PowerPlayManager.com - Part 9 - Hockey, Soccer and Handball? Oh my!

[canucks357]

What the hell is going on?

You witnessed the awesome power of Teslas' mind is what the hell went on

 

[canucks357]

So, I was just messing around. Turns out I sold my first guy so quick that it didn't register or was done before the "one sale only during the first 11 days" was put into effect. I tossed up a second guy just to test things and he's now on the market. Makes me wish I tossed up 4 or 5 guys in the first 2min of having my team...

 

[Obryantj]

So, I was just messing around. Turns out I sold my first guy so quick that it didn't register or was done before the "one sale only during the first 11 days" was put into effect. I tossed up a second guy just to test things and he's now on the market. Makes me wish I tossed up 4 or 5 guys in the first 2min of having my team...

From the news:
"For the first 11 days, everyone will be allowed to place a maximum of 1 player and 1 staff member on the market at the same time."

(i.e. you can have 1 player and 1 staff member on the market at any given time)

 

[canucks357]

From the news:
"For the first 11 days, everyone will be allowed to place a maximum of 1 player and 1 staff member on the market at the same time."

(i.e. you can have 1 player and 1 staff member on the market at any given time)

Ohhhh! I thought it was 1 for the whole time period. DOH!

In other news, I forgot about your player. Handball went down and when I came back the deadline passed.

 

[SkepticalDougO]

I've snagged a couple of 130+ guys for 10k- my plan with them- and most of my team is to run them into the ground energy wise (H & VH) and then probably just cut them once the teams start getting a little better with pulls and such

 

[canucks357]

Noooooooo! I missed the deadline on another Slovenian!

 

[canucks357]

I've snagged a couple of 130+ guys for 10k- my plan with them- and most of my team is to run them into the ground energy wise (H & VH) and then probably just cut them once the teams start getting a little better with pulls and such

Smart plan! And 130 OR guys are about the global average

 

[tescosamoa]

last minute bidding wars on my crappy 41% AVq player Lol

 

[tescosamoa]

player went for 262k and the physio went for 500k

 

[SkepticalDougO]

Have a coach with 52 minutes left- 1.4 million

Oh joy

 

[canucks357]

Have a coach with 52 minutes left- 1.4 million

Oh joy

Haha isn't it awesome! If only I was blessed with 2 off the bat like some people...

 

[suprvilce]

Haha isn't it awesome! If only I was blessed with 2 off the bat like some people...

You are blessed with 2 top goalies right off the bat, could turn out to be more benefitial in the long term not to mention you got very lucky with the sales

 

[canucks357]

You are blessed with 2 top goalies right off the bat, could turn out to be more benefitial in the long term not to mention you got very lucky with the sales

Yes I did. But I'm going to need all the help I can get given how unlucky I was with my non-GK players!

 

[Emerald76]

Ok guys - A quick "Soccer" heads up!!

In 3 weeks time I will be throwing 23 soccer players on the transfer list.

Here are links to each guy that will be sold - If there is anyone that interests you, you will have have 3 weeks to scout them (and save up some cash )

GK's
Trevor Horan - U - 6/6 - 16yo - 621 OR - NT U-17 player
Adam Neary - R - 5/6 - 16yo - 615 OR
Jack Malone - R - 5/6 - 16yo - 521 OR

Central Defenders
Taidgh Fitzpatrick - R - 4/6 - 20yo - 1204 OR - NT U-20 player
Eamon Irvine - U - 4/6 - 19yo - 1080 OR - NT U-20 Player
Gregorio Ledezma - L - 5/6 - 17yo - 791 OR

Full Backs
Conal O'Breen - U - 4/6 - 23yo - 978 OR
Josip Istvanic - L - 5/6 - 20yo - 992 OR
Szymon Surma - R - 5/6 - 730 OR
Padric Lynch - U - 5/6 - 15yo - 661 OR - NT U-17 Player
Peadar Eager - L - 6/6 - 15yo - 498 OR

Wingers
Ruslan Kirbai - R - 5/6 - 17yo - 661 OR
Patrick Powell - U - 6/6 - 16yo - 595OR

