How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

[TerpHamm]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

@OkDoei - heck of a start to the season! Have a good feeling that Icardi is going to score lots and lots of goals in the BPL. Rabiot for 9m is sound business too.

@Simppu12 - glad to see that the Hertha CM is back. One of my favorites on this thread for sure, and the Bundesliga licensing this year must make it even better for you. Leroy Sane seems to be a verrrrry popular buy in this year's game so looking forward to following his progress.

@LukeWhu94 - great start to the season for you too! Payet is such a baller.

@Lethalfish - love to see a new long-term CM like this one. Luton Town will be fun for you and equally as fun for all of us to see your climb through English football.

[texasbum06]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

FIFA 16 - Season 1

Pompey's Youth Movement

September

September 5


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 0 - 1 Notts County
NOT - Snijders
MOTM: Jones

Jenners sent a corner into the middle of the box and Snijders was the one who rose the highest and got his head on it to put it over the keeper who had rushed out to try to punch it away and the ball settled into the back of the net for the only goal of the match.

September 6


CM, Elliot Gardner has signed with the Youth Academy

September 12


Football League 2

Barnet FC 0 - 2 Portsmouth FC
POR - McGurk 38', Atangana 90'
MOTM: Davies

Bennett sent a low cross in from the left wing and Hoyte was only able to deflect it towards McGurk and he slotted it home into the bottom right corner. Davies sent a corner in from the right and he picked out Atangana who was able to keep the defense on his back and head it back down into the goal to double the lead.

September 15


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 0 - 2 Wycombe Wanderers
WYC - Wood 73', Banton 89'
MOTM: Jones

Bean sent a corner in from the right side and it fell to Wood on the edge of the box and he took a touch to put the ball on his left foot and fired a shot into the left side of the goal. Bean laid the ball off to Banton on a free kick and he blasted a shot from outside of the box that took a slight deflection off a defender and settled into the left side of the goal just past the keeper.

September 19


Football League 2

Plymouth Argyle 0 - 1 Portsmouth FC
POR - Bennett 78'
MOTM: Jones

Bennett got the ball on the left wing and he cut it inside around the defense and worked towards the middle to fire a shot with his right foot into the top left corner after the keeper got a hand on it but couldn't push it out.

September 26


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 0 - 2 Dagenham & Redbridge
DAG - McClure 21', 64' (PEN)
MOTM: Jones

Hines hit his free kick attempt off the cross bar and after Stevens failed to clear the loose ball, McClure picked it up and smashed it into the top left corner. After a questionable penalty was awarded, McClure stepped to the spot to power a shot just to the left side of the keeper to double the lead.

League Table

[texasbum06]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

FIFA 16 - Season 1

Pompey's Youth Movement

October

October 2


Football League 2

Cambridge United 1 - 2 Portsmouth FC
CAM - Keane 39'
POR - Roberts 48', Tubbs 51' (PEN)
MOTM: Naismith

Keane had his shot blacked but Stevens took a bad touch and Keane won it right back and slotted it into the right side of the goal. Barton played the ball to Naismith overlapping down the right wing and he sent a cross into the middle and found Roberts for a well placed header back into the top right corner. The referee whistled for a penalty after it looked like the Portsmouth player committed more of a foul than the Cambridge player, but Tubbs converted all the same into the top left corner and Portsmouth walked away with a controversial win.

October 7


J. Paint Trophy

Portsmouth FC 0 - 1 Accrington Stanley
ACC - Gornell 14'
MOTM: Mooney

Mingoia raced down the right wing and sent a cross into the box where Gornell timed his run perfectly to meet the ball on the back post and head it into the back of the net for the deciding goal of the match.

October 10


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 3 - 1 Newport County
POR - Pack 38', Davies 66', Burgess 71'
NEW - Ansah 77'
MOTM: Davies

Davies sent a corner into the box and picked out Pack on the near post and he flicked it across inside the far post. Davies lined up a free kick from outside the top right of the box and he curled the ball over the wall and inside the right post. Davies sent another corner into the box and Burgess rose over his defender and powered a header into the top right corner. Clarke intercepted Byrne's pass but Ansah was able to win it back and go through on goal for the easy finish on the near post.

October 17


Football League 2

Luton Town FC 0 - 1 Portsmouth FC
POR - Roberts 17'
MOTM: Jones

Davies sent a corner in from the left side and picked out Roberts in the middle of the box for a strong header back towards the middle of the goal catching the keeper off his line for the deciding goal.

October 20


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 1 - 1 Yeovil Town
POR - McCartan 48'
YEO - Fogden 45'
MOTM: Jones

Bird played the ball to Fogden 5 yards outside of the box and he turned and fired a stunning shot across the goal into the top right corner. Naismith sent a cross into the box from the right wing and McCartan came down with the ball and fired a shot that hit off a defender and ended up inside the left post for the equalizer.

October 24


Football League 2

Mansfield Town 1 - 0 Portsmouth FC
MAN - Beardsley 56'
MOTM: Jones

Beardsley took the ball away from Doyle as he tried to trap it out of the air and he went through on goal and powered it into the top right corner on the near post.

October 31


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 0 - 1 Stevenage FC
STE - Mariott 54'
MOTM: Jones

Whelpdale played the ball over the top of the defense to Williams on the left side of the box and he crossed it in for Mariott who was running in just in front of the keeper and directed it into the back of the net.

League Table

[Blu_de_Kol]

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So I got my Fifa 16 in the mail today and went to go play it and guess what? The disc was cracked completely in half! Looks like I'm not playing FIFA for a few months


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That's very bad....

Won't they replace it?

[Simppu12]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

@Simppu12 - glad to see that the Hertha CM is back. One of my favorites on this thread for sure, and the Bundesliga licensing this year must make it even better for you. Leroy Sane seems to be a verrrrry popular buy in this year's game so looking forward to following his progress.

Thanks, man, it means alot! Yes, the Bundesliga licensing is an amazing little detail that makes it much more enjoyable! On top of that EA have added a couple of Hertha's chants into the game and it's great to hear them while playing. Sané has gone up by one overall in the first two months by I plan to loan him out because he's not impressing me too much.

@Simppu12 - Good to see the return of Hertha. You got a good bit of money for Schieber, he was one of those players for some reason I just didn't like even going back to Dortmund, I don't know why either. You have a good signing in Sane, should have some amazing potential and I would say you got him for a decent price as well.
A bit of a mixed start to the season but bounced back well from the opening day defeat and got a good draw at Dortmund. What is your aim for the season? I look forward to the next update.

Schieber also didn't suit my playing style that well and selling him pretty much doubled my budget so it was a win-win situation. The objectives that were given to me were to achieve a midtable finish and to reach the round of 32 in the cup. My own aim for the league is to finish in a higher midtable finish between seventh and tenth.

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Interesting signings! Espescially the signing of Sané. Suprising to see how you got a promising talent to sign for Herta BSC. He'll do just fine for you, I'm sure of that You smashed that pre-season tournament and you made a decent start in the BuLi. Looks like a promising season!

Not sure if hating on the mighty Hertha haha We managed to sign Niklas Stark and Mitchell Weiser in real life and both of them have a bright future ahead of them. Both of them are also starters right now (due to injuries but still).

...So after playing some more games I just have to blow off some steam. Fifa 16 is very broken in my eyes.

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Lets start off with some of my players. Özil feels like utter sh*t. He feels like a 65 rated player, if not less.

Alexis feels like a 49 rated player. He's too small to do anything, his long shots hit Row Z, and his crossing is mediocre at best.

The reason that both of those players feel so sh*t is because dribbling has been nerfed to the point where it's basically useless. Doing a roulette? Well then, here's the ball running away from you. Doing a fake shot? Well, here's your player simply turning and stopping whilst your opponent freely moves around and takes the ball off you. Simply want to try and dribble past opponents with close control on the ball like you could on Fifa 15? No way mate, all those midfielders from Watford turn into Busquets and Vidal.

Cazorla feels terrible when dribbling, and he's probably my best dribbler. Walcott should be the fastest player off this game, right? No way, Ivanovic catches up to him on a sprint over the length of the pitch. Koscielny? Goes missing every match simply because he's useless.

They've nerfed pace, which is a good thing. But pace is basically useless now. Bellerin is supposed to be lightning fast. Well, I saw Lambert outrunning him. Wtf?

