Joe. Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Don't really understand why Gradi is getting all the clean sheets and Shaw is conceding a few.. Not complaining, mind you! Just hope it leads to him being at a club that he can progress with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtiessen Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 All in all while not topping the rankings, I'm happy with how Ace is turning out. Hope next year sees some improvement in his performances and climbing up the ranks a little. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_D_K Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Good to see youngster Galen hitting the leaderboard every month (if only a 4th place finisher in most of those months---pesky fullbacks stealing the show!). A solid starting season for him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDH38 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Just caught up again, great thread and loving the social aspect of it now. Bloody foreigners eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 March 2016 Results Vanarama National - FNS 3-0 Woking FA Trophy Semi Final 1st Leg - Wrexham 2-0 FNS Vanarama National - Chester 2-2 FNS FA Trophy Semi Final 2nd Leg - FNS 2-2 Wrexham Vanarama National - FNS 4-1 Barrow Vanarama National - Dover 0-2 FNS A tremendously disappointing month. Yes we confirmed a playoff place, and yes we went unbeaten in the league again but we threw away a great chance at taking home the FA Trophy, going down 4-2 on aggregate over 2 legs that we dominated. As good as these youngsters are they do sometimes lack the cutting edge needed in this game, but I'm sure with time they'll learn. League Table Player Stats Rankings Defensive: 1st - Jack Quispe 2nd - Vilis Ozolinsh 3rd - Galen DeKay 4th - Andrew McGowan None of the defence exactly covered themselves in glory this month, a lot of sloppy work at the back and with both of the regular fullback stars looking just a little bit off the pace. Maybe the long season is starting to take its toll but hopefully this was just a momentary blip and they can finish the season strong. Support: 1st - Michael van Aarde 2nd - Wilson 3rd - Chris Draycott 4th - Leon Jorge van Aarde really has taken first place and made it his own. What's it gonna take to dislodge this kid from his spot? Another month where he didn't do anything really eye catching, no assists, no goals, only 4 shots taken all month but he continues to do exactly what is needed of him, being a very reliable midfield general and allowing the more creative players around him to find the space to operate effectively. Offensive: 1st - Graham Brophy 2nd - Chak Tau 3rd - Ace Robinson 4th - Kristian Dwyer Brophy has most certainly found his shooting boots with 8 goals in 6 games this month, he's finally looking like a reliable goal threat and deservedly picks up first place again. Unfortunately his fine work wasn't backed up by the rest of the teams attacking players and there really wasn't much to pick out in terms of positives with Chak taking second by virtue of the fact that he had a couple of good moments and Robinson just sneaking in ahead of Dwyer by being marginally less terrible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Why do the keepers both get guaranteed starts whilst other positions have to hope for the best? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Why do the keepers both get guaranteed starts whilst other positions have to hope for the best? From my experience with this kind of thing in the past the majority of outfield players go rotated into the team enough to get a chance, and there have been quite a few occasions this season where players have picked up points on the back of one or two appearances. It's rare for a player to get almost no appearances and I will consider forcing a few player selections next season. The reason why the goalkeepers are guaranteed appearances is because without doing so one of them is guaranteed to not get a single appearance over the two years. The AI never rotates keepers so if the number one choice stayed injury free (which is pretty likely) then the second choice keeper wouldn't set foot on the pitch, whereas with outfield players it's normally the case that they'd all get rotated in at some point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 May 2016 & End of Season Report Results Vanarama Trophy - Eastleigh 1-4 FNS Vanarama Trophy - FNS 0-0 Aldershot Vanarama Trophy - FNS 2-0 Bromley Vanarama Trophy - Grimsby 1-2 FNS Vanarama Trophy - FNS 2-2 Kidderminster Vanarama Trophy - Lincoln 1-2 FNS So there we have it, 9 months after a bunch of kids were thrown together for the first time the season is done and dusted and quite frankly they've walked all over the rest of the division! A few hiccups along the way but overall they're looking like a very useful outfit and I'm sure that one more season here and they'll all be very well set to move on to the wider world of professional football. League