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Post by dalenichol on Jun 28, 2020 23:00:19 GMT
I said at the end of season one that we needed to get ruthless, that we needed to take the game by the scruff of the neck and be ruthless. I'd rather we hit more on target, but it seems like the lads are finally starting to take notice of what I wanted...
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Post by dalenichol on Jun 30, 2020 11:03:53 GMT
Al-Ahli FC - 2020/21 Season Review There were times this season where we looked absolutely excellent, unplayable and unbeatable. There were also times this season where we looked like we'd completely forgotten what football was, how it was played and why we were even standing on a football pitch. What even is a football pitch? I'm still convinced that, despite some of the results and the season finish, some players in my team aren't quite sure. Saudi Pro LeagueSo we lose the title on goal difference, which as far as title losses go, is pretty much the biggest kick in the balls you can get. Truth be told, we didn't deserve the title though and even finishing second has flattered us somewhat. However, I'll take it. We qualify for both the Arab Champions League and the Asian Champions League again, so we continue on in our journey and maybe, just maybe, next season we'll play like a team that wants to win the title. The board are disappointed that we only qualified for the ACL and didn't challenge for the title...I'm not sure what else they really consider "challenging" if not this. It's probably frustrating for a reader, and somewhat pretentious of me, maybe, to be so downbeat when we've just finished 2nd in the league, but like Nick mentioned in his thread, there are more times that I wanted to bin this save out of frustration than there were times I was genuinely have fun with the team, but we soldier on. Asian Champions LeagueA poor performance in the Asian Champions League this season. It's worth remembering that due to scheduling, these matches mostly took place over last season and what would normally be pre season, so I'm actually most of the way through the next competition, but I'll try and keep them to a single ACL per update. We never really got going here, looked lacklustre at times and overconfident at others. In the end we were defeated by Al-Nassr over two legs, where we really should've been good enough to win the tie and progress. There's really not much more to say than that. Arab Champions LeagueThe board told us at the start of the season that they expected us to win this, in fact I'm pretty sure it was part of the club vision. So we did...and then they told me it wasn't considered important, that bastards. It's a fun competition, reminiscent of the Afican continental competitions, because it seems like it's completely unseeded and the only potential rule is that teams from the same nation can't meet in the early rounds. This meant that for every UAE V Qatari club tie, there was some amateur club from Djibouti or Comoros going up against a giant, and it was fun. Looking forward to playing in it again next year. Player performances and notes
It was another good season for Omar Al-Soma as the 32 year old scored 35 goals in 42 games. The problem was he was pretty much the only player scoring. Djaniny chipped in with 15 and Al-Bassas with 11, but they were the only other two to break double figures, and when you play a tactic that includes attacking AML/R/C players, you really expect more...or maybe that's just me, who knows? Last seasons intake star Mohammed Al-Qami is showing all the right signs of development this season and will be even more involved next season I'm sure, whilst Fahad Al-Dawsami has also come on well. Future prospects Faris Al-Qarni and Abdulmohsen Al-Enezi both got some good game time out on loan in the divison below too. This years intake was another with surprisingly decent results, which are likely being helped by our constant facility upgrades. It's not providing massive depth in quality, but each intake provides one or two players that look like they'll make our first team before too long. This year it was the time for Abdulaziz Madani and Motaz Al-Shamrani both of whom look very capable, but Madani will definitely be featuring next season. Transfers:Not a whole lot to comment on transfers this season really. I signed Abdullah Otayf to add a bit more Saudi depth to the team and he has been fantastic, which given the fairly reasonable price, was a very pleasant surprise. The two below him are just some reasonable talented youngsters that went straight out on loan. As far as departures go, it was simply a case of trimming away some of the foreign players in the squad. This might've led to some of our form dips, but in the long term it's going to be worth it, as we wont have players constantly dropping the morale when I can't register them for the Champions League. I need to be more active in the market going forward, as we're starting to lack depth and the players are complaining about it. So to that end we at least need a new centre back, maybe two, and probably another central midfielder, but those are both easily doable. There has been some interest in Al-Soma, but that seems to have dropped, and sustained interest in Djaniny. Despite being arguably the two best players in my sqaud, at 32 and 30, I would be open to selling both if the money was right. I could easily replace them with other foreign players and potentially bigger names, so we'll see how that goes. Off The Field:We've had more facility upgrades approved, which is about to take a good £10m out of our balance, but we currently sit with £20m in the bank. We now have Superb training, Great Youth facilities, Good junior coaching and Average youth recruitment, with facility upgrades on the way and I'll be improving the other two as soon as possible. The board aren't the happiest with me at the moment, as this was realistically an underachieving season, but I don't think my job is in any great danger, so with that it's onwards and upwards to next season...hopefully...
