IV.19 Season 21 Dynasty

[lytic]

No, that's fockers...

[Hobbes-]

I haven't gotten any this season.. wtf is with that..

I only had what? 6 last season?

[lytic]

I can tie anyone if I wanted to shell up... If Eers gets too many ties, he will fall.
I know greg and evil are our goals this year, but I will enjoy knocking Eers down a few spots.

[Raven Hawk]

Just sold a YP for over 800k . . .

A-shopping we will go. A-shopping we will go. Hi-ho the merri-oh a-shopping we will go . . .

I got my eye on something special.

[BlueMage]

I forgot to tell you all that I pulled a solid 17 yr old keeper last week, value almost 400k. Word on the street is there is one keeper in the US right now that's a shoe in for U20 and after that there is slim pickins. I will be selling a formidable keeper either this week or next week.

I'm not sure if I'll get him, or if I am paying too much but check out this guy:

Mikael 'Brodarn' Vinterbratt (642459)
29 years, excellent form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is balanced and honest.
Has passable experience and weak leadership abilities.


Speciality: Powerful

Nationality: Sverige
Assessed value: 159 000 US$
Wage: 1 650 US$/week
Owner: Team McLaren
Warnings: 0


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

Right now I've got about 350k on him and if I can get him for 375 or so I will go for it. He pulled 4 stars last match prolly do to exp and excellent form. If I get him, cool, and I'll shore up my D a little bit. If not, no big deal, and if anyone sees a cheap 3 star defensive winger out there, let me know.

bluey -- still working on signature

[BlueMage]

welp, scratch that, already been outbid.. i guess that's what happens when similar players go for a million. What is this guy worth do you all think? I could really use a new wing back, 3.5 stars or so, and a new defensive winger, but I've got limited funds, and would like to use the keeper money on a better striker. Thanks for the help.

What kind of yoot you have raven?

bluey -- perhaps perpetually working on signature

[lytic]

$500k-ish?

I still haven't got a YP that's worth selling more than $1k.

[Raven Hawk]

Here is the guy that I sold for 830k.

Ian Acosta (22012122)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is tranquil and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.


Speciality: Technical

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 83 000 US$
Wage: 900 US$/week
Owner: Gargoyles
Warnings: 0


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

Not sure what drove his price up to 830k. Solid SP and Technical specialty are the only things that I can think of that would have made hime that valuable.

The horshoe begins to work its way further up my rectum . . .

[lytic]

your multi bought it!!!

[lytic]

This is my new Cow... you won't be seeing him for a few seasons though...

Jonas Cronbom (21752186)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A popular guy who is temperamental and upright.
Has disastrous experience and disastrous leadership abilities.

Nationality: Sverige
Assessed value: 119 000 US$
Wage: 1 040 US$/week
Owner: FC Metropolia
Warnings: 0


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

[Raven Hawk]

Nice buy lytic. Looks like he'll trun into a real PLAYAH!

[lytic]

and to wrap my trainees for the season:

Sean Bridges
108 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Head]


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

I had to sell a lot of peeps to get that keeper so I need to add some depth again. Next purchase will be a middie. I need one with a lot passing and a lot of expereince (and passable or solid leadership). I'm not too picky
I'll have an excellent defender available for purchase soon if anyone in interested. I know my nemisis wanted one of my super trainees once... only to get outbid.

[Raven Hawk]

Do you have any trainees that are:

Defending: Formidable+
Passing: Passable+
Specialty: Powerful

I'm not too particular, either.

I have a picture of how I want my team to look. The top of my list are:

1) Central Defender
2) Inner Midfielder
3) Keeper
4) Winger

Strangely enough, in my 5th season, I still have 2 players that were part of my original squad. Granted, they don't see the field that much, but I still have them on my team.

[Hobbes-]

I have 4 players that were on my original team (excluding my coach)

2 of them start for me.. (one or the other)

[Hobbes-]

and since we're all doing wishlists.. I want 2 stud strikers.. no REALLY stud..

