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Originally posted by Thebaker:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by santa:

Hi all.

I thought i'd better get on with this challenge, since I have played in the previous challenges and again I've chosen Billericay Town as my team.

Here's my profile.

If any one is interested i chose danish as my nationality (as i'm danish in real life) so why I have knowledge of Brazil I have no idea, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Faroe Islands I can understand but Brazil I can't icon_smile.gif

I'll post an update with pictures once the season has started.

And good luck to all. icon14.gif

Your knowledge of brazil comes from being danish.

Some counties in europe this year have odd knowledge of brazil or cameroon, don't know why since they have no connection icon_confused.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

My profile has N.Irish and Irish and one of them gives me knowledge of......... France icon_confused.gif.

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<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Jimbokav1971 Boreham Wood Budget - £2843 Actual - £4406

NUFCSean Gateshead Budget - £9500 Actual - £8170

Poyplemonkeys Harrow Borough Budget - £5370 Actual - £5060

Scab Hendon Budget - £2423 Actual - £2287

dafuge Chippenham Budget - £5290 Actual - £4490

Davehammer Chelmsford Budget - £2550 actual - £2672

Gilbster Hendon Budget - £2550 Actual - £3364

Alurny Stamford Budget - £2200 Actual - £2600

migwar Bedford Budget - £2563 Actual - £2562

andy139s Chelmsford City Budget - £2315 Actual - £3176

trypio Chippenham Budget - £2334 Actual - £2307

apg26 Gloucester City Budget - £2412 Actual - £5659

paulsgruff AFC Hornchurch Budget - £2620 Actual - £2250

spankie Hitchin Budget - £2540 Actual - £2581

NepentheZ Halesowen Town Budget - £6028 Actual - £4225</pre>

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Jimbokav1971 - Stay clear of relegation - 4th Conference North

Gilbster - Respectable League Position - 2nd Conference South

migwar - Stay clear of relegation - 16th Conference South

Hadlinho - Mid Table Finish - 19th Conference Prem

ManU@oldtrafford - Mid Table Finish - 4th Conference North

paulsgruff - Safe Mid Table Finish - 8th Conference South

sergent21 - Avoid Relegation - 11th Conference South

wisla_krakow - Respectable Finish - 1st Conference South

Alurny - Stay clear of Relegation - 3rd Conference North

dafuge - Win promotion - 1st Conference South

supermas - Stay clear of Relegation - 11th Conference South

NUFCSean - Win promotion - 3rd in Conference Premier

spankie - Mid Table Finish - 9th Conference South

NepentheZ - Mid Table Finish - 7th Blue Sqaure North </pre>

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Halesowen Town - Pre-season update

I'm finding it tough to sign any quality players in my second season in the north division. I originally tried to sign Nicholson again on loan but he said no chance. I was getting desperate so i just tried again, not long before the first game of the season, and guess what, he said yes!! I have my 44 goal a season man back on board and suddenly i'm more optimistic about the season ahead.

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wow!

Im just feeling really bad!

Been having great fun with tiverton save, but I guess its gotta go, since its corrupted.

Im contemplating waiting for the patch to start now...although, what am i going to do with my life then :-)

from what i have seen though, most issues in the game arent database related, but engine related (along with some minor issues), so i hope a game thats startet now and then patched will work out fine...What is you guys impressions from last year= is it worth it waiting for the patch, or will I most likely be okay?

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Originally posted by dafuge:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Alurny:

IS there a bug with regens? I have seen several from monserrat!

I've signed a few, often they have English as a second nationality. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

On Fm07 they were often very good one's (world class even), along with bermuda and several other small caribean nations they appeared about end of sep every year.

I only noticed this on a large database game, it didn't seem to happen on a medium database when doing last years dafuge challenge.

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My third season is going absolutely terribly. I have built my squad up to a state that I thought could challenge for playoffs and I find myself still in 18th on January 1st 2011.

