Hattrick Help- Louisiana Cyclones...

[Doug5984]

I am starting a new thread as to not thread jack Rich's thread (sorry about that) here are the posts from the other thread


Posted by me:

Jimmie Taylor is my coach adn he is:
A passable coach who prefers a strong defensive game
A sympathetic guy who is calm and honest.
Has passable experience and poor leadership abilities


Erin Glenn
118 000 US$, 21 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities


Stamina: disastrous Keeper: inadequate
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: wretched

Peter Hastings
105 000 US$, 21 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities


Stamina: wretched Keeper: inadequate
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: weak

Jeffrey Quigley
87 000 US$, 24 years, weak form
Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Unpredictable]


Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: weak
Winger: inadequate Defending: weak
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: inadequate

Jacob Bergeron
74 000 US$, 25 years, weak form
Has wretched experience and passable leadership abilities [Powerful]


Stamina: poor Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: passable
Winger: weak Defending: inadequate
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor

Cody Stubblefield
74 000 US$, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities [Powerful]


Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: inadequate
Winger: passable Defending: inadequate
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor

Tyrone Hightower
69 000 US$, 19 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities


Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: passable
Winger: inadequate Defending: wretched
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: solid

Dwight Moon
60 000 US$, 20 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities


Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: passable
Winger: passable Defending: poor
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: inadequate

Godofredo Peckerman
53 000 US$, 23 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities [Quick]


Stamina: wretched Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: passable Passing: solid
Winger: weak Defending: poor
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor

Derrick Henry
45 000 US$, 18 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities


Stamina: solid Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: inadequate
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: wretched

Jorge Broome
36 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities


Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: wretched
Winger: poor Defending: weak
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor

Elliott Aguilera
36 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities


Stamina: wretched Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: poor
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: weak

Xavi Matas
30 000 US$, 25 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities


Stamina: wretched Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: poor Passing: inadequate
Winger: inadequate Defending: wretched
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: poor

Spencer Prince
24 000 US$, 25 years, weak form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities [Unpredictable]


Stamina: wretched Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: wretched
Winger: poor Defending: passable
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: disastrous

Jimmie Hightower
24 000 US$, 21 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities


Stamina: passable Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched
Winger: wretched Defending: weak
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: disastrous

William Arnold
22 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities [Quick]


Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: inadequate
Winger: weak Defending: weak
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

Albert Cruz
18 000 US$, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities [Quick]


Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: poor
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: wretched

Curtis Moore
17 000 US$, 21 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities


Stamina: wretched Keeper: poor
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: poor

Maurice Rowell
16 000 US$, 25 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities [Quick]


Stamina: inadequate Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: poor Passing: wretched
Winger: disastrous Defending: passable
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

Lawrence Neely
15 000 US$, 18 years, poor form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities


Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: inadequate Defending: poor
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: weak

Matteo Negrini
14 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities


Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: weak

Ben Pack
12 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Quick]


Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: wretched
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: wretched

Dave Matson
11 000 US$, 17 years, inadequate form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Technical]


Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: poor
Winger: weak Defending: weak
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: weak

Billie Holden
10 000 US$, 18 years, wretched form
Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities


Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched
Winger: weak Defending: inadequate
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: wretched

Lewis Unger
9 000 US$, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities


Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: poor
Winger: weak Defending: poor
Scoring: inadequate Set Pieces: inadequate

Floyd Meek
4 000 US$, 18 years, disastrous form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities


Stamina: inadequate Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: poor Passing: weak
Winger: poor Defending: inadequate
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: weak

Jimmie Taylor
0 US$, 50 years, wretched form
Has passable experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: disastrous Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: wretched Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: disastrous


The starting line up for my last game was a 4-4-2, Hastings was the keeper then it was...
Cruz, Henry, Prince, Rowell
Stubblefield, Quiegly, Hightower, Moon
Bergeron, Broom
but since that time I have added a few players...also, who would you think I should sell? or what position should I try and go after?
edit: this is also how my team was rated after the last game...
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: weak
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: weak


And sorry for the very long post, and all the questions...but this is my economy and supporters
Cash funds: 426 373 US$ (393 620) US$
Sponsors: content
Supporter Club: 539 members
Supporters: satisfied

Should I upgrade my stadium already? I used the HAM program and it said it would cost around $350,000 to upgrade the stadium, and that would put me very close to debt already...is it worth it?



