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A clear out, then. Much like Manchester United still needs in real life.
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"Forewarned is forearmed", brilliant saying there. Also adds to the tale that you've actually kept yourself aware of the other teams' struggles against this opponent. Well done.
Seems results are picking up now, semi finals in the cup and closing in on the top sides in the league too. Could turn out to be a rather succesful season after all.
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- @Danimal5981
It never bothers me that I let in goals - well, not often, anyway. Unless, of course, I get a 'clean sheets' objective, which I have as a 'critical' objective at the moment. I simply don't understand how that can be a 'brand objective' at all, let alone a critical one that could get you fired if you miss it.
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- @Danimal5981
Well, one point isn't half of three, but I get the sentiment... š story has been terminated
- @Danimal5981 I was going to ask when he said it, as I couldn't find anthing about the quote on the Internet.
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@Danimal5981 wrote:EURO 88 opening group stage game USSR v Netherlands 1:0. Netherlands were the better side, but the Soviet Union kept it tight at the back and one single break out was enough for a single goal and the win. And then he said the famous words: "We scored a goal and won, that's two points, but you already get a point for keeping a clean sheet. That's half of the work."
Nice! I suppose Oranje had the last laugh though, in that particular tournament.
Hard to believe you are now back in the title race and having a chance to win the treble. Last I read through, it looked like Ajax were falling apart and big changes were coming. Then the new formation happened, I expected a positive finish to the season with momentum for next year but you blew those expectations away. This is turning out to be a possible legendary season for Ajax with this type of league comeback.
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10-3 on aggregate, that's some scoreline. Impressive! You might be a bit disappointed with conceding the three goals in 11 vs 10 situations. But obviously the win was never in doubt, so I suppose it wasn't the worst time to let the guard down.
Advancing to play another Belgian side next, Club Brugge. Let's see if you can put 10 in against them too.
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What a streak for the young Misehouy fellow. I wasn't even familiar with him, and now he's apparently scored in four consecutive games. Awesome.
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These results are starting to look like Ajax results we are used to. Dominanting teams in the ECL is not a surprise but the amount of goals scored was. The team has not slowed down scoring in the league either.
Man United beating Rangers is a funny coincidence since our Man United fan on these boards is currently using Rangers!
Newcastle v Liverpool looks like the best draw in the next round to pay attention to as well.
- @Danimal5981
"Maybe I'll give him his debut towards the end of the season"
If he's really good, you might find that promoting him and then playing him a couple of times before the season's end actually ruins his potential as you move into next season. I don't think the so-called "dynamic potentlal" bugs have been fixed.
Unless he demands to leave the academy soon, I'd leave it until the start of the next season to promote him from the academy.
I've got a couple in my academy that I'm trying to avoid promoting until the next season for that very reason.
@CO88LER5 wrote:
you might find that promoting him and then playing him a couple of times before the season's end actually ruins his potential as you move into next season.Valid point! I have the same experience, but recently I've noticed that newly promoted academy players don't necessarily take a cut in their potential on June 30th. I'm not sure about the mechanisms here though, so I probably wouldn't take the risk, but just leave it until the new season before promoting him (unless he threatens to leave).
However, if we're talking about a potential short term starter, then I wouldn't be too concerned about a little drop in potential. If he plays regularly in the next season, he can recover the lost potential again. It would probably require for him to play in almost every game though.
