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This Kyle Wilson is a God. Saw his name being mentioned a lot snapped him up. He has 18 goals in 23 games. Insane.
This Kyle Wilson is a God. Saw his name being mentioned a lot snapped him up. He has 18 goals in 23 games. Insane.
New Stadium \o/
Season 2019/20 Review - Kingstonian in the Premier League
League Table
Past Positions
Pretty much exactly what I expected and aimed for, or rather a bit better. As the start of the season drew nearer it was obvious that I was neither going to find enough suitable players to properly strengthen all parts of the team, nor afford to sign even half of them. So, I went back to my old 4-5-1 and settled for a few new defenders and central midfielders, aiming to keep a good enough defence to survive the first season. We were playing at Upton Park for the first half of the season while The Fans' Stadium was being expanded, so the idea was basically to make as much money as possible from gate receipts and TV while spending just enough to stay up. We ended up making more than £22M over the course of the season in this way, so mission success!
FA Cup | League Cup
Didn't get very far, as usual.
Weak. Very weak. But strong enough when it mattered as we focused on taking the "easy" points against fellow relegation battlers while more or less fielding the backups against the big teams to give the regulars some rest. Pinto did great as the lone striker up front; 17 premier league goals in this team with this line-up is nothing to be ashamed of.
Buying players for a PL team is expensive! £8.5M was seriously as absolutely low as I was able to go after scouting like crazy, and that didn't get us much. The pick of the bunch would probably have to be Javier, joining from Burnley to sort out my disastrous GK situation.
Aim for next season: It's going to be another year until the new stadium is built and we're now back at our rented 9100 all-seater (why did we pay to have this expanded again?), so it might have to be another money-saving season. Avoiding the relegation spots would probably suffice just fine for now.
Code:Season Team League Finished Achievements 2010/11 Kingstonian Blue Square South 4th - 2011/12 Kingstonian Blue Square South 1st Champions, Promotion 2012/13 Kingstonian Blue Square Premier 3rd FA Trophy winners 2013/14 Kingstonian Blue Square Premier 3rd Promotion through playoffs 2014/15 Kingstonian Coca-Cola League 2 8th - 2015/16 Kingstonian Coca-Cola League 2 2nd Promotion 2016/17 Kingstonian Coca-Cola League 1 5th - 2017/18 Kingstonian Coca-Cola League 1 2nd Promotion 2018/19 Kingstonian Coca-Cola Championship 7th - 2019/20 Kingstonian Coca-Cola Championship 2nd Promotion 2020/21 Kingstonian Premier League 14th -
Last edited by Scab; 10-11-2009 at 02:51. Reason: typo
Just drew Liverpool at Anfield in the FA Cup 3rd round.
Nice going Scab.
G. Keenan's FC United- 2017/2018 Season Review- Coca-Cola League 1
Season review: It looked like I might be in for another long season after my first couple of games but my form quickly turned around and an unbelievably good midseason run carried me to the top of the league, I stayed there 'till the end. Champions!
League Table
Career Overview
Code:Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square North 5th None 2011/12 Blue Square North 1st Promoted, BSN champions 2012/13 Blue Square Premier 7th None 2013/14 Blue Square Premier 3rd Promoted, playoffs 2014/15 Coca-Cola League 2 22nd None 2015/16 Coca-Cola League 2 3rd Promoted 2016/17 Coca-Cola League 1 16th None 2017/18 Coca-Cola League 1 1st Promoted, L1 Champions
league 2 is not going well for me I'm getting hammered and don't know why as I have a decent team.
Hendon Mid-Season Premier League Review Season 2020/2021
Sitting 2nd in the premier league in January and have just signed what I think is a true world class DMC to bolster my team for the last half of the season, we also have a league cup semi final tie against Everton to come and are really playing some amazing football. My old 4132 I used to get promoted upto the championship works brilliantly with good central midfielders and strikers, feel like we can score everytime we attack now!
I'll do a full report with transfers and screenshots when the season ends!
Hendons Season 2018/2019 Review
Well the first season was all about not getting relegated, we were given a pretty decent transfer & wage budget but I simply had to look at bosmans for the main part as I felt my squad lacked realy premier league quality players. Thankfully though there does appear to be plenty of regens from top european clubs that are available on bosmans each season that can easily be part of a squad that stays in the league, come the end of the season we'd spent £25m on players and recieved £7m, my wage budget was slightly over expected but then we did spend £8m less then I agreed so adjusted the budgets and we were fine financially.
I decided to play a 442 this season, mainly because my 4132 when in the championship didn't do that well and I actually got promoted whilst using this 442 so thought I'd stick with it. We conceeded alot of goals, mainly because we rarely dominated games so were under pressure quite alot and due to my defenders being average quality for the league we simply couldn't keep clean sheets.
However we did score enough goals to ensure we were never really in a relegation battle and ended the season in 12th position, top goalscorer this season was Bob Baird, a Scottish regen who I signed on a free transfer after his contract with Aston Villa was up. I later sold Bob Baird the season after for £6.25m to Sheff Wednesday to help fund my aim to finish higher in the league.
We did absolutely nothing of note in the cups either, mainly due to me not taking it that seriously as I wanted to avoid injuries to my first team as I didn't have the finances to replace any long term injuries.
Transfers for season
Hendon Season 2019/2020 Season Review
This season I decided to keep with my 442 formation but aim to fill in the weaker spots of my team with better players in hope it will push me further up the table towards the european places, it didn't really work though and we still struggled to dominate games, even against teams I really expected us to which was quite dissapointing. We did have a better season though and finished in 10th place, so although a small improvement we did ensure the money kept coming into the club so we can try to afford better players so all in all this season was also a success for the club.
Yet again I was busy in the transfer market but this season it was harder to find bosman players that I fancied to improve us as a team but I did find some backup players and players for the future so was still pleased with the players I was able to sign for nothing. We did spend more this season though with a total of £57m on improving the squad including a Brazilian centre back called Andre who I signed for £11.5m from Internacional, however my chairman decided in January to sell him for £20.5m to Arsenal which angered me greatly because he was my best player and was really playing very well. We also didn't need the money as we were not in debt in any form and my wages were below my wage budget but he still decided it was good business unfortunately.
My top goalscorer this year was Bulgarian striker Nikolay Lazarov who was a bargain signing for £1m from Lillestrom, he went on to score 13 goals for me this season but was later sold to Everton in the summer for £10m, I was pleased with the deal because although he was my top goalscorer I was only going to try and use him as a sub next season if I could upgrade my strikers so to get £10m for him was a good deal.
Transfers for season
Just setup a league cup final game against either Arsenal or Liverpool after we drew 2-2 away to Everton & 1-1 at home to Everton in our semi final legs
Lanthal Rowning - Tiverton Town - Blue Square South
Started as the manager of Tiverton Town. I've used them every time in the challenge since making a completely blind choice back in '07 with them. Never gotten them past BSP though, get distracted by shiny things very easily. This is going to be the year for it though!
Started by bringing in two scouts, a coach and GK coach and a physio. Managed to score Kristian Rogers as my keeper who seems to be pretty decent and wanted by several clubs. This is a new learning experience for me as I'd never, in the past, played players with pace of 1 but i have a few cracking players who are there or thereabouts with their pace and they're actually doing the job from what I've seen so far. Tiverton has got a really old team though so I'm trying to inject a bit of youth.
Pre-season has seen a 0-0 vs Staines, 1-1 vs Exeter and a 3-0 walloping of Braintree. Bookies have me at 14-1 which isn't too bad.
Bring on the season!!!
dlnwba86 - King's Lynn - Season 1 - BSN
Well i usually do okay getting out of this league, BSP tends to be the problem, so i was hopeful of a decent season back in charge of King's Lynn.
The season started off terribly, only 1 win out of 10 and hovering precariously above the drop-zone, but then, an unbelieveable run of form, probably the best i've ever had on FM, 15 wins in 16 games (not inc. cups) put me up into the play-offs spots. For the remainder of the season i battled away to try and catch Hyde who had been top since day 2. It went down to the last day of the season but despite a last minute winner, it wasn't enough to take 1st so it was the play-offs for us...
Play-offs: In the semis, a 1-1 draw at Tamworth was followed by a convinving 3-1 home win and set up a final against Fleetwood...
Play-off Final | League Table
Needless to say, i was gutted, didn't perform at all and am consigned to another season in the BSN.
Finances - In the black
Cups - somehow lost to Wivenhoe in the FA cup.
Renton - Norwich loanee scored some vital goals and hopefully i can keep him for next season too.
Next Season - Given the performance this season, anything other than promotion would be a failure.
Season 1 - BSN (2nd) - Play-off Finalists
PS: Start of season 2, some decent signings and 7 pts out of 9 so a good start.
It can only go worser next season, that is the only bad thing I can say about this season. Won the BSP and the FA Trophy! OLE OLE
report soon!
Can someone tell me what the best stats are for an Assistent manager?
starting again due to crashed save for my manger details look at my last post just going to use the same save!