Central Midfielders
Borivoj Drevikovsky - U - 5/6 - 21yo - 1027 OR
Luis Pena - L - 5/6 - 17yo - 828 OR
Tynan Bulger - R - 5/6 - 16yo - 760 OR - NT U-17 Player
Bernard Doreau - R - 5/6 - 19yo - 724 OR
Dado Bajric - L - 5/6 - 17yo - 674 OR

Strikers
Trevor Dempsey - U - 3/6 - 23yo - 1000 OR - NT Senior Player
Alexandr Nadvornik - L - 6/6 - 18yo - 850 OR
Dermot Prunty - R - 6/6 - 15yo - 492 OR
Finn Smith - U - 5/6 - 15yo - 443 OR
Pat Carrig - U - 6/6 - 15yo - 398 OR

Some serious players there for every type of team, needless to say in my aim to cull my squad I had to make a few difficult decisions in letting some of these guys go!

 

[Obryantj]

Trevor Horan - U - 6/6 - 16yo - 621 OR - NT U-17 player

Taidgh Fitzpatrick - R - 4/6 - 20yo - 1204 OR - NT U-20 player

Padric Lynch - U - 5/6 - 15yo - 661 OR - NT U-17 Player

Tynan Bulger - R - 5/6 - 16yo - 760 OR - NT U-17 Player

I've added these guys to my scouting queue. If you wouldn't mind sharing (either here or via PM) the CL history for Fitzpatrick and Bulger, it would be appreciated.

It looks like you'll be bringing in a sizable chunk of change. Whats your plan for the expected proceeds?

 

[canucks357]

Ok guys - A quick "Soccer" heads up!!

Added some to scout. Unfortunately no UCM.

 

[canucks357]

I think I know why I'm often disappointed with my sales:

I was watching one of my guys sell today, and as I always do (thank you OCD), the deadline was for _ _ : _ 0. The problem is, lots of people set the deadline for things like that and my guy was on the home page for all of a few seconds. If instead I set his deadline for _ _ : _ 9, he would have been up for several minutes.

Now I know. (Dang, Chicago just scored.)

 

[Emerald76]

I've added these guys to my scouting queue. If you wouldn't mind sharing (either here or via PM) the CL history for Fitzpatrick and Bulger, it would be appreciated.

It looks like you'll be bringing in a sizable chunk of change. Whats your plan for the expected proceeds?

I'll send you a PM when I get a chance.

As for what I might do with some cash...
It'll definitely go into my first 11 - There are some players who do a job, but not to the standard I need to compete in every competition.

As a rule with my teams, I challenge for the League title first and foremost - that is my bread and butter so to speak.

NC's are a nice little OTR earner/trophy - but the International competitions I never really try hard to win games, I see them as an energy sink to be honest!

Until I can compete with these teams I will tend to take it easier in the International cups. Although right now, I'm having probably my best CL group stage outing to date in hockey.

 

[SkepticalDougO]

Added a bunch to scout, cash savings in progress.


Not sure if this was common knowledge or not, but it appears the energy usage has been altered for handball, I guess to accommodate the longer season. I played my first game N, and my 2nd H... all my guys are at 99 energy

 

[canucks357]

Added a bunch to scout, cash savings in progress.


Not sure if this was common knowledge or not, but it appears the energy usage has been altered for handball, I guess to accommodate the longer season. I played my first game N, and my 2nd H... all my guys are at 99 energy

In the guide it is still similar to hockey/soccer. But it is based on 60 minutes of playing time.

 

[Obryantj]

As for what I might do with some cash...
It'll definitely go into my first 11 - There are some players who do a job, but not to the standard I need to compete in every competition.

As a rule with my teams, I challenge for the League title first and foremost - that is my bread and butter so to speak.

NC's are a nice little OTR earner/trophy - but the International competitions I never really try hard to win games, I see them as an energy sink to be honest!

Until I can compete with these teams I will tend to take it easier in the International cups. Although right now, I'm having probably my best CL group stage outing to date in hockey.

In hockey, my team is not in a position to make an international cup. Thus, I'm almost always focusing on the league (but usually go all in on a NC game if I make the final 16).