Table Player Stats Club Awards League Awards Player of the Season - Chuk Tau Top Goalscorer - 2nd - Graham Brophy Rankings Goalkeepers: 1st - Mario Gradi 2nd - James Shaw For the first time we have the goalkeepers ranked this month. While technically Shaw was stronger in some areas, making more saves per match and less mistakes over the course of the season, the number of clean sheets that Gradi had simply cannot be ignored and so the number 1 spot has to go to Gradi. Defensive: 1st - Andrew McGowan 2nd - Galen DeKay 3rd - Vilis Ozolinsh 4th - Alfred Geolan Support: 1st - Michael van Aarde 2nd - Wilson 3rd - Leon Jorge 4th - Chris Draycott Offensive: 1st - Chak Tau 2nd - Ace Robinson 3rd - Graham Brophy 4th - Joel Acosta So, after a long season the boys have a chance for a well deserved break because in six weeks time it starts all over again. Let's hope they make the most of their rest & relaxation and come back refreshed and ready for the challenge of League 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Season 2 Pre-Season Player Profiles GK - James Shaw - Initial Profile - Season 2 GK - Mario Gradi - Initial Profile - Season 2 DR - Andrew McGowan - Initial Profile - Season 2 DR - Jake Mulrooney - Initial Profile - Season 2 DL - Alfred Geolan - Initial Profile - Season 2 DL - Vilis Ozolinsh - Initial Profile - Season 2 DC - Killian Luka - Initial Profile - Season 2 DC - Jack Quispe - Initial Profile - Season 2 DC - Vasiliy Pupkin - Initial Profile - Season 2 DC - Galen DeKay - Initial Profile - Season 2 DM - Wilson - Initial Profile - Season 2 DM - Chris Draycott - Initial Profile - Season 2 MC - Michael van Aarde - Initial Profile - Season 2 MC - Leon Jorge - Initial Profile - Season 2 MR - Kristian Dwyer - Initial Profile - Season 2 MR - Chak Tau - Initial Profile - Season 2 ML - Alexander Baker - Initial Profile - Season 2 ML - Ace Robinson - Initial Profile - Season 2 AMC - Ariel Pryde - Initial Profile - Season 2 AMC - Arron Balmerk - Initial Profile - Season 2 ST - Graham Brophy - Initial Profile - Season 2 ST - Ugrasen Deshveer - Initial Profile - Season 2 ST - Joel Acosta - Initial Profile - Season 2 International Updates Senior Internationals Arron Balmerk - Tahiti - 11 caps, 0 goals Chak Tau - Hong Kong - 8 caps, 1 goal Vilis Ozolinsh - Latvia - 5 caps, 0 goals Graham Brophy - Faroe Islands - 1 cap, 0 goals Ariel Pryde - Israel - 1 cap, 0 goals Ugrasen Deshveer - India - 1 cap, 0 goals Joel Acosta - Philippines - 1 cap, 1 goal Under 21 Internationals Alexander Baker - Wales - 7 caps, 0 goals Vasiliy Pupkin - Russia - 6 caps, 0 goals Killian Luka - Ireland - 5 caps, 0 goals James Shaw - England - 1 cap, 0 goals Under 19 Internationals Every player not mentioned above, with the exception of Andrew McGowan and Wilson, have been capped at Under 19 level. Changes for this season Due to some rumblings about the unfairness of the team selection by the Assistant Manager, a more equal solution has been sought for this season. The team will be split into two line-ups which will alternate each month. This should result in each player getting roughly the same number of appearances over the course of the season and making sure each player has a proper chance to prove themselves. As a result of this change in selection policy the monthly rankings will be dropped and instead each group of players will be ranked at the end of the season with the points awarded being 24 for 1st place, 21 for 2nd, 18 for 3rd, 15 for 4th and so on. To keep things consistent the current points tallies from the first season have been updated to reflect the new scoring system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullem Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 The changes sound good Sad to see Quispe choose England over Peru, at least at U19 level. Hoping he hasn't declared so he could maybe change? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakarooney Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Quick question. Why are all the players joining Man Utd? I thought they would join clubs according to their ranking. Am I just missing something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
podunkboy Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Quick question. Why are all the players joining Man Utd? I thought they would join clubs according to their ranking. Am I just missing something? That's just something he put into their profiles to keep them from being poached before they get assigned their clubs after two seasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Quick question. Why are all the players joining Man Utd? I thought they would join clubs according to their ranking. Am I just missing something? I did say it in the first post! As Podunk said it's a placeholder, if a player is set for a future transfer they can't be signed by anybody so I stuck in a future transfer to make sure that the players all stayed at FNS for 2 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
