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Preview -- -- Clearly Feyenoord are favourites and we go into this Champions League playoff first-leg as underdogs. But, at home in the SR-Bank Arena, with our supporters behind us, anything is possible. We're confident and we'll give it our best shot. Runar Norheim (ankle) and Krzysztof Krysiak (ankle) are both ruled out and we won't risk Otto Rosengren (hamstring) and Jesper Robertsen (calf) unless we have to. -- Expected Line-up

I am trying to set up some international cups, the first 3 of them forming a sort of pyramid from top to bottom each finishing in a league stage with 16 teams. Those work fine and after moving the dates around don't give any error. The End Date for all 3 of them is 1/4/2001. The 3 cups are using the normal Qualification System pulling teams from nations. Now I want to set up a 4th International Cup which should get 4 teams (so 12 total) from each of the 3 other cups and it is classified in the "Other Cups" category. In "Competitions to Finish First before setting up" I put my 3 other cups, and in teams I am trying to pull 4 teams out of each of them. This competitions first stage is set to start on 15/4/2001 so after the 3 others finished, but when I test the rules it tells me "Too many teams (4) requested from International Cup (0 teams)" suggesting there aren't any teams in the other competitions even though they should have finished by then. I don't underatand what the issue here is.

What an incredible final. Two heavyweights going full gung-ho, separated by the finest of margins. Vini Jr had a 89th minute leveller chalked off for the slimmest of offsides where Camavinga was blocking Navas' view and it meant we held on to the lead in a topsy-turvy game to claim the quadruple! I've broken the duck in style for PSG.

No worries. Thanks for sharing. Good luck 🍀⚽️🤞 with FK Austria, @Hootieleece

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@Carrick16 Use City score . Defend HB and MAD AS A HATTER

I took over a team that was underachieving and 10th in the table in November even though they are arguably the 2nd biggest team in Austria after RB Salzburg and with a better and longer history. We qualified for Europa League playins and weren't quite ready.....doing well in the UECL though. The Board has money but not the riches of the Champions League and it shows. I am currently leading the League by 4 points and came in 2nd last season but all that can change after the League splits and our long winter break which helped the team learn my control possession tactics even though they are out of the Box Vertical Tiki-Taka. Sorry about derailing the thread a bit.

BWM - Premier Target = 76.9 The BWM stats aren't great with our tactic, so I lean towards the match ratings to give additional insights. Blasco started, Pizarro was played in league matches to see if he would develop, since Edwards didn't last season. Blasco played well and Pizarro was just ok. Blasco looks like he has plateaued, but he is not too far off target. Pizarro is growing nicely, but I would expect his ceiling to less than 70, so he will be an adequate homegrown backup at best. Pizarro showed nice development across the board, so will keep going with the current approach. Plan - Blasco is the starter and at target. Pizarro to get 20'ish starts - we have Lambert/Byrne for depth. DLP - Premier Target = 78.4 Deniau was the starter with Castro as the main backup. El Mourabet got 10 games and Muller filled in on occasion as well, but mostly played ST, so didn't include his stats. Stats wise, they all played pretty well. I suspect the match rating / stats difference between Deniau and Castro is a result of the difference between the championship league and the Gibraltar league. Deniau had very solid growth last season and isn't too far away from the target. Castro is growing slowly, but won't get too much higher. I doubt the two youth players: Bartley and Whiteman will get above 65 in their ratings, but we will give it a shot with the U19 and U23s and see. Deniau improved most of his attributes, hoping for more of the same. Plan - We are good as long as we can hold onto Deniau and he doesn't force his way out to a larger club. Castro is a great backup. Winger - Premier Target = 76.2 I am analyzing LW and RW together as most of the top players can play both. Vincent and Metzler were the starters, Metzler and Merino are LW only with Merino splitting time between LW and AM. Everyone had good numbers in the support role with Metzler's 16 assists standing out. Holcroft was loaned out, so his stats are from the loan. Vincent showed a nice development burst last season, but levelled off this season. Most of his attributes show up arrows, so his levelling off is likely due to the improvement being a few hundreds, not enough to move the 1-20 rating. Holcroft actually declined which is disappointing as his rating really isn't good enough to be a backup in the European competition. Plan - Look to upgrade both positions with potentially starting Metzler if we can't find a replacement. Look for an 18 and under backup in the mid 50's rating who can become homegrown. Advanced Playmaker - Premier Target = 77.1 El Mourabet and Merino played most of the matches with Castro filling in for a couple. They both had good stats with El Mourabet scoring lots of goals. El Mourabet improved his rating by a point last season, not enough to get to the target, but enough to keep his starting role. Castro and Merino basically stayed the same. Plan - Start El Mourabet with Merino and Castro as backups. Opportunistically look for upgrades to be ready in case El Mouirabet gets poached. Advanced Forward - Premier Target = 76.9 Muller was the starter and scored 25 goals, quite a bit less than the 42 goals last season with Meireles outscoring him. Muller got hurt during the year, so didn't play as much, but still got 28 starts. Both of them have very good stats with Muller better in the air. Muller declined a tiny bit, not meaningful other than it wasn't another jump. Meireles stayed the same. I don't think either one of them are going to make the Premier league target, so will sell and replace if the vultures come with a good offer. Some decent progression by some of the younger players maybe enough to be a backup someday. Plan - Try to find an upgrade and replace the two of them and start Muller with Meireles as backup until then.

