acidmonkey Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 good luck hopefully you will stay a decent amount of time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 More success is on the way mate. I feel it. good luck hopefully you will stay a decent amount of time Thanks lads, means alot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Gah, have a massive update to do now ( i think anyway ). Gonna be effort as it isnt a happy ending as usual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 OCTOBER Chester (H) 0-0 Newport Co (A) 0-1 Dag & Red (H) 2-3 Hayes & Yeading (A) 1-4 Basingstoke (A) 3-0 FA CUP 4th ROUND QUAL. Uggh, not liking it here, morale in the *******. NOVEMBER Barrow (H) 0-0 Altrincham (A) 0-1 Colchester (A) 1-2 FA CUP 1st ROUND Dover (H) 3-0 Darlington (A) 1-1 Morecambe (H) 1-1 Hereford (H) 1-2 Still not liking it here, morale is still in the ******* but we beat Dover, felt good. DECEMBER Wrexham (A) 0-4 Salisbury (A) 2-3 FA TROPHY 1st ROUND Grays (A) 1-3 Resigned on the last day of 2014 in disgust at the recent form. This could be the end of my career. My rep is now back at Regional. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Are you using a 0-5-5? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Two offers on the table. 18-5-2015. Darlington - TB = 0 WB = 9K MY WAGE = £500 - BSP Higashiosaka Rosa - TB = £7,250,000 WB = 110K MY WAGE = £2,400 - J-L-2 Thoughts ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Are you using a 0-5-5? Nope, always quite a defensive system, rigid. In my last match I even went 4-4-0 after 2 men were sent off. I was one nil up. Playing Style Cautious according to FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dankrzyz Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I've always had a soft spot for Darlington, as I had my first great career game with them, but without a transfer budget, things are less interesting than they would be with H-Rosa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 3 days? That is ridiculous! More clubs than at a caveman convention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 As Im sure you guessed I accepted the offer of Higashiosaka Rosa so am back in the 51 game league season. MAY Hakodate Raiders (H) 2-3 Ballena Shizuoka (A) 0-3 Fukuyama UTD (H) 1-2 There is money to spend and boy will I need it. The squad has probably more foreigners than Japanese but I cant even find any natives to spend my money on. We took the lead in both games we scored in. It hurt to lose to former club Fukuyama on TV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidmonkey Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 good luck in japan mate, best way to go i feel when you need x amount of the nationality is buy the national players first (in your case japanese) then use Fgn guys to add quality to the places there is none, good luck with japan though hopefully you will finally get some success Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 good luck in japan mate, best way to go i feel when you need x amount of the nationality is buy the national players first (in your case japanese) then use Fgn guys to add quality to the places there is none, good luck with japan though hopefully you will finally get some success Y that is the plan but there seems to be a sever lack of quality in Japan. I was sifting through the transfer page of the top league and I recognise some of the players as lads I have just scouted and are only 2 or 3 stars. I dont think I am capable of attracting the top tier of players but will need to just get through this season and then reasses my squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Good luck . Its just struck me that a 51 game season is very odd? Literally very odd. Why is it 51 and not 50? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 Good luck . Its just struck me that a 51 game season is very odd? Literally very odd. Why is it 51 and not 50? 18 teams. Play each teams 3 times. Bunch of Freaks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 That's very weird. So potentially you could face the top 6 teams away twice a season and at home just once? What a silly idea that is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 That's very weird. So potentially you could face the top 6 teams away twice a season and at home just once? What a silly idea that is I know. The previous manager has left me with the burden of many foreigners and two to come in at the end of the season Trying to shift them at the minute Update shortly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 I know. The previous manager has left me with the burden of many foreigners and two to come in at the end of the season Trying to shift them at the minute Update shortly. Scratch that, they just arrived in July. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 JUNE Funabashi Bandits (A) 2-3 Sting Chiba (H) 1-3 Ome Asteroids (A) 1-0 Mitaka Discovery FC (H) 0-2 Utsunomiya Valentia (A) 0-1 FC Gifu (H) 4-2 Sagamihara Topolino (A) 2-2 Month started badly but picked up with a win against Ome, the 3 day club. We were 4-0 up against Gifu and had they clawed themselves back into it I would have collapsed into a blubbering wreck. A great comeback from 2 down finished off the month. July started with two unwanted arrivals but I have cleared a few foreigners from the wage bill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 JULY Okayama FC (H) 2-4 Galeos Kagoshima (A) 2-3 Sendai Lumiere FC (H) 1-0 Abiko Flamingos (H) 0-0 Hamamatsu Rafale (A) 1-3 Crazy month. I was 2-2 with Okayama until late and leading Galeos 2-1 at one point. Two good clean sheets then another bad performance, bah. I am still finding it hard to bring in any Japanese players that are good and want to play for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 AUGUST Hamamatsu Rafale (A) 1-3 Fukuoka Blaze (A) 2-5 Hakodate Raiders (A) 2-2 Iruma Early Birds (A) 6-0 EMPEROR'S CUP 3rd QUAL. ROUND Sapporo Mythos (H) 2-2 Ballena Shizuoka (H) 1-2 Fukuyama UTD (A) 2-3 Outplayed in the first two games I was gutted to draw from 2 up against Hakodate. We are one of only 2 league sides in at this round of the cup and I holidayed the easy tie. The Sapporo game was another we were threw away a lead, 1-0 and 2-1. More heartbreak next match as we concede twice in the final twenty to lose, the winner was a 90+1 penalty. Guess who scored first in our final game of the month, we then conceded two before equalising and finally losing it with 16min left. The constant inability to hold a lead is draining me of my drive and will to continue. I still havent found anybody to sign. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 SEPTEMBER Genki Club (A) 9-0 EMPEROR'S CUP 1st ROUND Funbashi Bandits (H) 1-2 Sayama Lupo (A) 4-0 EMPEROR'S CUP 2nd ROUND Ome Asteriods (H) 2-0 Two holidayed games in the cup against non-league opposition and another coming up. We took the lead against Funbashi btw but im sure you guessed that. Ome are in big trouble, I forsaw that tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 OCTOBER Sting Chiba (A) 0-0 Mitaka Discovery FC (A) 1-2 Parceiro (A) 4-0 EMPEROR'S CUP 3rd ROUND Utsunomiya Valentia (H) 1-1 FC Gifu (A) 1-1 Sagamihara Topolino (H) 2-2 Bah, not a great month. Advancement in the cup was good and it is serious now so I will start playing the matches. We led against Mitaka and Gifu fwiw. Next round of the cup is against Gifu. Also the big news this month is we had a takeover. Consortium came in and I was only under embargo for a short while, they are upgrading the facilities and have pumped some money into the coffers. They said they would replace me but it seems they wont, yet anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 If they have sense they will wait for you to resign as it will save them having to pay you compensation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 NOVEMBER Mitaka Discovery 1-0 EMPEROR'S CUP 4th ROUND Okayama FC (A) 1-4 Sapporo Mythos (A) 1-2a.e.t EMPEROR'S CUP 5th ROUND Hamamatsu Rafale (H) 0-1 Galeos Kagoshima (H) 2-1 Sendai Lumiere FC (A) 2-2 Abiko Flamingos (A) 2-0 Gutted. We took the took the lead in the second half of extra-time and still lost. Sapporo marched into the quarters and I holdayed the rest of the now dead season. I think the team is on a wind up or something, it could be an MTV show. I dont know how many times we have thrown away leads. DECEMBER Fukuoka Blaze (H) 1-1 Holidayed it but we took the lead fwiw. Season over now and the new chairman agreed to let me stay on. We will be losing some players on bosmans including our top scorer so I will be busy, and so will my scouts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Where did you finish in the end? Doesn't sound like too bad a season. Having the whole off-season to buy new players and set the team up properly could do you the world of good. I predict big things in Japan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Where did you finish in the end? Doesn't sound like too bad a season. Having the whole off-season to buy new players and set the team up properly could do you the world of good. I predict big things in Japan 16 out of 18. The team was tipped for a promotion push before the season. The money is there but I still cant find anybody to spend it on. I have scouted all interested Japanese down to value of 20k but I am not willing to throw money at 3 and a half star players. Fukuyama finished one place and 2 points off promotion btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 PRE-SEASON Obviously no games this month but I shall update you on my transfer dealings. So far the only confirmed transfers are two young Japanese lads for 1.9million. This was