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Egyptians Cast Final Ballots in Vote on Constitution
Egyptians cast their final ballots in a referendum on a new constitution on Saturday, ending a fraught process that has deeply divided Egyptians and sullied the country's last steps toward a functioning democracy.
Saturday's vote ended the second round in a two-stage referendum that began last week, when about 56% of first-round voters cast ballots in favor of the Islamist-leaning document.
In a reflection of the discord surrounding the polls, only about 32% of eligible voters participated—far less than in previous elections.
The new constitution looks set to pass: Voting in the second round leaned heavily toward rural areas known for their loyalty to the Muslim Brotherhood and conservative Islamist groups who have campaigned for a "yes" vote. Unofficial results will trickle from counting stations throughout Saturday night, while the official results are expected to be announced on Monday.
If the peaceful polling and imminent passage of a permanent charter looked set to finally smooth over Egypt's bumpy transition to stable elected leadership, voters on Saturday remained as anxious as ever for their country's future.
"Yes" and "no" voters both complained that the political process surrounding the constitution's drafting and voting—more so than the final constitutional product itself—had poisoned Egypt's political waters.
The debate has left Islamists and secularists who united to unseat former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak early last year fiercely at odds, cleaving deep rifts between religions, social classes and urban and rural voters.
Instead of unity, the birth of Egypt's so-called "second republic" was marked by suspicion, name-calling and recriminations.
"I can't vote for a constitution while the constitutional court is besieged and the judiciary is paralyzed," said Mohamed Said, a 34 year-old lawyer who was waiting to vote in the rural district of Fayoum south of Cairo. "The articles of the constitution are good in general but it has two-faced clauses that are rubbery and can be bent depending on how they're interpreted."
Street-level violence in the three weeks leading up to the voting nearly scuttled the referendum. President Mohammed Morsi, who is backed by the Muslim Brotherhood, sparked days of protest when he blocked Egyptian judges from ruling on the constitutional drafting committee's legitimacy. Mr. Morsi said the judges were loyal to Mr. Mubarak's regime and bent on foiling his Islamist-led government.
When Egypt's high court attempted to convene anyway, they were blocked by Islamist protesters.
Mr. Morsi's heavy-handed approach turned off many within his own government, sparking several resignations.
On Saturday, Mr. Morsi's vice president, Mahmoud Mekki, announced his own resignation. While the move was expected—the new constitution doesn't mention the office of the vice president—his statement offered a mild dig at the presidency.
"I have realized a while ago that the nature of politics doesn't suit my professional upbringing as a judge,'' said his resignation letter, which was read on state TV.
Chief among the mostly secular opposition's complaints about the charter is that too much of it is left open to interpretation. While the constitution does give Shariah, or Islamic law, a slightly stronger role in governance, opposition leaders are more worried about how Islamist-leaning jurists and legislators will manipulate the document's hazy wording.
Nevertheless, many among the secular-minded Egyptian electorate are voting "yes" out of exhaustion, frustration and hope for a more stable future. "We made a big mistake accepting a president before the constitution. We should have considered that the president might tailor the constitution to his interest," said Hatem Hamza, a 24-year-old lawyer who was arguing with Mr. Said outside the Fayoum polling station. "But as this has already happened, we need to go further and focus more on providing people with better lives."
Mr. Hamza said he would vote "yes."
Mr. Morsi's Brotherhood backers have promoted the new constitution as a first step toward political stability and, eventually, economic growth. Opponents of the draft say Islamists are exploiting the desperation of impoverished, illiterate voters by conflating passage of the constitution with economic growth.
They note when the better-educated, wealthier cities of Cairo and Alexandria went to the polls last week, voters rejected the draft, dealing a sharp rebuke to Islamists who had expected a sweeping nationwide victory.
"The Egypt that is producing, the Egypt that is teaching, the Egypt that is doing everything is against Morsi," said Mohammed Abul Ghar, the head of the left-leaning Social Democratic Party. "The most important thing in this referendum is that in spite of all the irregularities, it shows clearly that the secularists have almost 50% of the votes."
As they did last week, secular-leaning politicians complained about what they said were rampant irregularities in the voting process.
Though they have yet to call for a rerun as some opposition leaders did last Sunday, anti-Islamist observers cited a lack of stamped ballot papers, long lines at the polling stations, isolated reports of bribery and accounts of voter intimidation by Islamists.
Egypt's High Election Commission said this week that it would investigate the claims, but said the violations weren't widespread enough to void the referendum.
—Yosra Shohayeb contributed to this article.


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When do teachers have time to develop themselves as professionals?
A colleague asked me this recently during a brief department meeting, "okay, what do we really mean by 'professional development'?". The question immediately sparked thoughts and urged me to respond by reaching for details to breathe life into such an important moment. The sad thing about our profession–as American teachers–is that we don't ever get to talk about the big ideas we once dreamed about in school. We don't get to the "why" or the "what if" during cram-your-breakfast-in-while-policing-the-hallway meetings. Our professional time is diluted by empty technical tasks while our hearts and souls are left (the bell just rang…)
I'm leaving that pause in to illustrate what I'm talking about. There really are not enough spaces for pedagogical thought between teachers; my plan yielded enough time for some deep breathing, a necessary trip to my mailbox, and the previous paragraph on this day. We are scrunched between hours, assemblies, impromptu mandatory conversations with administrators or district leaders, and all the while the kids need to be kept engaged and monitored in the background. We're never really off the hook for their safety and that is reflected in our blood pressure, coffee intake, and personal sanity.
Yes, of course kids need to be taken care of at all times in school. No right-minded teacher would disagree. However, how often do we consider the professional atmosphere of the teacher? What kind of air does she breathe? What sorts of words does she swim through? And what is the general ecology of her professional environment?
These are questions ignored in every day practice in schools because they are too abstract, too theoretical, and too impractical to make it onto official dockets and agendas (especially those emailed at the last minute and with high importance). But really, what are we missing out on when we discount this ecological element of the teaching and learning environment? What is the cost of our current professional pace?
When teachers are given a space to take a deep breath, a sip of coffee, or even take a glance at a professional journal or article, an important psychological (and emotional) development takes place (that's what I'm calling it at least). They are freed to leave the always-on mindset of the checklist high and email buzzing in your pocket, and can truly think of themselves and their practice. You read it right, teachers need more time to think of themselves. Ultimately, it's that kind of focus that will lead to better serving the students and the school as a whole system.
What are your needs as a teacher? Principals, what kinds of time do you provide in your building to allow for personal growth and change amongst teachers? Is "systems thinking" a pervasive idea for those around you?

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Another Day at the Office for Gay America
November 9 was a Friday and most of us had to be at work, so it's not surprising that this category boasts the most entries in The Advocate's annual A Day in Gay America project. The variety of photos sent in by readers from a day in your careers and included here is inspiring. On the following pages, be sure to keep an eye out for some Advocate and Here Media employees hard at work. And check back all this week for more from A Day in Gay America.
7:45 a.m., Elko, Nev.: Tanya Hall and her partner get ready for their cardiac cath procedure for the day.
8:51 a.m., Washington, D.C.: Daniel Baczkowski and Jeoff Lara discuss the needs of the building for the rest of the day at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters.
9:45 a.m., Los Angeles: Bernard Rook, EVP and GM of Here Media (parent company of The Advocate) takes a quick break to read the Beth Ditto cover story in the latest issue of The Advocate.
9:58 a.m., Nashville: Stephen Loveless sent this image of a typical LGBTQI Life morning with staff and students enjoying coffee and chatting at the K.C. Potter Center at Vanderbilt University.
10:17 a.m., Menomonie, Wis.: Dr. Erin Hall-Rhoades, family physician and medical director of Student Health Services, writes a prescription for a student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Photo taken by her wife, Dr. Alexandra Hall, who also works at the clinic. Together they have worked a combined 12 years in the field of college health.
10:40 a.m., Los Angeles: Dustin Lance Black directs a commercial for Wells Fargo.
11 a.m., Austin: Paul Smith, fitness director at the Lake Austin Spa Resort, starts the morning swinging.
11:15 a.m., Los Angeles: GLAAD president Herndon Graddick and actor and new staffer Wilson Cruz monitor the media, apparently on Herndon's iPhone.
11:34 a.m., New York City: Our very own New York facilities team. Receptionist/office coordinator Kevin Gavit (left) and HR manager Kirk Pacheco making the magazine magic happen.
11:48 a.m., Pacoima, Calif.: School counselor Osvelio Lastre meets with one of his eighth-grade students to discuss upcoming grades and goals for the last five weeks of the fall semester.
12 noon, Seattle: Perhaps overwhelmed by the details being discussed in this late morning meeting regarding his being an emcee for the World AIDS Day breakfast fund-raiser (or possibly it was just hunger), Steve Wakefield is seen in his office listening to the development director of Rosehedge/Multifaith Works talk about the registration process. Photo by C.J. Lebert.
12:10 p.m., Pittsburgh: Heather Storm works the mike.
12:32 p.m., Tulsa, Okla.: Partners and founders of Spexton Jewelry, Nathan McPherson and Greg Shelton, spend the afternoon handcrafting designer wedding bands — with hopes that marriage equality will one day make it to their state.
12:58 p.m., San Francisco: Kristi Wisner and Brett Edward Stout are hard at work reinventing Gay.com, our sister site.
1:11 p.m., San Francisco: The Olivia Travel team hanging out at their map. Photo via Tisha Floratos.
1:47 p.m., New York City: At the Leslie/Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, Hunter O'Hanian, museum director, and Rob Hugh Rosen, director of operations, discuss the current Del LaGrace Volcano exhibition. Photo via Steve Deitsch.
2:49 p.m.: Los Angeles: Producing partners Jamison Hebert and Andrea James in the Eagle Rock neighborhood mailing out DVDs of their children's film, Family Restaurant. "We made the film because there are very few shows out there specifically for kids of people in our community," says James. "I wrote the film after Jamie and his husband, Alec Mapa, adopted their son Zion, and their family stars in it as the heroes who save the day."
2:30 p.m., Nashville: Kindergarten teacher Greg Warren intructs kids on the importance of Veterans Day.
2:40 p.m., Lafayette, Colo.: Sarah Fry says it's just another day in the office, filled with paperwork and copious amounts of coffee.
