FMX-Factor 3: The Sign-Up

[iacovone]

cookie you're already on my shortlist

[MattFergie]

GK: Sorensen - Pressure - 13

RB: Corluka - Professionalism - 16

LB: Baines - Adaptability - 0

CB: Dunne - Ambition - 14

RW: Wright-Phillips - Loyalty - 15

LW: Giggs - Temperament - 17

CM: Modric - Controversy - 3

ST: Keane - Sportsmanship - 15

Happy with that

[Nooney]

Pressure - 15

Professionalism - 14

Adaptability - 18

Ambition - 15

Loyalty - 15

Temperament - 1 (8)

Controversy - 8

Sportsmanship - 9

Not too bad i guess. Although Rooney is competent at left attacking midfield <Whistle> haha

[Greasy Chip Butty]

Fair enough you're not open to arguments on individual players, but I don't think this is very fair in general. Aside from the fact that players have played in these positions in real life and some players are versatile enough to do so, you also didn't warn people about this before they entered their dream team.

I wanted a dream team selecting that stated GK, RB, LB ... The game is on FM10 ... Why would I need to warn people that Wayne Rooney shouldn't be picked on the left wing? Or that Aaron Lennon isn't a left winger? It's common sense to me that you don't pick these players in these positions!

[canvey!!]

I wanted a dream team selecting that stated GK, RB, LB ... The game is on FM10 ... Why would I need to warn people that Wayne Rooney shouldn't be picked on the left wing? Or that Aaron Lennon isn't a left winger? It's common sense to me that you don't pick these players in these positions!

Some are more clear cut than others - and when selecting a dream team, if someone really wants a player, they tend to be willing to play him in a position he's worse at but one might think he could cope with. You should have put a warning IMO.

[iacovone]

But part of the last FMX Factor had a lot of questions with hidden agendas didn't they? Users returning to this one should at least have been wary in this respect. I don't think there should be too many problems, GCB had to find a way to make the user's player have differing stats

[Greasy Chip Butty]

Some are more clear cut than others - and when selecting a dream team, if someone really wants a player, they tend to be willing to play him in a position he's worse at but one might think he could cope with. You should have put a warning IMO.

The fact I had entered positions on the sign-up form was a clue. You can't warn people of things you don't envisage happening.

[cookie15]

It just makes this sign-up all the more involved and interesting in my opinion!

Let the good times roll.

And Iacovone, cheers mate

[JB]

My player is looking good so far!

Pressure: 15

Professionalism: 15

Adaptability: 18

Ambition: 14

Loyalty: 14

Temperament: 17

Controversy: 8

Sportsmanship: 19

Delighted with that!

[AK85]

GK:Almunia

RB:Sagna

LB:Evra

CB:Terry

CB:Gallas

RW:Wright-Phillips

LW:Ashley Young

CM:Gerrard

CM:Essien

ST:Torres

ST:Adebayor

Goalkeeper = Pressure = 14

Right Back = Professionalism = 14

Left Back = Adaptability = 18

First Centre Back = Ambition = 18

Right Winger = Loyalty = 15

Left Winger = Temperament = 14

First Central Midfielder = Controversy = 13

First Striker = Sportsmanship = 19

Not bad for a last second effort....

... hmm 18 adaptability and ambition...

[Demon4]

GK: Joe Hart - Pressure - 18

RB: Kyle Naughton - Professionalism - 0

LB: Patrice Evra - Adaptability - 18

CB: Phil Jagielka - Ambiation - 14

RW: Craig Bellemy 1 :(

LW: Arshavin - Temperament 14

CM: Fabregas - Controversy - 8

ST: Rooney - sportsmanship - 8

Meh ok not glad about the 1 and 0

Im not complaining thought it was a good plan GCB. Anything done by a blade has to be amazing.

[Blackcats]

My stats should be good having a look through my players hidden stats on the editor. For the forwards and center backs is the '1st' one just the one who is listed above the other on the dream team?

[iacovone]

My stats should be good having a look through my players hidden stats on the editor. For the forwards and center backs is the '1st' one just the one who is listed above the other on the dream team?

I think its safe to say you've guessed correctly there

[HarryS]

Goalkeeper = 13 for Pressure (david James)

Right Back = 15 for Professionalism (Glen Johnson)

Left Back = 18 for Adaptability (patrice Evra)

First Centre Back = 18 for Ambition (John Terry)

Right Winger = 14 for Loyalty (lennon)

Left Winger = 14 for Temperament (Arshavin)

First Central Midfielder = 8 for Controversy (Cesc Fabregas)

First Striker = 8 for Sportsmanship (wayne Rooney)

[PluckaDuck]

Demon has certainly drawn the short-straw there, very unlucky!!