3rd time lucky for the toots?
rofl got myself a new kit sponsorship deal...
old: 5.7k
new: 6k
Combined post of My first season in BSP and the start of second season in BSP
Spartansteen - Jordan Latimer - Nuneaton Town - BSP
Season 11/12 (season 2)
Media Prediction 16th :confused:
Season Review
A good final position in the league i was worrying after the first 10 games as i was hovering round relegation but after changing my tactics back to 4-4-2 we began climbing back up the league, if it wasn't for our poor run of form early in the season i think we could of been in the playoffs! However we managed to stay out of debt with a decent fa cup run to the 3rd round which we lost 4-2 to top of league one Southampton!
My best X1 BSP http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/v...=BSPBestX1.jpg
Transfers http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/v...ransfers-1.jpg
League Table http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/v...eagueTable.jpg
Code:Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2010/11 Blue Square North 1st Promoted, BSN Champions 2011/12 Blue Square Prem 10th Fa Cup 3rd Round
2012/13 Season Start Review
Media Prediction 12th
Transfers http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/v...2TRANSFERS.jpg
New Best X1 http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/v...SON2BESTX1.jpg
Ambitions for season 2012/13
* Push for playoffs
* Good FA Cup run
* Maintain Positive Bank Balance
Looking Busy's Second Season at King's Lynn, Early season review
After bringing in 7 or 8 new free transfers and letting around half my squad go, it's been an understandable inconcsistant start to the new season.
After being the defensive specialists of the Blue Square North this season our defense hasn't been as solid, but equally that hasn't been helped by niggling injuries to defensive players. The switch to a standard 4-4-2 however has helped in the attacking part of the game, scoring far more this season. My two main strikers already ahead of last seasons total. I have been picking up more injuries, so a new physio and fitness coach might be needed.
After 10 games i'm just outside the playoffs in 7th, having played a couple of tricky away games at Altringham and Fleetwood.
My cup form is as bad as ever, having reached the 3rd qualfying round of the FA Cup i got drawn an away tie at Dulwich. My team always seems to struggle against the lower rep teams and a terrible performance resulted in a 2-0 defeat.
Anyway i'm hopeful of a playoff spot, against a media prediction of 17th. Not sure we'd be ready for promotion as most of my team seem to be suited to the Blue Square North and only a couple for the Blue Square Prem. I've also just made a request for a parent club after norwich severed ties. They've come up with ipswich who will pay £12.5K per year, and a friendly. Need a good run in the FA trophy to get some cash in, not sure i could survive in the Blue Sq Prem with another year of no transfer budget.
Just holidaying now. looking forward to having a good go at this this year
My scouts are doing an excellent job finding some top quality young players throughout Europe. Shame I don't have the money to sign any of them!
Heh, is anybody getting players requesting a £2 signing on fee? That must be, in the words of the legendary Jim Bowen, BFH. Bless.
Has anyone been the subject of a takeover and either lost or kept their job?
Maybe they think that because i'm still using a BSN signing in the Championship I don't actually need new players!
okay I've taken over as manager of Kings Lynn
Here's my profile
dafuge's FM10 Challenge Summary Preview
Here is the latest Challenge Summary.
Will add more functionality / stats soon. If you like what I've done, the best way to support this is by updating your season thus far at this website. Bookmark it now! Add any suggestions/feedback/problems here or PM me.
Meanwhile I should get to my own challenge haha.
Farmborough - Season 1 - Blue Square South
A brilliant first season in my maiden season in this challenge. Made quite a few new transfers, James Keatings probably the pick of the bunch with 35 goals in all competitions. My squad performed above expectations all season, predicted to finish 17th, I won the league by 3 points, was tough at the end, however as I started to slip up and drop points every other game, lucky for me, so did Dover and the other teams around us.
The cups were a different story really, the FA Trophy I got played off the park by Aldershot (BSP) and beat 3-0. The FA Cup though was fantastic. Beat AFC Telford in round 1, Rochdale (after a replay) in Round 2, and then finally bowed out to Championship side Plymouth in the 3rd round, only 2-0 though and we put up a really spirited fight!
Aims for next season:
Stay in the BSP
Another good cup run
Maybe turn professional.
Code:Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2010/11 Blue Square South 1st Promoted, BSS Champions, FA Cup 3rd Round
Last edited by Doiggy_2007; 10-11-2009 at 15:09.
Doiggy_2007 the code icon # is on the posting screen (advanced options), you then write in what you want to, personally i do it first on notepad and then cut and paste it in
i'm beginning to think my ass man and coaches don't know anything. I signed Michael Noone and set him up as my main corner, freekick and penalty taker.
all my coaches think i should remove him and have someone else do it, he has 15 corners, 17 free kicks and 15 for penalties, their suggestions have values of 8 for corners and freekicks and 10 for penalties
There is also a big difference in my scouting reports on how talented a player is and what my ass man and coach think of them. my scouts tell me a player is cc1/2 potential, i sign him or trial him, the ass man and coach think he is only BSP. The 2 scouts, ass man and coach all have between 12-16 judging attributes
Another quick question. Leaked transfer stories, is that anything to do with my staff, or is it just some random thing that SI have put in the game and happens because i'm at a small club? Don't want to spend money sacking my staff (albeit they are useless) if i don't have to
Oh my, out of nowhere, I've won the BSP play-offs in my second season..
Won about 12 out of my last 15 games and sneaked into 5th by a point, then beat Cambridge in the final 3-2! Genius.
Update tomorrow probably.
Cambridge C - 2010/11 - Blue Square North
Tough season, very tough start as the club was sat bottom up until around December time. However, finally got some wins going, including a 6-3 win over leaders Southport. Impressive end, but still finished just outside the relegation spots. Already in the 2011/12 season and signed some players that should help move us up the table.
League Table:
Player of the Season:
Barrie Matthews, signed before I came in charge. 41 games, 6 goals, 9 assists, 3 Man of the Match awards.
Other competitions:
FA Cup: 2nd Qualifying Round, lost 1-0 to Brackley. Embarassingly.
FA Trophy: 3rd Qualifying Round, lost 2-1 to Solihull Moors in a replay. Quite unlucky actually.
Won the bsp surprisingly and fa trophy in my 3rd season!
Now begining L2 and one of my excellent regens got snapped up for 220k
Season review posted later
2010/11 - Billericay Town - Blue Square South
Decided to give this challenge a real try after running Gundo's in FM08 and never really bothering with the game extensively last year. Decided not to post until I had finished a season.
League Position - 2nd
Had a surprisingly good season considering I had a very small, crap squad to start with. I basically started signing frees by the bushel in July and then never really stopped all season long. My Best XI probably turned over two full times between the beginning and end of season. Here are my transfers. Key transfers being my keeper, Gary Montgomery, the imperious Michael Standing in midfield, and the man I later discovered is a legend on these boards, player of the season Kyle Wilson.
While we had an unbelievable run in January/February that had Ricay top of the table, Braintree clearly were the class of the division and a hectic fixture list led to a 2nd place finish and the dreaded playoffs. In the first leg we were lucky to avoid a Bath side that had been near the top all year long and instead drew Eastbourne Boro. The first leg was away at Priory Lane, and a Wilson goal nicked a one goal result.
The return fixture was a bloodbath. A dour first half was livened in the 40th minute when my center-half lost his head and was given a straight red for a violent foul. I tightened the screws and set out my stall to defend. It got complicated when in the 65th minute my 4th choice MC who was in due to injuries/exhaustion got sent off for a 2nd yellow. The boys dug deep however and Ricay snatched the draw that sent them through with only the keeper being tested twice. Result.
In the final we faced off against Carshalton Athletic whom we had faced twice this season, losing a 0-1 that killed our title chances, and drawing 1-1 earlier in the season. They had been our equals in defensive record, so I expected a close match. I got one, though a Standing goal in the 4th minute left the result never really in doubt, as Carshalton create most of their chances on the break, and the goal meant I never had to come out. A dire 1-0 means Ricay are UP!
The cups were for the young and infirm this year, Billericay dropping at the 3rd qualifying round in both the FA Cup proper and the FA Trophy.
For next season, I'm expecting to continue to beg, borrow and steal for players. Our success was really more down to a couple key players and a good defensive tactic. Anyway, there's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Billericay Town
2010/2011 - Blue Square South - 2nd, playoffs - promoted, FA Cup - 3rd qualifying round, FA Trophy - 3rd qualifying round
Nearing christmas in our Championship campaign and we lost 6-3 to Charlton! So I had to shake up the defence. Reverted to the back four which helped me to win League 1 and we have gone on a nice little run, beating 2nd place (and local rivals) Peterborough, Bolton, Stoke and a good draw with Sheff Utd. We've climbed up to 6th now, but it's flattering really as we're quite a way off the top 3 and in the middle of a group of about 7 teams in reach of the playoffs. But a lot can happen in the time remaining!
And Craig Rodger has scored 16 in 23 games so far this season. Taking his career league total to 133 goals in 201 appearances spanning 5 divisions (all for King's Lynn). Amazing player!
My photobucket is saying "mobile photbucket" and I can't use it (it's designed for mobiles) - any way to fix this?
