Football Manager Comp (Rules)

[Bruce Spanner]

3 minutes ago, Pidge said:

Give him Yakubu while you're at it.

 

 

 Joseph Minala, 17, still available...

 

 

Seven-fucking-teen!

[The Golden Eel]

38 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

Well, no, because I’ve got a player who turned 24 in December just gone. 23 and under when the game started was what was said. I wouldn’t have picked the player if these terms were stated. The website I use to narrow down my selections lists the ages at the beginning of the game. 

Yeah, I've got Reguilon who was 24 in December. My understanding was the same as yours - that as long as the were 23 on, say, August 30 2020, they were grand. 

[Pidge]

My planned pick (and backup) has now gone, but Neres is 03/03/97 so I guess I'm fine.

[Bruce Spanner]

3 minutes ago, Pidge said:

My planned pick (and backup) has now gone, but Neres is 03/03/97 so I guess I'm fine.

 

Yes.

[Mr Holliday]

£50 charity donation if someone ends below Kunstain’s team of de Ligt, Glenn Murray and James Coppinger. 

[sir roger]

57 minutes ago, The Golden Eel said:

Yeah, I've got Reguilon who was 24 in December. My understanding was the same as yours - that as long as the were 23 on, say, August 30 2020, they were grand. 

Yes that was my idea as well , my Kessie was born in the same week as Ndombele and Reguilon.

[Lee909]

The squad restrictions is a pain in the arse if you play anything but some variant of 4-3-3

[Bruce Spanner]

So, it looks like the time line is nearly the same as last time.

 

I'll get all the players into the game over the next day or so. 

 

I'll send out manager pro forma tomorrow, if you can get those back ASAP I can start to get those up and running.

 

I'm still working on the Euro situation, but it looks like it'll be bizzaro teams again, these are just mirrors of your teams so it is you, just under different names so as not to short the game. I can set the leagues so the mirror teams should win the league every year, so qualification is guarenteed. Your 'real' team will take priority when it comes to the tounaments, so if your real team gets knocked out in the group stages that's it, but you can still celebrate your mirror team winning, but you won't get points for it in the over arching tournament.

 

No transfer window before the season starts, first one in Jan, same rules as set out earlier; two trades per team, player numbers is whatever you swap.

 

Tactical changes can happen anytime, just get in touch, but remember I can only change formations and philosophy.

 

The way it's looking now will be teams released Friday, first fixtures Saturday lunch....

 

 

[Bjornebye]

8 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

So, it looks like the time line is nearly the same as last time.

 

I'll get all the players into the game over the next day or so. 

 

I'll send out manager pro forma tomorrow, if you can get those back ASAP I can start to get those up and running.

 

I'm still working on the Euro situation, but it looks like it'll be bizzaro teams again, these are just mirrors of your teams so it is you, just under different names so as not to short the game. I can set the leagues so the mirror teams should win the league every year, so qualification is guarenteed. Your 'real' team will take priority when it comes to the tounaments, so if your real team gets knocked out in the group stages that's it, but you can still celebrate your mirror team winning, but you won't get points for it in the over arching tournament.

 

No transfer window before the season starts, first one in Jan, same rules as set out earlier; two trades per team, player numbers is whatever you swap.

 

Tactical changes can happen anytime, just get in touch, but remember I can only change formations and philosophy.

 

The way it's looking now will be teams released Friday, first fixtures Saturday lunch....

 

 

Can we keep the same manager stats as last time? 

[Pidge]

17 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

So, it looks like the time line is nearly the same as last time.

 

I'll get all the players into the game over the next day or so. 

 

I'll send out manager pro forma tomorrow, if you can get those back ASAP I can start to get those up and running.

 

I'm still working on the Euro situation, but it looks like it'll be bizzaro teams again, these are just mirrors of your teams so it is you, just under different names so as not to short the game. I can set the leagues so the mirror teams should win the league every year, so qualification is guarenteed. Your 'real' team will take priority when it comes to the tounaments, so if your real team gets knocked out in the group stages that's it, but you can still celebrate your mirror team winning, but you won't get points for it in the over arching tournament.

 

No transfer window before the season starts, first one in Jan, same rules as set out earlier; two trades per team, player numbers is whatever you swap.

 

Tactical changes can happen anytime, just get in touch, but remember I can only change formations and philosophy.

 

The way it's looking now will be teams released Friday, first fixtures Saturday lunch....

