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A bit of a downer: a near perfect regular season, but in the championship round things are looking to unravel, with the much dreaded 3rd place in play as well...
However if home advantage plays a role, one could say the toughest part has been and the easier bit comes now. And you can still claim having the best defence in the league.
@Danimal5981 wrote:A bit of a downer: a near perfect regular season, but in the championship round things are looking to unravel, with the much dreaded 3rd place in play as well...
However if home advantage plays a role, one could say the toughest part has been and the easier bit comes now. And you can still claim having the best defence in the league.
Yes indeed. The league format does have this potential to create different scenarios from the regular season to the championship or relegation rounds. Some teams break a little, when it's top opponents week in week out for 10 games. And teams who have struggled for most part of a season can sometimes put a string of brilliant performances and results together, when they only play other bottom teams.
I do believe 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is good for a club like Viborg against these opponents. Maybe it's not enough for a league title, but I would still call it a successful outcome so far in the Championship Round.
Home/away form has played a part this season, so you never know. In the regular season I won 29 points at home (9 wins, 2 draws) and 18 points away (4 wins, 6 draws, 1 defeat). So you may have a point here.
Did you skip round 7 and 8 intentionally: Nordsjaelland & Midtjylland? Or, did nothing change among the top 3 (meaning: everybody defeated Nordsjaelland, Midtjylland or AGF)
The way I read it, is that København and Brøndby are a point ahead of Viborg, with København having superior goal difference.
@Danimal5981 wrote:Did you skip round 7 and 8 intentionally: Nordsjaelland & Midtjylland? Or, did nothing change among the top 3 (meaning: everybody defeated Nordsjaelland, Midtjylland or AGF)
The way I read it, is that København and Brøndby are a point ahead of Viborg, with København having superior goal difference.
No, not intentionally, no. Thought I'd posted those. I got ahead of myself and have deleted the cup semi final and round 9 and posted round 7 and 8 in stead. Ooops.
You can see the league table after round 8 now. And I suppose I got to spoil the fact that Viborg beat AGF 3-0 in match 9, whilst FC København beat Brøndby by the same numbers and took the first place before the final game - against Viborg.
The deleted pages will come up again soon, so the chronology is back in order. Sorry about the confusion.
@JustinCase0110 wrote:The deleted pages will come up again soon, so the chronology is back in order. Sorry about the confusion.
Great, so before the final game it's
- København 66 (+4)
- Brøndby 64 (+3)
- Viborg 63 (+11)
- Nordsjælland 59 (+4)
So, the top three could change every second: exciting, nerve wrecking...
I really like your blog idea for a player in the team breaking through. Have you ever done a my player story. In the future you could make a great player career with the blogs. Anyway really enjoying the story so far 🙂
@Danimal5981 wrote:Great, so before the final game it's
- København 66 (+4)
- Brøndby 64 (+3)
- Viborg 63 (+11)
- Nordsjælland 59 (+4)
So, the top three could change every second: exciting, nerve wrecking...
Yes, exactly. Except Viborg having a +7 goal difference. 8-4 after 8 games in the "slutspil". 3-0 win in match 9. 11-4, that's +7.
@thomashunter2199 wrote:I really like your blog idea for a player in the team breaking through. Have you ever done a my player story. In the future you could make a great player career with the blogs. Anyway really enjoying the story so far 🙂
Thanks mate! And no, I've never played a player career. I think I tried it once it came out as a new thing, but it's the manager part that intrigues me, buying and selling players, building something good and sustainable.
The only thing that changes from save to save is the way I try to tell the story. For now I have game by game updates, but I've also done packages of 4-5 games per update and so on. And now we read it from a player's point of view, this has also been written from the manager's point of view, or via updates from the club's website etc. There are many ways to do this, but I find it to be a bit hard to choose what it "best" for me. I like this one though, but one needs a proper talent, before it's possible, I reckon.
Well done: a very respectable 2nd place for a small team like Viborg. It was a demonstration of how far one can get by just keeping it tight at the back for most of the time. You'll always have a shot or two at goal each game, so then it's just a matter of efficiency. Into the Champions League then!
@Danimal5981 wrote:Well done: a very respectable 2nd place for a small team like Viborg. It was a demonstration of how far one can get by just keeping it tight at the back for most of the time. You'll always have a shot or two at goal each game, so then it's just a matter of efficiency. Into the Champions League then!
Yes! Unfortunately the game still provides crazy over the top expectations. My board now expects me to reach the Champions League Quarter Final. An accomplishment which a Danish club has never been able to do, and it is now expected from Viborg in the club's first ever entry to the qualifiers? That's awful. I hope I set the settings right, when I started this, so I won't get fired, if I miss the qualifier and end up in the Europa League in stead.
@JustinCase0110 wrote:My board now expects me to reach the Champions League Quarter Final. An accomplishment which a Danish club has never been able to do, and it is now expected from Viborg in the club's first ever entry to the qualifiers? That's awful. I hope I set the settings right, when I started this, so I won't get fired, if I miss the qualifier and end up in the Europa League in stead.No, you won't be sacked. Instead, if you drop back into a different tournament they adjust expectations. However, they are usually more challenging than the previous ones. Should you end up in Europea League, they'll be expecting semi finals I guess. If you can compensate with good domestic and financial results, I think you'll be safe anyway.
@Danimal5981 wrote:No, you won't be sacked. Instead, if you drop back into a different tournament they adjust expectations. However, they are usually more challenging than the previous ones. Should you end up in Europea League, they'll be expecting semi finals I guess. If you can compensate with good domestic and financial results, I think you'll be safe anyway.
Sounds good. I was also just referring to all the settings you adjust before starting. Which are difficult to remember and understand the consequences of. I really don't recall hos "lenient" I set it too, but I'm pretty sure I set it up so I shouldn't be fired too easily. I suppose I'm just not that comfortable with ignoring the critical board objectives yet.
