Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Mod Note in OP, 25/3

Will I Amnt

I've no interest in football manager either. Never played it in my entire life, actually hate most sport related games bar golf, but I don't let it bother me if people want to talk about it here with people they are familiar with, I just skip past it.

Everybody is different, there was a big discussion on football shirts yesterday, old and new. I'm sure plenty of people didn't give a f*ck about that either. If everything was strictly about football this thread would be fairly sh*t.

Donnielighto

bucketybuck wrote: »

There are few things as utterly irrelevant as the result of one of your matches on football manager, or the earth shattering news that you signed a player and he scored imaginary goals for your pretend football team. Nobody gives a toss, stop telling us this crap.

Go on tell me how the PL affects your day to day life beyond your own perceptions. No direct impact beyond what you allow I'd say. Could class that as pretty irrelevant but most people here don't just go around bashing fellow players, each to their own (concept might seem alien to you)

Schwiiing

Never graduated from CM 01/02. I find FM over complicated and a bit of a slog. CM is faster and much simpler. I had a 50 season save that took less than a month.

Lord TSC

Its Internationals Week. Not exactly much else to talk about.

Or should we go back to a 1000th discussion on Cleverly or Nani? :rolleyes:

Mitch Connor

Donnielighto wrote: »

Go on tell me how the PL affects your day to day life beyond your own perceptions. No direct impact beyond what you allow I'd say. Could class that as pretty irrelevant but most people here don't just go around bashing fellow players, each to their own (concept might seem alien to you)

In fairness - its not like he has come on to the Football Manager thread and said this.

We are talking about a computer game in the United thread - even though it is football manager, it is a computer game and is as relevant to Manchester United as talking about whether you managed to catch 'em all in Pokemon.

Still reckon the comment was more than a bit rude.

Shanotheslayer

Mitch Connor wrote: »

whether you managed to catch 'em all in Pokemon.

Did you? I never really got that close

MagicMarker

Last proper football game was FIFA98.

Bit of Song2 by Blur, class!

bucketybuck

Lord TSC wrote: »

Or should we go back to a 1000th discussion on Cleverly or Nani? :rolleyes:

I picked Tom Cleverley at wing back and he has scored 42 goals and I won the FM McPremier trophy, somehow this clearly means LVG should bring him back in real life.

Maximus Alexander

:rolleyes:

Mitch Connor

bucketybuck wrote: »

I picked Tom Cleverley at wing back and he has scored 42 goals and I won the FM McPremier trophy, somehow this clearly means LVG should bring him back in real life.

Did anyone use their experience of football manager to back up a point made about LVG or the united squad?

Vic Vinegar

bucketybuck wrote: »

I picked Tom Cleverley at wing back and he has scored 42 goals and I won the FM McPremier trophy, somehow this clearly means LVG should bring him back in real life.

I call shenanigans, Cleverley is an unconvincing WB at best.

Donnielighto

bucketybuck wrote: »

I picked Tom Cleverley at wing back and he has scored 42 goals and I won the FM McPremier trophy, somehow this clearly means LVG should bring him back in real life.

Have a snickers

Mitch Connor

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Did you? I never really got that close

No.... only ever actually played Red, never had anyone to swap with to get the exclusive ones from Blue. I did get Mewtwo though.

Maximus Alexander

Mitch Connor wrote: »

No.... only ever actually played Red, never had anyone to swap with to get the exclusive ones from Blue. I did get Mewtwo though.

This tugged on the heart strings a little.

Polo_Mint

Triangles really are underrated

Shanotheslayer

Mitch Connor wrote: »

No.... only ever actually played Red, never had anyone to swap with to get the exclusive ones from Blue. I did get Mewtwo though.

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

This tugged on the heart strings a little.

liiyke dizz fi yu creidd xoxo

TheDoc

bucketybuck wrote: »

There are few things as utterly irrelevant as the result of one of your matches on football manager, or the earth shattering news that you signed a player and he scored imaginary goals for your pretend football team. Nobody gives a toss, stop telling us this crap.

I'd say it's more relevant then dozens of fans discussing how a football club should be run, with no experience of running a football club.

Or commenting on players and squads, without any experience of managing a top flight team or playing at an elite level

Or putting together and sharing your idea of what the team should look like, or what our transfer business should be, or what formation we should play, or what style we should utilise, without having any experience of football at an elite level.

Or maybe it is relevant, because its a discussion forum, that's based upon fans having interactions, debates and discussions with each other.

I don't particularly like when the thread descends into preferred starting XI's ahead of a weekend tie, or speculative formations based on theoretical summer transfers. But I engage when it does peak my interest, or I otherwise just let it run and don't feel the need to get involved.

As much as it's about Manchester United and all that entails, a thread like this forms a community where people chat and debate on a daily basis, I think it's ok for it to drift somewhat off topic at times(and not like there is a league game this weekend)

I'll remember it though for the next time you make a post and I'll assume how because I'm not interested, "nobody" else is either, and I'll knock you for it.

Donnielighto

Did you use all 6 Pokémon using push on the truck beside the ss Anne to get new!!!!

IvySlayer

DIE HARD 3 IS THE WORST ONE

Mitch Connor

IvySlayer wrote: »

DIE HARD 3 IS THE WORST ONE

"Theres a fourth?.... No judging my dislike of Die Hard".

