League Banter - The Matchday thread

Marquee
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over 12 years

Finished 3rd in my Championship group so I guess I'll be going into the playoffs. Also, I've already turned a profit this season and I acheived all my sponsor goals so I'll be getting more cash soon too

Phoenix Academy
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almost 17 years

Very mediocre season had by me.  Started off well in the top 4 for a while then gradually dropped down after a string of defeats, ending up in the relegation playoffs before finishing one above them.

I think I've missed my top 6 goal.  Bonus is that I managed to sell off a few academy products which has kept my finances in tact compared to previous seasons while still growing the stadium.

Key next season will be to find a formation that works.

Legend
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over 16 years

looks like I'll be finishing 4th after the inactive teams get removed, might make a play for promo in the playoff games.

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about 14 years
Shark season for me. End was terrible and will be in the relegation playoffs. I don't think I had a single sunny home game all season. But I am still in the positive Positives are I got my first 4.5 Rex player. And a good season from my youth academy as well.
Legend
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over 16 years

lost my play off game so I stay where I sm, really annoyed as I should have taken that league.....oh well this seaspn fer sure!

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about 14 years
So won my playoff and get to stay in the championship for another season. Should be my best team yet
Trialist
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almost 17 years

First season in championship, did okay to finish 12. Won first playoff but then had 2 players sent off in the second to go down. But looks like i am still in championship so not sure what happened there but not complaining

Marquee
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over 12 years

Poor start from my lads. Lost 4-1 against a newly promoted side who we probably should have beaten.

Starting XI
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about 14 years
I started well before getting a player sent off and losing 6-2
Phoenix Academy
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almost 17 years

Easy 2-1 win for me.  Another new formation, good possession but the 1 striker is probably hindering goals.  In other news I finally sold another academy product for 23mil.  My YA has probably netted me 100+ mil now, not to mention a full starting IX.  Pretty happy!

Starting XI
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about 14 years
I got a 3-2 win so things are back on track. Conversing a few too many however
Marquee
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over 12 years

6-0 win for my lads. One of my strikers scored 5

Starting XI
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about 14 years
I haven't had a sunny home match day in over a season. It's pretty dam annoying
Starting XI
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about 14 years
Another rainy home game. This is insane.
Phoenix Academy
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almost 17 years

Lost to SKC little uns who have some epic youth players.  

Marquee
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over 12 years

detoxin wrote:
Another rainy home game. This is insane.
You need to be like a US sports team and shift cities
Starting XI
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about 14 years
It's sunny it's sunny the monsoon is over
Starting XI
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about 14 years
Got a much needed win after some poor performances. Also get my second home grown 4.5 rec player
Marquee
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over 12 years

66% possession. 22 shots to 8. Opposition had a man sent off after 20 mins.

I lost 3-0

Phoenix Academy
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almost 17 years

Do people still play this game?

Cracker of a game vs. someone on here (Wellington Phoenix)

http://trophymanager.com/matches/123592639/

Phoenix Academy
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310
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almost 17 years

Came 4th in my league.  Won both play off games.  Does that mean I'll be promoted?  Good season overall and the best part is I broke even finance wise and only had to sell one of my 4.5* potential players to do so.

First Team Squad
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over 16 years

Crockett wrote:

Came 4th in my league.  Won both play off games.  Does that mean I'll be promoted?  Good season overall and the best part is I broke even finance wise and only had to sell one of my 4.5* potential players to do so.

Yes winning both games is all you needed to do to get promoted.

Not sure what your team/league is, but being promoted is always a big step up.

Make sure you have enough seats for your new fans for the extra $'s they bring

Good luck next season, except vs me ;)

Marquee
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over 12 years

I came 2nd in my group and won both my playoff games so I'm back to the premiership this season. Got absolutely dicked last time a couple of seasons ago but my team is better now.. still going to get dicked but I might win a game this time. Maybe.

Phoenix Academy
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almost 17 years

auskiwi wrote:

Crockett wrote:

Came 4th in my league.  Won both play off games.  Does that mean I'll be promoted?  Good season overall and the best part is I broke even finance wise and only had to sell one of my 4.5* potential players to do so.

Yes winning both games is all you needed to do to get promoted.

Not sure what your team/league is, but being promoted is always a big step up.

