brettney1980]

Oh dear, I knew I would miss someone! Don't worry, I will add it, and use FMRTE to change the tactic blend to the same as everyone else!

No worries, thanks.

I did pencil in a rough 30 when we got the first save to look at and almost entire squad looks fit apart from Szczesny (3-5 weeks) hopefully he'll be ok by 3rd game (might as well take him).

EDIT: PM sent with Squad list, hopefully how i'v done it is fine.

[18Rabbit]

I already sent my list for Ireland. I'll send an updated one with the 7 alternates.

[brettney1980]

I already sent my list for Ireland. I'll send an updated one with the 7 alternates.

Looks like we're kicking off the tournament lets start with a bang! Good luck!!!

[18Rabbit]

I have sent it as a list to your mail. As NT managers, we can't create shortlists I presume, not sure though.

I added a new manager to one of the premier teams and built my shortlist from there. You can also use FM Genie Scout to make one.

[stothy]

I added a new manager to one of the premier teams and built my shortlist from there. You can also use FM Genie Scout to make one.

That may be what I did! I used genie scout, yes, it's easier for me as I can copy name on Genie.

[toonbalmy87]

My Spain squad is in with a few suprises one in Particular he was in great form so could i not

[5ergio]

I added a new manager to one of the premier teams and built my shortlist from there. You can also use FM Genie Scout to make one.

That was what I thought... after sending the mail

[marty78]

Squad list in e-mail

[jimbowmanuk]

I've e-mailed the shortlists, let me know if you've got them

[as260191]

Would the backups list also be used in case of a player rejecting a callup?

Got a great chance at qualifying from Group A.

[stothy]

Would the backups list also be used in case of a player rejecting a callup?

Got a great chance at qualifying from Group A.

Exactly mate!

I've e-mailed the shortlists, let me know if you've got them

Got it thanks!

Squad list in e-mail

Thankyou!

[as260191]

He accepted the callup in my test, so should be all good.

Ukrainians have the most difficult names...

[nastymiller]

Squad list sent in.

[stothy]

Glad to see everyone enjoying it so far!

[Lower Leagues Rule]

Right have almost finished my squad (Probably have it in within 10 hours, just gotta grab some shut eye), hoping that my selected 23 can bring the Euros to Croatia.

[toonbalmy87]

When can we publicly announce our squad

[stothy]

When can we publicly announce our squad

Publicly announce them now if you want! But don't expect everyone else to. Just try to do it as officially as possible, as if it was a press conference.

[toonbalmy87]

Publicly announce them now if you want! But don't expect everyone else to. Just try to do it as officially as possible, as if it was a press conference.

Argghh freck more writing hmm i will probably do it after i done some other stuff

[as260191]

Rumours from Ukraine: There are rumours coming out of the Ukrainian camp that a trio of big names are set to be left out of the squad and that the manager has gone with a youth movement which includes a player switching allegience to Ukraine. No update as of now as to who these players are, but we will keep you posted.

[Lower Leagues Rule]

Croatia's squad has been selected, hopefully these are the boys to do it for us, I might do an announcement soon.

[Babaginoosh]

Im not afraid, ill announce my starting 11:

Van Persie-------Huntelaar---------Robben

-----------------Sneijder-----------------

----De Jong------------------Maduro-----

Pieters---Heitinga----Bruma---van der Wiel

----------------Steklenburg---------------

Pulled Mathisjen off starting 11 because he is too slow and i needed someone to keep up with all the fast strikers.

Kuyt might get in instead of Robben depending on how well he does in this setup. Left and right strikers require higher than average stamina and workrate because they will be covering alot of open space in the wings.

Playng a 4-2-1-3 with 3 strikers up top and 2 dm's, super defensive because my defense is terrible.

Unfortunately no room for VDV i would have loved him to get in but formation doesnt allow for it.

Bring it baby, who can score on this formation

[nastymiller]

Squad picked, tactics picked, instructions for picking players sorted.

All we need now is for the matches to kick off - I can see the games I am involved in being 'colourful' to say the least.

Bring it on, can't wait!

[toonbalmy87]

Spanish Squad

Well hello all i would like to start with announcing the upcoming squad for Euro 2012. As reigning World & Euro Champions the pressure is on us to perform all the time so with that said i have decided to change the formation we play and play more attacking football to show that we are not "boring" so here we go :

The first i will announce is the Goalkeepers I.Casillas V.Valdes J.Reina really we are spoilt for choice.

