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If I have a day off and don't sign in on the forums whilst playing, I can get through a season in a day. I don't have as much spare time now so can't do a season a day much.
2011/12 - BSS, 1st, FA Trophy 2nd Round, BSS Champions!
2012/13 - BSP, 2nd, FA Cup 1st Round, FA Trophy 4th Round, Lost in BSP Playoff Final
2013/14 - BSP, 14th, FA Cup 1st Round, FA Trophy 1st Round
46 Pld, 17 Won, 12 Drn, 17 Lst, 77 For, 90 Ag, -13 GD, 63 Pts
League / Domestic Cups
My 2nd season in the BSP started well, with 3 wins from 4 games, but after that everything went sour, and whilst I was never in danger of entering the relegation zone, I was also never in danger of challenging for a playoff spot, and ended the season a mediocre 14th - it's safe to say my 'original' players are starting to deteriorate (with some exceptions), and my youth players are just not improving fast enough to replace them.
2014 League Table and Graph
There was also nothing to note in the domestic cups, with the team being knocked out of the 1st round of both the FA Cup and FA Trophy.
Star Players
Fan's Player of the Year - Oliver Nicholas
For the 2nd time in 3 seasons, 22 year old Eritrean defender Nicholas has picked up the Fan's Player of the Year award, and is now by far the best player in the squad, and one of the few 'original' players that has keep on improving (although at 22 you'd expect him to). Continues to have interest from other clubs, with clubs from Finland, Turkey, Spain and German all interested in him - although he still has 2 years to run on his contract, and I plan on extending that to 5.
Most Promising U18 Player - Daniel Leary
As per usual, the U18 squad didn't produce any gems, however 18 year old right back Daniel Leary was probably the best of a bad bunch, with good physical attributes, and even mentioned 2 senior appearances due to injury - however will need to keep improving if he wants to cement a spot in the senior squad.
2014 Seasonal Best XI and Overall Best XI
Finances / Facilities
No cup runs of note means the club recorded a $300k loss for the season, and the bank balance is back down to $75k - guess I'll have to wait a while longer before I can even think of improving my 'basic' youth facilities (of course I could always use the pre-season friendly exploit to get some cash, but I'd rather not unless I have to).
2014 Finances
Training Facilities: Adequate
Youth Facilities: Basic
Youth Recruitment: Basic
So, after a promising season last year, this was... not promising - in fact quite the opposite. With my original squad starting to age and decline in quality, I really need to start to find some youth players to step up if I am ever going to earn promotion into the football league - where hopefully I can start generating a profit year on year. Let's see if next season is any better.
New Club Records
Most Games Lost in Row: 3 - 31.8.2013 to 7.9.2013
Most Games Without Winning: 6 - 31.8.2013 to 24.9.2013
Most League Apps for Club: Kevin Scriven - 187
Most League Goals for Club: Martin Reilly - 74
Oldest Player: Uriel Trustfull - 36 years 174 days (v Morecambe (H) Blue Square Bet Premier 26.4.2014)
Fastest Goal: Martin Reilly - 40 seconds (v Newport Co (H) Blue Square Bet Premier 5.2.2014)
Grrr, getting alot of injuries and players asking for first team football. One bonus is I'm into the first round proper of the FA Cup.
Edit: Macclesfield Town away .
WOW, I have gotten an amazing striker through the Youth Intake, I'll update shortly!
Youth Candidates
Joe Hessenthaler YP3) - Coach Report
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The soul-sucking money spinner friendlies are over, and I was mercilessly beaten by the near-upper echelons of English and Scottish soccer. Fortunately, my humiliations were televised, and I sit on a decent balance to cover costs of operating this year. The season prep (and morale repair) part of the off-season is underway with a solid 5-2 win against a lower division minnow. Jamil Adam opened his tally with a couple, and the team looks generally decent. Hopefully my 3 physios (the Board, thankfully, saw the wisdom in not having lots of injuries this season) will keep the injuries to a minimum.
On the not-so-awesome front, one of my non-contract veteran defensive stalwarts got pissed off that I wanted to secure him on a part-time contract (huh?). He was consequently poached by fellow promotee Redditch, despite my best efforts to entice him to stay by indulging his dreams of becoming a scout. A week later, everyone is willing to negotiate. I guess I was too eager? With the lack of ability to bring people in, this is the sort of thing that will kill the first season, so hopefully I can fend off any other interest until March rolls around.
Surprisingly, the Board agreed to a junior coaching improvement right off the bat, so we are now at adequate. No dice on the youth recruitment of course, and I am not eager to sink money into the training facilities until we have some depth of talent worth spending money on =)
I have to say, it's sort of nice not having to scout and look for squad improvements. Certainly makes this save move a lot faster than my usual Southampton one! Now I am just itching to get the season proper underway.
Alright, I'll shut up and get on with it =) Cheers for starting up this challenge, Ri916! Good luck to everyone.
Edit: Dear lord, that was a lot of typos and unfinished sentences.
Last edited by mkjellander; 05-04-2012 at 14:14.
Minimum squad size of 9 players... I only have 9 non U21s in my squad. Lucky stuff!
Well March 13th is here.... and here is the Youth Intake
To say that I am a bit shocked at the amount of strikers is an understatement.
Richie Dixon (YP1)
Greg Patel (YP2)
These are the two who get the YP tags from me, and they both have the potential to be good BSP strikers.
Now to try to win the league.
stothy- although under 21s dont initally count, you can set them to be part of the registered players if you click and select in.
Last edited by stothy; 05-04-2012 at 15:09.
Kinda released all of my youth intake for my first season in the Championship
This youth intake, what is it? Damn me not having much in terms of youth facilties and recruitment . I only have £12k in the bank and I'm slowly falling down the league. Mid-table could be the best that we can afford. Oh and I have no goalkeeper, no youth intake and morale is battered.
Well here we are againand i finally got my first youth, not superstars of cours but 2 promissing players
Youth Intake
Most promissing Still don't know what to make it MC or ST
Drew. Lowestoft Town. The Championship. 2024/2025
Table - Survival, that's what we wanted, and that's what we got, we didn't score as much goals as everyone else, but we didn't concede that much, which is quite pleasing.
Ollie Driver YP5 not the best, but he'll do as a squad player.
Christian Frew YP6 again, not the best but he'll do as a squad player next season.
Kenny Stockwell YP7 once again only used as a squad player, and will be for next season.
Luke Southgate YP9 hardly used, and will be a backup for next season.
Ollie Hooper YP10 solid enough, will be looking for more of the same next season.
Ben Evans YP11 the youngster done well notching 15 goals, I will be hoping for more of the same next season.
Jordan Parker YP12 impressive season from the youngster.
Jimmy Parnaby YP13 very impressed with this kid, had Charlton look at him over the summer, but a new contract scared them away.
Geoff Bastow YP14 will try and give him some games next season, or send him out on loan.
Kerry Carney YP15 just with Bastow, will try and give Kerry some games, or send him out on loan.
Finances we always end the season in the red, but work our way to black before the season starts, this year, the board have decided to add 2.7k seats at a cost of £3.2m, which means we will be losing £500k a month until the summer, which means it will be a couple of seasons before we can improve any facilities, unless we get taken over of course.
