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I’ve really enjoyed the Liverpool Broadcasting Network via FSC so far today.
by Brett Perryman on Dec 13, 2009 10:43 AM CST reply actions
Was really hoping for a draw.
Liverpool’s pretty much out of it at this point. This was a perfect weekend to edge slightly back into it given Saturday’s crazy results, but they couldn’t beat Arsenal at home with Gerrard/Torres/Aquilani all starting.
What a shame.
That was the most lopsided reffed game ...
I’ve seen since I started following the EPL a coupla months ago. Villa beat 12 men for real.
You hear that a lot about Man Utd games. I’m not sure if it’s true, but it’s definitely a stigma.
by Brett Perryman on Dec 13, 2009 6:29 PM CST up reply actions
I am going to the Arsenal-Villa game on the 27th. That is going to be a big one.
by Brett Perryman on Dec 13, 2009 3:04 PM CST up reply actions
Yes
Bayern Munich-Hertha Berlin on the 19th will be the first European football I’ll have ever seen in person. The forecast for Saturday night looks like a high of 22 and a low in the low teens, ugh.
by Brett Perryman on Dec 13, 2009 3:18 PM CST up reply actions
I would just hope that it's not raining.
You’re definitely in for an experience though.
Yeah, it’s supposed to be clear at least. Sitting/standing at a game makes you a lot colder than being active, and I know what watching a football game in 20 degree temps is like, but I think I’d prefer almost anything to temps in the 30s and rain.
by Brett Perryman on Dec 13, 2009 3:50 PM CST up reply actions
Surely not, right?
He’s cup-tied and Bordeaux won their CL group…the time to buy him was last summer.
Wishful thinking I guess
Wenger has been after him for a while, maybe Llorente? We’ll probably do nothing.
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
He will try to get Chamakh
but he missed his chance. There is no way in hell Bordeaux would do it now, given what they have to play for. In the summer, who knows, but probably only if he fails to add someone in January, and like you said I think he’ll do something.
They are in trouble without van Persie. It’s why I didn’t want them to sell Adebayor when that first came up. You weren’t going to make it through the whole year with RVP, Bendtner and Vela aren’t ready to take that role, and Eduardo can’t handle it. What wound up happenind with RVP was pretty much worst case, but unless the stories about Bordeaux being ridiculous about the transaction were completely true, I think Wenger messed up there, and I thought that at the time.
Arshavin is great, but I don’t think that you can do this for five more months and win anything.
by Brett Perryman on Dec 13, 2009 6:36 PM CST up reply actions
Arshavin is pretty fantastic.
Imagine if he hadn’t been cup-tied last year?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 13, 2009 9:46 PM CST up reply actions
A request:
Someone help me really get into the Premier League. I’m dying to fully immerse myself in futbol, especially the Premier League, but I don’t know where to start.
I have 8 million questions and the Wiki is ehh.
I’ve recently purchased FIFA 10 for 360, and I want to start a manager mode in the EPL but I don’t know enough to enjoy it! Point the way to a site, or even your own personal advice.
Any help would be appreciated.
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
Not really sure what you're looking for exactly...just a FAQ about how the league system works? Or something about soccer in general?
You could probably ask questions on here and get pretty good answers…
There really aren’t many tactics involved in MM for FIFA. It’s not like the Football Manager series, where you really have to pay attention to details and the intricacies of formations/player selection/tactics are important.
Like Liam said, FM is the game to get into it you want to get a better idea of how the sport works. I think the American product goes by a little different name, but you can buy the British version anyway.
by Brett Perryman on Dec 13, 2009 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
Football Manager
It’s Worldwide Soccer Manager here in the States.
Anyone playing the 2010 edition? I’m still stuck on WSM08 until I get my new laptop in February- the graphics card on my prehistoric HP couldn’t handle the 2009 or 2010 versions.
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
Did you mean
Everything you need toknowforget about the EPL can be summed up in two words:
by Brett Perryman on Dec 13, 2009 6:37 PM CST up reply actions
I love FIFA.
It takes a while to graduate from the "run real fast down the sideline and cross it into the box’ method. But it’s a great game.