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Post by dalenichol on Jun 30, 2020 14:25:33 GMT
Fancy making your fucking minds up, board?
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Post by dalenichol on Jun 30, 2020 16:13:09 GMT
Al-Ahli Summer Transfer WindowI did say it was going to be a busy one, didn't I? So, let's start with the outs first. I decided to do a complete restructure as far as our foreign players were concerned, so Djaniny, Marin, Lima and Omar Al-Soma all found new homes. Lucas Lima at 29 was probably one I should've kept, at least on paper, I decided a new direction was needed. So, incoming... First, Salem Al-Nashimi and Amar Al-Dohim are simply squad depth additions so I wont really delve into them here. Yahya Al-Shehri: Starting to decline a little in his advanced age, Yahya is a favoured player of mine from FM's of old and when his contract was expiring, I couldn't help put put an offer in. He's a domestic player, which always helps, a proven international and a solid technical player, so he'll hopefully do well for us this season. Jorge Silva: Young centre back Silva joins us from a Lazio side where he never managed to make an impact, but that shouldn't be the case here. Decently well rounded, cheap and young enough to qualify for my club vision of "sign under 23 players", the move was, for me, a bit of a no brainer. Keaton Parks: Hopefully a bit of a left field move, but Parks was wanted by Spurs, Villa and Gladbach when we swooped in. He's a really exciting young player and has the potential to be a key player for us, as well as somebody that we could likely sell to China for big money down the line. Tetsuo Goto: Japan gonna keep doing Japanese things and produce fantastic youngsters with relatively low minimum fee release clauses. Coaches don't think he'll improve much more than this, but I beg to differ (and also don't think that he really needs to). Should do well for us and is another that we could potentially sell in a few years. Patrick Van Aanholt: I wanted to make a marquee signing, and preferably one that would play in a position that I needed filled and Mr PVA does exactly that. He's good, still in his prime and really didn't cost all that much, so I really shouldn't complain. There's some other players that interest me, but I needs to stick to Saudi players just now and there really isn't that much going on in that respect just now, so this will have to do.
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Post by chaodck on Jun 30, 2020 16:22:22 GMT
Shame that the season didn't go to plan Dale, specially on such a close league finish. The timing of the Knockouts must truly hurt form and momentum specially if you're breaking in new transfers, but I guess there's nothing to do there but to suck it up and try to get the best XI on the field. Some good moves on the transfer market mate, specially as you've said local talent is on a premium. Finally, regarding The Board's weird statement, do you think it's a bug? How do you rate your youth system, compared to the rest of the country?
EDIT: Just saw the transfer window update. Parks, Goto and PvA look like amazing transfers for you mate. Shame to see Al-Soma leave though, who are you planning to play up front?
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Post by dalenichol on Jun 30, 2020 16:38:37 GMT
Thanks Chaodck! It's so frustrating at times, because it feels like we're doing everything right but then the game just decides that we're not. We need to get the consistency right, but then it feels like we just aren't allowed, so we'll see how this season goes.
Our youth system was the best in the country, but having checked the rest of the teams, Al Shabab have improved theres to the point it's taken over from us. That should change when our current upgrades complete, but it's still a pain, especially as we'd asked so many times to have facility upgrades, only for the board to say no!
Goto is going to be my first choice up front, he looks like there's a lot about him and at his age I want him to be playing as much as possible. It's maybe irresponsible to have such a young strikeforce, but fuck it. If it getas to January and we're struggling, I'll dip back into the market.
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Post by Nick on Jun 30, 2020 19:35:54 GMT
Unlucky in the league Dale, although it sounds like your players were the master of their own downfall. It's always good to have a clearout, especially when it's the star 'foreign' contingent. Van Aanholt could be great for you and Keaton Parks looks like he should be controlling most games from midfield.
Out of interest, do you have Thailand loaded? I'm finding so many good players there, I've already decided a Thai C&C game will be next up for me. Might be worth taking a look if you can.
