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League Banter - The Matchday thread

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21 Nov 22:32

 Victory for me keeps me within reach of promotion. 3 points behind so I need the teams ahead of me to screw up in the last few games.

23 Nov 08:26

Trying to watch my game at Seddon Park using the wifi, losing to a relegation bot....

Maybe it's a sign to stick to the cricket.

23 Nov 10:33

A 2-0 victory for me puts me within 1 point of 3rd and 3 points of promotion. I am at home against Disjointed next, which means that Disjointed control where I finish in both the Fever League and the Kiwi League.

24 Nov 01:57

I keep getting players sent off, tough to win with 10 men! I'm on a great run of beating the pro teams but losing to the bots, might help me in the Fever league at least...

24 Nov 02:50

There's a few Yellow Fever teams in tight contests with 2 matches to go:

Aoteoroha Championship Group 2 - Thunderthighs United - Ramtallica

In 1st place. 3 points ahead of 2nd & 3rd. Should win last two matches to move into the top division again...

Aoteoroha Championship Group 3 - Tegal - Tegal

In 2nd place. Favourite to win last two matches. 4 points behind top place, who have a midtable match, then playing 3rd place. I think 2nd place gives Tegal a playoff match for promotion..

Kiwi League 1 Group 1 - Khandallah Lokomotiv - bwtcf

4th place - only 3 points behind 2nd place, but hard to see the other two teams both dropping points...

Kiwi League 1 Group 2 - Racing Fat Cockneys - Azevo

1 point ahead of relegation zone. A win this round should make him safe though.

- Peow is also close - a shame for him he has me next match though! :)

24 Nov 04:58

Is 2nd place in league 1 instant promotion or is it a playoff? I can't finish any higher or lower now

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24 Nov 05:15

Yea, 2nd place goes up. A big up in quality from Div 1 to Aotearoa Championship. I've won my League 1 group easy, but still gonna be tough for me to compete well next season. Might see you up there!

24 Nov 05:21

yeah I just looked at one of the championship groups and the team that's dead last are substantially better than my lads. Plus I've only got 17m in the bank so I won't be improving my squad much in the off season. Oh well, I should be stronger when I drop back down!

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24 Nov 06:22

Yea, first time I went up I knew I was coming straight back down... so mainly concentrated on ensuring I'd have a good team to bounce back up and do better next time.

24 Nov 22:20

Yeah thats the plan. Hopefully I get lucky and finally get some decent youngsters out of my academy to help me out with that


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25 Nov 10:22 · edited 25 Nov 10:23 · History

I picked up 3 points tonight and first place lost to that 6th place team. So now 1 point behind 1st and automatic promotion with 1 game to play! Also 2 points ahead of 3rd place. So anything can happen in the final game on Wednesday. 


Allegedly

25 Nov 17:57

I somehow lost despite dominating and can actually still finish third - but I'll get promoted regardless because the only team which can catch me is banned


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25 Nov 19:51

Lost last weeks game against Kaikoura FF 3-1 but came back yesterday with a 9-0 win over B AC Oliver.

Another sold out stadium, I wish I had added a lot more seats as this was the last home game of the season, could've used the extra bums on seats and wallets to empty!

Currently sitting at the top with a 3 point lead, but picked up two injuries and a yellow card last game so will have to shuffle the squad around a bit for Wednesday's away game at Dynamo Whangamata.


25 Nov 20:10

smashed a'B' team 8 nil last night, hat trick for one striker and 5 for the other! still only sitting mid table in the lowest league of NZ, but I think next season I'll push to jump up, just need a really good keeper and to strengthen my defence.

Queenslander 3x a year.

25 Nov 21:37

 1-0 loss to Disjointed means promotion is no longer within reach. Best I can finish is 3rd and worst I can finish is 5th.

26 Nov 04:56

Would've been sort of pleased if you'd beaten me in that one Peow, given I didn't need it, but wasn't gonna throw the match / put out a dud team because of my stupid sense of fairness!

26 Nov 22:43

In my final game tomorrow, 1st place are playing 3rd. So I have a good chance at taking 1st place if I win.


Allegedly

27 Nov 23:45

Didn't even know it was the last game of the season... think I'm going to go all-out attacking, might end up 6-5 or something. Unsure if I can relegated, can anyone tell me how relegation/promotion works?

28 Nov 01:31

1st v 6th  in the Kiwi League 2 Group 1 tonight, and the match has a small star next to it to add a bit of extra dosh. 

Los Halcones Locos FC and Metallurg Okato are going up :)

Should have aimed higher with the sponsorship.  Is there prize money for promotion on top of sponsorship goals?


28 Nov 02:22

N-Bomb wrote:

Didn't even know it was the last game of the season... think I'm going to go all-out attacking, might end up 6-5 or something. Unsure if I can relegated, can anyone tell me how relegation/promotion works?