Looks like I'm going to be stuck in the Blue Square South for yet another season - if I survive this one that is icon_frown.gif

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AARRGGHH!!! I haven't had one of these in ages. A serious error has occured and the program has had to close... Not since FM05 has i had this on my comp. I really hope it's not a regular occurence. Just gonna find out when the last time i saved was but i fear the worst. icon_frown.gif

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Originally posted by santa:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by wisla_krakow:

Good luck icon14.gif, not many of us out there managing Billericay from what I can see.

Thanks.

I don't know how it looks at the other promoted clubs but I have a bit of a shortage on playes and staff and....well people.

I have 8 playes in my squad; 6 who are 16 years old and 2 who are 15 years old.

I have no (that's not even a single one) staff, it's just me and my chairman. icon_biggrin.gif

I have no transfer budget.

Fortunately my wage budget is at £5105 per week and i'm only using £440 of that.

My overall budget is + £40372.

So i'm off to find coaches, an assman, physios and at least some players (here's hoping for a good parent club).

Season expectations is to achieve a mid-table finish.

And my chairman is willing to sell the club for any offer. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Was in a similar position at the start, except I only had 4 youth players.

Managed to build up a very good squad and staff, but it's hurting my wage budget, which is why I'm losing money icon_frown.gif.

Chairman still interesting in potentially selling the club, could be good for money but not if he wants a new manager.

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After what I would call a success at Dafuge's demo challenge, I've finally found some time to start the challenge for real. I would have liked to have started with a team with a lower reputation but seeing as how I actually support AFC Wimbledon, I don't think I could bare to be anyone else!

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Kings Lynn - Dec 08 - Conf North

Well im half way through the 1st season so thought i would do a little update. Ive really surprised myself at how well we have done although i do think if i pick up a few injuries ill quickly drop down the league.

I havent done very well in the cups being knocked out in my 1st game in all 3 competitions but not too bothered about them.

Finances are looking good, mainly due to the fact that im only paying out £2100 a week in wages which is £200 under budget and im getting crowds of between 1500 and 2000 for every home game.

best performance

league table

finances

top scorer

star player

supersub

I just hope the 2nd half of the season is as good as the 1st and hopefully if i can bring a goalscorer in ill be able to make the playoffs.

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Boreham Wood November update. Conference South.

(A) Wood 1 Dorchester 1.

Bailey.

(A) Wood 2 Crawley 5.

Vincent, Caddick.

(H) Wood 3 Stortford 1.

Lopez, McGivern (2).

Setanta Shield South 2nd Rnd.

(H) Wood 0 Welling 2.

FA Trophy 3rd Rnd Qual.

(A) Wood 1 AFC Wimbledon 1.

Caddick.

FA Trophy 3rd Rnd Qual replay.

(H) Wood 2 AFC Wimbledon 0.

Max, (OG).

(A) Wood 1 Basingstoke 0.

Bailey.

Current league position 5th icon14.gif.

We've struggled a little with our away form and I worked out what was wrong. I must have changed my away tactics to ultra-attacking at some point, and actually saved them like that by mistake. I've been playing an ultr-attackin style away from home icon_mad.gif.

All becomes clear.......

Wood 2 Banbury 3.

Wood 2 Braintree 6.

Wood 2 Crawley 5.

IdiotbangHead.gif!

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<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Jimbokav1971 Boreham Wood Budget - £2843 Actual - £4406

NUFCSean Gateshead Budget - £9500 Actual - £8170

Poyplemonkeys Harrow Borough Budget - £5370 Actual - £5060

Scab Hendon Budget - £2423 Actual - £2287

dafuge Chippenham Budget - £5290 Actual - £4490

Davehammer Chelmsford Budget - £2550 actual - £2672

Gilbster Hendon Budget - £2550 Actual - £3364

Alurny Stamford Budget - £2200 Actual - £2600

migwar Bedford Budget - £2563 Actual - £2562

andy139s Chelmsford City Budget - £2315 Actual - £3176

trypio Chippenham Budget - £2334 Actual - £2307

apg26 Gloucester City Budget - £2412 Actual - £5659

paulsgruff AFC Hornchurch Budget - £2620 Actual - £2250

spankie Hitchin Budget - £2540 Actual - £2581

NepentheZ Halesowen Town Budget - £6028 Actual - £4225

ManU@oldtrafford Hednesford Budget - £2704 Actual - £7213</pre>

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Jimbokav1971 - Stay clear of relegation - 4th Conference North