On top of that, I should be murdering defenders when starting to dribble with Alexis, or be able to turn lightning fast with Cazorla. But no, Steven friggin' Fletcher pulls of multiple skills including flicking the ball of my defenders before calmly passing it to a teammate 40 yards away. Well done EA.

The only way to win this game is by passing, that's what I've read on multiple forums and subreddits. Well, how is it possible that some of my players don't react to passes or to loose balls? Or that Wilshere isn't able to pass a ball to a player 10 yards away? Ugh..

The last thing that annoys me so much is that the referee seems to support every team that you play against. Whenever I touch a player, even if I just breath the air of an opponent, I get either a free kick against me or a straight yellow card. But the opponent can calmly try to murder Walcott and simply walk away with that. I've had players getting injuries through tackles which didn't even get penalized.

EA just copied and pasted Fifa 15 and added some random stuff to it. It really feels like that to me. Oh, and scripts are still very alive in this game. Still behind a goal around the 70th minute? Well, good luck getting the ball or creating any change...

Sorry for this rant, just really needed to share my expierence with Fifa 16 with you guys. I'm not happy at all with it. I rate it 6.5/10.

/Rant off.

I agree with both you and Jamie to a certain point. Like him, I think that this is the best FIFA in a few years and it finally doesn't have something way overpowered in it, like pace or headers. Then again, I agree with you on the claim that dribbling is very challenging. Even players like Modric, Isco and Iniesta feel sluggish and slow when you turn with them. I disagree about long shots being terrible, though. In my opinion they are easier to score than last year. I also agree that pace is nerfed too much. You should be able to get past Ivanovic or Lambert with the likes of Bellerin, Walcott or Bale like they would do in real life.

Referee favouring the opposition? I don't know. Sometimes it feels like it but sometimes it doesn't feel like it at all. I will say that there are way too many handball penalty calls and I'm thinking about turning handballs off for penalties because of that. I have had seven penalty calls for me and against me in five games now with 85 per cent of them coming from handballs.

Scripting when losing? I wouldn't call it scripting, I'd call it the park the bus mechanic that is extremely annoying to play against. It's also realistic, though. In real life, Hertha started to waste time around the 70th minute against Köln while leading 1-0.

OkDoei's Arsenal FC Career Mode. Season 1.

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More Arsenal games! We found some form in this run of games, and we're collecting points on a consistent level now.

Chelsea 2 – 1 Arsenal

18’ Özil 0 – 1
73’ Hazard 1-1 (Penalty Kick)
90+’ Koscielny 2 – 1 (O.G.)

Match Report:

Chelsea parked the bus for 70 minutes and got a lucky penalty kick when Koscielny handled the ball near his own goal. On top of that we didn’t defend at all at the last corner kick which resulted in Costa shooting the ball against Koscielny. The ball ended up the in net when Koscielny tried to clear it.

Arsenal 5 – 1 Burnley

Simulated

Leicester 0 – 1 Arsenal

18’ Icardi 0 – 1

Match Report:

The B team played this match, and I expected an easy win. Leicester gave us quite the game though, so I’m happy with the three points. Icardi is slowly starting to pick up some form.

Arsenal 1 – 0 Olympiakos
(Champion’s League group stage)

24’ Alexis 1 – 0
41’ Mertesacker red card

Match Report:

Alexis finally scored again after 9 games without any goals. He’s a bit tired because he has had little rest when he returned from the Copa America. He’ll pick up his form, though. I’m sure of that.

Arsenal 1 – 0 Manchester United

5’ Walcott 1 – 0

Match Report:

This should’ve been an easier win for us. We dominated United at our home turf. I’m happy with the three points and another clean sheet.


Watford 0 – 2 Arsenal

73’ Icardi 0 – 1
83’ Britos 0 – 2 (O.G.)

Match Report:
The B squad played this match. They did very well, they waited patiently and passed the ball around until they were able to break Watford’s defence down. Icardi is starting to show his worth now, I’m really happy with that

PSV 0 – 2 Arsenal
(Champion's League groups stage)

4’ Moreno red card
4’ Alexis 0 – 1 (Penalty Kick)
78’ Walcott 0 – 2

Match Report:

The red card in the 4th minute made it a lot harder for us. We scored the penalty, but PSV defended with 10 men afterwards. Tough match, but we were able to crack the nut once more when Walcott scored yet another goal.

Arsenal 1 – 0 Everton

84’ Cazorla 1 – 0 (Penalty Kick)

Match Report:

This was a deserved win. Even the commentators agreed on the fact that Everton parked the bus from the first minute. I’m happy with the deserved penalty that we got. Walcott got absolutely destroyed in the 16 yard box, and that was a penalty kick in every aspect. I’m happy with the result and yet another clean sheet. Our defence is sublime and really in form at the moment.

Swansea City 1 – 3 Arsenal

39’ Walcott 0 – 1
43’ Gomis 1 – 1
50’ Icardi 1 – 2
72’ Özil 1 – 3

Match Report:

Wow, we displayed our best match so far. We were nearly perfect in every aspect of the game. Too bad of the Gomis goal, but I’m very happy with the attacking forces. Icardi scored again, he’s really showing his potential. If he keeps going on like this I have no other option but to select him in the starting eleven.

Arsenal 2 – 0 Bayern Munich
(Champion's League groups stage)

65’ Giroud 1 – 0
89’ Alexis 2 – 0

Match Report:

I think that we shocked quite some football fans tonight. We showed the world how dominant we can play, and how dangerous we can be when we dominate possession. Bayern Munich was very tough to play against, and their attack creates constant fear and danger. We solved this in the most perfect way, when Giroud left Benatia for dead in an arial duel as he headed us to a 1 – 0 lead. I’m very satisfied with this result. We’re in the first place in our group now, and we just need to win our remaining games to maintain our position.

Arsenal 2 – 2 Tottenham Spurs

13’ Icardi 1 – 0
21’ Kane 1 – 1
48’ Santi Cazorla 2 – 1
61’ Cech 2 – 2 (O.G.)
90+’ Ramsey red card

Match Report:

To be honest, credits have to be given to Spurs. I know that this is the derby between Arsenal and Tottenham, but they played very well and gave us the toughest match so far. Yes, even tougher than the first game against Bayern Munich. They defended really well, and Lloris stopped every shot. I’m happy enough with a shared point, since both of the teams deserved to win today.

West Bromwich Albion 0 – 1 Arsenal

8’ Santi Cazorla 0 – 1

Match Report:

We’re on a roll in the competition. We’re second behind Chelsea with the best defensive record. We’re still a bit nervous in the final third, but I’m not too worried about that. Our strikers need a bit more confidence to start performing on a consistent level.


That's that! We picked up some form and actually won most of our games. We displayed a masterclass of attacking football against Swansea City, and we displayed a masterclass in finishing against Bayern Munich. I'm excited to see how far we can go with this squad!

Stay tuned!

Overall those were great couple of months! Wins against Chelsea and Man United are impressive. Scoring seems to be an issue for you, as well. Cazorla and Icardi did a solid job, though.

FIFA 16 - West Ham Season 1

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Budget - £34,00,000 (60% Perk)
Objectives - Finish Mid Table, Reach Round of 16 of Cup.
I decided to turn the first window of which I normally like to do anyway so their will be no business until January.

Pre-Season Tournament - Champions Trophy
West Ham 1 - 2 Ajax
PSV 0 - 2 West Ham
West Ham 0 - 0 Chieveo Verona

Pre-Season wasn't great but it wasn't bad either. I obviously wanted to win the tournament but the we had what would eventually be the 2 finalists in our group in PSV and winners Ajax so we knew it was guna be tough. However, Pre-Season is all about trying new things and building fitness so I was to displeased to go out so early. I learnt a lot about the team and have found what formations work and who will be starting the opening game of the season.


