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Your favourite team - why, how, when,what?!
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OverratedSanity
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Well, admittedly, I am a bit of a joke, so yeah.
Jono
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Lillian Thomson
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During my time of watching Somerset regularly Richards, Garner and Botham all left.
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update on this. have since followed a couple of accounts beyond the club PR ones. yet to find any good blogs. dipping my toes back into the bluemoon forum
I've always tended to support individual players, more so than teams. I don't know, every professional team has their ****s I guess.
County Cricket -- Somerset & Warwickshire. Somerset came about as a result of a love for Tres, a bit of a man-crush on Compton, and Buttler being so damn good. Now Compton and Buttler are gone, but Lewis Gregory and the Overtons are promising enough young players, Trego's a cult hero, and who doesn't love George Dockrell? Warwickshire support is basically a result of 'Chris Woakes > you' and that's about it. About a decade ago I was a Surrey man, mostly because they were so ****ing boss on ICC 2001 (Bicknell, Ramps, Salisbury and Saqlain
).
Australian Cricket -- NSW + Sixers. I don't think it needs much explaining, really.
International Cricket -- NZ > Aus > Bangladesh > South Africa these days. Too many ****s in the Aussie side to actually like them, but TPC and nationalism keep me wanting them to win. Meanwhile NZ plays an attractive brand of cricket and have the utterly adorable KW in their side.
NZ Cricket -- Northern Districts. Yeah, I know, agribusiness. Williamson + Southee + Boult + Santner + Vettori far outweigh the Bradburns and Devciches of that team, however.
European Football -- Started as a Liverpool fan, like most Aussies, because success & Harry Kewell. Faded away when I realised the fans were overwhelmingly ****s. Now I'm a bit of a Barcelona man, having shamelessly bandwagoned in the Guardiola era because a) they were good and b) I guess I liked the style of football they were playing. Not to mention Messi seemed like a relatively down-to-earth star player, in comparison to Ronaldo and the various EPL players with their **** haircuts and egos the size of small countries.
Australian Football -- Sydney FC because they're the locals, but I don't follow it closely at all.
NRL -- Cronulla Sharks. Again, my local team and I don't really care about the NRL all that much. Previously had stints as a Storm supporter (in about '03 or '04, so it wasn't *really* bandwagoning even though my support was basically a result of 'Cronulla suck and they just lost to the purple team. Purple team it is') and a Tigers supporter because my teacher was a Tigers supporter and I didn't actually watch NRL anyway.
AFL -- For some reason liked St Kilda and Essendon when I was ~10. Now I don't give a **** unless the Swans are playing Hawthorn, and even then it's only to give my Hawks-supporter friend crap.
NFL -- Never followed it at all but I'm gonna say the Packers because public ownership and this.
County Cricket -- Somerset & Warwickshire. Somerset came about as a result of a love for Tres, a bit of a man-crush on Compton, and Buttler being so damn good. Now Compton and Buttler are gone, but Lewis Gregory and the Overtons are promising enough young players, Trego's a cult hero, and who doesn't love George Dockrell? Warwickshire support is basically a result of 'Chris Woakes > you' and that's about it. About a decade ago I was a Surrey man, mostly because they were so ****ing boss on ICC 2001 (Bicknell, Ramps, Salisbury and Saqlain
).Australian Cricket -- NSW + Sixers. I don't think it needs much explaining, really.
International Cricket -- NZ > Aus > Bangladesh > South Africa these days. Too many ****s in the Aussie side to actually like them, but TPC and nationalism keep me wanting them to win. Meanwhile NZ plays an attractive brand of cricket and have the utterly adorable KW in their side.
NZ Cricket -- Northern Districts. Yeah, I know, agribusiness. Williamson + Southee + Boult + Santner + Vettori far outweigh the Bradburns and Devciches of that team, however.
European Football -- Started as a Liverpool fan, like most Aussies, because success & Harry Kewell. Faded away when I realised the fans were overwhelmingly ****s. Now I'm a bit of a Barcelona man, having shamelessly bandwagoned in the Guardiola era because a) they were good and b) I guess I liked the style of football they were playing. Not to mention Messi seemed like a relatively down-to-earth star player, in comparison to Ronaldo and the various EPL players with their **** haircuts and egos the size of small countries.
Australian Football -- Sydney FC because they're the locals, but I don't follow it closely at all.
NRL -- Cronulla Sharks. Again, my local team and I don't really care about the NRL all that much. Previously had stints as a Storm supporter (in about '03 or '04, so it wasn't *really* bandwagoning even though my support was basically a result of 'Cronulla suck and they just lost to the purple team. Purple team it is') and a Tigers supporter because my teacher was a Tigers supporter and I didn't actually watch NRL anyway.
AFL -- For some reason liked St Kilda and Essendon when I was ~10. Now I don't give a **** unless the Swans are playing Hawthorn, and even then it's only to give my Hawks-supporter friend crap.
NFL -- Never followed it at all but I'm gonna say the Packers because public ownership and this.
Cabinet96
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This genuinely worked for my circa 2012 ftr. Helped me get my interest in football back quite a bit.
Jono
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Essendope in the AFL = no.
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im sorry we dont get that here
I have absolutely no clue, but have picked up so much from 24 hours spent playing FM since I downloaded it last week.
I mean, I still can't win a game even with Man United and 60 million pounds, but I'm learning something (I think). Agree with Nate on FIFA Manager mode though, good starting point I guess.
Cabinet96
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Fifa manager mode has different formations, basic different tactics (possession or counter attack, how much to press, sit deep or play offside trap, etc.) attributes for all the players on your team so you can get a basic idea of what they're good at, and the ability to scout the rest of the world so you can see the best players overseas.
Obviously it's not perfect, their scouting isn't flawless, but it genuinely works. When I played my first Fifa for nearly three years, after getting it at christmas in 2011, I immediately tried to sign some Belgium kid playing in France I'd never heard of because he and Mario Götze were the standout youngsters. Three years later he's just won Premier League player of the year.
Obviously it's not perfect, their scouting isn't flawless, but it genuinely works. When I played my first Fifa for nearly three years, after getting it at christmas in 2011, I immediately tried to sign some Belgium kid playing in France I'd never heard of because he and Mario Götze were the standout youngsters. Three years later he's just won Premier League player of the year.
Cabinet96
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My greatest achievement was taking Accrington Stanley up the divisions. Sadly I was sacked after losing the Champions League final to Barcelona and finishing 5th in the Prem. Cause **** sentiment when you didn't complete any of the goals we set you for the first season in your career.