Nah, you are in the lowest division so you can only go up. Top two get promoted and then depending on how many inactive accounts are in the divisions above you, more teams may go up.
28 Nov 02:36

Right, I was wondering if you go up from league 2 div 7 to league 2 div 6, but it seems you go up to league 1. Big step up!

28 Nov 21:19 · edited 28 Nov 21:21 · History

I managed to lose to the team in the relegation zone. This cost me 2nd place and I finished the season 4th. Well gutted. Lost 2-1. 

That's football. 


Allegedly

28 Nov 21:42

I kept the same attacking formation I used against Disjointed in the friendly league when I faced the bottom of the table team and managed to smash them 7-0.

Finished 4th this season pretty happy for that. Hopefully I'll be a real contender for promotion next season.

29 Nov 01:59

I had my first game in the newbie league, won 4-0 :)

03 Dec 17:46

Championship group 1 with Peow and Tegal this season. RRRRRivals!


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03 Dec 18:27

N-Bomb wrote:
Right, I was wondering if you go up from league 2 div 7 to league 2 div 6, but it seems you go up to league 1. Big step up!

Looks like League 2 has disappeared completely, my new team has been put in League 1 Group 1, and there are now League 1's right through to Group 16.

03 Dec 20:42

 I am stoked...Didn't think I would get promoted.

03 Dec 21:35

Yeah they have a new league structure this season (more groups I think) so heaps of people got promoted. Stoked to have you two in my group !


Allegedly

03 Dec 23:58

Good lord I am going to get absolutely killed. Way out of my depth here, survival will be the goal!

04 Dec 00:03

N-Bomb wrote:
Good lord I am going to get absolutely killed. Way out of my depth here, survival will be the goal!

At last you have a previous season, this is my first, and looking at the table there are 6 relegation spots lol...(Though no league below this level :P)

04 Dec 06:33 · edited 04 Dec 06:33 · History

Tegal wrote:

Yeah they have a new league structure this season (more groups I think) so heaps of people got promoted. Stoked to have you two in my group !

I'm a little gutted about this after a team I battled with for the 2nd promotion place in my league got promoted anyway -  into the same division as me again. No fair!

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04 Dec 07:36

Yeah that does kind of suck. Least you got your little runners up trophy!


Allegedly

05 Dec 21:57

 Won my first game of the season 2-1...Was losing 1-0 but then I had a player sent off. I then scored 2 goals with 10 men. Is there a way to start with 10 men?

05 Dec 22:16

I was quite happy with a 1-1 draw, lost one of my central defenders after 26 minutes, then went down 1-0 before halftime, in the second half actually fought back and scored late to tie the game. Happy with a draw after a terrible red card, my question is more how do I set my tactic so if a central defender is sent off that one of my central midfielders is swapped into defense? Or is this not possible?

05 Dec 22:18

You can do it under conditional orders. If say if player x gets a red card, player y gets subbed off for player z who goes to DC. Then just set that for both central defenders. 

If that's confusing I can try a screenshot of what it looks like at the end later tonight if you want. 


Allegedly

05 Dec 22:47

Ok right so I have to do it for each player on the pitch, that's fine, will just take a bit of time to make sure all possible solutions are there :)

05 Dec 23:38

 It's a bit of a pain the conditional orders are limited to 5, because it doesn't allow many options to change tactics, cover key injuries, or cover red cards :\

 I put in option for having a red card to change formation, but not to swap a particular player, based on the limited number of choices available

05 Dec 23:40

Haha I thought this for ages too, but you can actually scroll down and there are more slots to fill :)


Allegedly

06 Dec 00:17

Thought I'd see how the Fever team did in the first gameweek:

Thunderthighs United - 2-0 loss in Premier League (no shame at all in that!)

Tegal - 2-0 win

Wellington United - 6-0 win!

Khandallah Lokomotiv - 1-0 loss

Racing Fat Cockneys - 4-1 win

Tawa AFC - 1-0 loss

Peow FC - 2-1 win

Paraparaumu Disjointed - 2-1 loss

Sky Valley - 2-0 win

Sanchez AFC - 1-0 win

Los Halcones Locos FC - 1-0 win

Wellington Phoenix FC - 4-1 win

Earthquake City - 4-1 win

Tawa AFC - 1-0 loss

Racing Club North Shore - 3-1 loss

Waikato Whippingboys - 1-0 win

Highlands FC - 2-1 win

Elite FC - 0-0

Surge Thunder FC - 3-0 loss

AD Fafe - 1-1 draw

So overall, our record was 11-7-2 I believe, not bad at all

06 Dec 00:18

 Use the arrows in the red box highlighted in the screenshot below to move from the first 5 advanced tactics to the subsequent sets. You are however limited to 20...


Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.


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