the_eristic

How does one manage those regardless of profession?

Surprised to see Marshall coming rather than one of Fonz/Carruthers/Johnson. Do we really need our third choice GK for a friendly?

Perfect fit for Rangers.

Pages late, but finally, a chance to use this! Been waiting years!

Could what just be?

The jacks I've been called have had decidedly different surnames.

There's a massive Brazilian population near where I live, so there are several bakeries, cafes and such I go to occasionally. A single slice of their cake (let alone a whole meal, which is usually almost entirely meat, cheese and bread [often stuffed together and fried]) will ground me for hours, and I'm 6'7", ~235 lbs.

I had to quit, and quit cold turkey. It was actually pervading my thoughts during otherwise enjoyable and much more important activities. Work either from home or on odd schedules, so was playing for 9-15 hours a day since I installed it, especially on days when my students called out. I'm an obsessive researcher and an obsessive collector, so it was a very, very bad game for me to take up. :^(

Zog may be the most selfish player of all time.

Great cross and header! Who is at right back, Lowton? Herd? Can't make out the face on the stream.

Really? His passing and touch have looked miles better to me, though his tackling still appears to be shocking.

I tried to think of the most harmless thing... something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Ron Vlaar.

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Found these guys for peanuts when looking for backups. My scouts say they're only 2.5* tops, but their tech stats are brilliant (actually better than my first choice), other stats mostly mediocre to decent. Thinking the low reports might be because of the poor facilities and coaching at their clubs, as the scouts report PA based on what they can reach where they are (I've signed a couple 2* kids from African clubs based on stats that became 4* upon arrival). That, and physical stats are more heavily weighted than the rest, so their lack of serious pace, strength and such might be knocking them down.

:shock: I'd sell him in a heartbeat. Imagine what one could do with the transfer fee and wages saved.

So, playing with three strikers and didn't have enough quality cover, so I brought Borja in for a different kind of option, and my "rotation" options had a fit about too much competition (honestly, is seven strikers really too many when a couple are kids and you're in league, cup and CL?), begged me to sell somebody, so I let Shawn Parker go and sent Robert Gonzalez out on loan, leaving me with five competing for three spots, but one of the whiners has handed in a transfer request on the final day of the window for failing to sell enough players. I told him he was part of my plans (especially with only two backups now), but he pulled that emo ultimatum thing they seem to LOVE in this game, so I told him to sit on it and stuck him in the reserves. Now I'm short for cover again with no real time left. Also had a bastard I'd agreed to sell hand get angry because I didn't sell him, which is infuriating when absolutely nobody expressed the slightest interest in him, even at half price. Trying to get Julian Draxler from Schalke to hand in a transfer request, as I need another AMC, Schalke want 37m (he's valued at about 7m with a couple years left on his deal) for him even though he's unhappy and really wants to come to me. Don't have time to kiss up enough for this window, though. I have a 2m accepted bid on the table for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, but he insists on key player, 30k/wk and Match Highest Earner clause, which I won't tolerate, especially since he's not a perfect fit for my style of play (he's better as a winger than in the middle, passing and creativity isn't that hot), regardless of how good he'll be. Tempted to snag him just to sell him on for a profit in a year or two, though.

Sounds like you're well on your way to "lmao 2 cat" land. Dangerous territory, man.

No, sir, he is clearly a little teapot.

There are "General" coaches, but really just look for coaches that will allow you to hit 5 stars in all training categories. You can see how many players are being handled by how many coaches, assign specific tasks to each coach (which maximizes their effectiveness - in my game, Zat Knight turned out a top defensive coach, so that's all he handles, while Ricardo Gardner became great at coaching ball control, somehow) and the resultant quality for each category on the coaching tab on the main training page. Allways look for high mental stats (15+, especially Det, LoD, Mot) plus as close to 20 as you can get in whatever area you want them to handle.

Gosh, if you know the guy that well, you should be able to just ask him if he's coming.

Doesn't this happen once a season? Conspiracy!

Oh, there was no way I was ever going to sign him with his wage demands. Milan finally picked him up after ages and the immediate news story was "Fans upset with signing, worried he'll disrupt squad harmony".

City have let Balotelli go as a free agent at only 24, but literally nobody can sign him because of crazy demands. He's willing to talk to me, but wants 115k/wk, 17m loyalty bonus, 10.5m for his agent and every clause imaginable with similarly silly numbers. He's 5*, but been free for a couple months and doesn't have even minor interest.

Did the League/Cup double with SCF, undefeated since I took over near the end of the '13-'14 season. Letting several more higher earners leave on frees, though the one I really want to keep (Oliver Baumann) insists on an insultingly low MFRC. Fortunately, I foresaw the problem and signed a quality replacement (Luis Guillherme). Missed out on Ter Stegen for 1m as Arsenal came in offering him 55k/wk when he looked like he was coming to me. :^/ Have Fierro coming in a free in a week or so, so my forwards will be a rotation of Carlos Fierro, Juan Agudelo, Paco Alcacer, Shawn Parker, Mike Valente and a couple decent kids. Valente picked up 17 playing as an advanced forward between a pair of pacey poachers, and he's only 20. Think I need another TM option, though, in case something happens to him. None of my other forwards bring enough physicality to the table. Main work this summer is replacing old staff and filling the new allotments afforded by the board. I can now have 17 scouts and 21 other staff, up from 10 and 11. Assman is leaving, if I can't find better I'll rehire him, several coaches and scouts are gone and I'm sacking quite a lot of the others. The comp knocks my funds down more than I'd like, but most are incredibly bad and on massive wages (terrible SCF II coach was hired as an assman somehow and is on more money than I am!), so I've got to do something. Have all my coaching attributes up to at least 4.5* except a 4* for GK handling (can't figure it out, as the coach I have on it has better stats than the coach giving me 5* on Shot Stopping). Poached a 5-star defending coach off Stoke for 25k comp, someone we all know and love, Zatyiah Knight! :^D Anybody have any luck finding good scouts for Africa and the USA? Nobody even remotely decent turns up in my searches, and my current scouts SUCK at scouting them, ages and ages for like 2 reports. All I can find these days are awesome Brazilian scouts, of which I already have enough.