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So, to everyone who has paid for Gold, what are your thoughts about the game now?

Has the game gotten better? Have they delivered on what they promised so far?
 
So, to everyone who has paid for Gold, what are your thoughts about the game now?

Has the game gotten better? Have they delivered on what they promised so far?
I'd say it depends. They've been doing monthly update blogs which is a huge improvement on the previous 9 years, but the "smart AI" transfers were such a shitshow and still haven't been truly fixed. Ability to use five subs is fantastic, extra tactic options I suppose are good but I've not even touched them.

What pisses me off is none of the updates so far have anything that "throws a bone" to free users. There is no successful game that I can think of, that is free to play but only has updates that just the paid members can make use of. Doing that isn't going to be good for any game world in the longer term and we've already bled about a sixth of the players here because of it.
 
Thursday's 4:0 victory against Liverpool:

Oblak (93)

Frimpong (92) Kounde (92) Van Dijk (95) Alaba (93)
Zakaria (90) Ederson (91)
I. Williams (90)⚽
-- Bellingham (95)➕ -- N. Williams (92)➕
Mbappe (96)⚽⚽➕⭐

Subs: Bade (89), Stones (93), Gomes (89), Rice (93), Pedri (92), Sancho (90), Pulisic (92)⚽➕
Suspended: Trent (94)
Did not travel: n/a

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on
Orange = Not in natural position

Next three games:
MD15: Aston Villa (A) :eek::nervous:
LSR3: Tottenham Hotspur (A)
MD16: Middlesbrough (H)

Manchester United v Liverpool fixtures this season

GameUtd PossLiverpool PossUtd Shots (SoT)Liverpool Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsLiverpool GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Liverpool SoT Conv.
3rd Apr: Utd v Liverpool​
69%
31%​
27 (13)
5 (0)​
4
0​
30.8%
n/a​
Combined
69%
31%​
27 (13)
5 (0)​
4
0​
30.8%
n/a​
 
Latest table:
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Sunday's 2:1 victory away to Aston Villa:

Oblak (93)

Kounde (92) Stones (93) Van Dijk (95) Alaba (93)
Rice (93) Pedri (92)
Pulisic (92) -- Bellingham (95) -- N. Williams (92)
Mbappe (96)⚽⚽⭐

Subs: Frimpong (92), Bade (89), Gomes (89), Zakaria (90), Ederson (91), Sancho (90), I. Williams (90)
Suspended: Trent (94)
Did not travel: n/a

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on
Orange = Not in natural position

Next three games:
LSR3: Tottenham Hotspur (A)
MD16: Middlesbrough (H)
MD17: Leyton Orient (A) :eek::nervous:

Manchester United v Aston Villa fixtures this season

GameUtd PossAston Villa PossUtd Shots (SoT)Aston Villa Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsAston Villa GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Aston Villa SoT Conv.
6th Apr: Aston Villa v Utd​
58%
42%​
13 (5)
9 (4)​
4
1​
40%
25%​
Combined
58%
42%​
13 (5)
9 (4)​
4
1​
40%
25%​
 
Congrats to Barnsley on this season's title.
@The Stain I am trying :lol:


Teams I still have to play to the halfway point:

19th: Tottenham Hotspur (A)
2nd: Nottingham Forest (H)
7th: Southend United (A)
13th: Liverpool (H)
5th: Aston Villa (A)
15th: Middlesbrough (H)
3rd: Leyton Orient (A)
4th: Barnsley (H)
12th: Hereford (H)

Tough run.
@Damien I have an extra special plan for my game against you that I will not be trying prior to the game, very much looking forward to testing it out. :devil:
 
@Damien I have an extra special plan for my game against you that I will not be trying prior to the game, very much looking forward to testing it out. :devil:
Hopefully it'll go better than Varun's game plan of shooting on sight and kicking shit out of my players. They ended up conceding 2 goals from set pieces.

Not looking forward to these next four games at all – I know all of you can get results.
 
Do players leave if they're on concern level 5 and put in a transfer request?
My guess is yeah. It's just so infuriating how they're just chopping away at it like that in an attempt to force people to go Gold when it is more likely to get people to quit, leagues to close and they'll then be missing out on the money from the ones who paid just because they're not giving the free managers a bone.