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Post by dalenichol on Jun 30, 2020 19:58:12 GMT
Yeah, I think it was a tactical issue too for a big part of it, but that's something I've always struggled with. We've switched it up a bit after a slow start to this season, and our performances as a whole are improving, but as a contrast we're now not scoring as much, nor are the goals coming from my strikers, which is a shame, but there is a better spread. Thailand is loaded but I haven't paid much attention to it. Funnily enough, it was between Thailand and Saudi Arabia for me, but I'd have a hard time managing anybody but Buriram and that likely wouldn't be as fun. A quick glance shows they've produced some decent players over there, though... And a few more. Interesting, Port seem to be producing a ridiculous amount of talent
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Post by chaodck on Jun 30, 2020 21:59:08 GMT
Unlucky in the league Dale, although it sounds like your players were the master of their own downfall. It's always good to have a clearout, especially when it's the star 'foreign' contingent. Van Aanholt could be great for you and Keaton Parks looks like he should be controlling most games from midfield. Out of interest, do you have Thailand loaded? I'm finding so many good players there, I've already decided a Thai C&C game will be next up for me. Might be worth taking a look if you can. Yeah, I think it was a tactical issue too for a big part of it, but that's something I've always struggled with. We've switched it up a bit after a slow start to this season, and our performances as a whole are improving, but as a contrast we're now not scoring as much, nor are the goals coming from my strikers, which is a shame, but there is a better spread. Thailand is loaded but I haven't paid much attention to it. Funnily enough, it was between Thailand and Saudi Arabia for me, but I'd have a hard time managing anybody but Buriram and that likely wouldn't be as fun. A quick glance shows they've produced some decent players over there, though... And a few more. Interesting, Port seem to be producing a ridiculous amount of talent Funny you lads mention Thai players as my latest inside forward for my NEC save is Thai and might be a steal for the price I got him.
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Post by Nick on Jun 30, 2020 22:39:26 GMT
I signed him with Tianhai, Chaodck. He's developed a bit more in my save as he's a few years older, so check it out if you want. I've not managed to get much out of him, but that's more down to me and our status more than anything. After my succession save stint, I'll post some more of the Thai players I like in my thread.
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 1, 2020 7:43:53 GMT
Yeah, Panya looks really solid in my save too. He's at Jeonbuk, if I remember correctly, but is wanted by LA Galaxy, which would be an interesting move.
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 1, 2020 10:10:02 GMT
Trials and tribulations of the current season not withstanding, this is a very welcome positive. Our upgrades to facilities and coaching are definitely having a positive impact on our intakes. According to the staff, Khaled Al-Qarni is the star. I'm not convinced, especially not with that personality, but I guess there's enough attributes there close to 10 that he could improve a couple of them into double figures and become useful. Mohammed Al-Shammari looks a decent option too, although we no longer use wingers. Nayef Al-Shehri, Fahad Anbar and Yahya Al-Enezi are all far more exciting to me, but maybe that's just my untrained eye.
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Post by Dirk Nowitzki on Jul 1, 2020 10:50:55 GMT
My not necessarily well trained eye agrees with you Dale, those 3 players certainly seem better to me. Couple that with the atrocious unambitious personality and I'm pretty sure they have a brighter future ahead of them. I have never gotten players with that personality and low determination anywhere near their potential.
Good luck with retaking the title!
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 1, 2020 10:53:21 GMT
My not necessarily well trained eye agrees with you Dale, those 3 players certainly seem better to me. Couple that with the atrocious unambitious personality and I'm pretty sure they have a brighter future ahead of them. I have never gotten players with that personality and low determination anywhere near their potential. Good luck with retaking the title!****Football Manager Forum messages that precede unfortunate events.
