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This season began when, in the 33rd minute, my captain scored an own goal. Now begins the struggle for mid-table.
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Social justice did you really just soap me after game one?
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Jun 10, 2014 08:16
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VelociBacon posted:Social justice did you really just soap me after game one? Hey, at least he waited for a game.
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Jun 10, 2014 08:46
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First match, first win, first long term injury.
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Jun 10, 2014 09:22
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Add me to the first game injury list - my GK went off after 26 mins, and the sub conceded the first three shots on his goal... Would have started my Serie Goon career with an away win otherwise.
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Jun 10, 2014 09:44
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ChrisXP posted:Add me to the first game injury list - my GK went off after 26 mins, and the sub conceded the first three shots on his goal... consider yourself unlucky, as GK injuries are so rare some people don't stock reserve GKs
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Jun 10, 2014 16:09
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Baby Cakes posted:consider yourself unlucky, as GK injuries are so rare some people don't stock reserve GKs I don't and my keeper went of at around 20 min. I don't think the other team got a shot on goal so it didn't matter, but my keeper is the best player on my team.
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Jun 10, 2014 21:06
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Tactics Chat If you have a GK who is good in the air would it make sense to set your defensive tactics to tighten the center (or tighten wings if your player was good at standing in the right place)? I'm wondering if the skill itself provides enough of a bonus to be worth subjecting your GK to seeing more shots since the individual chance of a goal is less on each shot. This is all assuming there's nothing on the enemy squad like powerful shooter or good header etc. I've never done this and would be inclined to think it's not enough of a benefit to risk the extra shots on net but wanted to see what you guys thought.
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Jun 11, 2014 16:01
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I've seen some teams in other leagues stack their defenders with the "good header" SQ and then they'd always tighten the center. It makes sense, their goals against stat seemed pretty even across the board. But I don't think it's a good idea if you're just banking on your GK's SQ. I would suggest taking your opponent's MF/FW's SQs into account, if they have a lot of guys who are fast or powerful shots then it might be a good idea to tighten the center, if they have a lot of good headers then obviously it would not be such a good idea.
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Jun 12, 2014 09:19
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Game day! Tactics, and don't forget to bet! I will write something soon, just been busy ><
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Jun 12, 2014 12:30
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Is Tuesday still the best time to train with the new schedule? I always find it confusing to work it out.
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Jun 15, 2014 05:37
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Booooooo to plagiarized press releases! Boo, I say!
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Jun 15, 2014 06:15
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VelociBacon posted:Is Tuesday still the best time to train with the new schedule? I always find it confusing to work it out. Train on Sunday for general upkeep of players whose form has fallen. Train injured players as soon as they are injured.
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Jun 15, 2014 14:29
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:Booooooo to plagiarized press releases! Boo, I say! There is a press release generator out there, and I hate the drat thing. Takes personality away from the game, how can you develop any rivalry when the other teams are just robots spitting out soundbites.
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Jun 15, 2014 17:26
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I don't mind if people copy the basic structure of pressers as long as they put some personality into it. It's not hard! In the other league I play in the presser quality is amazing so coming back to Goon League can be disappointing in that regard. Had a decent start to the season thankfully, seeing my team so low on all those lists posted before (thanks for that btw) made me want to turn it around.
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Jun 16, 2014 19:07
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Power Fruits are you feeding your players cold hard cash every game because your offense just destroyed me. I had a 200k win bonus and this happened http://xperteleven.com/gameDetails.aspx?GameID=310857474&dh=2
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Jun 19, 2014 21:17
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Referee handed out 7 cards between the two teams in my game, prick. Speaking of dumb records, what's the highest score you've seen in an XP11 game? In my other league the highest I can remember was either 8-0 or 9-0 but I've never seen anyone break 10. I've been thinking lately about formations, mainly how little I play around with them. It's always 4-5-1, 3-5-2 or the ever so daring 5-4-1 if I really want to stonewall. Has anyone built their team around a less midfield heavy formation? I'd say 3-5-2/4-4-2/4-5-1 would be the most common but I'm sure if you had the right players for it nearly anything would work. Anyone in Serie Goon predominantly use a 3-4-3 or 4-3-3 or something? The only one that I couldn't see working would be the 4-2-4. Just seems like with the majority playing at least 4 in the midfield even with long balls you'd struggle. It'd be fun to try against someone who plays with 3 defenders a lot, just to see.
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Jun 19, 2014 23:29
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See you all in HDISB
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Jun 20, 2014 00:37
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My record so far is 0-4, 0-6, 1-5, 1-4. Am I doing something very wrong or is there just a giant disparity in team/player skill going on?
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Jun 20, 2014 01:12
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Rapner posted:My record so far is 0-4, 0-6, 1-5, 1-4. What team are you?
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Jun 20, 2014 01:25
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Norfolk-in-Chance
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Jun 20, 2014 01:35
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Retu D's shaping up to be fun - the Portland Mondays and my own team, the CoffeeGuzzlers, are running away with it early, and we don't face each other until game 8. It's looking like it's going to boil down to 'which one of us fucks up first'. (it will be me) Rapner, your team is ridiculously young. There's an 'average age' thing on the tactics screen for offense, defense, and the team; I've been told that the 'sweet spot' for this number should be around 25. Too low and your team is just too young and inexperienced to keep up, and you've got a whole lot of 18 and 19 year olds in there. Looking at your last match against my old nemesis FC Lamentaire, the one glaring error I can see is that you had Offside Traps on with a referee whose Skill rating is only 2; such a ref won't notice the offsides and so the other team will get more scoring opportunities.
