FC Silly - My Experiments, Experiences and Accomplishments as a Non Token Player

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Season 5 Level 5 End Season Summary

League

It was one of those seasons where i felt i was in control from the start. Early matchups between the top 3 teams gave me wins over both competitors. They also lost points playing each other and got trolled after which i felt they gave up entirely.

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Cup

Toughest competition this season. I had opponent after opponent who were mostly 5 stars. I usually do not powertrain my players at the start of the season but i was forced to this season because the cup was tough even at initial stages. While i did face some 4 star teams, these teams had high whites well over 100 and had beaten other 5 star teams. Not surprising that i had my only 2 draws this season in this competition.

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CL

It could have been much tougher. I watched my best competitors getting trolled and eliminated. This left me facing 4 star teams throughout the competition and even in the finals. Easily one of the easiest CL competitions i ever had.

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Super Cup

The competitor was high in quality but inactive. I think his 5 star quality was what won him the Super League. While i was worried prior to our match, it was a one sided affair once the game started. It looked like his team wasn’t trained judging by the possession i had taking into account his quality.

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Record

My record keeps getting worse with every season since i started manipulating. Level 3 i had a 51 win season, level 4 with 50 wins and level 5 with 49 wins. While the YA did affect my draw a little as i only kept 1 youth, i already power trained my team to make up the difference in quality. My best 11 quality was at 116 plus today before selling my players which is a record for my team.

Nonetheless i am satisfied i won the quadruple and will do my best to keep it going. It should be easier going forward as i have saved a good amount of tokens and greens. Reds being the only resource that leaves me feeling a little insecure but i still refuse to waste my videos on them.

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Congrats for your top season mate

Season 6 Level 6 Mid Season Update

Will keep my update short and sweet as the numbers speak for themselves. 2 draws and a loss is already more than my previous 3 seasons combined and I expect it to get much worse as we go into the final stages of all competitions. Having my undefeated streak abruptly end against a 2 star team is probably an excellent indicator of my season so far which has been filled with much anger, fear and disappointment.

My first team faces scoring issues. I have had many slim victories and it mostly affects my main team. My B team have performed far better this season, scoring as many goals in fewer matches despite playing similar low quality opponents. It is really surprising considering the quality difference.

While i am still hopeful that i might be able to win it all. I have to face the fact that my team isn’t on form and the troll seems to have its eyes set on me. I will be powertraining my team 1 more time once i commence my second entry in the event but i doubt it will make any difference as every failure to win this season has been against very mediocre teams. If a 60 to 70 quality difference can’t get me a win, i doubt a 70-80 quality gap will make much of a difference.

Good luck to all reading.

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League

My only league competitor only bought players today after losing our head to head battle. He jumped from 60 plus percent to 80 plus percent but is probably too late to play catch up.

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Cup

Facing an 80 plus quality in Semis and 90 plus quality in finals. Not going to be easy.

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CL

Not sure what to make of this competition. No one looks like a contender but i have lost and drawn a match against 2 star teams so anything can happen. Strongest opponent is around 74 percent at the moment and is likely to meet me in the finals if i get there.

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Originally Posted by Sillybq

Season 6 Level 6 Mid Season Update

Will keep my update short and sweet as the numbers speak for themselves. 2 draws and a loss is already more than my previous 3 seasons combined and I expect it to get much worse as we go into the final stages of all competitions. Having my undefeated streak abruptly end against a 2 star team is probably an excellent indicator of my season so far which has been filled with much anger, fear and disappointment.

My first team faces scoring issues. I have had many slim victories and it mostly affects my main team. My B team have performed far better this season, scoring as many goals in fewer matches despite playing similar low quality opponents. It is really surprising considering the quality difference.

While i am still hopeful that i might be able to win it all. I have to face the facts that my team isn’t on form and the troll seems to have its eyes set on me. I will be powertraining my team 1 more time once i commence my second entry in the event but i doubt it will make any difference as every failure to win this season has been against very mediocre teams. If a 60 to 70 quality difference can’t get me a win, i doubt a 70-80 quality gap will make much of a difference.

Good luck to all reading.

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League

My only league competitor only bought players today after losing our head to head battle. He jumped from 60 plus percent to 80 plus percent but is probably too late to play catch up.

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Cup

Facing an 80 plus quality in Semis and 90 plus quality in finals. Not going to be easy.

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CL

Not sure what to make of this competition. No one looks like a contender but i have lost and drawn a match against 2 star teams so anything can happen. Strongest opponent is around 74 percent at the moment and is likely to meet me in the finals if i get there.