Nantwich Town - Blue Square North - Season 2011/12
Blue Square Premier League Table
Very similar story to last season, won a lot of home games, lost a lot of away games, had a 10 game unbeaten run and then didn't win for 6 - unfortunately this came at the end of the season, it turned out that if we had won a few more games, we'd be in the playoffs
Nantwich Town's 11/12 Mid-Table Squad
I was quite happy with the squad, although most my major signings (Wiemann, Noone, Grieve, Sanchez, Mountford) all came near the end of the second window - I'm hoping that they all feature in next season.
2011/12 Transfers In/Out
As stated last season, a lot of my promotion winning team were kicked out and replaced by slightly more capable players
2011/12 Finances
A good cup run meant that my bank balance was slightly better than last season, I feel I'll need another good run next season to get out of the red.
Nantwich Towns 2012/13 Season Ambitions
This is the season we go up, I have a good core squad now and only really need to improve the ML and MR positions - another good FA cup run is essential
End of Season Manager Profile
Code:Season Division Position Achievements --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 BSN 3rd Play-off Winners 2011/12 BSP 12th
Already half-way through the next season and sitting top of the table
Last edited by Wlv; 10-11-2009 at 18:39.
Bedford Town 2010 / 2011 (Season 1)
Media Prediction: 21st
Final Position: 13th
Wage Budget: £4,312
Current Wage Total: £3,036
Team Report
Manager Profile
Not an opening season to be proud of but survival none the less, after losing my opening 3 games I found a vein of form and managed to climb up to 6th inside the first 3rd of the season, and from there things went from bad to worse slipping down towards the foot of the table with a string of bad performances which resulted in a dip in morale I struggled to shift from the players. Only my exceptional home form saved me from a relegation fight having lost only 5 times at The New Eyrie this season.
I made in to the first round of the F.A Trophy, finally losing against Histon, a BSP side, after forcing a replay. We also made it to the 4th qualifying round of the F.A Cup losing too Rushden, another BSP side.
I decided that I needed to keep the budget low and didnt go all out for all the young players I see alot of you guys on here managed to get, most went to BSP and League 1 and 2 teams in my game, I just couldnt get them to come to Bedford, not sure if a low reputation was a determining factor as well here. Of those I brought in, Robbie Blackwell, a talented young right back was probably the pick of a poor bunch of players.
Best Player: James Dormand
The 24 year old keeper had a decent season with 18 clean sheets over the course of the 42 games so not too bad at all, so far he's the only contract I've renewed
This team isnt good enough for promotion and money is tight, I will select the best performers and offer a reduced contract and then try to aquire some young players with good potential on very low wages to fill the rest of the team up and see how it goes next year, some 0% contribution loans this season might also be helpful to get some quality into the side. My attacking players are particulaly poor and my low goal tally this season reflects that so I will be addressing this in detail for next season and hoping to find a better quality striker at the very least. Im aiming for a finish inside the top 10 next season but with changes afoot with my playing staff I could finish anywhere!
Code:Season Division Position Achievements --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 BSN 13th
Last edited by Steviedaniels; 10-11-2009 at 18:57.
In the Playoff Final after beating Bromley in the BSS. 3rd time lucky to get out of this league!
Sad thing is Will Salmon got injured for 4-5 months with a torn calf muscle. Unlucky for him, hopefully another player will step up and be counted.
Paul Robinson style over the keeper
I was soooooooooooo close to tears. Linkypoos
Griffiths = Legenddddd
Spartansteen - Jordan Latimer - Nuneaton Town
Season Review 2012/13
My media prediction was 12th and i already had a decent squad so i knew that was quite easy to achieve, i decided that i was going to over spend by £230 a week on wage budget to try an attempt a play off place, half way through the season this proved to be a really good decision as i was sitting 2nd and 5 points behind first placed Rushden who had been there since the 2nd game of season! As games went on i hit a 11 game win streak a personal best and that made me top of the league by 5 points and goal difference. Anyways i won the league quite comfortably and finished on 101 points another personal best.
League Table http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/v...BSPseason2.jpg
Turning Pro http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/v...ofessional.jpg
FA Cup was very dismal compared to last season got knocked out by Kettering in the 4th Qaul round.
FA Trophy was a success, also managed to get my own back on kettering in the 1st round winning 2-0, anyway the trophy had my name on it and in the final we won 4-0 but we didn't deserve to score 4! about 2 would of been a fair reflection! http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/v...rophyfinal.jpg
Manager of the Year http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/v...roftheyear.jpg
Top Goalscorer My fab Regen http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/v...alscorer-1.jpg
Jack Webb http://s671.photobucket.com/albums/v...t=JackWebb.jpg
Code:Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2010/11 Blue Square North 1st Promoted, BSN Champions 2011/12 Blue Square Prem 10th Fa Cup 3rd Round 2012/13 Blue Square Prem 1st BSP Champions, FA Trophy Winners
Last edited by Spartansteen; 10-11-2009 at 20:05.
So I survived relegation from League One last night on the last game of the season on goal difference I've taken screenshots and whatnot and will make an update soonish.
Season 3 - Blue Square South - Merthyr
We started off well in the league and eventually finished off in 5th. It came down to the last game of the season, we were at home to Eastleigh and we were a point off 6th.
We needed and win and it got to squeaky bum time. Jesus, Russ is a real Super Sub, he'd been on the pitch all of 2 minutes.
We then got into the Playoff final, Marcus Griffiths is the all time top goal scorer and top appearances at the grand old age of 23.
We had a decent sized squad and it helped during the times of suspensions etc. We made a couple of transfers and Downes was invaluable at the back.
Code:Season Position League Achievements 10/11 3rd BSS Playoff final losers 11/12 12th BSS N/A 12/13 5th BSS Playoff final winners
oh ffs, just wasted a season at Ilkeston thinking they were eligible.
I actually cannot buy a win for love nor money now
Posting an update soon, even though my first season in the BSP was a bit of a nightmare
Also before i was meaning how do you do like a summary of your seasons having for example the table above
Season Position League Achievements
10/11 etc
Its just a code you put into your post, if you quote mine or someone else using it you can see the code there and just change the details for your achievements
Glenn Crane - Kendal Town - Season 2 - BSP - 16th
An amazing start to the season followed by a very bad slump in the middle and towards the end of the season.
We were scoring freely but just couldn't seem to get our defence sorted.
We are also very much in debt.
Not a huge update as i am very tired but will show you the basic screenshots!
Prehaps a highlight of the season was getting to the Fa Trophy Semi final but losing on penaltys but at least
And then my best players this season
Keatings - Once again a fantastic player, playing jsut behind the front two and getting alot fo goals and assists
Alessandra - A striker i got in on loan and then managed to buy for my biggest transfer fee yet of 4.5K. Great Striker
Guy - Another striker i bought in this season finished up with an impressive rate. Can you see the pattern of my best players all being attacking
Hutton - A superb signing, and one of the highlights of the season came from him playing consistently well
Honourable mention must also go to Kieran Walmsley, as you can see from his screenshot he is not that great stats wise. however he has a mean free kick on him! You cant see his stats on the screenshot because i decided to add him late as he got fans player of the year all of his goals were free kick including a 45 yarder but he got 5 goals, 7 assists, 3 MOM and an Av rating of 6.99 in 37 games!
Goals for next season
- Sure up the defence - Already have Hasney Alfojee signing
- Finish in a playoff place or above
- Improve finances somehow??
Code:Season League League Finish Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2010/11 Blue Square North 4th Promoted Via playoffs 2011/12 Blue Square Prem 16th Fa Trophy Semis
Last edited by glennuk; 10-11-2009 at 23:37.
Well i have some amazing signings so far.
Sean Derry
James Walker
Tresor Kandol
Looks like my kendal side could be going forward.
However i did have to sacrifice CUmbers who was on 600pw, and may also sacrifice alessandra as hes on 700pw!
Looks like I just completely suck these days. Having enver been relegated before I am now facing my 2nd one in as many attempts at this years edition of the challenge. Terrible stuff, just can't seem to get my team to perform anywhere near their level. I'm in the relegation zone and both of my goalkeepers will now be missing for the next 3 weeks leaving me with a hopeless Under 18's keeper to do the job. Think it could be all over again
oooh unlucky stinger, who you doing it with.
I would say best bet is to look at the scottish and irish u19s, quite a few may be available on afree!
i really hate mid table seasons, sitting 10th in league 2 with tonny, and tbh not looking like im going to do anything, beating the teams below me, losing to the teams above.
o yer im also so over my wage budget its stupid, 6 grand a week is nowhere near enough.
G. Keenan's FC United- 2018/2019 Season Review- Coca-Cola Championship
Season review: I had a very rough start to the year losing 8 of the first 9 games and as you would expect, this had me footing up the bottom of the table. My form however did pick up, Newcastle poached one of my better players Manuel Fernandez Gonzalez for £5m, which turned out to be something of a blessing in disguise as it allowed me to splash out £3.5m on now star player Paulo Monteiro, and it was Monteiro's goals that helped lead me to a respectable 15th place finish.