Make sure you have enough seats for your new fans for the extra $'s they bring

Good luck next season, except vs me ;)

Ahhhh cool, I guess.  I shared a similar experience to the guy above me but it was in the Championship  but also my team is a lot better and may have to bring in some reinforcements for the first time in many seasons, as I have gone down the develop YA path.

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over 16 years

I came 2nd in my group and won both my playoff games so I'm back to the premiership this season. Got absolutely dicked last time a couple of seasons ago but my team is better now.. still going to get dicked but I might win a game this time. Maybe.

Yes a couple of good wins sees you in the premiership.Yes you got a hiding last time but hope for better. Maybe 14th will see you stay up.

Did you find last time you took a hit financially in the premiership? After all, it's pretty hard to get those end of year bonuses when newly promoted.

First Team Squad
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over 16 years

Crockett wrote:

auskiwi wrote:

Crockett wrote:

Came 4th in my league.  Won both play off games.  Does that mean I'll be promoted?  Good season overall and the best part is I broke even finance wise and only had to sell one of my 4.5* potential players to do so.

Yes winning both games is all you needed to do to get promoted.

Not sure what your team/league is, but being promoted is always a big step up.

Make sure you have enough seats for your new fans for the extra $'s they bring

Good luck next season, except vs me ;)

Ahhhh cool, I guess.  I shared a similar experience to the guy above me but it was in the Championship  but also my team is a lot better and may have to bring in some reinforcements for the first time in many seasons, as I have gone down the develop YA path.

Whats your teams name?

Marquee
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over 12 years

auskiwi wrote:

I came 2nd in my group and won both my playoff games so I'm back to the premiership this season. Got absolutely dicked last time a couple of seasons ago but my team is better now.. still going to get dicked but I might win a game this time. Maybe.

Yes a couple of good wins sees you in the premiership.Yes you got a hiding last time but hope for better. Maybe 14th will see you stay up.

Did you find last time you took a hit financially in the premiership? After all, it's pretty hard to get those end of year bonuses when newly promoted.

Yeah it did cost me quite a bit of money last time and to be honest I considered throwing the playoff game in order to save more, so I could have a proper crack at it in a few years. But then I thought what's the point of playing the game if I'm not playing to win? So up I go...
Marquee
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over 12 years

last time I was up too I only had 2 players who were 4.5* or better, now I have 6 so should be a bit more competitive on that basis I think

Phoenix Academy
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almost 17 years

I'm Onehunga Town AFC.  Happy to say all my players are YA graduates.

First Team Squad
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over 16 years

last time I was up too I only had 2 players who were 4.5* or better, now I have 6 so should be a bit more competitive on that basis I think

Yep premiership is a 4.5*+ zone. 6 is pretty good & 7 other new teams for you to beat:). Good luck. If you can nail down 12th or above you should be OK as your team should't have any problems beating promotion wannabes come seasons end.

First Team Squad
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over 16 years

auskiwi wrote:

I came 2nd in my group and won both my playoff games so I'm back to the premiership this season. Got absolutely dicked last time a couple of seasons ago but my team is better now.. still going to get dicked but I might win a game this time. Maybe.

Yes a couple of good wins sees you in the premiership.Yes you got a hiding last time but hope for better. Maybe 14th will see you stay up.

Did you find last time you took a hit financially in the premiership? After all, it's pretty hard to get those end of year bonuses when newly promoted.

Yeah it did cost me quite a bit of money last time and to be honest I considered throwing the playoff game in order to save more, so I could have a proper crack at it in a few years. But then I thought what's the point of playing the game if I'm not playing to win? So up I go...

Considering what happened last time I don't blame you for being a little shy but your teams in much better shape this time.

Dropping games I'm sure is something that happens. Can't blame people. I've done it once, with my Cameroon side where there is a huge difference between premier and league two and just because I could play with the second division was no prep for premier and went straight back down costing about $50m. Bit hard to swallow when ones trying to pay for a very expensive YA that brings only rubbish players ;)

Think there should be a promo bonus to reward people

First Team Squad
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over 16 years

Crockett wrote:

I'm Onehunga Town AFC.  Happy to say all my players are YA graduates.

Yeah you have a nice little squad of home grown.

I'm thinking about down grading my YA and save $m's per week in maintenance and players who will never cover their wages paid with a sale.

I have two other sides with high YAs and I'll see how they go.

