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The last time I didn't win, I earned a draw against Southend. Today, they ended my W5 and U6 streaks.
Southend United 2:1 Port Vale
Shots 13/15
SOT 4/6
Possession 47/53
Tackles 29/19
Fouls 1/0
Yellow 0/0
Red 0/0
Injuries 1/0
Offsides 0/0
Corners 3/1
SA% 30/40
PA% 80/86
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Back on the right track with a big win over 3rd place Northampton. I really dominated the match, but their Keeper was fantastic and kept them in it till the bitter end.
Port Vale 3:2 Northampton
Shots 21/10
SOT 11/5
Possession 57/43
Tackles 10/32
Fouls 3/5
Yellow 0/1
Red 0/1
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 0/1
Corners 5/1
SA% 52/50
PA% 85/73
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I drew after conceding a penalty, following a well-deserved Red Card, in the 90th minute.
Accrington Stanley 2:2 Port Vale
Shots 14/12
SOT 7/2
Possession 45/55
Tackles 32/17
Fouls 1/1
Yellow 0/0
Red 0/1
Injuries 0/2
Offsides 1/0
Corners 1/4
SA% 50/16
PA% 82/83
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I can't believe what just happened. I conceded a goal at 85' to allow Crewe Alexandra to level the score at 2. Then, I score the apparent game winner at 90', only to have them counter with a pair of goals at 90+. :fp:
Crewe Alexandra 4:3 Port Vale
Shots 12/17
SOT 5/9
Possession 51/49
Tackles 20/19
Fouls 3/3
Yellow 1/0
Red 0/0
Injuries 1/0
Offsides 0/0
Corners 2/2
SA% 41/52
PA% 82/84
This was the opening match of the 13-14 season.
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Another amazing finish. This time, in the Capital One Cup. It was just Round 1, but huge for my club. I trailed 1-0 for most of the match but equalized at 83' then scored the winner in the dying seconds of stoppage time for a stunning 2-1 result for the good guys.
Port Vale 2:1 Wycombe
Shots 11/15
SOT 6/7
Possession 53/47
Tackles 18/39
Fouls 2/0
Yellow 0/0
Red 0/0
Injuries 2/0
Offsides 0/1
Corners 2/0
SA% 54/46
PA% 84/84
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Sounds good, I watched QPR v Reading this morning their shots looked like thisQuote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Shot 22 v 19
Shots on target 6 v 3
Shots on target %: 15 v 27
Maybe they are not the "better teams". These stats make me feel better when I play on all manual controls. :)
Yeah, they are both in the relegation zone right now. Like I said, 35% is a good benchmark. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gigemaggs99
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Right, it is only 10 games into the season though.
Oh, I know. But both of those clubs are prime candidates for relegation and will be going forward. Reading was promoted this year, and QPR avoided relegation on the final day of the season a year ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by gigemaggs99
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Burton Albion 2:2 Port Vale
Shots 10/13
SOT 4/5
Possession 51/49
Tackles 30/21
Fouls 4/4
Yellow 0/0
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 0/0
Corners 3/0
SA% 40/38
PA% 85/83
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Port Vale 1:1 Chesterfield
Shots 17/14
SOT 10/6
Possession 49/51
Tackles 17/38
Fouls 4/6
Yellow 2/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 0/1
Corners 5/2
SA% 58/42
PA% 80/81
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Rochdale 1:0 Port Vale
Shots 9/11
SOT 5/6
Possession 48/52
Tackles 36/20
Fouls 1/6
Yellow 0/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 1/0
Corners 1/1
SA% 55/54
PA% 84/87
Conceded the match's only goal at 90'. :smh:
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just a quick question steelerfan are the sliders on the first page your latest?
Yes, they are. I will always update them there.Quote:
Originally Posted by mufcrichard1979
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In the opening round of the League Trophy....
Port Vale 3:1 Barnet
Shots 18/12
SOT 10/4
Possession 51/49
Tackles 23/20
Fouls 4/3
Yellow 0/0
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/1
Offsides 0/0
Corners 5/3
SA% 55/33
PA% 80/80
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Capital One Cup Round 2...