Santa better deliver.. on time too!

[lytic]

Take your pick:

Dong-Sung An ***U20 Team***
189 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has poor experience and weak leadership abilities


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

Preston Davis ***Should be Nats Team, but TP is a bitch***
629 000 US$, 19 years, excellent form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities [Powerful]


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

Aijaz Tewari ***Nats Team***
175 000 US$, 23 years, solid form
Has poor experience and wretched leadership abilities


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

Per Fredriksson
749 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities


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

Alessandro Garagnani
118 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities


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

Jonas Cronbom
119 000 US$, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and disastrous leadership abilities


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

Sean Bridges
108 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Head]


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

McKinley Babcock ***Youth Pull last week***
34 000 US$, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities


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

Víctor Barriuso de Miguel ***Selling soon, Youth Pull from last season***
54 000 US$, 19 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities [Quick]


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

Yuri Danhof ***Middie/CA Defender***
429 000 US$, 21 years, passable form
Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities [Unpredictable]


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

[Hobbes-]

I'll take Per Fredriksson for his inad scoring.. I expect him in my stocking.. thanks lytic!

[lytic]

Per is a beast... I did overpay for his ass though. I can use him offensively, which is why I went a little overboard on him. I'll get my money back on him when I do sell him though...

[Hobbes-]

true that .. he's definately a stud..

[Hobbes-]

I seem to invest myself in crap cheap trainees.. well that's what I did at first.. they are slowly getting better.. I have 2 x 18y trainees now.. proud of me?

[Raven Hawk]

Hobbes-

How does this one work for you? On sale now for a cool 2.75M.

Bryce Jackson
693 000 US$, 23 years, inadequate form
Has weak experience and poor leadership abilities [Powerful]


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


or I have a fine array of other strikers you can choose from. Most are still in training though.

Cornelius Ball - YP last season about to pop in 1-2 weeks.
128 000 US$, 18 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities [Head]

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

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Hélder Pascoal - Will pop to Outstanding near the end of the season
376 000 US$, 20 years, weak form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

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

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Hafiz bin Selamat - only 2 weeks behind Cornelius Ball
249 000 US$, 18 years, solid form
Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities

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

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Phakphoom Manee - 3 weeks away from outstanding
501 000 US$, 19 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities

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

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William Carmona - Another YP from 3 weeks ago. Will be sold at excellent.
238 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities

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

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lytic - Preston looks very enticing, however, I'm looking for a stud that can handle the Center in a press and CA. I would love to buy him, but I'm looking for more passing and more stamina. As a forward trainer, I don't get much stamina training in.

[Hobbes-]

yay!! at first glance..

+4 PM

2 pops to brilliant
2 pops to excellent

and say hello to a new excellent striker coming in sunday

[lytic]

P.Davy will get 6*'s this week.

[BlueMage]

I'd like a 5 star defender for a 2 star price for xmas

Actually, I'm looking at this guy right now:

Thomas Johannesen (11960940)
19 years, excellent form, healthy
A sympathetic guy who is calm and honest.
Has wretched experience and inadequate leadership abilities.


Speciality: Technical

Nationality: Norge
Assessed value: 163 000 US$
Wage: 1 380 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: LOS PALOMINOS
Warnings: 0


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

he somehow pulled 4.5 stars in a recent match, prolly due to his excellent form.. however it looks like HT just went down again so instead of getting him in an hour or so, I'll prolly have to wait until tomorrow. However, trying to follow the Focker way, I'm going to try to get him for right around 450k. Wish me luck.

bluey

[Raven Hawk]

Good luck bluey! I'm guessing he got 4.5 stars from Excellent form and TS of POE.

To be honest, he looks like a 3-3.5 forward at best. Don't know how he is getting 4+ stars. Buyer beware. Look back a couple of matches and see what kind of ratings he is averaging.