Maybe give it one more season to see how it goes. Although another few weeks of crap youth pulls and I might bale on NZ YA, we'll see :)

Phoenix Academy
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almost 17 years

Yeah I've had 2-3 season's of very decent pulls (plenty of 4.5*) but I ran into the similar issue of having lvl 10 YA and Training.  Then I knocked training back to lvl 6 and managed to break even two seasons in a row with sales of 1-2 decent players to supplement.  

But that's been detrimental to the development of the players I have and this season I'm going back up to lvl 7 Training.  

I'm looking to sign a decent CB or MC with good tackling as I'll need to sure up my defense more I reckon.

BTW I'm in Championship Group 3

Legend
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over 16 years

yep, came 2nd in my league, lost in the 2nd round game for promo! This year!

First Team Squad
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over 16 years

Crockett wrote:

Yeah I've had 2-3 season's of very decent pulls (plenty of 4.5*) but I ran into the similar issue of having lvl 10 YA and Training.  Then I knocked training back to lvl 6 and managed to break even two seasons in a row with sales of 1-2 decent players to supplement.  

But that's been detrimental to the development of the players I have and this season I'm going back up to lvl 7 Training.  

I'm looking to sign a decent CB or MC with good tackling as I'll need to sure up my defense more I reckon.

BTW I'm in Championship Group 3

I'll give my YA one more season, otherwise down to Lvl 2.

You do look a bit light in defence, bit like the Nix ;)

I've sent you a challenge to see how we go.

I was in demostion playoffs last season so no great team, yet.

I'm in Championship Group 4 Atheos Aotearoa

Phoenix Academy
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almost 17 years

A boring old nil all draw haha.  Funny all 4 of my defenders got yellow cards!  Nice attacking midfield you have there.

First Team Squad
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over 16 years

Close game. Yeah your backs are working as a team lol.

Wanna sell your keeper? ;)

I was thinking about bringing in a 4.5* DC but after that game it will be  4.5* F instead.

It will wait 'till later in the season as I'm not keen on buying players now when prices are so high

Marquee
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9.5K
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over 12 years

auskiwi wrote:

auskiwi wrote:

I came 2nd in my group and won both my playoff games so I'm back to the premiership this season. Got absolutely dicked last time a couple of seasons ago but my team is better now.. still going to get dicked but I might win a game this time. Maybe.

Yes a couple of good wins sees you in the premiership.Yes you got a hiding last time but hope for better. Maybe 14th will see you stay up.

Did you find last time you took a hit financially in the premiership? After all, it's pretty hard to get those end of year bonuses when newly promoted.

Yeah it did cost me quite a bit of money last time and to be honest I considered throwing the playoff game in order to save more, so I could have a proper crack at it in a few years. But then I thought what's the point of playing the game if I'm not playing to win? So up I go...

Considering what happened last time I don't blame you for being a little shy but your teams in much better shape this time.

Dropping games I'm sure is something that happens. Can't blame people. I've done it once, with my Cameroon side where there is a huge difference between premier and league two and just because I could play with the second division was no prep for premier and went straight back down costing about $50m. Bit hard to swallow when ones trying to pay for a very expensive YA that brings only rubbish players ;)

Think there should be a promo bonus to reward people

Yeah I don't blame people for throwing playoff games when you see how getting promoted actually costs you money. I guess for me I just want to try and play the game as close to as if it was real life, in which case I would have my team playing to win every game.

And I agree about the promo bonus. It's stupid that getting promoted issue a negative thing financially. You might get more fans but unless you're super confident that you will stay up it might not be worth spending the money on your stadium to capitalise on it.

My YA and TF are both 8* which is affordable and a bit of a bet hedging exercise. I did see someone did a chart of the long term probability of 4.5/5* players at each YA level and the extra cost of a 10 * YA didn't seem worth it to me .

First Team Squad
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over 16 years

You are in a lot better shape than last time.

Two more seasons for me in the NZ Championship.

I have some 4* players who should crack 4.5*'s by then and will have some extra all important REC. That and buy a young 4.5* each season should be good for a go. But then the games developing and I might find 4.5's are championship players, so two seasons become ten :)

Good luck with your premiership season...../s.

Phoenix Academy
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310
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almost 17 years

Just when I thought all was lost my team managed to score a couple at the death to snatch a 2-2 draw away at one of the stronger teams in my group!

http://trophymanager.com/matches/125764053/

Very attacking at 80mins if down by 2 for the win (or draw)

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