huh? international walkover?!?

[FrogMan]

Anybody know what the story is behind this???

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD vAlign=center> FYR Macedonia - Northern Ireland <BDO dir=ltr>5 - 0</BDO> http://www13.hattrick.org/Common/images/ht_live_16.gif (http://www13.hattrick.org/Common/live.asp?actionType=addMatch&outputType=HTML&matchID=23227105) http://www13.hattrick.org/Common/images/bookmark_16x16.gif (http://www13.hattrick.org/Common/bookmarks.asp?action=AddConfirm&BookmarkTypeID=3&ObjectID=23227105)
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>View game: </TD><TD>HT Live (http://www13.hattrick.org/Common/live.asp?actionType=addMatch&MatchID=23227105)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Date: </TD><TD>7/23/2004 at 20.00</TD></TR><TR><TD>MatchID: </TD><TD>23227105</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top>Arena: </TD><TD vAlign=top>FK Kavadarci (http://www13.hattrick.org/Common/arenaDetails.asp?arenaID=484448)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top>Crowd: </TD><TD vAlign=top>15360</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD vAlign=bottom align=right>http://www13.hattrick.org/Common/images/weather3.gif </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 15360 to FK Kavadarci. FYR Macedonia had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Shijakovic - Aleksandrov, Bajkov, Nechkov - Kargovski, Anchevski, Mirchevski, Atılay, Nikolas - Bećanović, Bliznakov.

Northern Ireland started off with a 0-0-0 lineup. Lineup: - - - .

The home team won the game on a walk over since the visitors hadn´t been able to find 9 players fit for the game. The spectators seemed disappointed, in spite of the victory. The match ends 5 - 0.


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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=229 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=229><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>FYR Macedonia (http://www13.hattrick.org/Common/NationalTeamDetails.asp?teamID=3158)
Player rating and Team formation (http://www13.hattrick.org/Common/matchLineup.asp?matchID=23227105&teamID=3158)
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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top>Northern Ireland (http://www13.hattrick.org/Common/NationalTeamDetails.asp?teamID=3164)
Player rating and Team formation (http://www13.hattrick.org/Common/matchLineup.asp?matchID=23227105&teamID=3164)
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Match report
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[DataKing]

Isn't Ireland boycotting international play or something to that effect? I seem to recall mention of this somewhere before, but my old-man brain can't recall the details.

[FrogMan]

I thought that Ireland was the country that wasn't gonna put on their nat teams players that were not trained in Ireland or something to that effect, but still... weird...

FM

[DataKing]

I'm bored, so I went digging into the Northern Ireland National Conference...

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7/23/2004 at 19.50

</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>I'm afraid I've made the same mistake again. Both friendlies will be a walkover. Obviously there can be no excuses for this. Luckily they're both friendlies so it won't do too much damage.</I>



I've sent an email to the GMs informing them of my wish to resign from both positions.

Hopefully elections will be run soon, I advise you all not to vote for a forgetful git.

Sorry guys, I've let you all down.

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And later on...

It's certainly not that i don't have time to do it. that has never been a problem. I believe that my automated system of managment made the job much easier than national managers who do it manually.

My mistake today is the same as my first one. I didn't set a provisional line-up. I'm always relectant to set a team before I've received the results of the National updates but that reluctance has cost the teams experience on two occasions.

Those are the only mistakes I have made, unfortunately they are mistakes taht can't really be justified.

I still stand by my belief that the national and U20 manager should be the same person. It makes things a lot easier and is better for the country in the long run. I will be disappointed if this strategy is not continued.

Automated system? National and U20 manager being the same person? They've got some strange birds in HT-N. Ireland I say.

Edited for WYSIWYG formatting weirdness.

[bronconick]

Good thing he's resigning. If an American did that *once*, we'd lynch him. Hell, we almost lynched Slashers for AOWing with a WTM.

[DataKing]

Let's not forget about OP and his genius "normal winger" tactic either. :p

[Desnudo]

"My mistake today is the same as my first one. I didn't set a provisional line-up. I'm always relectant to set a team before I've received the results of the National updates but that reluctance has cost the teams experience on two occasions."

Odd excuse since you can still change the line-up either way. Too bad for them.

[FrogMan]

"My mistake today is the same as my first one. I didn't set a provisional line-up. I'm always relectant to set a team before I've received the results of the National updates but that reluctance has cost the teams experience on two occasions."

Odd excuse since you can still change the line-up either way. Too bad for them.
very odd excuse, especially after having done it once, to do it again. What's the worst that could happen when you set a lineup beforehand? Play players out of form... So what...

Very odd...

FM

[Poli]

Good thing he's much better than "national managers who do it manually."

It's obvious N. Ireland has made out with this coach.

[robbgmaier]

thinking about automated input turns me on.....I wish I knew what it meant

[Poli]

I'm glad I don't. It obviously worked well for this guy.

[TargetPractice6]

You'd think he'd at least have a default lineup set just in case he did forget to set it one week.

[finkenst]

You'd think he'd at least have a default lineup set just in case he did forget to set it one week.
you'd think so.