Proof that I haven't cheated
Code:Year Season League Final Position Wins Draws Losses For Against GD Pts 1 2012/13 BSS 9th 18 9 15 50 45 +5 63 2 2013/14 BSS 4th 23 10 9 59 37 +22 79 3 2014/15 BSS 3rd 20 16 9 50 40 +10 76 4 2015/16 BSS 1st 21 17 4 64 37 +27 80 5 2016/17 BSP 10th 15 18 13 55 45 +10 63 6 2017/18 BSP 17th 14 14 14 45 57 -12 56 7 2018/19 BSP 1st 24 17 5 67 42 +25 89 8 2019/20 L2 5th 22 10 14 59 49 +10 76 9 2020/21 L2 1st 23 19 4 59 36 +23 88 10 2021/22 L1 19th 11 18 17 51 60 -9 51 11 2022/23 L1 16th 13 18 15 51 57 -6 57 12 2023/24 L1 1st 25 16 5 71 46 +25 91 13 2024/25 CH 16th 13 21 12 55 54 +1 60
Drew- Well done on staying up next season I think you can push for a top half finish. Was your intake rubbish or did you just accidentally release them?
Youth Intake - March 2020
Oliver Aldu - Excited by him. Reports suggest he could be a good Premier Division striker and even though I have a few of those already I reckon I can fit him in!
Garry Doherty - Great technical stats from the youngster and if I can get his physical stats up then he'll be great for us. Here's his report.
Can I swap Aldu for all the ball winning midfielders that are coming though my youth team please?
Hastings United - Blue Square South - 2014/2015
League Table - Improved another 2 places and up to 13th.
FA Cup - Another amazing cup run saw us lose in the 3rd round 3-0 to Bolton.
FA Trophy - A bad showing in this competition losing in the 1st round to Eastbourne Boro.
Squad - Our strike force is very good, our defence however is still quite leaky.
Youth Players:
Jason Tillen (YP1) - 27 goals in 51 appearances added with 17 assists, he's breaking club records.
Jason Lancashire (YP2a) - A solid if unspectacular season getting 44 appearances.
Steven Clayton (YP2b) - Same as Jason Lancashire, solid and almost getting an average rating of 7.00.
Ant Younghusband (YP2c) - Managed to score 9 goals as well as getting 10 assists, good season.
Joe Hessenthaler (YP3) - Only managed 1 goal in 8 but putting him on some quickness training.
Code:Season Division Position Achievements 2012/13 Blue Square South 17th Survived 2013/14 Blue Square South 15th FA Cup 3rd Round, FA Trophy 4th Round 2014/15 Blue Square South 13th FA Cup 3rd Round, FA Trophy 1st Round
Tony Hawker- A good season there and I think Hastings will be ready for the BSP in a couple of years.
Northwich Victoria - Blue Square North - 2012/2013League - I was pleased that we managed to make the play-offs but was disappointed that we threw away a 3-1 lead in the first leg against Darlington to go on and lose 5-4 on aggregate in the Play-off semi.
FA Cup - A great cup run saw us make the 3rd round where we lost to Blackpool but this run brought us in some profit which is always good
FA Trophy - Not so great, only made the 1st round.
Key Players
Top Goalscorer - Leighton McGivern
Player of the Year - Jerry Nnamani
Youth Intake
A poor youth intake in my opinion and none of them were good enough to make the first team but I chose 2 to give YP tags to who I thought could go on to be good players.
YP1 - GK - A much needed keeper as I had previously only had 1 keeper in the entire squad. I should hopefully give him some games during the course of next season. 4.5* Potential
YP2 - D/WB(L) - Should get a few games next season. 4* Potential
Transfers - The player was signed before I joined.
Last edited by jcoll; 06-04-2012 at 09:34.
Jcoll- a good season and you were unlucky to go out of the playoffs after the first leg.
Just had my first youth intake with my 'excellent' junior coaching and the price tag that comes with it, and underwhelmed
Guess you cannot win the youth intake lottery every year, but I was hoping for more with my more expensive tickets
I'm in the play-off final again! Hopefully I'll be off to the Championship in just one match time!
Edit: 1-1 into extra time!
HAHA YES! 2-1 with seconds left!
What a match! So tense. When one of our guys was sent off I thought we blew it, never mind when the second was sent off, but I kept 3 upfront and just told everyone to pump it up and play more directly (basically telling them to forget about the midfield and get it to the strikers) and it worked! Wow. Still in amazement that we did it..
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have improved junior coaching to 'average' at start of second season, should hopefully get me some good youth in march. The board are also searching for a Parent Club which could bring in more money to help with facility upgrades.
Gonna start this challenge now with a view to playing it solidly until the next game comes out.
Currently on holiday waiting for a job. 50,000 player database is going to kill my laptop but that's only as much as I deserve after misreading the rules.
-who you are managing Carshalton Athletic
-How many seasons you have completed 6 with update to come
-Your current division League 2 (update on the way )
My profile: Mark Hayes
Managing Carshalton. Objectives are to stay up. Decent first team, now I just need some staff... Going for a kamikaze formation because it's apparent that our best player can only play as an AMC.
Will post a picture of the facilities soon. First season update shouldn't be too long in coming because I can bomb through the seasons about 2 a day.
Hope that's what you're looking for in a first update.
Last edited by Unknown Hacker; 06-04-2012 at 00:26.
Year Division Fa cup Fa Trophy League cup Johnstones Paint Trophy 1 17th Blue Square South 4thQ 2nd Rnd na 2 9th Blue Square South 2nd Q 3rd Q na 3 2nd Blue Square South 1st round 3rd round na 4 9th Blue Square Prem 1st round 1st round na 5 1st Blue Square Prem 4th round Winners na 6 10th League 2 5th round na 1st round 2nd round
toonbalmy do you mind if I steal your table format in a few seasons time?
2011/12 - BSS, 1st, FA Trophy 2nd Round, BSS Champions!
2012/13 - BSP, 2nd, FA Cup 1st Round, FA Trophy 4th Round, Lost in BSP Playoff Final
2013/14 - BSP, 14th, FA Cup 1st Round, FA Trophy 1st Round
2014/15 - BSP, 16th, FA Cup 2nd Round, FA Trophy Winners!
46 Pld, 15 Won, 16 Drn, 15 Lst, 56 For, 75 Ag, -19 GD, 61 Pts
League / Domestic Cups
My 3rd season in the BSP was another struggle, and by Christmas I had dropped into the relegation zone, which was a real worry! I managed to pick up the form a bit in the second half of the season, and even get some game time into some of my 19-20 year olds, but finished up a disappointing 16th, my lowest finish in the BSP yet!
2015 League Table and Graph
However, there was on highlight this season, and that is the team's performance in the FA Trophy where, after 2 replays, and a penalty shootout win in the semi final, I made the FA Trophy final against Gainsborough, who were 17th in the BSP. The final was a close game, but my boys finally managed to find some form, and in front of 22,263 people, they won 3-1 to take home the FA Trophy!
2015 FA Trophy Final
Star Players
Fan's Player of the Year - Oliver Nicholas
23 year old Eritrean defender Nicholas was once again the shining light in an otherwise ordinary squad, taking home the Fan's Player of the Year award for the 3rd time in the past 4 seasons, with 8 goals, 3 assists and 9 MoM at 7.26 from 47 appearances - the only player to average over 7 this season. He now has interest from clubs around the world, but seems happy to extend his contract each year, so I should be able to hold on to him for a while longer.
