BenArsenal Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Whaaat....? Glad to see you're both well though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthreeleader Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 The hell you say. Glad you both are gracing the site even in photo form! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorusFM Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Haha fair to say the photo didn't turn out half bad. Top notch guy haha, was great to finally meet, too long overdue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WLKRAS Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 You both look thrilled to be meeting each other haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthreeleader Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 On 4/6/2017 at 06:55, WLKRAS said: You both look thrilled to be meeting each other haha FMS does that to people, I think. LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthreeleader Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 A note here: due to a discussion among the mods and the SI team, we now have the ability to "feature" threads for those times when we get a bit heavy on stickies. The difference is the star at top left of the thread title on the main page as opposed to the thumb tack. I've tried it here and it's another way to see key threads at a glance without sticking them to the top of a page. Carry on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Cool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 17 days left to vote in the Hall of Fame Preliminary Round guys. Still only five forum members have voted...Come on guys lets have a few more votes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Yes please. If you haven't voted, please do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 Guys for those ones that haven't voted yet. You have around five days left to VOTE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Last day to vote in the Hall of Fame guys. Please do if you haven't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 Remember their is a Friday night fixture in the predictions league this week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Quick question: does the old seven-day rule (where you couldn't start two new stories within a week unless in certain circumstances) still apply on FMS? I've looked through the rules but can't find anything about it. I'm not going to be posting any more new stories this month, but I've got two that will hopefully be ready to see daylight at some point during the off-season. I'd just like to know in advance if I can just post them whenever I can, or if there has to be an interval between them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 2 hours ago, CFuller said: Quick question: does the old seven-day rule (where you couldn't start two new stories within a week unless in certain circumstances) still apply on FMS? I've looked through the rules but can't find anything about it. I'm not going to be posting any more new stories this month, but I've got two that will hopefully be ready to see daylight at some point during the off-season. I'd just like to know in advance if I can just post them whenever I can, or if there has to be an interval between them. Its not in the actual rules but we still have it. Im sure tenthreeleader will deny or confirm the rule. We will amend the rules accordingly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
git2thachoppa Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 3 months away from playing FM, looks like it's time to continue my FM 2007 story. Good thing about having one is I can catch up reading my own thread so I don't get lost. BTW like your avatar CFuller 'cause I read that too, though this is my favourite pane: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthreeleader Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 7 hours ago, CFuller said: Quick question: does the old seven-day rule (where you couldn't start two new stories within a week unless in certain circumstances) still apply on FMS? I've looked through the rules but can't find anything about it. I'm not going to be posting any more new stories this month, but I've got two that will hopefully be ready to see daylight at some point during the off-season. I'd just like to know in advance if I can just post them whenever I can, or if there has to be an interval between them. We haven't changed the rules in a long time. The seven-day rule would be in effect (unless someone would like to consider changing certain of our older rules....) The reason was to avoid flooding the forum with writing that wouldn't be finished. Since we don't get as many new stories here as we used to, I'd look the other way on this, personally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 10 minutes ago, tenthreeleader said: We haven't changed the rules in a long time. The seven-day rule would be in effect (unless someone would like to consider changing certain of our older rules....) The reason was to avoid flooding the forum with writing that wouldn't be finished. Since we don't get as many new stories here as we used to, I'd look the other way on this, personally. Sir if your happy for the seven day rule to disappear as such then I'm happy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Thanks, gentlemen. That seven-day rule makes perfect sense, and I have no intention to release a new story so soon after publishing another. I was just curious as to why it wasn't in the rules anymore. @git2thachoppa Nice to see another David Squires fan in the house! My avatar of Sean Dyche being knighted by the Queen comes from this cartoon. As Sir Sean Dyche has been knighted in my Daggers story (after winning the World Cup with England), I simply could not pass the opportunity to have that as my avatar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 Last year I didn't do my annual Fifteen to One sign up but this year I'm thinking of doing it again. For those that aren't sure what I'm on about feel free to read the following two stories: Fifteen to One A Quest to be the Best Fifteen to One MKII - Who will beat Celtic_1967 All I need from you lot is a PM to see if your interested and which two leagues we could have it running on FM17. Obviously two spaces are taken up with myself joining and last years winner tenthreeleader will be automatically entered to defend his crown. Forum Members Entered: 1) tenthreeleader (Defending Champion) 2) mark wilson27 (Because I made the sign up ) 3) CFuller 4) BenArsenal 5) salkster2102 6) chesterfan2 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I'd be up for that again. PM sent, Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 Just another quick note guys, I have updated the FMS Archives with more stories. As always if any of you think I've missed one of yours please PM me and let me know cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Count me in too for the story Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