In soccer, I've historically went for the league above all else. Last season I won the league and the 2nd place team received better sponsorship deals than me due to having ~20 more OTR. This season I've tried to do better in the NC and ChL with the hope of catching him in OTR.

My team's energy has really taken a hit and my forward depth was slightly exposed yesterday in my ChL match with my top 2 (in terms of current IGR) forwards suspended (one of the 2 forwards who played is now at 29 chemistry). I suffered a 0-2 defeat on the road in Leg 1 and hopefully can put together a solid match next Wednesday to at least pick up some OTR and hopefully advance. A win yesterday could have moved me into the top 10 in OTR.

I may even add some firepower to the lineup before my next ChL match to try to get a little extra advantage. I'll keep your guys in mind as well as I'm spending money. I should probably be selling some of my own players and will probably do so at around the same time that you do (i.e. after prize money). I'm currently paying over 2.2M a day in player salaries/fees.

 

[canucks357]

ILast season I won the league and the 2nd place team received better sponsorship deals than me due to having ~20 more OTR.

Same thing happened to me. Loser Patrol finished 4th to my 3rd. I had better marketing managers and HR level. He had 15 more OTR than I and had about 5-10% more sponsor money than I. 5-10% may not seem like much but when we're in the 250-300M/season range that's a solid 12.5-30M more over a season in just the GS alone!

 

[Emerald76]

In hockey, my team is not in a position to make an international cup. Thus, I'm almost always focusing on the league (but usually go all in on a NC game if I make the final 16).

In soccer, I've historically went for the league above all else. Last season I won the league and the 2nd place team received better sponsorship deals than me due to having ~20 more OTR. This season I've tried to do better in the NC and ChL with the hope of catching him in OTR.

My team's energy has really taken a hit and my forward depth was slightly exposed yesterday in my ChL match with my top 2 (in terms of current IGR) forwards suspended (one of the 2 forwards who played is now at 29 chemistry). I suffered a 0-2 defeat on the road in Leg 1 and hopefully can put together a solid match next Wednesday to at least pick up some OTR and hopefully advance. A win yesterday could have moved me into the top 10 in OTR.

I may even add some firepower to the lineup before my next ChL match to try to get a little extra advantage. I'll keep your guys in mind as well as I'm spending money. I should probably be selling some of my own players and will probably do so at around the same time that you do (i.e. after prize money). I'm currently paying over 2.2M a day in player salaries/fees.

Yep - the depth issue in my team has not really been exposed in the domestic games, yet.
So hopefully I raise enough dough to bring in some fresh faces to the starting 11, and the issue of squad depth becomes... less of an issue naturally.

And just, WOW!!!! 2.2 million per day in fees??
I thought I was suffering with half that.

It really is a mone sink that we can do without, for example, I sold off around 10 players yesterday in hockey, and have already made a saving of .5 million today.
Over the course of a season that's 112 million.

Going forward, in all sports, I'm going to try and keep the squad to the bare minimum, although I'm a complete saddo for a bargain or 2!

 

[Obryantj]

Yep - the depth issue in my team has not really been exposed in the domestic games, yet.
So hopefully I raise enough dough to bring in some fresh faces to the starting 11, and the issue of squad depth becomes... less of an issue naturally.

And just, WOW!!!! 2.2 million per day in fees??
I thought I was suffering with half that.

It really is a mone sink that we can do without, for example, I sold off around 10 players yesterday in hockey, and have already made a saving of .5 million today.
Over the course of a season that's 112 million.

Going forward, in all sports, I'm going to try and keep the squad to the bare minimum, although I'm a complete saddo for a bargain or 2!

The 2.2M per day figure was salaries plus fees. The salaries are about 1.3M and the fee is about 0.9M. I keep buying players though. I do expect to make some nice coin when I sell players at the end of the season.

 

[Emerald76]

A quick update on my CL campaign this season...

As I posted earlier, I'm never too keen to lose energy in these comps, generally because my team is far inferior to everyone else in the group.

This season I have been faring much better, results-wise, and picked up an impressive scalp on the road >> HERE.

That result puts me in a decent spot to challenge for the knockout stages, but again, I'm very reluctant to waste energy on a comp I can't possibly win.

Some nice OTR in the bag though