Season 29 Week 7 processing...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Internationals do affect stamina...

although, no cup matches, so should be ok unless players are older. ..

Blackburn 2 Chelsea 3 Luka Modric makes it an exciting finish at Ewood Park.
AC Milan 4 Cremonese 0 Giuseppe Rossi on 76 minutes.

These are all vaild reasons for suffering but you are missing my point that we have gone from battering teams to losing to bang average.  I haven't changed anything, bearing in mind Paul recently described Nantes as the best run club in the game, apparently counts for nothing when lining up against a bunch of farmers.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Oh dear Tom will be even unhappier now cos it is now

Birmingham 2 Charlton 1

after a Dimitri Payet goal has put the home side ahead...

Glad it amuses you Paul.

Liverpool 6 ( six ) Fulham 4 Wilfried Zaha on 77 miutes.
Wycombe 1 Wednesday 2 Jesus Navas.
Tranmere 1 Leicester 0 Manuel Fernandes.
Norwich 4 Preston 0 Brice Dja-Djedje.

Tom@Charlton wrote:

Phil@Watford wrote:

Tom@Charlton wrote:

Phil@Watford wrote:

Tom@Charlton wrote:

Nantes managed to turn themselves into absolute dog shite despite no team changes over the last couple of weeks?  

No team changes, is that cause there isn't competition? Maybe need to have there bonus increased.

Getting more bonuses than you can imagine, plenty of competition with players like Mbappe, Bernardo Silva trying to get into the team.

Couple of weeks ago I was not just beating teams, but absolutely battering them, I'm talking 24 chances to 0 etc

Then I suddenly draw last week to an average side and lose this to an even worse one.  Happy days

Well maybe the morale of players like mbappe and Silva who are daily first 11, world class players is dragging the team down? Are they on 150k - however due to there household name stats still might not make them happy.

Lol, so which is it?  Have competition for places or keep players happy morale wise by having average backup?

Mbappe is not even old enough to want first 11, and Silva's Morale is superb, as he is paid well and plays in all the cup games anyway.

On the morale issue I think it’s difficult. I have Asensio playing all cup games and coming off the bench in the League and salary etc are all correct. He plays horribly every time. I’m trying to tweak things without disrupting the apple cart. This is the sort of stuff I love about the game. Getting all the details working.

PSV 2 Feyenoord 1 Gael Kakuta on 78 minutes.
Juventus 1 Lazio 3 Sami Khedira.

Rob@Barcelona wrote:

Tom@Charlton wrote:

Phil@Watford wrote:

Tom@Charlton wrote:

Phil@Watford wrote:

Tom@Charlton wrote:

Nantes managed to turn themselves into absolute dog shite despite no team changes over the last couple of weeks?  

No team changes, is that cause there isn't competition? Maybe need to have there bonus increased.

Getting more bonuses than you can imagine, plenty of competition with players like Mbappe, Bernardo Silva trying to get into the team.

Couple of weeks ago I was not just beating teams, but absolutely battering them, I'm talking 24 chances to 0 etc

Then I suddenly draw last week to an average side and lose this to an even worse one.  Happy days

Well maybe the morale of players like mbappe and Silva who are daily first 11, world class players is dragging the team down? Are they on 150k - however due to there household name stats still might not make them happy.

Lol, so which is it?  Have competition for places or keep players happy morale wise by having average backup?

Mbappe is not even old enough to want first 11, and Silva's Morale is superb, as he is paid well and plays in all the cup games anyway.

On the morale issue I think it’s difficult. I have Asensio playing all cup games and coming off the bench in the League and salary etc are all correct. He plays horribly every time. I’m trying to tweak things without disrupting the apple cart. This is the sort of stuff I love about the game. Getting all the details working.

That's just it, they were all working perfectly before week 5, had it all sorted. Then they cant string two passes together apparently

Internacional 2 Botafogo 0 Geferson Teles on 79 minutes.
Sevilla 0 Valencia 2 Alvaro Vazquez header.

into the last ten minutes...

Cherry 2 Cork City 1 Mico Kuzmanovic on 80 minutes.
Stuttgart 1 Dresden 1 Tony Jantschke.

Paul, can complacency become an issue for players of the back up is too young/not strong enough and can this matter more/less depending on personality or other factors?