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Hopefully you come away with all 4 trophies but you have dropped more points in this season than in all of your last 3 seasons combined as you said, 89% wins is good, if you can keep your win percentage to that level, just know that is a great job as not many managers get 85% and over, I won 85%, you still have 96%, as long as you get the clean sweep of trophies, it’s fine.

120 goals in my eyes is really good, maybe not for you but for me, that is great, that is over 4 goals a game, which is above my all time average of 3.4.

To me, that is a great season but once again, we all have different viewpoints.

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Originally Posted by Max McClean

Hopefully you come away with all 4 trophies but you have dropped more points in this season than in all of your last 3 seasons combined as you said, 89% wins is good, if you can keep your win percentage to that level, just know that is a great job as not many managers get 85% and over, I won 85%, you still have 96%, as long as you get the clean sweep of trophies, it’s fine.

120 goals in my eyes is really good, maybe not for you but for me, that is great, that is over 4 goals a game, which is above my all time average of 3.4.

To me, that is a great season but once again, we all have different viewpoints.

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You are right Max. In the end, its all about the quadruple. If i can win it all, the stats will very likely be overlooked. I do agree a 4 goal average does not seem bad but it wont stay 4. I have never had a season where i scored more in the 2nd half of season. It has alway been around 180 mid season and 310 end season.

The pattern of first-11 performing worse still persists here too, despite results look better with before. Sub ST scoring a hat-trick in last 32 mins (on @58th) and sub MC providing an assist to make a 0-0 at 37th min to 7-0 at full-time tells its own story, with best 2 attackers with no goal or assist (147% & 116% vs 40%). Engine seems to favour 3rd best or lower attackers, as well as defensive players scoring too (defenders and DMCs already scored 38 goals).

In this season, if you ‘feel’ that the engine sets the best players as non-performing, then maybe sub without any hesitation (missing open goals, corner goals or counter-attack goals is a clear indicator); before, there still is a slight chance the top attacker would still score from freekicks or PKs, now probably will keep wasting them all.

The negative performance only affects our personal games, as the best attackers still perform as good as usual in association matches.

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Originally Posted by HeavensAAA

The pattern of first-11 performing worse still persists here too, despite results look better with before. Sub ST scoring a hat-trick in last 32 mins (on @58th) and sub MC providing an assist to make a 0-0 at 37th min to 7-0 at full-time tells its own story, with best 2 attackers with no goal or assist (147% & 116% vs 40%). Engine seems to favour 3rd best or lower attackers, as well as defensive players scoring too (defenders and DMCs already scored 38 goals).

In this season, if you ‘feel’ that the engine sets the best players as non-performing, then maybe sub without any hesitation (missing open goals, corner goals or counter-attack goals is a clear indicator); before, there still is a slight chance the top attacker would still score from freekicks or PKs, now probably will keep wasting them all.

The negative performance only affects our personal games, as the best attackers still perform as good as usual in association matches.

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Yes i am facing the exact same problem. My top 3 attackers are affected so 4th best onwards for me are doing well. My 5th best attacker is currently tied with my best player/attacker in number of goals scored but has played 3 fewer matches. It is quite likely that the top scorer will either not be won by me or won by a bench player if nothing changes. And yes the top few attackers do well in association games as you mentioned!

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Originally Posted by Sillybq

Yes i am facing the exact same problem. My top 3 attackers are affected so 4th best onwards for me are doing well. My 5th best attacker is currently tied with my best player/attacker in number of goals scored but has played 3 fewer matches. It is quite likely that the top scorer will either not be won by me or won by a bench player if nothing changes. And yes the top few attackers do well in association games as you mentioned!

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Very similar here. Sub ST scores the same ratio of league and CL goals (7/7 vs 12/13 & 4/4 vs 7/8) with my 2nd best attacker, and very ironically the sub ST only comes on as sub for that 2nd best attacker typically around 60th min (when I feel enough misses is enough!) This means the goal ratio of sub ST is indeed doubled of first choice. But then I need to keep the best attackers on to hope they somehow perform and get more motm too, so 60-min is the this season’s threshold when previously I would hold until 70-75th.

Recently I just keep playing 3-5v-2 (flanks when opponent plays DMC) and 3-4-1-2 (middle when opponent has no DMC) with hard attacking and hard tackling, and it somehow works a bit better with such aggressive tactics. No red card yet, so will keep risking. Maybe you could give it a try.

