League Banter - The Matchday thread

Yeah I was surprised I kept up for that long!  In Kiwi league I ran with that formation and pretty much same lineup with slightly - very attacking as default.  After a serious thumping in game 1 of Championship I went to an unfamiliar 442 and slightly defensive and ended up getting donked 13-0 (got early red card).  

So I went back to slightly attacking and default setup (except I moved OM into CM).  

My keeper has probably been my best player since I started playing this game.  I'm trying to replace him via Youth Development but haven't pulled anyone decent so far :(.

Good game though!

I've got a 4 star potential 18 year old keeper if you are interested?

Got link?  I'm pretty stingy on paying for players and my recent YD pulls have been OK so am happy to wait it out haha. 

http://trophymanager.com/players/102944780/Jimmy_Andrew/#/page/history/

Most shots I've ever had in a game and it was my reserves even, Sky Valley B's have a lot to say for themselves: http://trophymanager.com/matches/84388248/

2-2 draw, was 2-1 up until the 80th minute then gave away a penalty and got a defender red carded 

In happier news, the first team is still unbeaten and 3rd in the Championship. Yet to play the big boys though.

Bizarre start to the year 

First ever League clash between the Whips and the trains. 1 - 1 after 74 mins.

Edit: 1 - 2 Trains after 77 mins.

And it finishes 2 - 1 to the Trains! RESULT! 

And Whips couldn't even sell out the ground for this MASSIVE game. Shoddy back office promotion I say.

i get beaten by a shit team again..... whats going on... i had a much better midfield but he still had more shots even with going defensive... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

It's all gone quiet...

It's all gone quiet...

It's all gone quiet over there!!!

this game is starting to really piss me off. time and time again i have the much better team, but cant score, while they get 1 shot the whole game and they score meaning they win 1-0.... WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2-1 win despite having my starting DR go off injured for 8 games, and then my replacement also get injured! I had an OMC playing DR and he somehow survived with a 5.0 rating.

Still in the top 4, what a great season so far.

Post when you're winning... You only post when you're winning...

Somewhat guttingly the Trains only managed a 1 - 1 draw against Onehunga Town, despite them being reduced to 10 men early for a straight red tackle from behind by the last defender..

12 games into the season and my guys are sitting top of the table! hopefully it can continue!

Peow FC sitting 2 points behind me.

0 - 0 at Homebush Road vs the Whips at halftime.

3 teams tied on 57 points in Kiwi league 1 GP 11.

http://trophymanager.com/league/#pa

This it will come down to the return league at home on the 19th of December to decide who wins the league.

moved up to 3rd and in some form, think first is too far but i should be able to take 2nd 

Trains locked in a battle for survival:

Previous 6 games: W L W W D W

Up aginst second to bottom Gore on Friday while Napier City Rebels host Papakura United...

Come on Papakura!

Onehunga locked in relegation, period.

Sigh, the Trains are killing me. After an awesome run, and dangling the prospect of climbing out of the relegation playoff zone, Papakura won 0 - 1 away at Napier City Rebels, and the Trains lost 4 - 1 to lowly Gore. C!!!

And then followed that up at home to Napier City Rebels, 0 - 0 after 88 mins, then concede and lose 0 - 1.

Grrrrrrrr.

Opportunity lost!

Peow FC vs Nix in League 1 GP 11on friday - this match will effectively decide who gains auto promo I think. Will Peow bounce back up or will the nix finally move out of the Kiwi leagues?

Another successful season for the Whips, going to finish anywhere from 6th to 9th to stay up for another season, had an outside chance at the top four and a playoff game which would have been crazy but was a bit low on funds so sold all my old players as soon as I had a top 10 position wrapped up.

Should have enough funds after the season update to go and get myself 1/2 players to keep the squad in a similar position getting ready for the next campaign.

Onehunga relegated from Championship as expected.  Don't think I won a game all season.  TBH I didn't want/expect to get promoted.  My squad is too big and am trying to cut it down, including letting some decent players go who are still at an OK age.

Bank is -23mil in the red.  

I have chosen to go down the Youth Development route.  44 Days until Youth Dev level 10.  I'm not sure if I'm going to pull enough good players to offset the maintenance costs.  Training is at level 8 too.  I am 5 seasons in, about to begin season 6.

Although the positives have been I've managed to pull about 5-6 4.5/5.0 star potential youth players (Yth 20, Dev 15 scouts).  And I only have 2 players in the 30's in my entire squad.  Will be promoting a couple of players from the reserve/youth team up even though they probably aren't ready, but keen to give them the routine and get rid of a couple of 3 star players approaching their 30's with growth about to decline.

Do you guys re-scout your players as they progress?  I scouted a 16 y/o player when I first got him from Yth Dev, said was going to be a 3.5* pot so I thought OK, I'll keep him.  Now I've used the same scout a couple of seasons later and he reckons the player could be a 4.5* pot.  I've gotten rid of lots of what I thought as 'dud' youth players.  Hopefully there  weren't any good ones discarded!

I sold my all time leading goal scorer too :(

http://trophymanager.com/players/92470211/S-Stewar...

104 goals in 183 matches.  Not bad

Ohhhhh! 

YF Rivals grudge match in the Promotion/Relegation Playoffs!

Boom! Trains win 4 - 0 and totally SMASH the attendance record at Homebush Road in the process!

It was a big match, they were hanging from the rafters, standing in the aisles and Singing on the Trains on the way home!

Win first up for Sky Valley, but it wasn't comfortable. Despite having 63% possession (with a long ball approach!) and 20 shots to the opponent's 5, we still only won 3-2. 

not sure what happened for my end of season, finished third, I won the play off game, and didnt get promoted??

yeah they made the change a few seasons back. 

It was something about spreading talent more evenly across divisions iirc. they explained it and it all made perfect sense at the time. Have a look back on the announcements if you're bored.