Season 78 - Are you ready?

[talisman]

I have the impression that the game engine deliberately causes this. One reason is likely to make you think your squad is still not good enough, and also to make other possible title challengers think that they still have a chance and hence convince them to invest more in their teams. This is a business ploy.

It's funny, then, that this always happens to you, and not other teams. The leader in Palace Casuals' League is ten points ahead and the gap grows every day. I don't see them having a bad result just to make the rest of us think we have a chance...

[Tactician]

It's funny, then, that this always happens to you, and not other teams. The leader in Palace Casuals' League is ten points ahead and the gap grows every day. I don't see them having a bad result just to make the rest of us think we have a chance...

I never said what you just said: 'that this always happens to you'. You have misunderstood me. This has not happened to me in this season so far nor last season, but I have observed such things in the past where a leading team (and not my team) suddenly starts to suffer losses to lower quality teams in the league. The explanations I gave are possibilities (not confirmed). This can also be said to be based on form. By the way, I have clearly said: 'I have the the impression that'. Why do people have impressions of something? There must be some indications.

Assuming that the tactics he used were ok and his team had a superior quality, what will be your explanation to this? 'Troll' ? Why 'trolls' occur? This is the important question.

P.S: Based on some users reaction, I have the impression that they are thinking negatively on me or on what I posted. Let me be clear: I have no bad intentions against any of you. So, you are misunderstanding me. I just say things on this game based on what I have observed in the past. What you have observed or experienced does not necessarily mean that another user will observe or experience the same. You must respect that. There is no need to behave negatively.

[talisman]

I never said what you just said: 'that this always happens to you'. You have misunderstood me. This has not happened to me in this season so far nor last season, but I have observed such things in the past where a leading team (and not my team) suddenly starts to suffer losses to lower quality teams in the league. The explanations I gave are possibilities (not confirmed). This can also be said to be based on form.

Assuming that the tactics he used were ok and his team had a superior quality, what will be your explanation to this? 'Troll' ? Why 'trolls' occur? This is the important question.

You misunderstand me - I was trying to distingush between the managers suffering the issue (Killroy, Tactician, me, etc) and 'them' (the other teams that don't seem to be affected). Perhaps I should have said 'us'...

No matter what we do, after a certain period of success, there is always two or three matches which could be termed as having 'dodgy' results, after which the status quo is restored. By then it's too late as the teams which seem to be immune to the 'bug' are at the top and running away.

If they do have a bad result, and the next match for 'us' is a slam dunk (bottom of the table team, much poorer in quality), then the thought is 'got a chance here', and then the 'Troll' card is played - GK plays a blinder, defence blocks everything, prolific scoring players miss everything in sight and they score from their only shot on target (usually around the 75th minute)...

[Tactician]

after a certain period of success, there is always two or three matches which could be termed as having a 'dodgy' results

This, for example, I can tell you that I have observed this. So, it is a possibility. There are a lot of possible explanations for things happening in this game, but many of them are still not confirmed to a certain extent.

[Tactician]

You misunderstand me - I was trying to distingush between the managers suffering the issue (Killroy, Tactician, me, etc) and 'them' (the other teams that don't seem to be affected). Perhaps I should have said 'us'...

No matter what we do, after a certain period of success, there is always two or three matches which could be termed as having 'dodgy' results, after which the status quo is restored. By then it's too late as the teams which seem to be immune to the 'bug' are at the top and running away.

If they do have a bad result, and the next match for 'us' is a slam dunk (bottom of the table team, much poorer in quality), then the thought is 'got a chance here', and then the 'Troll' card is played - GK plays a blinder, defence blocks everything, prolific scoring players miss everything in sight and they score from their only shot on target (usually around the 75th minute)...

Ah, ok. You meant this always seem to happen to us, and not the other teams, especially those 'auto-mode' teams. This is something that I find strange also; why does it seem to affect only serious managers?