Re: CMS General Discussion Thread

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@thurlow885 wrote:

Back in the hope of finding my CM mojo back, in fairness I completely lost interest in the game for a while mainly cause been too busy. Been playing my Blackburn career here and there just hadn't done anything regarding notes. Began a new season today so left an update for previous season and will try and update from current season soon too whilst also attempting to play catch up with careers here..I can't promise I'll go all the way back, but good to see there still a couple going on

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Welcome back mate! I hope you find this mojo that you seek, and I look forward to see what you do with Blackburn in the Prem.

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@JustinCase0110 wrote:

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@thurlow885 wrote:

Back in the hope of finding my CM mojo back, in fairness I completely lost interest in the game for a while mainly cause been too busy. Been playing my Blackburn career here and there just hadn't done anything regarding notes. Began a new season today so left an update for previous season and will try and update from current season soon too whilst also attempting to play catch up with careers here..I can't promise I'll go all the way back, but good to see there still a couple going on

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Welcome back mate! I hope you find this mojo that you seek, and I look forward to see what you do with Blackburn in the Prem.

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Thanks, forgot how much of a pain it is to format on here. Had trouble with Canvas will try again next update 

Hello all, good to see the usual crew is still here. I'm kicking around the idea of starting a Spurs career and trying to play it extremely realistic with very difficult transfer restrictions to try stopping myself from getting bored.

I don't think I've played FIFA since my Sunderland career in October when I had to stop because of the games issues but it sounds like patches have improved things. 

@Stlducks4
Go for it. It'll be good to see some more stories on here...

As far as the game is concerned, there are still irritations, and the like, but the thing is better than '23, for sure.

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@Stlducks4 wrote:

Hello all, good to see the usual crew is still here. I'm kicking around the idea of starting a Spurs career and trying to play it extremely realistic with very difficult transfer restrictions to try stopping myself from getting bored.

I don't think I've played FIFA since my Sunderland career in October when I had to stop because of the games issues but it sounds like patches have improved things. 

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Well, there have been some improvements, I guess. For instance, I'm also playing with a national team, and somehow the players in the national team, who also played for the club, I managed, couldn't restitute whilst away on international duty. That was a bummer, since I have/had this Scottish spine in Rangers, and I wanted to use the same players in Scotland's 11, obviously. But it seems this issue has been fixed, as I haven't been bugged by it for several seasons now.

I don't know which game issues, you are referring to, but I would probably expect some of them still to be there. Cause I haven't seen that many changes from the initial release, to be honest.

But hey, welcome back! I hope you get something up and running, as it's always more fun with a few more careers to follow.

KdB comes back and turns the game around after missing with injury. He's a special player.

In other fun news, it is -14 F degrees where I live now and continuing to decline with more snow coming. Winter is fun.

@JustinCase0110 what did you think of the Spurs v United game?

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@Stlducks4 wrote:

what did you think of the Spurs v United game?

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I don't know what to think. Spurs were arguably the better side on the day. United don't keep possession well enough, simply throws the ball away far too often and too easily. I was happy to see United fight well and stay in the game despite this, even having a few good chances to take the win late on from McTominay. But overall I would hope for a bit more possession and control from United. Spurs should be disappointed not getting all three, when they were clearly the better team. But United can also be disappointed to concede as early as they did after the break. In my opinion it's almost unforgivable to go to half time in front, then starting the second half so passively and conceding within 30 seconds or so... 

I agree that Spurs should have taken all three points but with the number of players we have missing, I was hoping for at least a point going in so I can't be too disappointed. Our bench was two gk's, a few defenders and then all academy guys who have not played yet. 

I have no idea what ETH is doing. I thought he would turn the club around and I know it takes time but the improvements are barely noticable. I'm sure there is more behind the scenes making it difficult and it is not all on him but as someone who used to dread playing United, I can tell you that feeling is truly gone. Now I looked forward to the games thinking it is a good chance for a result against a top side. 

For Spurs, I still can't believe this season. After Jose, Nuno, and Conte sucking the fight out of the club, this year is hard to believe. We have played without our best XI or best players for most of the year but keep fighting in every match. I can't wait to see what Ange does with a full squad. 

It does seem like ETH only likes players he has some type of history with. I saw links of United going for Benzema who I don't think ETH has history with but imo he's not a good choice either. You do you need a older striker with no PL experience coming in at this point.