Defenders I will be only using CBs S.Ramos G.Pique S.Busquets R.Albiol A.Dominguez well Puyol is not here because well he has a slight injury and is not a full fitness i dont want take him and then for him to pick up another injury and then it would of been a waste of a plus hes too slow and his hair is too big looks like a fluffy poodle moving swiftly on to

Midfielders Xavi Iniesta Fabregas X.Alonso D.Silva S.Caazorla J.Mata M.Arteta J.Martinez I.Munain yes i brought in Arteta why not it is crazy not too he is a great player and i am surprised it has took so long to give him his first cap yes i left Pedro out its simple i dont like he looks to co cky and needs a dose of reality that he is not as good as he thinks he is

Strikers D.Villa F.Torres Raul F.Llorente R.Soldado biggest suprise is bringing El Ángel de Madrid (Raul) i brought him back because of all he has done for Spain and his extraordinary career plus he had a great season in Germany which proves he can still play with the best


Reserves
Puyol
Bojan
Navas
Arebola
Rodrigo
Negredo
Thiago

Here's our Formation


Torres------------------Villa

------------Iniesta---Fabregas--------------

----Silva-----------Xavi----------------Cazorla

Busquets ---Pique---Ramos

----------------Ike---------------

This squad will lead Spain to glory

[Lower Leagues Rule]

Report from Goal.com

Croatia Star misses out on Lower Leagues Rule's first squad

In a surprise move new Croatia manager, Lower Leagues Rule, has left Mario Mandzukic out of his preliminary squad for the European Championships in Ukraine & Poland in June. Croatia has been drawn in a group with Ukraine, Denmark & France, as the squad with the highest World Ranking (4th) in this group, they are hopeful that they can deal with their opponents and confirm a knockout place. Nine of the players in the squad are looking to make their debuts in the tournament as well, they include Hajduk winger Marin Tomasov, who looks likely to play as an attacking winger in Rule's squad. It is believed Mandzukic had missed the squad because Lower Leagues plays with just a single striker, and the form of Eduardo, 11 goals in 15 games so far, and his knowledge of Ukraine saw him as the first selection, Mandzukic had a poor season for Wolfsburg and while he was disappointed has said, "I wish LLR and his team all the best, even though I am bitterly disappointed to not be there."
Darijo Srna has been selected for the squad even though he will miss the first two games, against Ukraine & Denmark, following a suspension, Vedran Corluka will be hoping to take advantage of Srna missing and cement a role in the starting line-up for the game against France, while he could still make the team in the centre of the defence, his best chance is to outperform Srna early and grab the right back spot. Several players have made a choice over nationality by making themselves available for selection in this squad, the uncapped players who have dual nationality selected are: Mato Jajalo (BIH), Besart Abdurahimi (ALB), Matej Delac (BIH) & Dejan Skolnik (SLV), all four will be looking to take their chance, it is rumoured that at least Jajalo & Abdurahimi should make the squad for the Championships. Skolnik has been a long shot all season long as has had an incredible season for Nacional in the Portuguese Liga Sagres, he has really impressed and will hope to grab one of the undecided spots before the kick-off of the tournament.
The Full Squad (Caps): Goalies - Stipe Pletikosa (89), Vjekoslav Tomic (0), Lovre Kalinic (0), Matej Delac (0), Defenders - Vedran Corluka (51), Darijo Srna (88), Hrvoje Cale (5), Ivan Strinic (17), Mato Neretijak (11), Gordon Schildenfeld (11), Jurica Buljat (4), Dejan Lovren (13), Danijel Pranjic (46), Manuel Pamic (2), Sime Vrsaljko (1), Midfielders - Ognjen Vukojevic (31), Luka Modric (54), Mato Jajalo (0), Milan Badelj (6), Besart Abdurahimi (0), Marin Tomasov (0), Ivan Rakitic (39), Niko Kranjcar (67), Ivan Perisic (6), Ivica Olic (79), Luka Begonja (0), Dino Spehar (0), Dejan Skolnik (0), Strikers - Eduardo (43), Nikica Jelavic (13).

[Lower Leagues Rule]

Haha, so just played on and got an injury, called up Mandzukic and he rejected the call-up...crybaby much? :P

[Shadaza]

Russia Announce Squad!

It seems manager Shad Aza has taken inspiration from that great footballing nation Brazil and comes in to the Euro's with a box 4-2-2-2 Formation. Believing that this is the best way forward for a side famed for it's attacking players.

