retired_ritabiz

By the way Rab, I might have some good youngsters for you to loan. For example an 18-year-old French Striker who is really looking promising... And maybe a few others too.

retired_ritabiz

Hmm I'm not sure about the midfielders, I'll have a look tomorrow. But any promising players I can loan and you want, are yours on a loan.

retired_hazel702

Thought i would update the thread tonight....then again maybe not, wait till 2 weeks time when i'm back and refreshed from all me travelling

retired_ritabiz

Well Rab, I think it's fair to say that only me and Sami are the ones who haven't been sacked by not performing. I was only sacked cause of that ridiculous ultimatum-thing. I think it happened because apparently in our game, the managers' reputations don't change one bit, they are always very poor and I think that's why I was sacked, because of a bug!

Well, anyways life is going good as OJ the 2nd aswell, if I recall correctly, I'm currently at 12th place of the Premiership and just played an 1-1 draw against Man Utd at Old Trafford after an solid performance. One thing, though, that's starting to worry me great deal is the apparent injury crisis I'm having. I have 4 or 5 important players injured, all for 1-2 months including Jolean Lescott for 2 months. The others are McEveley, Cisse and Woodhouse. So I'm a little short of quality players right now, as my squad doesn't have much depth in the defence but I think I should manage somehow.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to January and the opening of transfer window, as I got a few true quality players coming in, who will add amazing quality to my first team... A little over month to go till that. I can't wait...

OJ, Ipswich Manager

retired_niko

Aaah, i love this game. Sitting comfortably on top with 55 points after 22 matches, 12 points ahead of Leicester. Not ready to say we are in the EPL nex season just yet, cause i know lady fortuna, or whoever it is, is always closely monitoring my words and waiting for me to start gloating and then starts to smack my face with something. Don't push your luck.

fixtures:

div 1:
H Crystal Palace 2-1
H Norwich 3-0
A Sheff Wed 3-1
A Preston 3-0
H Reading 3-0
A Everton 2-1
H Leicester 3-2
A Wimbledon 1-2
A Grimsby 3-0

So really can't complain, the lads are just playimg superbly and the tactics are working really well. I play a 4-4-2 diamond, won't explain it in more detail.

Roll on monday!

The Lions Manager ---> (gloating?)

retired_ritabiz

Looking forward for tonight guys.

And Rab, the manager reputation not changing won't probably affect will our clubs fire us or not, as they will still be delighted, pleased etc. to the work we do and it was fixed in later Ep's, as I'm playing a game with Tottenham on my own and I checked and I have very good reputation. So it works when you started your game on EP4 or EP5...

Hehe Rab, I almost panicked already when I read about starting the new game. I wouldn't like it very much, as I'm building a fabulous team for Ipswich amd aiming for glory very soon!

retired_ritabiz

Nothing major happening? Think again, my friend. Something major did happen. On the first day of january, I purchased two great players for my mighty Ipswich team, Wesley Sonck and the Brazilian star Alex from Cruzeiro!

And as expected, they had a major influence on the very first game they played for me. Bolton home and I trashed them 4-0 with Sonck netting 2 goals and an assist to mark his stunning debut for me, and Alex getting an assist after an overall commanding precense in my midfield. :cool:

I'm now on a 3 game winning streak after beating Newcastle 3-1, Middlesbrough 1-0 and Bolton 4-0. All at home, though, and as a result I'm currently occupying the 7th place, so things are looking great for my Ipswich team!

retired_ritabiz

Yes, I know about the positioning bug and I've been monitoring it pretty closely myself and on some players I have seen the effects on it and on some I haven't. For example, in my team Jolean Lescott has been improving immensly since I bought him from Moncs for a ridiculous fee (Thank ya very much ) and his positioning has also improved a lot. If I remember correctly, he had 11 for positioning and now it is up on 16-18. So the bug hasn't affected him. On the other hand, Jay McEveley who has also improved pretty much since coming to me, has only 11 in positioning and hasn't improved on that so much. But generally in the game, I have only seen very little of the bug and I think it will only come into effect on later seasons, as we are only on season 3 at the moment.

retired_niko

i have also been monitoring the alleged positioning "bug" and i'm not still convinced it's a bug. as for mceveley who is one of the players mentioned a lot in these forums when talking about the bug, i feel like he's maybe not a natural defender. maybe he's supposed to be trained into another position. there are a lot of examples in the past of players irl. sol cambell for instance who was a striker in his youth days. my players has involved in that particular area pretty well and haven't noticed any lowered positioning attributes. maybe it all comes down to training.

as for the last session there isn't nothin special to mention from my point of view either other than that we have streched our lead on the top of the table. EPL, here we come.

The Lions Manager

retired_ritabiz

"Sun is shining, the weather is sweat."

Bob Marley described my EPL campaign perfectly.

Things are looking great for Ipswich, as we're playing great games against our opponents and the purchases of Wesley Sonck and Alex have had the expected effect on my form. I'm currently sitting on the 5th place and I have the best form in the entire EPL. :eek:

Only loss in last night's session came against Liverpool away in the league, while on the FA Cup I first trashed 1 Division 2nd team, Preston 8-1 in the 3th round and drawed 1-1 against the mighty Chelsea in the 4th round and heading for a rematch.

So like I said, things are looking great and if I can keep my great form, I can probably archieve a spot that gets me to Europe next season.

OJ, the mighty Ipswich manager :cool: