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I'm not sure if anyone will be interested in this, but I've been posting to my blog about my FMH game and thought it might be nice here, too. If nobody is interested I'll stop, but otherwise I'll be updating this thread every time I play.
The story so far...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
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This is my Christmas present to myself, as it got cheap recently. I was meant to be keeping it for Christmas Day, but I had a horrible morning involving a broken car, the AA and and a garage, so I thought I'd cheer myself up by starting this.
I've not done too much so far. I've taken over at Ebbsfleet United. I seem to be lacking a bit on the left of midfield, but the paltry £3K transfer budget and strict wage limits mean I've not been able to get any new blood into the club yet. I set myself up with a nice attacking 4-4-2 formation, as my best midfielders seems to be of the attacking variety.
After all the set up, I went into my first friendly, against Shrewsbury. (It's not very glamourous down in the arse end of professional football.) I'm 1-0 up, after a nice goal from Mark de Bolla (if I'm remembering the name correctly) just before half time. I've been very lucky, though. That was my only shot, I think, whereas Shrewsbury have had about eight shots, most of which have been on target. My goalkeeper's really been saving us.
I definitely need to have a look at moving back to a more traditional 4-4-2, I think, given how many chances the opposition are getting, but I'm not sure if it'll suit my players.
I've got a feeling it's going to be a tough season ahead.
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Friday, December 21, 2007
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And the final score...
Ebbsfleet 2 - Shrewsbury 0.
Woo, and indeed, hoo.
It could be seen as a slightly unfair score line, as we just had two shots, both of which went in, against Shrewbury's fifteen shots, of which eleven were on target. But you can't argue with the result.
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Saturday, January 05, 2008
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Two more friendlies down, a win and a loss. This does not bode well. Every time I've played a Football Manager game before I've struggled badly if I've not won all the pre-season friendlies.
Still, I'll give it a go and see what happens.
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Sunday, January 06, 2008
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Hmm, not so bad then.
Three games, a win, a draw and a loss.
Injuries are already becoming a problem, though. In some areas I'm very thinly spread. I haven't been able to buy a single player, so I'm having to go the loan route.
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Monday, January 07, 2008
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You know you've had a good match when you win 2-0 and the opposition keeper is Man of the Match.
A good away win at Kidderminister, then, which takes up to fourth in the table.
I'd like to play more, but each match lasts about twenty minutes and now lunchtime is over.
It's amazing how exciting the game is, given that you're just reading text and looking at numbers for twenty minutes, with a bare minimum of interactivity. I'm still not quite sure how they do it.
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008
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Two games this lunchtime. Luxury!
We won one and drew one, which isn't bad. We were losing the second until the 87th minute, so that was a very welcome draw.
Also, I was runner-up for the Blue Square Premier Manager of the Month award. I felt very proud.
The biggest news, though, is that Purcell has broken his toe and will be out for at least three weeks. That's quite a major problem, as he's one of my top players. Still, could be worse. Three weeks isn't so bad in the long run.
I hope we get a long break between matches soon. My players are absolutely knackered and many are starting games with condition percentages in the low nineties. McPhee finished the last game with his condition down in the sixties, which is dangerously low.
Right, I've checked, and the next match is only a few days later. No break. It's against Torquay, who I'd probably not be able to beat with my best team, so I've decided that I'm going to rest every player I can who's tired and field what's not far off being a b-team for the next match. (I actually have a reserve team and I'd dearly love to promote someone from that team into the main squad, but they're all greyed out, so I can't.) I'm still stuck with knackered players on the left in both midfield and defence, though, as that's where my injuries are right now. It's a hard life.
My First FMH 08 Game 
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