Carlisle United. A long journey to the top of the footballing world *FM14*

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@ Sheffield United

0-0 half

Jackson puts away a rebound off a butler shot

sheff scores off a close shot, but Butler blasts in a shot a few feet away to give us the lead 2 min away from stoppage.2-1 win!

i also finally get my board to increase junior coaching

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Millwall coming to town

i gave Symington the rare start instead of Lindsay and he rewards me with a freekick goal and we lead at half 1-0

Larmour draws a PK early in 2nd and Watts puts it away, 2-0 and it ends that way

Everton have negotiated a 1.16 buyout clause for the 20% future fee on DC Simpson. he would have to be sold for over 6.65 million for me to earn more. he might get there but im not going to risk it, he isnt a solid lock to be worth more than that and the million will do me great right now if i can get some infrastructure built

so Simpson was bought for 99K and sold for 2 million 2 years later. nice

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woohoo! thanks to that large cash injection, i convince the board to improve the youth facilities. it only cost 350K. currently my youth facilites are rated as "Poor"

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Johnsons Paint throphy 2nd round. Crewe come to town and i decide to give Jackson and Cropper the game off for rest

20th min, butler crosses to Lindsay @ the back of the goal 1-0 lead

Lindsay scores on a corner, 2-0 at half

grrr weve given up 2, 1 and own goal

we lose the shootout 4-5

this doenst surprise or disappoint me. i put the bonuses for the cup competitions as low as i could go to off set putting the League bonus as high as i could. i wanted to concentrate on getting promoted and didnt have a large squad to play too many extra games

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@ Barnet

we give up a goal 5 min into the game, but then score our own in the 7th. defensive error gives up another goal in the 11th

a 3-3 tie. we score 2 in the last 8 min. 2nd game in a row where my defender gets an own goal

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Walsall comes to town, they are topping the table

we jump on them and pound their asses like a pornstar, leading 3-0 at half

the game ends with that score. we dominated the 2nd half, but it was more like pushing rope than the pounding in the 1st half

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@ Crewe, revenge time

did i say revenge? were behind 0-2 at half

lost 2-1

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Bournmouth coming to town, theyre ranked 5th

ffs, we score another own goal.our 3rd in 4 games

tied 1-1

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@ Plymouth FA Cup 1st round

we play like utter shit getting outshot 19-3.... but we win 1-0

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Shrewsbury coming to town

0-0 tie.

my team isnt getting much on offense, maybe ill try a new formation

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Bradford coming to town. were running a 4-2-3-1

the formation change pays off. we win 3-1.

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@ York

Beck is obviously pissed at me for keeping him on the bench all season. hes scored 4 goals the last 2 games

games tied 3-3 at half

we lost 4-3

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we go to Crawley and beat them 2-0 after they get someone sent off

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FA cup 2nd round

@ Cambridge

up 2-0 at half

easy win 3-0

and our 3rd round opponent is....Millwall. a skybet league 1 team and were at home. thats very winable

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going to Charlton
switch to 4-3-2-1 our defensive formation

0-0 tie

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last place Bury comes to town, were in our 4-2-3-1

we lead 2-1 at half. Bury get a red and i get a PK

we win 4-1 Symington scores 2

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Sheff wed comes to town

rats a 0-0 tie

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@ Tranmere. i try out ye ol 4-4-2

and easy 3-0 win. maybe the 4-4-2 never worked before was because i didnt have good wingers? i played both Moran's and they are both pure winfgers

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@ Rotherham. sticking with the 4-4-2

i lose to a stoppage time goal 0-1

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wow, 2 road games in back to back days!

@ Brentford

watts steals a pass and hits Jackson on the break for a 1-2 lead. we give up a goal in the 80th min, and i thought we were goina end thatway until Beck hits them on a quick counter attack in stoppage time! 2-1 win

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next day, a whole new team and in the 4-4-2. 3 youths that have never played are on the bench

@ Chesterfield

we were outplayed the whole game but held tough. then in the 88th min my son make the key run and pass leading to an easy goal from Moran and we win 1-0


and we sell LW/ST Larmour to Fulham for 250k and 25% future fee.