Not quite sure on the attributes of my squad, as I haven't got FM with me at the moment, but hopefully I'm in luck. Really good idea as well GCB!!

[el sid]

Demon has certainly drawn the short-straw there, very unlucky!!

Not quite sure on the attributes of my squad, as I haven't got FM with me at the moment, but hopefully I'm in luck. Really good idea as well GCB!!

Likewise. Nice idea though GCB

[5ergio]

If I were to run the sign up, I'd have averaged the center defs, center mids & strikers' stats to make sure three players in the team aren't just picked for nothing, but hey... Andy is in charge here so I have to stick with these stats:

Pressure of S. Given: 15

Professionalism of V. Corluka: 16

Adaptability of G. Bale: 15

Ambition of R. Ferdinand: 17

Loyalty of L. Modric: 18

Temperament of S. Nasri: 14

Controversy of S. Gerrard: 13

Sportsmanship of C. Tevez: 14

Pretty happy with the outcome to be honest. To the mentors: If you are looking for a role model for your team, pick this young Spanish lad!

[DodgeeD]

Guess I got lucky there as I had Lennon down on the left before switching him to the right to put Modric in.

Looking forward to the next stage and oping to catch the eye of one of the mentors!

[Saxonaitor]

Goalkeeper = Pressure - Joe Hart - 18

Right Back = Professionalism - Patrice Evra - 1

Left Back = Adaptability - Ashley Cole - 14

First Centre Back = Ambition - Richard Dunne - 14

Right Winger = Loyalty - Andrei Arshavin - 10

Left Winger = Temperament - Robinho - 15

First Central Midfielder = Controversy - Frank Lampard - 5

First Striker = Sportsmanship - Emmanuel Adabayor - 13

Not a bad draw there, a bit annoyed I didn't look up Evra but its my loss.

[elliotick]

GK:Riena = Pressure - 13

RB:Johnson - Professionalism - 15

LB:A.Cole - Adaptability - 14

CB:Ferdinand - Ambition - 17

RW:Arshavin - Loyalty - 10

LW:Modric - Temperment - 17

CM:Gerrard - Controversy - 13

ST:Torres - Sportsmanship - 19

Very happy with that

[grimlok1]

GK: Cech = Pressure 17

RB: G Johnson = Professionalism 15

LB: Evra = Adaptability 19

CB: Terry = Ambition 18

RW: Gerrard = Loyalty 20

LW: A. Young = Temperament 10

CM: Lampard = Controversy 10

ST: Torres = Sportsmanship 17

looks like J. Rambo for me ;D

[Greasy Chip Butty]

I was going to use the other three players but couldn't think of anything to use them for!

Also, the 0 attribute is not a bad thing. It could end up being quite high.

[Demon4]

maybe 0 actually means 100000000 ?

[I\'mTheRulerOfAllTheWorld]

Pressure = 15

Professionalism = 14

Adaptability = 14

Ambition = 15

Loyalty = 15

Temperament = 14

Controversy = 13

Sportsmanship = 19

Fairly happy with that, consistently average bar one high stat.

[LordOfTheDance]

GK:Riena - Pressure - 13

RB:Sagna - Professionalism - 14

LB:Evra - Adaptability - 18

CB:Vidic - Ambition - 17

RW:Valencia - Loyalty - 12

LW:Arshavin - Temperment - 14

CM:Fabregas - Controversy - 8

ST:Torres - Sportsmanship - 19

Think I have some good stats there

[SnakeXe]

Ahh I like the method of choosing very smart. I had a feeling it would be something like that, but didn't go as far as picking the players for good mental stats, although I did make a point of not picking those who I knew would have relatively bad mental stats (e.g. Lennon). This is already looking like being the best FMX-Factor yet, keep it up Andy

[Greasy Chip Butty]

If you haven't worked them out yet, here are your players' player data attributes.

Ps=Pressure; Pr=Professionalism; Ad=Adaptability; Am=Ambition; Lo=Loyalty; Te=Temperament; Co=Controversy; Sp=Sportsmanship.