Most Promising U18 Player - Paul McGowan
Whilst several of my 19 and 20 year olds got quite a bit of game time, the U18s didn't get much of a look in. 18 year old striker McGowan only made one substitute appearance, however it was in the 2nd leg of the FA Trophy Semi-Final, and the young striker managed to score 2 goals in 40 minutes to keep Sutton United in the game. Whilst his attributes are nothing special, I simply have to give him a bit more game time next season given how he performed in the one opportunity I gave him this season
2015 Seasonal Best XI and Overall Best XI
Finances / Facilities
Despite stellar cup runs, which saw me reach the 3rd Round of the FA Cup and win the FA Trophy, the side only made a profit of $60k, to bring the total balance up to a poultry 120k - no where near what is needed to improve the facilities. I fear that the only way I'll make enough profit to improve the facilities is to earn promotion to League 2, but the only way to earn promotion to League 2 is to get decent youth players... a vicious cycle.
2015 Finances
Pitch Conditions: Very Poor
Training Facilities: Adequate
Youth Facilities: Basic
Youth Recruitment: Basic
Another season of mediocrity, however I was able to give some of my younger players some game time, and expect them to challenge for a spot in the starting XI next season, so hopefully that can bring some much needed improvement to the team's performance next season!
New Club Records
Most Games Without Winning: 12 - 7.3.2015 to 21.4.2015
Most League Apps for Club: Kevin Scriven - 227
Most League Goals for Club: Martin Reilly - 87
Oldest Player: Uriel Trustfull - 37 years 187 days (v Gainsborough (N) FA Trophy Final 9.5.2015)
Youngest Goalscorer: Paul McGowan - 17 years 344 days (v Altrincham (H) FA Trophy Semi Final 21.3.2015)
Unknown Hacker- welcome to the challenge and a good choice in Carshalton. Good luck and hopefully you can keep them up.
marky mark- Unlucky to drop down the table after a great first season in the BSP. I'm tipping you for promotion next season
First season completed at Chester
Chester - Blue Square North (1st season) - Season 2012/2013
Team Achievements
Blue Square north WINNERS and Graph
FA Cup: 4th Q Round
FA Trophy: 1st Round
Players Achievements
Player of the Month September
Player of the Month November
Personal Achievement
Manager of the Year
Finances/ Facilities
Total loss of 116k
Pitch:very poor
Training Facilities: Fairly Basic
Youth Facilities: Basic (Rented)
Proof of no cheating
Last edited by mthielen; 06-04-2012 at 10:27.
mthielen- Congratulations on your promotion. Next year is going to be harder but hopefully you can pull through.
Northwich Victoria - Blue Square North - 2013/2014League - We started off very well and were actually in 1st at one point but then we got inconsistent and just fell short of the play-offs.
FA Cup - Couldn't replicate last years feats.
FA Trophy - Better then last year
Key Players
Top Goalscorer - Leighton McGivern - 20 Goals
Player of the Year - Jerry Nnamani
Youth Intake
Lots of Potential this year with 5 of them getting tags, a much improved intake from last year.
YP3 - AM(C) - The best out of the lot with regards ability, might have to make a position for him in the team next year. 5* Potential
YP4 - M(R),AM(RL),ST - A much needed right winger who is also very versatile. 5* Potential
YP5 - GK - The Assisant reckons he's better than YP1 so should get some games next year. 5* Potential
YP6 - DM,M(C) - He Strengthens the middle of the park and gives me a creative option there. 5* Potential
YP7 - DC - Has got good stats already, so he could feature next season. 5* Potential
Youth Tags
YP1 - He got a lot of games this season, because I wanted to develop him. He did alright but I think YP5 might take his place next season.
YP2 - He improved massively and was tutored to great effect. He only got 12 games but can hopefully keep developing into my starting LB.
thnx Ri, i know it's going to be hard i just hope to stay up.
I think my current tactic isn't gonna cut it in BSP, gonna try the first few games and see how i works out, but i'll probbly have to change tactics
Last edited by Unknown Hacker; 06-04-2012 at 10:49.
jcoll- A very nice youth intake there. I'm sure you will break the playoffs next season.
OK guys, I got a bit over-anxious to sign a particular intake player called Jack Maguire and accidentally made a bid for him. He started his career in my youth intake anyway so it shouldn't matter but I just thought I'd let everyone know that that is why his name appears in the transfers tab...
EDIT: Never mind. False alarm.
Hacker- Why would he appear in the transfers tab? if you just offered him a contract then he shouldnt appear in there.
ha ha lol. Not to worry.
Not going well in L2! Last match 7 CCC to their 0 and I lost 2-1 .... not happy!
I think I know where this is going.
Drew- Show us the intake! :P
AND FINALLY! After 12 games without a win I got one!
EDIT:2 wins from 2 now
Last edited by stothy; 06-04-2012 at 13:51.
Youth Intake
Tony Douglas erm yeah, I've had a few talented players come through the ranks over the years, but nothing like this before, the coach report didn't say anything, but the fact that Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs are after him suggest he is pretty decent and has a superb future ahead of him.
Ryan Cruse another talented youngster, has the potential to be a good Premier Division defender, and is already better than most of my other centre backs
Oh wow.. he is good!
Drew- That intake aint to shabby I'd say. pity the 17 heading wasnt a 17 finishing or pace though.
Drew, he looks like the next Alan Shearer :P
Hmm, my FA Cup run, while good is rather tough. I needed a replay to beat L1 Scunthorpe United (who have a 26 year old striker called Connor Wickham). That setup a 2nd round tie against Crystal Palace at home. That match was then put back 24 hours and televised and finished 0-0. The winner of the replay gets a home tie against Man City ....
surprised to see conor wickham down in league 1. Isnt he supposed to be a bright prospect?
That explains it then, target men are sh*t in FM
Scunny signed him the previous season when they were in the Championship, but in this save, he's not done a lot. I'll get a few screenies about him posted shortly. And yes, I was surprised to see him
Oh wow.... Believe it or not, at this mid point of the season my team is both the top scoring and the top conceding! Let's work on defensive positioning then
I must say that I was hoping for a better one, but maybe it's beause of the shocking facilities.
Youth Intake- Not very good, except for the one stand out player.
Alex Daly YP01- A bright prospect inbetween the sticks.
Chester Season 2012-13
Final League Table Boy was it close. Very close. Closer than I would have wanted. But we did it. Mainly thanks to this stunning victory over Corby.
The cups aren't worth talking about, so I won't!
Key Players
Yann Nsaku - This guy was an absolute rock at the back, as well as his partner Radford. Not only did he keep them out at one end, but he was our third top scorer in the league with 11.
Jerome Wright - The player of the season, by a country mile. He was superb down the left, our joint top scorer in the league as well as the most assists. He will be vital next year.
Youth Players
Greg Patel (YP2) - Gave him a few games when I got him, managed to get a goal, making him Chester's youngest ever scorer. Unfortunately he got a injury so took no further part in the season.
Richie Dixon (YP1) - Unfortunately Richie played no games, but I certainly hope to use him in a few games next year to help him improve.
Managed to gain a few upgrades this year, including Junior Coaching and Youth Recruitment. However, the most important was the Youth Facilities upgrade, so I must make sure we have enough money for this to take place.
Transfers - I would never cheat!
Next Season - The main aim is too survive! Hopefully the youth facilities upgrade goes through, and hopefully either Patel or Dixon will get some goals, that was something which are other strikers lack regularly.
EDIT: Oh Dear.... Not good! Hopefully i can get them upgraded next season instead.
Last edited by Goldyrulz; 06-04-2012 at 15:29. Reason: Bad news....
Goldyrulz- Congrats on promotion with chester there. As for the facility upgrade being scrapped, dont worry to much. Youth recruitment is much more important as that affects the quality of youths coming through. Youth facilities only effects how they are trained while on a youth contract.