Liam McPoyle

MagicMarker wrote: »

Last proper football game was FIFA98.

Bit of Song2 by Blur, class!

France 98 was my favourite.

It was ridiculously easy to injure your opponent so myself and my brother spent many hours battering eachothers teams to the point where the only uninjured players left were the 2 keepers.

Great fun.

Also the last time I ever bought a soccer game that wasn't FM or CM.

bucketybuck

TheDoc wrote: »

Or maybe it is relevant, because its a discussion forum, that's based upon fans having interactions, debates and discussions with each other.

Its a discussion thread about Manchester United. When its a discussion forum about computer games maybe then it would be relevant.

And you can knock my posts as often as you wish, it wouldn't really concern me much.

Shanotheslayer

bucketybuck wrote: »

Its a discussion thread about Manchester United.

Anyone know how good the Manchester United players are in FM? :pac:

bucketybuck

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Anyone know how good the Manchester United players are in FM? :pac:

Tom Cleverley is excellent in it.

Donnielighto

bucketybuck wrote: »

Its a discussion thread about Manchester United. When its a discussion forum about computer games maybe then it would be relevant.

And you can knock my posts as often as you wish, it wouldn't really concern me much.

Isn't FM used as a scouting tool these day? It is as good a predictor of future delevopment of players that you'll find easy access to and it has a huge database.

Maximus Alexander

Who hurt you buckety?

Lovely Bloke

Polo_Mint wrote: »

Triangles really are underrated

Triangles are my favourite shape

Mitch Connor

Donnielighto wrote: »

Isn't FM used as a scouting tool these day? It is as good a predictor of future delevopment of players that you'll find easy access to and it has a huge database.

They partnered with ProZone a while back to improve their database - and I know Everton paid for access to their main player DB a few years ago too.

Maximus Alexander

Mitch Connor wrote: »

They partnered with ProZone a while back to improve their database - and I know Everton paid for access to their main player DB a few years ago too.

If you think about it - even if their player / potential evaluations are completely worthless, having a DB of that many professional players, their current clubs, playing positions, age, height, nationality, approximate contract length and salary, etc. has got to be useful.

MagicIRL

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Triangles are my favourite shape

They make for a savage choke, too.

Mitch Connor

MagicIRL wrote: »

They make for a savage choke, too.

I remember tapping someone out with a reverse triangle choke a while back - was complete fluke as I had no idea such a move was possible, but my legs were the only limbs I had available at the time.

The guy I did it to wasnt happy as it was his favourite move and he knew I was a complete newb so was fairly certain it had to be fluke!

MagicIRL

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I remember tapping someone out with a reverse triangle choke a while back - was complete fluke as I had no idea such a move was possible, but my legs were the only limbs I had available at the time.

The guy I did it to wasnt happy as it was his favourite move and he knew I was a complete newb so was fairly certain it had to be fluke!

bangkok

And our Player of the Month is…
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Pro. F

MagicIRL wrote: »

They make for a savage choke, too.

Jones was lucky it was the end of the round. Rampage was just winding up for:

sReq | uTeK

Pro. F wrote: »

Jones was lucky it was the end of the round. Rampage was just winding up for:

Wouldn't take McGregor.

Michael D Not Higgins

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Triangles are my favourite shape

Three points where two lines meet.

RichFTW

Business Cat wrote: »

France 98 was my favourite.

It was ridiculously easy to injure your opponent so myself and my brother spent many hours battering eachothers teams to the point where the only uninjured players left were the 2 keepers.

Ha ha ha, me and my friends used to do the same! Especially with the indoor soccer mode. It was the first and last FIFA game for a while to have indoor soccer IIRC.

Nalz

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bangkok

UFC, fantasy football, sure ye might as well throw in a few Kate Upton gifs now

Trigger

bangkok wrote: »

UFC, fantasy football, sure ye might as well throw in a few Kate Upton gifs now

Your wish is my command :pac:

The_Kew_Tour

Mata and Kate would be a perfect couple.

Maximus Alexander

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Mata and Kate would be a perfect couple.

Mata, Kate and I would be a perfect triple.

Hococop

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Mata and Kate would be a perfect couple.

Mata and Rachel Riley

Kirby

Rachel Riley is massively overrated. Don't know why people make such a fuss over her.

Queue a gif of her looking average and yet thanked by half the forum...

Maximus Alexander

Kirby wrote: »

Rachel Riley is massively overrated. Don't know why people make such a fuss over her.

Queue a gif of her looking average and yet thanked by half the forum...

Trigger

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Mata and Kate would be a perfect couple.

Introducing Juan and Kate, or Mate if you prefer

keane2097

Kirby wrote: »

Rachel Riley is massively overrated. Don't know why people make such a fuss over her.

Queue a gif of her looking average and yet thanked by half the forum...

The_Kew_Tour

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Mata and Kate would be a perfect couple.

Yeah...in her fúckin dreams!

bangkok

Kirby wrote: »

Rachel Riley is massively overrated. Don't know why people make such a fuss over her.

Queue a gif of her looking average and yet thanked by half the forum...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtbufkNsxMg

Will I Amnt

Kirby wrote: »

Rachel Riley is massively overrated. Don't know why people make such a fuss over her.

Queue a gif of her looking average and yet thanked by half the forum...

She's the classic girl next door type that a lot of people go for. People like different things.