3 p.m., Chicago: At the Hoover-Leppen Theater, the cast and crew are at final dress rehearsal of At the Flash, a new play by Sean Chandler and David Leeper.
3:28 p.m., Boston: Jennifer Lawrence is a licensed social worker at a hospital in Boston. "I work with kids and adults impacted by community violence," she says. "This picture is taken with some of the games and toys I use to engage the kids in helping them identify and express their emotions. I work to create a safe and fun space for them to work through their trauma and process their feelings. The work these families do here is going to change the world and bring an end to community violence."
3:30 p.m., Fremont, Calif.: Members of Tri-City Health Center's transgender program, TransVision, and transgender advisory board prepare memorial boards devoted to their friend Brandy Martell, for Oakland's annual Transgender Day for Remembrance event November 16. Martell worked for TransVision for four years. She was shot and killed in Oakland April 29. Her murder is still unsolved. Her name was read during this year's Transgender Day for Remembrance event. Via transgender programs manager Tiffany Woods.
3:40 p.m., San Jose, Calif.: Fabian Jimenez is at work inspecting the clarity of a diamond to showcase to customers.
4:30 p.m., Sydney, Australia: Cameron Gray wishes he were back in Los Angeles, which was his home since 2003. "Being part of a binational LGBT couple, I am forced to be separated from my American partner, and since October 2012, I am now living back in Sydney, Australia," he says. "Whilst I am working on getting back to America to be with my boyfriend, part of my daily routine is instructing group fitness classes, which is a passion of mine. In this picture I am on the podium instructing a Les Mill BodyPump class with over 25 participants."
5:22 p.m., New York City: Sasha Rodriguez and the sales and marketing team at Out and The Advocate rummage through the fashion closet.
5:50 p.m., Bronx, N.Y.: Daril Jimenez is a paramedic for the Fire Department of New York and says she loves saving lives and making a difference. Here she enjoys 50-degree weather with no jacket.
6:29 p.m., Oakland, Mich.: Brandon Harrison tells us, "I'm a normal guy with a normal job. I work at the Boys & Girls Club. I love working with kids. I do more than just secretarial work; I help where I am needed. I contribute to tomorrow's adults. I have a helping hand in making sure that when those kids walk into the 'real' world that they are great adults, better than the ones of today. I make a difference in the world for the better, contrary to popular belief. Whoever said a gay man can't do that, especially with children, was obviously mistaken."
6:30 p.m., Houston: Kevin Ramirez checks the purity of his crystals before he tries to purify them again at the University of Houston chemistry research labs.
7:50 p.m., San Francisco: Chef Josie Malave in the kitchen at the Parkside.
7:55 p.m., New York City: Max Von Essen tells us, "Every night, five minutes before the show starts, Rick comes into my dressing room to check on my microphone and make sure my hair looks OK. Then I head to the stage to play Agustin Magaldi in Evita."
8:23 p.m., New Haven, Conn.: Janelle Alvarez reads a quick passage from the book Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores to entertain herself during a slow night of work at the Yale Bookstore.
9:40 p.m., New York City: It's Friday night in the OutQ studio at SiriusXM Radio in Rockefeller Center. Derek and Romaine Show hosts Romaine Patterson and Derek Hartley take a break from the show to chat with one of the evening's guests: Richard Lawson from The Atlantic Wire.
10:37 p.m., Phoenix: Web designer Bily Foster tells us, "Here is where I spend my day, working to make the Web pretty! From here I work with people from around the world helping them with websites, tech problems just about anything that comes up. I also do a little podcast called 'That iPad Guy' where I talk about tech. On the screen you'll see pictures of my new hubby. We just came back from getting married in New York. And yes, it is Bily with one L because growing up I got the L beat outta me."


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Ursa Major Awards
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The Annual Anthropomorphic Literature & Arts Awards, primarily advertised as the Ursa Major Awards, are intended to be the furry fandom award for outstanding achievement in anthropomorphic and furry arts, equivalent to the science fiction fandom's Hugo Awards.
The awards were first presented in 2001 at ConFurence 12. Due to the early misconception that the Awards were intended for the ConFurence alone, in 2003 it was decided that the awards would be presented at as many furry conventions as possible. To that end, the UMA's were presented at C-ACE in 2004, at Anthrocon 2005, at Rocket City FurMeet 2006, at Califur in 2007, at Morphicon in 2008, at All Fur Fun 2009, at FA: United 2010 and at Morphicon in 2011.
The UMA's were originally administered by The ConFurence Group. In 2003, administration was passed to the Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association (ALAA), which expanded to include representatives from many popular conventions over the course of 2007.
The UMA trophy consists of a framed certificate containing an illustration of the award logo designed by Heather Bruton, with the name of the winner. A plaque has also been awarded on occasion.
In 2012 the ALAA's Choice Award was introduced to recognize any "outstanding anthropomorphic work". While not considered an Ursa Major Award, as it is voted directly by ALAA members, it is presented concurrently with them.
Nomination process[edit]
At the beginning of each year nominations for each category are solicited for works published/released in the previous year, and may be made either electronically via the website or email, or by postal mail. Those who wish to vote for the awards must register at this time and receive their ballot number. At the end of the nominating period, the submissions are tabulated and the works receiving the highest number of submissions (usually the top 5, though ties or the like may mandate a few more or less) become the nominees for the year's Ursa Major Awards. Registered voters may then vote. Note that any furry who wishes may register to vote for Ursa Major Awards - this is meant as a fandom-wide award.
Nominations for the 2006 Awards began on 18 January 2007, and continued until 28 February. Voting took place from 10 March until 14 April. The 2006 winners were announced on 4 May 2007 at Califur 3. Nominations for the 2007 Awards began on 24 January 2008, the first day of Further Confusion 2008. The 2007 winners were announced at Morphicon on 17 May 2008. The 2008 winners were announced at All Fur Fun 15-17 May 2009. The 2009 winners were announced at FA: United on 30 May 2010.
Nominations for the 2010 Awards began on 30 January 2011, and will continue until 28 February. Voting will be from 13 March to 17 April.
The Ursa Major Award categories have changed and evolved somewhat since their inception. Since the year 2005, the categories are:
- Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture
- Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series
- Best Anthropomorphic Novel
- Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction
- Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work
- Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book
- Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip
- Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine
- Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration
- Best Anthropomorphic Game
- Best Anthropomorphic Miscellany (new in 2006)
- Recommended/Best Website (new in 2011)
New categories such as fursuits (also covered by the Fandom's Favorite Fursuit Fracas) and websites are occasionally considered.[1]
From the UMA website: To be eligible, a work must have been released between January 1 and December 31 of the calendar year for that award, and must include a non-human being given human attributes (anthropomorphic), which can be mental and/or physical (for example the intelligent rabbits in Watership Down for the former, and Bugs Bunny for the latter.) Simply including an animal character is not sufficient to qualify.
Starting in 2009 further restrictions were set in place that nominations cannot be "obscene, libelous, or otherwise detrimental to the integrity and good standing of the Ursa Major Awards and the anthropomorphics fandom." This definition includes "works of a predominantly sexual nature, or which include explicit sexual situations involving characters which may be underage or non-anthropomorphic animals." This was perceived as being in response to 2008s nomination of two controversial works - Softpaw Magazine #3-4 and its spinoff Finding Avalon for Best Magazine and Best Comic Book - which are considered as "cub porn."
Ursa Major Award winners[edit]
- Main article: Ursa Major Awards winners
- ↑ Contribution for Apa L, 2239nd Distribution - Fred Patten (10 April 2008)
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
ALAA Hall of Fame · Cóyotl Awards · Fandom's Favorite Fursuit Fracas · Furry Awards · Furry Hall of Fame · Golden Typewriter Awards · Ursa Major Awards


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I am going on a Topdeck European bus tour that is passing through 20 countries. During the trip, we pass through many countries that don't use the Euro, such as Poland - which uses the Zloty or the Czech Republic, which uses the Koruna. The tour information recommends changing some money into Euros and Swiss Francs before we go. Is there any reason why it might be particularly important to obtain Swiss Francs? Are ATMs particularly rare or are in country exchange rates particularly bad?
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As they mention, there are ATMs everywhere, which is what I did when I went - I simply drew cash on arrival. I do this in all my travels - it's convenient, and only 'failed' in Buenos Aires where one of the airport ATMs was down, and in Uzbekistan (Khiva) where only one bank in town could let you draw money from my card type, and there were no ATMs.
ATM's in Switzerland are really really widespread. You won't have any problems to find one. Each village has at least one or two, even in very remote areas. In cities you don't have to walk more than a few hundred meters to find one.
Additionally, it is possible to pay with your credit, maestro, visa or almost every other card almost in every store. Even if you only buy small items for 1 franks or so, it is most often possible to buy with a card. In restaurants this is a little bit different. There the minimum value is around 20 franks most time.
In every major city, in every tourist village and in really every big store you can also pay with Euro in cash. However this is not recommended because the exchange rate then is very bad. But in a case of emergency this can be an option. However, be aware that you're exchange money will be in Swiss franks.
You can also change Euros to Swiss Franks in every Post office. But be aware, post office also keep a huge fee when exchanging money.
So in general the best option is either to buy with card or just withdraw cash from an ATM.
I usually stop at the first ATM in a new country and draw some money. Which is never a problem (at least in Europe), when you arrive at airports or train stations.
Only if I know I will need cash, before there's a chance to find an ATM (e.g. road toll, when entering the country by car) I change some money in advance.


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I'm trying to populate a certain column in a table with the host/IP of the caller. I have an insert trigger on the table which sets the column like so:
CREATE TRIGGER access_insert_trg BEFORE INSERT ON access
set NEW.hostname = (select SUBSTRING_INDEX(host,':',1)
from information_schema.processlist
WHERE ID=connection_id())
I end up getting
% as the hostname even though when I manually run the same query on the
processlist table I get an actual hostname. I've checked the
connection_id() value and it's correctly the id of a row in
processlist with a real
hostname:port value in the host column.
I can't figure out how or why it's being translated to a generic
%:<port> value. Any ideas on what's going on & how to fix it?