Drew. Lowestoft Town. The Championship. 2025/2026
Table - We survived again, but were worse off than last season, our defence was okay, but we could not hit a barn door from ten feet, very poor from our strikers and attacking players.
Squad missed last seasons, but our strikers had less than 10 goals each.
Christian Frew YP6 poor season, and has been getting worse over the months, will look to release him next season, he's on big wages as well.
Kenny Stockwell YP7 played okay, again will be a squad player for next season.
Ollie Hooper YP10 decent season, one of the first names on the team sheet, hopefully more of the same next season.
Ben Evans YP11 had a poor season, coupled with YP16's emergence and me using one striker in my formation's, he'll be a squad player next season.
Jordan Parker YP12 had a decent season, more of the same for next season please.
Jimmy Parnaby Yp13 solid season, had some mild interest in him earlier in the season, but that subsided once a new contract was agreed.
Geoff Bastow YP14 was decent in the few games he was given, will be sent out on loan next season though.
Prooft I dont cheat
Code:Year Season League Final Position Wins Draws Losses For Against GD Pts 1 2012/13 BSS 9th 18 9 15 50 45 +5 63 2 2013/14 BSS 4th 23 10 9 59 37 +22 79 3 2014/15 BSS 3rd 20 16 9 50 40 +10 76 4 2015/16 BSS 1st 21 17 4 64 37 +27 80 5 2016/17 BSP 10th 15 18 13 55 45 +10 63 6 2017/18 BSP 17th 14 14 14 45 57 -12 56 7 2018/19 BSP 1st 24 17 5 67 42 +25 89 8 2019/20 L2 5th 22 10 14 59 49 +10 76 9 2020/21 L2 1st 23 19 4 59 36 +23 88 10 2021/22 L1 19th 11 18 17 51 60 -9 51 11 2022/23 L1 16th 13 18 15 51 57 -6 57 12 2023/24 L1 1st 25 16 5 71 46 +25 91 13 2024/25 CH 16th 13 21 12 55 54 +1 60 14 2025/26 CH 17th 13 17 16 43 50 -7 56
Scunthorpe, and proof he's not done a lot in his career.
First Season at Carshalton
League Table
Positions Graph
Average start characterised by a lot of 0-0 draws and 1-0 defeats. Little formation change sorted everything out and we went on an incredible and unforeseen run of draws and wins which eventually got us to a playoff spot. If we'd've won our last game of the season we would have been promoted as league winners but we contrived to lose it to already relegated St. Albans at home 3-1. So it was down to the lottery of the playoffs where we were to play a team who we hadn't beaten all year.
Leg 1
Totally controlled the home leg of the playoffs as the graphic shows. Nothing much to say about it really.
Leg 2
Horrible bitty game, we lived on edge for most of it as the stats may or may not show. Funny part was at the end when their keeper was sent off for handling outside of the area.
So we moved on to the final. At home against Dorchester.
We won 3-1
Lovely stuff. Came from a goal down too...
Fans' player of the year
Best XI
Youth Intake were all signed up
No cheating here...
Cups were a waste of time. Lost to Blyth in one and Romford in another, both away.
No upgrades to facilities due to lack of funds.
Staying up will be near impossible so I'm going to give the youth a chance and also drop the wage bill somewhat. I'll post updates on my best youth prospects next season, they are the top two players in the Youth Squad.
This is getting bad, im in my 3rd season in BSN and just came off a 7-0 loss to Chester :o
Drew- Well done on staying up again. You dont want to rush promotion to the EPL anyway as you will just get spanked if you go up to soon.
Hacker- Congrats on the playoff win. Dont give up on staying in the BSP as I think you can do it
It's going to be very hard. My kamikaze tactics have led to me being very much bottom of the pile after 11 games...
Arghh! I virtually playing with a team Of blue square regional players in League 2!
Season 2019/20 - Carshalton Atheltic
League Table - Wow! What a season. The team played amazingly well with it coming down to playing Middlesborough at Wembley to get promoted. The match lived up to the season, it was annoying and disappointing to begin with but got better and better throughout. It was a great final, really exciting, and I'm delighted to be up. But a bit worried at the same time. I don't think my squad is good enough for Championship and I just lost one of my main strikers as he refused to sign a new contract (no clubs were interested in him, he just refused to continue at Carshalton..) and I think it will definitely be a tough season.
Squad - Most of them are above 7.00 as an average and the standout has to be Lee James YP10, a recent youth product, who was on fire all season.
Ross Hale YP03 - Played well. I changed my formation to a narrow 4-3-3 which meant he had to play CM but didn't do too badly. I think Championship will be out of his depth.
Josh Humphrey YP04 - Did alright. I have no other decent keeper so he is automatically first choice. Conceded a few too many for my liking.
Josh Brazier YP06 - Did well, but he is leaving us at the end of the season as he refuses to sign a new contract.
Ibrahim Tran YP07 - Amazing. One of my best players. His passing is now 17 and he is starting to set up more goals. He is also a regular for Morocco's U21s and for most of the season the coach reports said he was easily good enough for Championship never mind League 1.
Kelly Moore YP08 - Played a lot more this season. Can play CB as well as RB and is the best in the team at both positions. Pleased with him.
Warren Galbraith YP09 - Meh. When he played he scored but I had 3 better options up front.
Lee James YP10 - Wow. What a player. He had an astonishingly good season with something like 43 goals in 50 odd appearances. Predicted to be a good PL striker, it's going to be tough holding on to him.
Finances - Very worrying. It's mostly down to the Youth Setup but hopefully TV rights and sponsorship in the Championship will help keep us in the black. Oh and of course some money spinning friendlies!
Transfers - Not Guilty
Code:Season League Position 12/14 BSS 18th 13/14 BSS 15th 14/15 BSS 11th 15/16 BSS 5th - Promoted 16/17 BSP 1st - Promoted 17/18 L2 18th 18/19 L2 4th - Promoted 19/20 L1 5th - Promoted
Last edited by TWFL; 06-04-2012 at 19:44.
4 promotions in 5 seasons?
Top stuff!
TWFL- a-maz-ing! I must say though, you have been rather fortunate in the playoffs! some great prospects coming through now and hopefully you will stay up.
Oxford City - Season 1 - 2012/13
League Table- WOW. I didnt expect this. My only aim was to avoid relegation and we completely surpassed that aim, doubling the points we needed to avoid the drop. We were in and around the playoffs but we didnt have enough to stay in them.
Squad- As you can see, we were a one man team. Felipe Barcelos was an amazing poacher grabbing 32 goals. Paul lawless also deserves a shout out with 12 goals from midfield.
Key Player- Felipe Barcelos. His goals fired us to a brilliant campaign. I have signed him up for the next 3 years, but boy was he expensive! 600 quid a week!
Alex Daly YP01- Got a few games, but not enough really. I will make him first choice next season and hopefully he will improve.
Finances- 72k in the bank which I hope to boost in the summer with some sumptuous friendlies.
An unbelievable season for Oxford City. 7th place in the league for a team tipped to go down in last place is outstanding. I believe you should always be positive so Im going for the playoffs next season but I wouldnt be surprised if we were in the bottom half of the table.
Code:Season League Position Achievements Top Goalscorer (Goals) Player of the Season ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012/13 BSS 7th Staying up and more! Felipe Barcelos (32) Felipe Barcelos
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Carshalton Atheltic Back With A BANG!!!