Next blog update should be in a few days so will see what they say about this if anything (my bet is silence)
 
Tuesday's 3:0 victory against Tottenham Hotspur:

Oblak (93)

Santos (87) Debast (87)⚽ Bade (89)⚽ Rothe (85)
Gomes (89) Zakaria (90)
Sucic (87) -- Ederson (91) -- Sancho (90)➕➕➕⭐
I. Williams (90)⚽

Subs: Araujo (86), Bindon (78), Andres Garcia (80), Bernal (80), Miley (84), Reyna (87), Shpendi (82)
Suspended: Trent (94)
Did not travel: Mbappe (96), Van Dijk (95), Bellingham (95), Trent (94), Alaba (93), Stones (93), Rice (93), Kounde (92), Pedri (92), Frimpong (92), N. Williams (92), Pulisic (92)

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on
Orange = Not in natural position

Next three games:
MD16: Middlesbrough (H)
MD17: Leyton Orient (A) :eek::nervous:
MD18: Barnsley (H) :wenger::wenger::confused:

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur fixtures this season

GameUtd PossTottenham Hotspur PossUtd Shots (SoT)Tottenham Hotspur Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsTottenham Hotspur GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Tottenham Hotspur SoT Conv.
23rd Mar: Tottenham Hotspur v Utd​
69%
31%​
24 (15)
6 (0)​
4
0​
26.7%
n/a​
8th Apr: Tottenham Hotspur v Utd (Shield)​
72%
28%​
26 (12)
9 (0)​
3
0​
25%
n/a​
Combined
70.5%
29.5%​
50 (27)
15 (0)​
7
0​
25.9%
n/a​
 
They’re absolutely cretinous at times. I’ve messaged all the devs I know to let them know how stupid a decision this was.

I’ll let you know if I get a response.
 
I'd say it depends. They've been doing monthly update blogs which is a huge improvement on the previous 9 years, but the "smart AI" transfers were such a shitshow and still haven't been truly fixed. Ability to use five subs is fantastic, extra tactic options I suppose are good but I've not even touched them.

What pisses me off is none of the updates so far have anything that "throws a bone" to free users. There is no successful game that I can think of, that is free to play but only has updates that just the paid members can make use of. Doing that isn't going to be good for any game world in the longer term and we've already bled about a sixth of the players here because of it.

Cheers Damien. Transfers was the one thing which didn't need much change and they butchered that. The latest development is also par for the course with where them.
 
After the latest change they've done on the quiet, blocking non-Gold members from even accepting bids for their players, I implore as many people as possible to go to their discord: https://discord.com/invite/invinciblesgames and respond to this message in the #smw-chat channel

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Direct link: https://discord.com/channels/693414084770529372/922482919459668018/1359845192768815166
Put my thoughts forward but a more general point.
They’re absolutely cretinous at times. I’ve messaged all the devs I know to let them know how stupid a decision this was.

I’ll let you know if I get a response.
Yes, but I think they have their priorities wrong. I do not believe they are tracking retention properly, or time taken since registering (free member) to pay (gold member - sounds like something from Austin Powers). If they are tracking the former I sincerely doubt they are looking at it like for like and the bleed is being masked with the mass signups last year. This means full retention will kick them hard in a few months time. So to focus on cheats is so short sighted, creating a self run community (much like Damien (and others here) have done will foster success, call out cheats and be welcoming to any newbie that comes along wanting to know more. The old forum was awesome at this.
 
Thursday's 4:0 victory against Middlesbrough. Tonight is a game between 3rd and 1st. Surprisingly Leyton Orient have a better away record than home record, but so does United:

Oblak (93)

Trent (94) Kounde (92) Stones (93)⚽ Alaba (93)
Zakaria (90)Ederson (91)
Sancho (90)⚽ --
Bellingham (95) -- N. Williams (92)➕➕➕
Mbappe (96)⚽⚽⭐

Subs: Van Dijk (95), Frimpong (92)➕, Bade (89), Rice (93), Pedri (92), Pulisic (92), I. Williams (90)
Did not travel: Gomes (89)

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on
Orange = Not in natural position

Next three games:
MD17: Leyton Orient (A) :eek::nervous:
MD18: Barnsley (H) :wenger::wenger::confused:
MD19: Hereford (H) :drool:

Manchester United v Middlesbrough fixtures this season

GameUtd PossMiddlesbrough PossUtd Shots (SoT)Middlesbrough Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsMiddlesbrough GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Middlesbrough SoT Conv.
10th Apr: Utd v Middlesbrough​
61%
39%​
22 (6)
7 (2)​
4
0​
66.6%
0%​
Combined
61%
39%​
22 (6)
7 (2)​
4
0​
66.6%
0%​
 
Sunday's 1:0 loss to Leyton Orient:

Oblak (93)

Frimpong (92) Kounde (92) Stones (93) Alaba (93)
Rice (93) Zakaria (90)
I. Williams (90) -- Pedri (92) -- N. Williams (92)
Mbappe (96)​

Subs: Van Dijk (95), Trent (94), Bade (89), Gomes (89), Bellingham (95), Pulisic (92), Sancho (90)
Injured: Ederson (91)
Did not travel: n/a