podunkboy Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I'm liking Baker's development over the past year, hopefully he can stay happy and injury free next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Corperial Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Gee, I wonder why some people should be a little upset about their play time being a little unfair. Ending the sarcasm, If Ariel didn't get a start in that final month, he would've played as many times for FNS as the Israeli National Team, that's not a great sign there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Participating Clubs Announced After a season of suspense we can finally confirm the list of clubs that have agreed to take part in this experiment. The players will be signed by the following clubs according to their ranking: 1st - Barcelona 2nd - Atletico Madrid 3rd - Manchester City 4th - Paris Saint-Germain 5th - Sporting CP 6th - Dortmund 7th - Napoli 8th - Wolfsburg 9th - Everton 10th - Sampdoria 11th - FC Twente 12th - Deportivo 13th - Sunderland 14th - Thun 15th - Rangers 16th - NEC 17th - Bolton 18th - Boavista 19th - Dundalk 20th - FC Emmen 21st - York City The goalkeepers, as they won't be in the main ranking list will find themselves at the following clubs: 1st - Atalanta 2nd - Oldham So as you can see we really do have a wide range of clubs taking part, seeing our players starting their careers all around Europe and at all different level and while I'm sure that the prospect of a big money deal at Barcelona or Atletico is something any youngster would want, I have a sneaking suspicion that we might see the underdogs at the smaller clubs prove a lot of their doubters wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuulDK Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Gee, I wonder why some people should be a little upset about their play time being a little unfair. Ending the sarcasm, If Ariel didn't get a start in that final month, he would've played as many times for FNS as the Israeli National Team, that's not a great sign there. Same here... Killian Luka player one or two more matches for FNS the whole season, than he did for the Irish U-21 squad... :-O And half of them probably was Cup games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynaboyj Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I like the club list! And how well van Aarde's doing, although I'd prefer he'd go to a club in maybe the 8-12 range. If he keeps up his form, he's in for the deal of his life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonbalmy87 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Lol i am in FNS team of the year even though i only started 6 games rest of them were sub impact player right here 11 caps for Tahiti pretty obvious id be getting selected for them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Gradi and Shaw fighting it out for a contract with Atalanta or Oldham never mind... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 August 2016 Results Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 3-0 Bristol Rovers Capital One Cup First Round - FNS 2-1 Brentford (Championship) Sky Bet League 2 - AFC Wimbledon 1-0 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 2-0 Chester Sky Bet League 2 - Bury 2-1 FNS Capital One Cup Second Round - West Brom (Premiership) 2-3 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 2-1 Mansfield Well I think it's fair to say that the lads can be very happy with their first month in the Football League, a pretty solid return of 9 points from 5 games and two outstanding wins in the Capital One Cup against quality opposition should give the team real confidence. If I had to be demanding I'd say that they should have done even better in the league this month however as against both Wimbledon and Bury we were the stronger side throughout but failed to capitalise on that. League Table Player Stats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakarooney Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I did say it in the first post!As Podunk said it's a placeholder, if a player is set for a future transfer they can't be signed by anybody so I stuck in a future transfer to make sure that the players all stayed at FNS for 2 years. Okay thanks guys. I guess I just didn't read it properly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grianaig Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Nice start to the season. Great result against the Baggies. Good to see Wilson getting on the scoresheet nice and early, and picked up his 1st yellow card since 13th February. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 September 2016 Results Sky Bet League 2 - Morecambe 1-1 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 1-1 Northampton Johnstone's Paint Trophy South First Round - Crawley (League 2) 1-3 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 3-1 Hartlepool Capital One Cup Third Round - Burnley (Championship) 1-3 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - Plymouth 0-2 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - Notts County 3-0 FNS So close to an undefeated month in the league only to slip up badly at the final hurdle. Another great win in the Capital One Cup however, knocking out our second Championship team, but it does beg the question, how can we beat Burnley so easily and yet get hammered by Notts County? Predictable this team isn't! League Table Player Stats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 October 2016 Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 2-2 Leyton Orient Injury - Galen DeKay - Strained knee ligaments - 6 to 8 weeks Johnstone's Paint Trophy Second Round - FNS 1-1(p) Peterborough (League 1) Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 1-0 Rochdale Injury - Wilson - Concussion - 10 days Sky Bet League 2 - Crawley 0-2 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 2-2 Cambridge Injury - Kristian Dwyer - Concussion - 10 days Capital One Cup Fourth Round - FNS 3-0 Southampton (Premiership) Sky Bet League 2 - Newport County 1-1 FNS What the hell is it with this team and the Capital One Cup! Another Premiership team bites the dust and once again it wasn't a lucky win, we bossed the game and wholeheartedly deserved the victory. Now before anybody says that we must have been playing their youth team, I assure you that's not the case. Their team included Alex McCarthy (their number 1 keeper), Cedric (their first choice right back), Virgil van Dijk and Kamil Glik (their first choice central defenders), Steven Davis and James Ward-Prowse (first choice midfielders) and Gaston Ramirez and Charlie Austin (both top quality strikers). I'm sure our luck will run out eventually, but with the run we're having a draw against Championship level Nottingham Forest in the next round is suddenly seeming much less daunting than it probably should! League Table Player Stats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andychar Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Good to see McGowan continuing his good form, although can't believe he continues to be overlooked by the Scottish U19s! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtiessen Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Good to see Ace contributing regularly. Tied for 4th in goals and Tied for 3rd in assists so I think he's playing his role alright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
podunkboy Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Couldn't help but notice Alexander Baker has one appearance in 3 months - serious injury or blind gaffer? Can't win if they won't play you... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakarooney Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Wow! A whole 6 appearances for Mulrooney! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev'o Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Finally I start and then I go and bump my feckin head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 Couldn't help but notice Alexander Baker has one appearance in 3 months - serious injury or blind gaffer? Can't win if they won't play you... He suffered a damaged spine in training on August 22nd. Was out for a couple of months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 November 2016 Results Sky Bet League 2 - Barnet 2-3 FNS FA Cup 1st Round - FNS 0-2 Fleetwood (League 1) Injury - Leon Jorge - Twisted knee - 3 weeks Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 2-0 Exeter Injury - Arron Balmerk - Concussion - 10 days Sky Bet League 2 - Port Vale 1-3 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 4-0 Yeovil Capital One Cup Quarter Final - Nottingham Forest (Championship) 2-3 FNS So in the FA Cup we sucked, in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy we sucked, but in the Capital One Cup we keep marching on. I don't know how we're still in it but once again the team pulled out a remarkable performance against top quality opposition, matching Forest throughout the entire match and walking away with another well deserved victory. Unfortunately it doesn't get easier from here, this win sets up a semi-final tie with Arsenal and no matter which way you spin it you've got to say that this will probably be the end of the road. League Table Player Stats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vDraycottv Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Good to see my player is clearly committed to the cause by getting sent off. Idiot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Bring on Arsenal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 December 2016 & January, February, March, April, May 2017 As there's been a bit of a delay in updates I figured I'd get the rest of the second season out of the way in one hit. Results Sky Bet League 2 - York 0-1 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - Bristol Rovers 0-3 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 3-0 Crewe Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 2-1 Stevenage Capital One Cup Semi-Final First Leg - FNS 0-2 