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home against Leyton Orient

ugg we get spanked 4-1. not good

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home against rochdale.... we lose 1-0
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that sucked, there wasnt a single 2nd half highlight

we outshot them 18-1

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home vs Millwall in the FA cup 3rd round

we get a PK and convert in the 9th

1-1 tie. goina have a replay

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@ Oxford

another bad game. Jackson comes on in the end and scores a goal with a few minuets left. i need to find a new formation cause nothing seems to be helping my scoring woes
we win 1-0

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another scoreless game

0-0 @ colchester

current standings

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FA cup replay

@ Millwall

talk about a snoozer (all my games feel like that now)

Deasy gets redcarded late in the game and we play with 10. game goes 0-0 into extra time... then to PK's

we lose the shootout 7-6

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im letting my assman run the next 2 games. maybe he can do something better than me

vs Gillingham 2-0 win

vs Swindon

we win that game too 2-1. Deasy picks up another red card, just 2 games after the one he got in the FA cup!

my assman ran the 4-4-2.... i cant win anything with that formation!

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@ Millwall

i go with what the assman did and do a 4-4-2. we barely squeek by with a 1-0 win

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@ bournmouth

they top the table and beat me 2-0

im still in the playoffs

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ok im goina try out Daddytorgo's no striker formations

we beat Barnet 2-1

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Sheff United

1-1 tie

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is anyone reading this? any advice on making it better?

its starting to look like this seasons going to go down like last season, hot start followed by a slump that drops me out of the playoffs

lost 2-1 to the crewe

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got a much needed win 2-0 over wallsall

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another win! 2-1 at shrewsbury!

[law90026]

Yup reading it.

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ok i tied Tranemere 0-0

im still using daddytorgos 0 striker set up.. its doing ok

i still have a shot at instant promotion

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@ Bradford

0-0 at half, no highlights

wow an entire game with no highlights... that game sucked

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Crawley comes to town, they are 22 on the table

and we put up another 0-0 draw

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Home vs York

1-1 tie. this sucks i cant do anything with this team

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were going to Bury. i switch back to my 4-1-2-2-1

30 min in and the players legs are completely covered in mud

1 3-1 loss. ffs

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0-2 charlton. another loss. i cant get automatic qualification

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@ Sheff Wed. im letting my assman handle this, i cant win a game

well ,my assman cant fix things either. we lose 4-1. but we do qualify for the playoffs

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we tie our last game, home vs Rotherham.

heres our schedule down the stretch

jeez

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well were facing Wallsall in the playoffs. im designing a whole new 4-4-2 formation designed around the target man


we get out to a 2-0 lead but then get outplayed the rest of the way and lose 4-2 away.

my fullbacks are playing horribly down the stretch.

the way things look it will ba another shitty 2nd half collapse after we kick ass in the 1st half. i dont know why because i keep the same team and dont bring in or lose a whole lot of people and we use the same formations

Jackson has scored 22 goals this season, only 4 have come after the new year

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forget everything i said above! Fuck you Walsall!

we smoke Walsall 4-1 . Lindsay scored 2 goals, JJ had a goal and an assist and Jack Lynch playing RW had 1 goal and 3 assists!

over 12k cram my park to watch that game.


PLEASE just 1 more win baby!

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Carlisle Vs Brentford in the playoff finals!

those hacks. they injure Deasy and watts early. obviously trying to make me waste my subs early

despite a few close crosses in the 1st i dont score and we head to the 2nd half tied 0-0

No, mathis scores for Brentford in the 65th min

yes! we get lucky and Brentford scores an own goal on a corner, tied 1-1

brentford almost scores a fluke goal in the 80th

were going to extra time. argggg so nerve wracking

both my centerbacks are nursing injuries now

bullshit! the ref fucks me over and shows deasy a red at the end of the 1st overtime half! Bullshit!

we make it to penalties

they make 1st
we make our 1st
they miss! cropper saves
yes we make our 2nd
they make 3rd
we make our 3rd, we lead 3-2
Cropper saves again!!!!!!!!!!!!
jackson makes it and we fucking win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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its party time



god that feels good. i felt gloom and doom the last few days watching this team ( and my 2nd team thats like 1-2-12 but i aint going there!)

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due to promotion, we need to get rid of the terraces and install seating. that will cost 1.13 million, and we improve youth facilities for 325k. now im broke again

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[law90026]

Congrats on the promotion!