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Originally Posted by Sillybq

You are right Max. In the end, its all about the quadruple. If i can win it all, the stats will very likely be overlooked. I do agree a 4 goal average does not seem bad but it wont stay 4. I have never had a season where i scored more in the 2nd half of season. It has alway been around 180 mid season and 310 end season.

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I can’t really blame you for being disappointed about this season, I like to improve or maintain my standard of 85-88% wins, (based off my 240 wins out 274 with my new club excluding the 71 games where I tanked) but still I know that it isn’t about the win percentage but I like a high win percentage to represent the trophies I win in a season, I am taking a break this season so that is why it is so low this season, I took 2 breaks in the last 3 seasons.

If I get below my win percentage, I tend to freak out, but if I get the trophies I let it slide, but if I don’t I will continue to freak out on what a terrible season I had [emoji23].

Have an enjoyable season mate.


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Originally Posted by Max McClean

I can’t really blame you for being disappointed about this season, I like to improve or maintain my standard of 85-88% wins, (based off my 240 wins out 274 with my new club excluding the 71 games where I tanked) but still I know that it isn’t about the win percentage but I like a high win percentage to represent the trophies I win in a season, I am taking a break this season so that is why it is so low this season, I took 2 breaks in the last 3 seasons.

If I get below my win percentage, I tend to freak out, but if I get the trophies I let it slide, but if I don’t I will continue to freak out on what a terrible season I had [emoji23].

Have an enjoyable season mate.


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Yeah i went through that freak out stage. Well mate, i can’t cry over spilled milk. I had the greens and tokens had i wanted to improve my team but i chose not to so i should live with the consequences. What can i do, just rebuild and try again :)

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Originally Posted by HeavensAAA

Very similar here. Sub ST scores the same ratio of league and CL goals (7/7 vs 12/13 & 4/4 vs 7/8) with my 2nd best attacker, and very ironically the sub ST only comes on as sub for that 2nd best attacker typically around 60th min (when I feel enough misses is enough!) This means the goal ratio of sub ST is indeed doubled of first choice. But then I need to keep the best attackers on to hope they somehow perform and get more motm too, so 60-min is the this season’s threshold when previously I would hold until 70-75th.

Recently I just keep playing 3-5v-2 (flanks when opponent plays DMC) and 3-4-1-2 (middle when opponent has no DMC) with hard attacking and hard tackling, and it somehow works a bit better with such aggressive tactics. No red card yet, so will keep risking. Maybe you could give it a try.

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My players have somewhat recovered their previous season scoring form. I had to beat the 2nd in my league before I noticed this difference. I am guessing it has something to do with the game engine keeping things close? Nevermind, i hate to sound like i am making excuses for myself. Whats done is done. At least they seem good for the final run of matches :)

Season 6 Level 6 End of Season Summary

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Not a spectacular season but the team managed to get the job done. It was a season where defence played a critical role when the offense had difficulties scoring. Lowest total goals scored and lowest goals conceded since i started manipulating. Will probably be bringing in a few fresh faces that would hopefully add some drive into the offense that seemed somewhat lacking at times this season.

League

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2 team race where the champion should have been decided alot earlier. But as the league lacked quality, both of us won all matches for the first 9 league days. He got trolled twice for matches 10 and 11 before i faced him and beat him rather convincingly on match 13. The team never looked back after that critical match.

CL

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It was supposed to be one of the easiest CL campaigns i have ever had. I am not sure if it was complacency but i managed to draw and lose to 2 star teams in the group stage. The knockout stages were a breeze as expected. I never faced a 5 star team in the entire tournament. Highest rated opponent was 78.7 in the finals. A familiar foe whom i met in the CL finals in season 4.

Cup

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Again the toughest competition in terms of general quality. I faced my strongest opponent in the 2nd round. While the others were about the same quality when i met them. My 2nd round opponent was strong right from the start when my team looked vulnerable. After getting past him, it was a smooth ride as my team had the time to train and get back their championship form.

Super Cup

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I expected to meet a 6 star team rated 101.6 but he ended up losing in the SL finals to a 77 percent team with two 7 star attackers and a very mediocre backline in extra time.

When i faced the 77 percent team, i scored 6 goals through counter attacking plays which is the most i had ever seen in a match. Managed to achieve my most dominant Super Cup victory as well.

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Season 6 Level 6 End of Season Summary

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Not a spectacular season but the team managed to get the job done. It was a season where defence played a critical role when the offense had difficulties scoring. Lowest total goals scored and lowest goals conceded since i started manipulating. Will probably be bringing in a few fresh faces that would hopefully add some drive into the offense that seemed somewhat lacking at times this season.

