Soccer Manager: THE GOOD LEAGUE

bazarakus · 04-04-2013 5:05pm #1

Due to popular demand (3 people suggested it to me) I am starting a thread to promote my Soccer Manager Game World: THE GOOD LEAGUE.

It's a great league and I'm always trying to get managers to join.

You can find it by adding me on Soccer Manager. You can search for me using the Find Friends button and entering my email address bazarakus@hotmail.com

Loads of clubs available in all four divisions. Currently in Season 12.

bazarakus · 08-04-2013 12:14am

bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbump!

Vito Corleone · 09-04-2013 1:46am

Are we allowed make bids on players from unmanaged clubs? Thanks for the job offer btw.

RickyOFlaherty · 09-04-2013 9:27am

Great to see some new managers - Celta Vigo already very active in the transfer market. 12 seasons in and admittedly with Messi, Van Persie and Ronaldo, I'm in a pretty good place with the team at the minute. However, we had a guy take over Dundalk last year who were bottom of Division 4 and now is on the brink of the top division. Decent young team too. So everything is possible. Drogheda United (currently bottom of Division 4) might be a nice challenge ... we had a manager who has left a few decent young players (James Mc Clean, Poli and the legend that is Bebe) in the team.

Milan, the current champions, were in a mess a couple of seasons ago, and that manager has turned things around (although not going so well this season). We have Sunderland, Everton, Reggina and Freiburg fanatics who are very committed to their teams .. so there is a good mix of teams and managers.

Atheltico Madrid and Hamburg are currently available in the top division - Hamburg going well .. Athetlico would be a challenge to keep them in the top division

bazarakus · 09-04-2013 9:56am

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Are we allowed make bids on players from unmanaged clubs? Thanks for the job offer btw.

Welcome! Yes you can always bid from Unmanaged as long as squad won't go below 21

THE DON FLONDO · 09-04-2013 1:56pm

viva la inter

RickyOFlaherty · 17-04-2013 11:26am

Been with St Pats since 2008 and took me 5 years to get a winning streak to 6 games only to get beaten by unmanaged Hamburg in my last game. Fooking hell. Second time they have taken full points .... oh to have those extra 6 points at this stage of the season ....

I can see things swinging back towards inter and Barca after tomorrow's round of games

IvySlayer · 17-04-2013 12:41pm

I applied for Hamburg there

RickyOFlaherty · 17-04-2013 2:09pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

I applied for Hamburg there

Go easy on Pats next season, will ye?:)

bazarakus · 18-04-2013 4:47pm

We still need loads more managers for the league lads. Spread the word! All are welcome

IvySlayer · 18-04-2013 8:19pm

Beat Juve 1-0 :cool:

bazarakus · 18-04-2013 11:11pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

Beat Juve 1-0 :cool:

Great result against a very experienced manager. Keeping Hamburg's great season going!

RickyOFlaherty · 19-04-2013 9:40am

Good night for Barcelona. Can't believe we are still top after two straight defeats. What to do now. I reckon the 70 points rule still applies for this division .. need about 5 wins and a couple of draws to be sure .. but if any team in the top 6 were to go on a bit of a run ... exciting finish once again ..

IvySlayer · 21-04-2013 10:08pm

Celtic 0-2 Hamburg, not too shabby :P

bazarakus · 21-04-2013 10:48pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

Celtic 0-2 Hamburg, not too shabby :P

Good result. Tigh at the top, tight at the bottom, european places still to play for

RickyOFlaherty · 22-04-2013 9:56am

Just to note to anyone contemplating taking up a team, still a lot of decent starter teams available. Leeds Utd have a bank of 100 million and Krul, Osman, Ambrosini. Notts Forrest have P.MICHU M.CHAMAKH B.FOSTER and also a 100 million bank, while Sevilla have 140 million in the bank.

There are also a number of decent players at external clubs with transfer bans about to expire in May .. eg.

ROSSI, Giuseppe
ŞAHIN, Nuri
ASAMOAH, Kwadwo
CAPOUE, Étienne
PJANIĆ, Miralem
RÉMY, Loïc
BA, Demba

... so you could very quickly build a decent team

RickyOFlaherty · 22-04-2013 9:58am

THE DON FLONDO wrote: »

viva la inter

What has happened don Flondo?? 5 straight defeats is rotten luck. Still not out of it though .. I think you'll go on a run again .. still 27 points to play for

RickyOFlaherty · 22-04-2013 10:04am

Celta Vigo building a very nice squad already ... hope they make the playoffs .. would be great to Celta Vigo back in Division 1 again.

bazarakus · 23-04-2013 12:13am

RickyOFlaherty wrote: »

Celta Vigo building a very nice squad already ... hope they make the playoffs .. would be great to Celta Vigo back in Division 1 again.