Barclays Premier League Matchday 1
Arsenal 0 - 0 West Ham
MotM - D.Payet

Barclays Premier League Matchday 2
West Ham 3 - 1 Leicester City
WHU - 11' D.Payet, 49' Ogbonna, 60' Kouyate
LEI - 52' M.Kante
MotM - A.Cresswell

Barclays Premier League Matchday 3
West Ham 2 - 1 Bournemouth
WHU - 55' V.Moses, 77' Valencia
BOU - 60' Wilson
MotM - D.Payet

Capital One Cup Round 2
Barnet 0 - 2 West Ham
BAR -
WHU - 38' A.Song, 49' A.Carroll
MotM - A.Song

Barclays Premier League Matchday 4
Liverpool 0 - 1 West Ham
WHU - 87' Noble (Pen)

Barclays Premier League Matchday 5
West Ham 2 - 0 Newcstle
WHU - 75' A.Carroll, 89' D.Payet
MotM - M.Noble

Barclays Premier League Matchday 6
Manchester City 1 - 0 West Ham
MAN - 75' Y.Toure,
MotM - Adrian

Capital Cup Round 3
West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham
WHU - 18' A.Carroll, 27' Jelavic
BIR - 30' Cotterill
MotM - D.Randolph

Barclays Premier League Matchday 7
West Ham 0 - 0 Norwich
MotM - Adrian

Barclays Premier League Matchday 8
Sunderland 0 - 2 West Ham
WHU - 7' M.Noble (Pen), 21' A.Song
MotM - A.Song

Barclays Premier League Matchday 9
Crystal Palace 1 - 3 West Ham
CRY - 79' P.Souare
WHU - 52' E.Valencia, 64'(Pen) 83' M.Noble
MotM - C.Jenkinson

Barclays Premier League Matchday 10
West Ham 1 - 2 Chelsea
WHU - 61' D.Payet
CHE - 44' Oscar, 57' Diego Costa
MotM - D.Sakho

Capital One Cup Round 4
West Ham 2 - 1 Swansea
WHU - 35' N.Jelavic, 58' M.Zarate
SWA - 71' G.Sigurdsson
MotM - A.Cresswell


Manager's Thoughts
The League - I have been really pleased with how we have started in the league. We have made ourselves hard to beat not only at Upton Park but also on our travels as well with our only loss on the road this season coming against Manchester City and only home defeat against the Champions Chelsea, which is a game we probably should have got something from after missing 2 penalties, Courtois guessing right both times. We have real pace and power in the side and a lot of teams are struggling to handle it with the combination of Payet, Moses and Sakho causing all sorts of problems for defenders. We currently sit in 2nd place which realistically we know we will struggle to maintain but we will enjoy it whilst it lasts and with the form we are in at the moment, who knows. We have the best defensive record in the league at the moment, only conceding 6 in the league which is the reason we are so hard to beat. A special shout out to Adrian who has been in outstanding form this season and when you have a goalkeeper this good, it makes your job that little bit easier. This is the reason we are so hard to beat, looking at the opening 2 away games to Arsenal and Liverpool where we managed to keep 2 clean sheets and it gave us the chance to maybe get something from the game which happened against Liverpool so I am especially pleased with that.
The Cup - We have been putting a strong team out for the cup so it shows our intent to take the tournament seriously. We sailed through the first round comfortably with a 2-0 victory over Barnet. Several first team players have been missing in the cup but its a strong team nevertheless with the likes of Carroll, Jelavic, Antonio and Tomkins all starting, players who would walk into most teams which shows the strength in depth we have. We then beat Birmingham 2-1 in a game which to be honest, we were lucky to win. Birmingham had all of the chances and were unlucky to find themselves 2-0 down but Adrian was in outstanding form yet again and we managed to hold out for the victory. Swansea were next up in the first test of the competition so far. Both teams had strong teams out and again we managed to take a 2-0 lead but again we were lucky to maintain that lead after Swansea missed a penalty and had a free kick cleared off the line by Cresswell but we are through to the next round and that is the main thing. Now we have a Semi Final tie set up against Chelsea which will be tough and they already hold a win over us this season, but it should be a good game and hopefully one in which we win.
Standout Performers - I would have to say the player who has stood out the most so far has got to be Adrian. With 5 clean sheets from 10 games and only conceding 6 goals he has been a revelation in this early part to the season. He is one of the main reasons we have started so well and progressed so far in the cup. He has been making save after save and if he keeps this up surely a spain call up awaits him. The front three of Payet, Moses and Sakho have been a handful most prehaps most suprising of all the players is Mark Noble who as managed 4 goals this season. Mr.West Ham has been a solid performer and has formed a real good partnership with Alex Song in recent weeks and has been everywhere getting forward, winning tackle and setting up attacks. I couldn't ask anymore of him. On a worrying note now, our strikers havent been scoring as many as I would have liked most natably, Diafrak Sakho who is yet to score in the league even though his perfromances have been top draw. as it stands now I think if he continues the way he is the goals will come but we may have to evaluate close to January if there hasnt been any change in the situation.

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Barclays Premier League Table

1. Chelsea 26pts
2. West Ham 20pts
3. Man City 19pts
4. Man Utd 18pts
5. Spurs 18pts
6. Arsenal 16pts
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17. A.Villa 8pts
18. Leicster 8pts
19. Newcastle 6pts
20. Bournemouth 4pts

Thanks For Reading Any Comments Appreciated

That was a perfect beginning to the season! You were scoring goals and not letting many goals in. Being second in the league and going strong in the cup is also good. Noble, Payet and Adrian have looked very good so far.

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Hello everyone, its been a while since I posted here but since the new Fifa has come out I've been itching to start a new long term career mode and thought I would share it here again. Similar to last year I will be using Luton Town as they are the closet team to my hometown. Anyway to the career!

Luton Town - League 2
Goals - Win the League, Round of 32
Transfer Budget - £752,400 Wage - £11,838

Transfer:

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In:

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<table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="610"><colgroup><col width="119"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="55"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="102"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="38"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="44"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="98"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="95"> </colgroup><tbody><tr valign="TOP"><td width="119"> Name
</td><td width="55"> Position
</td><td width="102"> Transfer/Loan
</td><td width="38"> Ovr
</td><td width="44"> Age
</td><td width="98"> Team from
</td><td width="95"> Cost/Wage
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="119"> Joe Lolley
</td><td width="55"> RM
</td><td width="102"> Transfer
</td><td width="38"> 63
</td><td width="44"> 23
</td><td width="98"> Huddersfield
</td><td width="95"> £180,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="119"> Serge Tabekou
</td><td width="55"> RW
</td><td width="102"> Transfer
</td><td width="38"> 61
</td><td width="44"> 18
</td><td width="98"> KAA Gent
</td><td width="95"> £285,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="119"> Conor Washington
</td><td width="55"> ST
</td><td width="102"> Transfer
</td><td width="38"> 60
</td><td width="44"> 23
</td><td width="98"> Peterbourough
</td><td width="95"> £275,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="119"> Chadrac Akolo
</td><td width="55"> LW
</td><td width="102"> Transfer
</td><td width="38"> 56
</td><td width="44"> 20
</td><td width="98"> FC Sion
</td><td width="95"> £140,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="119"> Jake Gray
</td><td width="55"> RM
</td><td width="102"> Transfer
</td><td width="38"> 56
</td><td width="44"> 19
</td><td width="98"> Crystal Palace
</td><td width="95"> £110,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="119"> Joao Teixeira
</td><td width="55"> CAM
</td><td width="102"> 2 Year Loan
</td><td width="38"> 68
</td><td width="44"> 22
</td><td width="98"> Liverpool
</td><td width="95"> £10,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="119"> Carlos Fierro
</td><td width="55"> CAM
</td><td width="102"> Short Loan
</td><td width="38"> 66
</td><td width="44"> 21
</td><td width="98"> Guadalajara
</td><td width="95"> £4,000.00
</td></tr> </tbody></table>
Out:

<table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="610"><colgroup><col width="117"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="57"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="102"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="39"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="43"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="100"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="93"> </colgroup><tbody><tr valign="TOP"><td width="117"> Name
</td><td width="57"> Position
</td><td width="102"> Transfer/ Loan
</td><td width="39"> Ovr
</td><td width="43"> Age
</td><td width="100"> Team to
</td><td width="93"> Cost/Wage
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="117"> Paul Benson
</td><td width="57"> ST
</td><td width="102"> Transfer
</td><td width="39"> 60
</td><td width="43"> 35
</td><td width="100"> Exeter City
</td><td width="93"> £50,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="117"> Alex Lawless
</td><td width="57"> CM
</td><td width="102"> Transfer
</td><td width="39"> 58
</td><td width="43"> 32
</td><td width="100"> Morecambe
</td><td width="93"> £70,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="117"> Elliot Justham
</td><td width="57"> GK
</td><td width="102"> Transfer
</td><td width="39"> 50
</td><td width="43"> 25
</td><td width="100"> Derry County
</td><td width="93"> £20,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="117"> Liam Gooch
</td><td width="57"> GK
</td><td width="102"> Transfer
</td><td width="39"> 44
</td><td width="43"> 17
</td><td width="100"> Galway United
</td><td width="93"> £20,000.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="117"> Jack Marriott
</td><td width="57"> ST
</td><td width="102"> 1 Year Loan
</td><td width="39"> 59
</td><td width="43"> 20
</td><td width="100"> Plymouth
</td><td width="93"> £750.00
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="117"> Zane Banton
</td><td width="57"> ST
</td><td width="102"> 1 Year Loan
</td><td width="39"> 53
</td><td width="43"> 19
</td><td width="100"> Northampton
</td><td width="93"> £750.00
</td></tr> </tbody></table>
While Luton have a good first team they are slightly lacking when it comes to pace and especially on the wing where most would argue is where you need it the most. So I brought in Some new pace and also added a bit more stability up front with the addiction of Washington who also has great stamina. In the lower leagues you play so many games and having a big squad that can keep up is very important. You can also see that I brought in two CAM's but that is because Teixeira gets a three month injury during the first few games of the season and I need extra backup till he gets back. There are a lot more players which I plan on selling and buying but since they are new to Luton or their own clubs I have to wait till January.

Final Team:

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GK:

<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="323"><colgroup><col width="152"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="56"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="46"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="35"> </colgroup><tbody><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Name
</td><td width="56"> Position
</td><td width="46"> Ovr
</td><td width="35"> Age
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Mark Tyler
</td><td width="56"> GK
</td><td width="46"> 63
</td><td width="35"> 38
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Craig King
</td><td width="56"> GK
</td><td width="46"> 50
</td><td width="35"> 18
</td></tr> </tbody></table>

Def:

<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="323"><colgroup><col width="152"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="58"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="46"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="34"> </colgroup><tbody><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Name
</td><td width="58"> Position
</td><td width="46"> Ovr
</td><td width="34"> Age
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Mark O'Brian
</td><td width="58"> CB
</td><td width="46"> 68
</td><td width="34"> 22
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Magnus Okuonghae
</td><td width="58"> CB
</td><td width="46"> 66
</td><td width="34"> 29
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Luke Wilkinson
</td><td width="58"> CB
</td><td width="46"> 65
</td><td width="34"> 23
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Steve McNulty
</td><td width="58"> CB
</td><td width="46"> 62
</td><td width="34"> 31
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Daniel Potts
</td><td width="58"> LB
</td><td width="46"> 64
</td><td width="34"> 21
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Scott Griffiths
</td><td width="58"> LB
</td><td width="46"> 62
</td><td width="34"> 29
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Stephen O'Donnel
</td><td width="58"> RB
</td><td width="46"> 64
</td><td width="34"> 23
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Scott Cuthbert
</td><td width="58"> RB
</td><td width="46"> 64
</td><td width="34"> 28
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Curtley Williams
</td><td width="58"> RB
</td><td width="46"> 56
</td><td width="34"> 25
</td></tr> </tbody></table>

MID:

<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="321"><colgroup><col width="152"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="58"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="47"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="31"> </colgroup><tbody><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Name
</td><td width="58"> Position
</td><td width="47"> Ovr
</td><td width="31"> Age
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Nathan Doyle
</td><td width="58"> CM
</td><td width="47"> 64
</td><td width="31"> 28
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Olly Lee
</td><td width="58"> CM
</td><td width="47"> 62
</td><td width="31"> 24
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Cameron McGeehan
</td><td width="58"> CM
</td><td width="47"> 58
</td><td width="31"> 20
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu
</td><td width="58"> CM
</td><td width="47"> 57
</td><td width="31"> 22
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Jonathon Smith
</td><td width="58"> CM
</td><td width="47"> 57
</td><td width="31"> 28
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Joao Teixeira
</td><td width="58"> CAM
</td><td width="47"> 68
</td><td width="31"> 22
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Carlos Fierro
</td><td width="58"> CAM
</td><td width="47"> 66
</td><td width="31"> 21
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Luke Gutteridge
</td><td width="58"> CAM
</td><td width="47"> 65
</td><td width="31"> 33
</td></tr> </tbody></table>

WNG:

<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="324"><colgroup><col width="152"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="60"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="46"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="32"> </colgroup><tbody><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Name
</td><td width="60"> Position
</td><td width="46"> Ovr
</td><td width="32"> Age
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Danny Green
</td><td width="60"> RM
</td><td width="46"> 66
</td><td width="32"> 27
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Ryan Hall
</td><td width="60"> RM
</td><td width="46"> 64
</td><td width="32"> 27
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Paddy McCourt
</td><td width="60"> LM
</td><td width="46"> 64
</td><td width="32"> 31
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Joe Lolley
</td><td width="60"> RM
</td><td width="46"> 63
</td><td width="32"> 23
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Serge Tabekou
</td><td width="60"> RW
</td><td width="46"> 61
</td><td width="32"> 18
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Chadrac Akolo
</td><td width="60"> LW
</td><td width="46"> 57
</td><td width="32"> 20
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Jake Gray
</td><td width="60"> RM
</td><td width="46"> 56
</td><td width="32"> 19
</td></tr> </tbody></table>

STR:

<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="325"><colgroup><col width="152"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="61"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="46"> </colgroup><colgroup><col width="32"> </colgroup><tbody><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Name
</td><td width="61"> Position
</td><td width="46"> Ovr
</td><td width="32"> Age
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Craig Mackail-Smith
</td><td width="61"> ST
</td><td width="46"> 67
</td><td width="32"> 31
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Josh McQuoid
</td><td width="61"> ST
</td><td width="46"> 66
</td><td width="32"> 25
</td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td width="152"> Conor Washinton
</td><td width="61"> ST
</td><td width="46"> 60
</td><td width="32"> 23
</td></tr></tbody></table>

Pre-season tournament - European International cup

Group:
Luton Town
KV Mechelen
Red Star FC
Hobro IK

Luton Town 1-1 Red Star FC
Lefaix 10'
Mackail-Smith 67' (Green)

Hobro IK 0-0 Luton Town

Luton Town 3-0 KV Mechelen
McQuoid 47'(Teixeira)
Teixeira 50'(Mackail-Smith), 83'(McQuoid)

Semi Final
Luton Town 2-1 Sport. Lokeren
Marriot 21' (Banton)
Lee 72'
Ghadia 89'

Final
Luton Town 2-1 KV Kortrijk
Papazoglue 17'
Mackail-Smith 31' (Teixeira)
Wilkinson 88' (Cuthbert)

League 2 Game 1
Mansfield 1-5 Luton Town
McQuoid 11' (Lee), 34' (Teixeira)
Rose 18'
Collins og 39'
Mackail-Smith 76' (Lee)
Gutteridge 85' (Mackail-Smith)

Capital one Cup Round 1
Bradford City 1-2 Luton Town
Washington 2' (Gutteridge)
Potts 22'
Clarke 80'

League 2 Game 2
Luton Town 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers
McQuoid 60' (Lee)
Teixeira Injured 3 Months

League 2 Game 3
Dag & Red 2-4 Luton Town
Green 10'
Dougie 34'
Fierro 60' (McQuoid), 79' (Tabekou), 85' (McQuoid)
Obileye 90'

Capital one Cup Round 2
Stoke City 2-0 Luton Town
Diouf 23' 81'

Legue 2 Game 4
Luton Town 0-2 Cambridge United
Omozusi 45'
Simpson 51'

Conclusion:
I'm still playing with the settings and getting use to Fifa 16 but I am planning on upping the difficulty for the next update because I feel to many results went my way these two months. Its been a while since I last uploaded and I'm a bit rusty and probably forgotten or messed up a few things so any feedback or advice would help a lot <3

Wow, great signings, especially for a League 2 team! Your squad is looking amazing and you really should be flying through League 2 and League 1 next season. Shame about Teixeira's injury, he was looking very good.