League

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2 team race where the champion should have been decided alot earlier. But as the league lacked quality, both of us won all matches for the first 9 league days. He got trolled twice for matches 10 and 11 before i faced him and beat him rather convincingly on match 13. The team never looked back after that critical match.

CL

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It was supposed to be one of the easiest CL campaigns i have ever had. I am not sure if it was complacency but i managed to draw and lose to 2 star teams in the group stage. The knockout stages were a breeze as expected. I never faced a 5 star team in the entire tournament. Highest rated opponent was 78.7 in the finals. A familiar foe whom i met in the CL finals in season 4.

Cup

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Again the toughest competition in terms of general quality. I faced my strongest opponent in the 2nd round. While the others were about the same quality when i met them. My 2nd round opponent was strong right from the start when my team looked vulnerable. After getting past him, it was a smooth ride as my team had the time to train and get back their championship form.

Super Cup

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I expected to meet a 6 star team rated 101.6 but he ended up losing in the SL finals to a 77 percent team with two 7 star attackers and a very mediocre backline in extra time.

When i faced the 77 percent team, i scored 6 goals through counter attacking plays which is the most i had ever seen in a match. Managed to achieve my most dominant Super Cup victory as well.

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You see, I knew you wouldn’t have a bad season, congrats.


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Milestone Achievement - 300 Wins

Much tougher getting from 200 to 300 wins than previous hurdles. Perhaps my competition was getting stronger? It might be me lacking in knowledge and experience and it is finally showing? I don’t know. But i have adjusted my team this season nonetheless and hope for the best. I sold off players who had high whites and had been with me since the beginning of my journey. Let’s see how the next generation does going forward!

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Some of the other lower level teams i follow closely and try to learn from. Also trying to not fall too far behind them.
They are both level 9 this season. One of which is in my server.

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Well done on the milestone, do you have to play any of these guys? By the looks they are 1 level ahead of you.

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Originally Posted by Max McClean

Well done on the milestone, do you have to play any of these guys? By the looks they are 1 level ahead of you.

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Both are 2 levels ahead so i am definitely safe. Also only 1 is in my server. And thanks, you are also doing very well!

Season 7 Level 7 Mid Season Summary

League

An easy league this season. 2nd best team is 4 star and none are active.

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CL

For the first time, my CL is tougher than my cup. I am usually able play my reserves confidently for the 1st knockout round but i will be playing my first team later. The 2nd best team in the competition is currently 87.6 and i am likely to face him in the finals if we both make it. Quite a number of active managers this time round as well. Hope for the best!

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Cup

Best surviving team is a 76 percent player but is no pushover. He has some players with whites in the region of 180s so his rating is rather deceptive. It will be my first time playing such a high white attacking team and it should be in the finals if all goes well. The 2nd best rated at 86 percent has already been eliminated by him when he was 74 percent so i know what he is capable of. He has a slightly stronger attack in terms of whites while my team has a much stronger overall rating due to my midfield and defense. My whites are in the 140s to 180s range for attack so it should be a good fight.

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Special Sponsor Event

A very different event was implemented and despite some frustration, i did enjoy myself. It required proper planning and some research as i ran through FB groups for posts to help me make intelligent decisions. My mistake was completing certain tasks a little too early. While it all went well, it could have worked against me if there were more overlapping tasks at the end. Mental note to be patient next time if it involves spending and the tasks do not expire.

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Record

It looks good only because my CL group was easy and the 2nd best team in my group lost on purpose to go for SL. It should be tougher for the final stretch but my team will be trying for a perfect 51 win season. It’s been quite awhile since i last managed that feat.

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Season 7 Level 7 End of Season Summary

League

The first time i ever had a full league season without conceding. Last season was close, conceding only 1. Feels great to finally manage this feat.

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Cup

My first encounter with a player that had an attacker with white skills higher than any of my attackers. But as they say, one player doesn’t make a team. He was largely subdued in the finals scoring only a late consolation goal when my team was already guaranteed the trophy.

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CL

Toughest CL opponent i had @ 96.3 quality when we faced off in the finals. Somehow i beat him 8-0. However, i only managed to beat my 2 star league opponent later that day 2-0. As always, still thankful and happy. No complains.

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Super Cup

I got a relatively easy opponent @ 74 quality. For once, i was confident no matter who i faced in the Super Cup this season. The quality in the Super League was so low this season that only 3rd place CL group dropouts made it to the SL finals.