Name                   User               Age  Nat   Pos.     Ps  Pr  Ad  Am  Lo  Te  Co  Sp
============================================================================================
Matt James             CardioVascular     19   SCO   ST/AM    15  15  18  18  12  14  07  08
Francois Delpierre     psg9hoarau         18   BEL   AM/CM    14  10  14  14  01  01  08  19
Archie Summers         Northerm Lights    18   SCO   RW/ST    13  15  14  14  15  14  08  08
Zac Smith              Striker475         19   AUS   GK       13  15  10  18  16  13  01  04
Thomas Weir            1690tommy1690      16   SCO   ST/CM    13  15  14  14  15  14  08  08
Tyler Burrows          PluckaDuck         19   AND   GK       13  15  18  18  15  14  07  08
Whoopy Dee'e           Whoopy D           21   CAM   CM/RB    17  14  18  19  10  14  08  19
Sirus Lannock          conners            21   IRE   ST       12  20  00  14  12  17  10  05
Kike                   5ergio             21   SPA   CM/AM    15  16  15  18  18  14  13  14
Daniel Kitty           lyw_85             14   ENG   ST/DM    15  14  18  18  14  14  13  19
Ryan Andrews           NeoAC              19   NIR   ST/AM    13  16  18  14  15  01  08  05
Ben Cee                BenArsenal         22   SIN   RB/RW    16  15  18  18  14  14  13  14
Saxon Durrant          Saxonaitor         17   AUS   RW/CM    18  01  14  14  10  15  05  13
Marky Mark             Marky Mark!        21   POR   ST/CM    15  15  14  18  01  17  08  08
William Murray         SnakeXe            21   ENG   LW       13  15  00  16  15  10  07  16

Ps=Pressure; Pr=Professionalism; Ad=Adaptability; Am=Ambition; Lo=Loyalty; Te=Temperament; Co=Controversy; Sp=Sportsmanship.

Name                   User               Age  Nat   Pos.     Ps  Pr  Ad  Am  Lo  Te  Co  Sp
============================================================================================
Joost Nijhof           foost              18   NED   AM/CM    16  10  05  18  12  15  13  19
Bartman                el sid             19   DEN   ST       16  15  14  17  01  17  05  19
Sven Dufva             swai               19   ENG   ST/AM    15  10  18  17  14  17  13  08
Marcus Van Der Cook    cookie15           19   ENG   ST/AM    15  10  18  18  14  17  13  08
Steve Axworth          Loojay             18   FIN   CB/DM    15  15  14  18  14  18  13  19
Matt Ferguson          MattFergie         18   ENG   LB       13  16  00  14  15  17  03  15
Pablo Gonzalez         BlackCats          20   SPA   CB/RB    16  14  18  18  10  17  13  08
Mitchell Williams      I\'mTheRuler ...   20   WAL   CM/RW    15  14  14  15  15  14  13  19
Jack Browne            jack.browne        20   ENG   CM/AM    15  15  18  14  14  17  08  19
Joe Tompkins           joetheref          19   ENG   ST/LW    16  20  18  14  10  01  05  14
Elliot Hartfree-Pearce elliotick          14   ENG   LW/LB    13  15  14  17  10  17  13  19
Liam Ferguson          fergy_safc         20   ENG   ST/AM    14  15  18  18  12  14  07  08
Moon McNamee           Moonshine          17   ENG   CM/AM    15  14  14  14  10  15  03  04
Bernard Brennan        hamilton162        17   BEL   ST/AM    19  10  18  17  10  01  08  19
Richard Edusei         MikaelS            18   DEN   LW/RW    19  14  18  15  10  17  05  19

Ps=Pressure; Pr=Professionalism; Ad=Adaptability; Am=Ambition; Lo=Loyalty; Te=Temperament; Co=Controversy; Sp=Sportsmanship.

Name                   User               Age  Nat   Pos.     Ps  Pr  Ad  Am  Lo  Te  Co  Sp
============================================================================================
Michael Tibbins        19992008           17   ENG   ST/AM    15  14  18  17  10  14  08  19
Kvothe                 spartans5          20   USA   CM/AM    12  15  18  14  14  14  13  05
Morgan Jones           LordOfTheDance     18   WAL   CB/LB    13  14  18  17  12  14  08  19
Magnus Vestergaard     magvest            19   SWE   CM/RW    16  15  18  17  19  14  08  19
Halo Von Stronburg     HarryS             20   NED   CM/RB    13  15  18  18  14  14  08  08
Damian Waymouth        Demon4             22   BRZ   RB/CB    18  00  18  14  01  14  08  08
Ardas Nails            weeeman27bob       20   SLK   CB       17  14  14  17  14  14  13  19
Canvey Milosevic       canvey!!           19   SER   CB/ST    16  10  01  17  14  15  08  05
Tom Smith              tomsmith1989       20   ENG   CM/AM    19  15  14  17  14  14  05  08
Be Jayatsena           jayatsena          19   IND   CB/RB    16  15  18  18  14  17  13  08
Daniel Noon	       Nooney             19   HON   RB/LB    15  14  18  15  15  01  08  09
Johnny Kowalski        grimlok1           20   POL   CM/AM    16  15  18  18  19  14  05  19
Jason Demir            DodgeeD            19   TUR   AM/ST    13  14  18  14  14  17  08  08
Oldwys Last            coldkohmew         19   SCO   LB/RB    13  10  06  18  14  14  05  08
Frank Fontaine         AK85               15   POL   AM/CM    14  14  18  18  15  14  13  19