Port Vale 1:0 Crewe Alexandra
Shots 15/9
SOT 8/4
Possession 46/54
Tackles 15/29
Fouls 3/2
Yellow 0/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 0/0
Corners 3/1
SA% 53/44
PA% 79/83
I was drawn to play at Southend United in Round 3.
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Crawley Town 2:3 Port Vale
Shots 9/14
SOT 5/11
Possession 51/49
Tackles 28/24
Fouls 1/5
Yellow 0/3
Red 0/0
Injuries 2/1
Offsides 0/0
Corners 0/3
SA% 58/78
PA% 82/80
I had to hang on for the win after going up 3-0 at 62'.
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Port Vale 3:0 Barnet
Shots 16/13
SOT 8/4
Possession 55/45
Tackles 15/32
Fouls 5/5
Yellow 1/2
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 0/0
Corners 2/2
SA% 50/30
PA% 88/77
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Crazy match.
AFC Wimbledon 4:5 Port Vale
Shots 15/16
SOT 9/11
Possession 50/50
Tackles 24/12
Fouls 6/5
Yellow 0/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 1/0
Corners 1/2
SA% 60/68
PA% 80/84
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I was put out in Round 3 of the Capital One Cup on penalties. The match went to Extra Time at 2-2 and saw goals at 112', 113', 119', and 120' to force penalties at 4-4. Southend wins the shootout, 5-4.
Southend United 4:4 (5-4) Port Vale
Shots 26/24
SOT 11/10
Possession 48/52
Tackles 29/26
Fouls 4/8
Yellow 1/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 3/1
Offsides 0/0
Corners 4/5
SA% 42/41
PA% 82/82
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What a difference a couple of days makes.
Port Vale 1:0 Southend United
Shots 11/11
SOT 6/1
Possession 50/50
Tackles 14/35
Fouls 3/8
Yellow 0/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 1/2
Offsides 0/0
Corners 3/4
SA% 54/9
PA% 80/75
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Fleetwood Town 0:3 Port Vale
Shots 12/15
SOT 4/8
Possession 51/49
Tackles 27/16
Fouls 6/3
Yellow 1/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/3
Offsides 0/0
Corners 1/3
SA% 33/53
PA% 79/72
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Port Vale 3:2 Torquay United
Shots 16/6
SOT 5/3
Possession 48/52
Takes 13/27
Fouls 4/5
Yellow 0/0
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 0/0
Corners 2/2
SA% 31/50
PA% 74/78
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League Trophy Round 2.
Leyton Orient 3:1 Port Vale
Shots 18/11
SOT 7/4
Possession 53/47
Tackles 27/18
Fouls 2/5
Yellow 1/0
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 0/0
Corners 3/0
SA% 38/36
PA% 81/76
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Steeler, you seem to be having a fair number of injuries. That's good to see. However, are those long-term or only 1-2 games?
Most are insignificant. I could up the severity slider, but I am good with it for now. I only have 25 players on my roster right now and I'm having to rotate guys as it is due to fatigue. When I started playing 13, I used my injury settings from 12. That was disastrous. I was losing guys left and right for 3-6 months. Now, my "bad" injuries are usually for 4 weeks or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
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Hartlepool 1:2 Port Vale
Shots 14:12
SOT 5/5
Possession 49/51
Tackles 26/18
Fouls 5/2
Yellow 1/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/1
Offsides 0/1
Corners 1/1
SA% 35/41
PA% 80/74
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My 7-game winning streak in League 2 matches is over, but an equalizer in stoppage time kept my unbeaten streak going at 8.
Port Vale 1:1 Rotherham United
Shots 11/8
SOT 5/5
Possession 50/50
Tackles 20/29
Fouls 6/6
Yellow 3/2
Red 0/0
Injuries 2/1
Offsides 0/1
Corners 8/3
SA% 45/62
PA% 79/83
Physical match with 12 fouls, 5 bookings, and 3 injuries. Add to it 11 corners and that was a fun one.
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8-game unbeaten streak in League 2 comes to an end.