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New to panos, NN and this forum, so please be kind
Seriously thinking of upgrading my kit to a Nikon D600 and really like the look of the Nikon 16-35mm F4. This is quite a big/heavy lens, and wondered if anyone had any experience of using it for panos and if it will fit onto an NN4 ?
Won't do enough panos to justify fisheye or prime UW, hence the 16-35 which should work well for indoor (real estate) stills and landscape. Are there better alternatives that will do same job, at similar price point ?


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FORT HOOD (September 26, 2012)— Major Nidal M. Hasan was discharged from Carl R. Darnall Medical Center Wednesday morning and returned custody in the Bell Country Jail.
Fort Hood's media relations office released the news in a one-sentence statement at 8:33 a.m., but made no explanation of what his medical problem was.
Hasan, the Army psychiatrist facing trial and a possible death penalty for the deadly November 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Center, was admitted to Darnall on Monday.
A brief press release from Fort Hood said Hasan was in good condition and should be released within the next 48 hours, but citing federal privacy rules, the Army released no information about why Hasan was hospitalized.
Hasan, who was injured in an exchange of gunfire with two Fort Hood police officers, is paralyzed from the waist down and is confined in a wheelchair.
He has been held in the Bell County Jail since his release from the hospital after the shooting rampage.
His court-martial was put on hold after defense attorneys filed two appeals related to Hasan's beard, which has been a point of contention in pretrial proceedings.
Military Judge Col. Gregory Gross has ordered Hasan to shave and said if he refuses he would be shaved forcibly before the trial begins.
Hasan, however, argues he grew the beard because his Muslim faith requires it.
His attorneys filed appeals seeking a ruling on whether the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act allows Hasan to keep the beard.
The first seeks to overturn contempt findings against Hasan in previous hearings and to bar any future contempt proceedings over the beard.
The second seeks a ruling on whether the act allows Hasan to have a beard while in military uniform during his court-martial.
Hasan faces a possible death penalty if convicted in the Nov. 5, 2009 rampage that left 13 dead.


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I checked the official supported device list and noticed the Droid Bionic was not listed despite its 1GHz dual core processor and 1GB of RAM. Is there a working setup with a specific ROM that works with it?
Not aware of a specific distribution of Ubuntu suited for Droid. But I understand it can be hacked if one is willing to take the time.
If you are referring to the recently announced Ubuntu for Android, it is currently being marketed to device manufacturers rather than as a third party firmware update for existing handsets.
When the source code is released, some people may build alternate firmware images for existing phones containing the software, but those are not available yet. The level of integration makes it a bit more difficult than just installing an Android app on a phone.


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Made some decent signings and a good start. Can't complain with 4 wins out of 4 with 3 clean sheets too.
Made some decent signings and a good start. Can't complain with 4 wins out of 4 with 3 clean sheets too.
Got some very classy looking players there, so if they gel, anything is possible. Good to see a consistently inconsistent club too
Roma 2027/2028 - mid-season update
A rare transfer window without signings, only sales. Egyptian full-back Amr Abou Grisha was rotting in the bench and left to Cagliari for 5M€. Likewise, promising 19 year old Dutch striker Job Koster was sold to Man Utd for 5M€ + 50% of profit from next sale. He was good but his attributes weren't convincing enough for me to picture him being a regular first team player in the future.
This is shaping up to be a bittersweet season, I've got little to complain about my team's performances yet it's not enough to catch up with Napoli who are having an insanely good year (they have some insanely good players - I wish I had a forward like João) and Inter is ahead of us too. Thankfully the league table is now starting to make a bit more sense after our recent good run as we were also behind Fiorentina and Parma for a while - and that I cannot accept as those teams, particularly Parma, are clearly inferior to ours.
We've had some really bright moments, beating Inter 3-0 was pretty awesome, particularly with their right-back scoring a brace of own goals, and I loved to beat the other Milan team 3-0 at the San Siro, they may be having a terrible year but it's still 3-0 at the San Siro. That came right after another particularly spectacular result, winning over our ultra-fierce rivals Lazio 4-0. For bad moments, really can't beat the loss at Padova, with the punishing pace upfront in the league we can't afford to lose points to rubbish teams like that.
The Europa League groups didn't exactly go to plan, it was tighter than I expected and we weren't qualified yet when we received Partizan in the last match. That wasn't a problem but we came 2nd in the group behind PSV and that means having to face Atlético Madrid in the next round, who are probably the toughest opponents we could've been drawn with. Again, Atlético aren't regular crap Atlético anymore, they've become an european monster of a club over the last 2 decades.
The Italian Cup aka Coppa Italia aka TIM Cup, is a bit bonkers because all we needed was to win two games at home to easy opponents to reach the semis (altho our feeder club Siena threatened to pull an upset). With Napoli having been knocked out, our next opponents Inter are in theory the best team left, but then again we beat them twice in the league, so I'm fairly positive on this trophy.
Hard to point out a star in this group really, it's just been a blur of high average ratings all across the team yet there's no huge stand-out, goals and assists are mostly evenly divided all throughout the players. I supppose I should mention centre-back Mike Kunert for the highest av. rating in the side so far (7.40), the flairy winger Billel Zarabi has been a threat, Marquinhos has been absolutely superb for a full-back, Mignon Pedro has had the best performances I've ever seen for a defensive midfielder, and AMRC Kévin Duval seems to have a talent for deciding difficult matches, he has surprised me.
The typical picture here, I get over-enthusiastic with wages, realise the club is losing money and start selling backup players. 73K€ in the green, which is pretty much the same as zero.
Goals for the rest of the season
It's looking like we may catch up Inter now and grab 2nd which would be nice, frankly I was expecting to have a proper go at the title this season already but Napoli are crazy good and don't seem to want to drop points, there's little we can do if they don't slip up. I was looking into repeating the Europa League trophy feat this season too, but there's a large amount of quality teams left and we're probably facing the biggest of all already next round, so no promises there. I do want to get some silverware and the cup looks like the most realistic prospect at the moment.
I feel a tad disappointed with the way things have unfolded, but at the same time we're winning so many games that I wonder if I'm not being harsh on the team and myself. Things are still open in all competitions anyway and we'll keep on fighting.
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Great Read, Keep up the good work
Thanks, it's always encouraging to hear from readers although this is all more for personal enjoyment than anything else.
Might still have a title challenge.
If you can stop dropping points against the likes of Novara and Padova I think you can still catch Napoli
If you can win the game in hand then you are right back in the title challenge.Good luck for the rest of the season.
Roma 2027/2028 - season review
I should've been pleased that we only had one defeat in the remaining 16 matches of the season, but bloody hell is the top of the Serie A competitive right now. It wasn't enough. Inter pulled away at an amazing pace and we were mathematically out of contention with 2 matches to be played. Napoli got a little bit left behind and we did catch them by the penultimate fixture, but it didn't help that our single defeat in the league since February was against them so we lost 2nd place on result between teams.
In my defence, our final score of 88 points is the club's highest ever, and an astonishing 9 points higher than the last time the club won the league, 3 seasons ago. Looking at the past few Serie A tables this points total would've been enough to be champions almost every time, not this season though as Inter were incredible. Worth mentioning the only 2 league matches they lost all season long were against us.
At least we've comfortably qualified for the Champions League group stages, which shall be my first experience in the competition in this career.
(League positions graph)
Now on this I have no right to be remotely happy about it. Total disaster, leaving us with no silverware this season. Atlético and Inter were hardly easy opponents being two of the world's best teams at the moment, but I certainly didn't expect to fall at the very next hurdle in both competitions after the mid-season update. I don't even want to write much about it and try to give any excuses.
Top 5 key players
(Full squad and stats)
5. Lewis Holmes (ST) - A surprise as he overtook my preferred striker Damion Avinel in the pecking order, by simply being more lethal. Top scorer with 20 goals. I think I need an even better forward though, I think he is a little limited for a team aiming at conquering the world.
4. Billel Zarabi (AMR) - On 12 goals and 17 assists he was probably our most reliable source of danger all year long, but I was expecting more from his Cristiano Ronaldo-esque attributes.
3. Kévin Duval (AMC, AMR) - Another surprise as I didn't expect him to make the impact he did. At the beginning I favoured Andrezinho and Rogerinho but soon he settled himself as the undisputed #1 choice for AMC.
2. Mignon Pedro (DMC, DL) - A monster, our team captain clearly is the face of the club. Stats may look slightly unimpressive but that's because I give him a defensive DMC role. Incredibly reliable, don't remember a single bad game by him.
1. Mike Kunert (DC) - Because with 11 goals, saving our asses on tight matches so, so many times, he was the guy that made the most difference in the whole squad - excelling defensively too of course.
Help, I'm screwing this up. 6.7M in the red. I need to cut down on wages, there's no way we should be paying 700K/month for squad players like Ignacio Juaréz. I'm even considering selling Mignon Pedro because he's 28 and paid that same ridiculous amount of wages, which could either turn out to be a genious move or a colossal mistake as he's our better player.
Conclusions and future expectations
Average season. I can't really blame the team for the league, which was unlucky not to end up with a better reward, but we had genuine hopes for winning the cup and blew it, and our Europa League performance was poor. I won the bloody thing last year with a considerably weaker side...
I want to progress to the next level, but am a little worried things may stall for a while. Much of our squad is aging, some of them key players like Pedro (and I didn't help buying a few 28+ y.o. players), and after my spending spree I've left the team a little unstable financially. Let's see if the Champions League money helps things, meanwhile I have little option but to keep insisting on what I'm doing.
