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Hootieleece last won the day on May 30 2020

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    High School History Teacher

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    Massachusetts, USA

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  1. It is definitely tight at the top, but at least you don't have to worry about Dortmund II taking a promotion place if I read the table correctly. Two decent players out of ALL your youth candidates that will put a hurt-on recruiting for a while......
  2. Yes, by out of the box I meant Preset Tactics and it seems to be working ok in the VNS. Not World beating but good enough for a top half campaign so far with the squad I posted. Yes, the Gegen press Preset is OP but then a lot of players want to just win a lot of matches and claim they would be better managers than Guardiola and Klopp. Also, I do think that the Match Engine favors Gegen press and Tiki-Taka teams in general just look at some of the tactics for download in this forum alone.
  3. I am not saying it is perfect, but it does work at least at the lower levels maybe not so much at Premier League Level and remember Dyche eventually got sacked and they went in another direction IRL.
  4. Well I show you why I said so: This is the St. Albans team starting out in the VNS on 7/3/2023 in England after 10 games and with NO transfers. This is the tactic again. I will use the comparison graphs from my Analyst in the VNS. The General Comparison chart shows we are the biggest and fastest team: The All positions chart shows were the SMARTEST team in the league. The Physical traits comparison shows we aren't the paciest but about average. The Mental attributes show us as the smartest and decent defensive positioning, but not much else. Technically we are terrible so Route One suits us for the most part. Conclusion: Route One can work even for a physically and technically inept team if they make good decisions and are defensively sound. It would be better if we were physical specimens, but we are currently 5th in the league playing just a Route One 4-4-2.
  5. Rotate him in for a few starts against the table propping teams and sub him in as many of the others as possible and that should keep him happy. Squad players for me have been happy with roughly 50% of the playing time of a regulars starter, but the number of total appearances should be more like 60-75% of a regular starter.
  6. I am playing an "Out of the Box" Route One 4-4-2 in Vanarama South with St. Albans. The team is on the small side and not pacy, but we are getting results with this tactic so far. This is the tactic and it works it isn't perfect Dyche or Pulis ball but not bad.
  7. USMNT March 2039: Nations League Semi-Final and Final Manager's Thoughts Since this was my first chance at silverware and we were set to play a tough Mexican Team. I brought back a lot of veterans for this International Break. I hope to "Blood" some youngsters in friendlies over the summer. The veteran team did as I expected and won the competition beating Mexico in the Semi-Finals and Canada in the Finals. This is all well and good but I need to identify the players of the future, but a winning tradition is a good building block to success. Highlights I took another long vacation after the Nation's League Quarterfinals. I returned to work about 6 weeks before the Semi-Final against Mexico! This was the hardest match we could have gotten versus our nemesis and rivals. The World Rankings came out..... I then went on personal scouting trips to gauge who should be in the team for the big game. As time came closer to name a squad, I was faced with a dilemma: Some of the players I wanted to use got injured playing for their club teams. I came up with a provisional Starting Lineup for the Semi-Final with the help of my Assman. The Lineup was successful.....and we won it on a late set-piece by a sub making his first cap. I am happy we beat our rivals and they are upset about it! They better get used to it! This is the Super-Sub that won us the match! Some other players made their debuts as well. I staked my claim to the trophy in the media to fire up the team! We were the favorites and wanted to put on a show in Jamaica! The Canadians put up tough fight sitting deep forcing us to breakdown their defense......They even scored first on a counterattack but then we found our way through and scored both our goals late to seal the victory! We were led by another Super-Sub! We are now back-to-back winners! The Canadian coach was mad at losing but he better get used to it like the Mexican Coach! The fans are getting excited with me being in charge. We are now number Eight thanks to our trophy and beating Mexico! I scheduled some friendlies for the summer so I can check on some younger players hopefully. Management Report to be continued:
  8. Looks like your ready to take the world by storm now that you have a young hungry core!
  9. I will try to snip the "unnecessary" stuff. I also will probably have less screen shots going forward as well just the matches and the times around them.
  10. Who's the Captain? Also, what is Bliebtreu's Personality? Is he a future Captain? If so maybe make him Vice-Captain especially since you seem to be building around him. Then you could have an older player who is on the bench with good leadership skills and Personality be the captain and mentor your young prodigies.
  11. USMNT August-November 2038 Manager's Thoughts The change from club football to international football was jarring. Watching games and having nothing to really do for three months was tough. I ended up taking a vacation around my birthday. I watch games and negotiated with young players to fill the squad in the future who were eligible for more than one country. One of whom was capped and scored in his first match against Trinidad and Tobago in the Nations League Quarterfinals. I am trying to transition to younger players in this competition because they will need to be experienced internationals in four years at the World Cup and I am at the end of one team cycle and at the start of another basically no one over 30 years old now will be on the team in four years. I am still trying to figure out how much I can scout and figure out who is good enough to join the team as the menus are different and there is lass data to work with. Wish me luck! Highlights The month of August brought one of the new things I would have to deal with.....young Primadonna's that were capable of playing for two national teams and recruiting them for mine. I had a discussion with him looked over his scouting report and added him to the US Team and I would play him in November to Cap him thus ending the possibility of a switch. I called him up and put him on the provisional list for the Nation's League Matches in November. I took in a match in my old stomping grounds of St. Etienne....... I ended up in Seattle for a match with FIVE possible team members. After a long vacation I started watching matches again this time in Germany. A few days later I was spotted in Leipzig. I then had to put together my list for the Nations League Quarterfinal Match vs. Trinidad and Tobago. Just like I promised the young Wheeler was in the side. I was sure to play him because Trinidad shouldn't give us too much trouble. I went with my Assistant's suggestion on a starting lineup for the first leg of the tie. The lineup had a lot of experience with just a few fresh faces eager to earn their place. We were going to play the Conwy 4-2-3-1 Wide Gegenpress. This was my first match as USMNT Coach......I was a little nervous.....did I do it right in preparation? Did I select to many newbies? and other things were on my mind. We were expected to win even though we hadn't been in the best form at the World Cup, but this was easier opposition. I was confident in the Press about our chances and this players ability wearing the shirt. Since we had a bad World Cup an ex-player said we had to be focused on beating T&T. Our Captain also called for Focus! The starting XI and the tactic with the bench for the first match.....many of whom will play in the second leg. We won the match and except for one passing mistake we played a clean game and dominated as expected. He had a good match and set up Wheeler's debut goal! One of the stars of our midfield spoke about the win in the media. The pundits say we can "Build" on this victory......of course you idiots! We are building for the next World Cup! I ended up with Three players newly capped in the squad including Wheeler. My debutants did the scoring and won us the match! We were playing the second leg in New Jersey, and it was to be unseasonably warm at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. We were favored to finish the job...... We dominated and won 3-0 in front of a sellout crowd...... We won as expected...... Checkout who is now playing for the USA! Christiano Ronaldo! He works well in the new tactic because of his pace and dribbling skills. another player was satisfied with the win....... The Media think I am keeping the ship afloat! The team ended camp in a Buoyant mood! I don't want anybody to get too excited just yet! We are just putting the building blocks in place. It was a successful International Break with a win over both legs! Costa Rica, Canada, Mexico, and USA make the Semi-Finals! Management Report to be continued:
  12. With those odds you will have to be careful especially against the newly promoted teams to make sure you get maximum points to assure your survival yet again.
  13. Congratulations on your victory! I am excited to see what Scamacca does with more time in the role.
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