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Record

While a 51 win season was definitely possible, i have to settle for 50 wins. The only draw match was definitely a troll but the fault lies with me as i was not able to attend the match. I might have been able to steal the win if i had been there as there were 2 players who had low ratings in the post match ratings. Subbing them would probably have made the difference. Will make an extra effort and attend matches if i have a decent streak going in the future.

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Season 7 Level 7 End of Season Summary

League

The first time i ever had a full league season without conceding. Last season was close, conceding only 1. Feels great to finally manage this feat.

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Cup

My first encounter with a player that had an attacker with white skills higher than any of my attackers. But as they say, one player doesn’t make a team. He was largely subdued in the finals scoring only a late consolation goal when my team was already guaranteed the trophy.

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CL

Toughest CL opponent i had @ 96.3 quality when we faced off in the finals. Somehow i beat him 8-0. However, i only managed to beat my 2 star league opponent later that day 2-0. As always, still thankful and happy. No complains.

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Super Cup

I got a relatively easy opponent @ 74 quality. For once, i was confident no matter who i faced in the Super Cup this season. The quality in the Super League was so low this season that only 3rd place CL group dropouts made it to the SL finals.

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Record

While a 51 win season was definitely possible, i have to settle for 50 wins. The only draw match was definitely a troll but the fault lies with me as i was not able to attend the match. I might have been able to steal the win if i had been there as there were 2 players who had low ratings in the post match ratings. Subbing them would probably have made the difference. Will make an extra effort and attend matches if i have a decent streak going in the future.

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Congrats, 50 wins a season is something I would kill for, I did it last season, 50 wins and one loss, I finally got my quadruple.

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Congrats, 50 wins a season is something I would kill for, I did it last season, 50 wins and one loss, I finally got my quadruple.


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Congrats! I was expecting it. Well done!

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Congrats! I was expecting it. Well done!

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Thanks, good luck for this season, this season will be a lot more tricky than last season.


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Originally Posted by Max McClean

Thanks, good luck for this season, this season will be a lot more tricky than last season.


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Sounds like you scouted your opponents. That’s good. Likewise. CL looking tough at later stages. But we have ample time to prepare our teams :)

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Sounds like you scouted your opponents. That’s good. Likewise. CL looking tough at later stages. But we have ample time to prepare our teams :)

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Yes, I have 97.3% currently, I have a league opponent with 104.9%, and another with 97.1%, I still have al of or tokens left over so I am prepared to use them all, yes I know I should save them, but I am going to need a better team than last season to get all four trophies.

Maybe 115-120% which I believe I can get.

The cup looks like the competition I should have no problem in, the CL has a 103.7% team and a 99%, all of them are in range and I think I can catch up with them easily.

Your achievements are good so far so keep them going.


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Originally Posted by Max McClean

Yes, I have 97.3% currently, I have a league opponent with 104.9%, and another with 97.1%, I still have al of or tokens left over so I am prepared to use them all, yes I know I should save them, but I am going to need a better team than last season to get all four trophies.

Maybe 115-120% which I believe I can get.

The cup looks like the competition I should have no problem in, the CL has a 103.7% team and a 99%, all of them are in range and I think I can catch up with them easily.

Your achievements are good so far so keep them going.


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Good luck mate. It looks like you didn't even sell your bench judging from the quality of your opponents. It is a good challenge. I have another account that does not manipulate. I have yet to achieve the quad with that account so I know it ain't easy.

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Originally Posted by Sillybq

Good luck mate. It looks like you didn't even sell your bench judging from the quality of your opponents. It is a good challenge. I have another account that does not manipulate. I have yet to achieve the quad with that account so I know it ain't easy.

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Ok, it is difficult to get it either way, I did not sell anyone, hopefully you keep up your stats with your main club and good luck winning the quad in both accounts, let’s us know how you get on as usual half way through the season.


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Season 8 Level 8 Mid Season Summary

League

An easy league this season. While i started with 1 team at a similar quality as myself, he has not been active and has since fallen out of the title race. Other teams have caught up with his quality but my team has surged ahead to 110 percent as at today as i prepare for events and tough competition in CL.

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Cup

I do not see any of my competitors getting to 5 stars nor have i faced any in the previous rounds. Could easily be one of the easiest Cups i played in since i started playing TE. I have been using my bench often for this competition in order to compete for the top scorer challenge. But i will definitely be playing my first team for the semi final 1st leg as well as the finals.