 

 

Is it more of a pain to put everyone in bizzaro world for Europe? Remove any fatigue/form carryover disparity?

[Bruce Spanner]

13 minutes ago, Pidge said:

Is it more of a pain to put everyone in bizzaro world for Europe? Remove any fatigue/form carryover disparity?

 

Sadly not, the game is hard coded to have x amount of teams form each league and if I try and change that it breaks everything and we can't just bin Europe off for the same reason.

 

 

[Bruce Spanner]

24 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Can we keep the same manager stats as last time? 

 

Of course.

[Allan]

Can you not just give the European spots to those who earned them in the initial run?

 

Or even, just pick the entrants randomly from the 20 players for this first season? Seasons 2 & 3 will then sort themselves.

[Lee909]

How do we know how fit the players are and when they need rested etc

[Bruce Spanner]

2 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

How do we know how fit the players are and when they need rested etc

Your AI manager will do all of that, you set their ability to do certain things, so knowing tactics, working with kids etc.

 

It’ll all make sense when you see it.

[John102]

3 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

How do we know how fit the players are and when they need rested etc

Ignore, Bruce just answered.

[Bruce Spanner]

9 minutes ago, Dynamite said:

Can you not just give the European spots to those who earned them in the initial run?

 

Or even, just pick the entrants randomly from the 20 players for this first season? Seasons 2 & 3 will then sort themselves.

Nah, more fun with everyone involved.

[Allan]

Fair number of players missing from the spreadsheet by the way. Below are just the goalkeepers who are missing.

 

I'm going to run through each thread and check the spreadsheet has everybody.

 

rb wanted to add Kinglsey Coman as a midfielder last night, but he'd been taken in the attackers thread, however was not on the spreadsheet.

 

Keepers not on the spreadsheet:

 

Karl_b - Rui Patricio & David Raya
Street Preacher - Igor Akinfeev
rb14 - Yassine Bounou
Alex_K - Bartlomiej Dragowski
aRdja - Pepe Reina

[Captain Turdseye]

I need to back and find the list of attributes. I’m gonna tweak mine a bit. My last team was taking shitloads of shots but not converting them into goals. 

[Pidge]

1 hour ago, Bruce Spanner said:

 

Sadly not, the game is hard coded to have x amount of teams form each league and if I try and change that it breaks everything and we can't just bin Europe off for the same reason.

 

 

No worries then, don't think it had a huge impact last time. Apart from the obvious fact that's I'd have pissed the league otherwise.

[Guest Alex_K]

We'll be playing a diamond formation this season, in the vision of the great Brendan Rodgers team of yester-year

[sir roger]

10 minutes ago, Pidge said:

No worries then, don't think it had a huge impact last time. Apart from the obvious fact that's I'd have pissed the league otherwise.

And I woke up speaking Ukranian

[Allan]

Gone through the selection threads and have the following players are missing from the spreadsheet: (Some may have just been added this morning, others not)

 

Keepers:

 

Karl_b - Rui Patricio & David Raya
Street Preacher - Igor Akinfeev
rb14 - Yassine Bounou
Alex_K - Bartlomiej Dragowski
aRdja - Pepe Reina

 

Defenders:

 

sir roger - Danilo
Bjornebye - Andreas Christensen
Dynamite - Robin Gosens
Scott_M - Thiago Silva
rb14 - Kostas Manolas
TGE - Nathan Ake
Karl_b - Inigo Martinez

 

Midfielders:

 

John102 - Luka Modric
Dynamite - Nicolo Zaniolo, Luis Alberto & Jorginho
Lee909 - Dani Ceballos
Stronts - Mikel Merino

 

Also, Emre Can is currently down as a pick for The Golden Eel, but was picked by Street Preacher, so will need to be moved.

 

Attackers:

aRdja - Kingsley Coman
sir roger - Ciro Immobile
Bjornebye - Tammy Abraham
No2 - Gareth Bale
Scott_M - Pedro Neto
The Golden Eel - Wissam Ben-Yedder

[Karl_b]

1 hour ago, Dynamite said:

Can you not just give the European spots to those who earned them in the initial run?

 

Or even, just pick the entrants randomly from the 20 players for this first season? Seasons 2 & 3 will then sort themselves.

I had the same thought, if we're playing for three seasons then play it as "real". Effectively just replace the 20 PL teams with our 20 teams, with European qualification, relegation, cup runs, etc. 

[John102]

Imagine Dynamite being your boss.