Manager Mentors:
Almondo, iacovone, bergtaur, SJ234

Jose Rodriguez	       SJ234              39   SPA   Manager  
Sir Ronald Vaughan     iacovone           50   ENG   Manager  
Dave Lister            Almondo            40   ENG   Manager  
Danilo Uljarevic       bergtaur           43   CZE   Manager  

Players lost due to becoming manager mentors:

Benito Mariachi        iacovone*          18   MEX   CM/AM    17  15  17  17  14  17  13  04
Andrea Mercurio        bergtaur*          22   ITA   RW/RB    12  10  18  14  14  13  13  19
Bob McBob              SJ234*             19   FRA   CM/AM    13  14  14  17  19  14  05  19

I now need you to complete the following and PM it to me. Do not post it in the thread!

Please do not change your player name or position details now. They are now locked in place.

Player Name:

User Name:

Position:

Second Position:

Foot:

Either Right or Left, not both.

Choose three mental stats that you want your player to be good at:

1.

2.

3.

Choose three physical stats that you want your player to be good at:

1.

2.

3.

Choose three technical stats that you want your player to be good at:

Goalkeepers should choose three goalkeeping stats instead!

1.

2.

3.

Please answer this question: Why should the manager mentors choose you for the FMX-Factor 3?

Mental Stats: Aggression, Anticipation, Bravery, Composure, Concentration, Consistency, Creativity, Decisions, Determination, Dirtiness, Flair, Important Matches, Influence, Off the Ball, Positioning, Teamwork, Work Rate;

Physical Stats: Acceleration, Agility, Balance, Injury Proneness, Jumping, Natural Fitness, Pace, Stamina, Strength;

Technical Stats: Corners, Crossing, Dribbling, Finishing, First Touch, Free Kicks, Heading, Long Shots, Long Throws, Marking, Passing, Penalty Taking, Tackling, Technique, Versatility;

Goalkeeping Stats: Aerial Ability, Command of Area, Communication, Eccentricity, Handling, Kicking, One on One, Reflexes, Rushing Out, Tendency to Punch, Throwing.

The attributes you choose will be set to 15. The rest will be set to 0 (i.e. random). At different points during the competition, you will be able to select other attributes to set at 15 or more. As your CA raises, the random stats will be set higher as well.

Don't forget to PM your form to me. To do this, you can select my handle (<<<<<<< over there) and select send private message. Paste the form in there and complete and send to me by FRIDAY 22ND JANUARY @ 6PM.

[Greasy Chip Butty]

FAO the four manager mentors:

The next step is to create your MANAGER. You have already selected your manager’s name, age and nationality so I now need to know more about him. There are two things I want you to do:

1. You have 120 points to spend on your manager’s person data. Each person attribute must be a minimum of 1 and cannot exceed 20. There are 9 attributes that you can spend the 120 points on. They are:

Adaptability, Ambition, Controversy, Determination, Loyalty, Pressure, Professionalism, Sportsmanship, Temperament

2. There are 31 attributes to be assigned to managers. They are:

TACTICAL ATTRIUTES: Attacking, Depth, Directness, Flamboyancy, Flexibility, Free Roles, Marking, Offside, Pressing, Sitting Back, Tactical Focus, Tempo, Use of Playmaker, Width.

NON-PLAYING ATTRIBUTES: Buying Players, Hardness of Training, Judging Player Ability, Judging Player Potential, Discipline, Man Management, Mind Games, Motivating, Squad Rotation, Working with Youths.

COACHING ATTRIBUTES: Attack Coaching, Defence Coaching, Fitness Coaching, Goalkeeper Coaching, Mentality Coaching, Tactical Coaching, Technique Coaching.

