The New Inside View

One thing very few people probably realize¹

(1. I do not think anyone here actually would realize it, "very few people" there exists merely to carry the water on the very unlikely event that I am wrong. I am afterall the sort of person who obsesses about being precisely correct about things. )

.. for several reasons is that the name of my old thread ["The Big Inside View"](https://forum.topeleven.com/team-showcase/53506-big-inside-view-atletico-chotas.html) is completely a play off of Graham Hunter's podcast, "The Big Interview". Delightfully... I liked the name so much I bought the company.

Graham Hunter, who is — if you thought you had read all the best soccer journos in the world — the single best one of them. You'd be wrong if you did believe that. Sure, Graham is indeed a terrific writer. But the title of the best of all soccer journos is one which he shares with at least one other writer: a history PhD turned football journo, Sid Lowe. Whoever else might be an extremely talented writer covering soccer, I have decided they cannot possibly be better than those two. Theyy aaaaaaaare the bar.

Got carried away and caught my first big coup. For 40% of all of my finances, and 19% of my tokens.

Saw the countdown get lower and lower 9, 8, 7...

Considering the insanity of the market which I have been watching these past days, all one would need to acquire this guy who could be my mannn for at least 10 seasons seemed within reach: 14T only. Bid for him. Won. And then I remembered that I had just splurged a huge part of my finances on a single player.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3499dbf23d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4948e6ce65.jpg

Our tactical evolution since the season started has been very interesting. Began the season with the formation with which I last played the game. A standard 4-3-3, without the exact players who fit in their normal positions in a

AML-ST-AMR

MC-DM-MC

DL-DC-DC-DR

which I would normally play, but with players whose ideal positions were:

(first lineup)
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AMR -ST- (AML/AMC/AMR)

MC-DM-AMC

ML-DL-DM-MR

(first result)
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It was insane. Struggled to draw the game which surprised me, given how much better we were on paper (team %).

Decided to adjust my team to better fit what I had in the return leg. Dropped the DM in DM from the first leg to the defence and played the DL and DM already in defence on either side of his. Pushed up the MR and ML higher up so that they became wingbacks.

The MC and AMC both dropped backwards to DM in the center of the pitch. Moved the AML/AMC/AMR slightly inwards so that he vacated AMR, moved closer to No10 but remained close enough to the MR now playing almost to his right.


(2nd lineup)
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Did something similar on the left wing, while bringing in a real AML for the AMR who had started on the left in the first leg. The AML moved slight inwards, but more forward, closer to the ST, to become something of a second striker.

(2nd result)
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Improvement, or was it mostly the home advantage?



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If anything changed since the first game.

The stats tell that GOAL efficiency of your opponet was 17% .
They had a bad day and payed the price!

Expensive?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...6ea87aacec.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fbfa58b045.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9cd0bfff62.jpg

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Expensive-(a)ss signings.

Level 4 now. I think the game might actually begin now. Levels before now have lacked competition.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fb362e4a3b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2982328f33.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3b529ed1c3.jpg

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Left, again. Unlikely to ever come back.

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Expensive-(a)ss signings.

Level 4 now. I think the game might actually begin now. Levels before now have lacked competition.

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Left, again. Unlikely to ever come back.

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That’s fast. I don’t know about you but the early levels were really fun. It gets progressively harder and boring as we level up, having to face the same teams repeatedly as many players quit due to increased difficulty. Some time away from the game while tanking usually helps.

I think I'm back, unless there's a better manager game out there. Got tired of playing DLS. Need to be a manager for a while. Thank goodness I didn't delete my account.

First big signing of my return.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f06281d089.jpg

(tbu)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f2ae4a4c5a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...83d0708818.jpg

Looking to join an assoc in any of the gold levels. Offers?

Trying to wring control of an existing Gold 3 assoc from an inactive captain. Sent a request to support and I apparently need to wait for one more season. By then, the assoc would have been relegated twice and then be on Silver 2. But that, I guess, is still better than starting all the way from the ground up at Bronze 2. 3 months of time saved.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d5b12e6916.jpg

Started publishing some of my DLS games to YT. Watch my team: https://youtu.be/DRDp33VGAIQ

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First big signing of my return.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f06281d089.jpg

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One of those reasons why updates do not happen as often as they could, is the need to write captions to explain screenshots. I'm going to stop doing that. I'll instead just be putting up a lot of screenshots. You can tell what's happening with my team based on those screenshots alone.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...24d18e4c12.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...282dad5cc3.jpg

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A low budget means a tiny squad this season. It's why I went all in for the 18yo DL in previous post with all those tokens.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...07f11e1dcc.jpg

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new DMhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d83391c564.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d04aff45e2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4a4d7b6045.jpg

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a second LBhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...895aeb8b42.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...55f888fee6.jpg

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New season.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f7a725bd0d.jpg

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What I consider my 1st real season since returninghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e4090cd9f2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a4b1f68ef3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...17c0aeaad9.jpg

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What I consider my 1st real season since returninghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e4090cd9f2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a4b1f68ef3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...17c0aeaad9.jpg

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Welcome back :cool:

2nd seasonhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...63911b0148.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...99a00e1660.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e9f13d30bb.jpg

3rd seasonhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9a80862312.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...412ab8a248.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...85a1dd2790.jpg

4th season.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...10dd7cff9e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9b842afe3f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...052df809f4.jpg

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First big signing of my return.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f06281d089.jpg

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Finally left after 10 seasonshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...dacd4157b0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f0cab5c0f5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...608b0673b5.jpg

5th seasonhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3c4d41ded9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...1d5b4eb903.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c266186d9b.jpg

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Originally Posted by Temidayo_

One of those reasons why updates do not happen as often as they could, is the need to write captions to explain screenshots. I'm going to stop doing that. I'll instead just be putting up a lot of screenshots. You can tell what's happening with my team based on those screenshots alone.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...24d18e4c12.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...282dad5cc3.jpg

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Gave 9 solid seasonshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fe7c2c7d14.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4d2a93e9d5.jpg

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a second LBhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...895aeb8b42.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...55f888fee6.jpg

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9 great seasons toohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...769a7e7731.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...192e50a449.jpg

riggedhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...1cdda3f8c0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...62c0b0e358.jpg

Permanently quitting Top Eleven because the game is rigged in favor of $$$ spenders https://forum.topeleven.com/top-eleven-general-discussion/86384-game-rigged.html

I think I'm back again. I don't think I could ever live without playing a live football manager game against real human managers.

I really really hope for a superior alternative to Top Eleven.

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Left because I'm convinced that the game is biased against me. Couldn't get past other teams even if inferior in knockout tourneys.

I hope my break reset something in the algorithm. Plus I connected my Facebook account. Hope that helps.

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6th seasonhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...9ef8379b13.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3ed61f6b4a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ee40ba2f35.jpg

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Leaving again because of the new changes. 3 games a day is where I draw the line.

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