[BlueMage]

man, they are strugglin with the servers big time up in ht land.

[lytic]

Technical can make stars go up in certain weather. His stars will fall in the rain.

[Raven Hawk]

Well, I just made my purchase. Hopefully, the HT Server Gods get it through. I have the winning bid, just need for him to transfer to my team now. Excellent price and an awesome player . . . (crosses his fingers)

[Raven Hawk]

The Gargoyles would like welcome their newest player. Let's here a warm round of applause for . . .

Curtis Hoffmann
874 000 US$, 28 years, inadequate form
Has poor experience and inadequate leadership abilities [Powerful]


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

[sterlingice]

That can't have come cheap. Even at that age.

SI

[NAIWF]

$1,561,000 isn't as high as I thought, but his $9,480 weekly wage is scary

[Raven Hawk]

Yeah, I found him on the streets of Peru. Nobody looks in Peru. I was able to squeeze a bid off amongst the downtime and lagging and got him.

His wage actually increases my payroll by 20%, but I built my stadium up this year and have had a good season thus far.

Not to mention, my team had the lowest total value out of our series according to hatstats, so I figured that it was time to invest in some talent.

He'll make an excellent defensive midfielder and work wonderful in pressing situations.

[Raven Hawk]

Here is a listing of the Player total value for IV.19 prior to my purchase.

Place    Team           Total Worth            Players      per Player
1        Gargs            4,597,000              23          199,870
2        Mounties         6,704,000              26          257,846
3        Arsenal          8,501,000              22          386,409
4        SPC              6,819,000              21          324,714
5        Greg's           3,518,000              17          206,941
6        Fockers          6,247,000              22          283,955
7        Evil             6,492,000              18          360,667
8        Huligans         6,417,000              23          279,000

With this purchase I will be moving to roughly 230k per player.

[lytic]

Mine is all about my Keeper... other than that I'm last.

[Raven Hawk]

I just realized that 3.3M worth of Mounties is tied up in his keeper as well.

Keepers are still part of your team. It is good to have an awesome keeper!

[lytic]

Arsenal doesn't have any blaring weaknesses... their weakest area is it's wing attack (solid/excellent). He has a defensive coach, that is also his strongest area (like most people in IV.19).
I don't have very many strong points, my midfield is too weak. My counter attack won't produce enough to beat his defense. Jukka fucking sucks ass and I'm benching him and considering buying Sven Gustavsson back (He's on the market). I think I'll have to play a normal 3-5-2 and hope my midfield can produce enough to give enough chances against a formidable mid.

[Raven Hawk]

I bet when you sell Jukka, he'll explode for whoever you sell him to. Sometimes players just don't like playing for a team. I had a midfielder at one point that I bought from Italy. I thought that he would be good midfielder for me. His form was consistent and good. As soon as I get the bastard he goes into a form funk that is unheard in this world. I sell him the next season, and jackhole picks him up. The midfielder starts to play up to what I expected him to play up to.

Sometimes you can't win . . .

Then I'm trying to bid on another midfielder today and the site starts to bog and I can't get my bid submited in time. It was another defensive middie that had powerful specialty. Grrr . . . now I'll have to wait for another one to pop its head out up in the transfer market.

Long live the 3-4-3 Press!

[lytic]

I don't remember, cept the first week I had him... if he's even been above inad. Inad is great form for him. I'm going to bench him for a week and hope that he wakes up.

[Raven Hawk]

1) Central Defender - Outstanding/Passable
2) Inner Midfielder - Outstanding/Passable
3) Keeper
4) Winger

Two more to go . . .