Friendly -- The Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir friendly is our last one before the UEFA Champions League playoff first-leg at home to Feyenoord. We'll be giving playing time to the players likely to feature against Feyenoord but don't read too much into the starting line-up for Fjölnir. We still have a few players injured or lacking match fitness. -- -- A very good workout and a comfortable win against Fjölnir.

Part 10 Moving On Up Match 17 Morley Town v Nostell Miners Welfare Reserves This is the only team we have not played so far, but on paper should be an easy win, although these games against reserve teams can be a potential banana skin. The visitors lie in 8th, while we are of course top. Nosa Iyamu is back from injury but is kept on the bench as a precaution, with Pamment retaining his place after impressing against Woodkirk Valley. Payne is preferred to Graham on the right wing and Cowgill steps into central defence for Ben Clappison, who is laid up with a virus. Team: Reay, Busfield, Cowgill, Cyrus, Alasttal, Agbozo, Wright, Payne, Ellis, Rowe, Pamment It is the visitors in their Borussia Dortmund style yellow kit who make the early running in this one, but it is us who have the first chance when Ellis slips in Pamment whose fierce shot is tipped over the bar at the near post. Another slick moves sees Sam Wright’s brilliant through ball seized upon by Ellis, but the keeper saves well when one on one. Sanchez Payne has looked lively and he cuts inside before fizzing one just over. Then, the deadlock is finally broken. Farris Pamment intercepts the ball after their right back dallies on the ball. His incisive low cross is turned in by Louis Rowe to give us the lead we deserve. Then history repeats itself, this time Sam Wright dispossess their midfielder before surging forward and feeding Payne down the right. His low cross is turned home by Gabriel Ellis to double our advantage. Into the second half and Sam Wright is toying with our opponents. He bursts forward again past two to the byline, before finding an inch perfect cross which is volleyed home by Rowe with a deflection off the defender to make it 3-0 Morley. We have chances to add a fourth, while Nostell threatened little at the other end. A good solid 3-0 home win which solidifies our place at the top. Final Score: Morley Town 3-0 Nostell Miners Welfare Reserves Rowe 41, 56 Ellis 45 Board & Supporter Confidence Update To summarise they think I’m doing a bloody brilliant job! Match 18 Leeds City Reserves v Morley Town 04/02/23 Sweet revenge is on our minds after their shock 2-1 win over us at Glen Road earlier in the season. Iyamu is out suspended while Clappison is feeling a lot better and in contention for a start. We are overwhelming favourites for another three points to further strengthen our grip at the top of the table. The hosts are in the relegation zone and are fighting for their lives. I name an unchanged starting XI. Team: Reay, Busfield, Cowgill, Cyrus, Alasttal, Agbozo, Wright, Payne, Ellis, Rowe, Pamment Match Action We get an early penalty.. Up steps Busfield and.. dinks it straight into the keeper’s arms for the worst penalty known to man. I have officially deleted him off the penalty takers list because that was pathetic. What the hell was that? An attempted Panenka in the Yorkshire Amateur League.. Who the ‘ell d’ya think thee are lad, was the mood among the Ultras. Then to make matters worse they go and flipping score. Poor closing down from our midfield lets in Ian Richards to fire one into the top corner.. They look up for this, we look like were playing with a hangover. Winfarrah nearly doubles their lead after more good work from the dangerous Richards. Meanwhile at the other end we sky any chance we have miles over the bar.. This is pathetic. Then Richards gets down the left and crosses for Winfarrah who is upended by Cowgil. Penalty.. The striker gets up and shows Busfield how to do it by sending Reay the wrong way. 2-0 at half time I throw the water bottle and read them the riot act. That was comfortably the worst half of the season. Second half and I introduce Graham and push Payne up front to form a three pronged attack. They are still dominant though and almost increase their lead when Richards is allowed to run through on goal, only to be thwarted by Reay who tipped his fierce effort over the crossbar. We still look lethargic. Then in a much needed moment of quality, Ellis retrieves the ball on the left flank and plays an intelligent half volleyed low cross to Sam Wright on the edge of the area who toe ends the ball hard into the top corner from 20 yards. He runs back to the halfway line with the ball tucked under his arm. Leeds City Reserves stick to their guns though and right winger Whitestone stings the palms of David Reay. Then from a throw in, Ellis tuns and slips in Kieran Graham to equalise....Graham must score!..no he skies it horrendously over the bar.. three points to Jonny Wilkinson.., The same player is through on goal again after an enormous goal kick from Reay but again he fluffs his lines and mis-controls the ball into the keeper’s grateful arms. Grrrr!! We are destined to yet again lose 2-1 to Leeds City reserves. This result