The European football thread

[1998 Yankees]

Please pardon my intrusion. I only posted here to be the 10,000th reply to this thread. It looked so cool that I preserved it for posterity. Not that I deserve such an honor because I have never contributed a thing to the previous 500 pages of this thread, but you know what they say about being in the right place at the right time. Those are the breaks, sometimes you get lucky. Carry on and best wishes from a baseball fan.

[ukhotstove]

Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees

Please pardon my intrusion. I only posted here to be the 10,000th reply to this thread. It looked so cool that I preserved it for posterity. Not that I deserve such an honor because I have never contributed a thing to the previous 500 pages of this thread, but you know what they say about being in the right place at the right time. Those are the breaks, sometimes you get lucky. Carry on and best wishes from a baseball fan.

You missed out though, some loud mouth Man Utd glory hunter got 10,000 If I was you though I'd be happier to get 10,001 I mean maybe just me but 10001 looks way cooler than 10000.

[ukhotstove]

Originally Posted by Raderick

Post #10000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

Glory hunter

[ukhotstove]

Originally Posted by Raderick

You just want post #10000, do you?

Nah not a glory hunter, being top of page number 500 was enough for me lol. Just wanted some ideas to think over, couple that I've seen is sim a season and take over one of the teams promoted to either Conference North or South or another I've seen is become manager at Hibs in Scotland, break the Old Firm strangelhold and win the Scottish premiership, then try take an English team to the Premiership title and win a major trophy with an International team.

Another could be start unemployed then sim a season and take the first available job offered to me, I want full season one though and not one where you download a file.

[marc]

What a ridiculously long thread.

[rudel.dietrich]

Originally Posted by marc

What a ridiculously long thread.

Most of it is on topic though

[Zoso1515]

bump

[bababui]

Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Wimp there like that when their 15 over here, I used to be a regular at the Dog and Partridge when I was 15

Yhis might be a stuid question, but how could they serve you? Here, the esrablishment could, and often do, lose their liquor license for serving minors. And your lucky your parents didnt give you a good thrashing.

That being said, i'm fairly jealous.

[bababui]

Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Never been rich enough until the last few years, all teams have a youth team but to have a youth academy teams not only have to find them somewhere to train but will also have to house them and such so it costs a few quid, I think Liverpool pay something like £5 million a year to run their youth academy but don't quote me..

Not many teams do have a youth academy you even look at the top teams I think Liverpool only started their youth academy something like 10 years ago at most, it's only recently when teams have had to pay £10 million for 18 year olds that they've realised how important youth academys are.

Also add the fact Dave Whelan is as tight as they come, he owns the rugby team in town and rumour as it that the youth players if they want to take extra training at the gym he owns they have to pay

Again, stupid question, but why dont they have top-flight workout equipment on site? Even a university like UCLA has exstensive workout facilities..pretty much what you would find in any professional sport.

[bababui]

Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Oh I'm in need of a FM dynasty idea with adding two teams to the Villa & Moor Green dynasty it just takes way too long to sim , at first thought it was my laptop as I need a new one but ran other games and it doesn't lag half as much as FM does when I run the Villa dynasty, also ran FM with a different game to see how it did and have to put it down to the Villa dynasty just being too big.

FM 2007 is too slow? It could be the number of leagues you have added. Keep England only and add players from other nations only...or, for a master challenge, England pnly with no other players or nations added.

[Raderick]

Originally Posted by Raderick

Manchester United will defeat Arsenal at Emirates Stadium today

So much for that in injury time.

[Raderick]

Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Glory hunter

You suck.

[theasfl]

Originally Posted by Raderick

Manchester United will defeat Arsenal at Emirates Stadium today

good job being wrong...great first game to realize I can watch the EPL in my building to.

[theasfl]

Originally Posted by Raderick

Post #10000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

doosh

[theasfl]

Originally Posted by ukhotstove

You missed out though, some loud mouth Man Utd glory hunter got 10,000 If I was you though I'd be happier to get 10,001 I mean maybe just me but 10001 looks way cooler than 10000.

he said reply not post

[zoraster]

You know the worst thing about taking the best part of two months break? The first Monday back at work is absolute murder. It is most dispiriting to find your inbox still has a four figure number next to it even after you’ve deleted all the spam... I’ve hit online skive mode already

Anyway, a belated happy new year to you all.

Originally Posted by Raderick

Guh. I hate it when people say getting a tie is a good result. Why aim for just a tie when you should be aiming for a win 38 times a season. Why be satisfied with a tie?

Like I said, I simply don't get you foreigners.

You need to keep it in perspective; people only say that in a ‘it is better than a loss’ kind of way. Draw every single game of the season and you’ll be flirting with relegation. A point a game is a lousy return, and everyone knows at the end of the day avoiding defeat is vastly less important than winning games. The concept of a draw as a good result only comes into play when a win is no longer feasible, or in six pointers.

[zoraster]

Originally Posted by bababui

No wonder Wigan is struggling. Hope they can make it back for a spring push for a mid table finish.

This is another of those perceptions dominating reality things imo. I’ve heard it on the radio yesterday with people saying where has it all gone wrong after last season, but as I pointed out back in August Wigan have been running at a point a game for over a year now. Last seasons position was earnt on the back of a great opening quarter while they were still in the winning habit post-promotion, and since then they’ve been on solid relegation candidate pace. Wigan have picked up 48 points from their last 50 EPL matches. This is a long term issue, and any significant problems with form, injury or suspension would always tip a club with that form right into the mire.

[ukhotstove]

Originally Posted by bababui

Yhis might be a stuid question, but how could they serve you? Here, the esrablishment could, and often do, lose their liquor license for serving minors. And your lucky your parents didnt give you a good thrashing.

That being said, i'm fairly jealous.

Dog & Partridge used to serve anyone long as you looked around 17-18, my local The Spinners was serving me when I was 16 and they knew how old I was, the landlady was my Aunite's best friend and one of the women who used to serve was my cousins best friend. Wigans a big place for clubs and bars, you get people coming for weekends, hen and stag nights and never heard of any club or bar even being fined for under age drinking let alone closed down.

[ukhotstove]

Originally Posted by zoraster

This is another of those perceptions dominating reality things imo. I’ve heard it on the radio yesterday with people saying where has it all gone wrong after last season, but as I pointed out back in August Wigan have been running at a point a game for over a year now. Last seasons position was earnt on the back of a great opening quarter while they were still in the winning habit post-promotion, and since then they’ve been on solid relegation candidate pace. Wigan have picked up 48 points from their last 50 EPL matches. This is a long term issue, and any significant problems with form, injury or suspension would always tip a club with that form right into the mire.

Lack of depth in quality but most importantly lack of depth in the squad which also leads to players not fighting because they know their not going to get dropped.

[ukhotstove]

Originally Posted by zoraster

You know the worst thing about taking the best part of two months break? The first Monday back at work is absolute murder. It is most dispiriting to find your inbox still has a four figure number next to it even after you’ve deleted all the spam... I’ve hit online skive mode already

Anyway, a belated happy new year to you all.


You need to keep it in perspective; people only say that in a ‘it is better than a loss’ kind of way. Draw every single game of the season and you’ll be flirting with relegation. A point a game is a lousy return, and everyone knows at the end of the day avoiding defeat is vastly less important than winning games. The concept of a draw as a good result only comes into play when a win is no longer feasible, or in six pointers.

Happy New Year to you also, I went back on the 7th and just started to get back into the swing of things.