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 1, 2020 11:13:04 GMT
Al Ahli Season 2021/22 ReviewYou know how we planned on trying to retake the title? Yeah, so, that was a thing I said. I'm going to keep this one fairly short and sweet, because I'm not sure I'm going to be here next season to reflect on it! It was all going so well...and then it wasn't. There's not much you can do against an Al Hilal side that went 25 games without losing, they were unstoppable from the start of the season. We were, once again, the master of our own downfall though. A strong start to the season seen us drift between 2nd and 3rd with Al-Ittihad, depending on which team had dropped any points. We kept this up until around mid January where, without any warning or reasoning, much is the FM way, we just stopped being any good in the league. We won a massive 3 of our 16 games from January. I'd like to provide a rhyme or reason, but I just don't get what happened. At all. Arab Champions LeagueIn a more positive note, although not that the board consider it an important competition, we did manage to retain our Arab Champions League title. I thought it was going to go the same was as the league when Al-Raed scored a 93rd minute "ghost goal", which didnt appear on the scoreline until after the final whistle had blown, but we managed to grab a goal late into extra time to secure the title and a nice chunk of change to go with it (About £2.5m after bonus payout) Asian Champions League:
Our Asian Champions League performances have been slightly better this season, although not by much. We needed to do better than going out in the 2nd round like we did last season, and we did. Making it to the semi final was a very decent attempt, but we couldn't quite go one better, unfortunately. Yet again, put out by a team from the same league. Everything Else...It was a testing season and we'll chalk it up to restructuring and relearning. Our new signings all done well enough for a first season, with Tetsuo Goto scoring 16 goals, Al-Sherhi with 4 and 9 assists, Van Aanholt with 3 and 8 assist and Keaton Parks with 4 and 5 assists and Jorge Silva contributing 4 goals across a commanding centre back season. So there's positives there, we just need to be...better. I just don't quite know how that happens yet, but I'll keep trying. Meanwhile, there's £24m in the bank and our facility upgrades are underway, although wont be completed for another 5 months or so. I'm still sitting with a B- rating from the board, so I'm hoping I'll be okay, but you can't tell in this game sometimes and when the games does it's thing and sets over to the new season, that could bring trouble. Either way, the pressure is on for next season...
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Post by Nick on Jul 1, 2020 11:36:54 GMT
Tough break Dale, sometimes it do be like that my friend. I find the worst bit about it is knowing that the tactic you're using works (or at least worked previously) so making changes to it seems counter-intuitive. Is it morale causing the issues? Is it fitness? Because six months ago my now completely shit tactic was winning games and keeping clean sheets. This is the point where I often rip it up and start again and it's a rinse and repeat job until I a) find something that works or b) get my squad in such a place where they're just better than the opposition and I could play literally any style and still win.
Hopefully the board give you some leeway and keep you in a job.
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 1, 2020 13:49:16 GMT
I'm going to assume, if it's either morale or fitness, then it's a fitness issue. I was trying to do training for the first time and I think it was a bit too intense, so I think I might let me assman do that this coming season and see if that helps. I'm going to try and have a complete overhaul of the deadwood in the squad too and try to increase depth in some weaker areas.
We're also a fairly young squad, with a lot of regens etc coming though, so it might just be a case of it being a transition season. I'll figure it out, hopefully, but if Al-Hilal have another season like that, it's going to be a long one.
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 1, 2020 21:22:35 GMT
I knew it was coming. I probably could've went to the meeting, asked for more time but I just can't be arsed anymore. We're 4th in the league with a 7-2-4 record. Not the best, but not the worst. We'd beaten Al Ittihad and Al Hilal this season. The game we lost, that sealed my fate, was a defeat to the 2nd bottom side in the league...embarassing I know...but I wonder, did it maybe have something to do with the fact that 10 of our starting 11 are away at the World Cup?!If it's not the World Cup, it's the WAFF or the U23 AFC Cup. It's incredibly frustrating, but fuck it. I really enjoyed the first season here, but I've not particularly enjoyed anything since then. I might see what jobs come up in the same gameworld, but failing that I will likely try and find something new.
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Post by chaodck on Jul 1, 2020 21:38:03 GMT
Fuck's sake mate, shame to see this adventure end like that. Fuck that Board, fuck'em all. Hopefully you find something else on this same universe, but if not, well starting a new save is kinda your specialty...
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 1, 2020 21:41:53 GMT
Fuck's sake mate, shame to see this adventure end like that. Fuck that Board, fuck'em all. Hopefully you find something else on this same universe, but if not, well starting a new save is kinda your specialty... Haha, I have to be good at something and apparently starting new FM saves is the thing. I'm not very good at the game, but fuck me I'm brilliant at starting it up! I've applied for two jobs so far, and there's one that I'd really quite like (It's the more likely of the two, too) but we'll see. Also, I wonder how many of these I could take with me to my new job, if I get one...
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 1, 2020 22:05:04 GMT
Just gonna leave this here...
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 1, 2020 22:32:10 GMT
Well this is going to be embarassing if it doesn't stick, but here goes...