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on
Orange = Not in natural position

Next three games:
MD18: Barnsley (H) :wenger::wenger::confused:
MD19: Hereford (H) :drool:
LSR4: Queens Park Rangers (H)

Manchester United v Leyton Orient fixtures this season

GameUtd PossLeyton Orient PossUtd Shots (SoT)Leyton Orient Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsLeyton Orient GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Leyton Orient SoT Conv.
14th Feb: Utd v Leyton Orient (Charity Shield)​
57%
43%​
15 (7)
9 (2)​
5
0​
71.4%
0%​
13th Apr: Leyton Orient v Utd​
54%
46%​
15 (7)
10 (1)​
0​
1
0%​
100%
Combined
55.5%
44.5%​
30 (14)
19 (3)​
5
1​
35.7%
33.3%​
 
Back to winning ways. 3:1 against Barnsley:

Oblak (93)

Frimpong (92) Kounde (92) Stones (93) Alaba (93)
Ederson (91) Zakaria (90)⚽⚽
Sancho (90)➕ -- Bellingham (95)➕⭐ -- Pulisic (92)➕
Mbappe (96)​

Subs: Van Dijk (95)⚽, Trent (94), Bade (89), Gomes (89), Pedri (92), N. Williams (92), I. Williams (90)
Injured: Rice (93)
Did not travel: n/a

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on
Orange = Not in natural position

Next three games:
MD19: Hereford (H) :drool:
LSR4: Queens Park Rangers (H)
MD20: Milton Keynes Dons (A)

Manchester United v Barnsley fixtures this season

GameUtd PossBarnsley PossUtd Shots (SoT)Barnsley Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsBarnsley GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Barnsley SoT Conv.
17th Apr: Utd v Barnsley​
56%
44%​
16 (6)
9 (1)​
3
1​
50%​
100%
Combined
56%
44%​
16 (6)
9 (1)​
3
1​
50%​
100%
 
Sunday's 5:0 victory against Hereford:

Oblak (93)

Trent (94) Bade (89) Van Dijk (95) Alaba (93)
Gomes (89) Zakaria (90)
I. Williams (90)⚽➕⭐ -- Bellingham (95)➕ -- Sancho (90)⚽➕
Mbappe (96)​

Subs: Stones (93), Frimpong (92), Kounde (92), Ederson (91), Pedri (92)⚽, N. Williams (92)⚽➕➕, Pulisic (92)⚽
Injured: Rice (93)
Did not travel: n/a

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on
Orange = Not in natural position

Next three games:
LSR4: Queens Park Rangers (H)
MD20: Milton Keynes Dons (A)
MD21: Arsenal (H)

Manchester United v Hereford fixtures this season

GameUtd PossHereford PossUtd Shots (SoT)Hereford Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsHereford GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Hereford SoT Conv.
20th Apr: Utd v Hereford​
66%
34%​
26 (15)
7 (2)​
5
0​
33.3%
0%​
Combined
66%
34%​
26 (15)
7 (2)​
5
0​
33.3%
0%​
 
Tuesday's 4:0 victory against Queens Park Rangers

Oblak (93)

Santos (87) Bade (89) Kounde (92) Rothe (85)⚽
Gomes (89) Zakaria (90)⚽
Sucic (87)➕➕➕⭐ -- Ederson (91) -- Sancho (90)⚽
I. Williams (90)
⚽

Subs: Debast (87), Araujo (86), Garcia (80), Bernal (80), Miley (84), Reyna (87), Shpendi (82)
Did not travel: Mbappe (96), Van Dijk (95), Bellingham (95), Trent (94), Alaba (93), Stones (93), Rice (93), Pedri (92), Frimpong (92), N. Williams (92), Pulisic (92)

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on
Orange = Not in natural position

Next three games:
MD20: Milton Keynes Dons (A)
MD21: Arsenal (H)
MD22: Southampton (H)

Manchester United v Queens Park Rangers fixtures this season

GameUtd PossQPR PossUtd Shots (SoT)QPR Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsQPR GoalsUtd SoT Conv.QPR SoT Conv.
20th Apr: Utd v Hereford​
73%
27%​
27 (8)
5 (1)​
4
0​
50%
0%​
Combined
73%
27%​
27 (8)
5 (1)​
4
0​
50%
0%​
 
3:0 victory against Milton Keynes Dons on Thursday:

Oblak (93)

Frimpong (92) Van Dijk (95) Stones (93) Alaba (93)
Rice (93) Ederson (91)
I. Williams (90) --
Bellingham (95) -- Pulisic (92)⚽⚽
Mbappe (96)⚽➕⭐