Arsenal Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 3-1 AFC Wimbledon Sky Bet League 2 - Chester 1-2 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - Oxford 2-1 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 3-2 Bury Capital One Cup Semi-Final Second Leg - Arsenal 2-0 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - Mansfield 0-2 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 4-1 Morecambe Sky Bet League 2 - Northampton 0-5 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 2-0 Notts County Sky Bet League 2 - Hartlepool 0-0 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 3-1 Plymouth Sky Bet League 2 - Leyton Orient 1-0 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 1-1 Barnet Sky Bet League 2 - Rochdale 0-0 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 1-0 Crawley Sky Bet League 2 - Cambridge 1-0 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 3-1 Newport County Sky Bet League 2 - Exeter 0-2 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 4-0 Port Vale Sky Bet League 2 - Yeovil 0-1 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 4-1 York Sky Bet League 2 - Stevenage 1-5 FNS Sky Bet League 2 - FNS 3-0 Oxford Sky Bet League 2 - Crewe 2-1 FNS League Table Player Stats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonbalmy87 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Balmerk finally playing well getting plenty off assists but would like a goal or two Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Mario Gradi still with an impressive clean sheet record, even if his average rating doesn't really impress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullem Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Exciting times then - are we now to see our players get assigned their clubs? Hope Quispe has done enough to earn him a top half club (though I fear he hasn't) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 2016/17 End of Season Report So there we have it and I think its fair to say that these lads have exceeded expectations this year. Brushing aside everybody else in the league to break the 100 point barrier for the second season running, making it all the way to the Semi-Final of the Capital One Cup knocking out 3 Championship and 2 Premiership clubs along the way and time and time again showing the sheer class that a lot of this group have. It's almost a shame to break them up but I suppose it's time to send them on their way and let them loose on the professional game. Club Awards League Awards Player of the Year - Kristian Dwyer Players' Team of the Year - MR - Kristian Dwyer Season Rankings: To keep things fair the rankings have been done in such a way that there is only a top 6 for defenders and attackers, this is because there are only six support players and so if the other two groups had more than 6 places available there would be players picking up less point than even the worst of the support players have got. Points from season 1 have been adjusted to reflect this. Goalkeepers: 1st - Mario Gradi 2nd - James Shaw Once again Shaw had a season that was on paper better in every area with the one exception being that he conceded more goals! He made more saves per game, made less mistakes and was more accurate with his distribution, however he also kept nearly 1/3rd of the number of clean sheets Gradi did and conceded 11 more goals in 4 less games and at the end of the day that's all that a keeper is going to be judged on. Defensive: 1st - Andrew McGowan 2nd - Galen DeKay 3rd - Vilis Ozolinsh 4th - Jake Mulrooney =5th - Vasiliy Pupkin =5th - Alfred Geolan =6th - Killian Luka =6th - Jack Quispe So McGowan managed to carry on his form from last season into this one, always looking like a threat down the right flank and proved himself to be very capable of humiliating much more experienced players than himself. If I had to pick out a weakness I'd say that he has a bit of a habit of diving into tackles and he can try to be too ambitious with the ball, resulting in it being given away cheaply a bit too often however as this tends to happen well into the oppositions half it more often than not doesn't lead to anything for our opponents. Behind him things get a bit harder to separate, DeKay, Ozolinsh, Geoland and Mulrooney were all good at times and all struggled at times however DeKay pips those three to second place by virtue of the fact that he was our most complete defender, missed out a bit through injury but still won more headers than any other defender, had more tackles per game than any other defender, lost a lower percentage of both than any other defender and made less mistakes than any other central defender. Bringing up the rear were Luka and Quispe, neither of whom are bad players at all but they do have definite areas of their game they need to work on. Quispe struggled greatly in the air all season, not winning as many duels as you'd expect from a player of his ability and he had a nasty habit of holding onto the ball too long and getting caught in