You will be able to assign two of the above to be set to 20, two to be set at 19 etc ... until you set to two to be set to 10. After that, just one will be set to 9, one to 8 and so on until one is set as 1. You will need to decide which attributes can be set to very important (near 20) and least important (near 1).

Please use the form below to create your manager. If you are in my Top 2 Bottom sign-up, this is the same format as used to create your manager there. If you want to find your manager there, you can find that sign-up thread here.

When complete, PM me the completed form by FRIDAY 22ND JANUARY @ 6PM. Please don't post in this thread. To PM me, follow the instructions in the last post (although I'm sure you must know!) near the end.

Spend 120 points on these (min 1, max 20):

Adaptability: 1

Ambition: 1

Controversy: 1

Determination: 1

Loyalty: 1

Pressure: 1

Professionalism: 1

Sportsmanship: 1

Temperament: 1

Please keep them in the alphabetical order – it will help me so much later!

Using the manager attributes (TACTICAL ATTRIUTES: Attacking, Depth, Directness, Flamboyancy, Flexibility, Free Roles, Marking, Offside, Pressing, Sitting Back, Tactical Focus, Tempo, Use of Playmaker, Width; NON-PLAYING ATTRIBUTES: Buying Players, Hardness of Training, Judging Player Ability, Judging Player Potential, Discipline, Man Management, Mind Games, Motivating, Squad Rotation, Working with Youths; COACHING ATTRIBUTES: Attack Coaching, Defence Coaching, Fitness Coaching, Goalkeeper Coaching, Mentality Coaching, Tactical Coaching, Technique Coaching.), set all 31 to the value you want them as shown below.

20:

20:

19:

19:

18:

18:

17:

17:

16:

16:

15:

15:

14:

14:

13:

13:

12:

12:

11:

11:

10:

10:

9:

8:

7:

6:

5:

4:

3:

2:

1:

[canvey!!]

Have I missed something? Shouldn't my Adaptability be 1 and not my controversy? I'd like to have controversy of 1 but I'd also like to be honest .

[Greasy Chip Butty]

Have I missed something? Shouldn't my Adaptability be 1 and not my controversy? I'd like to have controversy of 1 but I'd also like to be honest .

Hang on! I put the person data in alphabetical order on the coded part but on my paper it is in the order of the positions, GK, RB etc ... I'll just edit it!

EDIT: Done it. It's right now!

EDIT #2: Have also split the list up to make it easier on the eye!

[fergysafc]

my player looks decent so far sending pm now just adding details

[NeoAC]

Oi! How did I end up with a 1 for Professionalism? I picked Corluka at RB not Evra!

[BenArsenal]

Wow, my stats look good!

EDIT: PM sent.

[Northerm Lights]

GCB can you confirm my (Archie Summers) Temperament (nasri) and Controversy(Fabregas) stats, i think they are wrong way round on the list

[Greasy Chip Butty]

Oi! How did I end up with a 1 for Professionalism? I picked Corluka at RB not Evra!

You got 1 for Temperament (see mine and canvey!! posts just after the person data and manager create posts) because you picked Clint Dempsey on the left wing.

[tomsmith1989]

PM Sent! And now to play the nervous waiting game...

[MikaelS]

PM sent Looking forward to this.

[Greasy Chip Butty]

GCB can you confirm my (Archie Summers) Temperament (nasri) and Controversy(Fabregas) stats, i think they are wrong way round on the list

Samir Nasri's temperament is 14, Cesc Fabergas' controversy is 8. They're correct.

[Greasy Chip Butty]

PM Sent! And now to play the nervous waiting game...

PM sent Looking forward to this.

Probably won't be until next weekend that you find out I'm afraid. Got to give folks time to PM their stuff to me and then I've got stuff to do in the week.

[MikaelS]

Probably won't be until next weekend that you find out I'm afraid. Got to give folks time to PM their stuff to me and then I've got stuff to do in the week.

Quite alright. I'm having enough on my hands in getting my son to go to sleep

[canvey!!]

PM sent, by the way.

[iacovone]

GCB for the managers can you give an indication of what our roles will be in game. Will we be assigned a club and have our players there or start unemployed or what?

[Northerm Lights]

Samir Nasri's temperament is 14, Cesc Fabergas' controversy is 8. They're correct.

My bad. Is there a deadline for the PMs? Just read post 138 thanks

[Blackcats]

Sent my Pm with my stats

[Greasy Chip Butty]

GCB for the managers can you give an indication of what our roles will be in game. Will we be assigned a club and have our players there or start unemployed or what?