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CL

Drawn into the highest quality group in one of the most competitive CLs i have ever played. While the round of 16 is easy, i do not see myself facing anyone below 5 stars from the QFs onwards should i make it through. Also potentially facing some suspension issues as i had to play my first team during group stages due to relatively high quality of my opponents. Good chance i will be meeting the second in my group in the finals.

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Record

Again defence playing a critical role this season. Having conceded only 1 goal in 28 games is the best mid season i have had defensively. While i have had less dominant wins, the wins were still comfortable with the lowest win at 3-0. This is much better than 2 seasons ago where i had large swings in goalscoring form, winning some matches 10-0 and some 1-0. Hope to break some streak records so will be making an effort to attend matches going forward.

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Season 8 Level 8 Mid Season Summary

League

An easy league this season. While i started with 1 team at a similar quality as myself, he has not been active and has since fallen out of the title race. Other teams have caught up with his quality but my team has surged ahead to 110 percent as at today as i prepare for events and tough competition in CL.

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Cup

I do not see any of my competitors getting to 5 stars nor have i faced any in the previous rounds. Could easily be one of the easiest Cups i played in since i started playing TE. I have been using my bench often for this competition in order to compete for the top scorer challenge. But i will definitely be playing my first team for the semi final 1st leg as well as the finals.

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CL

Drawn into the highest quality group in one of the most competitive CLs i have ever played. While the round of 16 is easy, i do not see myself facing anyone below 5 stars from the QFs onwards should i make it through. Also potentially facing some suspension issues as i had to play my first team during group stages due to relatively high quality of my opponents. Good chance i will be meeting the second in my group in the finals.

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Record

Again defence playing a critical role this season. Having conceded only 1 goal in 28 games is the best mid season i have had defensively. While i have had less dominant wins, the wins were still comfortable with the lowest win at 3-0. This is much better than 2 seasons ago where i had large swings in goalscoring form, winning some matches 10-0 and some 1-0. Hope to break some streak records so will be making an effort to attend matches going forward.

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Congrats, you are doing well again.


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Originally Posted by Max McClean

Congrats, you are doing well again.


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Thanks mate. Not as well as you though. I am rooting for you to win a quad without manipulating as well as the forum challenge! Keep it going and keep an eye on Chocolove, he wins tokens every month

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Thanks mate. Not as well as you though. I am rooting for you to win a quad without manipulating as well as the forum challenge! Keep it going and keep an eye on Chocolove, he wins tokens every month

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Thanks for the wishes, I am finding it hard, although it looks good, I have tough opponents yet to come, managed to get my team’s quality to 110% which is unheard of for me. I feel like I shouldn’t be talking about myself, after all, this is your thread about your team, not mine.

However, there are two stronger opponents, one who is in my league, who is 120% and another guy who is in my CL with 116.2%, the CL guy could be a real piece of work, because he is from Vietnam, obviously that is not the problem, the time difference gives him a huge advantage, he has matches that for me, are early in the morning, which is a concern because I might not be able to attend the CL Final should I make it, he has a near 8* goalkeeper, he bought him from loans so I really hope he goes, not that I am wishing bad things on other managers, I am screwed if he keeps him, hopefully Benitez gives him a night he won’t forget.

Anyway, here are the guys.

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This is the guy in the league, he ended my 61 game winning and unbeaten streak, no complaints however, he is a good manager.

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Then, the CL guy.

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Luckily, I won’t meet this guy until the Final should I get there.

This is the guy I could be playing in the Quarter Final.
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We could lose the league and CL and only come away with the cup trophy, still wouldn’t be bad but that is the worst case scenario, I think the league is lost, my rival and I have easy enough/winnable games until we play each other on one of the last days of the season.

Hoping for the Cup/CL and Super Cup.

The Quadruple looks unlikely but I will do my best.

My player is close to Chocolove’s, Benitez has 235 points, and his player has 248 points in the challenge.


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Thanks for the wishes, I am finding it hard, although it looks good, I have tough opponents yet to come, managed to get my team’s quality to 110% which is unheard of for me. I feel like I shouldn’t be talking about myself, after al, this is your thread about your team, not mine.

However, there are two stronger opponents, one who is in my league, who is 120% and another guy who is in my CL with 116.2%, the CL guy could be a real piece of work, because he is from Vietnam, obviously that is not the problem, the time difference gives him a huge advantage, he has matches that for me, are early in the morning, which is a concern because I might not be able to attend the CL Final should I make it, he has a near 8* goalkeeper, he bought him from loans so I really hope he goes, not that I am wishing bad things on other managers, I am screwed if he keeps him, hopefully Benitez gives him a night he won’t forget.

