Season 88 - Are you ready?

[Temidayo_]

Holy ****s, guys. I just got dumped out of the cup by a vastly inferior side. A side I'm 40% better than. Defeated me 1-0 at their home, and I was greatly shaken, but classified it as a freak occurrence. I rotated the entire XI minus 2 fullbacks today, and only got a 1-1 draw at my home. HOW tf does that happen Top Eleven??? How? They're doing exceedingly well in their league too. M'****ers are 2nd with 6 wins and 1 draw. How does a 40% team do that?!

P.S: For the return leg, I promised my squad a 2.5M bonus, and played hard attacking with a 4-5-1. With 2 DMF just to ensure a fine balance. I don't even understand how they scored at all. They mostly have 2-star players.

[Temidayo_]

We're doing fine so far, I think 1 league loss (a bit of a counter attack shock) and 2 draws overall. Need a win in Cup today to advance. My motivation is low, been missing a lot of ads most days, and no motivation to grab fresh players. Leading the league, which is pretty even quality.

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Zach Tupy scored his 100th league goal. Many from FK, many from the field.

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Wawu. How have you kept Zack Tupy so good across several seasons please?

[talisman]

Desert Rats FC played at home in the League against the bottom club in the table, and despite a 9.1Q(37%) difference, struggled to make headway against a very determined defence. Emerson de Alencar Arraes saved the league leaders' blushes with a 63rd minute strike which maintained their position after a 1-0 win.

[talisman]

Holy ****s, guys. I just got dumped out of the cup by a vastly inferior side. A side I'm 40% better than. Defeated me 1-0 at their home, and I was greatly shaken, but classified it as a freak occurrence. I rotated the entire XI minus 2 fullbacks today, and only got a 1-1 draw at my home. HOW tf does that happen Top Eleven??? How? They're doing exceedingly well in their league too. M'****ers are 2nd with 6 wins and 1 draw. How does a 40% team do that?!

P.S: For the return leg, I promised my squad a 2.5M bonus, and played hard attacking with a 4-5-1. With 2 DMF just to ensure a fine balance. I don't even understand how they scored at all. They mostly have 2-star players.

This was one of the reasons I left the game in August, it was a recurring theme every season, both teams progressed well against equal or superior Quality teams only to be upset at the Top 16 or Quarter-Final stage by, on paper, inferior teams that played contrary to their form or ability.

[HoofDaddy]

played hard attacking with a 4-5-1.

There's your problem right there

[Temidayo_]

there's your problem right there

are you dumb?! how the f is a balanced, even if hard attacking formation the problem against a team 40% inferior?!

[Temidayo_]

how the f is a balanced, even if hard attacking formation the problem against a team 40% inferior?!

Wrote this in uppercase. Appaz, Top Eleven don't like people shouting in forums.

[Awe Imoleayo Peter]

Been a while, missed a lot. First of all I wanna say thanks to my supporters, it's been difficult watching my games now. Season going good and there is a chance for a treble if I can beat the strongest team in the cup and not get trolled badly.... And I see some retired veterans coming back. Very nice, coz I have missed y'all.

[LeManiaque]

Wawu. How have you kept Zack Tupy so good across several seasons please?

I have a few veterans, I think some players just hold up well and always have fairly high ratings. Tupy has played almost every match since day 1, I think missed 3 due to red cards total.

You can see his Q% is dropping, and topped out about 124% a free seasons ago. He's won many MoM, which helps his skill. Always same position, almost always same arrow. I think he's a "natural shooter" scoring and shooting well even after his offensive skills and creativity have dropped. I have another DL who I trained to be as similar as possible, not as consistent as Tupy, not as good a shooter, even when the skills for DL surpassed DR Tupy... Keep the good ones!!

[HoofDaddy]

are you dumb?! how the f is a balanced, even if hard attacking formation the problem against a team 40% inferior?!

451 is a defensive formation, would you play 3412 hard defensive? you get what you planned for.