Recent content by sidekickraider

Howdy - let me preface by saying I'm in a lower division, so I'm not expecting EPL level tactics to work quite the same way here. I started out trying to work with a 4-1-2-3 DM Wide, but couldn't make that happen at all. So, next logical step is the 4-2-3-1 Wide which seems to offer me about...

2015 Season - A New Club So, here's the big reveal... Ajax is a youth-focused organization, and an absolutely wonderful opportunity. The job became open after a retirement, and I immediately applied. The Eredvisie seems like the perfect place to dive in to European management and continue my...

All good thoughts so far, but no one has hit the mark. I'll be posting the next update either tonight or tomorrow night - as soon as I find some free time.

2015 Season - January to July The next step in my career takes me to the national level for the newly-opened US U23 post. While searching for a European club, this will provide a good first step to accomplishing our world-cup objective. Our fixtures don't begin until March, giving me a...

2015 Season - End of Year Update Due to the goal drought, I've decided to bring an alternate tactic - getting rid of wingers entirely. With this formation, I can bring Dwyer and Jamieson in the game at the same time. We have immediate success with this formation, taking a VERY good win...

2015 Season - Midseason Update So, I've played half-way through the season and our results are so far a little disappointing. We're definitely not in the same form as last year - although to be fair, that's a hard goal to live up to. Our defense has fallen off a little, but the real factor is...

Sorry about the delay - should have a new post of the 2015 mid-season either tomorrow or Friday.

2015 Season - Preseason and Transfers Incoming Transfers - From the draft, we've brought in five players. Stand outs include Jimmy Evans who could grow into a great player, and Seth Knott whom my scouts lied to me about (an he had such great stats!). Neither were my first picks (there was an...

I agree. Thinking about it, i'd rather aim for something more humble - a championship team perhaps. I'll be posting the transfer window/preseason tonight.

Thanks for the replies, and the tip about resizing images. It sounds like there's definitely some interest. I actually just received a very interesting offer.. Really surprised, because this is a HUGE team - I really didn't think they would approach me so fast. I'm not sure if I want to take...

Hi all - haven't had much of a response to this thus far. Should I continue with the story? Let me know!

2014 Season 3/3 Finishing out the season, we're a little closer than I'd like to be in terms of our lead. The international breaks are absolutely killing me, with a huge swath of my squad gone. I'm having to play Jimmy Medranda as striker, and he's really not at all cut for the role. Of my...

2014 Season 2/3 Early on, I've signed Myers, Nagamura, and Sinovic to new contracts. In doing so, I negotiated about ~50k of free cap space, which should help as we're significantly over right now. Jamieson has been fighting been about playing time based on one conversation we had, which is...

2014 Season - 1/3 One quick transfer update post-registration - I've traded Jake Peterson and player right's to someone I'm not familiar with for allocation money. Jake was very unlikely to make it in to the first team, and was taking up a chunk of cap space...

Glad to hear it! I certainly recommend it - there's never been a better time!