Peter G Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Knocked out by Gillingham in the 1st round of the FA Cup after a 0-0 draw at their place. Playing two games a week from November through to January which is killing my players. All cup games too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 The build up of games with the cups and replays really hurt my team, we picked up in the league after we had been knocked out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I would say how we're doing but I'll curse myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyedOutMan Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/577844718134259345/693095827059D62E62705EB334167AEC6C340515/ There's definitely something wrong with my assistant if he reckons we're "unlucky to be losing" there.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypanimz Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Season 1 with Kettering complete. Report will be up tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyedOutMan Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 One very odd start to the season.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargra Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Guess i'll give this a shot again Wasnt sure what to go with but Whitehawk showed up first so Lets go Whitehawk!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbodarlo Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 One very odd start to the season.... What skin is it you are using? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I'm gonna give this another try. Meet the new manager of North Ferriby United, Xavier Alden. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinburn Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 YES! Playoffs secured on the last day! We needed a win against Workington with Guiseley losing to Solihull Moors to do so. We beat Workington 3-1, Guiseley lost 2-0! The journey continues! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyedOutMan Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 What skin is it you are using? The default skin - there isnt anything else available... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyedOutMan Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Help!!! What caused this crash dump?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyedOutMan Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 On the back of that crash, I'm going to start my dafuge attempt again when the full game comes out. Dont want to risk playing too much of this and getting dumped again. I will be back though (perhaps with another team). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I've had that error before but I restarted the game and it went. Report it to SI if I were you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kccircle Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Just signed a 41 year old Frank Sinclair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinburn Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 BLYTH SPARTANS A.F.C. This is Sparta(ns)! 2013/14 - Blue Square Bet North Club Information | Manager Profile | Confidence | Finances | Squad | Transfers The League League Table | Position Graph Bit of a whirlwind season really. I really didn't expect to get top table, let alone playoffs and promotion. It went down to the wire for the playoffs, with it being decided on the last day when we beat Workington 3-1 and Guiseley lost to Solihull Moors 2-0. The playoffs however, that was a different matter. My good old friend Lady Luck returned for the semi finals. Semi Final First Leg | Semi Final Second Leg Joe Foley, who you'll read about later, was amazing in the first leg. He practically got us through on his own. We were stupidly lucky in the semi final, winning thanks to a 92nd minute own goal, which is a nice change after last year's last minute losses. We made it to the final to face Tamworth. Playoff Final Dominated the game. I'm shocked it 1-1 for the 90 minutes. Fortunately we won it in extra time and will spend next season in the Blue Square Premier! The Cups FA Cup Fixtures | FA Trophy Fixtures Relatively poor showings in the cups this season. Hopefully we'll do better next year. Key Players Phil Airey | Robert Dale | Ben Greenhalgh Three of the most important players for me. See the next section for Phil Airey. Robert Dale was instrumental in our attacking play, as was Ben Greenhalgh. I can't rate Greenhalgh highly enough. If you can get him, do so. Awards Fan's Player of the Season Phil Airey 27 goals in 38 games is one way to get the fans on your side. Already a Blyth player when I took charge, he'd only scored 9 in 44 last season. Brilliant player and well deserving of both this award and the Blue Square Bet North Player of the Season. Top Scorer Phil Airey See above. Millward Player's Choice Award Manager's Player of the Season Joe Foley He may have only played two games, but one of those games was in the first leg against Halifax, where he essentially won the tie for us. Jordan Swinburn Award Surprise of the Season Getting Promoted Didn't expect to even make the playoffs, let alone get promoted. Aims For Next Season Survive! Survival is the big aim for next season, with good cup runs the side quest. Would quite like to get the squad boosted somewhat too. Career Overview Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2013/14 Blue Square North 5th Promoted - Playoffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikaelS Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Im gonna go with Chippenham once more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri916 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 The CSE awards thread is up lads, award winners will be announced from 9.15 BST onwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadPanda Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Good luck to all. I will participate as always, and hopefully I'll get round to actually finishing it for once. But I might just wait a wee while until I actually start it though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinburn Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 My transfer budget this season is an astonishing £35. We're rich! #buyingtheleague Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Well done on Promoted Swinburn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I can't do it! I can't manage a team in England that isn't FC United. I need my fix of the Red Rebels, so I'm going to start again as them. So, here's my profile: http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af113/wheatorules/FC%20United%20Dafuge13/2012-10-20_00001.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypanimz Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Kettering Town - Blue Square Bet North - 2013/14 The only way I can sum up our season would be consistantly inconsistant. We managed a comfortable 12th never threatened either the play-offs or relegation. We only lost 10 games all season but 20 draws was our downfall. I did change tactics around all season long as I cant seem to settle on a tactic. League Table Past Positions Far too many draws. If we can turn some of those into wins we would be a massive threat in this league. Only winning 12 games all season was a massive dissapointment when you consider we had the 2nd top scorer in the league. Cups - Banbury sent us packing in the FA Cup 4th Qual round 2-1. FA Trophy saw a 3-1 defeat to Tamworth in round 2. Squad - I think its a very strong squad. If I can just settle on a tactic we should be able to compete up the higher end of the league next season. Transfers - Plenty of movement and there will be the same this coming summer. Finances- In debt. Pretty standard at this level. Need a cup run. Key Player Profiles: Paul Moran - Star striker, scored 34 in 42 also setting up 11. Only 17 years old. His contract expires in 1 year so I will be looking to tie him down to a long contract as soon as I can. Jason Lampkin - Centre midfielder who scored 7 and set up 10. Darren Cole - Player mainly as a right back. Likely to move him into centre back for next season. Hopefully it was a good platform to build on. Look forward to pre-season to work on a tactic I will use for the entire season. Career Overview Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2013/14 Blue Square North 12th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerneo Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 (Changed my