To be fair, I haven't told the others yet so I will give a bit of an indication. Your roles are as I sent in the PM ... Different stages and seasons means different things and I haven't completely decided on the exact stuff that will happen yet.

First up will be auditions:

You will be randomly assigned a group of players and it will be your job to look at their person data, persuasive articles and attributes selected (that they are PM'ing me now) and choose eight of them. These eight will go with you to Boot Camp. The rest will be out at the first stage. However, one of you will be assigned Sirus Lannock so will only be able to choose seven for Boot Camp - after all, he is the reigning champion and we have to have him in there.

That will leave us with 32 players for Boot Camp:

You will get to choose a BSP side each and thats where your manager will start Season 1. I will create the 32 players in the database and your manager will be joined by your chosen 8 (or 7 plus Sirus) and I will play an FM season. At the end of the season, I will post their profiles and give updates on the season and you will then be able to decide on 6 players to take into the Live Shows (or 5 plus Sirus if you have him with you). The rest will be out.

That leaves 24 players heading into the Live Shows:

This is the stage where I haven't quite decided exactly what is happening yet. Each Live Show consists of a season of FM and in most seasons, it will be the managers job to decide on the team that you and your players go to. I might put a limit on it: i.e. I might specify a country or a division or a group of clubs. The players who perform worst will be in danger of elimination and you will be voting, as they do on X-Factor, for which player you want to vote out. There will also be a CSE vote but the long and the short of it will be that two players will be eliminated each time until we have four players left. Then we will have the FMX-Factor Final.

There will be special themes for each season that give a nod to the original X-Factor show with a musical theme. See FMX1 for more on those but they return in FMX3. At the moment, I have thought of one - 'Take That' season where 'Everything Changes' and the aim will be to seal a transfer to a high reputation club in the January Transfer Window. Or something like that.

More will come when we're ready to start.

[Greasy Chip Butty]

My bad. Is there a deadline for the PMs? Just read post 138 thanks

No deadline set but I will make one: FRIDAY 6pm for PM's to be with me. Then we can get started next weekend hopefully.

[MikaelS]

To be fair, I haven't told the others yet so I will give a bit of an indication. Your roles are as I sent in the PM ... Different stages and seasons means different things and I haven't completely decided on the exact stuff that will happen yet.

First up will be auditions:

You will be randomly assigned a group of players and it will be your job to look at their person data, persuasive articles and attributes selected (that they are PM'ing me now) and choose eight of them. These eight will go with you to Boot Camp. The rest will be out at the first stage. However, one of you will be assigned Sirus Lannock so will only be able to choose seven for Boot Camp - after all, he is the reigning champion and we have to have him in there.

That will leave us with 32 players for Boot Camp:

You will get to choose a BSP side each and thats where your manager will start Season 1. I will create the 32 players in the database and your manager will be joined by your chosen 8 (or 7 plus Sirus) and I will play an FM season. At the end of the season, I will post their profiles and give updates on the season and you will then be able to decide on 6 players to take into the Live Shows (or 5 plus Sirus if you have him with you). The rest will be out.

That leaves 24 players heading into the Live Shows:

This is the stage where I haven't quite decided exactly what is happening yet. Each Live Show consists of a season of FM and in most seasons, it will be the managers job to decide on the team that you and your players go to. I might put a limit on it: i.e. I might specify a country or a division or a group of clubs. The players who perform worst will be in danger of elimination and you will be voting, as they do on X-Factor, for which player you want to vote out. There will also be a CSE vote but the long and the short of it will be that two players will be eliminated each time until we have four players left. Then we will have the FMX-Factor Final.

There will be special themes for each season that give a nod to the original X-Factor show with a musical theme. See FMX1 for more on those but they return in FMX3. At the moment, I have thought of one - 'Take That' season where 'Everything Changes' and the aim will be to seal a transfer to a high reputation club in the January Transfer Window. Or something like that.

More will come when we're ready to start.

This is simply great stuff! I'm really impressed you have time for it and actually can come up with these ideas.

[iacovone]

Cheers for that GCB . PM on the way!

[Greasy Chip Butty]

This is simply great stuff! I'm really impressed you have time for it and actually can come up with these ideas.

I probably haven't got time if I'm honest!!!!

Seriously, the ideas have kind of escalated from FMX1 (awww, bless it - my first sign-up) and turned into this. I have to repeat that I may need understanding from time to time as my job often gets in the way.

Anyway, I'm off now. Keep the PM's coming folks. Will be back on tomorrow evening.

[HarryS]

Sent PM's