The rebirth of Celta is truly a sight to behold. Never thought I'd see the day. City are also making a fist of it. Looks like Marseilles and Fundalk will take the automatic promotion places. Will Genk ever go up?? Jochen's head must be wrecked with it at this stage

RickyOFlaherty · 23-04-2013 10:11am

bazarakus wrote: »

The rebirth of Celta is truly a sight to behold. Never thought I'd see the day. City are also making a fist of it. Looks like Marseilles and Fundalk will take the automatic promotion places. Will Genk ever go up?? Jochen's head must be wrecked with it at this stage

Would be 2008 all over again with Dundalk and Celta in the top flight.

IvySlayer · 23-04-2013 2:34pm

Yeah it appears I joined at a bad time, no clue about transfer tbh.

Mr Blobby · 23-04-2013 8:30pm

When I took over Man City they where in 18th.

Since then I've won 4 drew 1 lost 0. We are now in 14th
And I've about 250Million to spend

RickyOFlaherty · 24-04-2013 2:28pm

blobby360 wrote: »

When I took over Man City they where in 18th.

Since then I've won 4 drew 1 lost 0. We are now in 14th
And I've about 250Million to spend

Just like in real life then

(the money part anyway).

Vito Corleone · 25-04-2013 1:08am

Have climbed from around mid table to third place in 4 matches with Udinese. Hoping I can get 2nd place now, have signed a few decent players too.

bazarakus · 25-04-2013 8:11pm

If anyone needs any loan players have a look at my squad

A lot of the other managers are open to loans, but I would email them to ask them first

IvySlayer · 25-04-2013 8:29pm

Hamburg 1-0 Ath Madrid

On we march!!

bazarakus · 27-04-2013 4:34pm

Valencia seem to have done well from the ex-Arse sale...

Midlife Crashes · 28-04-2013 6:36pm

bazarakus wrote: »

Valencia seem to have done well from the ex-Arse sale...

Hoping I don't go the way of QPR though. Throwing insane amounts of money about and getting relegated..

Midlife Crashes · 28-04-2013 6:36pm

Highest Transfer Fee Paid 52.8M - Yann M'VILA from Anzhi
Highest Transfer Fee Received 50.3M - Robert LEWANDOWSKI to Liverpool

Something seems wrong about this....

RickyOFlaherty · 29-04-2013 10:19am

Midlife Crashes wrote: »

Highest Transfer Fee Paid 52.8M - Yann M'VILA from Anzhi
Highest Transfer Fee Received 50.3M - Robert LEWANDOWSKI to Liverpool

Something seems wrong about this....

Yep .. but I recall that was the max bid for LEWANDOWSKI. game is a bit stupid sometimes .. but glad to see Valencia cleaning up as they were cleaned out a few months ago .. including losing Lewandowski. 500 million in and 260 million out .. still some money there to clean up though

IvySlayer · 03-05-2013 6:25am

What's the deal with people putting players on the transfer list for a minimum price and then cancelling the deal and keeping them on the transfer list? It smacks of dodgy deals going around. My squad is tiny and I need players badly, I'm in good form, I may quit this league if stuff like that keeps up.

bazarakus · 03-05-2013 10:29am

IvySlayer wrote: »

What's the deal with people putting players on the transfer list for a minimum price and then cancelling the deal and keeping them on the transfer list? It smacks of dodgy deals going around. My squad is tiny and I need players badly, I'm in good form, I may quit this league if stuff like that keeps up.

What specific cases of this are you referring to mate?

Do you mean managers have transfer listed players, then cancelled the deals after they've been accepted? If you can tell me the manager and players involved I can provide some background as I know pretty much every manager in the league and can fill you in on what to expect from them.

You should also bear in mind that it is every manager's prerogative to sell or not sell players to whoever they want. I sometimes get managers spitting blood because x manager turned their high bid down for a player and then sold the said player for less money to someone else (sometimes to an external club). I get it can be frustrating but you can’t really do anything about it. Ultimately it’s up to them who they do or don’t sell. If however you believe something is truly dodgy i.e. bare faced cheating then by all means flag it up here, to the SMFA & cetera.

RickyOFlaherty · 03-05-2013 10:45am

IvySlayer wrote: »

What's the deal with people putting players on the transfer list for a minimum price and then cancelling the deal and keeping them on the transfer list? It smacks of dodgy deals going around. My squad is tiny and I need players badly, I'm in good form, I may quit this league if stuff like that keeps up.

would be a pity if you quit Ivy .. doing a good job at Hamburg in a very competitive division.

Did not see you make any bids for all the ex Arsenal players recently. There are still quite a few coming to the end of the transfer ban e.g. you could sign

AZPILICUETA, César
ABATE, Ignazio
KJAER, Simon

from tomorrow.