Career overview
Code:Season Club (nation) League (tier) Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/11 Praiense (POR) 2ª Divisão Sul (3) - 4th 11/12 Praiense (POR) 2ª Divisão Centro (3) - 1st Lost in promotion playoff 12/13 Kettering (ENG) Blue Square Premier (5) - 7th 13/14 Kettering (ENG) Blue Square Premier (5) - 22nd Resigned mid-season Venezia (ITA) Seconda Divisione Girone A (4) - 15th Won relegation playout 14/15 Venezia (ITA) Seconda Divisione Girone A (4) - 4th Lost in promotion playoff 15/16 Venezia (ITA) Seconda Divisione Girone A (4) - 3rd Lost in promotion playoff 16/17 Venezia (ITA) Seconda Divisione Girone A (4) - 1st Promoted, Serie C Cup winners 17/18 Venezia (ITA) Prima Divisione Girone A (3) - 6th 18/19 Dresden (GER) 3.Liga (3) - 8th 19/20 Dresden (GER) 3.Liga (3) - 13th Resigned mid-season Belenenses (POR) Liga Orangina (2) - 10th 20/21 Belenenses (POR) Liga Orangina (2) - 2nd Promoted 21/22 Belenenses (POR) Liga Zon Sagres (1) - 4th 22/23 Belenenses (POR) Liga Zon Sagres (1) - 4th League Cup winners 2023 Krylya Sovetov (RUS) Prem'er Liga (1) - 10th 23/24 Celta (SPA) Liga Adelante (2) - 4th Lost in promotion playoff 24/25 Celta (SPA) Liga Adelante (2) - 1st Promoted 25/26 Celta (SPA) La Liga (1) - 6th 26/27 Celta (SPA) La Liga (1) - 7th Europa League winners 27/28 Roma (ITA) Serie A (1) - 3rd
And now for tactics, as it didn't fit in the previous post because I wanted to post another picture:
Tactical watch
Mid-season after the cup and Europa League disasters I decided to make a few changes to make my team more flexible. I had way too many sliders overrunning things across the whole side. I decided to pretty much get rid of all of them and stick to the basics. Then as the game unfolds I can more easily switch things with a few clicks without unbalancing the team.
We're still playing a sort of 4-2-3-1, but now one of the DMCs pushed into a MC position on "supporting deep-lying playmaker" role, and given playmaking duties, and with full-backs usually on "attacking wing-back" role. It seems to be working slightly better.
Disregard the financial issues, I just got 18 million euros(!!!!) from selling the 50% profit from next sale clauses I had on two average young strikers I sold to Chelsea and Man Utd. Amazing. One of them is 20 years old and has 10/10 for finishing/composure.
Excellent news.
On bad news, I've just seen this result from the latest Euro 2028 fixtures in England:
Incredible. Appalling. I think international management's really boring in FM, but am considering now to apply for the Portugal job which should inevitably open up after this humiliation. Someone needs to restore our honor.
Definitely should go for it.
Don't you feel that employing a playmaker and a target limits the way your team plays? I had experiences with that and I often saw the team insisting too much on those two players.
Lisbon, 9th of July of 2028
I am delighted to announce that the FPF (Portuguese football association) has appointed me as manager of the portuguese national team, just ahead of the 2030 World Cup to be held in... Portugal!! I took it before even knowing we were going to be the hosts, but it's such an once-in-a-lifetime chance there's no way I would say no to it.
Unfortunately, I look at the recent results and it looks like I have quite a task in my hands to meet the expectations, which will undoubtedly be high. We haven't been in a major competition semi-final since 2006:
Then the squad looks really old. This is the team that went to the Euros:
Key players
Jorge Rocha (ST) - Total legend for Portugal, on the same level as Eusébio, Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo. Made his whole career with Inter, becoming top scorer of the Serie A on an unbelievable 9 different occasions. Lost 5 Champions League finals with the club, is the club's top scorer ever with 364 league goals, and the national team's top scorer ever with 109 international goals. Unfortunately he'll be 35 by the time of the World Cup.
Luis Pinto (MR, ML) - The star from my brief period as the manager of Portugal U19s a few years back, now a regular for Man City.
Manoel (DL, DC) - One of many brazilian-born portuguese internationals, and probably the best of the lot, unfortunately is a bit past his best by now.
David Jardim (D/WB/M L, DC) - I've managed him before when he was a youngster, I had him on a loan from Benfica for 1 season at Belenenses. Quality attacking full-back.
Pedro Figueiredo (AMC, MC) - Closest thing we have to a Rui Costa clone at the moment, but not as good as the original.
Lots of work ahead. I've set up a ton of friendlies for the remaining of the year and throughout 2029, to test the various possible solutions. All will depend on our form for that critical month of June two years from now.
Hope you can do a good rescue mission.
Been reading this on and off for a while, you have done rather well up to now, and slowly moving up the league chains in various countries. Looks like an interesting career and project. Good luck with Portugal. Hope the 109-goal machine is still capable of hitting them home, almost literally, when the time comes.
Id love to see a screenie of Jorge Rocha's career, if its possible, and a screen shot of his Biography
Really interesting to see how you do with Portugal on a short time-frame!
Sadly I have some doubts Jorge Rocha will still be there for the World Cup as a regular choice, I mean 35 years old...
No idea on why he was never picked for the top 3 in the Ballon d'Or. I should've taken a screenie when he was at the peak of his powers, totally awesome forward.
I suppose not, but I think you'd have been better served having a bit of competitive football to test your mettle with. Although won't you have the Confederations Cup the summer before? That's "competitive" I suppose.
Back to my italian day job...
Roma 2028/2029 - season preview
Here's the new guys:
Gideon Gabriel (AMR, AML) (free) - Quality promising winger for free, but next time I'll remind myself of using my single non-EU from abroad transfer spot for a top player. He's not that - yet.
Alexandr Kuznetsov (GK) (free) - Not visibly better than my previous 1st choice Christensen, but sweet deal nonetheless.
Mior (M/AM LC) (8.5M) - Hints of potential should turn this good, but flawed player into something more complete.
William (MC) (free) - 32 years old, but again, can't complain about the price. Just lacks a tiny bit of physical stats to be world class.
Pedro Abreu (DC, DMC, MC) (11.75M) - I avoided mentioning him in the Portugal update on purpose to save him for this one. Maybe I overpaid a little for a player lacking a bit in technical ability, but in terms of intelligence and physical stats he's great.
Nem (DL) (6.75M) - I got rid of Pato and this guy perhaps is slightly worse at the moment but being 8 years younger and with a full star of potential untapped it was a no-brainer. Is going to be a world class attacking full-back.
Sergio (M/AM C) (15M) - Looks who's back! I can't believe I paid only 300K to sign him back then for Celta... I had to get him back to develop him personally into one of the world's best midfielders.
And the guys who left: Rogerinho (825K), Abdel Hamid (2.4M), Daniel Rietz (1.5M), Ignacio Juaréz (FINALLY!! 9M), Pato (9M), Renato Di Berardino (1.5M), Mehdi Gillet (free), and reserve players Abuda (1.6M) and Savino Cannone (500K).
Youth intake
Not something I ever focus on because they're almost invariably not that great, but this kid Vanni Fiovaranti looks like he could actually be something really special. Awesome stats, 4 stars of PA...
Currently 6.2M in the bank, which should be enough to sustain us this season, thanks to a slightly lower wage budget and hopefully, some Champions League prize money.
Full Squad
I still think we need a better forward but for now I'm going to settle for what we have, and try to develop Ivanov with some extra playing time this season. I don't think the squad is any better than last year, but we're younger and that means more potential to slowly develop this bunch into a truly world class bunch.
First fixtures
Not quite the beginning I was expecting, dropping 4 points already is a very bad idea if this is going to be anything like last season. But we were wildly unlucky against Palermo, and Milan was a very difficult tie anyway, so let's remain positive.
In the Champions League, our group is Man Utd, Wolfsburg and Basel. Not "easy" but given that we were only 3rd seeds, I can't complain as it could've gone much worse.
Predictions, conclusions, etc
It's probably about time I win anything of note. As stated above, I don't think the squad's better but if we can repeat the same points total we could win the league anyway. Inter switched managers for the first time in almost 2 decades (Laurent Blanc replaced Leonardo), and even under Leonardo I don't believe they could pull off that amazing performance for two consecutive seasons.
If the league fails I definitely want to win the cup. As for the Champions League, it's only our first attempt and the italian teams have been poor lately, so let's take it a step at a time. Quarter finals would be good.
Some nice looking signings there - looking forward to seeing more of Sergio!
Rocha certainly has had an amazing career - he might be the most impressive goalscorer over the span of an entire career I have ever seen in any FM game. Its a shame he never won the CL - but truly a legend. Cant believe Inter bought him for 800k! Fioravanti is certainly someone to be excited about
Very unlucky on last season 88 points should be enough to win the league, to finish 3rd is amazing. I think Sergio will make the difference for you next season. He's amazing for a 19yr old. GL at Portugal but I agree that the international management is a bit dull. I always find I regret taking any of the jobs and resign after a couple of games. Not sure how it could be improved though tbh.
More than decent season with Roma, 88 points is a good return which would win the league more often than not. I suppose anything less than a title challenge next season would be a disappointment?
Hopefully, you can restore a bit of pride into the Portuguese national team, and have a solid World Cup on home soil. That being said, I do tend to agree with SnakeXe comments about the lack of competitive football. You probably won't know for definite how good your squad is until you've played your first World Cup group match, but at least you'll get a fair idea from the friendlies.
I got Fiovaranti to be tutored by Mignon Pedro which is the best player of my whole team, but he then got himself a bad injury immediately, hopefully he's not injury prone...
Good first season with Roma although the Europa League was a bit disappointing.Also the best of luck with Portugal,Rocha was definitely a Portugese legend!
Good luck for the new season,hope you can add some silverware to your collection.
Merry Christmas everyone! Time for a short Portugal update:
Portugal 2028 - year review
Slightly shaky so far. We did okay against a reasonably strong algerian side, albeit the winning goals only came in the second half. Failing to score against China despite knocking at their doors all game long was a lot more worrying. Then my first big test was against Netherlands, and while it was concerning to waste a 1-0 lead and let the dutch turn it around, we still managed to draw the game, and probably should have won it.
The Confederations Cup draw puts us in Group B against New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and France. We should be able to qualify as the national FA demands.
Players given international debuts
Henrique Bruno (DC) (Celta) - A personal signing of mine, was starting to break into the first team when I left Celta. Good young player but fairly slow and should not be a regular.
Gonçalo Trindade (AMC, ST) (Sevilla) - Lacking in creativity which is not good for his position, but scored on his debut against Algeria.
Carlos Rosa (DMC, MC) (Benfica) - Brazilian-born player who had been at Benfica for ages and gained portuguese nationality, he's a complete player and should play regularly despite already being 32 years old.
João Gomes (ST) (Trabzonspor) - Very exciting forward, but a suspicious lack of goals in Turkey and a poor debut for Portugal does not bode well for him.