Really didn't think id win the league but yet we did i am so surprised how good this team is but now my core players are starting to age i think its time to give a couple of the young guys there shot in the first team and see what they do. The team is still Defensive and Rigid been that way since day 1
Team Stats
Player Stats
Finances - Hmm forgot bout these but i was in the green at 200k
Key Players
Westley - Cemented his place in my squad as the top defender
Oscar Ward - Scoring for fun
Marvelous Baah - once again a truly awesome player for me
JPT - Stevenage 1st round
League Cup - 2nd round Bristol City beaten in Extra Time
FA Cup Stoke 3rd round beaten 1-0 by finalists not tooo baaaad!!
Youth Intake
YP05 Info
Next years objective : Survive
Toonbalmy- Congratulations on getting promoted. League 1 will be tough, but I think you can survive.
Is it bad that despite being bottom at Christmas I am now eyeing up playoffs because I don't believe we are only 6 points off them? Comeback of the season!
Well done Toon, keep it up Good luck for League 1
Sorry i've been away guys, would have been on other day, but had an 18 hour power cut! Going to do my end of season report finally.
Northwich Victoria - BSP 2019/20
Basically a disaster. I did have hope that I could have a fairly successful season after we won 2 and drew the other 2 games in our first 4 matches, including 3 clean sheets! Alas, it wasn't to be ....
Code:Season P W D L GF GA GD Points Pos. Division 2012/13 42 20 12 10 65 34 +31 72 6th BSN 2013/14 42 21 9 12 49 30 +19 72 5th BSN 2014/15 42 19 8 15 48 45 +3 65 7th BSN 2015/16 42 11 8 23 32 58 -26 41 18th BSN 2016/17 42 21 12 9 63 40 +23 75 5th BSN 2017/18 42 17 11 14 63 45 +18 62 11th BSN 2018/19 42 26 6 10 75 40 +35 84 1st BSN - Promoted to BSP 2019/20 46 10 12 24 42 62 -20 42 24th BSP - Relegated back to the BSN
Out of all my players, only Les Beck played to a decent standard, scoring 22 in 46 games, 5 assists and 6 MoM awards with a rating of 7.12
Even with exceptional junior coaching and basic youth recruitment, my youth intake wasn't highly impressive, although there are several decent prospects, including a playmaking midfielder, something I've been needing for a while! Paul Whicher (report card) and Martyn Howson (report card) are my 2 best prospects from the intake so, they got the YP tags this season.
I had a good, but very tough run in the FA Cup saw us reach the 3rd round before getting mullered 4-0 by Man City. The only problem was that this was at home, and not in Manchester, so no huge pay day to fill the coffers....
Oh well, time for another clear out, and my second BSN title in 3 seasons.Code:Competition Round Opponent Location Score Attendance FA Cup Q4 Buxton Home 2-0 1471 FA Cup 1 Scunthorpe Away 1-1 3999 FA Cup 1 (R) Scunthorpe Home 2-0 4011 FA Cup 2 Crystal Palace Home TV 0-0 4055 FA Cup 2 (R) Crystal Palace Away 3-4e 4944 FA Cup 3 Man City Home 0-4 5300 FA Trophy 1 Morecambe Away 0-2 1332 FA Trophy 2 Corby Away 1-1 466 FA Trophy 2 (R) Corby Home 1-2 1117
Yeah, following the board takeover a few seasons ago, he hasn't been that supportive ...
Avramski- Unlucky mate. Are you gonna give it another go?
My chairman is pretty good wit me tbh If I ask for anything n he says no I say he ain't showing enough ambition then he just accepts wat I wanted oh wen I need a new contract I make sure i get 2 or 3 years contract
In a shock announcement, newly promoted Harrow Borough have named David Perks as their new manager. While David is a fomer footballer himself, having played previously for Brigg Town, he hasn't been involved in the sport for a number of years now.
First team squad
Reserve team squad
Club overview
Club facilities
Transfers as of 25th June.
Positional wishlist for my first youth intake ....
Right back
Central defender (preferably 2)
Left midfielder
Central Midfielder
Striker ....
thats a long list
Carshalton Atheltic : Here Comes the BOOOOM!!!!
Reallly Really how the hell did this happen i was so surprised we managed to get promoted all be it on the last day of the season but wow and how i do not know i guess me deciding to go with youth actually spurred my team on with more energy wahoo but i see next season being tougher
Team Stats
Player Stats
Finances - cant wait to get into the championship to sort these out would like a nice tycoon to take over and give me a new stadium
Key Players
Westley - Top defender look at his goals
Oscar Ward - Still banging them now starting to attract attention to teams at the lower end of the PL £5Million price tag on his head
Marvelous Baah - Playing well still but starting to get booked alot broker the record for most cards in a season for my club but look at his assists
JPT - Beaten by Shrewsbury in South Final on Penaltys
League Cup - Tottenham 3rd Round
FA Cup Derby 4th Round
Youth Intake
YP06 Report (New)
Next years objective : Survive or will there be another Miracle from my Magic Robins
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There have been many discussions about the sequestration we now are in. We hear about the cuts that will be made to the military, which is comprised of men and women many in Washington, D.C., supposedly support. Many of these servicemen and women and their families are taking to using food stamps, food banks and other programs just to make ends meet. And politicians want to make more cuts and take away equipment affecting their safety in combat. Defense contractors and their related industries are having their services cut or stopped completely.
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Lightbox - How to make it happen
A certainly cool effect is:
I've been left with two options:
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2. Write my own.
Which one is better? Does relying on integrating other JS codes a problem?
If the 2nd one, this is what I have come up with.
I use a window with no header, frame, white background, and upon viewing, I slide it out (using a modified SlideIn effect) with an Image inside.
The problem is that, it is slow and choppy in IE7 (and my computer is fast).
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ROGERS (November 29, 2012)—A Wednesday night house fire that firefighters say started in a chimney did significant damage to a two-story home and displaced the residents and their pets.
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KNPC's clean fuels project is a major upgrade and expansion of the Mina Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah Refineries to increase their combined throughput by 264,000 bpd to 800,000 bpd. The objective is to increase conversion of fuel oil to higher value products in order to meet expected market demand.
Foster Wheeler on Wednesday was awarded a project management
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On February 1, the Department of Health and Human Services released a "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" that included two important changes to its controversial requirement that most health-insurance plans cover contraceptives at no cost to women. Together, these two changes should put to rest the claim that the HHS mandate wantonly violates religious liberty. Questions may remain about the wisdom of the mandate as a matter of public policy, but its critics should at least stop claiming that it's motivated by hostility to the Catholic Church.
The first change in the new HHS proposal simplifies the conditions for an exemption from the mandate. Previously, an employer had to meet several ill-formulated criteria: the employer's purpose had to be "the inculcation of religious values," and most of those it served or employed had to "share its religious tenets." Many critics complained that these criteria might be understood to exclude churches that ran soup kitchens or homeless shelters—or helped anyone in need without regard to his or her confessional status. With its new proposal, the HHS has adopted the Internal Revenue Code's much simpler definition of a "religious employer," the one that determines which employers have to pay taxes. It is unlikely that the original HHS criteria would ever have been interpreted to the disadvantage of any real house of worship, but there was no reason to leave any doubt—or to introduce a doubtful understanding of religion in a set of insurance regulations. As HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius acknowledged, the old rules "caused more anxiety and conflict than was appropriate."