Palace 1 Man United 0 Salomon Rondon on 81 minutes.

Rob@Barcelona wrote:

Paul, can complacency become an issue for players of the back up is too young/not strong enough and can this matter more/less depending on personality or other factors?

yes

We have another goal in the thrilling game at St Andrews so its back to Birmingham and Martin Fisher...

Tom@Charlton wrote:

Rob@Barcelona wrote:

Tom@Charlton wrote:

Phil@Watford wrote:

Tom@Charlton wrote:

Phil@Watford wrote:

Tom@Charlton wrote:

Nantes managed to turn themselves into absolute dog shite despite no team changes over the last couple of weeks?  

No team changes, is that cause there isn't competition? Maybe need to have there bonus increased.

Getting more bonuses than you can imagine, plenty of competition with players like Mbappe, Bernardo Silva trying to get into the team.

Couple of weeks ago I was not just beating teams, but absolutely battering them, I'm talking 24 chances to 0 etc

Then I suddenly draw last week to an average side and lose this to an even worse one.  Happy days

Well maybe the morale of players like mbappe and Silva who are daily first 11, world class players is dragging the team down? Are they on 150k - however due to there household name stats still might not make them happy.

Lol, so which is it?  Have competition for places or keep players happy morale wise by having average backup?

Mbappe is not even old enough to want first 11, and Silva's Morale is superb, as he is paid well and plays in all the cup games anyway.

On the morale issue I think it’s difficult. I have Asensio playing all cup games and coming off the bench in the League and salary etc are all correct. He plays horribly every time. I’m trying to tweak things without disrupting the apple cart. This is the sort of stuff I love about the game. Getting all the details working.

That's just it, they were all working perfectly before week 5, had it all sorted. Then they cant string two passes together apparently

I think teams have worked out Plymouth tbh which is the reason am struggling - I need some changes here to freshen things up.

Essentially everyone is available now for transfers and for discussions so feel free to PM me if there is interest in the squad...

This is a crackerjack of a game and a fine header by Danilo da Silva has levelled the scores here in a game that could still go either way in the dying moments, but after 82 minutes it is now

Birmingham 2 Charlton 2

Blackburn 2 Chelsea 4 Willian Borges on 83 minutes.
Brighton 4 Grimsby 0 Troy Deeney.
Bordeaux 3 Nantes 2 Diego Costa penalty.
Juventus 2 Lazio 3 Gonzalo Higuain.
Fiorentina 2 Inter Milan 2 Wesley Schneider.

Nail biting time for some fans...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Rob@Barcelona wrote:

Paul, can complacency become an issue for players of the back up is too young/not strong enough and can this matter more/less depending on personality or other factors?

yes

Can this happen one week and destroy the rest of the team from the week afterwards? Surely all it would do is make the relevant position underperform?  Not have such an influence on all aspects of the team?

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Blackburn 2 Chelsea 4 Willian Borges on 83 minutes.
Brighton 4 Grimsby 0 Troy Deeney.
Bordeaux 3 Nantes 2 Diego Costa penalty.
Juventus 2 Lazio 3 Gonzalo Higuain.
Fiorentina 2 Inter Milan 2 Wesley Schneider.

Nail biting time for some fans...

Seems there is nothing wrong with Costa's morale at the minute....

Palace 1 Man United 1 Henrikh Mkhitaryan on 84 minutes.
Oldham 2 Wolves 2 Roman Golobart header.

and another goal at St James Park so it's back to Ned for what could be a crucial report...

Couple of goals in the right goal in the last few minutes could now be very embarrassing....

I think it's just about all over here because after 84 minutes it is now

Newcastle 4 Man City 2

and it is nothing less than the home side deserve as City's insistence of all-out attacking plays right into the home side's hands and yes Fabian Delph did celebrate over the top after scoring a rare goal for him.

Ipswich 1 Stoke 1 Ryan Edwards freekick on 84 minutes.
Dortmund 3 Freiburg 0 Serge Gnabry.
Shenzhen 1 Sydney 2 Andrew Vanzie.

Cologne 3 Bayern 2 Yassine Benzia puts Cologne back infront on 85 minutes.

Ajax 4 Sittard 0 Kelvin Leerdam on 86 minutes.
Porto 3 Benfica 2 Ruben Dias gives benfica slight hope of salvaging something.