salkster2102 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Count me in too Mark. Just to throw an idea out there. How about a new rule in football where teams have to leave at least 2 players forward at all times? Nothing to do with me being frustrated at another bus being parked at Anfield.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 42 minutes ago, salkster2102 said: Count me in too Mark. Just to throw an idea out there. How about a new rule in football where teams have to leave at least 2 players forward at all times? Nothing to do with me being frustrated at another bus being parked at Anfield.... Added you salkster thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesterfan2 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Hola, Long-time no post and all that. The sight of my children playing FIFA17 has driven me back here though, it's like I've never been away, but like everyone else has. Anyway add me into the sign up Mark. Carry On. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Welcome back chester and you've been added to the sign up cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WLKRAS Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Chuck me in Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Last year I didn't do my annual Fifteen to One sign up but this year I'm thinking of doing it again. For those that aren't sure what I'm on about feel free to read the following two stories: Fifteen to One A Quest to be the Best Fifteen to One MKII - Who will beat Celtic_1967 All I need from you lot is a PM to see if your interested and which two leagues we could have it running on FM17. Obviously two spaces are taken up with myself joining and last years winner tenthreeleader will be automatically entered to defend his crown. Forum Members Entered: 1) tenthreeleader (Defending Champion) 2) mark wilson27 (Because I made the sign up ) 3) CFuller 4) BenArsenal 5) salkster2102 6) chesterfan2 7) WLKRAS 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) (Updated list)...Eight more spaces up for grabs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 Anyone else fancy joining also what league would you like to run it in. Its going to be played on FM17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 Going to keep the sign up open for another couple of days then if I have a decent amount of people interested I'll get it started Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
git2thachoppa Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 With the 2014 Spanish World Cup approaching in my story thread, I have created a Match of the Day intro to go with it: I was gonna go with Shakira, but Stevie Wonder is just too good, who cares if it isn't strictly Spanish? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 You do know that Shakira is from Colombia, right? That's not a bad intro, mind you. I wish I could do something like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
git2thachoppa Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, CFuller said: You do know that Shakira is from Colombia, right? That's not a bad intro, mind you. I wish I could do something like that. Yah but it was a choice between the real life official 2014 World Cup song La La La which is at least IN Spanish, or Stevie Wonder which is samba but is way better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 You could've borrowed this from the BBC's 1982 World Cup intro. Then again, that doesn't sound particularly modern... or Spanish! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 Last year I didn't do my annual Fifteen to One sign up but this year I'm thinking of doing it again. For those that aren't sure what I'm on about feel free to read the following two stories: Fifteen to One A Quest to be the Best Fifteen to One MKII - Who will beat Celtic_1967 All I need from you lot is a PM to see if your interested and which two leagues we could have it running on FM17. Obviously two spaces are taken up with myself joining and last years winner tenthreeleader will be automatically entered to defend his crown. Forum Members Entered: 1) tenthreeleader (Defending Champion) 2) mark wilson27 (Because I made the sign up ) 3) CFuller 4) BenArsenal 5) salkster2102 6) chesterfan2 7) WLKRAS 8) EvilDave 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) I have seven more spaces left guys, going to close this off when I get back from work tomorrow at 3am. Theirs only eight people in at the moment which is enough to make a decent show of it but would prefer to have the full fifteen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark wilson27 Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Looks like the 15-1 sign up is going down to 8-1. @EvilDave I have PM'd you regarding this. Cheers to those who have entered and watch this space Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 So that's that then. In the end it was too little too late and we've finally failed to make it. I'm trying to see the positive parts about the whole thing. If it results in a change for the better for the club then perhaps it is the well-deserved kick up the backside we need. And I hope we take the Europa League seriously because it is a realistic chance to go on a good cup run and win a European trophy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 19 consecutive years in the Champions League. We had a good run. We've become far too complacent of late, so in a way, I'm quite relieved that we've finally been shown up. We need fresh management and possibly the support of a more co-operative owner (which is why I'd favour Alisher Usmanov's takeover bid over Stan Kroenke staying at the club), otherwise we're just going to keep falling off the pace. We'd then go into another phase of selling our best assets year-on-year (it looks like Sánchez this year, then Ozil, then I guess Bellerín will be next), in which case we can forget about challenging for honours any time soon. If I was the man in charge, I'd be doing everything I could to bring Massimiliano Allegri and Paulo Dybala over from Juventus. Realistically, though, I'd like to see Luis Enrique come in. Thanks to our failures this season, I've pretty much decided what my first save on FM18 will be (provided I buy that game, of course ). If Arsene Wenger is still Arsenal manager by next season, I'll be booting him out and managing Arsenal (hopefully for more than the single season I managed on FM16). If Wenger has departed by then, I'll probably do an Aberdeen save instead and try to topple Celtic's Invincibles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