FIFA 16 - Season 1

Pompey's Youth Movement

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October

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October 2


Football League 2

Cambridge United 1 - 2 Portsmouth FC
CAM - Keane 39'
POR - Roberts 48', Tubbs 51' (PEN)
MOTM: Naismith

Keane had his shot blacked but Stevens took a bad touch and Keane won it right back and slotted it into the right side of the goal. Barton played the ball to Naismith overlapping down the right wing and he sent a cross into the middle and found Roberts for a well placed header back into the top right corner. The referee whistled for a penalty after it looked like the Portsmouth player committed more of a foul than the Cambridge player, but Tubbs converted all the same into the top left corner and Portsmouth walked away with a controversial win.

October 7


J. Paint Trophy

Portsmouth FC 0 - 1 Accrington Stanley
ACC - Gornell 14'
MOTM: Mooney

Mingoia raced down the right wing and sent a cross into the box where Gornell timed his run perfectly to meet the ball on the back post and head it into the back of the net for the deciding goal of the match.

October 10


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 3 - 1 Newport County
POR - Pack 38', Davies 66', Burgess 71'
NEW - Ansah 77'
MOTM: Davies

Davies sent a corner into the box and picked out Pack on the near post and he flicked it across inside the far post. Davies lined up a free kick from outside the top right of the box and he curled the ball over the wall and inside the right post. Davies sent another corner into the box and Burgess rose over his defender and powered a header into the top right corner. Clarke intercepted Byrne's pass but Ansah was able to win it back and go through on goal for the easy finish on the near post.

October 17


Football League 2

Luton Town FC 0 - 1 Portsmouth FC
POR - Roberts 17'
MOTM: Jones

Davies sent a corner in from the left side and picked out Roberts in the middle of the box for a strong header back towards the middle of the goal catching the keeper off his line for the deciding goal.

October 20


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 1 - 1 Yeovil Town
POR - McCartan 48'
YEO - Fogden 45'
MOTM: Jones

Bird played the ball to Fogden 5 yards outside of the box and he turned and fired a stunning shot across the goal into the top right corner. Naismith sent a cross into the box from the right wing and McCartan came down with the ball and fired a shot that hit off a defender and ended up inside the left post for the equalizer.

October 24


Football League 2

Mansfield Town 1 - 0 Portsmouth FC
MAN - Beardsley 56'
MOTM: Jones

Beardsley took the ball away from Doyle as he tried to trap it out of the air and he went through on goal and powered it into the top right corner on the near post.

October 31


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 0 - 1 Stevenage FC
STE - Mariott 54'
MOTM: Jones

Whelpdale played the ball over the top of the defense to Williams on the left side of the box and he crossed it in for Mariott who was running in just in front of the keeper and directed it into the back of the net.

League Table

You are having a tough time so far. It feels very unnatural to see you in higher midtable instead of the top four. Shame about getting knocked out of the cups in the first rounds but you aren't the only one. Scoring seems to be a problem for many of us and I'm certain that it's just a matter of getting used to the new game.

[Simppu12]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Ha Ho He


September 2015





Hertha BSC 1 - 0 VfB Stuttgart
Haraguchi 52'

We started September off with another one-goal game and with another clean sheet. Once again neither team created that many chances and only a single goal was scored. That goal was a beautiful backheel shot by Genki Haraguchi from Vedad Ibisevic's pass.





VfL Wolfsburg 2 - 0 Hertha BSC
Kruse 42', 69'

We travelled to Wolfsburg looking to get a point out of last year's second-placed VfL Wolfsburg. Things were going well for us until the 42nd minute when Max Kruse caught Thomas Kraft too far out of his goal and shot the ball over him from about twenty yards out. We then tried to equalise but in the 69th minute Kruse ended our hopes of a draw by netting a brace with a very clinical finish into the bottom right corner of the net.





Hertha BSC 1 - 0 FC Köln
Haraguchi 6'

Our poor attacking play and good defensive play continued in this home win against Köln. The only goal of the game was scored again by Genki Haraguchi to finish a nice passing play. The ball was played around our attacking third before Per Ciljan Skjelbred played a through ball into the box. Haraguchi reached it first and curled the ball around Timo Horn in goal. In the final minutes of the game Köln had a chance to equalise from the penalty spot but Rune Jarstein managed to save the penalty.





Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 2 Hertha BSC
Castaignos 9'
Kalou 82', Ibisevic 87'

This was our second-best performance of the season after the 3-0 win against Werder Bremen. The game didn't start off well, though, as Frankfurt took the lead thanks to Luc Castaignos' shot into the bottom left corner after dribbling through our centre backs. We then chased the equaliser but it wasn't looking good for us as the final ten minutes of the game begun. Then Salomon Kalou broke through Frankfurt's defence and shot the ball into the top right corner of the net past their keeper to equalise. Only five minutes later Genki Haraguchi dribbled into the box and took a shot that got parried by the keeper. Vedad Ibisevic reached it first and headed the ball into the net to secure the three points!


Player of the Month



Genki Haraguchi

No Hertha player shined more than anyone else in September but Genki Haraguchi was the man who scored half of Hertha's goals and created a third one in the month. Other than that the speedy winger didn't have that good of a month.


Bundesliga Table

1. FC Schalke 04, 17 pts
2. Bayern München, 16 pts
3. Borussia Dortmund, 14 pts
4. VfL Wolfsburg, 14 pts
5. Borussia Mönchengladbach, 13 pts
6. Hertha BSC, 13 pts
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16. FC Ingolstadt, 6 pts
17. Eintracht Frankfurt, 3 pts
18. SV Darmstadt, 1 pt


Starting XI





Thank you for reading this post! I hope you have enjoyed it! Any feedback or suggestions will be appreciated!

[OkDoei]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

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Thanks, man, it means alot! Yes, the Bundesliga licensing is an amazing little detail that makes it much more enjoyable! On top of that EA have added a couple of Hertha's chants into the game and it's great to hear them while playing. Sané has gone up by one overall in the first two months by I plan to loan him out because he's not impressing me too much.

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Schieber also didn't suit my playing style that well and selling him pretty much doubled my budget so it was a win-win situation. The objectives that were given to me were to achieve a midtable finish and to reach the round of 32 in the cup. My own aim for the league is to finish in a higher midtable finish between seventh and tenth.

Not sure if hating on the mighty Hertha haha We managed to sign Niklas Stark and Mitchell Weiser in real life and both of them have a bright future ahead of them. Both of them are also starters right now (due to injuries but still).

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I agree with both you and Jamie to a certain point. Like him, I think that this is the best FIFA in a few years and it finally doesn't have something way overpowered in it, like pace or headers. Then again, I agree with you on the claim that dribbling is very challenging. Even players like Modric, Isco and Iniesta feel sluggish and slow when you turn with them. I disagree about long shots being terrible, though. In my opinion they are easier to score than last year. I also agree that pace is nerfed too much. You should be able to get past Ivanovic or Lambert with the likes of Bellerin, Walcott or Bale like they would do in real life.

Referee favouring the opposition? I don't know. Sometimes it feels like it but sometimes it doesn't feel like it at all. I will say that there are way too many handball penalty calls and I'm thinking about turning handballs off for penalties because of that. I have had seven penalty calls for me and against me in five games now with 85 per cent of them coming from handballs.

Scripting when losing? I wouldn't call it scripting, I'd call it the park the bus mechanic that is extremely annoying to play against. It's also realistic, though. In real life, Hertha started to waste time around the 70th minute against Köln while leading 1-0.



Overall those were great couple of months! Wins against Chelsea and Man United are impressive. Scoring seems to be an issue for you, as well. Cazorla and Icardi did a solid job, though.



That was a perfect beginning to the season! You were scoring goals and not letting many goals in. Being second in the league and going strong in the cup is also good. Noble, Payet and Adrian have looked very good so far.



Wow, great signings, especially for a League 2 team! Your squad is looking amazing and you really should be flying through League 2 and League 1 next season. Shame about Teixeira's injury, he was looking very good.




You are having a tough time so far. It feels very unnatural to see you in higher midtable instead of the top four. Shame about getting knocked out of the cups in the first rounds but you aren't the only one. Scoring seems to be a problem for many of us and I'm certain that it's just a matter of getting used to the new game.