Posted by sterlingice:

Here's a lineup, but it's just for next week. My notes for the future are further up but trying to win now is definately different than winning later. Wait, this isn't even your thread. Might want to start another one so Rich isn't so threadjacked.

You need some help: This is going to mostly be smoke and mirrors as there is a significant lack of talent.

GK: Glenn - best form with similar skills.
DW: Stubblefield - inad/pass is pretty good for a defensive winger
DM: Rowell - passable defense is all you need
DM: Prince - ditto
DW: Holden - i can't say much good about him but solid/sympathetic makes a good clown and he's inad/weak. However, it's better to run him out there than an inad playmaker
WI: Moon (offensive) - put that passing to good work
MI: Quigley- hope that upredictable is good instead of bad this game
MI: Peckerman (off) - he has such an awesome name: " Godofredo Peckerman"; play him offensively to take advantage of that passing
MI:
WI: Hightower (off) - only inad winger but the passing is nice and he would make a good set pieces guy
FO: Aguilera - passable/weak isn't bad even with the bad stamina
FO: Bergeron - inad/passable in key categories
Set Pieces: Hightower

SI


I have my lineup set, but as you mentioned there is quite a lack of talent, what are some key positions you would suggest to go after; and what would you say the minimum rating in the key rating should be?

I already have my youth squad up to $20,000 a week- so that is taken care of. But what should I do about training, right now I just have it set to stamina, should I go with general training or try and maybe go after a certain position group on my team.

Is a stadium upgrade a good idea to do already or should I wait until I have a good roster in place? Another thing I just noticed was every team in my series is a new owner (got their team around the same time I did), so we should all be 'new-bs' so any help that would give me that little advantage over them would really help.....I guess those are all my questions for right now...if anyone notices something else about my team, or something I need to do please feel free to help...

Thanks,
-Doug

[DataKing]

Allrighty. I've looked over your roster and I've noticed a few things.

1. You have a passable coach. Keep him. Passable coaches are the second best type in the game, and solid coaches can be very expensive to find, unless you get lucky.

2. You need a passable keeper, and should be able to find one in the $150,000 range if you are patient on the transfer market. Unless you plan to train keeper, don't concern yourself too much with his age. A player in their mid-20's should do just fine.

3. The other glaring need that I see is at wingback. I only noticed one natural wingback on your roster (Stubblefield - passable winger/inadequate defender). You have a number of guys with OK defensive skills, but none of them can play on the wing. For a starter, I'd recommend at least inadequate winger skill and passable defending.

4. Stamina training is a good idea, but be wary of doing it for more than a week at a time. Stamina training can do damage to your team's form. Also, the off-season is a very good time for stamina training, since players do not need to play in a match in order to receive the training.

5. You've got quite a lot of youth on your team, particularly on defense (with the exception of Prince and Rowell) and at forward (excluding Bergeron and Matas). You'll probably want to concentrate on one of these two areas for your training efforts, and that will determine the formations you will most likely want to use. Whichever one you choose to train, you can probably sell off some of your youth at the other area, unless you plan to alternate between the two (not recommended).

6. Fire Moore, and see if you can get someone to buy Arnold and Matson from you. I don't see these guys having a future, but I could be wrong.

7. I think you can hold off on upgrading your stadium for a little while. Once you get into the 600-700 supporter range, then consider improving it. A couple of notes regarding stadiums.

a. There is a $30,000 base cost for stadium expansion, even if you only add one seat, so it is more efficient to do stadium expansions in large "chunks" (at least 5,000 seats at a time, IMO).
b. Do not go beyond 20x the number of supporters you have.
c. The "magic ratio" for stadium seat types is as follows: 62.5% terrace, 25% basic, 10% under roof, 2.5% VIP. This is the most efficient as far as generating revenue.

I hope this helps.

[Rich1033]

Hey no problem at all. Good luck with your team.

Im no expert, but looking over you roster I did notice that, as DataKing already stated, you are weak at Wing back. I would try to pick up a winger with passable defending first.