git2thachoppa Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 The look on Wenger's face, some mix of confusion and deer-in-the-headlights, like "we've not won the Top 4 trophy?... This must be a lucid dream... is there meaning to life any more?" It's like he sort of did the minimum to challenge for top every season, assuming he'll get top 4 in a worst case scenario anyway, then it all came crumbling down finally and he still never saw it coming. If Wenger leaves, whether Arsenal improve or drop will depend on those higher up now. Man Utd messed up panic-sacking Moyes rather than giving him another year, at which point if he still sucked they probably could've got Klopp anyway. I hope for excitement for Arsenal fans, whichever end of the table, it's better than being stale. Even constantly winning at the top gets a bit boring. But as a non-Arsenal fan, I hope Wenger stays in charge forever. You're always in with a very strong chance of points against Wenger's Arsenal, and even if they get the win you can rely on them dropping points to teams you roll over anyway so you make it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthreeleader Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 3 hours ago, git2thachoppa said: You're always in with a very strong chance of points against Wenger's Arsenal, and even if they get the win you can rely on them dropping points to teams you roll over anyway so you make it up. Unless you're Manchester United. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
git2thachoppa Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Just now, tenthreeleader said: Unless you're Manchester United. Not at all, I'm speaking as a Man Utd fan. I would want Arsene at Arsenal forever. Arsenal won plenty of matches against Utd, but then kindly dropped points to those big bully midtable clubs for us to steam ahead. Him at Arsenal, Benitez at Liverpool, Mourinho at Chelsea playing a narrow formation against Giggs and Ronaldo, those were the days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthreeleader Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 An awful lot of fun watching Josh Harrop score for Manchester United on his debut today, especially since he spent a season on loan with my Oxford United team in FM 15. Anyone else ever enjoy the feeling when a player they once had on loan does something great? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I've been looking back at my Premier League predictions from the start of the season. Long story short: I'm better off sticking to writing about fictional football. City champions? Chelsea a solid 4th? Tottenham only 5th? West Ham in the top six? And Middlesbrough in 12th place? WHAT WAS I THINKING?! Still, at least I didn't say anything like this... On 14/08/2016 at 15:19, BenArsenal said: 11. Sunderland - Moyes is a good manager to bring stability to any club (he was just unfortunate in his last two appointments I feel), which is what Sunderland need desperately. They actually have a good squad of players, so if it all goes well I can see Sunderland safely in upper mid-table Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 17 hours ago, tenthreeleader said: An awful lot of fun watching Josh Harrop score for Manchester United on his debut today, especially since he spent a season on loan with my Oxford United team in FM 15. Anyone else ever enjoy the feeling when a player they once had on loan does something great? I signed Danny Drinkwater on a season-long loan from Man Utd for my Millwall team in FM11. He was as adept at scoring long-range screamers as he was at losing his head and getting sent off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
git2thachoppa Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 1 hour ago, CFuller said: I've been looking back at my Premier League predictions from the start of the season. Long story short: I'm better off sticking to writing about fictional football. City champions? Chelsea a solid 4th? Tottenham only 5th? West Ham in the top six? And Middlesbrough in 12th place? WHAT WAS I THINKING?! Still, at least I didn't say anything like this... Remember when after about 10 games everyone was saying Man City had the title wrapped up. Same people will be making these same early 'bold' predictions every season, like teams never overcome a point deficit or come from two goals behind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenArsenal Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 19 hours ago, CFuller said: I've been looking back at my Premier League predictions from the start of the season. Long story short: I'm better off sticking to writing about fictional football. City champions? Chelsea a solid 4th? Tottenham only 5th? West Ham in the top six? And Middlesbrough in 12th place? WHAT WAS I THINKING?! Still, at least I didn't say anything like this... Oh....*groan* It's been a terrible season for me. I clearly know nothing about football... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthreeleader Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Each year in the predictions pool, my goal is to not finish last. So thanks, Ben. Just kidding. There but for the grace of God go I. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Well... at least we've won something at the end of a dreadful season. This would be an ideal time for Arsene to bow out on a high. I suspect he will stick around for a bit longer, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
git2thachoppa Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 BREAKING NEWS: Moses prophethood revoked only 24 hours into Ramadan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Moses was a right idiot. Who on Earth dives in an FA Cup Final when they're already on a yellow card? That call from Anthony Taylor was absolutely spot-on - indeed, so were most of his other big decisions. I hope other Premier League referees show as much bravery as Taylor next season, so that the scourge of diving can be properly stamped out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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