Week 7 Processing

reserves Malaga 0 Barcelona 4 I noticed.

Youths games have started.

youths Flamengo 4-0

youths Santos 3-0

Youths Nantes 1-0

Youths Schalke 1-0

Youths Inter 4-1

Youths Real Madrid 3-0

Youths Barcelona 3-0

Youths Rangers 0 Celtic 0

Youths Birmingham 1 Plymouth 0

Youths Charlton 3 Watford 1

Youths Fulham 1 Coventry 0

Schoolboy games have begun

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

A word about man-marking. You cannot ask to mark the oppositions Target Man, you need to specify a player reference as the choice has to be made prior to the match because these things need to be organised and practiced in training as opposed to done after the teams are announced with half hour left before kickoff.

Thanks for this. If you man mark someone who you think will play as TM (and then he plays a different position) will the marker constantly be dragged out of position then, or will he use his intelligence and ignore your instruction?

He will mark whoever wherever he goes thats the nature of man-marking and the drawback im afraid, as you had scouted france I put mascherano to mm benzema who was their TM in the last game.

Thanks Paul, interesting to know, especially as you might be able to outwit another manager by shifting players around and dragging opposition players out of position...

Schoolboys Arsenal 0 Birmingham 1 an omen ?

Internationals have begun.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Schoolboys Arsenal 0 Birmingham 1 an omen ?

I bloody hope so, there's beer riding on it!

Youth Internationals have begun.

World Cup has kicked off.

Italy 2 England 1

Russia 1 Portugal 2

Spain 3 Holland 0

Scotland 4 USA 0

Brazil 2 Germany 1

Belgium 2 Uruquay 1

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Italy 2 England 1

Russia 1 Portugal 2

Get iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin. Italiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Happy with that.

Now if the over paid arseholes at Inter can get their shit together ..........

Argentina 0 France 0

Norway 0 Serbia 0

Okay the pre-match prep for the league games is underway, usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes then the matches can start.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Argentina 0 France 0

Not a great start to the turn, looks like Messi, Higuain, Aguero etc... just can't get their scoring boots on - bring on the main event!

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Argentina 0 France 0

Not a great start to the turn, looks like Messi, Higuain, Aguero etc... just can't get their scoring boots on - bring on the main event!

I had this problem with Argentina previously - all the forwards but just couldn't get goals. Was hard to fit them together and to get real creativity unless everything is routed through Messi.

Rob@Inter wrote:

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Argentina 0 France 0

Not a great start to the turn, looks like Messi, Higuain, Aguero etc... just can't get their scoring boots on - bring on the main event!

I had this problem with Argentina previously - all the forwards but just couldn't get goals. Was hard to fit them together and to get real creativity unless everything is routed through Messi.

Not unlike real life to be fair!

Very true, although I did play him as TM with FAS, so will be interested to see how he got on. Perhaps Aguero is saving himself for your league mate?

I have Higuain and he hasn't really kicked in yet. Do you play Di Maria? He's doing a lot for me from LH. One of my better players.

Okay the games are ready, the media is in place, the fans are anxiously waiting and the refs everywhere lift whistles to their lips...