No, not hating on Herta It's just a surprise. Schalke plays in the Champions League and ends up in the top 5 every year. Herta BSC is a suprising step for Sané, but he'll get plenty of gametime at your club. I hope that he'll grow into a world class player!

[sportsfreak96]

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That's very bad....



Won't they replace it?

No they won't because the crack occurred during shipping! It pisses me off too......


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[LukeWhu94]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

West Ham Season 1
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Results

Barclays Premier League Matchday 11
Watford 0 - 1 West Ham
WHU - 26' M.Noble (Pen)
MotM - A.Ogbonna

Barclays Premier League Matchday 12
West Ham 1 - 1 Everton
WHU - 45' A.Song
EVE - 90' R.Lukaku
MotM - Adrian

Barclays Premier League Matchday 13
Tottenham 2 - 1 West Ham
TOT - 71' 78' Eriksen
WHU - 55' D.Sakho
MotM - D.Sakho

Barclays Premier League Matchday 14
West Ham 1 - 0 West Brom
WHU - 33' Carroll
MotM - A.Cresswell

Barclays Premier League Matchday 15
Manchester United 1 - 1 West Ham
MAN - 58' Rooney
WHU - 51' Cresswell
MotM - A.Cresswell

Barclays Premier League Matchday 16
West Ham 1 - 0 Stoke
WHU - 36' E.Valencia
MotM - A.Song

Capital One Cup Quarter Final
West Ham 0 - 1 Chelsea
CHE - 26' Willian
MotM - M.Lanzini

Barclays Premier League Matchday 17
Swansea 1 - 2 West Ham
SWA - 62' G.Sigurdsson
WHU - 48' D.Payet, 59' D.Sakho
MotM - D.Payet

Barclays Premier League Matchday 18
Aston Villa 1 - 1 West Ham
AST - 61' C.Gil,
WHU - 78' E.Valencia
MotM - D.Sakho

Barclays Premier League Matchday 19
West Ham 1 - 0 Southampton
WHU - 22' D.Sakho
MotM - D.Sakho

28th December 2015 - BREAKING NEWS - Dimitryi Payet and Adrian have signed contract extensions with the club which sees
their contracts increase to £100,000 and £80,000 respectively. This is great news for the club as both players have been
integral to the early success the club have had so far this season.

The Emirates FA Cup Round 3
West Ham 1 - 1 Southampton
WHU - 29' Samuelson
SOU - 43' Pelle
MotM - M.Samuelson

Standout Performers

Adrian West Ham.jpg
Adrian - 19 apps 9 clean sheets
The fan favourite has been in fine form this season and his form is one of the main reasons why we are so high in the league at the moment. We haven't been the best of form of late but Adrian's form has kept us in games and given use the opportunity to take all 3 points from a lot of games this season and we are lucky to have tied him down for another year otherwise he would have been walking away for nothing at the end of the season.

Payet West Ham.jpg
Dimitri Payet 4 goals 2 assists
Payet has been phenomenal this season and at times has been unplayable. He has created so many chances and should be on more assists was it not from the poor finishing from our strikers this season. He is like a little magician who can do things with the ball that no other players can. He has changed games on his own at times this season and is an integral part of the clubs future and I just hope we are able to keep hold of him. He was rewarded with a new deal which sees his wage increase from £60,000 to £100,000 and we will be looking to build the team around him in the future. He has showed real technical ability this season and a highlight would have to be the goal against Swansea, were he curled a free kick into the top right hand corner to set us on the way to victory. Hopefully he can build on his successful start and have a good run for the end of the season.

Barclays Premier League Table

1. Chelsea 40pts
2. Tottenham 38pts
3. Manchester City 38pts
4. West Ham 38pts
5. Everton 32pts
6. Manchester Utd 31pts
7. Liverpool 29pts
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17. Aston Villa 15pts
18. Sunderland 15pts
19. Leicester City 12pts
20. Bournemouth 8pts

Manager's Thought's
The League - Our form in the Premier League as of late has been a bit inconsistent. We couldn't build up any real momentum with losses to Tottenham and Southampton although we managed to get a good draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford and probably should have come away with all 3 points. Scoring goals has been a bit of a problem at the moment with us averaging just the single goal a game in our last 9 games which is an extremly poor record but had it not been for the defence we could be in trouble at the moment. Now in January I may have to adress this issue and look to bring someone in who can hit the ground running because the strikers I have at the moment just cannot find the net, with Enner Valencia,Diafra Sakho & Andy Carroll only scoring 9 goals between them in the league. However with that being said, after 19 games we find ourselves in a good position at the moment in 4th spot, 6 points above Everton in 5th and 7 points above Manchster Utd in 6th but in order to stay there or even move higher we need to sort our form out and get a consistent run of wins together.

The Cup - When the draw was made for the Capital One Cup Quarter Final I knew it was going to be a tough game, you expect that when playing Chelsea. I needed all my players in top form and sadly the majority of them let me down in this one. We didn't really pose a threat going forward and at the back an individual error gifted Chelsea the goal that decided the game and allowed them to progress to the Semi Finals after a 1-0 victory. We had a strong team out and were aiming for the final but it just wasn't to be this year but overall the Quarter Finals is good progress in my first season and hopefully we can build on it next season. The FA Cup hasn't started the way we had hoped after a 1-1 draw with Southampton means that we have a replay at St.Mary's which I was hoping to avoid. I was impressed with the performance though, with a lot of the younger players getting the chance to impress in this one and they really did with 18 year old Martin Samuelson putting us 1-0 up with a neatly taken finish only for Graziano Pelle to equalise and take it to a replay which is due to be played in a couple of days time. I will continue with the same team and hopefully we can get the result.

Transfers - We are currently in January whihc means the winter transfer window has opened. With a strong squad at my disposal already I will not be dipping into the market for the sake of it so it has to be for the right player. I will definitely be on the lookout for any promising talent as I will be hoping to give the younger players a lot more of a chance next season so should any come available, I will not hesitate to buy them. In terms of targets I'm stumped, I don't have a clue who I will be signing but I will definitely try to bring someone in though. On paper the strike force of Valencia, Sakho, Carroll and Jelavic should be scoring goals so I'm not sure whether to give them until the end of the season or buy/loan a striker in to try and fix the problem. There is £34,000,000 to spend so the funds are available should the right player become available.

Thanks for reading, any comments or suggestions are appreciated

[Keano16]

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FIFA 15 - PS3 - Season 1




Nathan Ake (67 Ovr, CB)
€5.3m from Chelsea




Danilo Cataldi (68 Ovr, CM)
Loan to Chievo Verona


Josip Elez (63 Ovr, CDM)
Loan to FC Zurich




Lazio 1-0 Avellino ( Paloschi)


AC Milan 1-1 Lazio ( Pazzini, Rami - Candreva Pen)


Stefan Radu (77 Ovr, LB) will miss 3 months after breaking his collarbone in training.




Lazio 3-0 Cesena
Keita 4' Klose 45' Anderson 84'

MOTM: Dušan Basta (8.9)


Balde Diao Keita (76 Ovr, LW) will miss 4 weeks with a sprained knee and Ederson (76 Ovr, CAM) will miss 9 days with his bruised shoulder.


Genoa 0-2 Lazio
Candreva 41' (Pen) Parolo 70'

MOTM: Stefan de Vrij (7.9)


Lazio 2-0 Udinese
Paloschi 24' Lulić 47'

MOTM: Luis Pedro Cavanda (8.8)


Palermo 0-0 Lazio

MOTM: Ezequiel Muñoz (7.9, PAL)

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Thanks for Reading!

[OkDoei]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

OkDoei's Arsenal FC Career Mode. Season 1.



I’ve played all the games until the 1st of january. So we’re entering the winter transfer window soon! Let’s see how Arsenal handled the games.

Arsenal 3 – 2 PSV
(Champion’s League group stage)

37’ Koscielny 1 – 0
49’ Icardi 2 – 0
62’ Alexis 3 – 0
84’ De Jong 3 – 1
90+’ Pereiro 3 – 2

Match Report:

..No words for those last 10 minutes. Unbelievable. We dominated PSV at our home turf, we outplayed them in every corner of the field. We dominated every statistic and the scoreline showed it. Icardi scoring again, he’s giving me things to think about. Giroud is still the starting striker, but Icardi is knocking on the door. I’m going to analyse the last 10 minutes and we will make sure that this never happens again.