Pingo (DL, DC) (Lazio) - Another brazilian. Portugal not being wildly blessed with good centre-backs, I'm puzzled as to why he hadn't yet been called up.
Emanuel Silva (DMC, MC) (Stoke) - Quality defensive midfielder who again I have no idea how did he manage to avoid caps for so long.
Carlos Paulista (ST) (Benfica) - I'd like to thank the FM gods for this one! This brazilian gained the nationality after playing for Benfica for 5 years and I immediately called him up before the Netherlands game - where he scored. World class striker, I'm already trying to sign him for Roma.
"Carlos Rosa" and "Carlos Paulista" are nicknames, as FM is producing too many players named "Carlos" and it was getting confusing. I renamed my Roma brazilian international DMC Carlos da Silva too.
Roma 2028/2029 - mid-season update
Alan Fabbri (D/WB R) (1.5M) - Bit expensive for a kid that won't play anytime soon, but 3.5* of PA.
Carlos Paulista (ST) (28.5M) - The most expensive signing of my career so far, I'm confident it'll be worth it as I needed a world class striker. The national team management job is already paying off for my club career.
The signing of Carlos was only possible through the sale of Damion Avinel to Man City for 24.5M. I had identified Damion as a key player when I arrived at the club but unfortunately he was wildly disappointing for his theoretical great skills.
This puts me in a slightly awkward financial position of being 1.5M in the red, and striker Lewis Holmes about to break a goalscoring record clause that will cost us another 4M.
Crazy stuff here, could this be the season I've been waiting for my entire career? Those first few months were quite weird, we were playing unconvincingly and the team always entering the pitch nervously, but we never failed to somehow scrap a win every game. A very long unbeaten run ended in the Delle Alpi, but the next fixture we beat title rivals Napoli (who are now even tougher to beat having been taken over by a tycoon), and that sparked us into a period of a few great performances.
By the Christmas break we had a 7 points gap over Napoli and looking good to run away with the league comfortably, but then points lost to Parma, Palermo and Fiorentina opened everything up again. Frankly I feel Napoli are still just a tiny little bit better than us and this means trouble ahead. It's all shaping up for an exciting close finale to the league.
Half-time in Basel and we were looking good to cruise to 6 points in 2 games but then they surprised us and came back from a 0-2 to 2-2. This forced us to get points from the Man Utd games, thankfully we just grinded out two results in two tight games - first an extremely late equaliser by Gomes gave us a point in Old Trafford, then we beat them at home with a Kévin Duval freekick. A humiliation of Wolfsburg in Germany ensued, with Lewis Holmes particularly inspired, which qualified us. Unfortunately I made a very bad error of judgement in the final game, naming a team of youngsters to get them some european experience, and Basel surprised us - again. This meant losing 1st place in the group, and we now have to face Arsenal in the next round.
In the cup, it all came down to the craziest of games against Milan. Zarabi pulled a late equaliser, we turned around a 2-goals defficit in penalty kicks, yet still lost. I'm disappointed because I'm still yet to win a major domestic cup (Portuguese League cup and Italian Serie C cup don't count), but we can now focus on the biggest competitions.
This is so weird, we're leading the Serie A yet our top goalscorer is an attacking midfielder on merely 8 goals - the exciting Kévin Duval, by now becoming possibly Switzerland's greatest ever player. For all the quality nobody really stands out, it's again all a blur of high but not spectacular average ratings. Some of our best players have been quite unexpected, like the senegalese centre-back Mamadou Ba, or our new keeper Alexandr Kuznetsov. And then there's Gomes, showing his talent from the left-wing. But there's no super striker or anything like that.
Goals for the rest of the season
Are we starting to lose our mojo now, or can we hold on for the title? Let's find out, it's going to be close. I think anything can happen in the Champions League too, Arsenal are probably the equals of us, they have the core of the English national team with some stellar players but nothing we haven't faced before.
Exciting times in Rome.
Shaping up to be a great season!
Very commanding position at the half way stage. Looking like a two horse race for the title, good luck!
I notice this thread again for the first time in ages and suddenly you're managing Roma. It seems you're doing pretty well and could be looking to push on with the signings you have made.
Also, you got a brilliant youth player in Fioravanti, he looks like he'll become the new De Rossi. I'm looking forward to seeing how he progresses in your team.
This was pretty awesome despite Kunert's disastrous game - my front 4 all bagged one goal and one assist each, and we're into the quarters, where we're facing... Portsmouth. That sounds random and is a pretty nice draw because they're not tycoon based or anything like that, just a medium-top level team in England that has broken into the top 4 in the league the last two seasons. If we overcome them, it's Barcelona or Marseille in the semis which is much much tougher.
In the league, with 9 games to go, Napoli are a single point behind us and on a high. Our next two fixtures could make or break the season - Inter away then Napoli away.
In this random mini-update I'd also like to mention that Kévin Duval scored two decisive braces on the last two Serie A matches and is on an impossibly awesome run of form for a midfielder.
Portsmouth are hardly a team to fear. Amusing that Arsenal lost even with being gifted 2 own goals.
Arsenal were easier than expected, we only scrapped a tight 1-0 win at home, but then they just let everything go in in the second leg. I think our wide 4-2-3-1 is more effective than their narrow version of it (2 MC's, 3 AMC's).
HUGE win. Could this be the decisive step towards the title? We tied with Inter the previous match, Napoli did the same versus Parma, it means now a 4 points lead with head-to-head advantage, 7 games to go.
Lets see an attribute and career shot of this Ben Calvert!
Thats a huge victory against Napoli away from home - surely it must be in the bag now?
(Ben Calvert) (Career stats)
Incidentally, he was harmless in the first leg - completely unlike our own english striker who decided to dominate the game by himself. I swear I'm not going to start putting up a picture of every game, but this was exceptional, again:
Yes!!!! This was SO tense! Barça were unfortunate with all those injuries, but we were the best team in this match and were unlucky not to score an away goal on the 1st leg so overall we probably deserved it.
The opponent in the final is Man Utd and the game is going to be held in the San Mamés Barria.
Wow! Good luck in the CL final! Three English clubs in a row? Harsh going!
It gets better:
My first domestic title! It was quite a sloppy match to clinch it, but who cares. This was the penultimate game of the league, so we can now rest our top players for the big game in Bilbao.
Congrats! And good luck on that final, don't play defensive, finals are to win
Congrats on your first domestic title! I sense a double in the offing...
UEFA Champions League Final - San Mamés Barria, Bilbao, Spain - 26th of May 2029
The biggest match of my career, as the recently crowned italian and english champions face each other. Man Utd are more used to this, they've won the competition 5 times, but have not been in the final since 11 years ago. Whereas Roma was last here in 2011 and has never won the trophy. Whatever happens it'll be the first time since that very year Man Utd won their last, that the trophy won't go to either Spain or France, the two countries that have dominated the competition for the past decade. This time it is Italy versus England.
Let's see the lineups:
No surprises whatsoever in Roma's picks, it's been the main starting eleven for months now. Billel Zarabi is just about recovered after being out for a few weeks, while all eyes are on the spectacular Kévin Duval who has had a wonderful season. Lewis Holmes is not a fashionable player being a somewhat limited striker, but has been on splendorous form lately in the Champions League - who forgets his poker versus Portsmouth and the winner against Barcelona - and should be a danger.
Manchester United field the attacking and unusual 3-4-1-2 formation that they usually play, nothing that Roma didn't already beat in the Group Stages! The stars of this side would be the supersonic forward Tommy Davis, one of England's best ever players, his supporting playmaker Wesley Haynes, also a star for England, and former FIFA Ballon D'Or winner Hamza Benali, who became world champion for France in the 2026 World Cup. They have a few other sensational players but enough screenies and talk for now, I want to start the match!
First half
13th minute - Danger for Man Utd! A magnificent through ball by Wesley Haynes picks the run from Tommy Davis who beats Mike Kunert on pace, but Kuznetsov saves it.
32nd minute - This has been a cagey half so far, and most of our efforts have been from distance, yet it's Man Utd who nearly score from distance, Esteban Mahe's low drive from outside the area coming very close to the right post.
33nd minute - Lewis Holmes receives the ball deep into Man Utd's half and embarks on a run past Jorge Costa into the area, but shoots over the bar.
34nd minute - Man Utd create serious danger again through the middle! Some short passing by Haynes finds Chilufya, who dribbles past Kunert, gets into an one-on-one with Kuznetsov and fires it low, but the russian goalie again tips it for a corner.
39th minute - GOAL FOR ROMA, 1-0! Man Utd was seemingly on top but it's Lewis Holmes with another sublime mazy run who receives the ball from Gomes still in the centre circle of the pitch, eludes Luis and Jorge Costa as he advances to the area, and fires it low for a superb solo goal.
41st minute - Nearly the equaliser! Haynes' run through the middle of Roma's defence finds Tommy Davis unmarked, but he fires it straight at Kuznetsov.
44th minute - Roma hits the post! Kévin Duval's corner from the left finds Mamadou Ba who beats Lemaire in the air, but the turkish keeper Uysal makes a remarkable save and tips it into the post!
End of the first half and we're quite lucky to be ahead as Man Utd has had already 3 one-on-ones. I set the tactic to counter, drop Carlos da Silva to a DMC position, and tell the team to retain possession. We need to diminish the space both in front and behind our defense.
Second half
45th minute - Man Utd replace Benali and Rimi for centre-backs Filé and Diomandé at half-time. Puzzlingly, they seem to be playing way more defensively now too, with a 5-2-1-2 formation.
52nd minute - Yellow card already for Filé after a tackle on Lewis Holmes.
56th minute - Gomes' cross from the left nearly results into an own-goal from Man Utd's Lemaire, but keeper Cihat Uysal pushes it away.
59th minute - GOAL FOR MAN UTD, 1-1! They hadn't created danger yet in the second half, and a free-kick far from our goal seemed harmless, but Wesley Haynes is having a great match and strikes it directly into the top corner - Kuznetsov looked maybe a little bit at fault in goal!
66nd minute - Mamadou Ba hits the post, again! Another corner from Kévin Duval, again the senegalese centre-back powers a promising header but it's just a little bit too accurate.