Subs: Kounde (92), Bade (89), Trent (94), Zakaria (90), Pedri (92), N. Williams (92)➕➕, Sancho (90)
Did not travel: Gomes (89)

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on
Orange = Not in natural position

Next three games:
MD21: Arsenal (H)
MD22: Southampton (H)
MD23: Fulham (A)

Manchester United v Milton Keynes Dons fixtures this season

GameUtd PossMilton Keynes Dons PossUtd Shots (SoT)Milton Keynes Dons Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsMilton Keynes Dons GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Milton Keynes Dons SoT Conv.
16th Feb: Utd v Milton Keynes Dons​
56%
44%​
15 (6)
11 (3)​
3
2​
50%​
66.6%
24th Apr: Milton Keynes Dons v Utd​
60%
40%​
20 (10)
8 (2)​
3
0​
30%
0%​
Combined
58%
42%​
35 (16)
19 (5)​
6
2​
37.5%​
40%
 
Sunday's 2:1 defeat to Arsenal. Downfall of (SM) United starts here

Oblak (93)

Frimpong (92) Stones (93) Kounde (92) Alaba (93)
Rice (93) Pedri (92)
Sancho (90) -- Trent (94) -- Pulisic (92)
Mbappe (96)➕⭐

Subs: Van Dijk (95), Bade (89), Gomes (89), Zakaria (90), Ederson (91), N. Williams (92)⚽, I. Williams (90)
Injured: Bellingham (95)
Did not travel: n/a

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on
Orange = Not in natural position

Next three games:
MD22: Southampton (H)
MD23: Fulham (A)
LSQF: Nottingham Forest (A)

Manchester United v Arsenal fixtures this season

GameUtd PossArsenal PossUtd Shots (SoT)Arsenal Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsArsenal GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Arsenal SoT Conv.
20th Feb: Arsenal v Utd​
53%
47%​
11 (5)
9 (0)​
2
0​
40%
N/A​
27th Apr: Utd v Arsenal​
57%
43%​
13 (6)
8 (3)​
1​
2
16.6%​
66.6%
Combined
55%
45%​
24 (11)
17 (3)​
3
2​
27.3%​
66.6%
 
Thursday's 3:0 victory against Southampton:

Oblak (93)

Kounde (92) Bade (89) Van Dijk (95)➕ Alaba (93)
Gomes (89) Zakaria (90)
Sancho (90) -- Ederson (91) -- I. Williams (90)
Mbappe (96)⚽⚽⭐

Subs: Stones (93), Trent (94), Rice (93), Pedri (92), Bellingham (95), N. Williams (92)⚽, Pulisic (92)
Suspended: Frimpong (92)
Did not travel: n/a

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on
Orange = Not in natural position

Next three games:
MD23: Fulham (A)
LSQF: Nottingham Forest (A)
MD24: Newcastle United (H)

Manchester United v Southampton fixtures this season

GameUtd PossSouthampton PossUtd Shots (SoT)Southampton Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsSouthampton GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Southampton SoT Conv.
23rd Feb: Southampton v Utd​
57%
43%​
17 (7)
8 (0)​
2
0​
28.6%
N/A​
4th May: Utd v Southampton​
66%
34%​
21 (8)
6 (1)​
3
0​
37.5%
0%​
Combined
61.5%
38.5%​
38 (15)
14 (1)​
5
0​
33.3%
0%​
 
Sunday's 4:1 victory against Fulham:


Oblak (93)

Trent (94) Stones (93) Van Dijk (95)⚽ Alaba (93)
Rice (93) Pedri (92)➕
Pulisic (92) -- Bellingham (95) -- N. Williams (92)➕➕➕⭐
Mbappe (96)⚽⚽

Subs: Kounde (92), Bade (89), Frimpong (92)⚽, Zakaria (90), Ederson (91), I. Williams (90), Sancho (90)
Did not travel: Gomes (89)

Key:
⚽ = Goal
➕ = Assist
⭐ = MOTM
= Subbed off
= Subbed on
Orange = Not in natural position

Next three games:
LSQF: Nottingham Forest (A)
MD24: Newcastle United (H)
MD25: Sunderland (A)

Manchester United v Fulham fixtures this season

GameUtd PossFulham PossUtd Shots (SoT)Fulham Shots (SoT)Utd GoalsFulham GoalsUtd SoT Conv.Fulham SoT Conv.
27th Feb: Utd v Fulham​
55%
45%​
13 (6)
8 (3)​
2
1​
33.3%
33.3%
4th May: Fulham v Utd​
57%
43%​
16 (8)
8 (2)​
4
1​
50%
50%
Combined
56%
44%​
29 (14)
16 (5)​
6
2​
42.9%
40%​