County League - Animo et Fide
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A nice draw in the next round of the FA cup. At this point in the season, you should be safe from relegation and you have a very deep cup run as well as a chance for a deep FA cup run.
This has to be considered a successful first season even without a trophy.
@LABoog4 wrote:A nice draw in the next round of the FA cup. At this point in the season, you should be safe from relegation and you have a very deep cup run as well as a chance for a deep FA cup run.
This has to be considered a successful first season even without a trophy.
A nice draw indeed. Brighton have become a quite difficult opponent in recent years, so playing them in the 3rd round wasn't optimal. Bristol City is arguably an easier task.
Trophy or not, I agree that this season is all about survival, so I really can't complain with the relegation zone being continously kept at a distance.
As a new County fan (at least virtually in this Career Mode future) I agree with your statement. I would rather see us winning the league cup then finishing 9th instead of 12th in the table!
Aston Villa are equals it looks like. Not only close in the table but three straight matches that ended in a draw in regular time.
I would much rather have Everton instead of Liverpool in the final even though you just lost to the former. I think County will pull off the win this time.
@LABoog4 wrote:As a new County fan (at least virtually in this Career Mode future) I agree with your statement. I would rather see us winning the league cup then finishing 9th instead of 12th in the table!
Aston Villa are equals it looks like. Not only close in the table but three straight matches that ended in a draw in regular time.
I would much rather have Everton instead of Liverpool in the final even though you just lost to the former. I think County will pull off the win this time.
Haha, I think you just invented a new thing - being a virtual fan of a football club, only because of Career Mode. In that case, I think I am too. Just saw the news of Stockport signing Oliver Norwood IRL, then instantly thought "hey, that's my club", haha...
Everton in the final is a dream mate. Liverpool have eliminated me three times in domestic cups during this save, all three being in the FA Cup. So I'm happy to avoid them this time!
Congratulations on the cup final. Finally shaking off of the Merseyside demons and winning a final, though against the blue side. It does seem like your shootouts always go long, at least recent ones. Those have to be nerve-racking.
Only 10 games left, a trophy has already been won but it would be nice to see a +10 GD and more wins than draws. Just to make the season really special for Stockport. Finishing top 10 might be too greedy to ask.
@LABoog4 wrote:Congratulations on the cup final. Finally shaking off of the Merseyside demons and winning a final, though against the blue side. It does seem like your shootouts always go long, at least recent ones. Those have to be nerve-racking.
Only 10 games left, a trophy has already been won but it would be nice to see a +10 GD and more wins than draws. Just to make the season really special for Stockport. Finishing top 10 might be too greedy to ask.
Long shootouts indeed, both ending 8-7, but still quite different from each other. In the one vs Villa I only missed one attempt, compared to the Everton final, where I missed four. The latter would also have been a short one, if Hakimi had taken the opportunity to win the game with Everton's fourth shot.
Very difficult run of matches. Trying to find the good news in this, you were close in every match. The margins are slim and a little improvement over the summer and you can be competing with these sides more consistently.
@LABoog4 wrote:Very difficult run of matches. Trying to find the good news in this, you were close in every match. The margins are slim and a little improvement over the summer and you can be competing with these sides more consistently.
Thanks, yeah close margins indeed. That's definitely a positive, plus soon being done with these challenging opponents. Brighton are next, still a reasonably tough team, and then Man City away to end the difficult streak. After that it's bottom 6 opponents in the remaining four games.
A great run to finish the season. Over ten wins on the year and the goal differential is looking better and better.
I can see you winning out and finishing on 58 points which would be an incredible season considering how bleak things looked in stretches.
@LABoog4 wrote:A great run to finish the season. Over ten wins on the year and the goal differential is looking better and better.
I can see you winning out and finishing on 58 points which would be an incredible season considering how bleak things looked in stretches.
Thanks man. I kind of predicted the same end with the soft schedule in the final three. But it appears it wasn't meant to be that easy. Still end it with a six game unbeaten streak, so at least that's something.
That is awesome to see players at the World Cup. Shows how far you have built this club up. Multiple promotions, making the Premier League, winning cups and making finals. Now players making the World Cup, that is awesome.
what has been your favorite achievement with the club so far?
@LABoog4 wrote:That is awesome to see players at the World Cup. Shows how far you have built this club up. Multiple promotions, making the Premier League, winning cups and making finals. Now players making the World Cup, that is awesome.
what has been your favorite achievement with the club so far?
Thanks, yeah I've quite enjoyed this journey up through the ranks. Especially since there's also been a few disappointments and struggles along the way, for instance the two lost Playoff finals. I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much, if it's just been success after success.
Hmm, favourite achievement? That's got to be winning the League Cup, so I'm about to embark on the club's first ever European campaign with the UEFA Conference League.
A new world for County. The squad will have to be bigger to compete on both fronts. It will be exciting to see how Ethan Price develops this season.
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