[Hobbes-]

Best game ever - Entire team

1. Fockers - The Mad Huligans 12/15/2003 100%
2. Fockers - EVillIVE 12/29/2003 91%
3. Fockers - Gargoyles 12/1/2003 88%
4. greg's guys - Fockers 12/8/2003 87%
5. Mountaineer Soccer Club - Fockers 12/22/2003 83%
6. Fockers - SouthPark Cows 10/27/2003 82%

Rankings after 7 weeks (midseason)

1. Gargoyles 7 19 - 8 19

2. Mountaineer Soccer 7 24 - 5 17
3. Arsenal A.C. 7 18 - 12 13
4. Fockers 7 11 - 17 9

5. SouthPark Cows 7 9 - 13 8
6. greg's guys 7 17 - 24 6

7. EVillIVE 7 11 - 18 5
8. The Mad Huligans 7 11 - 23 3


I was pretty happy with my PIC win today over evil and Hulis's win over greg. Now I have POE TS.. I was thinking Evil wouldn't MOTS me at my home especially when he had to face me again at his home. it'd be nice to see a SPC win next week.. and congrats to gargy's for tieing jackass..

Overall our plan to take down greg and evil should be right on track if Hulis and i win again next week.

ohh and i moved into the top 10 finally

1. EVillIVE 63 181 - 98 118
2. LINX 55 192 - 82 111
3. The Mad Huligans 68 180 - 153 108
4. Gargoyles 49 131 - 86 91
5. zyzzerz 28 116 - 31 73
6. Ricecrackers 28 112 - 29 71
7. SouthPark Cows 49 92 - 90 67
8. Mountaineer Soccer 38 117 - 76 61
9. Fair Oaks Diamonds 14 52 - 4 42
10. Fockers 35 61 - 83 41
11. CrazyCoCo 14 60 - 3 40

[lytic]

How did Gargs get way up there without me?
If I want to beat evil, I'll have to PIC again this week. Sacrifices sacrifices.

Good bye Nebraska!

[lytic]

Good to have some solid Internet!!!

So anyway, I won't play catch up... too much to do.

Here is my AMAZING FOFC Cup match:

IFK Bananskruv - SouthPark Cows 3 - 3





Date: 12/31/2003 at 20:00
MatchID: 13543445
Arena: IFK Bananskruv Arena
Crowd: 785


785 spectators had found their way to IFK Bananskruv Arena, despite the heavy rain. Bananskruv tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Sahlling - Persson, Hylind, Surakka - Vara, Ragnfeldt, Ångerberg, Iglesias, Roca Paradis - Zetterflod, Klangfeldt.

SouthPark tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Tirado - Garagnani, Fredriksson, Cronbom, Babcock, Bridges - Mcnutt, Reynosa, Guy - Donaldson, Singh.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of SouthPark, and they seem brilliant at it. SouthPark showed their counterattack skill in the 3rd minute, with Steven Mcnutt scoring uncontested for 0 - 1. Bananskruv tried to reply with long plays towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitor´s defence got the best of it. SouthPark was great at switching from defense to attack, and in the 30:th minute, Gónzalo Reynosa swept through in the middle after such a counter attack, making 0 - 2. After 36 minutes Rickard Zetterflod made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to Per Klangfeldt who shuffled the ball past the keeper. The score was now 1 - 2. After the ball got lifted in from the left Everett Singh was on his own in the home side´s penalty area 37 minutes into the game, and should have scored, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. In the games 38:th minute SouthPark´s Tory Guy fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Tory Guy for taking a dive. Per Klangfeldt was just a finger´s breadth away from an equaliser for Bananskruv, but Fred Tirado managed to ward the closing shot off for a corner. Jonas Cronbom of SouthPark received a yellow card in the 42nd minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 2. Bananskruv held the ball, with a clear 55 percent possession rate.

SouthPark´s Clayton Donaldson received a play slashing through the home side´s defense in the 48:th minute, chipping it past the keeper scoring 1 - 3. The home crowd was not pleased with that one. Bananskruv´s Per Klangfeldt got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge putting the away teams lead down to 2 - 3. In the 63rd minute Bananskruvs Kent 'Frop' Ångerberg received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Kjell Ragnfeldt pulled a real crowd pleaser as he, in the 72nd minute, wove through the guests whole central defense line and put the 3 - 3 equaliser away. Bananskruv held the ball, with a clear 59 percent possession rate.