Gilbster - Respectable League Position - 2nd Conference South

migwar - Stay clear of relegation - 16th Conference South

Hadlinho - Mid Table Finish - 19th Conference Prem

ManU@oldtrafford - Mid Table Finish - 4th Conference North

paulsgruff - Safe Mid Table Finish - 8th Conference South

sergent21 - Avoid Relegation - 11th Conference South

wisla_krakow - Respectable Finish - 1st Conference South

Alurny - Stay clear of Relegation - 3rd Conference North

dafuge - Win promotion - 1st Conference South

supermas - Stay clear of Relegation - 11th Conference South

NUFCSean - Win promotion - 3rd in Conference Premier

spankie - Mid Table Finish - 9th Conference South

NepentheZ - Mid Table Finish - 7th Blue Sqaure North </pre>

mine was left out

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<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">League Year Club Username Achievements

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Blue Square 2009/2010 Chelmsford City Jordanknox none

Blue Square 2009/2010 Chippenham Town manulegend none

Blue Square 2009/2010 Halesowen Town hee163 none

Blue Square 2009/2010 Hendon Scab none

Blue Square 2009/2010 Mangotsfield United ScottishSteven none

Blue Square 2009/2010 Stamford alurny none

Blue Square 2009/2010 Stamford alurny none

Blue Square 2010/2011 Gateshead NUFCSean none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 AFC Wimbledon DanielFoster none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 AFC Wimbledon Murrayzoster none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 AFC Wimbledon westhamrob none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Bedford Town migwar none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Bedford Town konquest none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Bedford Town Walcotts_Wonderkids none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Bedford Town Alexani none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Bedford Town PeterR none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Bedford Town Master_T none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Bedford Town eNiarku none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Bedford Town superayrunited none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Billericay Town santa none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Boreham Wood icklebitt none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Boreham Wood redordead99 none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Boreham Wood Mochard none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Boreham Wood jankoller none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Chelmsford City marsland95l2cr none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Chelmsford City KcCircle none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Chelmsford City andy139s none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Chelmsford City DaveHammer none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Chippenham Town hadlinho none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Chippenham Town trypio none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Chippenham Town 5ergio none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Chippenham Town Pilot none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Chippenham Town 3Sixty none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Chippenham Town freelinet none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Chippenham Town Jimbokav1971 none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Chippenham Town Ungface none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Fleetwood Town HunterKiller none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Gloucester City apg26 none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Guiseley foost none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Halesowen Town aston_martin none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Halesowen Town iseemonsters none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Halesowen Town iacovone none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Halesowen Town ougabagga none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Harrow Borough Poyples none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Hednesford Town ManUoldtrafford none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Hednesford Town DaveyBaby none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Hendon Naryana none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Hitchin Town spankie none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Hitchin Town ChaoYang none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Ilkeston Town Gricehead none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Kings Lynn mattyisalegend none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Kings Lynn FluxCapacitor none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Kings Lynn Bohinen none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Mangotsfield United jonnykaufman none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Mangotsfield United butts none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Mangotsfield United michael91 none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Mangotsfield United Rolphynho none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Mangotsfield United seanefc none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Mangotsfield United Cookie15 none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Margate mag_man none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Margate mogilvie none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Matlock Town GoalieManPat21 none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Merthyr Tydfil lee50_10 none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Merthyr Tydfil Wellyboo none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Merthyr Tydfil Benjaminoo none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Merthyr Tydfil Americano none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Tiverton Town chave none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Tiverton Town jamesf18 none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Tiverton Town supermas none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Whitby Town shaggy61 none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Witton Albion Cheesywolf none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Worksop Town JamesTheSuperBlue none