Looking at that 63% win record, with 5 cups and a league makes my sacking even more annoying, but whatever... Port FC of Thailand are a professional football club based in Bangkok. The club was founded by, and is still partially owned by the Thai Port Authority. Historically successful, the club have not won much other than the odd cup competition and have been relegated twice since 2014. The club play their games at the 12,306 capacity Port Authority of Thailand stadium and have Good youth facilities and Good youth recruitment, which was the deciding factor in me sticking with this save game and hoping to get the job here. So why here?Well, that picture kind of sums it up. Simplified, I know, but basically I've noticed (since Nick mentioned to check Thailand) that Port keep producing players of a really solid quality, and whilst most don't stick around (we're currently losing two players on bosmans to both Ulsan and Watford, and Jeepon wants to leave) there's clearly something that could be built around this particular club. So I figured, if I was going to stick around, this could be a fun little project. They don't have the expectations that came with being in Saudi Arabia, so it'll give me a little bit of flexibility and if it doesn't work, well I guess fuck it and I'll start a new save! We have £1.2m in the bank and I think we're going to repeatedly rely on player sales to keep the finances up, but that's understandable, and one of the club visions is literally "sign players to sell for a profit", so I guess that's definitely something we can focus on.
For now though, it's pre season, so it's time to see what I does and doesn't need fixed in this club.
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 1, 2020 22:45:29 GMT
Sorry, I keep getting the urge to do quick little updates when things come in to my head. I'll go back to doing proper annual updates from the end of this season, I'd guess. So that's last seasons league, which seen previous manager Masatada Ishii sacked. So obviously the first thing that standard out (other than Kasetsart winning 0 of their 30 games!) is that we ended up with 15 draws. When there's only 10 points between 8th and wining the league, that's a big issue. So, if they could've won 6 of those draws, that's the title won. I need to turn those draws into wins and hopefully we've got the ability to do that this season. And that's the squad I've inherited. I've signed Pannya Burapa, Sivakorn Teatrakul and we will be signing Sinnaphat Leeaoh after his trial, but even outwith those players, that's a very talented young squad, far too talented to be finishing 8th place in the Thair Premier League. I need to bear in mind that Cheol and Sukpraset are both leaving on free transfers, so I'll need to reinforce the defence, but even with that in mind, we have a solid squad. There's no depth in the squad, with nobody above 2* PA in the B or U-21 squad, but that should sort itself out by the next intake. I think a nice simple 442 for the upcoming season, focusing on our solid midfield and frankly fantastic strikeforce should be what we need. I don't need anything fancy, I just need us to stick the ball in the net more than we let it into ours. Simple, right?
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Post by hokster on Jul 2, 2020 11:03:09 GMT
The game we lost, that sealed my fate, was a defeat to the 2nd bottom side in the league...embarassing I know...but I wonder, did it maybe have something to do with the fact that 10 of our starting 11 are away at the World Cup?!If it's not the World Cup, it's the WAFF or the U23 AFC Cup. It's incredibly frustrating, but fuck it. Unfortunately, I think this is where the megapack approach to editing can lead to frustration. These leagues will often reschedule matches for those type of events, but you have to include that in the edited database. Rough break, Dale. I had a similar event at in my earlier save in Bilbao, where I was sacked in the third season for "not winning silverware," despite my attempt to get that out of the club vision. Nevermind that Athletic hasn't won silverware in ages, and I was competing in the CL and challenging Barca for the title at the time.
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 2, 2020 11:14:04 GMT
The game we lost, that sealed my fate, was a defeat to the 2nd bottom side in the league...embarassing I know...but I wonder, did it maybe have something to do with the fact that 10 of our starting 11 are away at the World Cup?!If it's not the World Cup, it's the WAFF or the U23 AFC Cup. It's incredibly frustrating, but fuck it. Unfortunately, I think this is where the megapack approach to editing can lead to frustration. These leagues will often reschedule matches for those type of events, but you have to include that in the edited database. Rough break, Dale. I had a similar event at in my earlier save in Bilbao, where I was sacked in the third season for "not winning silverware," despite my attempt to get that out of the club vision. Nevermind that Athletic hasn't won silverware in ages, and I was competing in the CL and challenging Barca for the title at the time. Thanks Hok. It's a difficult one, as obviously nobody enjoys getting sacked but it's frustrating and for similar reasons to you in Bilbao. Annoyingly, the board had tempered their expecations over the two seasons where we didn't win the league, to the point where they were now only asking for top 3 finishes and Champions League Group Stage, both of which I was on course to achieve. Like I said, I probably could've saved my job by attending the meeting and begging for a little more time, but it just didn't seem worth it for the lack of enjoyment. The sacking has been a blessing in surprise, as, and I don't want to get too ahead of myself, my short career in Thailand has been absollutely fantastic so far. There are so many little issues I'm now noticing in these databases, which does make me think I'll go back to editing a lot more for the next edition, and I hope you will too. There are some minor fixture scheduling issues in Thailand that I've noticed already, and their foreign player restrictions limits are completely fictional and implemented incorrectly.. So you can't use the bottom limit, because of the top limit, and neither of them are correct. The league follows the typical Asian rule of 3+1, but also allows for a further 3 ASEAN nationality players. Stupid files. Nick you'll want to keep an eye on that with whatever file you use, if you do do a Thai C&C