I think Ange might go to the 3 at the back style he has previously used. Still attacking of course but with the new CB we signed and the rumors of Ange telling him he will have regular football it makes me think the 3 atb could be coming. 

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@Stlducks4 wrote:

I agree that Spurs should have taken all three points but with the number of players we have missing, I was hoping for at least a point going in so I can't be too disappointed. Our bench was two gk's, a few defenders and then all academy guys who have not played yet. 

I have no idea what ETH is doing. I thought he would turn the club around and I know it takes time but the improvements are barely noticable. I'm sure there is more behind the scenes making it difficult and it is not all on him but as someone who used to dread playing United, I can tell you that feeling is truly gone. Now I looked forward to the games thinking it is a good chance for a result against a top side. 

For Spurs, I still can't believe this season. After Jose, Nuno, and Conte sucking the fight out of the club, this year is hard to believe. We have played without our best XI or best players for most of the year but keep fighting in every match. I can't wait to see what Ange does with a full squad. 

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A year ago a lot of us were praising Casemiro as one of the league's best midfielders and a standout signing, albeit a short term one. He's been absent with injury for quite some time this season, and he was awful before that, also coming back from the summer break out of shape. Lisandro Martinez was a standout player too, but was injured in one of the first games and only just had his comeback the other day. Luke Shaw being injured for most of the season. Individual defensive mistakes, especially from Onana, costing a lot of points in the Champions League group, despite being the best keeper in the Champions League last season. Marcus Rashford, a standout player on his day, being so poor all season, contrary to the form he had in the first 75% of last season, before his form dropped towards the end. 

I don't know if all this falls back on ten Hag, honestly. Man United players have a history of throwing managers under the bus, and I can't comprehend how these players can be so good in one season and so appalling in the next. Or just from one game to the next. Or just being great in a first half and poor in a second half, or the other way around. I know Spurs have quite a few players out with injury right now, but if you look at Man United's injury record this season, it hasn't really been the easiest conditions to rebuild a football club. Who would have thought that a 36 year old Jonny Evans would arrive and turn out to be our best signing of the summer?

I don't agree with some of ten Hag's decisions, tactics etc., and some of his signings have also been quite poor. But I think he's done some good work trying to break a poor cycle of player power, as he did with Sancho - and Ronaldo before that. Still, with all the troubles, he made the team perform well vs Chelsea and make a great comeback vs Villa, despite being 2-0 down at half time after a very poor first half. But once again consistency was an issue, and the club lost both games following those two wins. Bottomline, I really think this manager needs more time, also getting a run of games with some of the crucial players back in the matchday squad.

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@CO88LER5 wrote:

I saw Casemiro in the FA Cup semi last season, and I thought it looked as if his legs have gone. I would NEVER have signed a player of that age on a 5-year contract.

I also remember in 1988 United fans screaming for Ferguson to be fired...

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Yeah they really did. And speaking of Ferguson, he would never have given a 30 year old a 5 year contract either. In fact, back then there was a rule that players over 30 would only renew their contracts with one year at the time. However, it was also a different time back then. Someone like Scholesy, he would just sign the paper, not asking questions about the numbers or anything. You don't see players do that these days, or their agents for that matter.

Jordan Henderson joining Ajax. Finally a good, hard working link between defence and attack!

I did not see Henderson to Ajax coming. That's a surprise move. I wonder how good he still is after teaching 6 months off pretty much. 

So my PlayStation account has been hacked. I suddenly received an email saying my email has been changed then I started getting charges to my card for games I did not buy.

I can't log into my account now and the only thing Sony says is delete your information and create a new account. So frustrating!

As I feared, I lost all games purchased online under my old username. After creating a new PS name, I do not have any save files! 

Looks like I'm starting over and buying FC24 again.

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@Stlducks4 wrote:

As I feared, I lost all games purchased online under my old username. After creating a new PS name, I do not have any save files! 

Looks like I'm starting over and buying FC24 again.

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That's awful mate! Perhaps being an old-fashioned disc preferring guy isn't so bad after all... 

Discs is the way to go. I never would have thought if you were hacked, Sony would just say sorry and tell you to start over. It still blows my mind. 

Sony did not lock me out, the hackers did. They changed the login email so I can't even try the reset password method. Sony was acting like I'm the one trying to hack in by getting them to change it back. 

I used to buy disc's but then signed up for PS PLUS for the deals and free games. But I will be going back to discs for sure now.