It is believed that this will be the desired first 11:

1.Igor Akinfeev (GK)
2.Sergey Parshivlyuk (DR)
3.Alexey Berezutskiy (DC)
4.Vasily Berezutskiy (DC)
5.Yury Zhirkov (DL)
6.Evgney Aldonin (DMCL)
7.Roman Shirokov (DMCR)
8.Andrey Arshavin (AMCL)
9.Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (AMCR)
10.Roman Pavlyuchenko (CF)
11.Alexandr Kerzhakov (CF)


We have Identical twins as centre backs, pulled Zhirkov back to left back whilst Bilyaletdinov has been given the nod ahead of Dzagoev. We also have some star players ready to come on from the bench such as the previously mentioned Dzagoev, The giant sledge hammer CF Artem Dzyuba and the versatile defensive and attacking midfielder Konstantin Zyryanov.

[Tactic Master]

Come On England!!!

As usual in the build up to a big tournament, there is much expectation coming from the fans in regards to England. New manager Tactic Master has taken over one of the hardest jobs in World Football and has the task of preparing the ever expectant English for Euro 2012!!!

The 30 man preliminary squad has been announced this morning to the players themselves and Tactic Master has spoken of a new approach in regards to tactics. He has put his beliefs forward, that great passing and attacking football is the way forward and hopes that the England players will be able to adjust to this new system and reap the rewards.

He isn't prepared to go into revealing the entire squad, but we could expect England to line up as follows...

-----------------------------Joe Hart----------------------------
---Kyle Walker---John Terry----Joleon Lescott---Ashley Cole----
---------------------------Scott Parker--------------------------
-------------------------Steven Gerrard-------------------------
-------------------------Frank Lampard----------Ashley Young--
-----------------Peter Crouch----Wayne Rooney-----------------

Can England defy all odds and pull off the impossible?

[toonbalmy87]

Come On England!!!

As usual in the build up to a big tournament, there is much expectation coming from the fans in regards to England. New manager Tactic Master has taken over one of the hardest jobs in World Football and has the task of preparing the ever expectant English for Euro 2012!!!

The 30 man preliminary squad has been announced this morning to the players themselves and Tactic Master has spoken of a new approach in regards to tactics. He has put his beliefs forward, that great passing and attacking football is the way forward and hopes that the England players will be able to adjust to this new system and reap the rewards.

He isn't prepared to go into revealing the entire squad, but we could expect England to line up as follows...

-----------------------------Joe Hart----------------------------
---Kyle Walker---John Terry----Joleon Lescott---Ashley Cole----
---------------------------Scott Parker--------------------------
-------------------------Steven Gerrard-------------------------
-------------------------Frank Lampard----------Ashley Young--
-----------------Peter Crouch----Wayne Rooney-----------------

Can England defy all odds and pull off the impossible?

errrr noooo but we are rank 4th in the world now

[as260191]

Ukraine Squad Announced

Following months of speculation, as260191 has today confirmed his Ukraine squad for the European Championships, with a number of surprise picks in his 23 man squad.

GK

Olexandr Rybka
Maxym Koval
Andriy Pyatov

Defence

Dmytro Chygrynskyi
Eugene Khacheridi
Sergiy Kyrtsov
Vitaly Mandzyuk
aroslav Rakitskyi
Taras Mykhalyk
Artem Fedetskyi
Igor Oschypko

Midfield

Anatoliy Tymoschuk
Roman Neustadter
Taras Stepanenko
Denys Oliynyk
Denys Garmash
Oleg Gusev
Eugene Konoplyanka
Olexandr Aliev
Roman Zozulya

Attack

Andriy Yarmolenko
Artem Milevskyi
Eugene Selezhyov

Reserves

Andriy Dykan
Olexandr Romanchuk
Bogdan Butko
Olexandr Kucher
Igor Khudobyak
Vladyslav Kalitvintsev
Volodymyr Polyovyi
Andriy Voronin


With no Shevchenko in sight, there are thoughts that his international career may well be over, Voronin and Dykan, both stalwarts of previous sides only make the reserves list also. All eyes will be on Ukraine's 4-4-1-1 to see how they can cope against vastly more experienced sides. A number of youngsters have successfully claimed spots, and Roman Neustadter looks set to switch allegience from Germany in exchange for a potential starting midfield spot.

[18Rabbit]

The representative from Ireland was prepared to announce their squad selection but he stopped by the pub on the way and hasn't been seen since. Just assume that everyone you expected would be there I guess.