Norwich 0 – 0 Arsenal

42’ Gibbs red card

Match Report:

Very dull match. Boring and both teams had trouble creating changes. We played 50 minutes with 10 men and we weren’t strong enough to create anything serious. Gibbs wasn’t smart with his direct red card, because I was slowly preferring him over Monreal.

Arsenal 1 – 2 Sunderland

7’ Johnson 0 – 1
62’ Lens 0 – 2
83’ Santi Cazorla 1 – 2

Match Report:

No words for this terrible loss. Just shameful. We lost at our home turf to Sunderland, which simply should not happen. Too many things went wrong for us, too many things went just right for them. We need to recover from this blow and regain our winning form.

Olympiakos 1 – 0 Arsenal
(Champion’s league group stage)

23’ Cambiasso 1 – 0 (Penalty Kick)

Match Report:

So this was not what I meant when I said that we need to regain our winning form. We’ve lost the last match in the group stage of the Champion’s League. We really need to shake this poor form off us and start creating changes again.


Aston Villa 1 – 5 Arsenal

5’ Ramsey 0 – 1
31’ Amavi 1 – 1
38’ Icardi 1 – 2
58’ Özil 1 – 3
64’ Walcott 1 – 4
85’ Icardi 1 – 5

Match Report:

Now this is what I was talking about! We bounced back in perfect style. Shame about losing the clean sheet, but we were brilliant going forward. Icardi scored another brace, he’s really challenging Giroud. This match was perfect, now we need to maintain this winning form.


Luton Town 1 – 2 Arsenal
(Capital One Cup)
Simulated

Arsenal 1 – 0 Manchester City

41’ Giroud 1 – 0

Match Report:

Wow, what an exciting match! The scoreline does not represent the match, this was the most intense match that we’ve had so far this season. Giroud broke the dead lock at the end of the first half, after a beautiful cross from the Ox. Massive 3 points, and yet another clean sheet.

Southampton 1 – 1 Arsenal

51’ Gibbs 1 – 0 (O.G.)
89’ Santi Cazorla 1 – 1 (Penalty Kick)

Match Report:

We were nowhere our recent form tonight. Southampton were excellent at their home turf and they really showed us how weak we can be defensively. Gibbs had a nightmare. We could not create any change in the first 70 minutes, Southampton got us all over the place. I’m happy that we got anything out of this game. We were lucky with the given penalty, and Cazorla finished in style. We need to move on quickly.

Arsenal 2 – 0 Bournemouth

5’ Giroud 1 – 0
60’ Giroud 2 – 0

Match Report:

Giroud responded to Icardi’s scoring form in an excellent way. Icardi was bit tired so Giroud played this match to show us why he should be the first striker, and he did very well. His brace gave us the deserved 3 points. Nothing else to say, we were dominant and defended well.


Thoughts about winter transfer period:
So that’s that guys, we have arrived at the 1st of January. I’ll finish the winter transfer window tonight or tomorrow so we can move on with the season. I'm thinking about selling Wilshere. He's terrible for me, and he's not growing at all. I prefer Ramsey and even Coquelin over him. What should I do with him?

Summary of the season so far:

Player who impressed the most: Petr Cech was excellent in every game. He kept our goal clean for so many games and he gave the defence the confidence that they needed. What a signing!

Player who disappointed the most: Mesut Özil and Alexis Sanchez. Both don’t feel right ingame, and I struggled to play with both of them. Alexis hasen’t scored in the BPL after 17 games. He did score 3 goals in 4 Champion’s league games. Özil barely assists anyone. He did score a few, but I really hope that both of those players step their game up in the second half of this season.

Player who surprised me the most: Jairo Riedewald. He’s growing very fast. An absolute steal for just 8 million Euro’s. He’s so solid defensively. He’s multi-functional as well, having played as LB, CDM, and CB. He’s tall and strong, and has a decent sliding tackle. But what makes him stand out is his passing ability. He guides the ball with pin point accuracy. Excellent player!

I’ve added some pictures of the first team squad and some lists, including the BPL table:

First team squad:


Topscorer list, top 10:


Assists, top 10:


Clean Sheets, top 10:


BPL table:


Thanks for reading! Any feedback/questions/critisism? Let me know!

Stay tuned!

[LukeWhu94]

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West Ham Season 1
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Results
Barclays Premier League Matchday 20
West Ham 2 - 1 Liverpool
WHU - 23' Bogdan (OG), 29' D.Sakho
LIV - 41' C.Benteke

Emirates FA Cup Round 3 Replay
Southampton 2 - 0 West Ham
SOU - 61' G.Pelle, 71' J.Ward-Prowse

Barclays Premier League Matchday 21
Newcastle 0 - 1 West Ham
WHU - 62' A.Song

Barclays Premier League Matchday 22
West Ham 1 - 1 Manchester City
WHU - 71' M.Noble (Pen)
MAN - 45' M.Demichelis

January Transfers
Transfers Out:
I was looking to offload any players yet, if we received any substantial offers then players would have been moving on but there was none. I'm still not sure who I wanna keep but I should no by next season so expect departures then

Transfers In:
C.Austin - 26y ?ovr - ST - QPR - £0 - Pre Contract
D.Ceballos - 19y 74ovr - LM - Real Betis - £2,500,000
M.Odegaard - 17y 69ovr - CAM - Real Madrid - Season Loan - Future Fee: £1,500,000
Danilo Pantic - 19y 65ovr - CAM - Vitesse - Season Loan - Future Fee: £1,000,000
Demarai Gray - 19y 68ovr - LM - Birmingham - Season Loan - Future Fee: £2,000,000

We certainty were not the biggest spenders but I wasn't really looking to bring in a big name in this window. I was happy with the squad that I had and saw these players as investments for the future and I feel that I got really good deals on all of them. The signing of Ceballos in particular was a real bargain and we had to compete with Real Madrid to sign him but luckily he opted to join us instead.

Squad List

Spoiler

Goalkeepers
Adrian 29y 81ovr
D. Randolph 28y 72ovr
R. Spiegel 23y 63ovr

Defenders
R. Burke 19y 63ovr
J. Collins 32y 74ovr
D. Henry 22y 68ovr
A. Ogbonna 27y 79ovr
W. Reid 27y 78ovr
J. Tomkins 26y 74ovr
A. Cresswell 26y 74ovr
S. Hendrie 21y 63ovr
C. Jenkinson 24y 75ovr
J. O'brien 29y 71ovr

Midfielders
M. Lanzini 22y 78ovr
D. Pantic 19y 65ovr
D. Payet 28y 82ovr
M. Odegaard 17y 69ovr
C. Kouyate 26y 75ovr
A. Song 28y 79ovr
J. Cullen 19y 60ovr
M. Noble 28y 76ovr
P. Obiang 23y 75ovr
M. Antonio 25y 75ovr
O. Borg 18y 60ovr
D. Ceballos 19y 74ovr
D. Gray 19y 68ovr
V. Moses 25y 76ovr
M. Amalfitano 30y 75ovr
M. Samuelson 18y 61ovr

Strikers
A. Carroll 27y 78ovr
N. Jelavic 30y 74ovr
E. Lee 21y 59ovr
D. Sakho 26y 76ovr
E. Valencia 26y 76ovr
M. Zarate 28y 77ovr

Thanks for Reading, Just a Quick Update for January, Any Comments or Suggestions are Welcome.

