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Les Ferdinand and Joseph-Désiré Job in the bleeding Conference and we're still struggling for goals! The defence seems to be okay - do I have some lower league Mourinho as a manager?
 
@esmufc07 :drool:

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It's very very tight at the top for the automatic and playoff places. Anything could happen, but beating first place @Cheimoon has given me faith that we deserve to be up at the top.
Up the Optimised!
 
The Boy said:
That Johnathan Milner is doing well, thanks @Solius . By all accounts he was a free transfer from you.

Is it possible to see his season stats please @maniak ?
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He's doing great, 7 motm in 18 games.

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However, and I have no idea why since he's playing every match...

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Igor Drefljak said:
I'm going along nicely. The nightmare is, this division only has one promotion, so could be stuck forever, even having better sides than Div 2 :lol:
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Yeah, when I simulated this years ago it was in a forum where we managed to fill the whole league, in 2015 or so there was a guy stuck in the conference who won the fa cup and the uefa cup
 
Siorac said:
Les Ferdinand and Joseph-Désiré Job in the bleeding Conference and we're still struggling for goals! The defence seems to be okay - do I have some lower league Mourinho as a manager?
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Both very underwhelming, in 10 matches Job has 2 goals and Ferdinand has 3.
 
maniak said:
He's doing great, 7 motm in 18 games.

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However, and I have no idea why since he's playing every match...

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As long as he doesn't start giving interviews to Piers Morgan, we'll be fine.
 
maniak said:
Both very underwhelming, in 10 matches Job has 2 goals and Ferdinand has 3.
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I guess they can't be arsed to raise themselves for this level and are just here to collect their exorbitant wages. Cushy job.
 
@maniak Slightly off topic, have you ever controlled a team in CM0102 that has been relegated from the conference?

I know you’re not controlling any of these teams of course, but I always wondered (but never tried) what would happen if your team becomes non league and has no fixtures. Do you retain control but have no matches to play?

In CM9798, if you finish bottom in Division 3, you don’t actually go down, it keeps you up and just doesn’t promote a non league club instead.
 
17 Van der Gouw said:
@maniak Slightly off topic, have you ever controlled a team in CM0102 that has been relegated from the conference?

I know you’re not controlling any of these teams of course, but I always wondered (but never tried) what would happen if your team becomes non league and has no fixtures. Do you retain control but have no matches to play?

In CM9798, if you finish bottom in Division 3, you don’t actually go down, it keeps you up and just doesn’t promote a non league club instead.
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You get fired from the team if you're relegated to a non-playable league.
 
I never even considered getting relegated from the conference! Maybe I should have waited for the next season :lol:
 
January 1, 2002

New Managers

Quality managers continue to arrive to League 3, with @Hephaestus @oneniltothearsenal and @17 Van der Gouw bringing big names to their projects.

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Main Transfers

@Cheimoon paid over 12M to WBA for Jason Roberts

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@sebsheep paid Watford 9M for experienced danish international Allan Nielsen and 7M for veteran Michael Mols from Rangers

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Major prospect Michael Bridges signed for @Vidyoyo for 8M from Leeds

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Let's go Zoff, whip those boys into shape!
 
No surprise Sven was interested in the job, he'd always wanted to live in Hull...
 
Gullit loves to splash the cash it seems. Love it!
 
maniak said:
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Erm, go Jason? I had never heard of him, but I see he has a Wiki page and managed 15 games for Grenada. I hope that's because they play very few games, not because he wasn't good enough for them... But I also see he is now Director of Development at CONCACAF, so maybe we bought him as a future player-coach! (Well, player-DOF, but eh.)
 
Cheimoon said:
Erm, go Jason? I had never heard of him, but I see he has a Wiki page and managed 15 games for Grenada. I hope that's because they play very few games, not because he wasn't good enough for them... But I also see he is now Director of Development at CONCACAF, so maybe we bought him as a future player-coach! (Well, player-DOF, but eh.)
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Is it the Jason Roberts who played for Blackburn?
 
sebsheep said:
Is it the Jason Roberts who played for Blackburn?
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Same guy. This was his career (from Wikipedia):

YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1997Hayes35(11)
1997–1998Wolverhampton Wanderers0(0)
1997–1998→ Torquay United (loan)14(6)
1998→ Bristol City (loan)3(1)
1998–2000Bristol Rovers78(38)
2000–2004West Bromwich Albion89(24)
2003–2004→ Portsmouth (loan)10(1)
2004–2006Wigan Athletic93(37)
2006–2012Blackburn Rovers134(24)
2012–2014Reading28(6)
Total484(148)

Of course, now I'm looking at this properly, I'm noticing he actually played in the EPL with WBA, Wigan, and Blackburn - so he's actually higher profile than I thought. But anyway. :wenger:
 
January 1, 2002

League 3

@Cheimoon and @The Boy are still the top 2, but @OptimisedRed has completely collapsed and went from 3rd to 11th in just 8 matches

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@Samid with the 3rd best defense in the league is now 3rd. @sebsheep and @Hephaestus are finally seeing the results of all their spending and got into the playoff spots.

@Dan v @SilentWitness is now the biggest win in the league

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@Maluco please don't look at the following picture...

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Best ratings and top scorers:

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If anyone wants some extra info, let me know.
 
Cheimoon said:
Erm, go Jason? I had never heard of him, but I see he has a Wiki page and managed 15 games for Grenada. I hope that's because they play very few games, not because he wasn't good enough for them... But I also see he is now Director of Development at CONCACAF, so maybe we bought him as a future player-coach! (Well, player-DOF, but eh.)
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He was a first team player in WBA who are about to be promoted to the PL in the game. He has some decent PL stats so the game highlighted this transfer.

Boksic returned from injury, played 1 match, scored a goal and got injured again for 2 months :lol: so you really needed a new striker.
 
January 1, 2002

Conference

The fight for the title continues on fire, only 3 points separate the top 4 @golden_blunder @Herman Toothrot @Igor Drefljak @Siorac

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Despite spending more than 10M, @RedTiger and @KirkDuyt are still struggling and together with @17 Van der Gouw are on real danger of relegation to non-league football.

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@golden_blunder now has the biggest win of the season

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@Siorac is currently on a 15 match unbeaten run, finally justifying the 15M spent so far. On the other hand, credit to @Herman Toothrot for being in the fight while not buying a single player.

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Best ratings and Top Scorers

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If anyone wants some extra info, let me know.
 
Les Ferdinand is finally doing the business! We just needed time to mature and grow as a team.
 
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