[dacman]

Couple o' tidbits:

I got my 20-yo passable keeper for $105,000. I've seen a few go in the $100-120,000 range in the last week or so. I personally would shoot for $100,000 on that and save the other $50 grand for a wingback. You might try to find a passable/passable wingback (that's passable winger, passable defense). They go for about $50-$80K (I know, I'm looking for one myself).

Shoot for at least inadaquate ratings in the key skills for each position for everyone on the 1st team. Sell/fire everyone who doesn't have that once you get replacements. I have found that it doesn't take long to find lots of 17-19yo guys with inad. "key" ratings for cheap. Check other markets -- **cough**Sweden**cough**cough**

Key skills, IMHO (Parentheses mean slightly less important)

Keeper: Goaltending
Wingback: Winger, Defending, (Stamina)
Cen. Defense: Defending, (Stamina)
Winger: Winger, Stamina, (Playmaking) (Passing)
Inner Mid.: Playmaking, Stamina, (Passing)
Forward: Scoring, (Passing), (Stamina)

Decide what skill to train and stick with it -- with a little general and stamina training sprinkled in. You look set to train defenders. If you do go that route, start using the 5-4-1 formation in friendlies and get your B-team filled with 17-19 YO inad. defenders (and your A-team for that matter). Once 5-4-1 goes solid, use it all the time.

[The Afoci]

This is a dumb question, but how do you check other markets, everytime I switch the place of birth it just checks the us market for players from the country.

[dacman]

Choose another country in the little selectbox towards the upper left corner. Then on the menu below, click transfers below the new country's name.

[Rich1033]

Originally posted by dacman
Choose another country in the little selectbox towards the upper left corner. Then on the menu below, click transfers below the new country's name.

Actually I was trying to figure out the same thing. Thanks

[Doug5984]

Thanks for all the help guys, I was able to find a few passable keepers with the bidding ending shortly...I will update you guys if i get one of these...

[Eilim]

Bah, dacman.. Why'd ya have to go and tell them that? Now I'm going to have competition for all my hidden gems found in Magyarorszag and Hrvatska. ;)

[Doug5984]

Originally posted by Eilim
Bah, dacman.. Why'd ya have to go and tell them that? Now I'm going to have competition for all my hidden gems found in Magyarorszag and Hrvatska. ;)

dacman- i would like to thank you so much for telling me that little secret, i can't believe how many more players there are to choose from now...its amazing...:D also there were a bunch of passable keepers in sweden, just none at a good price.

[Doug5984]

i just got my keeper for $85,000....I really liked this guy because of his passasble form, and he is still very young...

José Antonio Alcolea (8306630)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Nationality: España
Assessed value: 174 000 US$
Wage: 1 200 US$/week
Owner: MiniYos
Warnings: 0


Stamina: wretched Goaltending: passable
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: wretched Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: disastrous


Also, if someone is quick enough and has enough money to do some day-trading type stuff....here are some guys for cheap ending shortly...

Bedrettin Aybar (7712985)
27 years, poor form, healthy

A controversial person who is temperamental and honest.
Has weak experience and passable leadership abilities.


Speciality: Technical

Nationality: Deutschland
Assessed value: 121 000 US$
Wage: 1 760 US$/week
Owner: Wirsing Waldhausen
Warnings: 0


Stamina: wretched Goaltending: passable
Playmaking: wretched Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: passable
current bid $50,000

Arnold Nowaczyk (4285626)
27 years, solid form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is temperamental and righteous.
Has wretched experience and wretched leadership abilities.


Speciality: Powerful

Nationality: Polska
Assessed value: 290 000 US$
Wage: 2 410 US$/week
Owner: Duze Sutki
Warnings: 0


Stamina: poor Goaltending: passable
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: wretched
Winger: disastrous Defending: wretched
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: solid
current bid $74,000

Robin Persson (5086497)
26 years, passable form, healthy

A sympathetic guy who is calm and honest.
Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities.

Nationality: Sverige
Assessed value: 167 000 US$
Wage: 1 630 US$/week
Owner: Kumlahuliganerna
Warnings: 0


Stamina: excellent Goaltending: passable
Playmaking: wretched Passing: wretched
Winger: wretched Defending: disastrous
Scoring: wretched Set Pieces: passable

this guy is my favorite and I would have gone after him had i not gotten my guy..the current bid is $73,000...these are all passable keepers for under $100,000 with the bidding ending shortly...