[_ChicoBass]

How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

I know I said I was going to wait and buy the Mexico version of FIFA 16, but I totally caved last night and went out to buy it. I just didn't feel like waiting for a day off to go to Mexico and buy it. Not to mention there may have also been some price differences. I've never bought a video game in Mexico so I don't know how much they go for over there. So, even though I am a bit disappointed every time I pick up the box and see Messi with Morgan, I finally have FIFA 16 [emoji16]

I haven't played career mode yet, I've only played a handful of kick-off matches but I must say I really like the gameplay. It is definitely different, but I wouldn't say broken like in the earlier discussion about the gameplay. One thing that I've been very unhappy about though, is that in this year's game the "pace control" button, which is also the button to shield the ball, is now also the button to make fancy passes. I use pace control and shielding A LOT, so at first I couldn't figure out why my players kept on showing off with their short passes and frankly it was annoying the crap out of me. Especially when the opposition would intercept a weak pass because my player wanted to show off. Then I figured it out, and I went through the settings hoping to change it but I haven't been able to do it. Thing is, I tend to pass the ball up to my striker and I'll use the L2 (pace control; PS4) button to shield the opponent and then take a first touch pass to a nearby midfielder. Now since L2 is also the button to make fancy passes, my striker will try to pull off a fancy pass while shielding and in most cases ends up losing the ball. Last year R2 was the button to make fancy passes and I always enjoyed making them when appropriate, but R2 is now the button to make driven passes which is a nice addition. So believe it or not that is actually my biggest complaint at the moment. A very minor issue, which can be resolved by simply getting the hang of letting go of L2 at the exact moment so that my player will shield the ball and then make a regular pass, and also in the scenario that I have a player doing close dribbling and I want to just make a regular pass. I'll get used to it eventually.

I'm glad you can't just sprint past opponents anymore. When you do, you really have to make a decision quick (much like in real life) and you really have to analyze the defender chasing you to determine if you can take another long touch and keep sprinting or maybe it's time to cut back and pass. I haven't felt like if my players dribbling are sluggish at all yet and I must say the animations are quite nice when you beat an opponent or get tackled. Do I win every 1 on 1? Heck no. But nobody does in real life either. It's nice that you can't just dribble past everybody and you have to find openings a different way.

I'm looking forward to starting a career, and of course it will be with Guadalajara in case you hadn't figured it out yet lol great to see some Brazilian teams back in the game, so before I start the career I'll probably swap the best Brazilian clubs for the worst clubs in Colombia and Chile so that they'll have a chance of making it to the Copa LatAm or whatever FIFA is calling the Copa Libertadores this year. Can't wait to mess around with the new player training feature. One thing I've hated on previous FIFAs is the rate that your older players decrease in stats. I'm hoping I can use the player training to counter that to some extent. Do you guys do the training drills yourselves or sim past most of them?

I haven't won a match on World Class yet despite playing Legendary on 15, but I don't mind taking the time to adjust. Oh and get this, in my first kick-off match the game ran a test to see which difficulty would suit me best. I ended up winning the match 3-0 and then the game tells me that the test results indicate Professional is the difficulty I should be playing at. I felt offended and scoffed at first, but then again I haven't won any kick-off match on world class yet so they may have been on to something haha once I start a career I'm planning on playing a preseason tournament on world class and once the season starts I'll bump up to Legendary and see how it goes. Man can't wait to get off work!


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[texasbum06]

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FIFA 16 - Season 1

Pompey's Youth Movement

November

November 6


CM, Brett Parkin has signed with the Youth Academy


CAM, Jamie Evans has signed with the Youth Academy


GK, Josh Gormley has signed with the Youth Academy

November 7


F.A. Cup

Portsmouth FC 3 - 1 Crawley Town
POR - McGurk 6', Doyle 19', Naismith 51'
CRA - Kessie 75'
MOTM: Jones

Bennett dribbled into the box from the right and played the ball to McGurk in the middle and he smashed his first shot off of the crossbar, but put the rebound into the back of the net. Roberts crossed the ball in from the right wing and curled it around the defense to meet McGurk who's shot was saved but it fell to Doyle running in and he powered it into the goal. Naismith cut the ball around the defender to cut inside form the right wing and he fired a shot off the left post and in. Henderon sent a corner in from the left and found Kessie on the near post and he directed the ball over the keeper and into the right side of the goal.

November 13


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 2 - 2 Oxford United
POR - Evans 80', Davies 90'
OXF - Hylton 5', 51'
MOTM: Hylton

Roberts gave the ball away straight to Hylton just outside the box and he attacked the goal to place a shot into the top right corner. Collins pushed the ball ahead to Hylton and he fired from the edge of the box just inside the right side of the goal. Evans cut in from the right wing and worked towards the middle of the box and hit a left footed shot perfectly into the top left corner. Davies took advantage of a free kick just outside the top left corner of the box and he curled it over the wall and away from the keeper into the top left corner.

November 21


Football League 2

Hartlepool United 1 - 0 Portsmouth FC
HAR - Walker 90'
MOTM: Carson

Davies lost the ball inside his own box and Carroll quickly sent a cross into the box and found Walker running on to the back post for the easy header into the back of the net.

November 24


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 1 - 0 AFC Wimbledon
POR - Davies 90'
MOTM: Davies

McGurk was taken down just outside of the box with little time remaining and it was Davies who stood over the free kick and hit it perfectly over the wall curling it away from the keeper into the top left corner.

November 28


Football League 2

Leyton Orient 3 - 3 Portsmouth FC
LEY - Simpson 8', Payne 21', Dunne 52'
POR - McGurk 14' (PEN), 49' (PEN), Shaw 30' (OG)
MOTM: McGurk

Payne played the ball to Simpson who touched it around the left side of the defense and fired across to the top right corner. The referee whistled a penalty and McGurk stepped to the spot and placed it into the top right corner. Pritchard fed Payne up the middle and he powered a shot into the top left corner. Naismith went to cross the ball in and after it was deflected Shaw tried to play it across the goal for someone to clear it but it ended up getting knocked back into their own net. McGurk converted another penalty from the spot sending the keeper the wrong way and placing it into the top left corner. McAnuff crossed the ball in from the left corner and picked out Dunne unmarked for the strong header past the keeper and into the back of the net for the equalizer.

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[texasbum06]

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FIFA 16 - Season 1

Pompey's Youth Movement

December

December 2


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 5 - 1 York City FC
POR - Barton 13', McGurk 23', 49' (PEN), 69', McCartan 45'
YOR - Coulson 65'
MOTM: Barton

Davies played the ball to Barton outside the box and he touched it around the defense and attacked the middle to place a shot into the left side of the goal. McGurk got the ball in midfield and ran at the defense working his way to the right side of the goal to fire a strong shot past the keeper on the near post. Barton played a ball over the top of the defense and McCartan ran on to the ball to go through on the keeper and place the ball just past him. The referee pointed to the spot and it was McGurk that stepped up and used a hesitation before blasting a shot just past the keeper's reach into the top right corner. Coulson cut the ball in from the left wing and beat two defenders before slotting it past the keeper into the far post. McGurk got the ball through on the counter and held the defender off on his back as he beat the keeper inside the right post.

December 5


F.A. Cup

Gillingham FC 2 - 1 Portsmouth FC
GIL - Donnelly 8', Dack 55' (PEN)
POR - Tubbs 18'
MOTM: Stevens

Garmston sent a cross in from the left wing and picked out Donnelly running in on the back post where he volleyed it out of the air and into the net. Pack played the ball to Tubbs who turned to his right around the defender and fired a shot past the keeper on the near post. The referee pointed to the spot to give Gillingham a penalty and Dack tucked it away into the top right corner for the deciding goal of the match.

December 12


Football League 2

Accrington Stanley 0 - 0 Portsmouth FC
MOTM: Winnard

Portsmouth looked in control of the game, winning the possession battle 58/42 and recording one more shot on goal than Accrington. In the end though, neither team was able to beat the keeper and it ended in a scoreless draw.

December 19


Football League 2

Portsmouth FC 3 - 1 Morecambe FC
POR - McGurk 11', 57', Bennett 21'
MOR - Miller 44'
MOTM: McGurk

McCartan played the ball wide right to Barton and he cut the ball back to pick out McGurk on the back post for the quick tap in. McGurk threaded the ball through to Bennett on the left side of the goal and he powered a shot past the keeper on the near post. Goodall's shot from the left side of the goal was kept out by the keeper, but it was Miller who got his head on the rebound to sent it back into the goal. Davies shot from the right side of the goal and the keeper pushed it to the left and McGurk was the first one in to knock it in.

December 26


Football League 2

Northampton Town 1 - 0 Portsmouth FC
NOR - O'Toole
MOTM: Jones

D'ath broke free down the right wing and sent a perfect cross into the box finding O'Toole running in on the back post for the volleyed shot out of the air into the back of the net.

December 28


Football League 2

Morecambe FC 0 - 0 Portsmouth FC
MOTM: Jones

In a boring affair, neither team was able to stand out from the other and both sides ended up scoreless to earn a point.

December 31



Paul Jones named League 2 Player of the Month

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