That Everton team TS built was amazing. GS is building something similar at Southend. I could have won more at Arse if I'd not gone too early for rebuilds but was up against your best teams then so there's that too. Remember having a couple of amazing seasons but still not winning it.
That's what I did not enjoy, I absolutely love building a team from nothing and being really annoying to you big teams. I'm still proud of the "been Barnsleyed" comments that got coined.
Yeah, not a lot of fun landing at a club with a crazy good team and just running it on auto pilot. The MEs so shit that squad building is really the most fun part of the game.
1.5 years later:
352 was very popular at that point. Shame I couldn't get Ronaldo firing in the same team as Messi but still won some silverware.
Capacity increases are mostly for teams in Division 1 but if your capacity is below the average in your division and you do well in the league, you can still get some increase but will take a while.
Aye, i thought as much. It's a long road and I'll just have to accept my midtable position. Shame about the max loan capacity, I could be a good place for folks to loan talent to keep them within ffp
I use 4-2-3-1 B. The successful teams in our league seem split between that and 4-3-3 A
That's what I use, but I just always lose against managed teams for some reason, and my team is pretty good as well..
↓ Alaba (94)
-- Goretzka (93) -- Pedri (92) = Goal = Assist
= MOTM| Game | Utd Poss | MK Dons Poss | Utd Shots (SoT) | MK Dons Shots (SoT) | Utd Goals | MK Dons Goals | Utd SoT Conv. | MK Dons SoT Conv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5th March: Milton Keynes Dons v Utd | 62% | 38% | 26 (11) | 8 (2) | 3 | 0 | 27.3% | 0% |
Combined | 62% | 38% | 26 (11) | 8 (2) | 3 | 0 | 27.3% | 0% |
That's real strong squad depth right there. Jealous that your Davies can still play AM - Hakimi lost his ability to a few months ago
and now he's got his rape case.I just can't seem to get a challenge going. I can win the first 5 or so games, then get beat and regular as clockwork, I'm losing a few on the spin and then I'm out of the race before it even gets going. We're on season 37 now, I last won the league in Season 16 in 2015 ffs.That's real strong squad depth right there. Jealous that your Davies can still play AM - Hakimi lost his ability to a few months ago
The big problem is the rating windows tend to be really shitty these days. They speed through each club and do a shit job of it, which makes the process of building your squad that much harder.Aye, i thought as much. It's a long road and I'll just have to accept my midtable position. Shame about the max loan capacity, I could be a good place for folks to loan talent to keep them within ffp
I've got a few projects that might turn a profit but I've also taken some serious gambles on players that may flop like Bebe
We've got squads of 90+ players stuck in Division 2. Sometimes it feels like the game curses your club for no real reason and no matter what you do you can't turn it around.
Ouch. So the process has been like that for a while then? It's not something that happened recently? All I can think is to try copying the ones who are doing best and see if that does anything, but that kind of squad should be doing well unless the teams above you have a bunch of 94+ rated players
I think Everton have been up there too which makes sense why we've dominated in recent seasons
I'm definitely cursed. I can seem to win in the SMFA competitions though. I've recently completed La Decima in that, and won the Shield 3 out of the last 6 times. I've won a lot of trophies over the years but mainly early on. Winning the league is a pipe dream.
It is a very competitive league to be fair, a core of 14 players who have been playing for 10 years or so. Some are more active (or have more time to research) in picking up younger talents, and that gives them the advantage when its an Mbappe or a Haaland. I picked up Enzo Fernandez and swapped him for Chiesa, Jon David, Ferran Torres and Jose Gimenez as everybody has a feck load of cash so money is pointless so every deal is a swap deal pretty much, unless they get level 5 unhappy and feck off, and even then, it's a 13 way bidding war if it's a decent player or prospect. That's how I picked up Camavinga earlier in the season. I'm not sure how they choose which team he goes to in that situation where everybody has bid the same amount.
It does make me wonder if despite the ratings they do weight the system towards specific players because Lukaku doesn't really score for me either. Last season he scored 5 goals with 8 assists and I finished 9th/10th in Division 1. Haland scored more goals for me when he was a lower rating than he scores now despite being 95 rating. Try working that one out.