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Post by hokster on Jul 2, 2020 11:25:13 GMT
Like I said, I probably could've saved my job by attending the meeting and begging for a little more time, but it just didn't seem worth it for the lack of enjoyment. The sacking has been a blessing in surprise, as, and I don't want to get too ahead of myself, my short career in Thailand has been absollutely fantastic so far. Ah, I attended the emergency meeting, which didn't help, and I had a player mutiny on my hands once we were knocked out of the CL quarterfinals. Hard to know if it's going to achieve anything or if the board is so stubborn that it's a fait accompli at that point. At least your board seemed a bit more flexible leading up to this. There are so many little issues I'm now noticing in these databases, which does make me think I'll go back to editing a lot more for the next edition, and I hope you will too. There are some minor fixture scheduling issues in Thailand that I've noticed already, and their foreign player restrictions limits are completely fictional and implemented incorrectly.. So you can't use the bottom limit, because of the top limit, and neither of them are correct. The league follows the typical Asian rule of 3+1, but also allows for a further 3 ASEAN nationality players. Stupid files. Nick you'll want to keep an eye on that with whatever file you use, if you do do a Thai C&C Wow, that's bizarre. I don't remember if I was able to implement the ASEAN nationality player rule when I made my Thailand db way back when, but 3+1 was easy enough to put into play if I recall correctly. I'm definitely intending to get back into editing a bit more next year (though I don't have as much time as I used to, so I'm going to have to be more selective about the edits). The Iron Curtain leagues that Reiver linked to seem like they look pretty good, so I might just modify them a bit to include the national teams, and otherwise try to fill in some areas of Asia that are fun, like the Gulf and Southeast Asia.
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 2, 2020 11:36:26 GMT
There are so many little issues I'm now noticing in these databases, which does make me think I'll go back to editing a lot more for the next edition, and I hope you will too. There are some minor fixture scheduling issues in Thailand that I've noticed already, and their foreign player restrictions limits are completely fictional and implemented incorrectly.. So you can't use the bottom limit, because of the top limit, and neither of them are correct. The league follows the typical Asian rule of 3+1, but also allows for a further 3 ASEAN nationality players. Stupid files. Nick you'll want to keep an eye on that with whatever file you use, if you do do a Thai C&C Wow, that's bizarre. I don't remember if I was able to implement the ASEAN nationality player rule when I made my Thailand db way back when, but 3+1 was easy enough to put into play if I recall correctly. I'm definitely intending to get back into editing a bit more next year (though I don't have as much time as I used to, so I'm going to have to be more selective about the edits). The Iron Curtain leagues that Reiver linked to seem like they look pretty good, so I might just modify them a bit to include the national teams, and otherwise try to fill in some areas of Asia that are fun, like the Gulf and Southeast Asia. Yeah, I'm not entirely sure that's something that would even be implementable, but maybe with the advanced editor? I never got around to learning it. However, the 3+1 rule definitely is and really shouldn't be an issue. I wouldn't be fussed about the ASEAN limit as much, as it would contradict the continental competition rules and likely lead to morale issues, anyway. Yeah, that makes sense. I'll wait and see how things play out, but if you're happy enough with Asia, I'd probably look at Africa and some minor European leagues. I'd really like to create and implement some of the regional football tournaments that aren't in the game, too, but I'll need to figure out how that would impact scheduling.
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Post by dalenichol on Jul 2, 2020 12:57:26 GMT
Look, right, I'm not saying we're the best team in the world. But I'm also not saying that we're not the best team in the world...
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Post by Marshdweller on Jul 2, 2020 13:14:07 GMT
Have that, Al-Ahli.
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Post by hokster on Jul 2, 2020 13:26:19 GMT
Yeah, that makes sense. I'll wait and see how things play out, but if you're happy enough with Asia, I'd probably look at Africa and some minor European leagues. I'd really like to create and implement some of the regional football tournaments that aren't in the game, too, but I'll need to figure out how that would impact scheduling. The other option might be Latin America. It's easy enough to fully complete all of South America and Central America, as while my Spanish is rusty, it's good enough to read the league documents.
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