The second change announced by HHS is more substantial. It provides a comprehensive explanation of how employees and students of nonprofit religious institutions that don't qualify for the exemption will be able to get coverage for contraceptives without the institutions themselves having "to contract, arrange, pay, or refer for" services to which they object. Such institutions will simply notify their provider that, for religious reasons, they decline to pay for an insurance product that covers contraceptives. The provider will then be required to offer a free stand-alone policy for contraceptives to employees or students of the institution. The provider will bear the up-front costs of the extra coverage, but in the long run such coverage turns out to be "cost neutral," since paying more for contraceptive services now means not having to pay for as many births later.
When this work-around was first proposed last year, it remained unclear how the accommodation would affect nonprofit religious institutions that insure themselves instead of buying a group plan from an insurance company. According to the new proposal, the companies that administer the health plans of these self-insured institutions will be required to arrange for a third-party provider to offer—and pay for—a separate policy covering only contraceptives. Since the issuer of such a policy won't enjoy any long-term savings because of it, the federal government will offset the issuer's costs by reducing its fee for selling insurance in the new online exchanges. The accommodation still doesn't extend to private business owners who object to paying for what they regard as an immoral product. As Eduardo Peñalver has pointed out at dotCommonweal, nothing would have prevented the HHS from asking insurers to do for any employer what they will now be asked to do only for nonprofit religious organizations. Indeed, it might have been simpler and more prudent to avoid the whole controversy by making this a mandate not for employers to pay for coverage of contraceptives, but for insurance providers to offer it separately—and at no expense—to any policyholder who doesn't already have it, especially since this coverage is good for their bottom line.
Of course, most other services do cost insurers money. The government could not so easily accommodate every employer who had a moral objection to something on the government's list of things all health insurance should include. If a Scientologist, say, didn't want to pay for his employees' psychotropic medication, the government could not fairly ask that his insurance company eat the cost. In other words, the Obama administration's shrewd accommodation of Catholic nonprofit organizations doesn't provide a generalizable solution. It is a one-off fix, made possible by the particular economics of reproductive health care. It has no bearing on the constitutional principle, affirmed by the most conservative members of the current Supreme Court, that religious believers are not exempt from laws of general applicability. The claims of conscience must never be ignored, but they do not necessarily entitle one to relief from any practical difficulty that arises from disagreeing with most of one's fellow citizens about a duly enacted law.
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If the modifications outlined in the editorial above are correct, it seems like the objection of so many churches and non-profit religious institutions to being forced to pay for procedures deemed by them to be morally objectionablehas been overcome. Hopefully this controversy is over. However, as the editors seem to suggest, there may be at least some good reason for a similar accomodation being extended to to owners of commercial businesses who object to paying for these same services on religious grounds; specifically, because these services more than pay for themselves, and therefore the imposition of the mandate is saving health insurance companies considerable money. They should be required to pay for them, not the employers. The argument that to make such an exception opens up the possibility of other employers objecting to paying for different procedures that violate their religious conscious is not equivalent, that is, unless those other procedures also provide the opportunity for considerable profit on the part of the insurers. However, as also is implied above, the simplest way to satisfy those currently objecting on religous grounds, as well as those seeking the benefits of "free" contraceptives as well, is simply to have the insurance companies pay for the contraceptives directly in as they are, at least on the monetary level, the prime beneficiaries of such a mandate. I would urge the Obama administration to take this course.
I think Commonweals simplistic understanding of the long term and unintended consequences of the Obama policies are representatvie of the consistant pandering you do to the leftist tendencies of this Administration. You have totally left out the convictions of CHristian (and Catholic) business people who find abortion and aborition inducing drugs against their moral and ethical standards. To continue to create an absurd web of who pays for what as a shell game to offer cover, and for Commonweal to endorse it, shows the shallowness of both the Administration and COmmonweal.
There is no God Given right to contraception or Abortion, but there is a God given Right to Life and a clear biblical understnading that killing is immoral. COmmonweal continues to come out on the wrong end of this argument. But no one should be surprised.
I suspect that the idea that these services would more than pay for themselves is a prediction and not a fact. If their profitability were guaranteed there would be no need for a law requiring the insurers to provide them.
Walter Sykes,
One of the major arguments for providing "free" contraceptives is that the widespread use of contraceptives will prevent unwanted pregnancies and the consequences of such, including the millions, if not billions, of dollars this will save on healthcare costs. This is accepted as close to a "fact" as we probably can get to right now by both proponents and opponents of the mandate. A major beneficialry, if not the prime beneficiary, of these "savings" would be the healthcare industry. You're right, there is no reason for this law mandating that employers pay for contraceptives. In my opinion, the only reasons for the mandate is becasue the Obama administration is pandering to Planned Parenthood and other groups of that kind, and, possibly, as a "sop" to the insurance industry, part of the extra profits they are likely to receive because of the mandate that all have such insurance or face penalties, to get at least their passive support. I think Obamacare has many fine parts; the mandating of contraceptives and possible abortificants as part of the plan employers must pay for is an unnecessary and divisive inclusion that should never have been there in the first place.
I agree with S.P. Gravely, Walter Skykes, and Wayne Sheridan. This accomodation is a smotke screen. In addition to the onerous contraception mandate, the Obama Administration has enacted more laws liberalizing abortion than any previous administration. I also find it offensive that the editorial likes the idea that the use of contraceptives will save insurance companies the costs of live births! Life is a gift from God! Insurance companies should not operate on the horrible premise that life gets in the way of profits. That's a dangerous place to go. Our Catholic Church practically stands alone in upholding the great value of human life. I don't see how anyone can claim to be Catholic without upholding this great, important moral principle.
Not needed? Says who? Contraceptive hormonal medications are used not only to limit births, but also to prevent the crippling pain of endometriosis and other common "female problems," such as ovarian cystic syndrome, that used to mean many work days lost each year by women, as well as to ward off the recurrence of female cancers, including ovarian, a generally aggressive disease. In fact, more women use these medications on a regular basis to prevent disease than use them for contraception. And contrary to many male commentators, they are far from cheap. All in all, the mandate is a boon to women of all ages, regardless of their fertility. The fact that it will also lead to fewer unwanted pregnancies, and therefore fewer abortions, also serves the prolife cause, a fact more prolifers might appreciate if they hadn't been led to erroneously conflate contraceptives and abortifacients.
This is extremely painful for non-Catholics. The entire debate rests on civil rights concerns: the fundamental principles of equal access come from institutional acceptance of our tax money right along with Catholics'. How is it that such non-profits can insist on being funded by Protestants yet discriminate against us when we are your institutional employees? Since no institution actually PAID for contraceptive coverage, this is even more heartbreaking for us. We are reduced to labor market commodities - you don't have to work for us if you don't like it - while the institutions have "moral values". Well for non-Catholics - Protestants, Jews, Hindus, Muslims - contraception is our commitment to care for creation, for stewardship of God's earth by not over populating, care for our families, and preservation of marital intimacy. We are being remanded to second class status. We also have no assurances, HIPPA notwithstanding, that taking the supplemental policy won't lead to retaliation by people such as Ms. McCarron who writes here. If Catholic sponsored institutions wish to BE Catholic, fine. Then don't take our tax money! Not a penny! You cannot have it both ways. You cannot take our money then discriminate against religious differences any more than segregationists did against racial differences. This may make some of you happy. This may still infuriate others. But for the latter you are doing harm to those who serve your institutions loyally. We are NOT commodities but people of conscience! Hostility to our needs continues the myth that only Catholics have morals. Morality lies in the power of conscience NOT in imposing your rules on others. Catholics risk becoming the new George Wallace standing in the doorway. Think about the implications of what you advocate. It is doing grave harm to ecumenism and to justice everywhere.