League Table
Career Overview
Code:Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square North 5th None 2011/12 Blue Square North 1st Promoted, BSN champions 2012/13 Blue Square Premier 7th None 2013/14 Blue Square Premier 3rd Promoted, playoffs 2014/15 Coca-Cola League 2 22nd None 2015/16 Coca-Cola League 2 3rd Promoted 2016/17 Coca-Cola League 1 16th None 2017/18 Coca-Cola League 1 1st Promoted, L1 Champions 2018/19 Coca-Cola Championship 15th None
The most interesting team that came up in around an hour of reloading. Marine was the only sub 1000 team that appeared.
Does anyone have a problem with the pitch on their home ground?
I'm playing FC United and my pitch just looks terrible! With the rains, any long ball over the top just sticks to the pitch instead of bouncing and going out of play which is ****ing me off a LOT.
Any advice? I'm assuming relaying the pitch is not an option. (Please let me know if it is!)
Has anyone managed to get a new ground before promotion to the Premier league? Just coz i am in L2 and i'm getting close to packing out my stadium!
Just finished my second season and thought i had signed a great player in Julio Santa Cruz only to be refused a WP. How come i can't get a WP for a player whose last club was Blackburn, i never can understand how this works, it seems the game applies the WP rules more stringently than IRL.
I've got 6 games left of the Championship season and we're currently sitting in 5th. We've got a 5 point cushion between us and 7th place and 7 points between us and automatic promotion. So we've got a good chance of making the playoffs. But fixture congestion, both recently passed and in the final few games, is going to make it really tough on our small squad. But i'm fairly confident our strikers have enough in them to get a couple of results and secure a playoff place.
Season 2 - SnakeXe's Merthyr Tydfil
Blue Square Premier - 1st (Table)
FA Trophy - 3rd Round (lost v Gateshead)
FA Cup - 2nd Round (lost v Swansea)
Another great season - and the first time I've ever got out of the Blue Square Premier in any incarnation of dafuge's Challenge, woohoo! Kept mostly with the side that won promotion so spectacularly from the Blue Square South last season, just added in former Celtic bit-part player John Kennedy at centre-half. Of the other buys, Jordy Brouwer showed potential after I trained him to break the offside trap, and Lee Rooney should become an effective force with time.
For next season I definitely need a new left back, probably two new first-choice wingers, and ideally a new defensive midfielder, so I'll be busy in the transfer market. I don't rate my chances of making it a triple back-to-back promotion, as we struggled to get over the line in this in the end. Also considering a change from my favoured 4-5-1 due to Brouwer's potential alongside the ever outstanding Curtis Stevens.
Onwards and upwards
Edit: Also just noticed I've made the favoured personnel list!!
Edit 2: And we've turned pro!!!
Code:Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square South 1st Blue Square South Champions, Promoted 2011/12 Blue Square Premier 1st Blue Square Premier Champions, Promoted
Previous Season Reports:
Season 1 - 2010/11
Last edited by SnakeXe; 11-11-2009 at 15:28.
Here is my Managers profile
As you can see I thought I would start with a automatic reputation rather than a sunday league player as I think it's more of a challenge
First thing I thought when I looked at my squad was it simply wasen't good enough to stay up at the first attempt so I decided that I would try and get rid of every1 in squad and bring in my new side. At the end of the August transfer window here is how my squad looked.
As you can see I've got a few experienced players in the side none other than Malcolm Christie, Paul Jones and Sylvain Legwinski who all have played in the premiership. I was quite happy with my side and was confident that I could meet my expectation of a mid table finish.
In the league we did far better than I ever thought we were capable of and stormed it after christmas, putting the first trophy in the trophy cabnet for a long while.
In the FA Cup we did quite well to reach the 1st round but were quite unlucky to get drawn away against L2 side Bradford City. They showed the gap in quality between the sides as they dominated for long periods but I was really happy that we managed to score. I was abit disappointed that we couldn't get a home tie as we could of done with the money.
In the FA Trophy we had an amazing run getting all the way to the final. The board thought that we would only reach the first round but we marked this amazing run to the final by going to Wembley and player of the season Willy Topp bagging the winning goal to bring us the double in my first season.
Targets for next season
Finish mid table or better in the BLUE SQUARE PREMIER
Defend the FA TROPHY
Build a better side that can play in a higher division
Do better in the FA CUP
Last edited by Chewy2006; 11-11-2009 at 16:13.
I cant get into this challenge so far this year. Ive tried a few different clubs but I cant get beyond the first few weeks before I give up. Does anyone have any tips for the first few weeks/months of the game? And who shall I pick? I want a team that isnt TOO popular, but neither do I want to have to do 100000000s of reloads! I really want to get going on this challenge this evening, too.
Merthyr Tydfill BSP 2011/12
FA Cup - 1st Rd
FA Trophy - 2nd Rd
This turned out to be a real nothing season, after a good start i slipped back and staying in midtable all season, by march i had no chance or being relegated or of promotion. This was caused by not putting a real winning run together, i tended to not lose for 4 games and then not win for 4 games. In the FA Cup i lost 3-2 away in the 1st Rd to L1 Crewe, this was a real kick in the teeth as the winning goal was a penalty in the 95th minute.
In the FA trophy i went out at home 2-1 to Forest Green which was a tame exit to a competition i could win.
The finances continue to get worse and i'm now 250k in the red which would have been worse if the board had not put in 75k over the year.
Gallacher was my main goalie with a new backup a priority.
In defence Bailey started the season at leftback but some poor performances meant Noble finished the season as first choice. At rightback Hunter did well with Edghill providing the cover although he declined as the season went on.
At centre back Rodgers was excellent and pretty good at right back when needed, alongside him Camano didn't hit the heights of last year. The backups of Thomas and Hartshorn did ok but lack the quality going foward and will be leaving.
In midfield i signed Prutton to drive the team foward but he was inconsistant in his displays and i was disappointed overall as i expected more. By contrast Millar showed more. Hussain was signed in Jan but was a complete disappointment, playing poorly even though rated as a leading L2 player. Noone only played a few games after signing in mar but did well. On the right Shroot did well for most of the season before dipping towards the end. Watts lacks the quality to really fill in. On the left Mcshea started the season with Watson signed later on, Watson was only acceptable and will be moved on.
Up front Kisuka and Fitzharris were the main strikers, while Kisuka improved from last season, Fitzharris started well but missed 2 months through injury and played poorly thereafter, only coming off the subs bench for last few months of the season. Griffiths did very well as a backup.
Star Player - Finished as my top scorer which was excellent as he played half his games at left midfield before finishing the season up front.
I have some good signings lined up for next season having chased Eikrem and McDonald all year, they have now signed but couldn't get a WP for Julio Santa Cruz who would have come and is a L1 striker.
Code:Career so far: Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square South 3rd Promoted via playoffs 2011/12 Blue Square Premier 9th None
Edit: started well with Eikrem rated at Championship standard but only worth 4.5 stars and performing at an acceptable rating of 7.51 , i've found some leading L1 potential players but they all want 500 p/w in wages and i'm not sure they are better than what i have
Last edited by Thebaker; 11-11-2009 at 17:14.
How many players do you think is a sensible maximum to sign in that first year? And won't FT contracts drain finances like pulling a plug out of a bath?
So, after shipping out all the dead wood and bringing in players to cover each position, we're looking at 10-15 signings?
I think that players are more willing to come after a while, once they have been released by their club too.
I'm of the opinion, that if you buy 20 players, 8 of 'em are gonna be okay.
Marine - 2011/2012 - Blue Square Premier
Little update to share with you all, that I just panned York 5-1 in the FA Cup 2nd Round, so I'm hoping for a huge team away from home, to get the ££££ rolling in.
My King's Lynn side have qualified for the Championship playoffs in 5th place. Just playing the last game of the season now with my second string squad and then onto the big games!
Sodding Reading at home. So i get knocked out, and a few pennies.
Right I've decided I want to give the BSN a crack for the first time
So...meet the new manager of King's Lynn.
We beat Swansea 2-1 in the home leg of the playoff semi-final. We probably could have had a few more goals too. Now for the tricky 2nd leg!
Drewski. Boston United. Blue Square Premier. 2013/2014
Well, I said that I needed a few more signings that I felt would be able to propel us up the table and into the play-offs, and that is what happened, Promotion!, now that we are in the promise land of League 2, I intend on enjoying the most of it; for the majority of the season we were in the top 6, we also went top a few times, it's just a shame that we were never able to cement our place at the top spot.
Squad - Not bad, but I think that if I got another 20 goal striker to partner Paynter then I think that we would have been able to finish 1st, no doubt about that, our goalie and back four were a bit shakey but I have a few players coming in that will hopefully shore things up a bit, midfield was okay, again, a few players coming in that will hopefully add more quality, and just like the rest of the squad I have a striker coming in as well.