Anyway, here are the guys.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...0d33b0ec5d.png

This is the guy in the league, he ended my 61 game winning and unbeaten streak, no complaints however, he is a good manager.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5cd1704c66.png


Then, the CL guy.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e20f38a474.png

Luckily, I won’t meet this guy until the Final should I get there.

This is the guy I could be playing in the Quarter Final.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3f82555972.png

We could lose the league and CL and only come away with the cup trophy, still wouldn’t be bad but that is the worst case scenario, I think the league is lost, my rival and I have easy enough/winnable games until we play each other on one of the last days of the season.

Hoping for the Cup/CL and Super Cup.

The Quadruple looks unlikely but I will do my best.

My player is close to Chocolove’s, Benitez has 235 points, and his player has 248 points in the challenge.


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There is a clear difference in the difficulties you face as a non manipulating team. While i worry about 5 star teams, your worries are of teams 6 stars and beyond. That’s precisely why i said you are doing better than me despite taking a loss in the league. It’s commendable. Yup, when i first joined the forum. A guy called Tactician did tell me Stevan99 and Chocolove win it all for forum challenges and i have noticed it too. It will be tough winning it as you did not manipulate and elimination matches get tougher but i do think you stand a good chance if your white skills are way beyond the reflected quality.

Good luck!

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There is a clear difference in the difficulties you face as a non manipulating team. While i worry about 5 star teams, your worries are of teams 6 stars and beyond. That’s precisely why i said you are doing better than me despite taking a loss in the league. It’s commendable. Yup, when i first joined the forum. A guy called Tactician did tell me Stevan99 and Chocolove win it all for forum challenges and i have noticed it too. It will be tough winning it as you did not manipulate and elimination matches get tougher but i do think you stand a good chance if your white skills are way beyond the reflected quality.

Good luck!

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Season 8 Level 8 End of Season Summary

Super Cup

I am going to start off writing about the Super Cup as it had my toughest competitor and caused me quite a fair bit of stress. As you can see from the fixture timings, there was absolutely no time to prepare my team. I was not the only player affected as there were a number of players who faced similar fixture allocations. Some were lucky enough to have a home league match which could be amended so there would be ample time between matches.

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I do not know how it went for other players but my Super Cup match commenced immediately after my league fixture ended. I exited the league fixture early to attempt to use the preparation tab to instantly recover my team but failed. I did however take preemptive actions suspecting this might be the case.

I added 3 bench players to my main lineup for the league fixture and substituted another 3 bench players in when the league match commenced. This allowed me to conserve 6 starters at max condition for my Super Cup matchup. I would also sub out the 3 bench players in my starting lineup once the Super Cup match commenced.

Doing this was a gamble as i would have exhausted all substitutions early in the game and would be vulnerable if there were underperforming players or any injuries. It did work out for me eventually. No injuries and a relatively easy win. My opponent was present and had supporters but my team executed brilliantly.

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League, Cup and CL

I have nothing new to say regarding the other competitions. Only the CL had competition who were able to cause me problems. But the teams that were good were trolled along the way and i met the weaker teams instead.

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Record

Finally after many seasons, i was able to replicate my perfect 51 win season. I can’t quite remember but i believe my only other time was at level 3. It is not an easy feat even for manipulating teams as getting trolled is very common. It is possible to come up with the win in troll matches but how many of us always make the right decisions at the most critical moments. We might make enough good decisions to get the draw but getting the win might require flawless management.

Not alot of goals scored but another defensive statement as the team conceded only 4 in 51 matches. I must mention i am not a believer in adjusting to my opponents so i have been consistently using the same formation for awhile now. My feeling is that the tactical set ups and orders are more important for this game not the formations.

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Others

I have finally achieved level 91 in training and i did it while storing almost 3.5k rest so i believe it might be possible to complete this at level 6-7 perhaps? Also the team has crossed 2000 goals scored midway through the season.

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Season 8 Level 8 End of Season Summary

Super Cup

I am going to start off writing about the Super Cup as it had my toughest competitor and caused me quite a fair bit of stress. As you can see from the fixture timings, there was absolutely no time to prepare my team. I was not the only player affected as there were a number of players who faced similar fixture allocations. Some were lucky enough to have a home league match which could be amended so there would be ample time between matches.

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I do not know how it went for other players but my Super Cup match commenced immediately after my league fixture ended. I exited the league fixture early to attempt to use the preparation tab to instantly recover my team but failed. I did however take preemptive actions suspecting this might be the case.