[kris0710]

Greece Euro 2012 Squad


Goalkeepers:

Michalis Sifakis
Alexandros Tzorvas
Stefanos Kapinos

Defenders:

Vangelis Moras
Loukas Vyntra
Sokratis Papastathopoutos
Avraan Papadopoulos
Kyriakos Papadopoulos
Vasilis Torosidis
Giannis Maniatis
Jose Holebas
Giorgos Tzavellas

Midfielders:

Vaslis Pliatsikas
Andreas Samaris
Kostas Katsouranis
Grigoris Makos
Andreas Tatos
Sotiris Ninis
Giannis Fetfatzidis
Kostas Fortounis

Forwards:

Dimitris Salpingidis
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
Pantelis Kapetanos

Stand-by List:

Player 24: Stefanos Athanasiadis
Player 25: Dimitris Kolovas
Player 26: Dimitris Slovas
Player 27: Angelos Charisteas
Player 28: Alexandros Tziolis
Player 29: Giannis Zaradoukas
Player 30: Orestis Karnezis (GK)


Greece coach Kristopher Scott has announced his final squad for UEFA EURO 2012 after cutting down his initial 30-player selection to 23, with Alexandros Tziolis and Panagiotis Kone the players to miss out.
Tziolis, who started five matches in qualifying, has played just three times for AS Monaco FC since joining them in February and his lack of first-team action was a cause of concern for the Greece coach. When asked about the player after naming his provisional squad, Scott said: "We know that Tziolis hasn’t played enough this season. But that's why we take players along to the training camp, to check out their condition. We have placed him on the stand-by list as you can never be sure what is around the corner"
Midfielder Kone, on the other hand, has been a mainstay in Bologna FC's side this season, but Scott must have felt he had enough options in his position. One surprise name included is that of Kostas Fortounis. The 19-year-old 1. FC Kaiserslautern winger has just two caps to his name but impressed enough during training to persuade the English coach to include him.

[kris0710]

Come on Greece! Best squad in the Euros!!

[Babaginoosh]

Players im surprised you didnt bring up:

Samaras
Mitroglou


Samaras is arguable the second best forward on the team and Mitroglou is a poor mans ibrahimovic

[TheGreatTraveler]

France Euro 2012 squad announced
Today, head coach TheGreatTraveler named his 23 man squad for the tournament and the 7 reserves in case of an injury. The biggest shock is Lassanna Diarra coming into the team, while Debuchy is rested.

Goal-Keepers: Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda, and Cedric Carrasso.
Defenders: Bacary Sagna, Antoine Revelliere, Gael Clichy, Patrice Evra, Philippe Mexes, Laurent Koscielny, Mamadou Sakho, and Adil Rami
Midfielders: Lassanna Diarra, Yohan Cabaye, Yann M'Villa, Moussa Sissoko, Florent Malouda, Franck Ribery, Samir Nasri, Jeremy Menez, Mathieu Valbuena
Strikers: Karim Benzema, Kevin Gameiro, Loic Remy.

The 7 players left in reserve will be:
1. Marvin Martin
2. Alou Diarra
3. Younes Kaboul
4. Mathieu Debuchy
5. Aly Cissokho
6. Jimmy Briand
7. Antoine Griezman

[Babaginoosh]

The representative from Ireland was prepared to announce their squad selection but he stopped by the pub on the way and hasn't been seen since. Just assume that everyone you expected would be there I guess.

Best announcement yet

[kris0710]

Players im surprised you didnt bring up:

Samaras
Mitroglou


Samaras is arguable the second best forward on the team and Mitroglou is a poor mans ibrahimovic

Left out Mitroglou for Lazaros Christodoulopoulos as he is more versatile. I am playing an odd kinda of formation so felxabiltiy is needed.

Samaras is out purley as i have done two test tournements and he has been nothing short of woeful in both... Plus his hair is awful.

[marty78]

ITALY EUROPEAN SQUAD ANNOUNCED

There was great excitement today when the Italian management announced the squad for the upcoming tournament in Poland and Ukraine. After the recent match fixing troubles in the Italian domestic game its seems the nation is looking to the national team to restore some pride and hopes are high that they can go all the way. Drawn in Group B with co-hosts Poland, Russia and Republic of Ireland, Italy are favorites to win the group but must guard against complacency as, at this level, anyone can beat anyone.