Howard - came in towards the end of last season to replace my other RB who was not up to BSP standard, did a very good job especially since he was only a few players that were able to get over a 7.00 as an average at the end of the season, he will be my number 1 RB next season as well unless I can get someone else in; Hudson - may not have got over 7.00 for a season average, but his 11 assists were crucial, he was perfect for the BSP, but I'm not sure about League 2, he'll have to do as I cannot get any else in who is of better quality; Paynter - this years Pat, who had a bit of a crappy season this time round, so it was up to Paynter top try and get the goals we needed so badly, and he did this very well, not sure if he will be able to do the business in League 2 but we'll see.
Transfers - Carp out, some half decent players in, at least they did the business.
Finances - continue to rise, which is a good thing, hopefully, with higher gate receipts next season I might have a half decent transfer budget.
My updated profile - my picture seems to have gone, weird.
Aims for next season:
Stay up.
Improve squad.
Make some money.
2011-2012-Dover Athletic-Season Review-BSN
Not much to report on this season. We never had a chance to reach the playoffs but we were never in relegation dannger. Kyle Wilson hit form at the end of the season so it bodes well for next year. In the FA trophy we were doing quite well until we came up against Northwich where we produced a horrible performance. We were also poor against Halesowen in the FA cup which was a disapointment as we needed a good cup run.
League Position Graph
FA Cup-2nd qual round v Halesowen
FA Trophy-3rd round v Northwich
Manager Overview
Code:Season------League------Position------Achievements 2010-2011----BSN----------18th------------None---- 2011-2012----BSN----------9th-------------None----
Last edited by Liverbird93; 11-11-2009 at 18:01.
...he's out for 2 weeks, so probably won't be fit for the final. Fortunately his replacement is Craig Rodger's strike partner last season. So hopefully they can refind their awesome League 2 form.
We've got local rivals Peterborough in the Playoff final. The biggest prize in football awaits! Exciting stuff!
Last edited by Gypsum; 11-11-2009 at 18:04.
I just had this come up
I'd offered him to them as he had been sitting in my reserves...one of my first signings. I feel like I've stabbed him in the back, all for £100.
My playoff final score at half time is: King's Lynn 0-0 Peterborough.
A pretty uneventful half. 'Boro started brightly with a couple of chances but as the half progressed we started pulling off the counter attacks. No great chances yet though. Now for Churchillian half-time team talk!!
75 mins: Still 0-0, but tense. Craig Rodger had a great chance but couldn't convert. We've had the best of it, but Peterborough have threatened from corners...
80 mins: GOAL!!! 1-0 to King's Lynn! CB Miquel intercepts a 'Boro counter attack with a diving header and an incisive through ball from N'Diaye finds Chrapek in space and he slots home with a tidy finish.
87 mins: Peterborough break through with their winger Raul. He aims across the keeper but it is excellently saved by Vasilev. Nervous times for the fans...
FULL TIME: King's Lynn win 1-0 and are in the Premier league!!!
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WATERTOWN — An imposing figure at 6-foot-3, 370 pounds, Luigi Velardi has tried to show his playful side during his brief tenure as head football coach at Watertown High.
"After any of our team activities or weightlifting sessions, Coach Velardi lets us play dodge ball or basketball," said senior Ryan Nolan. "He's a fun guy to be around, and he wants us to have fun."
Velardi realizes that a 90-minute weightlifting session can be tough and unfulfilling, especially in the offseason.
"There's no real reward until the season officially gets underway," said Velardi. "Instead of just pushing and pulling with weights, playing some games like dodge ball changes things up and allows the kids to know each other a little bit better."
A 1990 Watertown graduate, Velardi is only the fifth head coach in the program's history, following Jim Krayeske (1964-66), Bill Gargano (1967-89), Roger Ouellette (1990-2009) and Mike Veronneau (2010-13).
Velardi, 43, had previously been an assistant coach with the Watertown program during three different stints and also had been at Pomperaug. Last year, he coached with the Post University sprint football team.
A father of three and a Watertown resident, Velardi is employed as a maintenance worker with the Watertown Parks and Recreation Department.
It's been an easy transition since Velardi has coached the Indians' freshman boys basketball team for several years and knows many of the players. Among his former basketball players is senior quarterback A.J. Cattaneo.
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"Coach Velardi is not afraid to goof around and crack a joke," said Cattaneo. "His natural personality comes across. He always brings out something positive."
"Coach Velardi is a great motivator, and I really believe that his personality and style will carry onto the field," added senior Matt Terlizzi. "His motto is, 'Show up on time and be ready to go.'"
While Velardi has never called a single play on offense or defense during his coaching career, he doesn't consider that a concern. He's leaving those decisions to offensive coordinator Tony Pereira, a former assistant at Pomperaug; longtime defensive coordinator Jerry Valentino, and special teams coordinator Shawn Stanco, a 2005 Watertown graduate.
"I have surrounded myself around guys who are open-minded like me," said Velardi. "I want them to be comfortable with me and tell me what they think. Otherwise, I don't deserve this job. I will listen and know that I will take my bumps and bruises along the way. But that's OK."
Velardi coached Pereira when Pereira played offensive guard for Pomperaug. Pereira recalled a 1999 game in which a Masuk defensive tackle outweighed him by more than 100 pounds.
"Every time I came to sideline, Luigi wouldn't take no for an answer and kept reminding me to use my proper blocking technique and to keep working and fighting and to get the job done," said Pereira. "That's essentially what happened."
Watertown's players are finding out what makes Velardi tick, something that Pereira knew a long time ago.
"Luigi wears his emotions on his sleeves and cares about you more as a person than as a football player," said Pereira.
Velardi proved that in June when he took 28 members of the team to volunteer at the long jump event at Connecticut Special Olympics in New Haven.
Velardi's two daughters, Maria, 17, and Sara, 15, and son, Anthony, 12, have all attended Special Olympics events in the past. He felt his own children gained a better perspective and appreciation for life from helping those in need.
"I had some parents email me saying that they appreciated that their kids learned something invaluable," noted Velardi. "Kids who didn't go said they wish they had and that they would be there next year."
Gargano, Velardi's high school coach, Ouellette, ex-Pomperaug coach Chuck Drury and Veronneau, with whom Velardi worked in 2011 and 2012, all helped to shape Velardi's career. Now it's Velardi's turn to put that education to good use. With the Indians coming off seasons of 2-8 and 1-10, Velardi said he's not thinking about any goals.
"When I was young and stubborn, I had so many ideas. Roger would always listen to my views and gave me a voice," said Velardi. "Bill taught me about having a good work ethic. The two of them, along with Chuck, taught me everything that I know about coaching."
What Velardi learned through coaching basketball is even more telling.
"If you constantly yell and shout, kids will dial you down and tune you out," said Velardi. "Soon they'll stop listening to you altogether. My goal is to mold these kids into good, young men. When their parents drop them off at school, they know that they're in good hands. I want the kids to be able to count on each other and us. After we get that, we'll start winning some football games."
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I am pretty new to StarCraft 2, and I was wondering if there is a name or a way to search for StarCraft 2 games that start you off with a certain amount of resources and you are unable to farm any more. I feel this would be more like the Warhammer 40k table top game, as it would basically be a pure micro game.
The game does not come with the type of game/map that you describe.
You can look for third party map. In Multiplayer, Custom games, you can "Join a Game" or "Create a Game".
These categories will be available:
The Custom category is the type of game/map. There is no fine grained way of finding what you describe from within the game client.
(note: the current game client is Version 18.104.22.16829)
Welcome to SC2!! :D
If you are looking to get started on a pure micro game, I recommend Marine Arena.
Technically its not pure micro, because you get money from killing other players' units in order to buy upgrades, but it is just about all micro.
(Btw, you do get other units than just marines)
As for a custom game which had a limited set of resources and you just 'played it out', haven't heard of one.


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How do you protect against zerg and marine rush or large groups as protoss?
My zealots and stalkers just get trounced. They are upgraded but still, mass marines just destroy me.
What can I do as Protoss?
How do you protect against zerg and marine rush or large groups as protoss?
My zealots and stalkers just get trounced. They are upgraded but still, mass marines just destroy me.
What can I do as Protoss?
The essence lies in how to handle "large groups", you need to look at the advantages you have:
Check the macro of one of your replays that is related to your question, you might be able to find an economy or production gap that makes it clear why you got outnumbered. Check if you expanded well (at 2 workers / min patch), check if you resources were too high (not enough gateways), and so on...
As you are asking about rushes, I would say that (in addition to obvious things like good macro and fundamentals):
As direct face-to-face technique, positioning. They have many more units than you, and you should exploit this by leading them into chokes, funneling them into tight spots etc, and using force fields. The goal is to let ALL of your units shooting while only a few of their units can.
Otherwise, scouting (ok this is a generic one but very important). The easiest is if you see an early spawning pool from zerg. If you know beforehand that your opponent is going for a ling / marine rush, set up defenses. Wall off your ramp and put a zealot on "hold position", with stalkers in back, and a sentry to forcefield and keep half their units at the bottom of the ramp. In the case of a zealot rush, this is completely solid, there is nothing they can do.
If that doesn't defend against it, then your fundamental mechanics just need improvement.