Churchlady, your reasoning seems a bit flawed. No one is saying that Catholics, or Catholic owned businesses, or Catholic institutions that must pay taxes should not do so. Catholics have the same rights of citizenship as any other citizen, and the same right to be protected by the Constitution. The issue is whether Catholic organizations who pay for, and are now obliged to pay for, health insurance for their employees should be obliged to pay for procedures they consider immoral and aginst their beliefs. In like ways, Jewish or Muslim organizations should not be obliged, under severe penalty, as is the case with the heathcare mandate, to pay for prok to be served in the organizations cafeteria, if such is against their religious standards. You seem to be full of bile against Catholics.
You are changing the debate. I am not discussing those institutions paying taxes.
I am saying that Catholic institutions that have become purely non-profits by the TAKING of tax money - money we all pay to you - now want to deny their diverse employee body the right to their free exercise of conscience.
Catholic employers do NOT pay for contraception. It is just there. The exercise of conscience is up to the employee. Your organizations do NOT have the right to bar non-Catholics from access to that very expensive option especially when your money is NOT being spent on it at all. It will cost the same, present or not.
You can fix this by never again taking one red cent from the taxpaying public. Then you revert to being a purely religious organization, can discriminate all you like in hiring, services, etc. But you may not have it both ways. I'm sure the Church can find the funds if it wished to.
Serving pork is a ludicrous comparison - it's not a health issue. No one asks public hospitals to serve tofu. Setting up a straw man to knock down is the province of weak arguments. Same with saying I am"full of bile" against Catholics. Ludicrous. I AM full of bile against people who pretend that their morality trumps everyone else's. Only when you self fund can that pretense be carried out.
Catholics or any religious institution that takes tax dollars comes under the Civil Rights Act of equal accommodation. If you think this is fine, may you NEVER work for a Jehovah's Witness who demands that transfusions not be covered. It is the exact same thing. If the Jehovah's Witness institution takes tax money or in any other way is covered by the Civil Rights laws, they are bound to deliver what most of us agree is a moral good - transfusions for those who want and need them.
Institutional morality cannot trump the institution's own decision to be part of the secular society in taking support from the government in the form of universally collected tax money. It's bigotry against all others to demand your special rights over all of ours.
This is another argument for single payer. Whatever your position is on contraception or anything else, health insurance in the US is considered employee compensation. Therefore the employer is not directly paying for anything, but rather providing health insurance in lieu of pay. Our present tax code encourages this by not taxing these "benefits" as salary. This was all an accident of pay caps and attracting employees during and right after WWII. I would also ask Ms McCarron what laws the President passed. I don't recall the last Congress or the one before that passing any laws liberalizing abortion. The President can't pass laws. Facts please, not assertions.
Churchlady, it is not bigotry to ask that your rights under the Constitution are not violated.
Church Lady, non-profit organizations receive that status in part because, among other reasons, because they perform a service to society without seeking profit, and they also receive funds from governments because they perform suchuseful services. If the government did not value those services, such status and funds would not be provided. Therefore, I find your argument that because the church and it's institutions receive funds driectly and indirectly from the government, they therefore must conform to every mandate of the government even when that mandate may violate their moral and religous standards, specious. My tax argument was not a canard; Catholics and Catholic institutions pay taxes as do non-Catholics and non-Catholic institutions. It is not a transfer of money from non-Catholics to Catholics, as you seem to imply, when Catholic institutions receive benefits from the government. My "pork" point is actually sound and not far-fetched. Perhaps, the banning of "brisk," which is occuring in other countries and was tried in San Francisco seem more apt to you. The reasoning behind such government bands are usually civil rights (the baby's) or health related. In any event, when challanged, such bands are often found un-Constitutional. The government must be very careful and discerning when it tries to mandate actions or prohibit actions that violate the tenets of established religions. The bishops, the Catholic institutions and non-Catholic institutions have every right to challange this ill-considered mandate, and I hope they win their case in the courts, or, at least, negotiate a change in the mandate (steps are being taken by the administration now, as you know, in that direction).
Wayne - This is America. This is the law. Once an institution accepts tax money it comes under the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT on equal accommodations. It must hire without discrimination and must honor RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY.
No institution is paying for contraception. But the Church has put itself into the position, and so declared yesterday, they do not wish to honor other people's religious values and legal rights.
Religious discrimination is as pernicious as racial discrimination, and no amount of saying how good your services are will take away that sin. The Church is biased and intent on practicing religious discrimination. That is un-American and frankly un-Christian.
Nothing you say will clean this discrimination against non-Catholics. If the Church demands ideological purity, stop taking our tax dollars. You risk the Church's loss of tax exempt status by this move anyway. That may well end the entire debate. There is no "God given reason" we as a diverse nation should underwrite your policies.
Churchlady, your interpretation of the Civil Rights Act and how it applies to this case may or may not be correct; I doubt it. However, my basic point that if an institution receives money from the government, or an indivdual for that matter, that fact does not supercede the Constitutional rights of that institution or individual. Yes, as you said, "this is America," and I thank God that we live in this country that has a Constitution that prevents the government from trmapling on the rights of indivduals and their associations. Your interpretation of what is Christian and un-Christian seems bizarre. There is no discrimination involved in trying to assert rights under the Constitution. To call the position here by the Church and others discrimination is also bizarre.
No constitutional rights are absolute in all time and all circumstances. Freedom of Religion? ask Mormons & Christian Scientists about that. Freedom of Speech/Assembly? No shouting "fire" in a crowded theater. You can be required to request a parade/public gathering permit that may/may not be granted. 2nd Amendment? Limits do exist and it is highly possible that more limits will be imposed.
True, Jim MCrea. We will see how SCOTUS rules on the mandate if it gets to that point.
What's most disturbing is how the spokesmen for our Catholic bishops continue to take offense at what is, at most, a highly theoretical *potential* violation of Catholic consciences, and yet totally ignore the clear and concrete violation of non-Catholic consciences that would result from Catholic employers refusing to allow their non-Catholic employees the right to deal directly with insurance companies and thereby make their own moral choices. The Obama administration has bent over backwards trying to find ways NOT to violate even the appearance of moral coercion of here. If only the bishops would acknowledge their responsibility to do the same.
I wrote: "The Obama administration has bent over backwards trying to find ways NOT to violate even the appearance of moral coercion of here. If only the bishops would acknowledge their responsibility to do the same."
Oops, that got a bit garbled, so in the interest of clarity, which is too often lacking, let me try again:
I believe the Obama adminsitration has bent over backwards in an attempt to refrain from even the appearance of moral coercion. If only the bishops would acknowledge their responsibility to do the same.
Thank you to Beverly Bailey.
The fundamentals of racial integration rest on the absolute premises I have outlined - you do business as a public accommodation or you accept tax money, you are obliged to honor the Civil Rights laws of equal access. For the Church to claim it is exempt on 'religious grounds' - it is. All churches ARE already exempt. But once a religiously sponsored institution accepts tax money, it is covered by Civil Rights laws. It is the agreement that comes with taking tax dollars from a diverse body of citizens. That is SECULAR money for which the Church knowingly and openly negotiated.
Catholic sponsored institutions therefore must hire diversely, must provide equal accommodation, and must give full weight to the moral values of those it employs. There is no way around that - unless the Church wishes to end that financing.
The Catholic Church, once a faithful servant of racial integration, has now become the bastion of religious discrimination. The First Amendment rights of consciences and faith of non-Catholics exist EXACTLY EQUAL to Catholic views, no exceptions.