What do you guys think about the keeper that I got, did I get a good deal? Is he good? And I guess I should sell Peter Hastings now, how much should I ask for him?

[dacman]

That keeper should do just fine until you're ready to bump up to a solid one (and you could even train goalkeeping and try to bump this guy up).

Yeah, I would go ahead and sell keeper #3. He's really only worth around $20K, but some sucker might pay much more. I'd list him at around 15 and around 3-4pm and hope for a bidding war for him. You could try the route of listing him for your dream price and hope to get a sucker (worked for me, once).

[dacman]

Oh, and by the way, take everything I say with a grain of salt, I've only had a team since 1/31, so I'm no expert.

[DataKing]

Alcolea looks like he should get the job done for you, at least for the time being. He looks like a low-end passable keeper to me, but he has put up 2 stars his last three times out, and you certainly can't argue with the price.

Personally, I'd prefer a guy with a bit more experience, but you'll have a hard time finding experienced keepers that young. It's all a matter of preference, I suppose.

[Doug5984]

Originally posted by DataKing
Alcolea looks like he should get the job done for you, at least for the time being. He looks like a low-end passable keeper to me, but he has put up 2 stars his last three times out, and you certainly can't argue with the price.

Personally, I'd prefer a guy with a bit more experience, but you'll have a hard time finding experienced keepers that young. It's all a matter of preference, I suppose.

Thats good to hear, I liked the price, and at a young age he should be able to be my keeper for a while as I don't plan on moving up to group IV anytime soon....

I was able to pick up an indaquit D. Winger for pretty cheap...here he is....I liked the fact he had excellent stamina, and was also very young...

Anders Andersson (7027563)
18 years, inadequate form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is balanced and upright.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.


Speciality: Technical

Nationality: Sverige
Assessed value: 43 000 US$
Wage: 768 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Louisiana Cyclones
Warnings: 0


Stamina: excellent Goaltending: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: poor
Winger: inadequate Defending: inadequate
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: wretched

Also last night I had a lot of time to read you guys comments and come up with a roster and a plan somewhat, I was wondering what you guys thought about this...currently I will run the 4-4-2 and this will be my roster for that:

Keeper- Alcolea
Def. Wing- Stubblefield, Anderson
Central Def.- Prince, Rowell
Mid Winger- Moon, T. Hightower
Inner Midfield- Quigly, Peckerman
Forward- Bergeron, Aguilera


That is my new starting lineup, seems ok? ANd then for my friendly games I will run a 5-4-1 with the roster being this....

Keeper- Glenn
Def. Wing- Holden, Meek
Central Def.- Henry, Cruz, Negrini
Mid Winger- Matas, Neely
Inner Midfield- Broom, Pack
Forward- J. Hightower

With this setup a few of the players (Holden, and Meek most obviously) are playing in positions that they really arn't meant for, so I will need to try and find replacements for them. Those 2 rosters give me 22 players who will play in games, I am going to try and get rid of everyone on my roster who did not make that list then I really need to go after some wingers.

Another question I have is this: If I am training Defense, does that effect everyone who plays or just players who play defense?....If it is the 2nd what positions does it help, just central D or Wing D and Mid fielders?

Again thanks for all the help...
-Doug

[sterlingice]

Andersson should be a ** wingback pickup provided he's decently inadequate (try to decipher that and win a prize). DK is right, Alcoa is only slightly above inad, but oh well- you can't knock passable and **. Also, to your comments about the Sverige tranfer market: yes, it's by far the highest priced. Since everyone can find those guys, the price is higher as there are more bidders. Not everyone runs off and checks some of the smaller countries. That's why I have guys from 9 different countries on my team.

Also, from my wealth of mistakes: while my compulsive player bidding will keep me somewhat in debt, it's my $230K stadium improvement that really put me in debt. It's great in that I now can fill 15K seats a week and pull down $80K but I have $10K in upkeep and these offseason weeks are really going to hurt, costwise. So I'd hold off on the stadium: build a good team first and don't try to do it all at once like I did.