possession. Luka on the other hand was great defensively but panicky on the ball, completing less than 50% of his passes he often seems to neglect to play a simple pass out of defence in favour of hoofing the ball 70 yards to nobody. Support: 1st - Arron Balmerk 2nd - Ariel Pryde 3rd - Wilson 4th - Chris Draycott 5th - Michael van Aarde 6th - Leon Jorge Well this is a bit of a surprise. Ariel Pryde, a player who didn't even get a chance last year, comes in and puts himself right near the top of the rankings and Michael van Aarde goes from being glued to the top of the charts plummets all the way down to fifth. Both van Aarde and Jorge suffered the same problem, they both looked like tidy players who lacked ambition. Both kept things quite neat, didn't make too many mistakes, rarely gave the ball away but never seemed to do anything with it, far too content to spend entire games playing short sideways passes instead of looking to push the team on and drive them forwards. Taking top spot is a player who was the complete opposite, Arron Balmerk. Yes he barely completed 70% of his passes and lost the ball more frequently than any other midfielder but he was exciting. Every time he got the ball the one thing in mind was to drive straight forwards, run at the opposition and make something happen and the fact that he's finished with more assists than the rest of the support group combined shows that what he did worked well. Offensive: 1st - Kristian Dwyer 2nd - Graham Brophy 3rd - Chak Tau 4th - Ace Robinson 5th - Ugrasen Deshveer =6th - Joel Acosta =6th - Alexander Baker A very close category at the top with both Brophy and Dwyer having fantastic seasons. Brophy is a pretty clinical finisher, always seems able to find that little bit of space in the box in which to operate and always seemed to be able to produce a goal right when we needed one, however Dwyer takes top spot for his all round contribution. While Brophy is a single minded striker, Dwyer pops up everywhere along the front line working his ass off to create chances for himself and others and it's that which gives him top spot this time around. At the other end we have a player who, like Dwyer, works like mad but unfortunately doesn't seem to have quite the same quality. Alexander Baker ran more each match than any other player in the team but despite possessing all the skills to on paper torment defenders he consistently fell short. Yes he scored some goals but more often than not his shooting was wasteful and he lacked the composure to ever deliver a good cross, completing only 3 crosses in 20 appearances. It was a similar tale for Joel Acosta too, like Brophy in second place he seems able to find the space in the box that he needs consistently but his finishing was woeful at times, taking nearly 12 shots for each of his goals. Overall Rankings So after two seasons of hard work from the lads we are finally done and dusted and the final positions are as follows. In the event of a tie on points names were randomly selected from a hat (and I'm not joking, I really did write the names down and pick them out of a hat!) to determine the order. Outfield: 1st - Andrew McGowan =2nd - Graham Brophy =2nd - Chak Tau =2nd - Vilis Ozolinsh =5th - Arron Balmerk =5th - Galen DeKay =5th - Wilson 8th - Michael van Aarde 9th - Kristian Dwyer =10th - Ugrasen Deshveer =10th - Ace Robinson =10th - Ariel Pryde =13th - Leon Jorge =13th - Chris Draycott =15th - Jake Mulrooney =15th - Vasiliy Pupkin =15th - Jack Quispe =15th - Alfred Geolan 19th - Alexander Baker =20th - Killian Luka =20th - Joel Acosta Goalkeepers: 1st - Mario Gradi 2nd - James Shaw Future Clubs So the end result after all of this means that the real career of all of these exciting young talents start at the following clubs. GK - James Shaw - Oldham GK - Mario Gradi - Atalanta DR - Andrew McGowan - Barcelona DR - Jake Mulrooney - Rangers DL - Alfred Geolan - Boavista DL - Vilis Ozolinsh - Paris Saint-Germain DC - Killian Luka - FC Emmen DC - Jack Quispe - Bolton DC - Vasiliy Pupkin - NEC DC - Galen DeKay - Dortmund DM - Wilson - Napoli DM - Chris Draycott - Thun MC - Michael van Aarde - Wolfsburg MC - Leon Jorge - Sunderland AMC - Ariel Pryde - Deportivo AMC - Arron Balmerk - Sporting CP MR - Kristian Dwyer - Everton MR - Chak Tau - Manchester City ML - Alexander Baker - Dundalk ML - Ace Robinson - FC Twente ST - Graham Brophy - Atletico Madrid ST - Ugrasen Deshveer - Sampdoria ST - Joel Acosta - York City Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonbalmy87 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Great Season by Balmerk (Tahitian Zidane) Off to Portugal I go not a bad place to start off with hopefully will get a few games. Great Season by the boys in Blue also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