68th minute - Substitution for Roma, Zarabi leaves for Andrezinho. The french winger was playing nervously and not at his flairy best.
83rd minute - Playmaker DMC Carlos da Silva is replaced by Roberto Amoroso, Mignon Pedro receiving playmaking duties.
85th minute - Luis' cross from the left finds Chilufya's head in the penalty spot but Kuznetsov tips it over the bar.
89th minute - Gomes sees a yellow for a foul on Luis.
92nd minute - Marquinhos sees a yellow for another foul on Luis, deep into the Roma area.
End of 90 minutes. Little happened in the 2nd half bar for the goal and Ba hitting the post, Man Utd has been less dangerous but we're not creating much neither - despite setting the strategy as attacking again. I bring in youngster Mior for left-winger Gomes.
First half of extra time
90nd minute - GOAL FOR MAN UTD, 2-1! Disaster as they score without us touching the ball! Haynes has a great run through the middle and finds Nizar Ben Amor, just having entered the pitch to replace Chilufya, scoring on his first touch on the ball.
93rd minute - Mignon Pedro finds Kévin Duval in the area but he shoots wide.
95th minute - A flairy run from Mior from the left into the middle opens space for the run of Kévin Duval but keeper Uysal tips it wide.
Second half of extra time
115th minute - Man Utd nearly kills the game. Gonzalez's corner finds Diomandé unmarked in the keeper's area but he heads it straight at Kuznetsov.
118th minute - GOAL FOR ROMA, 2-2! Unbelievable, I thought we were finished! Holmes' run through the right finds the head of Duval in the area, he hits the bar. The ball falls to Pedro who involuntarily passes it back to Kévin Duval who this time doesn't miss!!!
120th minute - Krizanac gets a late yellow as he is desperate to end Tommy Davis' run.
The match goes to penalties - just like in the semi-final! Huge drama in Bilbao!
Penalty kicks
0-1 - Esteban Mahe fires the first home for Utd.
1-1 - Mior fires it into the top corner despite playing nervously.
2-1 - Haynes gives no chance to the keeper.
MISS! - Kévin Duval hits the bar! He never misses, this decisive time he does...
3-1 - Gonzalez shoots into the top corner despite Kuznetsov guessing it.
MISS! - Lewis Holmes hits the post! Surely it's over...
MISS! - Tommy Davis allows Kuznetsov to save it. Bit late now for a comeback?
3-2 - Mamadou Ba fires it through the middle and keeps Roma in the game.
MISS! - Unbelievable! Kuznetsov stays in the middle of goal and Jorge Costa shoots right at him!
3-3 - So close to the post and to the keeper but it goes in, Kunert takes it to sudden death!
4-3 - Luis scores and puts the pressure back on us.
MISS! - So gutting! The experienced Andrezinho hits the bar! MAN UTD WIN THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!
What a crazy match, I suppose Man Utd was the better team, but it's so annoying to go this far, come back from the dead twice (the 118th minute goal, coming from a 2-penalties disadvantage) and still lose. Not the way I wanted the season to end, but still a vintage season...
Tough luck It was a great achievement getting to the Finals.
Calvert's had a great career!
Congrats on the league. Losing the CL final on penalties.........thats tough. Decent run to the final thuugh and there's always next year
Thanks. I've got to spin this into something positive: it's the first time in Roma's history that the club wins the league and reaches an european final in the same year, so probably the club's best ever season.
It's also further motivation to remain here for a few more years, I have many achievements yet to obtain. The club never won the Champions League neither back-to-back titles - and neither did I, obviously (in this career). I also want the TIM Cup for myself. All of this is necessary to push Roma into a world class status we don't quite have yet.
Disappointing to lose the CL final on penalties, but still a great season overall. Definitely the first couple of steps to making Roma a European powerhouse, and maybe future Champions League finals await
Hail Man Utd!
Great job winning the league, but such bad luck to lose the CL final on penalties. When I saw the last minute equaliser I really expected to scroll down and see you'd won it because the momentum in a match seems to have a big impact on shootouts, but it wasn't to be
Congrats on winning the Serie A but very unlucky with the loss to Utd.Hopefully you'll be able to win it next season.
Oooomph. Tough loss in the final after being so agonizingly close.
John Terry says Hello.
Penalties again.
Great season though, as you said we've never gone that far in real life in both the CL and the league. I'm glad you're staying some more.
Been away from FM for about two or three weeks due to lack of motivation (it's almost painful to write this season review) and plenty of real life stuff going on, will try to come back now.
It's almost eerie how similar the two games were.
That is correct, now go Roma! (to a point )
Right. About time I get this over with:
Roma 2028/2029 - season review
I played these games so long ago I don't remember the details. Nevertheless it's clear this was a great second half of the season in the league, apart from that spectacularly bad match when we were at the end of a 4-1 home hammering by Juve. The key match was obviously the previously mentioned Napoli win, which gave us an edge over our opponents we would never lose again - 4 points. Them Naples folks lost points to Milan right next then Fiorentina a few matches later, whereas we only had that loss against Juve and finished with a wonder run of 3-0 4-0 2-0 2-0 5-0. Now that's the proper Roma I want to see.
(League positions graph)
Extensively covered in previous updates. A truly wonderful run past the group stages, as we beat two english sides Arsenal and Portsmouth, to get into the semis - the 4-0 hammering of Portsmouth in the Olimpico will be remembered fondly for a long time. The semi against Barça proved to be a very cagey affair over two legs which only ended in the penalties, and we won it to book our place in the final in Bilbao. This proved to be an extraordinary match with a 2-2 over 120 minutes, but we ran out of luck in the penalties this time and could not bring home Roma's first ever Champions League.
Top 5 key players
(Full squad and stats)
5. Mike Kunert (DC) - Not quite as prolific as last season, but still a rock at the back.
4. Gomes (AML) - A reliable creator of assists and danger with a hint of always useful versatility.
3. Lewis Holmes (ST) - I still don't quite rate him as world class, but he scores goals. 22 of them this season.
2. Mamadou Ba (DC) - Wonderful season from the senegalese centre-back who I planned to demote to a lesser role at the beginning of the season. With his performances, he never let me leave him off the side.
1. Kévin Duval (AMC) - THE MAN. What a sublime season from the swiss attacking midfielder, a total revelation. I have no doubt that with this he settled himself as Switzerland's best ever player. 23 goals for an AMC with 10 for finishing is amazing.
It's worth mentioning that our theoretical best player is still our captain, the versatile defensive midfielder Mignon Pedro, and he was picked for the shortlist of the FIFA Ballon d'Or last December. Didn't have a remarkable season though.
31M in the bank. This Champions League business is kind of lucrative. Enjoyable.
Conclusions and future expectations
Well given I've just stopped playing for a whole month, my real objective for the coming times is to not lose motivation and find the time to play FM once in a while. In-game, I want to win bloody everything. We came close, but it's time for Roma to finally win a Champions League. I can't promise that for next season as one bad match can ruin everything in that competition, but what I can promise is that I'll do my best.
I also want the TIM Cup as we've been quite poor in that competition for my stay here and I want to fix that. Back-to-back Serie A titles would be really good too, no Roma side has ever done that neither. Plenty of in-game goals still to fulfill in Rome then - I'm not planning to leave in the immediate future.
Career overview
Code:Season Club (nation) League (tier) Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/11 Praiense (POR) 2ª Divisão Sul (3) - 4th 11/12 Praiense (POR) 2ª Divisão Centro (3) - 1st Lost in promotion playoff 12/13 Kettering (ENG) Blue Square Premier (5) - 7th 13/14 Kettering (ENG) Blue Square Premier (5) - 22nd Resigned mid-season Venezia (ITA) Seconda Divisione Girone A (4) - 15th Won relegation playout 14/15 Venezia (ITA) Seconda Divisione Girone A (4) - 4th Lost in promotion playoff 15/16 Venezia (ITA) Seconda Divisione Girone A (4) - 3rd Lost in promotion playoff 16/17 Venezia (ITA) Seconda Divisione Girone A (4) - 1st Promoted, Serie C Cup winners 17/18 Venezia (ITA) Prima Divisione Girone A (3) - 6th 18/19 Dresden (GER) 3.Liga (3) - 8th 19/20 Dresden (GER) 3.Liga (3) - 13th Resigned mid-season Belenenses (POR) Liga Orangina (2) - 10th 20/21 Belenenses (POR) Liga Orangina (2) - 2nd Promoted 21/22 Belenenses (POR) Liga Zon Sagres (1) - 4th 22/23 Belenenses (POR) Liga Zon Sagres (1) - 4th League Cup winners 2023 Krylya Sovetov (RUS) Prem'er Liga (1) - 10th 23/24 Celta (SPA) Liga Adelante (2) - 4th Lost in promotion playoff 24/25 Celta (SPA) Liga Adelante (2) - 1st Promoted 25/26 Celta (SPA) La Liga (1) - 6th 26/27 Celta (SPA) La Liga (1) - 7th Europa League winners 27/28 Roma (ITA) Serie A (1) - 3rd 28/29 Roma (ITA) Serie A (1) - 1st Italian champions, CL finalists
So close to a great double!
Well done on the league win. Shame about the Champions League penalty defeat.
What a great season Duval had! I suppose his high determination and off the ball skill makes him turn up in the right place at the right time.
Things starting to come together nicely, so I'd expect a few more trophies to come your way soon
Confederations Cup Special - Portugal 2029
Let's take a look at the 23 players I called up for this tournament:
A few surprises as I'm yet to settle for a well-defined core of players, given the mixed results so far. Brazilian-born keeper Tite finally decided to choose Portugal over Brazil and I immediately called him up - should be our #1 goalie for years to come. Midfielder Luis Mendes has been doing well for Wolves and was given a shot.
An excess of left-backs meant that the lauded Everton player David Jardim was left out, whereas the media won't shut up about the fact I won't call up some god awful veteran Man Utd defender called Teté, with 9 for pace and 10 for jumping, just because he earned 61 caps back in his days.
Group Stage: New Zealand 0-3 Portugal (Pedro Figueiredo (2), Gustavo)
We had a pretty easy group with New Zealand and Saudi Arabia as beatable opponents, and for preparation I had just set up a friendly against Afghanistan in which we demolished them 7-0. It did prepare us for the situation of having to break through a much weaker side, and two rare long range shots from Pedro Figueiredo killed the game in our favour very early on. That being said, while we easily dominated them, I felt something was still lacking here. A serious injury for winger Gustavo didn't bode well for the rest of the tournament neither.