Keeper- Alcolea
Def. Wing- Stubblefield, Anderson
Central Def.- Prince, Rowell
Mid Winger- Moon, T. Hightower
Inner Midfield- Quigly, Peckerman
Forward- Bergeron, Aguilera

Keeper- Glenn
Def. Wing- Holden, Meek
Central Def.- Henry, Cruz, Negrini
Mid Winger- Matas, Neely
Inner Midfield- Broom, Pack
Forward- J. Hightower

Keeper - You have your starter in your trainee (a little old at 21, but he'll do). What more could you need in life?
Def Wingers- Your starters are as good as you have and Holden isn't too bad but Meek is just awful for a def winger (poor wing) not that Holden is much better. Try to snag a couple of inad/inad young guys to put in their place.
Cen Def- They're not young and Prince is lacking in stamina but you can bust their arses in the offseason to improve that. Still, they are passable defenders and unless your team was created with a solid, it's the best you can hope for. You trainees are all teenage inads with pretty good or really good stamina. Not too shabby. I guess you could try to find a passable out on the open market but that's more of what you will want to do once you start churning out talent.
Wingers - Moon is passable and I'd look to replace Hightower with someone passable. You can find passable wingers on the cheap, easily: $10K-$20K. I'm looking for solids right now and if you're patient, I've found ones for $30K-$50K. Matas is too old to be a trainee, so I'd replace him as well. I'd suggest snagging a couple of young passables- your main one with weak playmaking or better and a secondary one with weak or better defense (so you can essentially be training another wingback).
Middies - Your two main guys are your two best guys so can't complain, tho I think a solid would be a good upgrade when you are rolling in cash. Pack needs to be replaced by a inad young guy with inad defense (see- that whole reoccuring theme about trying to get guys all over the field who benefit from your training).
Forwards- look for a better trainee than Hightower: someone with at least inad scoring/inad passing or even passable scoring and weak passing.

Looks pretty good- I don't think you're going to take the world by storm, but you're off to a good start and building your team the right way.

SI

[Doug5984]

woo-hoo i just won 3-0 :D
again, thanks for all the help guys....it is really helping me a lot, and I should now probably be able to finish in 3rd place this season....here is the report from my latest match
Pancakes - Louisiana Cyclones 0 - 3





Date: 3/10/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 4601118
Arena: The frying pan
Crowd: 8935


At The frying pan, 8935 punters turned up, and despite threatening clouds at the horizon, no rain came. Pancakes had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Franco - Petersen, Chan, Robbins, Arthur - Barnett, Luengo, Seward, Baxter - Steward, Zepeda.

Louisiana had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Alcolea - Stubblefield, Rowell, Prince, Andersson - Moon, Quigley, Peckerman, Hightower - Bergeron, Aguilera.

Pancakes could have put themselves ahead in the 4:th minute as Gale Seward missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Pancakes were very close to putting themselves one up in the 11th minute as James Zepeda got through, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. In the 23rd minute the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending and Jacob Bergeron put the ball away for 0 - 1. Anders Andersson of Louisiana received a yellow card in the 34:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 0 - 1 was the half-time score. Louisiana held the ball, with a clear 58 percent possession rate.

Louisiana had, after 48 minutes of the game, worked the left side industriously, creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but somehow didn´t achieve closure. In the games 52nd minute Jeffrey Quigley nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through and fired from just outside the box, his shot passed just over the bar. Jacob Bergeron came close to extending the visitors lead as he, completely unmarked in front of the goal, lifted a ball over Kenneth Franco, hitting the bar. Pancakes´s Ross Steward left the field after 79 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Lester Hutchins. Elliott Aguilera increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 2. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 86:th minute Louisiana goal, making it 0 - 3. Elliott Aguilera was noted down as the scorer. In the games 86:th minute Pancakes´s James Zepeda fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked James Zepeda for taking a dive. Louisiana held the ball, with a clear 77 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Pancakes player was without a doubt Donald Robbins. Frank Petersen on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Louisiana player was without a doubt José Antonio Alcolea. Godofredo Peckerman on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.

