Nobby_McDonald Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Your matches certainly aren't boring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 FC United of Manchester - October 18/19 English Vanorama North Well, my matches dontinue to entertain certainly. St Ives do a stand up job of frustrating a second string at home, and we certainly don't blow them away in the replay with a far stronger line up - a matchup that means that when I play Buxton I make only 4 changes to my first choice 11, starting with my second choice GK Owen Wheeler and 4th choice ST, Tyrell McKenzie. Wheeler has a shocker and we go 3-0 down at half time. A rocket of a team talk, overload for 30 mins, and three first teamers on from the bench and we scrape a win in the 89th minute, continuing our late comeback/late winner habit. We play League One Blackpool at home in round one. In the league, late goals come again with a vengeance - a 91st mintue equaliser at home to York, a 91st minute winner from the spot against Gainsborough, and a 92nd minute icing on the cake in the most exciting match I've ever had against Darlington. Darlington led twice, 2-0 and 3-2, but two each from Gilchrist and Annan (one of which was a fluke cross), a goal from the spot by Lundstram and an own goal meant I led 6-4 before younf Matty Longstaff did what I always do and scored late, late on. A magnificent, exciting, game of football. In 15 league games and 4 in the cup, we've now scored 15 goals in the last 10 minutes, or in stoppage time. Our fitness, our ability to stay in matches, and, above all, our goalscoring ability, is why we top the league. And we top it with an average of 3.26 goals per game scored, and nearly 2 a game conceded. Excitement. What this doesn't show is Annan's four assists in that time period as well... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 An interview offer? Hooray! From 20th in the same league that I currently top? Not a chance in hell. Also, weird that its the Play/GK coach who's invited me in... Oh... right... That's odd. Anyway, rejected. This on the other hand: 21st in the National League, predicted 16th. Not much more budget than I currently have, and I'm not sure if I'd take it if it was offered. But worth a look, I feel. EDIT: And another one... Just below Woking, also crap facilities but I have an affinity for Dover... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 Well, that backfired spectacularly. Bizarre as I was untouchable, and top of the league. But OK then... Equally bizarre is that I never publically declared interest in anyone. I went to 3 interviews... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Two weeks later, one of the jobs that got me fired - the only one I actually applied for - arrived. A short trip down to Newport in Wales, and a professional squad that is currently languishing in 13th place in the Vanarama National having gone down last season. We're heavy on strikers, and ****ed if our goalkeeper gets injured. Oh, and there's a distinct lack of central players. But the quality is there, and I can hopefully fit them into my preferred 4-4-2 with an advanced winger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMA Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Decent little step up pal. I have always had a soft spot for Newport Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Good luck at your new club, you did well to deserve that move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It doesn't have to be you that declares your interest public. It could have been somebody from the club that you went to the interview. And Newport isn't a short trip from Manchester. It's 185 miles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 13 hours ago, Nobby_McDonald said: And Newport isn't a short trip from Manchester. It's 185 miles. It's not London. Everywhere that isn't London seems the same to me. City boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hootieleece Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 In previous FM's Yan Klukowski and Antonio Germain have played well for me. Klukowski with longshots and Germain with his speed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 Newporty County - December18/19 English Vanorama National Not a bad start to my Newport career! The old 4-4-2 (AMR) working its exciting way again, with goals galore. 19 goals in 6 league games, for an average of more than 3 a game. We look very good. How this team was 13th is anyone's guess. Klukowski, Nash, Walters all look brilliant and we're through in the FA Trophy. A couple of signings, too. First was from my old club, Will Annan whom I signed in the Summer for FC United came for a £12k fee to be my first choice AMR. Goalkeeper and captain Joe Day wants to leave - and as a highly influential player, I agreed that he could go. In came Joe McDonell as a new first choice, and young Pole Marcel Wusiewicz as backup, both on a free.. I'll look to sell Day in January: Awards: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hootieleece Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I told you Klukowski was good! (for this level at least) but James playing that well for Bayern.........only if IRL! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeHughes Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Just read up from your start interesting, follow this career, good look with Newport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 Newporty County - January 18/19 English Vanorama National Not quite the success of last month, but much better defensively... Not sure quite why I'm so much better away from home either. A second string team played and lost in the cup as I'm focussing on the league. A couple of signings, too: Very good youngster who could be starting for years - for £3k from Boston And an MC on loan to give us some quality ine the last six months. Out went German and Tiriyaki: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Newporty County - February 18/19 English Vanorama National Another up and down month, but with one of the more incredible FM matches I've had. Again, this is a team not short of a goal or two - and not afraid to concede, either. A 4-4 home draw with Wrexham was just that. 20 shots to us, 10 to them, 3 penalties given to us, 2 of which were missed, and two ultra-late goals to pull a draw from the jaws of defeat. Outside of that, two more high scoring wins - one with extremely late goals again - and a high-scoring loss. We don't do boring. A quick look at my managerial stats suggest that this exciting tactic I've stumbled upon (how do I learn to defend??) has resulted in 2.45 goals per game. For reference, no team in any division is above 2.1 at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Newport County Youth Intake Not much good... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Newport County - March 18/19 English Vanorama National Goals, goals and more goals. 21 of them in 6 matches for, 13 against. An average score of 3-2. This is actively insane. I deserved the losses to Orient and Solihulll, despite best efforts A halftime debut for Andrew McCarthy, Newport youth product (real, sadly), against Orient nearly turned the tide with two goals, and he added a third of his career, also from the bench, in a demolition of Dagenham & Redbridge. Klukowski's 4 goals, including three from the spot helped for the month, while 19 y/o AML Kieran Evans has made it 17 assists in 39 for the season. Goals. We sit fifth, averaging more than 2 goals a game. 5 to play - we might make it to the playoffs unless everything goes tits up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hootieleece Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Who are your Final Five matches? With the goal scoring ability you have........you should make playoffs. Fix the Defense NEXT Transfer Window.......unlike Liverpool IRL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 7 hours ago, Hootieleece said: Who are your Final Five matches? With the goal scoring ability you have........you should make playoffs. Fix the Defense NEXT Transfer Window.......unlike Liverpool IRL. Accrington - A - 11th Tranmere - H - 20th Chester - A - 8th Dartford - H - 16th Dover - H - 19th OK-ish, but our away record is third in the league while our home record is a lousy 12th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Balls. First team striker goes back to Gillingham. I wanted to sign him too, in the Summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 3 players on the player of the year shortlist is nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Newport County - April 18/19 English Vanorama National I screwed up against Accrington, rarely not scoring (in fact it was the first game in 6 without a goal for me, and one of only 3 in 27 to date without), before bouncing back with 3 wins on the trot - and impressive ones too - to secure a playoff spot. Lewis Walters has 25 goals in 25 games under me. We look solid, and I'm slowly, slowly, fixing the defence with a few tweaks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 A win in our last game against Dover put us 3rd to finish. Dagenham played Aldershot and won, so I played them in the semis. I should have been 3-1 up at half time, but we weren't top-drawer. But we own, and play Orient in the final... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 Two years. Two Playoff finals. Two losses. Balls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 FC United of Manchester - End of Season 2018/19 English Vanorama National The League: Alas. 3rd place once again. Another loss in the playoff finals. Balls. The Squad: Goals, goals, goals. This misses out out Liam Nash who went back to Gillingham with 16 goals in 27 games. Awards: Fan's Player of the Season, Young Player of the Season and My Player of the Season: 31 in 50. Brilliant player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Balls to the walls. Gateshead make it back to the Football League after a long absence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Wow, you must hate playoffs by now. Think I'm placing a bet on Newport going up on direct promotion next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I reckon he'll lose in the playoffs again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 5 hours ago, Nobby_McDonald said: I reckon he'll lose in the playoffs again. I'm not sure I'll get there without good use of the loan market. Matt Dolan, on paper my best player, won't sign a new contract. WIthout Nash or Gudjohnson, I'm down to Walters (brilliant) and McCarthy (17, but good) upfront. My first choice centre back pairing are both 18. And on top of that I'm massively over budget and under-financed. Let's see what happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 Around the World: England: Premier League: Tottenham (Man Mutd, Man City, Arsenal) Relegated: Wolves, Ipswich, Middlesborough Championship: Sunderland, (Reading, Crystal Palace) Relegated: Rotherham, Bury, Southend League One: Burton (Oxford, Northampton) Relegated: Colchester, Chesterfield, Exeter, AFC Wimbledon League Two: Coventry (Stevenage, Walsall, Northampton) Relegated: Morecambe, Eastleigh Vanarama National: Gateshead (Leyton Orient) Relegated: Boreham Wood, Whitehawk, Woking, Blyth Spartans Vanarama North: Guiseley (York) Relegated: Bradford PA, Alfreton, Stalybridge Vanarama South: Billericay (Welling) Relegated: Oxford City, East Thurrock, Brackley Tier 7: Nantwich, Ashton Utd, Margate, Slough, Tonbridge Angels, Basingstoke FA Cup: West Ham 1-1p Man City League Cup: Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal Europe: BELGIUM: KRC Genk (x2) FRANCE: PSG (x2) GERMANY: Bayern Munich (x7) HOLLAND: Feyenoord ITALY: Juventus (x8) PORTUGAL: Sporting Lisbon RUSSIA: Zenit St Petersburg SCOTLAND: Celtic (x8) SERBIA: Vojvodina SPAIN: Real Madrid SWITZERLAND: Basel TURKEY: Besiktas (x4) UKRAINE:Dynamo Kyiv Champions League: Bayern 3-1 man Utd Metropolitano de Madrid, Madrid Europa League: Tottenham 0-0p AC Milan Olypmpic Stadium, Baku Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 Ohhhhh and I had a hard Brexit, so EU nationals need work permits. I forgot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Newporty County - Pre-Season 19/20 English Vanorama National Board Expectations: VN: Champions; FA Cup: Second Round; FA Trophy: Semi Finals Media: 1st Bookies: 5-1 Transfers: A whole bunch of players out on frees, and not a lot in as I have sod all money. Former FC United player Matty Longstaff came in on a free as a backup MC, and Aaron Connelly came in on loan as first choice striker. Carel Kayembe comes in as backup ST, on the cheap. Decent pre-season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Newporty County - August 19/20 English Vanorama National Last season's frankly ridiculous scoring has become, frankly, ridiculouser. At least 3 goals in every game - including our loss away at Dagenham (a 91st minut equaliser and 93rd minute penalty, after being 2-0 up inside 10 minutes). And, to cap it all, our defence has, in some games, not been entirely awful \o/. Lewis Walters continues to average exactly a goal a game for me, and particularly noteworthy is the performance of Will Annan. He spent most of last season as second fiddle to Tom Owen-Evans, but four goals in his first five games, alongside three assists is a marvellous return. We sit second with our ridiculous 19 goals scored. Hartlepool and Fylde are also banging them in for fun. How Annan didn't win this is anyone's guess... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Newporty County - September 19/20 English Vanorama National Not the greatest month, but three wins were decent. The losses and the draws came when we didn't score three. We've still scored in every game this season. Connolly is brilliant. Despite dropping 7 points this month, we go into October top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Newporty County - October 19/20 English Vanorama National Teams seem to be cottoning on to me. I'm unbeaten at home - indeed, I've only dropped two points there - but away we're not breaking teams down. Our 2-1 at Welling was in the 92nd minute, and three losses on the spin - including our first game without scoring this season - were all away in games where we just couldn't break down the opposition and never looked like winning. Out of the FA Cup, which might be a positive. Somehow we're still top. Accrington Stanley and York took 4 points from 15, Chester just 7 and Eastleigh matched our 9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hootieleece Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I've found away matches much harder as well this year. I think it is a lot of "Park the Bus Syndrome" from the AI. Especially when I'm scoring for fun! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 On 22/12/2017 at 16:08, Moonshine said: League One: Burton (Oxford, Northampton) Relegated: Colchester, Chesterfield, Exeter, AFC Wimbledon League Two: Coventry (Stevenage, Walsall, Northampton) Relegated: Morecambe, Eastleigh Northampton did amazing to be promoted from League One and League Two in the same season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 7 minutes ago, Nobby_McDonald said: Northampton did amazing to be promoted from League One and League Two in the same season. Balls! Shrewsbury! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 Newporty County - November 19/20 English Vanorama National That's more like it! A thrashing of Sutton, a makeshift side scraping past Maidstone (4 injuries, 3 internationals leaving me with one recognised striker), a late penalty equaliser for Maidenhead and then two more big wins - including away at 3rd place Chester most importantly. Big goals are back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 They're bottom of League One, but my finances are so **** that I'm going to try it out. We're currently at -£800k, and I have no money to do anything. Worrying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moonshine Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Newporty County - December 19/20 English Vanorama National Decent month - no losses in the league, and a few thrashings in there. The three 2-2 draws were deserved, though it took a 94th minute equaliser for Torquay. In the cup, our second team got knocked out by Maidenhead. We're getting a few injuries thoiugh - Connolly is out for 5 weeks, Kieran Evans has been injured since the 7th, and will be out to the end of January, Eyoma is out for a couple of weeks. We remain top though Tranmere have a game in hand. It looks like it might be a straight shootout betwen us. Hepburn-Murphy redefining 'rich vein of form' there - 2 hattricks, two braces in 5 games... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Oh well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Newporty County - January 19/20 English Vanorama National Hell of a month. 16 goals in four games, a 6-1 thrashing of 4th, 5 goals for Annan. We were magnificent. A bit of a problem though: Annan has been my best player this season. Transfers Some transfer news - our financial situation meant I felt obliged to sell Tozer to balance the books a little. He was on £1,600 a week, and was very much 2nd choice (though a good backup). £70k was reasonable. We replaced him with Curtis Watkins, very much a backup and only for the year on £300 a week. Nicholas Wood is one for the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 A solid replacement for the injured Will Annan.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Newporty County - February 19/20 English Vanorama National It's good to have Lewis Walters back in form. Four goals before a injury puts him on 27 in 31 for the season, after 24 in 24 for me last season. Very nearly a goal a game, and I think he might be my most consistent striker in any FM (though not yet my favourite. Ibrahim Atangana of 2011's Amiens save has that particular accolade. What an FM that was...). The month as a whole was good - my first loss in 17 games notwithstanding. In the end it mattered not a jot, as Tranmere also lost that week (4-1 to Maidenhead). Injuries are starting to bite however - we are regularly rotating now, and we've lost Walters, Kieran Evans, Will Annan, Aaron Connolly and Matt Dolan - our top five players - for varying numbers of games in the last two months. We've opened up a six point lead at the top now. 11 to play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Newport County Youth Intake 2020 Meh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 I went, but said I wouldn't start until the end of the season. I'm not sure I want to move somewhere else with no money... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 On 20/12/2017 at 15:32, noikeee said: Wow, you must hate playoffs by now. Think I'm placing a bet on Newport going up on direct promotion next year. Yep, that would've been a good bet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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