Blue Square N|S 2008/2009 Worksop Town rlipscombe none

Blue Square N|S 2009/2010 Chippenham Town dafuge none

Blue Square N|S 2009/2010 Chippenham Town Jsar none

Blue Square N|S 2009/2010 Gateshead raptR none

Blue Square N|S 2009/2010 Halesowen Town dlnwba86 none

Blue Square N|S 2009/2010 Halesowen Town NepentheZ none

Blue Square N|S 2009/2010 Stamford dagurol none

Blue Square N|S 2010/2011 AFC Hornchurch paulsgruff none

Blue Square N|S 2010/2011 Hendon Gilbster none

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Originally posted by ManU@oldtrafford:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by apg26:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ManU@oldtrafford:

apg26 - Gloucester City - Budget - £2412 - Actual - £5659

ManU@oldtrafford - Hednesford - Budget - £2704 - Actual - £7213 icon_eek.gif

Thank you for making me feel better! icon_biggrin.gif

Has being overbudget so much affected your board's confidence yet?

I'm not far into the season yet, but I'm already hearing rumblings of disatisfaction. I'm worried that I'll be sacked for bad budget management, regardless of how well the team is performing. icon_frown.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

no it has not affected my board's confidence it right in center as it has been all season and I'm 4th up to now in later december

is your over all balance in the red? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

it has affected my board's confidence now it's gone right down icon_mad.gif I'm getting worry as my team seem to be going down hill form 3rd to 8th in a matter of games

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Chelmsford-End of season update 09/10-Conference

Well after bein written off by the media and predicted to finish 23rd we somehow managed to win promotion to the football league.

Play-off final

Top scorer Dennis Oli got the winner with his 30th goal of the season. Along with El Zhar they have been the reason weve done so well.

League Table

League positions

Dennis Oli

James HarrisonEl Zhar

As the graph shows we were near the top for most of the season and didnt really have a bad run of form. Got a feeling i'll struggle in league two, wish me luck!

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Its all gone wrong. very very wrong.

Starting the new season, and i have friendly's lined up. Not exactly the hardest games in the world, yet... the following has happened.

Halesowen 2 - 7 Leek Town

Halesowen 0 - 4 Willenhall (2 Reds for me)

Halesowen 3 - 6 Kidderminster (1 Red for me)

so, like i said, not the hardest games. And what makes matters worse is, on player got sent off on both games, so hes gonna be suspended for AGES....

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Chippenham End of Season update 2008/2009

IMO the 1st season is the worst especially seeing as I only started with 4 youth players and loads of greys!!

Transfers In

I decided to go for some experience with Gayle and Mooney unfortunatly the latter turned out to be a bit of a plum icon_frown.gif .

Still I had to be happy with the fact that I didn't spend any transfer money so I got £0 left to spend. icon_biggrin.gif

Parent Clubs.

It took 3 attempts of me asking until my board caved in and offered me:

Bristol Rovers

Bristol City

Forest Green

No surprise that I chose Bristol City.

How did I do?

After plenty of ups and downs throughout the season and considering I was predicted to finish 21st I was quite happy with my final league position- BS South Table 2008/2009

Star of the Year

Board Confidence

Home Screen

The only thing I need to do now is to lower my Wage budget:

Total Wage Budget- £2717pw

Actual Wage Budget- £4135pw

(Not as bad as some I've seen!! icon_wink.gif)

Onwards to 2009/2010

Any other screenshots available on request.