If you don't like it - don't take our tax dollars. Go back to the days when charities, hospitals, and colleges were entirely Catholic funded with only Catholic money. We won't mind. Protestants can and will pick up the slack. We don't discriminate. It is past time when you can accept our generosity in honoring and respecting and defending Catholic values and then have you slap us in the face by denying us our religious views. It is particularly past time when you can fund your bigotry against us with our money. There IS a war against religion. Catholics are waging it against the rest of us. This is America NOT the Vatican. You have a lot of choices. Having us fund our own exclusions at your hands is NOT one of them.
churchlady is right, the problem is the cath church can not be a source for BC or abortion. the other stuff is secondary. already the cath charitites does no longer adoption services due to gay adoption. Benedict may be right and this is the age of the mustard seed, the church will withdraw from fed funds, no longer do charity on a large scale, will become cut off from the public square. the dark age of secular humanism will eclipe the public square in its relativity and close freedom through the window of the natualistic phallacy Hume so brillantly exampled.
Mr. Burke - Secular society IS American society in which all faiths are equal. Yes - if you wish to promote your views to the exclusion of the rest of us, you may. And we will support that. But if you enter the secular world of tax acceptance, you cannot do this any more than schools, hospitals, charities can discriminate racially. Religious freedom means that - but religious respect for others is now resting on the institution taking our collective dollars. That is how racial desegregation moved forward - you could not discriminate against people who provided taxes to the institutions from which they were barred. Well, you still can't. This time it's religious discrimination against non-Catholics.
I cannot understand why Catholic Charities and other such wonderful institutions cannot continue to do their work with church funds. Why in the world did you stop doing CATHOLIC adoptions for CATHOLIC babies in CATHOLIC homes? I grew up in a time when that IS what you did and did well. Lord knows that Catholic girls who do NOT want abortions are quite urgently needing that care and sense of safety about where they place their babies. You could keep doing that. To end all services simply because you do not want the burdens of civil society that come with tax funds is evidence that your first line of commitment is NOT charity but money. We in the Protestant world are shocked by that!
I also don't understand why you cannot honor our commitments to our moral values - and it's not remotely true we embrace birth control for convenience but do so out of a massive commitment to theological principles of care for families and for God's creation. The Church is not paying for it - it is just 'there' with those who are not Catholic free to exercise their conscience. Catholics can freely be Catholic - but you cannot force the rest of us to abide by your views when we find them out of sync with our moral and faith values.
To assert our views are the 'coming dark age' is sheer hubris on your part. I have refrained in every circumstance from reducing this argument to sneering disparaging of the Church with all its problems. If you cannot exercise the same respect, you lose all credibility. Shame on you.
And unless you're being funny - and it's not particularly so -the word is "fallacy".
"The claims of conscience must never be ignored, but they do not necessarily entitle one to relief from any practical difficulty that arises from disagreeing with most of one's fellow citizens about a duly enacted law."
So. would you have said that to the black man when his conscience told him not to obey Jim Crow laws? How far Commonweal has fallen to resort to such a rationalizaton.
Mr. Proska - it is the Church, not the slave, who is propagating the New Jim Crow laws. It is the Church that is George Wallace accepting federal education funding and denying access.
Your Church has merely substituted religious bias for a racial one. You willingly, gleefully, cheerfully deny non-Catholics their rights under the pretext of following your conscience. That is EXACTLY what racial segregationists did - the attempted to justify segregation because they believed Bibilical injunctions demanded racial segregation in eternal punishment for the sins of those giving shelter to Ham.
You are destroying the Church's role as a moral leader with this massive bigotry and intolerance over an issue that even previous Popes and Bishops have openly considered a matter of personal conscience. Shame on the Church for retreating.
Churchlady--overpopulation is not a problem, underpopulation is--read the demographics. Stewardship of God's earth begins with taking care of fellow human beings first, body, mind and soul. Putting the planet--a rock--before mankind is disturbing. Believing overpopulation is a problem underlies your argument. The planet serves man--man doesn't seve the planet--or worship it.
You describe the basis for your morals as follows: "Well for non-Catholics - Protestants, Jews, Hindus, Muslims - contraception is our commitment to care for creation, for stewardship of God's earth by not over populating, care for our families, and preservation of marital intimacy."
Contraception is your moral basis and commitment to care for creation, your family and marital intimacy? That is an ideology of mythical proportions. I don't think you can really speak for all Protestants, Jews, Hindus and Muslims and certainly not for all women. Linking your moral ideology to a pill composed of a pregnant mare's urine is iffy to say the least. How can we defend your conscience claims if this is what you cling to as the driving force in your life?
Margaret - I do not denigrate your faith visions.You simply are not equipped to evaluate mine. You know nothing of our long journey through Scripture, theological reflection, and discussions with, yes, even Catholics.
Grow up and face this overwhelming fact. You may not tell me what to think. In none of my comments have I questioned Catholic values. That, today, will end. I have been working with Catholics in ecumenical coalition and have often been the voice to secular people for Catholics' right to be Catholic. That, today, will end. I have never been more disgusted by a group of smug self righteous people than on this blog. You live in America, NOT the Vatican. Adhere to democracy, to diversity, to respect and inclusion or get the hell out. You have NO right to dictate to others. My respect for and cooperation with Catholics has just ended after 40 years. That's it. I'm done. What a marvelous collection of bigots you all have proven to be.
To Margaret: I don't think churchlady needs you to defend her conscience claims. Shame on you for your judgmental tone. Yours is not an appropriate attitude for effective evangalizing. And I challenge you on your stance towards churchlady's beliefs about stewardship of God's earth. She is in agreement with the United Stated Conference of Bishops. One of their Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching is to quote:
Care for God's Creation
"We show our respect for the Creator by our stewardship of creation. Care for the earth is not just an Earth Day slogan, it is a requirement of our faith. We are called to protect people and the planet, living our faith in relationship with all of Gods creation. This environmental challenge has fundamental moral and ethical dimensions that cannot be ignored."
You owe Churchlady a heartfelt apology for your mean-spirited response.


text:
- you have to get back in the shower because you forgot to shave both legs
- your realize you are overfilling your glass at the refrigerator because your too busy watching your children
- you can't remember if you have taken your vitamin yet or not for the morning
- you just realized you have had ketchup on your shoulder all day
- you have to taste the sippy cup, because you can't remember when you gave your child milk
- you can't find your wallet, keys, or phone in your purse, but you can find diapers, trains, and hand sanitizer
- you are leaving the house have the kids in the car seats and start looking for your phone realizing you are talking to your husband on it.
- you walk into a room and you have to stand there trying to remember why you walked into that room
- you spend 30 minutes a day looking for your keys
- you find your keys underneath a stuffed animal riding a car
- you have cartoon theme songs stuck in your head all day
- you find yourself using the terms potty and tummy in adult conversations
- you raid the Easter candy stash and give it a sniff to fix those cravings.
- you sit in your driveway listening to the radio enjoying the moment of peace while both your children are sleeping in their car seats
- you drive past your destination TWICE
- you brag about your kids way too much
22 July 2011
You know you are a mom when....
Posted by Mercedes at 8:05 PM
3 comments:
- Jenae said...
Good for you for tasting the sippy cup first! I just let them taste it and if they won't drink it, I have my answer! :)
- July 22, 2011 at 9:10 PM
- Mercedes said...
My son throws up easily, so it tends to be a bigger mess in the end. Otherwise I would so be using your method. lol
- July 23, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- The Scholz Family Blog said...
Excellent and enjoyable post, I'm a father and can still identify with a lot of your list!
- July 24, 2011 at 4:50 PM
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