Most important Bananskruv player was Mats Sahlling. Kent 'Frop' Ångerberg on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important SouthPark player was Fred Tirado. Gónzalo Reynosa was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 3.

RATING

IFK Bananskruv
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: inadequate
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: weak

SouthPark Cows
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: brilliant
Central Defence: brilliant
Left Side Defence: outstanding
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: solid
Left Side Attack: formidable


Bril CA with backups... good
3-3 draw with those ratings... bad
No one getting hurt... good
3-3 draw?... bad

Best game ever - Defence

1. SouthPark Cows - Mountaineer Soccer Club 12/15/2003 100%
2. SouthPark Cows - greg's guys 12/1/2003 86%
6. SouthPark Cows - Arsenal A.C. 12/29/2003 69%
9. IFK Bananskruv - SouthPark Cows 12/31/2003 65%

My 9th best defense ever... and I let 3 goals in against a inadequate at best offense. WTF?

[lytic]

BTW... WE'RE #1!!!

Division 4 Series Strength Round 7 Season 21


Seasons : [18] [19] [20] 21 Rounds : [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] 7
Total Total Seating Total Average Total Ave
Rank Series Goals Crowd Capacity Stars Stars Ratings Rating
1 IV.19 120 304,092 0 314.0 39.3 657 82.1
2 IV.61 95 268,170 0 306.5 38.3 626 78.3
3 IV.25 101 251,206 0 304.0 38.0 624 78.0

[Raven Hawk]

Gah! I can't figure out what to do against Mounties this week. He obviously PIC'd his Cup match. I was hoping for a win last week, but didn't quite get it after letting two late goals in. Now I'm in a predicament. I have two options (as I see it)

1. Play him normal and pray for the best. My TS is hovering around average. He's having a couple of form issues, I could press him and hope to get an event goal or two.

2. PIC him hoping that I can win out, and somebody else beats Mounties. AAC is looking sharp, so are Fockers and Cows. Hulis put up some big board numbers last week as well.

My question is: Do you think that Mounties is cocky enough to PIC me? According to ratings there are other teams that he should worry about, not the shifty, evil Gargs. He may also assume that I MOTS'd last week, which I didn't.

Screw it. I hate making things easy for people. No PIC for me. If I go down, I'm going to go down swinging.

[lytic]

He's aiming for you... he wants 1st and you are in his way. He may norm or even MOTS you.

[Raven Hawk]

I'm pretty sure that he will Norm me. I think that he is too cocky to MOTS me. I'd die laughing if he MOTS'd me and lost.

I'd be pretty sure that he will think that Norm at home will be sufficient.

Grrr. I hate giving up games, but I have a red card on one of my starters and one of my stars is in weak form. I was looking this week to add some depth to my team, but there are no good "bargains" for what I want to buy.

Things would have been so much easier if I just would have won last week.

[lytic]

Jukka went up to weak form!!! WOOHOOO!!!

[Hobbes-]

I'm gonna PIC evil again this week.. I should get 90+ rating.. then i can normal on POE vs Mountain..

I shouldn't have any trouble beating Evil again on PIC don't you think?

Last week I had 7 TS.. this week I have 8.. stupid TS went down after my friendly.. grrr..

If I beat both Evil and Mountain.. I'll definately PIC Hulis.. and go for greg and ACC.. or at least greg..

good plan?

[Hobbes-]

and Raven.. I remember him hoping for ONE win against me.. and wanted to split the series.. he's gonna either normal or mots you.. then PIC me....

I bet he normals you and pic's me..

[lytic]

He thinks he can PIC the rest of his games raven... expect the worst.