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Originally posted by dafuge:

Congratulations Jordanknox on being the first person to reach the Football League icon14.gif

Congratulations Jordanknoxaction-smiley-033.gif your game seems to be going fast take me ages to do a season must be the db but not starting again unless it crash or lose the save again

so I better get a moveaction-smiley-047.gif on nearly done a season plus got day off college tommorow so should be done by then

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Originally posted by ManU@oldtrafford:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by dafuge:

Congratulations Jordanknox on being the first person to reach the Football League icon14.gif

Congratulations Jordanknoxaction-smiley-033.gif your game seems to be going fast take me ages to do a season must be the db but not starting again unless it crash or lose the save again

so I better get a moveaction-smiley-047.gif on nearly done a season plus got day off college tommorow so should be done by then </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

sorry smilies did not work anyone know how to get them to work thanks

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Monthly Update- August 2009: Stamford Blue Square Premier

Just a quick update on my progress thus far in the premiership.

I sit an ominous 13th (but I cant say I wont be happy with that at the end of the season) on the back of some pretty lucky results. It appears my tactic of 10 men behind the halfway line and one striker works well against the bigger teams. Result of the month:

Stamford 1 v 0 York

Player wise I have released some of the players I signed initially in june to fee up some wage. Currently in the process of signing a regen from, yes, Monserrat.

Goal wise Howe, Savage and Hindmarch continue to hit the mark and new signing Rae is looking forward to getting his chance.

Player of the month is goalkeeper Veiga who has kept me in every single game with great performances!

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Ok. Im getting Pi$$ed off now.

In my last 4 Friendly's i've had....

4 Reds (Two players twice)

12 Yellows

6 Goals Scored

19 Goals Conceeded

And i dont know why. I'm doing not much different from last year, but my players are having no shots, my target man no longer has the same amount of headers he usually has (usually between 15 and 30 a game, in the last 4 matches he's totalled 18 attempted headers) and im getting battered by teams with worse quality than me.

I've STRENGTHENED my team over the summer, with 3 new defenders all rated better than my current lot, a couple of midfileders and a forward, ALL rated better than who i had before, but my team has fallen apart.

On top of that, im £150k in the red, and the board are 'Angry' that i've done nothing about this. How am i supposed to make money on a wim?

On the only bright note, they are 'Extreemly happy' that im well within my wage budget.

This is SO much harder than FM07 ....

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Originally posted by NepentheZ:

Ok. Im getting Pi$$ed off now.

In my last 4 Friendly's i've had....

4 Reds (Two players twice)

12 Yellows

6 Goals Scored

19 Goals Conceeded

And i dont know why. I'm doing not much different from last year, but my players are having no shots, my target man no longer has the same amount of headers he usually has (usually between 15 and 30 a game, in the last 4 matches he's totalled 18 attempted headers) and im getting battered by teams with worse quality than me.

I've STRENGTHENED my team over the summer, with 3 new defenders all rated better than my current lot, a couple of midfileders and a forward, ALL rated better than who i had before, but my team has fallen apart.

On top of that, im £150k in the red, and the board are 'Angry' that i've done nothing about this. How am i supposed to make money on a wim?

On the only bright note, they are 'Extreemly happy' that im well within my wage budget.

This is SO much harder than FM07 ....

Arrange friendlies for your u18's to raise funds. It worked for me icon14.gif

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NepentheZ. Are you comparing this season to your first season in FM08, or this season (FM08) to last season (FM07)?

If it is the latter then I know exactly what you mena as it wa my first impression too.

I would suggest that you watch a full match and it should shed some light on the subject.

What I found was that if I tried to use the Target man tactic that bought me success in FM07, then my target Man would not be able to challenge often enough for the ball because the quality of the balls to him, (and his lack of ability), meant that he just wasn't getting near enough to the ball.

What I have done is reduce the passing levels right down, but still play Targget man instructions to head. This seems to be working.

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Has anybody else experienced this sort of player unhappyness? I signed the guy knowing that he would easily be my best centre back and he got unhappy after a few games, morale went right down - but I carried on playing him and he has now notched up 46 appearances this season and seems to be intending to retire icon_confused.gif

Any suggestions on how I can get him to change his mind? As I say he is only 22 and by far my best centre back.

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