sends out a clear warning that we must not cave in to complacency! Our lead at the top has been cut to four points and second place Beeston Juniors have a game in hand. Furthermore it’s the Asquith Avenue Derby next at Glen Road against Gildersome... Sam O’Hara Leaves Morley My assistant manager, Sam O’Hara has left Morley to become the new manager of Reeth & District AC of the Wensleydale Football League. I bet there’s some very scenic grounds in that league.. Good luck with clearing all that sheep muck off the pitch before the game I joked with him on his last day... Joe Lamplough Becomes Player/Assistant Manager After Sam O’Hara’s departure to the Yorkshire Dales Farmers League I offered the role to one of my senior players and all round good egg, Joe Lamplough I was sat in my office going through some admin work and setting up training routines with my U21s squad when Jeff Smith knocked on my door, "Boss. I need to ask you something?" "OK?" "I need to start more games. I think I can really make a difference to the team." "Jeff your 42 man and were brought into the club purely as an impact player, you know that!" "Yeah but unlike many of my teamates I have played in the football league. I could destroy this division, even at my age." "Yes but Nosa Iyamu is also destroying this division and is much younger. I think you need to realise you are a back-up to him." Smith shrugged his shoulders. "I expect to play against Gildersome," he retorted and walked out. I was a bit flabbergasted by his attitude. He was somebody who should no better. This was no stroppy 19 year old wanting his first team chance, this was a 42-year old veteran winding down his career in the non-leagues. Match 19: Morley Town v Gildersome Spurs Old Boys 18/02/23 We need to put the Leeds City Reserves game behind us and concentrate on beating local rivals, Gildersome in the return fixture of the Asquith Avenue Derby, this time at our place. The Ultras are warming up their flares and there is a buzz around the town as the game approaches. The build up has taken over the pages of the Morley Gazette and the town braces itself for the big match. On a footballing front, our local rivals find themselves down in 10th place just above relegation, while our lead at the top has been cut to four points. Iyamu is back and raring to go on the left wing, while Payne partners Ellis up front and Clappison is preferred to Busfield at right back. Team: Reay, Clappison, Cowgill, Cyrus (c) Alasttal, Agbozo, Wright, Graham, Payne, Ellis, Iyamu Through the haze of the flares let off from all sides of the Glen Road Playing fields the two teams trundle out onto the pitch. The game lacks shape in the opening exchanges and no quarter is asked or given as you would expect. Payne has a shot easily saved. Then out of virtually nowhere we get a corner which Wright swings in. Clappison takes a tumble in the box. Penalty! Eliis steps up and sends the keeper the wrong way 1-0 Morley and his 17th goal of the season. Alastall launches a ball forward down the channel for Ellis to run onto. He squares it for Payne to tap home, even though much to the annoyance of the visiting fans, he was clearly offside. Even Stevie Wonder could have seen that one.. but somehow the goal stands... We are all over the Old Boys now. We win a corner which is cleared but retrieved by Cyrus who plays it to Agbozo on the edge of the penalty area, who is given the freedom of Glen Road to control and dribble into the penalty area, before coolly chipping the ball over the keeper for 3-0. Too easy. But wait! Fairclough’s balL down the right channel has Houston on his way. He outmuscles Alasttal before crossing low for John Hyland to sweep home. 3-1. Agbozo is probably having his best game in a Morley shirt and he plays a delightful through ball for Ellis to run onto. Goal number 18 is completed when he rolls it nonchalantly past the onrushing keeper, before raising his arms Cantona-style to the band of Ultras behind the goal. C’est Magnifique Gabriel! Into the second half and the Old Boys are the better side and they pull another goal back through Hyland again. They are all over us now and this is starting to get a little worrying. Hyland gets the ball again cuts inside and unleashes a wicked curling effort which just shaves the post. Bloody hell! I go to a straight 4-4-2 and batten down the hatches. We muster a counter attack and Kieran Graham smacks the post with a thunderous effort. We see it through and run out 4-2 winners, but by ‘eck, dey gev us a game 2nd half... Final Score Morley Town 4-2 Gildersome Spurs Old Boys Ellis 17 (pen) 45 Agbozo 22 Hyland 42,57 Payne 31 Table with 4 games remaining 1st Morley Town 44 pts 2nd Beeston Juniors 37 --------------------------------------- 3rd Collegians 32 4th Lepton Highlanders 31 5th Greetland 29 6th Woodkirk Valley 29 7th Golcar Reserves 26 8th Nostell Miners Welfare 26 9th Shire Academics 25 10th Leeds City Reserves 24 11th Gildersome Spurs Old Boys 21 -------------------------------------------- 12th Ealandians 19 13th Route One Reserves 8 With just four games left and a seven point lead, surely Morley Town cannot mess this up.. Find out how Season One concluded next time on The Ultimate English Pyramid Game!

