Keith Houchen Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 You could have had a gap year when you lost your smile. I really miss LMA. I loved that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Scott Malbranque said: Does anyone remember how magnificent Michael Branch was on Football Manager back in the late 90's? I still periodically think about that and wonder why.  One or two of the devs were Everton fans, I think. @SuperBacon - sounds like you're emulating the John Bostock path Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted March 19, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted March 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, hallicks said: One or two of the devs were Everton fans, I think. They are but I think they were beyond making up the stats themselves by that point. Most clubs had over-enthusiastic fans submitting stats though. Branch was highly thought of too. We had him and Jevons on loan in the early 2000s. Would have loved to have kept him at that point, he was a very clever striker and a decent finisher. Met him at a petrol station once. At that time, most City players were still pretty grounded. He had a massive Range Rover with tinted windows. Would have been out of place in the car park, I reckon. Probably earned more than Brian Little! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted March 19, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted March 19, 2020 Great suggestions for scenario gameplay here lads. I really like the 'most horrible team' idea and I think I've done a Big Sam one before. I'm going to try a 'The problem with Arsenal is that they try to walk it into the net' game. I am going to recruit players only with 20 passing, and fuck all else. Instructions- short passing game and lots of pressing. We won't win many matches but by god our possession % stats will be through the roof. And we all know how important % stats are. Right, Tim? I have only just noticed John O'Shea's face in that GIF. Outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevestofdeanambrose Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 No football untill at least 30th April. Dark days are here. At least my stress levels from supporting Arsenal will be at an al time low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: You could have had a gap year when you lost your smile. I really miss LMA. I loved that game. Think I had longer off than Shawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I remember as far back as Championship Manager 94 two of the developers put themselves in the game as lower league prospects. From Thickipedia - The Championship Manager '94 - End of Season Data Disk, which was available on the Amiga, contained 2 fictional players added by a couple of people who worked on the game. The players were Mark Collis and Ferah Orosco. They were a striker and a defender, respectively, for Cambridge United in Division 3 and are regarded as the first ever fictional super-players in the CM series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briefcase Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 So with everything delayed, do we think much will change when football resumes? (Aside from Liverpool strolling to the title). One obvious one that stands out is that Kane/Son will be fit for the remaining games of the season which will work in Spurs favour, Man City also have a few injuries I think that may help them in the Champions League. Haven't Villa also got some terrible injuries? I am expecting Sean Dyche & Karen Brady to be the first two to moan when Burnley miss out on Europe & West Ham go down instead of Villa.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, Briefcase said: One obvious one that stands out is that Kane/Son will be fit for the remaining games of the season which will work in Spurs favour, Â This will not change Spurs season at all. Way too far gone for that in terms of everything. The only saving grace is that Kane won't have to donkey around for England this season whilst being cheered by people who slate him for 11 months a year in tournament years (looking at you @PunkStep) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted March 19, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted March 19, 2020 Idea for next season, assuming it has to be shortened:Â Keep the FA and League cups, but Premier League teams have to be under 21s until the semis and Championship teams until the quarter finals. Reduces the fixture list for the first team players while still keeping a full schedule. There's still a decent opportunity for Premier League teams to get a Europa League place. And as we've seen with Liverpool-Shrewsbury this year, you're still getting a good turnout/TV money/lower league players happy to be playing at a Premier League stadium even if it's against the kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted March 19, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted March 19, 2020 As if I'd cheer on Harry Kane! The mouthbreathing Tory. Should've passed to Sterling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Can't see Kloppo wanting to play the seniors in the knock out stages like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 16 minutes ago, PunkStep said: As if I'd cheer on Harry Kane! The mouthbreathing Tory. Should've passed to Sterling. HE WAS OFFSIDE YOU FUCKING MUG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted March 19, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted March 19, 2020 3 hours ago, PunkStep said: I have only just noticed John O'Shea's face in that GIF. Outstanding. Many a night, for many an hour, I've seen many, many peoples' face naturally rest that way, Brewster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members seph Posted March 19, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 hour ago, JNLister said: Â And as we've seen with Liverpool-Shrewsbury this year, you're still getting a good turnout/TV money/lower league players happy to be playing at a Premier League stadium even if it's against the kids. A situation that should never have happened [/spite] but I know where you're coming from. I would, however, enable full strength Champ sides at Round 5 to realistically give teams that are struggling to chase promotion enough incentive to reboot their campaign. On a separate note, the rumour about Peter Wittingham's death from yesterday was sadly confirmed this afternoon. Only 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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