Last season Lukaku played 31 times and scored 14 and assisted 13, which isn't bad tbh, but then you look at Ronaldo at 36 and he got 27 goals and 15 assists in 32 games. All of the top strikers get around that number tbh, Kane got 28 in 32, Mbappe got 27 in 30, and Haaland got 27 in 31 as well, all with over 15 assists on top.It does make me wonder if despite the ratings they do weight the system towards specific players because Lukaku doesn't really score for me either. Last season he scored 5 goals with 8 assists and I finished 9th/10th in Division 1. Haland scored more goals for me when he was a lower rating than he scores now despite being 95 rating. Try working that one out.
= Goal = Assist = MOTM| Game | Utd Poss | Sevilla Poss | Utd Shots (SoT) | Sevilla Shots (SoT) | Utd Goals | Sevilla Goals | Utd SoT Conv. | Sevilla SoT Conv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13th Feb: Sevilla v Utd | 58% | 42% | 18 (9) | 6 (1) | 2 | 0 | 22.2% | 0% |
6th Mar: Utd v Sevilla | 61% | 39% | 17 (9) | 7 (1) | 3 | 0 | 33.3% | 0% |
Combined | 59.5% | 40.5% | 35 (18) | 13 (2) | 5 | 0 | 27.8% | 0% |
Game's biased towards attackers. Get your striker and 2 wingers in the 93+ range even if you've to downgrade your def and you'll do better I reckon. 92s supplying a 93 if your league is super competitive and others have those 94s in attack will see you struggle for trophies.
I do think getting the right combination of tactics with formation has something to do with it. I got to a very good point with defense but could barely score with a worse side than the rest of the division seasons back. I find a slightly worse keeper is better than a better one when the rest of your team is okay but that is just me.
-- Eriksen (91)↓ -- Sancho (91) = Goal = Assist = MOTM| Game | Utd Poss | Scunthorpe Poss | Utd Shots (SoT) | Scunthorpe Shots (SoT) | Utd Goals | Scunthorpe Goals | Utd SoT Conv. | Scunthorpe SoT Conv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7th Mar: Utd v Scunthorpe | 75% | 25% | 23 (15) | 4 (1) | 4 | 0 | 26.7% | 0% |
Combined | 75% | 25% | 23 (15) | 4 (1) | 4 | 0 | 26.7% | 0% |
= Goal = Assist = MOTM| Game | Utd Poss | Southend Poss | Utd Shots (SoT) | Southend Shots (SoT) | Utd Goals | Southend Goals | Utd SoT Conv. | Southend SoT Conv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9th Mar: Utd v Southend | 50% | 50% | 12 (2) | 9 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0% | 25% |
Combined | 50% | 50% | 12 (2) | 9 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0% | 25% |
Villa are going to win the league. Crazy how they are first with that SoT against shots conceded %. Southend the other outlier, only 2 goals conceded. Impressive. Nottingham unlucky so far looking at their conceded SoT. Hereford.. Overperforming? Bound to drop down the table soon
@RedSkyIf my players keep getting sent off and I forget to switch my team then it's inevitable.Villa are going to win the league. Crazy how they are first with that SoT against shots conceded %. Southend the other outlier, only 2 goals conceded. Impressive. Nottingham unlucky so far looking at their conceded SoT. Hereford.. Overperforming? Bound to drop down the table soon
Attack is bailing me out at the moment but not sure how sustainable it is to concede 1.6 goals a game if I'm to win the title. It's a joke how every SOT ends up in the netVilla are going to win the league. Crazy how they are first with that SoT against shots conceded %. Southend the other outlier, only 2 goals conceded. Impressive. Nottingham unlucky so far looking at their conceded SoT. Hereford.. Overperforming? Bound to drop down the table soon
It will even out. That's what i'm saying. Impressive to be first with the current leak at the back.
Yeah, that's the hope.
It's actually happened twice before, in seasons which had low point champions.
| Season | Team | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Nottingham Forest | 92 (2.42) | 61 (1.6) | 72 (1.9) |
9 | Blackburn Rovers | 75 (1.97) | 65 (1.71) | 67 (1.76) |
Yeah, hopefully there's a reversal to mean on the def side and the high rated front 4 keep delivering. Good chance for the title with you, Everton and Forest having a slow start but long way to go.