Mind) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantera_adict Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Right, 10 odd years of lurking is enough. I am the new manager of Lowestoft Town, before I post again I will attempt to learn how to put pictures up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinburn Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Right, 10 odd years of lurking is enough. I am the new manager of Lowestoft Town, before I post again I will attempt to learn how to put pictures up! Alt+F9 in game, screenshots folder in the FM documents folder, upload it to somewhere like imgur, link it here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Bury Town - Blue Square North - Season 2013/14 A good finish in my first season as we managed to finish in a nice mid-table place with 58 points. At times we could've threatened the play-offs but inconsistency in results put paid to that and we were sure to finish in a respectable place that made the board more than happy. One of our biggest problems was finding the right tactic and settling the players in as at the start we had players playing all the over the park but once we switched to a 4-4-2 and made it simpler we played better. We enjoyed a good cup run or two in the FA Cup (Where we ousted by Gillingham in the 1st round Replay) and the Third Round of the FA Trophy against Braintree. League Table Squad - A squad that could do with some strengthening in some places and some more technical players wouldn't be bad. Fixtures 1 Fixtures 2 Finances Transfers - More ins than outs but that's probably to be expected at this level if I'm honest. Some players were very astute signings who I'll be having contract talks with depending on my new budgets. Key Players: David Hume - Hume was at the club when I arrived and he was the best of the lot still at the club. Originally I told him I didn't have a use for him but as I didn't have enough players for the first league game I drafted him in and he didn't dissapoint with a great goal return. He's signed a new contract for a year and I hope he can extend his feats next year. Sam Smith - The first loanee at our club and whilst he came in the January transfer window he's someone who had a big impact seeing us through a fair bit of congestion and scoring a nice tally that will make me think about signing him permanently if his parent club, Cambridge, don't resign him. Tim Sandercombe - Every club needs a strong set of hands between the nets and we had Tim. He saved us on more than one occasion and was a real asset to the club. I hope he can be our starting keeper for a few years whilst we try and improve our side. Career Overview Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2013/14 Blue Square North 11th 1st round FA Cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan BHTFC Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Against my better judgement I have opted for Whitehawk seeing as they are just down the road! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinburn Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 So many people choosing Whitehawk. They seem to be this year's Chester. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Hypanimz & Peter G - Great first season. Moran looks a beast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kccircle Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Can someone give me a pointer as to how to post with he "code" look please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kccircle Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Love my away end Die-hards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Can someone give me a pointer as to how to post with he "code" look please I just copied someone else and changed the information to fit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ncfc_king Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I started with Kettering, il upload pictures tomorrow night when i next get on. We beat Bradford PA 2-0 at home in the first game with very sexy football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 My youth intake was abysmal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypanimz Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I'm really struggling to settle on a team this year. I'm back to reset day looking for a team which really holds my interest to play for the long haul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_magic Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I have decided to go with FC united Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilly Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Going with AFC Fylde (first time a local team has been in the dafuge challenge for me, being a blackpool lad) will update once first season is done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuincyOwusu-Abeyie Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Gonna be starting as Wingate when I get the beta from steam tonight, hoping that this will be my only game on FM this year. David, how long did they take to come up or was it first time lucky? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Robbie Earle Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I'm in again. I completed this with Kingstonian last year, so I've plumped for them again (as local teams East Thurrock and Concord Rangers didn't come up in 4 hours, someone already has Canvey and I don't like Thurrock). Onwards and upwards...... Ehren James takes charge at The Fans' Stadium Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 how long did they take to come up or was it first time lucky? I think I reloaded three or four times until they came up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaW Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Anyone else getting way to many goals disallowed? Both for me and my opponent. 2 or 3 every match. Seems a bit too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kccircle Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I think I've only had two upto October so far Am scoring goals but conceding by the gallon. Currently sat one place above the relegation slots with a team that is spending too much on wages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypanimz Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Edit: Sticking with Kettering. After a LOT of messing about today I've decided 100% to stay put. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter G Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I'm in again. I completed this with Kingstonian last year, so I've plumped for them again (as local teams East Thurrock and Concord Rangers didn't come up in 4 hours, someone already has Canvey and I don't like Thurrock).Onwards and upwards...... Ehren James takes charge at The Fans' Stadium I was hoping to get either Canvey or Concord as well as they're local. Had to settle for Bury Town in the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I've finally made some progress with my tactics for FM13 after an inconsistent start. My 4-3-3 from previous years had become virtually useless, conceding far too many and having no control of the game. But adapting it to a 4-1-4-1 seems to have solidified the team considerably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcunitedfan Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I have decided to go with FC united Good choice. I've decided to go with FC United for the third year in a row. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypanimz Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I've really struggled with sticking to a tactic. I've decided to play a 4-4-1-1 Hopefully this will stick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I've really struggled with sticking to a tactic. I've decided to play a 4-4-1-1 Hopefully this will stick. From what i've noticed so far packing the midfield and using the wings (with wide mids more than attacking mids) seems to be important. Looks like 4-1-4-1 and 4-4-1-1 are going to be popular for FM13. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridcully Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Ok I will give this a go but I am already on to my 3rd team as I could not get Leamington after reloading almost 100 times & I could not read the info with Wingates colours. So I have now chosen to manage Carshalton Athletic who are the FA National Community Club of the Year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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