Who's actually enjoying the cup this year?

Despite my earlier rants about the new cup format im actually enjoying the cup more than any other competion this season. my league isn't particularly competitive and my champions league group has been a walkover so far. my best 6 games this year, in terms of closeness and enjoyment, have come in the cup.

they have been the only games I have given more thought to getting tactics right and have been close, tight games. I have little chance of winning it as I think every team left in is a level above me, but its been nice to have close, edgy, need an injury time winner type of matches!

anyone actually agree?

I'm with you

In context, I've only been playing for 3 and a bit weeks, I never played a cup game before this season so had no experience of it being any other way. Looking at a draw filled with level 4 & 5 teams as a new level 2 scared the you-knows out of me at first, but they were all around my quality level so no great shakes

All the rounds have been tough until this last one actually, when I managed to grab a 4-1 away win in the first leg and could put out my second XI in the home game - and I only got this far after a nervy penalty shoot out in the first round so I'm happy just to be in it :-)

As long as my injuries stay low I'll keep enjoying, so far (6-0-0 CL) & (5-1-0 Cup) in League 6-0-2.

Yeah cup was really enjoy-full and very aggressive. I am out now but definitely a good trip! Now building on next year :)

PFFF.... Not me, but I'm enjoying the fact I can play 4 friendlies every day on average with being eliminated from the cup to farm some boosters for my team. All these friendlies provide me with the $ I would of made for playing in the cup and winning the cup so it makes no sense to me whatsoever.

Prize money needs to be TREBLE what it is now in the cup due to its new increased difficulty, especially the fact I'm a token buying team facing teams 2 levels higher than me that have never bought a single token ever on this game.

For me its more beneficial to get knocked out the cup and play friendlies.

Until now hasn't been bad, but i don't know how much far i will go. I'm LVL3 and I'm playing against LV5/LV6 team.
Anyway I've earned some decent money.

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Originally Posted by July Fourth

PFFF.... Not me, but I'm enjoying the fact I can play 4 friendlies every day on average with being eliminated from the cup to farm some boosters for my team.

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With your second team or with your friends?

I'm loving the cup in terms of thrilling. If the game engine wouldn't be so wierd lately i'd enjoy it even more. Since league and CL sucks anyways.

This leg's result:

http://i49.tinypic.com/ip1ikm.png

He alone scored in two matches more goals than i took in League+CL. Lots of stronger teams left, but at least my server's max level is my current, lv4, so there is a certain degree of max quality at a point.

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Originally Posted by Carlitos

With your second team or with your friends?

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Yeah a load of abandoned teams, theres a couple on my friends list that are abandoned and I just play them.

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PFFF.... Not me, but I'm enjoying the fact I can play 4 friendlies every day on average with being eliminated from the cup to farm some boosters for my team. All these friendlies provide me with the $ I would of made for playing in the cup and winning the cup so it makes no sense to me whatsoever.

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Doesn't that kill your team's fitness? I struggle if I've got two games within a couple of hours of each other - or have you just got a bazillion green packs?

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Originally Posted by SimplySimon

Doesn't that kill your team's fitness? I struggle if I've got two games within a couple of hours of each other - or have you just got a bazillion green packs?

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No, I don't use many green packs for this plus friendlies only use about half the condition of a competitive match and I rotate my squad, thats why I can play around 4 friendlies a day.

The Eagles is enjoying this cup season...we play largely our reserve team in all cup matches and so far we have slain 4stronger opponents. Using an adopted tactics without any worries in the world...I love this game...lol

At least I don't have to worry about getting knock out. It gives us freedom to experiment...

Hmm...ye i like to play vs. teams with 15,7 - 20,4 quality, inculding bots and many inactive managers, while my team is 25,5 quality with the whole mainsquad set at 31-39 quality. I'm quite sure to win the cup, again. Unless the game engine f*ck it up and i lose to a mighty bot.

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Hmm...ye i like to play vs. teams with 15,7 - 20,4 quality, inculding bots and many inactive managers, while my team is 25,5 quality with the whole mainsquad set at 31-39 quality. I'm quite sure to win the cup, again. Unless the game engine f*ck it up and i lose to a mighty bot.

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how can this be possible? The new cup should be sorted by quality?

Im the best quality in cup. Others are like 17, im 26.

Dang, who's getting these easy cups?

I've just be drawn against a 30.8 quality team, highest quality left in the competition. I'm at 28.0. Strangely enough, the only other two teams left in the draw at >25.0 quality (a 28 and 30 as well) were also drawn together

Prize money is crazy in my competition too - if I get to the final and win in it I'll get the same prize money as winning the league IN ONE MATCH!

I agree only I'm out this year now after a close 1-1.. Out oon away goals

I am not enjoying it so don't mind getting knocked out early!

No. Both seasons of this new format I've been knocked out by an inactive one level above me. And yes, that is me being a sore loser but I just don't think it's a very good system, it could have been worked better.

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Originally Posted by SimplySimon

Dang, who's getting these easy cups?

I've just be drawn against a 30.8 quality team, highest quality left in the competition. I'm at 28.0. Strangely enough, the only other two teams left in the draw at >25.0 quality (a 28 and 30 as well) were also drawn together

Prize money is crazy in my competition too - if I get to the final and win in it I'll get the same prize money as winning the league IN ONE MATCH!

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improve your team a lot after the cup starts ;)


I'm enjoying the cup too, mainly because its good money for me (I'm lvl3 but i only play vs Lvl4+5). And i perform better in Cup than league, my league is stronger than other Lvl3s