Group Stage: Portugal 2-1 Saudi Arabia (Luís Pinto, Steven Pereira; Al-Qahtani)
Qualification secured for the next stage, but in a much tougher fashion than it should've been. Saudi Arabia were a better side than New Zealand but we were still heavy favourites yet couldn't break them during the first half - only for former Porto striker Abdulaziz Al-Qahtani to break the deadlock in a corner in the very last touch before half-time. It took a harsh team-talk and a superb performance from substitute Steven Pereira to turn things round, but we never took hold of possession and only by the 77th minute did we get into the lead.
Group Stage: France 2-1 Portugal (François Vogel, Mignon Pedro; Pedro Figueiredo)
As if to emphasize we had underperformed, France had beaten New Zealand 7-0 and Saudi Arabia 3-0. We rested a few players and fielded a very defensive formation expecting to be humbled by the reigning World Champions. It nearly worked, it was a tight game, we resisted the whole of the first half, we equalised right after their first goal, but my Roma captain Mignon Pedro gave France the win in the very last minute. We were to face Group A winners Egypt in the semis.
Semi-Final: Egypt 4-2 Portugal a.e.t. (Al-Shemmari, Hassan, Sabry, Abdel Fatah; Steven Pereira, Pedro Figueiredo)
An epic match that did not go in our favour. It's worth mentioning that while Egypt are not on world class level they do have a few wonderful players and a very solid side - far better than real life contemporary Egypt. I expected it to be a tight fixture, and was delighted to watch Steven Pereira use his huge 2.07m height to score a header early on. Unfortunately Egypt turned it around before half-time with a very dubious penalty supposedly committed by Pedro Figueiredo. The midfielder would redeem himself by scoring the equaliser, his 4th goal in the competition, later on, but soon enough Pingo was sent off for a professional foul and forced us to defend for the remainder of the match. We held on for long, but then extra time made our players very tired and Egypt finally broke past us then scored another to kill the game.
3rd Place Playoff: Portugal 0-3 France (Lemaire, Bagayoko, Baghouli)
A very poor finale to an underwhelming competition. We faced the world champions again for effectively a glorified friendly, with plenty of our players very tired and a few others injured or suspended. France were hardly on great shape neither, but with much better strenght in depth, proved to be much more clinical than ourselves. The stats show a close game, the result will remain in history as a battering. I didn't enjoy having my former Celta striker Khalil Baghouli beating our keeper, but that man is world class even with tired legs.
Spain won the cup with a 2-0 victory in the final over Egypt, payback for Egypt's 1-0 win in the Group Stage.
Best players
5. Carlos Paulista (ST) - Quite frankly I am worried at his recent lack of clinical edge in front of the goal, I'm surprised he didn't score any in the competition, but did push the team forward with his runs and got 2 assists.
4. Pato (DL) - The man I sold to Barcelona one season ago is yet to decline at the age of 31 and beats very tough competition in our epic struggle for the left-back spot.
3. Steven Pereira (AMR, ST) - Couple of great cameo performances from the giant who has been excellent in the Serie A recently for Fiorentina.
2. Luís Pinto (ML) - Portugal's highest profile star at the moment, not quite a Cristiano Ronaldo but has a few tricks in his arsenal, got 2 assists.
1. Pedro Figueiredo (AMC) - Surprisingly prolific, I did not expect him to bag 4 goals. Only France's godlike forward Dahamane Bagayoko (World Cup Golden Shoe winner, 83 goals in 58 caps) did better, with 7 scored...
Looks like we've got quite a lot of work to do here if we want to defend the nation properly next Summer in the Portuguese World Cup. We just about met the FA demands of reaching the Semis, but the group was easy and 3 defeats in 5 games is a negative total. I may have to review my tactics, I'm basing them on the Roma structure but clearly this is a different team with far more serious weaknesses.
Upcoming friendlies against Argentina and Italy should make for another 2 serious tests.
And it started so well...
Oh btw, look what I rejected this Summer:
Insane offer financially, it also was hard to refuse because managing a club like that would be the very top peak of any manager's career, but I have unfinished business at Roma. And I hate Man Utd.
Wow, that's some transfer budget.
Unlucky in the semis against Egypt. Without the red card maybe you would have gone through. Same against France in the first match. Conceding in the 90th is never fun. Good luck for the World Cup back home.
Has Rocha done anything of note btw? I forget how many caps and goals he had when you took over.
With those strikers in the Portugal squad you should use Steven Pereira as a target man in a 4-4-2 maybe.
Rocha has scored a few for me in friendlies, but has been relegated to the bench after Carlos took the Portuguese nationality, and had a very poor tournament here. Frankly he's past it, was even released by Inter this Summer and could only find a club in Vitória de Guimarães. I wanted to call him up for the World Cup for sentimental reasons, but the harsh truth is that it'd be a wasted slot and I'm going to have to leave him out.
I'm very excited for the new season with Roma because I've just pulled a massive move in the transfer market, but I can only update a few days from now, so here's just a teaser update - we've signed an INCREDIBLE player.
As for the 4-4-2, I am playing with it and nothing else. Maybe it's hurting more than it helps, but I quite like it. If you have the players for it I think you should give it a go. What have you used so far with Portugal?
Here's the man, the beast, the legend, Roma's most expensive player ever, and the guy I fully expect to settle himself as the biggest Roma player since Francesco Totti - if not bigger. Just check out his debut:
.. and his performance in the pre-season friendlies.
I've tried 4-4-2 in the friendly against Argentina and it didn't work very well, we lost 1-0 and Steven Pereira didn't have a single aerial chance. Not sure what to do now.
Sounds a little bit like what I am experimenting with England. We have the players for 4-4-2 tbh, but it's not working out well enough so am trying out 4-5-1 now. The MC triangle and two wingers. Except our left winger can't play up the pitch so it's a lopsided 4-4-2, sort of. Mixed results so far so am also unsure what to do.
Loving the battling nature of your team!
Roma 2029/2030 - season preview
Transfers (in)
Let's take a look at the new faces that arrived at the club this Summer. A mere 6 signings, but one of them really stands out...
Gérard Coulibaly (ST) (4.1M) - We didn't really need yet another striker, but for this price there was no way I was going to let him go, because he's absolutely top class. The only thing he's lacking is aerial ability really, but I play mostly by the ground anyway.
Felix Peron (DC, DM, MC) (free) - Doesn't quite fit the DC position perfectly due to lack of key physical attributes, neither DM because he's not natural there, but getting a regular French international for the bench for free seemed like an excellent deal.
Karim Abdellah (D/WBL, DM, MC) (free) - One for the future, and what a bright future it is, excellent for an 18 year old. I'm overpaying him on wages but I don't mind.
Marco Hofmann (MC, MR) (6M) - Extremely expensive for a 17 year old, but if Abdellah is a future superstar, Hofmann is even better and surely it won't take a long time before he starts getting the odd first team appearance. I'm retraining him as an AMR for his pace and dribbling.
Nicola Ferraro (M/AML, MC) (4M) - I needed another option for left-winger to stir up Gomes and Mior with competition, and while Ferraro isn't world class, he's versatile, he was cheap and is italian - unfortunately doesn't count as homegrown somehow, must be a bug.
Dahamane Bagayoko (ST) (55M) - What can I say about this man that hasn't been said before? How about a perspective of what an insanely good international career he has had already by the age of 26. World Cup 2026 winner with France, being both Golden Ball and Golden Shoe runner-up (on equal goals with the winner). Euro 2028 Golden Boot and Best Player. Confederations Cup 2029 Top Goalscorer and Best Player. Shortlisted for the FIFA Ballon d'Or on three occasions. 83 goals in 59 caps. He's only not won any major club honours yet because he was stuck at Tottenham, I'll take care of that in Rome.
Transfers (out)
To make space for Bagayoko and Coulibaly I had to make the harsh call of selling our top forward Lewis Holmes by 20M. I'm not sure I mentioned this before, but Lewis was last season's UEFA Champions League Golden Boot... The other forward to leave was Soslan Ivanov but he's still 21 and I rate him very high so I just loaned him to Dortmund for a season for 1.2M. The disappointing attacking midfielder Andrezinho was sold to Parma for 5.5M after I had paid 12.75M to get him two years ago - a very poor season and the decisive penalty kick missed in the Champions League final didn't help -, veteran William was sold to Bordeaux for 2.8M, defender Tom van den Hoek to Monaco for 2M, and a few youngsters I didn't rate high went as well: Fatih Akbas (325K), Andrea Gallo (675K), Giuseppe Rota (110K), Gregory Bakker (2.6M + 50% from next sale profit), Luca Orlandi (400K).
All of these sales, and the Champions League prize money, didn't allow us to stay in the black, because the unprecedented bid for Bagayoko broke the bank, along with a few expensive contract renewals. We're 2.6M in the red - not a major drama though.
Youth intake
Luca Antinori is not the kind of forward that would fit my team, but bloody hell he looks brilliant for a 16 year old kid. The Roma academy is on very good form after producing Vanni Fioravanti last season - who at the age of 17 was already shining in this Summer's Under 20 World Cup.
Full Squad
Very large squad, but we want to go far in every competition. I think we're good enough to do it, albeit I wanted a better goalkeeper and our top top talent is all upfront where I can only field 1 of our 3 superb strikers in my formation - and no I'm not changing it.
First fixtures
A trophy! Italy's version of the Charity Shield is called the Supercoppa and is the first time I win this kind of tournament, very pleased with it. It was all about a Carlos Paulista brace. The other game (4-0 win over Juve) was magnificent, lighten up by an astonishing Bagayoko debut as posted previously.
Our Champions League group is Man City, Wolfsburg and Sporting CP. Relatively hard actually, but we're a world class team and can't be afraid of anyone.
Predictions, conclusions, etc
I want to go one step further and conquer Europe. I cannot promise it'll happen this season because a single bad match can ruin our Champions League campaign, as it's a knockout competition, but I can promise we'll be strong. As we'll be in the league, we want Roma's first ever back-to-back titles. And I want to go far in the Cup for a change, I've been very poor as a manager in every domestic cup for a few years now - despite the fact some of my greatest earlier successes were in cups (Serie C Cup with Venezia, League Cup with Belenenses).