Go the Arsenal squad and click on transfers out and you will see the rest of the players at external clubs.

IvySlayer · 03-05-2013 12:38pm

bazarakus wrote: »

You should also bear in mind that it is every manager's prerogative to sell or not sell players to whoever they want. I sometimes get managers spitting blood because x manager turned their high bid down for a player and then sold the said player for less money to someone else (sometimes to an external club). I get it can be frustrating but you can’t really do anything about it.

What's the point of putting players on the Transfer List with a minimum price if you're going to cancel the deal after I bid? If people are holding out players for friends, I'm quitting, simples. You cannot cancel a deal because I'm new.

The club in question is 2 divisions below me and has more than enough players for himself.

bazarakus · 03-05-2013 6:17pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

What's the point of putting players on the Transfer List with a minimum price if you're going to cancel the deal after I bid? If people are holding out players for friends, I'm quitting, simples. You cannot cancel a deal because I'm new.

The club in question is 2 divisions below me and has more than enough players for himself.

Nobody has to sell you players. They can sell them to who they like. Maybe they changed their mind, it happens. Sometimes players sell quick because they need cash, then they change their mind. I can offer insight if you can tell me the club you mean, as I say I know most of the managers personally. I don't tink anyone in this league cancels a deal with anyone because they are new. If anyting it's the opposite - they sell players to new managers to encourage them to stay.

RickyOFlaherty · 14-05-2013 10:09am

Pats on the brink of their second title. Changed tactics last game and went 3 up after 30 minutes. Never know when to tinker with tactics and when not to. But probably should have done one game previous versus Queens Park .. who again were very impressive. Hamburg having a stormer of a season and might yet make the Champions League.

Great to see a fully managed Division 1 and Division 2 is filling up nicely too.

Hoping that Man City and Udinese can make it up from Division 3 to join all-conquering Dortmund

bazarakus · 14-05-2013 7:05pm

Pats on the brink. Would take a monumental collapse to mess it up now dot dot dot

IvySlayer · 17-05-2013 12:01am

Hamburg 2-1 Inter!! An 88th minute winner to get me into 4th

swoody · 17-05-2013 12:12am

Joins this League...........

Relegated!

RickyOFlaherty · 17-05-2013 9:26am

swoody wrote: »

Joins this League...........

Relegated!

It is a tough division. Look at the team in Division 2 .. Man United, Chelsea, Roma, Ajax

RickyOFlaherty · 17-05-2013 9:27am

bazarakus wrote: »

Pats on the brink. Would take a monumental collapse to mess it up now dot dot dot

CHAMPIONS!! :P:D

bazarakus · 17-05-2013 8:59pm

swoody wrote: »

Joins this League...........

Relegated!

I'm sure you'll bounce back up swoody!

IvySlayer wrote: »

Hamburg 2-1 Inter!! An 88th minute winner to get me into 4th

Awesome season from Hamburg. Title challenge next season??

IvySlayer · 18-05-2013 6:26pm

Narr, I'm prolly resigning at end of season, signings some youths, strengthening squad a bit, shall leave the new manager with a good bit of cash a and a strong squad.

Mr.Chong Magoo · 21-05-2013 4:15pm

You'll miss her when she's gone.

circadian · 23-05-2013 7:55am

Applied to the league as manager of the mighty DCFC!

RickyOFlaherty · 23-05-2013 8:59am

circadian wrote: »

Applied to the league as manager of the mighty DCFC!

GOOD Luck with the Candystripes!! Dundalk were bottom of Division 4 a couple of seasons ago, now on the brink of Division 1. My own team, Pats were 77 rated in 2008 and now were reigning champions with a 94 rated team.

Let me know if you need any loan deals. I will also might be selling a few players at the end of the season, depending on how these new rule changes regarding finances pan out.

bazarakus · 23-05-2013 11:34am

circadian wrote: »

Applied to the league as manager of the mighty DCFC!

Bout time they got a manager!

enjoy:)

IvySlayer · 23-05-2013 7:37pm

I'm so nervous, 1 point ahead of Inter, with one game left. Need a win to secure 4th!

IvySlayer · 23-05-2013 11:26pm

Lost 2-1, ended in 5th

IvySlayer · 25-05-2013 8:43am

Real Madrid job up soon, you got someone lined up for it? :P

I like Hamburg though, losing out on the last second as made me motivated to do better. Kicked out some fellas on loan, made some bids to improve the team, signed 15 youths, the future is bright

RickyOFlaherty · 27-05-2013 9:19am

IvySlayer wrote: »

Lost 2-1, ended in 5th

Hard luck Ivy! Looks like the draw would have been no use to you either with Inter winning.

Soccer Manager: THE GOOD LEAGUE

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