confirmed months ago and they look good. There is a Brazilian lad with Japanese second nationality with CSKA Moscow and despite being unable to scout him he looked amazing from the stats I could see. I had plenty of bids accepted but noe lured him here, my sweet talking in the press only seemed to push him away. I have since put in a loan bid but now Chigago have joined the party. I am looking further into some Brazilian lads as I am set to lose a couple of foreigners on bosmans. There is one or two Japanese lads that I am looking into further but it doesnt look great. I will be devastated if I dont secure Marcio ( previous CSKA guy ) he could be amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 PRE-SEASONObviously no games this month but I shall update you on my transfer dealings. So far the only confirmed transfers are two young Japanese lads for 1.9million. This was confirmed months ago and they look good. There is a Brazilian lad with Japanese second nationality with CSKA Moscow and despite being unable to scout him he looked amazing from the stats I could see. I had plenty of bids accepted but noe lured him here, my sweet talking in the press only seemed to push him away. I have since put in a loan bid but now Chigago have joined the party. I am looking further into some Brazilian lads as I am set to lose a couple of foreigners on bosmans. There is one or two Japanese lads that I am looking into further but it doesnt look great. I will be devastated if I dont secure Marcio ( previous CSKA guy ) he could be amazing. Didnt get Marcio, he went to Chigago. First team squad now down to 9 players with contracts after running down. No strikers. I was just asked about bonuses and there was an option for continental :confused: Its a pity there is a bug in Japan and they have no Information tab Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Thats a lot of bold! Shame you didn't get Marcio. Great news about whatever continental competition you've writhed into though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Thats a lot of bold! Shame you didn't get Marcio. Great news about whatever continental competition you've writhed into though At least its something to look forward to. I am trying to keep stuff relating to the game ( ie updates ) in bold. And just chat with people not . Means people skimming can easily see the stuff they need to read and not miss anything, plus I like bold Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Busy month, February. Have completed the 1m signing of a Brazilian CB who will join us in May and have a striker coming in 2018, he is 16 and Brazilian and if he starts devolping it could well turn out to be an incentive to stay. We signed a left winger from Fluminense for 1million and a Columbian ST from Vasco for 400k, he managed to upset people by demanding the team be built around him and that this a stepping stone. Another striker joined him later for 1.2m, this time Brazilian, Lincoln is a good name and he better perform. We also signed two Japanese players on frees. a CM and a ST, they are'nt great but will pad out the squad. Unless I bring in another ST I think I will be playing wth one up top and one of those strikers can be "the 5th foreigner" ie not in the first 11. I have a 3.4m transfer budget budget left with 70k left for wages so I am still looking for players and am not afraid to spend. I have had loan offers accepted for two Japanese lads abroad and I hope they come over. I know this is long but I usually write short updates so you cant complain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Well it seems I cant change my squad numbers even though it is before the deadline leaving me with 10 players to chose from and rendering my previous signings unusable. This could signal the end of my reign here sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 MARCH Fukuyama UTD (A) 2-0 Hamamatsu Rafale (A) 1-1 Sapporo Mythos (H) 3-0 Fukuoka Blaze (H) 1-2 Abiko Flamingos (A) 4-2 Galeos Kagoshima (H) 2-1 Funbashi Bandits (A) 2-1 Season started in despair as I couldnt change my squad numbers even though we were months before the deadline. I had 10 players to pick from thus could not advance past the submit squad page, I holidayed matchdays while cursing my luck and thinking my time in Japan was over. When I fired up my game this morning all was right and I gave numbers to my new players and charged on with a 4-3-3 Barcelona esque formation. MY first match was the Abiko one. I was delighted to hold on to 3 leads, I could be on to something here lads. I have been rotating both new strikers and they look good. POS PLD WON DRN LST FOR AG G.D PTS 1ST 7 5 1 1 15 7 +8 16 First time I have ever done code so give me time and I will get it right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Great start . Write your tables in notepad and then transfer them to