The big 4 teams in the EPL are CHELSEA!!!, Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal. For starters, it’d probably be best to play as one of them, because the speed/size/accuracy advantages you’ll have.
Picking a team to root for makes it a lot more fun obviously. Something you might want to look into, depending on your opinion of him, is Bill Simmons soliciting of e-mails and subsequent review of the teams in the EPL when he first wanted to get into it and how he made the decision of who he picked. It’s in his archives, I’m sure.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 13, 2009 4:42 PM CST up reply actions
The key thing about rooting for an EPL team is that you have to be OK with the fact that, if you don't choose one of the big 4/5, your team will likely never compete for the title.
If you can throw yourself behind a team whose goal is either survival, a top-half finish, or a 4-8 finish, then it really opens up your possibilities. It’s a very different way of thinking compared to American sports.
If you can’t get behind the idea of supporting a team that will never win the league, then you’re really limited to the big 4/5.
Transfers...
should I be purchasing guys every week? When should I sell?
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
In the real world
you only buy and sell in the summer through August and in January.
by Brett Perryman on Dec 13, 2009 6:39 PM CST up reply actions
With FIFA10?
Like Z said, the transfer windows are akin to real life, when you can only buy during the summer and in January.
As far as when you should sell/buy players…entirely your choice. Just make sure you upgrade your Negotiator to max on the Staff Upgrades menu…makes buying players a lot easier. What I did with United this year was sell off all of the older players (Giggs/Scholes/Owen/VDS) and Berbatov while I could still get decent value for them. I then bought a shitload of young guys (who are always under-valued in FIFA) like Rodwell (CDM), Hazard (RW/CAM), Subotic (CB) and Sakho(CB/RB), as well as Lloris (GK), Jesus Navas (RM). I also spent a shitlload of money on Pato. Really, FIFA’s such a silly game in MM that you can pretty much employ whatever strategy you want and still succeed.
Berbatov isn't that bad.
Feel like he gets a bad rap from Manc’s…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 14, 2009 2:04 AM CST up reply actions
He doesn't fit my play style in FIFA. I need a shitload of accel/sprint speed up front and he doesn't provide that.
I agree that he’s not really that bad…the problem is that he and Rooney really play the same position and neither are suited to being an out and out striker. That, combined with the fact that SAF doesn’t seem to trust him and won’t give him a decent run of games, makes for pretty disastrous results.
Yeah, that's pretty much how I see it.
Would have been interesting to see you guys get in on Zlatan Ibrahimovic. I don’t know if he would have considered you guys over Barca (just preference, not a slight against your club), but Rooney and Zlatan seems like a good pairing. Of course, Messi and Zlatan ain’t bad either…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 14, 2009 9:00 AM CST up reply actions
Sakho
He’s the guy I always buy on my Football Manager games- he comes really cheap from Paris SG the first season.
On my current save (Lyon) I bought him for under £100K in season one, and sold him right before season four to Man Utd for £20 million.
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
Just don't pick Man City to root for
or Chelsea.
You’ll feel dirty, just ask shroomer.
by Brett Perryman on Dec 13, 2009 6:40 PM CST up reply actions
I loved the movie Green Street Hooligans
so I might just get behind West Ham United.
I do own a Liverpool jersey, courtesy of an old buddy though.
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
West Ham
Good solid English club to root for, though they’ve never won much of anything. My friend who got me into following the EPL is a West Ham fan.
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
They're in relegation danger at the moment
but they have kind of a fascinating little manager in Zola.
by Brett Perryman on Dec 13, 2009 7:57 PM CST up reply actions
Don't know what the CC leagues are.
Relegate as in the team gets demoted to the next lowest league. Read this wiki entry on the greatness of Promotion/Relegation.
Slim to none.
Such is the life of supporting a perennial mid-table side.
I was testing out MM
as West Ham.
2nd week, I notice Clint Dempsey (77 OVR) on the transfer market. He wants $6.3 Mill over three years. Good deal?
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
Psh.
I root for Chelsea and it feels great! Some great players to watch and root for.