Later in the game marines can still pose a huge threat, and by this time you should move up to higher tier units like colossus.
Remember to keep every single unit alive, as even a zealot costs twice as much as a marine. Even if your micro skills are crap (like mine), it's easy to just select a zealot whose shields are out, and run him to the back of your army. If they were focus-firing him, their army will move (thus not attacking). If they were not focusing, then at least he can live to recharge his shields and fight again.


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Lately, I've been staying up late into the night, typing up various papers, reading entire novels, frantically studying for that next midterm. The only thing that's kept me sane throughout this quarter has been my music. And coffee. But really it's been the music. At first I was just listening to the same old songs, the ones on the radio, the new pop songs. But after a while, I felt like I was lacking something crucial. These songs weren't enough to keep me going night after night.
I needed to find new motivation. I searched my iTunes library, hoping for something to pop out at me. I tried Afro Celt, a unique mixture of African beats and Celtic instruments, but it couldn't keep me up for more than an hour. Then I thought that maybe I needed to hear some of the old classics, the ones of my childhood. Which turn out to be the same songs my parents enjoyed in their youth. Soon, all that was emerging from my vFree was good old Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, the Moody Blues, Rush, the Who, Boston, Kansas, the Beatles, and other classic rock. It brought back pleasant memories, and revived this wonderful fondness in me for these bands. They got me through many a late night.
But there came a time when I began yearning for something new, but not any radio pop. I wanted something new to me, but still with that classic rock feel. I guess what really helped me then was Pandora, bringing me variety, with some songs that I knew, and some that I had never heard before.
I also took a stab at watching The Voice, to see if any of the contestants had what I was looking for. One caught my attention right away. Singing the Who's "Baba O'Riley," Terry McDermott of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, stole the competition, at least for me. I've been following his work, and each song has been beautiful, especially his rendition of Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed." I began to wonder if McDermott had any original songs to offer, and I began to search for some. It turns out he had been in multiple bands—the two most prominent being Driveblind and Lotus Crush. Driveblind was formed in Scotland, and came over to the U.S. in the early 2000s. It caught my fancy right away, and I've been listening to it ever since. It helped me get through my last midterm, just last Friday. Specifically, the song "Autumn Red" got me through the midterm. I did receive some pretty strange looks in the library, with my vPulse in, rocking out to my new favorite band, but I didn't care. It helped me keep my sanity throughout this first quarter of college. I'll always be grateful for that.
Here's a listen to the song that brought Driveblind to America, "The Fool Rides Again."
Also, for a look at what he's done on "The Voice," here's "Maybe I'm Amazed" (skip to 1:22 for Terry's performance):


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I've installed WAMP on a computer some months ago. Now I'm trying to use it and I was trying to surf the databases using phpMyAdmin. So I went to
localhost/phpmyadmin and it showed me the databases.
The problem is: I can se all databases except for one that displays this error:
#1045- Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
config.inc.php file has no password set.
The weird thing about this is that when I get to the MySQL console (
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I can send files to my phone , but I can't browse the files ...
my bluetooth informations :
~$ lsusb | grep Bluetooth
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0a5c:21b4 Broadcom Corp. BCM2070 Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
is it a bug in ubuntu 12.10 ?
There is a known bug for this at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1057546 .
The solution suggested by user26381 works fine, and if you don't want to use the graphical interface every time you can make a script something like the below (for a Nokia e72) and add it to your path. Since the MAC address of your phone will not change, you only need to setup the script once.
Now create a script with the following contents, using your MAC address and folder name. In this example the script is in the Gnome scripts folder within my home dir but it could be anywhere. The advantage of the Gnome scripts folder is that you can execute it via the nautilus GUI.
You will have to make the script executable using the following command: chmod u+x ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/e72
Whenever you need to browse the files on your phone just do the following:
Yes, it's a bug.
You're not the only one. Many people have this exact problem. Sorry, I know of no fix at the moment.
It may have something to do with mounting the device
This blogpost helped me to get some files off my phone over bluetooth in 12.10
Btw Installing blueman didn't work for me
Summary with what did work for me:
1 install the package: obexfs from the command line, this can be done with:
sudo apt-get install obexfs
2 pair the phone with the PC (works from the bluetooth icon on the right upper corner of the screen)
3 Get the device MAC and mount it with obexfs:
Do this on the command line with:
hcitool scan
It will reply:
Scanning ... 8F:77:17:77:44:16 Your Phone
Copy the mac adress and mount it on a folder in your home directory, for example on ~/Public
with this command:
obexfs -b 8F:77:17:77:44:16 ~/Public
You can find the files from your phone with your file browser in ~/Public
If someone is interested, it's fixed in 14.04 - so upgrade is a way :)


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What is the best way to implement this:
1.iphone/webBrowser user selects some products (a,b,c) to buy
2.the chosen products most appear on the iPad located in the Store. using a UITableView perhaps.
3.The store staff then decide if the products are available in 10, 20 or 30 minutes for pick up.
4.When the store staff chose the time(10,20,30 minutes) it must appear/communicate back to the users web browser or iPhone.
5.buyer comes to the store to pick up the products he buyed!
Im not really good in this kind of communication stuff! I need help! what is the best way to implement this? are there external api/plugin I could use? I already have an ftp server.
I can do all the graphics and User interactions. the only problem for is the communication between the devices?
Thanks for help.


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Moonraker (1979)
Sir Frederick Gray, Minister of Defence: My God, what's Bond doing?
Q: I think he's attempting re-entry, sir.
Hugo Drax: Mr. Bond, you persist in defying my efforts to provide an amusing death for you.
Hugo Drax: James Bond. You appear with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season.
[Bond and Drax are shooting pheasants]
Hugo Drax: You missed, Mr. Bond.
[a sniper falls from a tree]
James Bond: Did I?
[Drax addresses his staff aboard the space station]
Hugo Drax: First there was the dream, now there is reality. Here in the untainted cradle of the heavens will be created a new super race, a race of perfect physical specimens. You have been selected as its progenitors. Like gods, your offspring will return to Earth and shape it in their image. You have all served in public capacties in my terrestrial empire. Your seed, like yourselves, will pay deference to the ultimate dynasty which I alone have created. From their first day on Earth they will be able to look up and know that there is law and order in the heavens.
[after shoving Drax into an air lock and ejecting him into outer space]
Dr. Holly Goodhead: Where's Drax?
James Bond: Oh, he had to fly.
Hugo Drax: Look after Mr. Bond. See that some harm comes to him.
Hugo Drax: Allow me to introduce you to the airlock chamber. Observe, Mr Bond, your route from this world to the next.
[opens airlock door]
Hugo Drax: And you, Dr Goodhead, your desire to become America's first woman in space will shortly be fulfilled.
James Bond: Take a giant step back for mankind.
Corinne: [while riding in a helicopter] This is the Drax estate now. Everything you see belongs to Mr. Drax.
James Bond: He owns a lot, doesn't he?
Corinne: What he doesn't own, he doesn't want.
Hugo Drax: May I press you to a cucumber sandwich?
James Bond: [drops Chang off a building and into a piano] Play it again, Sam.
Dr. Holly Goodhead: You know him?
James Bond: Not socially. His name's Jaws, he kills people.
[his only line in the Bond series]
Jaws: Well, here's to us.
[his plans in ruin and holding Bond at gunpoint]
Hugo Drax: At least I shall have the pleasure of putting you out of my misery. Poor, desolate Mr. Bond.
James Bond: [shoots Drax with hidden wrist-gun] Heartbroken Mr. Drax!
James Bond: Oh, I suppose you're right, Holly. We would be better off working together. Détente?
Dr. Holly Goodhead: Agreed.
James Bond: Understanding?
Dr. Holly Goodhead: Possibly.
James Bond: Co-operation?
Dr. Holly Goodhead: Maybe.
James Bond: Trust?
Dr. Holly Goodhead: Out of the question.
Hugo Drax: Jaws, Mr. Bond must be cold after his swim. Place him where he can be assured of warmth.
[Bond dangles from a cable car a thousand feet up]
Dr. Holly Goodhead: Hang on, James!
James Bond: The thought had occurred to me.
Miss Moneypenny: James! But, why are you so late?
James Bond: I fell out of an airplane without a parachute. Who's in there?
Miss Moneypenny: Q and the Minister of Defense.
James Bond: You don't believe me do you?
Miss Moneypenny: No. And you should go right in.
Hugo Drax: Why did you break up the encounter with my pet python?
James Bond: I discovered it had a crush on me.
Hugo Drax: Frederick Gray! What a surprise. And in distinguished company, all wearing gas masks. You must excuse me, gentlemen, not being English, I sometimes find your sense of humor rather difficult to follow!
[Bond runs his hands up the Hostess' leg]
Hostess Private Jet: Any higher, Mr Bond, my ears will pop.
Dr. Holly Goodhead: Have you broken something?
James Bond: Only my tailor's heart.
[she kisses him]
James Bond: What was that for?
Dr. Holly Goodhead: For saving my life.
James Bond: Remind me to do it more often!