@Jonathan Holmes All round tactic EF 424 V9 HUB (TH P97FA) AV P99 EC CC

The success with EF 4231 SLO V2 P MC P109 ALL CUPS just keeps rolling along.

Does this seem a decent price?

May 2024 We've completed the domestic treble with an outstanding result against Marseille. Form and morale couldn't be better as we win the league by 30 points! Ancelotti has tried to unsettle Zaire-Emery, who's recent performances have earned him a starting spot in the final. However we have been hit with a major injury meaning 37 year old Keylor Navas comes in as a replacement. This is how we line up:

Hiya, about to start a save in Lg 2 , which tactic would you suggest?

Wow - no words

August 2024:

Hey Knap - I'm playing with a top level Man Utd team. What are the best - 451 based tactic? Tactic for tougher away games? Tactic to switch to when I need to score a goal?

July 2024:

FK Kukesi 2024/25 Squad: Club Info:

Interesting link. Not surprising - suggests that either the quality isn't there or the xG is too high and might come down over time to match reality. However 0 is a very large gap to 9 in the context of simulating multiple seasons. 0 should be possible but it should be an exception not a norm. I'd love to see the distribution of goals scored from DFK from independent saves. If it's heavily weighted towards zero there's a problem. Its not a huge problem given the total number of goals isn't far off but it does ruin a bit of the immersion in game knowing a dfk has 0% chance of going in.

Season 7 - Summer Transfers: Both sides just picking up a couple of youngsters, furthering on from the earlier business. Shipped a lot of younger players out at Barcelona who weren't going to make it. Diomande was against my will more due to Liverpool hitting his release clause, the bid for Lipani on deadline day felt too good to turn down. Another defeat to Real Madrid in the early season meeting means @oliscott is 3 points ahead in the title race. Barcelona Transfers: Real Madrid:

We head to Albania with FK Kukesi

Yes, that seems to be the case at Viking, @Hootieleece It’s been this way every transfer window on this save whether at Loddefjord, or Hodd… but it does seem worse now at Viking and particularly the last two or three seasons when we’ve essentially been the best club in Norway. I feel your pain. Ouch! At least my owner hasn’t done that to me yet. Hopefully that, at least, won’t happen as Viking are rich after three seasons of Champions League and a fourth guaranteed to follow. The Board don’t need the money. There’s still a month to go before the window closes and it hasn’t reached that point with any of my players. So far, I’ve rejected all bids for players I want to keep and the players have been professional about it and not complained. In previous transfer windows I have been able to get the player to agree to stay until a club offers a set valuation which, so far, have been valuations on the high side.