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Jun 20, 2014 03:39
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Rapner posted:Norfolk-in-Chance Oh poo poo sorry yeah I'm the last people you played. Ugh. I dunno that last one is a bad combination of being against a team with over 5 times your team value and just generally inexperience when it comes to how to respond to refs. This is how I usually go: Ref Skill: 1-3: Cheating 4-6: Cheating if you have players who are good at cheating. 7-10: Offside Traps Ref Harshness: 1-3: Bruise if you really want to risk getting soaped when you injure someone's player 4-7: Normal 8-10: Careful e: When you're playing teams with way better players than yours (half of the teams in our div), put like 5 people on defense, set your formation to defensive or very defensive, "long balls" tactic typically, and mark their best MF with intelligence or their outstanding ridiculously strong forward if one exists. You should always set SOME kind of win bonus with very few exceptions. This works for you even if you are probably going to lose since your players will play much better and will lose by maybe a goal or two instead of 4 or more. The better play will help their form, especially if it results in a goal or assist. So yeah if you're playing a team in our division with a record of like 4/0 so far you're pretty much safe to put a win bonus of like 600k or more and you won't have to pay it because they'll still beat you a bit. VelociBacon fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Jun 20, 2014 |
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Jun 20, 2014 04:56
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Thanks for the advice everyone, hopefully this can turn it around a bit. I don't mind losing, but getting crushed every game is a bit bleh.
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Jun 20, 2014 05:19
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VelociBacon posted:Ref Harshness: Fixed this for pro tier players.
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Jun 20, 2014 05:32
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Suck it bitches:
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Jun 20, 2014 05:41
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dalstrs posted:Suck it bitches: You aren't actually using that guy are you? Moody has ruined me too many times, too random. Just put this guy on the market if anyone wants a 17/4 FK specialist 
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Jun 20, 2014 10:41
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Rapner posted:Norfolk-in-Chance Your side is just insanely young across the board (as mentioned above). I'd grab a couple of cheap 30/7s-32/8s to fill gaps and get your average age up a bit. I'd try to stonewall as well - whenever I've been dealt a poor team it seems to affect form less and you won't get belted as badly. You definitely need to boost your defense so I'd make that your first priority so you can play 5 at the back if you need to. I'd consider offloading one of those 19/5s and seeing if you can scoop up a 21-22 year old on the transfer market too. Having three 19 year olds and an 18 year old in defense is always going to be tough. In short: get a couple of stopgap defenders and play much more defensively for the time being. I'd also consider playing long balls fairly often until you get a stronger midfield. I'm not an expert but I got dealt a very similar team in another league that had an absentee manager beforehand, I managed to get them from dead last to the middle of the table with a few pickups and forcing draws.
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Jun 20, 2014 11:46
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dalstrs posted:Suck it bitches: Didn't help you yesterday though 
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Jun 20, 2014 12:19
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So happy to have won a Serie Goon game. No matter what happens the rest of the season, we will always have this memory...... Where is the release souvenir DVD option???
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Jun 20, 2014 15:59
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Baby Cakes posted:Power Fruits are you feeding your players cold hard cash every game because your offense just destroyed me. Hah to be honest I still don't know what I am doing. I've just been clicking buttan. I even forgot there was a match yesterday. I think I set my win bonus at 50 or 100 but I don't remember.
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Jun 20, 2014 16:05
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:Retu D's shaping up to be fun - the Portland Mondays and my own team, the CoffeeGuzzlers, are running away with it early, and we don't face each other until game 8. It's looking like it's going to boil down to 'which one of us fucks up first'. Also, I can't believe the scorelines of my last few matches; I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop!  
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Jun 20, 2014 16:52
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plainswalker75 posted:We tied for manager of the round! I didn't know that could even happen. Soap this man. 
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Jun 20, 2014 17:28
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stachatoryR posted:Hah to be honest I still don't know what I am doing. I've just been clicking buttan. I even forgot there was a match yesterday. I think I set my win bonus at 50 or 100 but I don't remember. It must have just been RNG fuckery then because your offense had a ridiculous skill boost for that game. Couple that with an underperforming goalie and you get poo poo like that.
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Jun 20, 2014 19:29
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Vando posted:Didn't help you yesterday though I didn't have him for the game yesterday. But really it has kinda convinced me to focus this season on developing some of my young guys. I don't think I could move up and if I did all my good players are getting too old.
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Jun 20, 2014 20:26
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Rapner posted:Thanks for the advice everyone, hopefully this can turn it around a bit. 5-4-1 and bruise in your next game, please...
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Jun 26, 2014 03:38
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And here I thought a 7-0 win would be enough to start making up some goal differentials on the Mondays... but they won 7-0 as well. Dammit!
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Jun 26, 2014 04:28
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I have four draws and one victory since the season started, but I haven't lost a single game yet so I got that going for me, which is nice.
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Jun 26, 2014 16:24
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Uzh posted:I have four draws and one victory since the season started, but I haven't lost a single game yet so I got that going for me, which is nice. Just make sure you don't piss away that opportunity 
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Jun 26, 2014 16:46
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Uzh posted:I have four draws and one victory since the season started, but I haven't lost a single game yet so I got that going for me, which is nice. Consider yourself lucky. I have nothing but one-point losses, one draw, and one awful 4-0 loss. and I just picked up a good forward and defense
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