James Bond: Standard CIA equipment. And the CIA place you with Drax, correct?
Dr. Holly Goodhead: Very astute of you, James.
James Bond: Not really. I have friends in low places.
Dr. Holly Goodhead: I still don't know if I trust you.
James Bond: I don't know if I trust you either. That's what makes it more exciting, doesn't it?
James Bond: Bond, James Bond
Dr. Holly Goodhead: Come on, Mr. Bond. A 70-year-old can take 3 G's.
James Bond: Well, the trouble is there's never a 70-year-old around when you need one.
Q: [explaining operation of dart wrist-gun] It's activated by nerve impulses from the wrist muscles.
James Bond: Like this?
[dart pierces a painting on M's wall]
M: Oh, thank you, 007!
Q: Be careful, will you? Now, there's ten darts: five blue-tipped, with armour-piercing heads; five red-tipped, cyanide coated, causing death in thirty seconds.
James Bond: Very novel, Q. Must get them in the stores for Christmas. Good day, gentlemen!
James Bond: Haven't we met somewhere before?
Dr. Holly Goodhead: The face is familiar.
[he touches her hand]
Dr. Holly Goodhead: As is the manner.
Dr. Holly Goodhead: This evening I'm giving my address.
James Bond: Then can you think of a reason why we can't go for a drink afterwards?
Dr. Holly Goodhead: Not immediately. But I'm sure I shall.
[first lines]
Captain: How are we doing, Richard?
RAF Officer: We should pass over the English coast 15 minutes ahead of time, sir.
Captain: Wow! With this load on our back, that's good going.
RAF Officer: Just trust the RAF, sir.
[last lines]
Dr. Holly Goodhead: James?
James Bond: I think it may be time to go home.
Dr. Holly Goodhead: Take me 'round the world one more time.
James Bond: Why not?
James Bond: Where did you learn to fight like that? NASA?
Dr. Holly Goodhead: No. Vassar.
James Bond: [after blowing a hole in the vent with his watch] Bang on time!
James Bond: Your dream, whatever sort of nightmare it is, hasn't a chance, Drax.
Hugo Drax: You think not?
Hugo Drax: We shall see.
Miss Moneypenny: Why James, you look like you've just fallen off a mountain.
James Bond: Funny you should say that, Moneypenny, actually I was in a cable car. It doesn't matter.
James Bond: [flying over Moonraker's expansive production facilities] Well, I'd heard that Hugo Drax is obsessed with the conquest of space. Now I can believe it.
James Bond: [looks up and is shocked to see an enormous chalet] Good Lord!
Corinne: The Drax residence. Every stone brought from France. Cute, isn't it?
James Bond: Magnificent. Why didn't he buy the Eiffel Tower as well?
Corinne: He did, but the French government refused him an export permit.
James Bond: Bollinger? If it's '69 you were expecting me.
Pilot Private Jet: This is where we leave you, Mr Bond.
James Bond: A little premature isn't it?
[Holly and James are discussing how to destroy the death globes en route to Earth]
James Bond: Moonraker 5, that's the answer. Drax's shuttle is armed with a laser. We can track those globes and destroy them.
Hugo Drax: You have arrived at a propitious moment, coincident with your country's one indisputable contribution to Western Civilization: Afternoon tea. May I press you to a cucumber sandwich?
James Bond: Thank you, no, nothing at all.
[At Vandenburg Air Force Base Colonel Scott is on the hotline with Soviet General Gogol after Drax's space station has suddenly appeared on radars]
Col. Scott: Will you please listen, General Gogol! We didn't put it up there.
General Anatol Gogol: [amid a snowstorm outside his mansion] Neither did we, Colonel Scott! So, what do you propose?
Col. Scott: We're taking action. We're sending up a spacecraft to investigate.
General Anatol Gogol: Very well. But if we do not hear from you within twelve hours we will take action outselves and hold you responsible for the consequences.
Col. Scott: We'll be in touch. Sorry to have awoken you.
General Anatol Gogol: I was already awake. How can I sleep? Nothing but problems. Problems, problems.
[Gogol hangs up and returns to bed with his lovely secretary]
Corinne: I never learned to read.


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City commissioners adopted regulations Monday regarding mobile and beneath-ground fire pits.
City Clerk Arnold Ehlers said City Building Inspector Alan Viox and Nebraska City police report that fire pits for recreation or cooking are popular in Nebraska City, but the city does not have regulations for them.
Commissioners added the regulations to the city's fire protection code.
The city ordinance says that only natural firewood may be burned and only when it is not offensive.
"Burning that is offensive or objectionable because of smoke or odor emissions, or when atmospheric conditions or local circumstances make such fire hazardous, shall be prohibited," it says.
Commissioners banned outdoor burning from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m.
The ordinance presented Monday originally set the fire ban from midnight to 7 a.m., but Parks Commissioner Jeff Crunk said that is not fair to second-shift workers.
"It may seem like the middle of the night, but for people getting off work at 11 p.m. or 12:30 a.m. it's not. We should set a time that allows them to get out and enjoy an evening," he said. Crunk moved to delay the fire's out time to 2 a.m.
The regulations say no fire pit shall be larger than three feet in diameter and two feet high.
All fire pits to be located at least 20 feet away from houses or other buildings.
"The fire must be constantly attended and supervised," the ordinance says.
The city recommends, but does not require a spark screen.
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Who got their Galaxy S 5.0 Wi-Fi yet?
how do you like it so far? any words of advise? any add ons that should be done immediately?
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This is totally unrelated to your question, but I find it interesting that of the three questions that were asked approximately 9 hours ago:
*one was viewed 38 times, voted for 8 times, answered 0 times,
*one was viewed 149 times, voted for 16 times, answered 19 times, and
*one was viewed 60 times, voted for 13 times, answered 5 times,
and this question, with the least activity, made it to popular.
I got mine. It is my first android and I like everything about it except for the video and picture quality.......not as good as the 720p claim on the spec sheet.
Got mine by USPS yesterday. Looking forward to learning all about it. First impression is that it is a high quality device, big enough to see, small enough to fit easily in front pocket. These things are turning users into geniuses.


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"Many forces worked together to bring about my release. I don't think that any one force brought it about, but you had a plurality of forces working together. I'm sure that the interest of the public in general, all over America, had a great deal to do with it.
Now it is true that Sen. Kennedy did take a specific step. He was in contact with officials in Georgia during my arrest and he called my wife; made a personal call and expressed his concern and said to her that he was working and trying to do something to make my release possible.
His brother, who at that time was his campaign manager, also made direct contact with officials and even the judge in Georgia.
The Kennedy family did have some part; at least they expressed a concern, and they did have some part in the release. But I must make it clear that many other forces worked to bring it about also."


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Today is the day we celebrate love, but one Sumner County, TN couple celebrated in a very nontraditional way.
Ryan and Amanda Hill got married at Age of Reason Tattoo in Bowling Green.
The couple has only been together for seven months, but says they were destined for marriage the first time they met.
Two weeks ago, they got in touch with Age of Reason Tattoo, and asked if they could get tattoos, as well as get married.
"We are not exactly your traditional couple so we wanted to do something to tell the whole world we'll be together forever," Ryan says.
After the ceremony, Ryan and Amanda both got tattoos on their left ring fingers.
Amanda got a shamrock for Ryan's Irish heritage, and Ryan got a feather for Amanda's Native American heritage.


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I have a nasty feeling that I ought to be able to answer this question, but I've got other things to think about right now and I'm interested in the answer just so that I can reply to a mathematical email I've received. (If anyone gives me substantial help I will of course acknowledge it when I reply.)
This isn't precisely what was asked in the email, but it's closely related and would enable me to give a good answer. A result of Bourgain shows that if you take two dense subsets A and B of {1,2,...,n} then A+B must contain an arithmetic progression of length $\exp(c(\log n)^{1/3})$ or thereabouts. In particular this is true of A-A (since it contains arithmetic progressions of the same length as A-(n+1-A)). But what bounds can one get in the A-A case if one insists that the progression should be homogeneous? That is, suppose that A is a subset of {1,2,...,n} of density δ. How large an m can we guarantee to find such that there exists d such that all of -dm, -(d-1)m, ... , dm are elements of A-A?
By Szemerédi's theorem applied to A, m at least tends to infinity with n and can be taken to be n logged a few times. But can we do a lot better than this? Another small observation is that if we apply Bourgain's theorem to A-A, we can obtain a quite long homogeneous arithmetic progression in A+A-A-A.
It's been a little while since I looked at either Bourgain's proof or a subsequent improvement by Green to $\exp(c\sqrt{\log n})$, so I can't instantly say whether their arguments would give one a homogeneous progression in the case that B=-A. Based on my hazy memory, it feels as though it could go either way.
Although I think it is unlikely, there's just a small chance that this is an interesting question to which the answer is not known (or an easy consequence of known results or techniques).


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Where can I buy dragon scales? I completed the main quest line, so I don't think I'll be seeing anymore dragons, but I wanted to make some nice armor while finishing up the side quests.