1. Gianluigi Buffon
2. Salvatore Sirigu
3. Emiliano Viviano
4. Salvatore Bochetti
5. Giorgio Chiellini
6. Andrea Rannochia
7. Leonardo Bonnucci
8. Dominico Criscito
9. Mattia Cassani
10. Ignazio Abate
11. Daniele De Rossi
12. Antonio Nocerino
13. Angelo Palombo
14. Federico Balzeretti
15. Andrea Poli
16. Andrea Pirlo
17. Claudio Marchesio
18. Riccardo Montilivo
19. Antonio Cassano
20. Fabio Quagliarella
21. Mario Balotelli
22. Giuseppe Rossi
23. Giampaolo Pazzini

Italy have also asked the following 7 players to stand by in case any players drop out from the original 23.

24. Davide Santon
25. Davide Astori
26. Marco Amelia
27. Emanuele Giacherrini
28. Marco Boriello
29. Alessandro Matri
30. Antonio Candreva

[stothy]

Loving the announcements guys! KUTGW! Working on selecting your squads now.

DEADLINE FOR SQUAD SELECTION IS SUNDAY 00:01 AM

Sorry this is so late guys, I'm working Friday and Saturday so thought I would give you some extra time!

[Tactic Master]

We having update today?

[stothy]

We having update today?

No sorry! I managed to sleep through to lunch as I had a late day, will hopefully do it tomorrow! Sorry guys!

[Lower Leagues Rule]

All good, looking forward to this one, going to be excellent once we get into the competition.

[nastymiller]

Czech Squad:

GK:

1. Petr Cech.
2. Jaroslav Drobny.
3. Jan Lastuka.

DEF:

4. Michal Kadlec.
5. Zdenek Grygera.
6. Tomas Ujfalusi.
7. Tomas Hubschman.
8. Tomas Sivok.
9. David Rozehnal.
10. Marek Suchy.
11. Jiri Jarosik.

MID:

12. Jaroslav Plasil.
13. Daniel Kolar.
14. Milan Petrzela.
15. Kamil Vacek.
16. Petr Jiracek.
17. Jan Polak.
18. Jan Moravek.
19. David Jarolim.

ATT:

20. Milan Baros.
21. Vaclav Pilar.
22. Vaclav Kadlec.
23. Jan Chramosta.

That is all :-)

[stothy]

ri916 and William Hall will start on default tactics and default squads due to lack of participation. Missing 1 more deadline missed will end in these players getting replaced.

[nastymiller]

Will the opening games start today mate? Looking forward to this one and how diff styles of play will effect the results.

[Whoopy D]

Haven't been in CSE for ages, nice to see something like this going on again. It seems sign-ups have died somewhat over time. It's a shame because when you do them well it's really enjoyable to run/participate.

[Lower Leagues Rule]

WhoopyD - It seems to have been a whole CSE forum wide event, almost every thread is down on activity from FM11, which was lower than FM10, and down from FM09's peak, and all the sign-ups slowly dropped off from then as well, I think only the Youth Only thread and Big Euro Challenge have increased in post counts this season.

[Whoopy D]

Yeah it seems to have gone that way LLR, sad to think really. Was some awesome threads back around FM09. I guess too many of the "regular" posters all seem to have moved on in a short space of time without being replaced.

[stothy]

I'm really sorry guys, I am struggling to get this done I am busy working Monday to Saturday and as a result I sleep through Sundays. I will try get it done one evening this week though! I hope to host the game as a server so you can watch your matches live as they are played!

[toonbalmy87]

I'm really sorry guys, I am struggling to get this done I am busy working Monday to Saturday and as a result I sleep through Sundays. I will try get it done one evening this week though! I hope to host the game as a server so you can watch your matches live as they are played!

.dont worry about it stothy just get it done when you have time

[stothy]

I really want to get this done but cannot find any time at the moment, I am so sorry guys. If there were any willing, non competing volunteer who want to take over please just say now. If not everyone will have to be patient im afraid :/

[Greasy Chip Butty]

I had the same issue with it - takes quite a lot of time to sort when actually it seems so simple. It's still something I want to have a bash at one day. Might do something this summer.

[Whoopy D]

Yeah the timing issues are really tricky. It takes longer than you'd imagine to get all the tactics etc sorted, play the match and write about it.

I usually found that when I had to time to sit and play the matches I was waiting on people to send me tactics etc and as soon as the info came in a few days later, I'd be too busy.

Still it's quite rewarding and I'm glad I completed both my own and finished GCB's version as well.

[stothy]

Yes indeed, it's quite rewarding to even make the game thread. The problem is the 2 people who are still yet to message me. It ruins the game as one of them is the number 1 seed :/

[toonbalmy87]

Yes indeed, it's quite rewarding to even make the game thread. The problem is the 2 people who are still yet to message me. It ruins the game as one of them is the number 1 seed :/

well put those spot up for grabs