Wow Nelson, that's some summer! How on Earth did you get Coulibali for only 4.1 million? Bagayoko looks an absolute beast too, for a beastly sum, but it will be hard to not score with him on the pitch.
Will be very surprised if you don't win anything this coming season, cause that team looks frighteningly good.
That team looks quite good. Good luck you should win something else
That's a ridiculous price for Coulibaly - at worst you could leave him on the bench all year and sell for £25m in the summer!
I like seeing brilliant players go to Roma, even on other people's games. Especially when they're also bringing success to the club. Some awesome signings this year, Coulibaly is the type of bargain anyone would hope for. Go for the back to back titles and hopefully a double.
Good start to the season with Roma,some very nice striking options you have as well.
Cheers all. Coulibaly was cheap because he was stuck at Standard Liége but with a ridiculously low release clause - which I paid. As for the "good start to the season", the 2nd league fixture we lost to Inter 3-1. I think we're more dependent on our first choice wingers Gomes and Zarabi that I would like. With Gomes out injured, and Zarabi in one of his none-too-rare off-days we were hopeless...
SnakeXe: my idea is indeed to sell one of the forwards at the end of the season, whoever performs worse - because I've got Soslan Ivanov loaned out and he's a quality player in great form. At this moment I think it'll be Carlos Paulista out, I know I just paid 28.5M€ for him last Summer but he's been far too inconsistent for both Roma and the national team...
Good way to open the season.
Some top signings, so you've definitely got the squad to challenge on all fronts this season. Good luck!
Holy crap on Bagayako!
It's still November.
I also found this quite funny:
"such footballing luminaries as Owen Coyle"
Great forward you have there.
Bagayoko bang in them in left right centre
Okay, this is getting a little ridiculous now. Another Bagayoko poker. It's as if the opposition's defenders don't exist - although they do seem to give far too much space:
damn he's fast,the defenders almost look like they're walking when hes running lol
Been reading through this the past few days and thoroughly enjoyed it, keep up the good work!
Bagayoko is simply ridiculous - he reminds me of Yaya Sanago in my save in FM11, only better. His international career is beyond sublime, I have never seen anything like it!
You think he will go on to become the greatest footballer of all-time (According to your save, of course )
Fantastic defending around the minute mark there. Batayoko runs straight through in the centre, and the one defender that may do something about it moves away from him. I see this sometimes in FM10, but it's disappointing it's still present in FM12. Will things ever truly improve??
I'm hoping he'll win a Champions League for me and in turn receive that level of individual recognition.
Btw this is FM11 I'm playing not FM12.
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World Cup groups are out. Group A: Portugal, Colombia, Ivory Coast and Bulgaria. A good draw, I'm only a little wary of Ivory Coast but we should be able to go through, specially as the home nation.


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26 Jan 2013 6:36 AM #1
App hangs on appLoadingIndicator on Android native app - microloader issue
Ext version tested:
- Sencha Touch 2.1
- Sencha Cmd 220.127.116.118
- Android 4.0.4
- Android API level 8, 9, & 16
- Generating the default ST 2.1 app freezes on appLoadingIndicator when deployed natively
- Generate app using Code:
sencha generate app TouchTest c:\TouchTest
- cd to TouchTest app and run Code:
sencha app build
- modify packager.json to this:
{ "applicationName":"Touch Test", "applicationId":"com.mycompany.myAppID", "versionString":"1.0", "versionCode":"1", "icon": { "57":"resources/icons/Icon.png", "72":"resources/icons/Icon~ipad.png", "114":"firstname.lastname@example.com", "144":"email@example.com" }, "inputPath":"build/TouchTest/production", "outputPath":"dist/", "configuration":"Debug", "platform":"Android", "certificatePath":"./my.keystore", "certificatePassword":"mypassword", "provisionProfile":"", "sdkPath":"c:\\Progra~2\\Android\\android-sdk", "androidAPILevel":"9", "permissions":[ "INTERNET", "ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" ], "orientations": [ "portrait", "landscapeLeft", "landscapeRight", "portraitUpsideDown" ] }
- run Code:
sencha app package build packager.json
- Send app to device and install.
- The app should run and hit the main viewport
- App pauses on appLoadingIndicator. I have debugged it to the point described in this post: http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthread.php?254995
See above steps. This was using the default generated app and the versions described above.
Debugging already done:
- I have debugged it to the point described in this post: http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthread.php?254995
- Windows 7 64-bit
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Yup, Dandy Don has passed on. The "fun" guy in the original Monday Night Football trio, he made a career out of razzing Cossel and feeding Frank Gifford some great lines. He was also instrumental in bringing Cossel down after he compared Alvin Garret of the Washington Redskins to a "little monkey". When enraged callers cut loose on Cossel, and he responded by denying making the statement, Meredith said, "we can rewatch the tape, Howard, you DID say it". A most treasured part of my early years of watching football. He will be missed.
"Turn out the lights......the party's over......"


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Professor Charles Auffant Wins Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from AALS Clinical Section
April 23, 2010 –The Clinical Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) has recognized Professor Charles I. Auffant of Rutgers School of Law–Newark with the 2010 Shanara Gilbert Award for his teaching excellence, dedication to social justice, commitment to clinical legal education, and international work focused on Cuba. The national award honors a junior or "emerging" clinician who has demonstrated significant accomplishments and great promise. Shanara Gilbert, who died in 1996 at age 45, was a founder and co-director of CUNY Law School's Defender Clinic.
|Charles Auffant (with plaque) with colleagues (l-r) Professor Frank Askin, Assistant Director of Clinical Administration Edna Baugh, Clinical Professor Jennifer Rosen Valverde, Dean John Farmer, Professor Jon Dubin, Clinical Professor Robert Holmes, Clinical Professor Esther Canty-Barnes (winner of the 2004 Shanara Gilbert Award), and Clinical Professor Randi Mandelbaum. At right is Brooklyn Law Professor Jonathan Askin, Rutgers Class of 1990.
At Essex-Newark Legal Services, Auffant represented residents victimized by predatory lenders and persons in need of relief from burdensome consumer debt. At the Urban League of Essex County, he helped save homes threatened by foreclosure and increased the availability of affordable housing. While working for the Newark Board of Education, he ensured that school board elections were truly bilingual and expanded voting sites to essentially all general election polling places. At the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, he served as special counsel on a project that sought to provide affordable, quality housing to homeless or at-risk patients of the university's Behavioral Health System.
Since joining Rutgers as a visiting staff attorney in 1998, Auffant has served clients and inspired students in the Urban Legal Clinic, Special Education Clinic, and Community Law Clinic. Now working in the mostly transactional Community Law Clinic, he has added charter schools to the docket, giving students a practical understanding of New Jersey education law, and represented non-profit entities, community development corporations, and small or emerging businesses and micro-enterprises. He recently became director of the clinic's collaboration with Covenant House, New Jersey, which provides shelter and social services for homeless and runaway youth and walk-in support services to other at-risk youth. Under Auffant's direction, clinic students perform corporate/transactional legal work for Covenant House and provide residents with educational seminars, counseling, and direct legal representation to help put their lives back on track.
A former trustee of the New Jersey Hispanic Bar Association, Auffant is a member of the executive committee of the AALS Clinical Section.
"Charles Auffant," said Professor Jon Dubin, Director of Clinical Programs, "clearly demonstrates the accomplishments, values, social justice activism, and emerging contributions to clinical education intended of the award recipient and exemplified by the tragically shortened career of Shanara Gilbert."


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Suppose $8$ people can paint $6$ houses in $3$ hours. How many houses can $3$ people paint in $4$ hours?
So it seems that $1$ person can paint $3/4$ of a house in $3/8$ of an hour. Then this implies that $3$ people can paint $9/4$ of a house in $9/8$ of an hour. Is there any easy way to convert this to the desired result?
Or maybe we should look at the fixed ratios: $8:6:3$ versus $3:x:4$.


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News about Bernie Williams, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Help Arrives Incognito for Yankees' Tired Bullpen
The minor league prospect Jacob Lindgren was not immediately recognized when he reported for duty at the team's clubhouse.
May 25, 2015, Monday
Bernie Williams, an Improbable Star in Center Field, Is Immortalized Just Beyond It
Like Jacob Lindgren and Slade Heathcott after him, Williams, the Yankee legend who had his number retired Sunday, earned his shot through happenstance.
May 25, 2015, Monday
On Night to Remember, Game to Forget as Rangers Sweep Yanks
Bernie Williams was enshrined in Monument Park in a pregame ceremony, but once the game started, the sloppy baseball continued.
May 25, 2015, Monday
With Bernie Williams's Retirement, a Storied Yankees Era Ends
Williams, a former Yankee, formally retired before the beginning of a Subway Series that seemed to serve as a reminder that New York fans is a two-team town.
April 25, 2015, Saturday
Plaques, Yes. Pennants, No.
The Yankees have missed the playoffs the last two years, but for the second straight they will add four plaques to Monument Park in celebration of better days.
February 20, 2015, Friday
Yankees Plan to Honor Four Former Players
Bernie Williams, Willie Randolph, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada will be honored with a plaque in Monument Park, and all except Randolph will have their numbers retired.
February 17, 2015, Tuesday
For Yankees, Farewell May Not Mean Goodbye
The Yankees salute departing stars with days in their honor, sometimes on two or three occasions years apart.
September 22, 2014, Monday
For Yankees, the Immortalization Process Is Worth Rethinking
Tino Martinez joined the Yankees' crowded Monument Park on Saturday, and more from his era are on their way.
June 22, 2014, Sunday
Yankees Will Retire Torre's No. 6
Besides retiring the number worn by Joe Torre as manager, the team said it would honor Rich Gossage, Tino Martinez and Paul O'Neill with plaques in Monument Park.
May 9, 2014, Friday
Seeing Double, and Triple, at Yankees Camp
With 84 players expected in camp and 19 numbers held out of circulation for varied reason, the Yankees do not have enough uniform numbers to go around. So they doubled up.
February 16, 2013, Saturday
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