Pancakes
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: disastrous
Right Side Defence: weak
Central Defence: inadequate
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: weak


Louisiana Cyclones
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: excellent
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: weak

Louisiana Cyclones
Player ratings (I am not sure how to do this, I think it is * for a star, and ~ for half a star)
Keeper- Alcolea **~ (2-1/2 stars, i am very happy with that)
De. Wing- Stubblefield **, Anderson *~
Central D- Prince **, Rowell **
Mid Wing- Moon **, Hightower *~
Inner Mid- Quigly **, Peckerman *~
Forward- Bergeron *~, Aguilera **

Overall i was very happy with how my team played....a 3-0 shutout is very good in my books....Another interesting thing is that the team I played just finished expanding his stadium to 25,000 seats :eek: , he got his team the same day as me, and has not yet made a transfer...I can only imagine how much debt he is going to be in in the future....

[Doug5984]

New Logo...I just needed somewhere to put this logo so nevstar could host it for me...

[NevStar]

logo received and uploaded.

[Doug5984]

New re-sized image

[Doug5984]

Ok- I though I needed to bump this back up...because I have a new delima....


José Antonio Alcolea (8306630)
20 years, inadequate form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Nationality: España
Assessed value: 158 000 US$
Wage: 1 692 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Louisiana Cyclones
Warnings: 0

Stamina: wretched Goaltending: passable



This is my current keeper, he is a passable keeper, but he appears to be a low-passable. When I bought him he was a 2.5* keeper with the team before, and he put up 2.5* in his first game with me. Since then he has put up 4 consecuative 2* star games. Now my problem with this is that my backup keeper who is this....


Erin Glenn (8581637)
22 years, solid form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is balanced and upright.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 124 000 US$
Wage: 1 180 US$/week
Owner: Louisiana Cyclones
Warnings: 0

Stamina: wretched Goaltending: inadequate

He has been putting up 2* preformances in friendlies ever since I got him....My questions are: should I be starting the backup since he has solid form? Should I sell this keeper, and try to pickup a better passable keeper, valued over $200k (I am in debt, so this might be hard to do...), or should I just wait it out with my current starter and hope that he starts putting up 2.5* games again?

Also right now I have 2 players on the transfer market if anyone is interested....

Dan Kvarnbrant
52 000 US$, 20 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Powerful]

Stamina: passable Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: wretched Passing: weak
Winger: weak Defending: solid
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: poor


and.....


Anders Andersson
41 000 US$, 19 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities [Technical]

Stamina: excellent Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: weak Passing: poor
Winger: inadequate Defending: inadequate
Scoring: weak Set Pieces: wretched

Transfer list: Wing Back
Deadline: 4/9/2003 at 06:55
Asking price: 2 000 US$
Highest bid:
3 000 US$

[DataKing]

A general rule of thumb that I use is that 2 levels of form is (roughly) equivalent to 1 level of skill, so right now Alcolea and Glenn are probably putting up very even performances. Given the fact that you are in debt, I would not recommend going player shopping.

Instead, were I in your shoes, I would stick with what I have, and go with the 2 to 1 rule. For the time being, keep playing Alcolea, but if his form drops to 3 levels below the backup, then play Glenn. Keep an eye on Alcolea's form long-term before deciding whether or not to start looking for an alternative. It's possible that he is just in a bit of a slump right now, and will regain his 2.5* form soon.

[Havok]

Im using an inadequate keeper and he gets me 2 stars a game. Im completely contempt with that. Since i run a 4-5-1 i just dont see the point in upgrading to a passable keeper. My goalie rarley gets tested as it is and i kind of enjoy not droping an extra 80-100k on a measly 1/2 a star :)

Spend that money on Midfielders and defenders. A team in my league dropped 164k on his 18 year old passable keeper and he is yet to win a game. with a 164k you can get an Inad keeper, 2 passable defenders, 2 passable wingers and an passable midfielder. And probally a couple young trannies. My whole team has only costed me 147k. If it wasnt for me dropping 100k on trying to get a good coach and i only ended up with an inadequate one, i'd still have 150k to spend. Instead of only 50k.

So in closing i just think passable keepers are overrated for the money you have to pay to get them. Money's tight when you first get your team. Dont spent half of it on 1 player.

Thats my opinion anyway. But im new so i could be wrong.

[DataKing]

Originally posted by Havok
And probally a couple young trannies.

I sincerely hope Havok meant to type "trainees." Otherwise, that's just gross. :eek:

;)

[Havok]

LOL!!!!!