No, no one sells them, but you will continue to encounter dragons after the main quest line so you won't run out of bones
Dragon Bones and Dragon Scales are not sold by any vendor.
After you've finished the main quest, the random dragon encounters still happen
You can still get Dragon Bones and Dragon Scales as well as Dragon Souls from those Dragons.
This'll allow you to create all the dragon armour you want, as well as unlocking all the available shouts.
No, there aren't any dragon bone/scale sellers.
What you might want to do is go to those places where you are sure to find dragons. If you are low level, change the difficulty to novice. Each dragon gives 1-3 dragon bones and scales, no matter what type of dragon it is.
There aren't any dragon bone sellers, but you can go back to the word walls and there should be a dragon there.


text: Mist & Sea began in 2001, when Jason Sweeney (Pretty Boy Crossover, Simpatico) met Vincent Giarrusso (Underground Lovers) on random occasions in Melbourne. The two began to make plans and strategies for a musical project. There was talk about performances, new media projects, installations, RSL tours. The other half of Pretty Boy Crossover (Cailan Burns) joined the duo in some lounge-room writing sessions, with the basic essentials: guitar and vocals. And then, after successfully being granted some cash from Arts Victoria, a 6 piece was set up for the purpose of writing and recording a full length LP, Unless. was Cailan Burns, Emma Bortignon, Phillip Collings, Vincent Giarrusso, Jed Palmer and Jason Sweeney. The trio of Vincent, Jason and Cailan is the core of Mist & Sea and new songs are being worked on for a follow up album in 2008.


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Two copies of the State of the Union address were signed by President Barack Obama in the Diplomatic Reception Room before heading to the U.S. Capitol. First Lady Michelle Obama and Doug Kramer, Staff Secretary, stand with President Obama. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
(CNN)-- In a city notorious for gun violence, President Barack Obama will continue his push for tougher laws on Friday amid questions about whether a key proposal to ban semi-automatic weapons that mimic military assault rifles would address the issue of handguns involved in most killings.
Obama will speak at Hyde Park Academy High School in Chicago, the city where Hadiya Pendleton, 15, was killed by gunfire last month. She had just returned from Washington, where she had taken part in inaugural activities.
Obama headed to his hometown after a White House ceremony to award the Presidential Citizens Medal -- the nation's second-highest civilian honor -- to 18 people. They included posthumous honors for six educators killed along with 20 first-graders in December's Connecticut school massacre.
He hugged family members of the slain teachers and administrators from Sandy Hook Elementary School in presenting the medals, saying: "We could not be more grateful to your loved ones, who gave everything they had" for the children in their care.
The emotional moment followed Obama's dramatic call in his State of the Union address on Tuesday for Congress to vote on his package of gun measures.
"They deserve a vote," he said repeatedly, referring to victims of gun violence and their families. Pendleton's parents sat with first lady Michelle Obama during the speech at the Capitol.
Fierce opposition by the National Rifle Association makes passage of any significant gun legislation uncertain. In response to Obama's address, the NRA has sought to discredit the motives and impacts of legislation proposed by the president and Democrats.
"They only care about their decades-old gun control agenda — ban every gun they can, tax every gun sold and register every gun owner," NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre said in a statement on Thursday. "This president has taken the art of public deception and manipulation to a whole new level."
Obama seeks an updated version of the 1994 assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004, that would prevent the manufacture and sale of some semi-automatic rifles modeled after fully automatic assault weapons.
He also proposes limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds, expanding background checks to all gun transactions, including sales at gun shows. He also wants Congress to take steps to better screen people with mental illnesses, so they cannot obtain weapons.
Legislation proposed so far also would crack down on so-called straw purchases, in which a legal buyer purchases weapons for distribution to non-legal buyers.
The NRA and other opponents argue the Democratic proposals are veiled attempts to limit gun ownership and eventually take away weapons, and therefore violate the constitutional right to bear arms.
In particular, opponents contend the proposed ban on semi-automatic rifles focuses on a weapon used in a tiny percentage of killings and other gun violence.
Harold Pollack, co-director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, confirmed on Friday that so-called assault weapons targeted by the proposed ban account for a small fraction of murders in the United States.
However, Pollack said the ban proposed by Obama can help reduce gun violence, especially what he called the psychologically impactful mass shootings such as the Newtown attack in which a lone gunman used a Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle.
The combination of such weapons with high-capacity magazines "facilitates mass homicides," Pollack told CNN, noting that professional criminals generally don't use such rifles that look like military weapons.
"The people who do use these weapons are often the most dangerous or most sociopathic," Pollack said. The Newtown shooter, a 20-year-old man living with his mother, took her legally owned guns and killed her before going to the school to open fire on students and teachers.
To Pollack, such a mass killing -- while relatively rare -- "traumatizes communities and the entire society in a way that demands attention."
To the NRA, that attention should be putting armed guards at every school, rather than seeking to limit the ability of people to obtain weapons. It also calls for tougher enforcement of existing gun laws, which Pollack agreed was necessary.
"A lot of the underground gun market could be stopped if we treated guns with the same amount of determination and tools as the drug market," he said.
For example, Pollack noted how committing a crime with a gun brought additional charges, and he called for similar treatment for illegally possessing a firearm.
In a Google Hangout online chat on Thursday, a participant asked Obama how renewing the assault weapons ban would help reduce gun violence caused primarily by handguns.
He responded that his proposed package would affect handgun violence through the expanded background checks and cracking down on straw purchases. Renewing the weapons ban focused on what Obama called "weapons of war."
"It's not going to solve every problem," the president continued, noting that some restrictions are already in place.
"We can't purchase a grenade launcher from a store, although there may be some folks who want to buy those," he said. "And the reason is we think on balance, the Second Amendment does not automatically assume that any weapon that's available you can automatically purchase."


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Why is it that people do not do Tikun Chatzos in today's day and age? I am sure there are still a few special people that do say it; however, I am also sure that over 99% do not.
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Maybe because most people go to sleep much later than they used to? Before electric lighting people might have gone to bed around nightfall or shortly after (i.e., 6 or 7 PM), and might well wake up for a little while in the middle of the night (as in the article linked in Avi's comment); whereas nowadays it's common to stay up until 10 PM or later, and sleep straight through the night.
There are a few reasons:
I'm not sure at what point but in Chabad "Kriyas Shema Al Mita" replaced Tikkun Chatzos. At the end of Kriyas Shema Al Mita it says "wake me up in the middle of the night etc..." alluding to Tikkun Chatzos and those sentences have no nekudos and are not read. Source: Nusach Ari-Zal Chabad.
Rabbi Yissochor Frand qoutes Harav Isser Zalman Meltzer in regards to davening vasikin (which halachically is more significant) that mainstream judiasm has stopped emphasizing vasikin because it leaves people too tired to learn well the rest of the day.
Firstly, as has been mentioned, Sefardim (Eidot HaMizrach) do say it, as that is how their Shacaharit begins. See the order here - and notice how it comes right after ברכות השחר and ברכות התורה.
During the 3 weeks it's not unusual (in Jerusalem) to see people sitting on the steps of the Aaron HaKodesh before Mincha Gedola reciting Tikun Chatzos.
Secondly, since Ashkenazim usually do it at home, nobody sees it and the newcomers to Judaism, and those whose train of Mesora was disrupted by WWII, don't realize it exists.
Thirdly, since once sees many meticulous people around at midnight and they don't drop everything to say Tikun Chatzos, so one assumes it is not being said. However, Tikun Chatzos is somewhat of a misnomer, as you already noticed by the Sefardim's custom.
Let's look at אhe Shulchan Aruch. We don't have to go far - it's at the beginning - Orach Chaim 1:2:
Auspicious times for mourning the destruction are at ⅓ and ⅔ of the night, as well as the end of the night.
And then in 1:3:
It's appropriate for every Gcd fearing person to be sad and mourn the destruction [daily].
The easiest time for Tikun Chatzos is right before day break; it's quiet, it's not interrupting anything and you anyway need to be awake then, as it says in Shulchan Aruch (ibid 1:1)
If you ask so why at midnight, my guess is that there's a Machloket about שָּׁעוֹת שֶׁמִּשְׁתַּנּוֹת הַמִּשְׁמָרוֹת in Brachot 3a, and one opinion has it (also) happening at midnight. The Aruch Hashulchan (ibid) answers similarly and also suggests that maybe midnight is auspicious especially for mourning but not for other things. says:
The Aruch HaShulchan (ibid) brings some background, for those who want earlier sources.
The Aruch Hashulchan ends of explaining that mentioning Jerusalem in the Amida and Birkat HaMazon is not sufficient to fulfil this obligation.
Amongst Sefaradi and Sefaradi Mekubalim it is very common. For the exact procedure, there is actually a Mahloket Aharonim. The Hida created a prayer called "Oy Li" while it seems that R' Yaakov Hilel Shelit"a quoting the Ben Ish Hai is opposed to it, but otherwise it is all the same (see Shaare Tefila 1:1. Ben Ish Hai Wayeshev 13. More Baesba 2:45. Amud HaHoraa 2:23).