I added 3 bench players to my main lineup for the league fixture and substituted another 3 bench players in when the league match commenced. This allowed me to conserve 6 starters at max condition for my Super Cup matchup. I would also sub out the 3 bench players in my starting lineup once the Super Cup match commenced.

Doing this was a gamble as i would have exhausted all substitutions early in the game and would be vulnerable if there were underperforming players or any injuries. It did work out for me eventually. No injuries and a relatively easy win. My opponent was present and had supporters but my team executed brilliantly.

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League, Cup and CL

I have nothing new to say regarding the other competitions. Only the CL had competition who were able to cause me problems. But the teams that were good were trolled along the way and i met the weaker teams instead.

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Record

Finally after many seasons, i was able to replicate my perfect 51 win season. I can’t quite remember but i believe my only other time was at level 3. It is not an easy feat even for manipulating teams as getting trolled is very common. It is possible to come up with the win in troll matches but how many of us always make the right decisions at the most critical moments. We might make enough good decisions to get the draw but getting the win might require flawless management.

Not alot of goals scored but another defensive statement as the team conceded only 4 in 51 matches. I must mention i am not a believer in adjusting to my opponents so i have been consistently using the same formation for awhile now. My feeling is that the tactical set ups and orders are more important for this game not the formations.

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Others

I have finally achieved level 91 in training and i did it while storing almost 3.5k rest so i believe it might be possible to complete this at level 6-7 perhaps? Also the team has crossed 2000 goals scored midway through the season.

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Congrats on another successful season.

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Congrats on another successful season.

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Thanks Max and congrats on the 50 token win as well!

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Thanks Max and congrats on the 50 token win as well!

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Thanks, I needed it as my association got relegated.


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Thanks, I needed it as my association got relegated.


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You deserved it mate. I enjoyed reading your daily updates. Hope you keep that going!

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You deserved it mate. I enjoyed reading your daily updates. Hope you keep that going!

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I will do my best, I like reading your ons as well, I have been doing it since September.

Your doing well so far, you still haven’t dropped a trophy yet.

Good luck for this season.


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Milestone Achievement - 400 Wins

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While it does make me happy to hit 400 wins, I must say I am disappointed with how my King of Champions event ended.

Let me write briefly about it.

I started off with the 6th best team at around 103 percent and ended at 107 percent. The best teams were 123, 117, 116 and 2 teams around 113 to 114. I did not give up and finished the first 2 days at 3rd spot. What I lacked in quality, I made up with activity. Alarms and losing quite a fair bit of sleep pushed the fight to the very end where I eventually lost out finishing at 4th with no rewards. While I didn't spend any tokens, I felt the time I invested was worth a lot more hence the frustration. Lesson learnt. Gotta pick my battles wisely.

As for my 400 wins, I must say I have been lucky. I do sometimes lose in associations to weak teams with low white skills. So I am fortunate it has not happened in official games. Also I have a little streak going now. Holding my breath as we head towards my record around season end. It could mean trouble. Gonna knock on wood!

Having played 8 seasons and now in my 9th season. I can't say I have learnt very much more about the game since reading the guides during my 2nd season. I see weird formations winning, GKs scoring and assisting heaps and association mates who do not train nor attend matches win at least 1 trophy a season at high levels. The only constant I notice in all scenarios is that white skills are important to winning. No matter who you play or how you play. If your whites are much higher than your opponents, you can win even if he has a better overall quality.

Well enough of this, I will finally be resting well later tonight. Hope everyone did better than me in the King of Champs.

Congrats on the milestone but, I didn’t do well either in the event, I came fifth, drawn with some hard teams, after the second day, I didn’t bother so much, didn’t even get the emblem, I wasn’t planning on using it though.


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Congrats on the milestone but, I didn’t do well either in the event, I came fifth, drawn with some hard teams, after the second day, I didn’t bother so much, didn’t even get the emblem, I wasn’t planning on using it though.


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Thanks. If only i gave up on the second day as well. I wasted alot of time and effort. Only on the 3rd day sitting at 3rd spot did i realise i could lose it on the final day but i pressed on hoping the system would favour my weaker side. Guess not. Got the emblem but i am a player not a collector so prefer the tokens and resources.

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Thanks. If only i gave up on the second day as well. I wasted alot of time and effort. Only on the 3rd day sitting at 3rd spot did i realise i could lose it on the final day but i pressed on hoping the system would favour my weaker side. Guess not. Got the emblem but i am a player not a collector so prefer the tokens and resources.

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Ok then, good luck with the rest of your season.


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