here. It lines it up for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Or alternatively write up the code with 'Courier New' font. Nice start and hope you can keep it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Or alternatively write up the code with 'Courier New' font. Nice start and hope you can keep it up. Its a long season here so I am not expecting promotion. Mid-Table will do me nicely, anything else is a bonus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Don't use the Advanced version of the forum though (or whatever it's called). When I tried that the tables got F'ed up, even when using the code-tag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 APRIL Kumamoto AC (H) 0-3 Hakodate Raiders (A) 0-1 Kitakyusyu Blanco (A) 2-1 FC Gifu (H) 1-0 Sting Chiba (H) 0-0 Kyoto Mantis (A) 1-1 Utsunomiya Valentia (H) 0-0 Typical busy month here. We had a horrible start but recovered nicely. This month shows how inconsistent we here. The strikers arent scoring as much as I would like and I am trying to make tactical ammendments. We are still in a good position POS PLD WON DRN LST FOR AG G.D PTS 4th 14 7 4 3 19 13 +6 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 MAY Lynx Matsuyama (H) 4-1 Mitaka Discovery FC (A) 1-1 Sagamihara Topolino (H) 1-3 Hamamatsu Rafale (H) 1-1 Sapporo Mythos (A) 1-1 Fukuyama UTD (H) 3-2 Fukuoka Blaze (A) 1-1 So yes we are still inconsistent and lots of draws although this is a tight league. Great win at the start of the month and it was brilliant to beat Fukuyama. Despite these average results we are still doing well in the league and I have upped my own personal ambitions to Top Half. POS PLD WON DRN LST FOR AG G.D PTS 3rd 21 9 8 4 31 23 +8 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 JUNE Abiko Flamingos (H) 0-1 Galeos Kagoshima (A) 2-2 Funabashi Bandits (H) 2-2 Kumamoto AC (A) 1-2 Kitakyusyu Blanco (H) 4-0 FC Gifu (A) 0-2 Hakodate Raiders (H) 2-0 In summary this is a bad month, our expected fall finaly happened. After the Kumamoto game I changed tactics to a 4-4-2, this was also because of injury to star midfielder Nei. He is back now so I dont know what to do. Hopefully we have some consistent performances next month but sadly I cant see it. POS PLD WON DRN LST FOR AG G.D PTS 7th 28 11 10 7 42 32 +10 43 What do you think of my code now ? Over 1,000 views Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Shame the form's dipped a little. Maybe now that Nei is back it could be an idea to revert to the original formation. Particularly if that served you well before. Oh and your 'sode' looks great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Shame the form's dipped a little. Maybe now that Nei is back it could be an idea to revert to the original formation. Particularly if that served you well before. Oh and your 'sode' looks great For my first game back I went with the same shape but with aJapanese partner up front. It wasnt great so I think its either drop Nei or go 4-3-3 again or maybe another 1 striker system, im pondering at the minute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 JULY Sing Chiba (A) 1-1 Kyoto Mantis (H) 0-0 Utsunomiya Valentia (A) 1-0 Lynx Matsuyama (A) 2-1 Mitaka Discovery FC (H) 1-1 Good month, unbeaten, one too many draws for my liking but it was solid and consistent. I sold a young foreign winger for 900,000 and this allowed me to register a young Brazilian CB who came earlier in the season. We are a bit short on the wings now but I am trying to train the wingers to opposite side for some more options. The league is so tight now that a bad run could easily have us 12th or worse. I'll try and cling on to the promotion pack and see what hapens closer to the end of the season. POS PLD WON DRN LST FOR AG G.D PTS 6th 33 13 13 7 47 35 +12 52 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Have you stayed at the same club for a whole season?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Have you stayed at the same club for a whole season?! 444 days Only around two weeks more than Fukuyama fwiw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Stayed longer than a tourist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Stayed longer than a tourist. To be honest the other 8 teams, it was their fault, not mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Could you make some sort of a table like many others are doing - for us lazy souls who just want a quick look at your progress? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Could you make some sort of a table like many others are doing - for us lazy souls who just want a quick look at your progress? Will do . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeLikeFM Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Will that do ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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