Bristol Rovers 2:1 Port Vale
Shots 13/9
SOT 6/5
Possession 51/49
Tackles 38/31
Fouls 3/6
Yellow 0/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 1/3
Offsides 0/0
Corners 3/1
SA% 48/55
PA% 84/78
Besides losing an LB for 3 weeks with a sprained ankle in this match, I lost a key midfielder (he takes penalties and free kicks) for 7 months with an ACL injury. :(
For jaymo, my current injury list:
CAM-Burge-Sprained Ankle-2 days
CB-McCombe-Broken Ankle-3 months
LB-Mossa-Sprained Ankle-3 weeks
RM-Sol Ortiz-ACL-7 months
ST-Anyan-Sprained Knee-3 weeks
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If you missed it in the FIFA 13 Impressions thread, Wolverhampton contacted me to offer their managerial position to me. I had to jump at the chance to move up from the 4th tier of English Football to the 2nd tier and join an npower Championship League side.
That said, my first match in charge of Wolves was a home game against Bournemouth. I was LUCKY to get a win as I scored the only goal of the match in the dying seconds of stoppage time on a penalty that was awarded off of a corner.
Wolves 1:0 Bournemouth
Shots 14/8
SOT 6/2
Possession 54/46
Tackles 16/33
Fouls 2/3
Yellow 0/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 0/0
Corners 6/3
SA% 42/25
PA% 88/87
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That injury list looks pretty fair IMO. I could easily see an team with that type of injury breakdown.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Brighton & Hove 0:1 Wolves
Shots 13/13
SOT 6/6
Possession 55/45
Tackles 25/18
Fouls 2/0
Yellow 0/0
Red 0/0
Injuries 1/0
Offsides 1/2
Corners 1/4
SA% 46/46
PA% 83/73
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Wolves 0:2 Leicester City
Shots 9/23
SOT 3/9
Possession 48/52
Tackles 25/26
Fouls 4/6
Yellow 3/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 0/0
Corners 2/2
SA% 33/39
PA% 77/83
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After a tough loss to #3 Leicester, I earned a draw on the home ground of the league leading Canaries.
Norwich City 2:2 Wolves
Shots 13/14
SOT 7/6
Possession 47/53
Tackles 35/16
Fouls 2/1
Yellow 0/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/1
Offsides 0/0
Corners 3/1
SA% 53/42
PA% 83/84
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Steeler, your time of possession looks really good. That has always been my issue. I don't control the ball enough. I need to learn to get away from the run and gun philosophy and move more towards ball control. How do you go about your coaching philosophy with regards to long/short crosses, etc? Are you more on the short game now with limited crosses or are you playing to get the cpu out of postion with long balls?
Football is not a run and gun game. The trap that alot of newer players fall into is that they think they should be getting multiple breakaways per match. In reality they are rare and if that's the only way you can score, you're in trouble if you're going to use any good slider set. I probably get 2 or 3 clean breaks per season, if that.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
Football is about possession, positioning, and capitalizing on your opponents inability to do those same things. That said, I would like to think that my style incorporates a bit of everything. I love to push the ball forward on the counter and use long through balls to try and slice through a reeling defensive side. In reality though, my attack does incorporate a mostly-short passing game. I would tend to say that my crossing game is very limited. I probably send only 4 or 5 crosses into the area per match.
A good piece of advice that I would offer would be to make sure that you remember that not every pass needs to get you closer to your opponent's goal. Pass the ball backwards to your support to maintain possession instead of trying to force an opening that isn't there.
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Wolves 4:1 Bristol City
Shots 8/8
SOT 6/1
Possession 54/46
Tackles 7/33
Fouls 2/3
Yellow 0/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/1
Offsides 2/0
Corners 0/1
SA% 75/12
PA% 81/78
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Peterborough 1:0 Wolves
Shots 16/14
SOT 6/5
Possession 49/51
Tackles 23/19
Fouls 3/5
Yellow 0/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/2
Offsides 1/0
Corners 3/3
SA% 37/35
PA% 85/80
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Wolves 2:0 Sheffield Wednesday
Shots 17/16
SOT 9/7
Possession 47/53
Tackles 13/20
Fouls 2/6
Yellow 0/1
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 0/0
Corners 5/4
SA% 52/43
PA% 69/81
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Wolverhampton 3:1 Nottingham Forest
Shots 15/12
SOT 6/4
Possession 51/49
Tackles 15/26
Fouls 3/5
Yellow 1/0
Red 0/0
Injuries 0/0
Offsides 0/0
Corners 2/2
SA% 40/33
PA% 82/80
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