AcidBurn Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 win it with Crewe, cant believe the one week i was in Crewe they played away from home! That was a shame you could have come with us and witnessed their brilliance, although I think we were pretty crap when you were down here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 October Update We remain top of the league after another decent month in League Two. We lost heavily to Huddersfield to put us our of the JPT trophy which I am not too bothered about. The best game for the neutral would have been against Oxford a game we should have finished off easier being 4-0 up at one point they got us to 4-3 before we secured the win with a fifth goal. Dicko is injured for a few weeks now so youngster Lee Campbell will have to step up as Bradley Wright-Phillips has already done. All in all a decent month disappointing draw against Gillingham but we cannot win every match. The rest of the league are so far keeping pace with us. My PC went wrong that's why I haven't posted for a few days, luckily I was able to save this game before it went wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Still going very strong. Lets hope your PC doesnt be a bitch again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Be shame if it went wrong again on that form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Why does Ant's PC always seem to goose up? Looking good for the Railwaymen here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 A great start to the season! Looking dominating Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Cheers lads, I had another scare got my PC back from the shop loaded FM and played about a month and it wasn't fixed so lost the month of games. Really annoying but at least this time I made a back up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 20 Game Update Another decent month and we remain top of the league, I took the screen shot one game into December after forgetting. Only 4 league games in that time the FA Cup was pretty good we dispatched Newport easily as expected then defeated Oxford in a thrilling 5-3 game to go through the the third round in search of an away day at a big club to help the slowly diminishing bank balance of the club. The league matches were pretty simple but it is annoying to concede so many goals, I have given up on even trying to defend and will just go for goals. Dicko continues to rip apart all defences put in front of him as he keeps up his goal a game ratio for the season so far, Santana keeps creating and it will be hard to hold onto these two players unless we get promoted this season. Lee Campbell has been developing decently on the field it must be strange to see a 6 foot 8 17 year old inside forward running at people with the ball. I find his heading is more help when he plays on the wing and heads in the crosses that reach the far post. Hoping to continue our good form and secure promotion as soon as possible. Are the league screen shots too small to see? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 No, they're just about fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Screenshots are fine for me. Wouldn't want them any bigger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Talk about a goal glut . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 It's not over yet, my team seem to have had some sort of defensive melt down and cannot keep a clean sheet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 December Update Could it be time to start panicking? A good start to the month collapsed as we were thrashed by Rotherham 4-1 and then lost to a relegation fighting Grimsby at home, this has seen our lead cut to just 2 points at the top of the table. We have also been drawn against Exeter City in the 3rd round of the FA Cup should be an easy win but our form is crap in the last two matches as you can see. I see this time and time again on FM our next match is the FA Cup match against Exeter and then not surprisingly we will face Exeter in the league after that. These are two great matches to have to try and turn our form around and keep up the push for promotion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 3 Months Later So we turned the two defeats around with a 4-1 win over Exeter City in the FA Cup, we then drew Stoke City one of our rivals at home I expected we would put up more of a fight but we limped out 3-0 barely getting a shot on goal against our EPL rivals. The league has gone well and we have secured a play-off place and sit in a comfortable position at the top losses against Dagenham and MK Dons were poor but a 7-1 win and a 6-2 away win over Hartlepool more than made up for it. Keeping three clean sheets in a row was a miracle for a side managed by me. Dicko continues to score as you can see usually in batches of twos and fours. Bradley Wright-Phillips has stepped up and I hope to sign him on a permanent transfer in the summer if he is released by his club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Still rolling in goals and a promotion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 I worry about our defensive abilities especially if we get promoted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Well, if you get promoted, sign better defenders. Simple as that! You wish. By the way, Ant, I notice Crewe are in with a good shout of making the play-offs in real life. Just like I told you they would be. But you wouldn't have it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 Well, if you get promoted, sign better defenders. Simple as that! You wish.By the way, Ant, I notice Crewe are in with a good shout of making the play-offs in real life. Just like I told you they would be. But you wouldn't have it. If only FM was that simple! I hope you end up right Crewe have been fantastic since Gradi left, new belief in themselves from Davis and a lot of the players are now showing their potential. Torquay away will be hard but we haven't lost for something like 15 games so who knows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 A crazy amount of goals by your players, but you are bleeding a few as well. Defensive focus will definitely be necessary for next season in L1. How did the season finish? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 End of Season Review We won the next two games and that secured promotion then two matches later after a loss and a draw we were crowned champions finishing top with 2 matches to spare. The end of the season was a bit pathetic but I wasn't really that bothered after securing automatic promotion. Dicko's speed was a essential to the season with him ending with more goals than games, as you can see he was brilliant but at times scored in batches rather than consistently but that is not worth moaning about without him we would not be facing a season in League One. Wright-Phillips was also pretty damn good playing on either wing and up front with Dicko or covering for him, finishing with 20 goals it is a real shame that I cannot manage to sign him on a permanent basis or for another seasons loan. Suso Santana started with great form averaging over an 8 for the first 10-15 games but faded towards the end of the season. Lee Campbell the 6 foot 8 beast of a striker still only 17 chipped in with 10 goals also featuring on the wing occasionally. Well here goes a promotion means I am not sure what we can achieve next season, after some signings I am hoping for anything above a relegation scrap. We will be losing lots of over paid players in the summer so there should be some wage available if these players can be replaced by players whose skill matches the wages. Worth mentioning this update has taken a long time due to my motherboard and processor deciding that they do not want to work any more. I am hoping that the new parts will work and I can continue this save that I am enjoying a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Congrats on promotion. Looking at your goals against, you're probably right about needing a few new defenders for next season, especially at a higher level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 Cheers, already trying to bring a few in. It's annoying because their average rating is pretty decent but they were all prone to big mistakes, not sure outscoring the opposition will work in League One. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cswalk08 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Congrats on winning the league, it'll be exciting to see how you do in League 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 12, 2012 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 Congrats on winning the league, it'll be exciting to see how you do in League 1 Thanks, the main issue could be that we are going to have to make a load of signings which will obviously take time settle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Congratulations on winning the league - all the best in League One! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Brilliant season. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Dicko had a storming season; well done on promotion! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidmonkey Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 congrats, bit leaky at the back you can cope Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Should do well in League 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 12, 2012 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 Thanks people, I cannot see me conceding less than a goal a game for a long time yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Scoring lots of goals AcidBurn. The best defense is an unstoppable offense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 New Season Transfers Out Moved a load of players out mainly because a lot of them were on wages way too big for their talent and for this league. Overall this has reduced the wage bill to put us 25k a week under our new League Two wage budget. The first two transfers were already arranged a few months a go Scott Smith is a talented 19 year old two footed attacking midfielder who I think we will make a decent profit on if we eventually choose to sell him. Also pre-arranged and from Scotland is Darren Ramsey still only 20 years old and can play multiple positions CM, RM, AMR, AMC and ST. Charlie Hunter an extremely fast AMR and striker arrives on loan from Watford, Will Keane also comes on loan from Bristol City, he is more of a skilful forward than an out and out goal scorer and should help out Dicko in attack. Another Scottish player on a free from Rangers is 24 year old MC Jamie Ness has decent attributes for this level but is extremely one footed. Rudy Evrard another loanee has nothing apart from speed and can play up top or on either wing, I feel his quickness will be a big help in attack. Regan Jones played pretty poor for Yeovil last season but has great attributes for League One, not sure why they never got the best out of him. Andy Alexander yet another loan player arrives to become first team GK a position I have been really struggling to find any quality for. Alex Bruce obviously his dad is more famous than him comes in to mean we now have 3 CB's at the club. Scott Griffiths brings experience at this level at 30 years old and recently released by Nottingham Forest he should be a good back up/rotational option with Crewe academy LB Stewart Raven. John Baird a loanee we had to pay a fee for and one I am hoping can reduce the workload on Dicko upfront. Scott Boyd 29 years old and a little bit slow he was willing to accept only £750 a week and adds an extra option to our defence, a defence that is bound to be poor no matter who I sign lol. Kevin Long is another CB that never really made it at Burnley but looks reasonably good. Dominic Chatto accepted a big pay cut to join us and arrives for a huge fee of £75,000 he is a good all round CM that should add something to the squad, he can also play DMC and his attributes probably make slightly better at a deeper role. Connor Ripley is a good back up GK that we really needed being as we only had our on loan GK in the first team. Fouad Bachirou a 25 year old French CM and the second highest transfer fee of my time at Crewe, he has good mental and physical attributes and was too good to be playing for Morton. Loads of player bought in and it may take a bit of time for the team to gel so I am going for a midtable finish as the board expect but I have a good feeling about this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 You know how you avoided the Sunderland result in my thread? Well, I will refuse to mention you beating Yeovil Town (my first and main love). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 You know how you avoided the Sunderland result in my thread?Well, I will refuse to mention you beating Yeovil Town (my first and main love). Haha, a small piece of revenge! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 End of September Well looks like the defensive issues are going to continue with 13 conceded in the first 4 but we scored 14. The big loss against Huddersfield seems to have set the tone of us chasing them for first place in the early stages of the season. Dicko has started like a mad man as you can see scoring at least two goals a game for the first 5 matches of the league. Will Keane has not done bad when called upon to replace Dicko or to partner up with him in a 4-4-2 that I use occasionally instead of my 4-5-1/4-3-3. Bit disappointed that it took Santana a long time to score his first league goal of the season. An expensive in terms of wages but brilliant signing for us, never quite made it to the top level in real life despite showing extreme promise. I think for this level and the Championship he will be brilliant, as you can see he scored on his debut and I am confident he can ease the goal scoring burden we have placed on Dicko and really fire us towards the top of the league this season. I really hope he can contribute as his £4,000 a week wage is a lot for this club especially coupled with £500 appearance and goal bonuses, worth the risk though. Domestic Cups We are already out of the league cup after thrashing Scunthorpe 5-2 we drew Hull City away who dispatched of us easily with a 3-1 win. The JPT was pretty good as we spanked Huddersfield 5-1 to reach the next round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Wow, well done racing out of the blocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Great start to the league! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidmonkey Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Good solid start for you, hope you keep it up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 Three Months Later We are just about keeping pace with Huddersfield but it is getting as far ahead of 3rd as possible to try and grab promotion that really counts. A mixed bag over the last few months a tennis score loss of 6-4 against Palace was followed by two easy away wins to keep us in second. The Chesterfield match although a good win has seen Dicko pick up a 3 month injury luckily Nugent has really stepped up scoring some great goals and finishing some easy chances very well. After we lost 6-4 I got angry and applied for a job and surprisingly got offered it but after calming down I decided to stay at Crewe. If I was at another club that I didn't really care about in real life I am pretty sure I would have moved or if I wasn't challenging for promotion with Crewe but I am and I would love to beat their highest Championship finish ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 First International Adventure The manager of Chile retired so I thought I would have a punt and applied for the job and they accepted my application. The team is sitting in an okay position in the South American World Cup Qualifiers with the big boys Brazil and Argentina leading the way there is every chance I could get this team into 3rd or 4th place. The squad is ageing though so I doubt my stay will be past the 2018 World Cup, if we managed to get there that is. Alexis Sanchez - Obviously the star of the team but I dislike the cheat in real life, still in FM he is an awesome player and key to any success we will ever have. Arturo Vidal - A very good midfielder although I am sure I can remember him as a DC on an older FM. He is also a key player to the squad. Mauricio Isla - Very good fullback but can also play in midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 Wow, well done racing out of the blocks. Great start to the league! Good solid start for you, hope you keep it up Cheers, as you can see so far we have kept going pretty well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I like Chile, they have a half decent squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 It looks like a squad with 5-6 really good players but it is an ageing squad. There are only about 60-70 Chilean players in my game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Well done Acid and doing well in League One. Gateshead doing well too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 Thanks, they always seem to do pretty well on my saves it's usually them or Bromley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Congratulations on getting the Chile job . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 Promotion Secured! A nice surprise although I had a sneaking suspicion we might be able to get another promotion given the way we started the season. We have moved a few points clear now and although promotion is important I hope we can continue our form and win the league. January was a very important month for us as we managed a win over Huddersfield and also a win over Orient who were right up at one point. Dicko came back but struggled to get in the line up past Nugent who has been on fire, however recently I have been playing both of them. It will be hard in the Championship and so far the job links are coming thick and fast with me constantly being asked about moving to a bigger side. It is tempting as I have been linked to Premier League sides Blackburn and Aston Villa but I feel I wouldn't mind a season with Crewe in the Championship first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Wow! Great double promotion! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 Cheers, lots of goals conceded for a promoted side though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 You'll be winning the CL in no time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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