Football Manager 2012

[MDK]

Oh god, this Basingstoke defence is atrocious. On the plus side I have banged in 5 goals in two games.

[stokeriño]

Little - Gasson - Eagle - Rice/Adams (the other on the bench)

This is your back four.

I also advise setting Little to being a Wing Back and the two CBs as Limited Defenders.

Of course since it's early in the season a low match preparation is inevitably having an effect. Keep it high and keep it focused on Teamwork until they improve.

[MDK]

Eagle? But he is pants! Adams seems better. I'll give it a go. I've been playing Sills up front as a defensive forward, seems to suit him more.

[stokeriño]

I don't know why, but pairing him with Gasson has worked for me. The game doesn't really rate him so it may be pure chance.

[MDK]

I'll give it a go for the next match. I blame you if we lose.

[stokeriño]

And your total points prior to this match is?

[Guest mr. potato head]

I wish I had the problem of too many goals on both sides. My Halifax game is promoting some boring-ass football, seven games in and the highest-scorer has been 2-2 while the rest of the league routinely gets 5-4 scorelines.

[MDK]

I might have 1 point from 3 games.

But I've scored 5, so scoring goals isn't the problem.

[Benji]

I almost walked out with 2 points in 2 games, if it weren't for Woking scoring a goal deep into extra time.

[MDK]

Yeah, Woking equalised in the last minute because a beauty of a backpass from my right back found their forward. Bah.

Anyway, it appears Stoker was right. Eagle managed to play a part in 2 goals of a 4-1 victory. Okay, it was Hampton and Richmond, but 3 points~!

[stokeriño]

Through to the FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round after beating Sutton United 2-0 - got £7,500 this time, which is lovely. If I also manage to sell Wilson Gondwe for £20k or so (he was concerned because he wasn't getting games, so fair play to him, offered to let him go), I might actually have a little profit this month!

Have drawn a Blue Square Premier side for the next round though (mid-table side Hayes & Yeading). Slightly irritating given the dozens and dozens of lower non-league teams still in it. At least I'm at home.

EDIT: Just lost Jide Ogunbote on a free though, which is a shame. He was always on a non-contract so I could hardly keep him forever. I've got a central midfielder loaned in from Reading so should be fine now that the injuries have cleared up.

[Benji]

We should start a Cube thread where we all take up the British Steel Challenge, see who can get there first, and see how our careers diverge.

[MDK]

We should start a Cube thread where we all take up the British Steel Challenge, see who can get there first, and see how our careers diverge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Challenge#British_Steel_Challenge_1992.2F3 ?

[Katsuya]

We should start a Cube thread where we all take up the British Steel Challenge, see who can get there first, and see how our careers diverge.

No, you'll do whatever this Pokemon thing is first!

[Gazz]

You bastards and all this talk of glorious lower league cup runs and massive debts have made me start the EWB Rangers game.

I hate you all.

Especially Benji who's stealing my FM13 diary idea.

[stokeriño]

Wouldn't really be a Cube thread though would it? More of a playthrough...

Eh. I'm not going to get crazy-ambitious like that. Aim for promotion to the BSP and see what happens from there.

EDIT: Explanation of the BSC for those unaware: http://sortitoutsi.net/forum/topic/50769-british-steel-challenge/

[Guest mr. potato head]

Making matters worse, my Halifax squad enters the FA Cup at Round Two Qualifying, where we draw away at Stalybridge, the lone professional team in the BSN.

[MDK]

The BSC sounds bloody tough. Lets just see how well I can do with B'stoke first.

[Benji]

We should start a Cube thread where we all take up the British Steel Challenge, see who can get there first, and see how our careers diverge.

No, you'll do whatever this Pokemon thing is first!

All in good time, my son, all in good time.

And by that I mean I saw the image somewhere else and it made me want to do a Pokermanz diary, and so I'm not 100% sure what it is myself yet

You bastards and all this talk of glorious lower league cup runs and massive debts have made me start the EWB Rangers game.

I hate you all.

Especially Benji who's stealing my FM13 diary idea.

I will make it up to you by letting your show me the way to a place where I can learn how to not suck at this game 90% of the time.

Wouldn't really be a Cube thread though would it? More of a playthrough...

Eh. I'm not going to get crazy-ambitious like that. Aim for promotion to the BSP and see what happens from there.

EDIT: Explanation of the BSC for those unaware: http://sortitoutsi.net/forum/topic/50769-british-steel-challenge/

I doubt I'd ever manage it, but it's a fun concept, just load up Britain and see who does the best started unemployed. It probably is more of a playthrough, but I think it'd be better in the Cube, since it's not like most games that have a definitive ending (in other words, you can't play 'through' to the ending).

[King Ellis]

It's funny caus I was reading someones diary of sorts on it when I googled it the other day. He was tearing through England, managed to get to League 1 in a few seasons but then went off to try some of the lesser nations before he got too high up in England and seemed to get bogged down in Northen Ireland for years and years.