podunkboy Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Alexander Baker: "Dundalk? Where's Dundalk?" I guess if there's a bright side, it's that Baker can almost commute home from Ireland to Scotland. Hopefully, he'll receive lots of good, green Irish love from the fans there. (actually went to look, it's either a 50 minute flight or a 6-hour drive (with ferry).) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDH38 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Off to Paris! Pleased to see development so far, hope it's not all going to waste in the PSG reserves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullem Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 hahaha ok, never mind about the shambles of the rankings hopefully Quispe can prove you wrong at Bolton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terence123470 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 xxxx no Manchester City, why the none the other clubs but xxxxing Manchester $ity....... I can already see his bad ending , and I hope he can leave the club permanently ASAP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynaboyj Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Shame for Michael to have a dip in form that led to a 5th-place finish for support, considering he was doing really well last year. I guess it was harder for him to adapt to a higher level of play. That said, I'm glad it happened, because he gets to go to Wolfsburg--kind of a mid-level club where he'd have to prove his worth but also not one where it'd be impossible to do anything like Barca, Atleti or PSG. Plus it puts him closer to his Dutch parents' roots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Corperial Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Wow Ariel really turned it up that last season, and playing for Deportivo, let's hope he has as good of a career as his countryman, Dudu Aouate whom also played for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack4ever Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 2017/18 Pre-Season Loans Player - From - To - Division - Squad Status Andrew McGowan - Barcelona - Leicester - English Premier Division - Hot Prospect Slightly surprised that we didn't see more players being sent out on loan this season, I thought we'd see half a dozen or so being farmed out but I am pleasantly surprised to see almost everybody being retained by their clubs. The one loan that we do have is a bit of a weird one too, with Leicester not promising any game time to McGowan I'd have thought that Barcelona would want to keep him in order to keep a close eye on his development, but maybe they know better than I do. Contracts International Player Profiles GK - James Shaw - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 GK - Mario Gradi - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 DR - Andrew McGowan - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 DR - Jake Mulrooney - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 DL - Alfred Geolan - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 DL - Vilis Ozolinsh - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 DC - Killian Luka - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 DC - Jack Quispe - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 DC - Vasiliy Pupkin - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 DC - Galen DeKay - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 DM - Wilson - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 DM - Chris Draycott - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 MC - Michael van Aarde - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 MC - Leon Jorge - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 MR - Kristian Dwyer - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 MR - Chak Tau - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 ML - Alexander Baker - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 ML - Ace Robinson - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 AMC - Ariel Pryde - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 AMC - Arron Balmerk - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 ST - Graham Brophy - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 ST - Ugrasen Deshveer - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 ST - Joel Acosta - Initial Profile - Season 2 - Season 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenzar Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Looks like Alfie's doing reasonably well in Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andychar Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Great two seasons for McGowan but maybe finishing top and going to a massive club straight away could be a poison chalice! Hopefully he can surprise people at Leicester and get some game time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koetzer Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 9 caps already Well I know that current Russian defenders are old and decline fast, but still didn't expect that from AI. Probably going to play at the home World Cup (wondering who else will qualify there). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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