The kind of remind me of Pittsburgh or Baltimore in the NFL. Their strength is through the center of the field – Cech, Terry, Carvalho, Essien, Drogba, and to some degree Lampard and Ballack.
Sure their owner is trigger happy with the manager firings, but he also funded them enough to dramatically increase their product and subsequently, their income. As to the complaints that they sign too many crazy expensive guys a la Man City or Real Madrid, they’ve really only signed 2 or 3 guys of consequence in the past 5 signing windows. Only 1 starts, the others are backups.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 13, 2009 9:59 PM CST up reply actions
They are the Yankees without tradition
by Brett Perryman on Dec 13, 2009 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
I always thought of ManU as the Yankees
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
Man Utd are the Yankees
with tradtition – which, yes, makes them the Yankees, but relating Chelsea to another organization would suggest that they’re anything but a club that made its way to the top through unsurpassed spending power, which would mislead someone who isn’t that familiar with the sport. They haven’t spent big for the past few windows and have had this ban issue, but let’s not kid ourselves.
by Brett Perryman on Dec 14, 2009 4:14 AM CST up reply actions
“As to the complaints that they sign too many crazy expensive guys a la Man City or Real Madrid, they’ve really only signed 2 or 3 guys of consequence in the past 5 signing windows. Only 1 starts, the others are backups.”
They aren’t the Yankees, Real Madrid would be the Yankees. A better comparison would probably be the Cuban with the Mavs, if the Mavs had been above average instead of awful throughout the 90s. Sure, when he first bought in, he threw his money around to try to make them winners and to increase the popularity of his brand. Both happened, though some of the moves were terribly horrific failures. But he’s calmed down quite a bit as far as the buying up players goes.
Plus, he attends all the games and seems to be pretty emotionally tied into the team and its fortunes.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 13, 2009 11:11 PM CST up reply actions
Readl Madrid are the Spanish Yankees. To me there are about 4-5 Yankees in soccer. I don’t think that you can really translate any of those clubs to organizations in American sports without using the Yankees as an analogy. I don’t think that you can really equate either Chelsea or Man Utd to a Red Sox or Dodgers or anything like that, because it would misrepresent their position, and you can really only use baseball to explain their place, because only baseball among our sports uses a system where one club is allowed to spend several times what the rest of their competition spends. I’ve thought about using college sports as an analogy, because, somewhat sadly, they have a freer, more open system than our other pro sports do, but no one is really as dominant as these guys unless you use just windows of years.
by Brett Perryman on Dec 14, 2009 4:10 AM CST up reply actions
That's well said.
My point was just that in the past offseason, Real Madrid seemed to take it to a whole new level (granted, they’ve done it before with Galacticos I). I agree that Chelsea got itself into the position it’s in through spending power, but you must admit that a large part chunk of their current team is made up of reasonable signings. It’s not like they did what Real did this past offseason.
Now where there biggest advantage is that they can keep the players that end up turning out very well for them. The only reason a player leaves a big 4 team (Cole excluded) is for outrageous money or for better weather. But this is the advantage that every top 4 team has.
Honestly, if my dad wasn’t a Chelsea fan and I was picking with no biases, I would probably choose Aston Villa. I like a lot of what the decisions they make.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 14, 2009 9:05 AM CST up reply actions
I think it's unfair to classify teams like Barca or United as the Yankees
The only team that is comparable to the Yankees in terms of European soccer is Real (and Real are the Yankees x 100). Neither City nor Chelsea have the tradition, and Roman’s spending has calmed down a bit.
Barca and United remind me of the Sawx. Both teams have plenty of money to spend, but will not spend it ridiculously like City or Madrid. Rather, they prefer to build from within their own academy/reserves or buy and develop.
When they asked Laporta (Barca prez) about Real’s signings after they bought Ronaldo, he said something to the effect of “Madrid buys stars, Barca makes them”. Class.
by LiamP on Dec 14, 2009 10:51 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Barca
Yeah, for as much stick as they get about being one of the financial heavyweights of world soccer, about half their roster is “homegrown” (either from the academy or bought as teenagers & developed) and it’s not just the bench filler types, either.
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
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