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Career Scratch Goes Crazy: 2KC✔️ + 1KC❌ + Assists 1KC✔️ [Done]


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On 18/02/2020 at 18:56, smoggy90 said:

Some lovely 4/5/6 goal hauls there mate and another great season! Those big games make it a little less frustrating when you have to rest them or they get injured.

Thanks mate. Yeah, that's why I always seem to end up in Scotland. You can build a world class team - you have to develop them rather than buy them, at least for the first 4 or 5 seasons, but still World Class after a few seasons - and the opposition is just way below you.

Even now after 10 seasons, when the SPL's coefficient is up to about 6th (originally in the low 20s from memory), my team is way better than the opposition and those big hauls are a given. Even when he is 'out of form', he still generally will grab a goal or two.

I probably need to try an EPL 1KC next. Only ever done one and it was pretty good, but I'm sure it can't be as good as this.

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22 hours ago, Cockers2505 said:

wow @Scratch Vignato getting 70+ assists is unbelievable, you have found the perfect Tactic for his style of play

Brilliant, KIU 👍

Thanks @Cockers2505 mate. He did even better this season. Gonna do a special update on it shortly, but out of this world. And yeah, I stumbled onto the tactic (well I tweaked it on purpose, just not with assists in mind), but it's gold for assists - most of the attacks come from the flanks and the WBs stay out of it leaving it to the Wingers and if you have a 20 Aerial striker you can't go wrong..

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Special Update - The Chase For 100 Assists

100 assists in a season. Is it even possible? 

Vignato's best so far has been 81 assists in a season. In FMM19 however, using the same tactic I'm using here, I managed to get Daniel Arzani to 96 assists. His next best was 90, followed by a few in the 80s.

I was initially a little disappointed that Vignato wasn't hitting the same numbers, but he was still excellent and I just put it down to either a slight tweak in the match engine or maybe Vignato being not quite as good. 

 

Injuries

I guess the thing I overlooked was injuries...

Arzani's 96 assists came from 62 games and Vignato has never managed more than 55 games (in his first season). Most seasons he plays around 50 to 53 games. 

This season he managed to go the entire season without an injury (apart from missing the first few games courtesy of a 4 month injury late last season). He still only managed 57 games, but he really picked his game up and made the most of it.

 

The Run In

There were 5 games to go:

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And our champion was sitting on 89 assists:

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11 assists in 5 games? Definitely possible.

But he was tired by this stage. I would have rested him under normal circumstances, but I pushed him through the 5 games, paying him compliments to take his mind off his tiredness (only works some of the time). 

 

5 Games To Go (11 assists needed)

A nice victory over Rangers and 27 crosses for Vignato, but only 1 assist:

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10 to go... 

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4 Games To Go (10 assists needed)

Quite a low scoring game for us, only a 2-0 win at home, but at least both assists went to Vignato:

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Up to 92 now...

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3 Games To Go (8 assists needed)

Two more assists to Vignato, but notice that he only had 6 crosses (normally in the 20s) - Kilmarnock has a tactic that doesn't work so well for our tactic:

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Up to 94 assists...

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2 Games To Go (6 assists needed)

It's tighter than we'd like, but I guess it will be all the sweeter when we pull this out of the hat...

We crush Dunfermline, 5 goals going to Unuvar and most importantly 3 assists to Vignato - but note the right back also had 3 assists, because we had to change from Defensive to Attacking (because Dunfermline sat so far back):

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And that leaves him on 97 assists with 1 game to go. 

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1 Game To Go (3 assists needed)

He's reached my highest ever total for assists: 97.

If this was a normal league game I'd put him down as 50/50 to make it to 100, but this is the Champions League final against the striped ponies... That won't be easy, will it? 

Hmm, we'll have the answer for you in the not too distant future, but I need to take a break so I can chase the kids to bed. 

There is one other question I'm pondering at the moment: If he does make it to 100, will he be allowed into the 100 club with all those goal scoring strikers? Or does he have to start his own club and sit there by himself? 

 

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And with that, let's get to the final game: Celtic vs the JuveZebre in the CL final. At this point I don't care if we lose 4 - 3 as long as Vignato gets his 3 assists to make it to 100.

He gets off to a good start, with an assist around the 25 min mark:

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And he follows it up with another assist at around 35 minutes:

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Looking good!! He's on 99 assists for the season and there are still 60 or so minutes left to get the final one! 

We score again on the 42 minute mark, another goal for Unuvar, but who provided the assist? 

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No-one? WTF FMM!!!

 

Another goal went in on the 72 min mark, Unuvar again! How many assist does this take Vignato to?

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Damn, the assist came from Roco, so Vignato is still on 99 with time running out...

 

We're not done yet, another goal going in on 75 minutes to make it 5-0:

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No no!! You're supposed to PROVIDE them Vignato, NOT score them! 

 

We had a player sent off at the 81 min mark, but was there time to sneak another goal?

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Nope....

 

And how many assists did Vignato end up on?

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99..... 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

 

So an excellent season, not just for Vignato, but also for Unuvar who smashed his record as well. Our previous best "Goals For" in the league was 140, but we scored 155 this year and similar scored more goals in most competitions. 

Partly this was down to no injuries for the main players. Also maybe because they are at their peak now? But also maybe because of my new squad rotation plan: I used to pick teams manually, but this time around I had two teams and they played every second game (apart from Vignato and Unuvar) - I think that lead to the team being fresher and performing better, which then had a knock on effect for the main players even though they kept on playing most of the time (only a few rests). Not 100% sure though... Maybe it was just because they were on the pitch together more than in previous years. Or just luck...

 

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4 minutes ago, smoggy90 said:

Wow mate this awesome work!

Don't leave us hanging - what happened in the second half?

Sorry mate, accidentally pressed control Enter and posted it halfway through - have now updated the previous post with the second half. Was thinking about leaving the last 5 minutes until tomorrow, but I'm getting soft...

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38 minutes ago, Scratch said:

Sorry mate, accidentally pressed control Enter and posted it halfway through - have now updated the previous post with the second half. Was thinking about leaving the last 5 minutes until tomorrow, but I'm getting soft...

Unlucky mate but a great effort. Hope you crack the 100 in the next few seasons.

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Just incredible those assists. I will give it another go but I'll settle for 50 / season. I'm not thinking about going anywhere near your numbers 😂 

Too bad you came 1 short but you'll hit it eventually, just a matter of time. 99's ok-ish. 

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Thanks @Kun Aguero @smoggy90 @BatiGoal and @Kanegan - though I gotta say I think was probably my best chance to get 100 and it will never come again... I'm not sure we can sustain this form. 

A little heartbreaking to fall 1 short, but that's why we play this game. At this point in the career, we just win everything so there's not much tension, so this run-in was great and the CL final was amazing even, though it went the wrong way in the end. Gave me some much needed excitement...

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1 hour ago, Scratch said:

At this point in the career, we just win everything so there's not much tension, so this run-in was great and the CL final was amazing even, though it went the wrong way in the end. Gave me some much needed excitement...

Exactly this. I'm on 12 or 13 straight CL wins and waiting for my first loss. Obviously I'll be hoping to keep that winning streak intact for as long as possible. But a loss would be nice tbh as it'd bring a piece of the lost excitement back. Plus a new rival I'd be chasing to take my revenge on. So yeah winning is fun but these long careers really do need obstacles, that's why we set ourselves the challenges that we set 😉 

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Incredible number of assists there but one short is just the worst! 😥

I love a good Celtic save, only did a few seasons for my Race to 100 career.

Great effort.

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6 hours ago, BatiGoal said:

Exactly this. I'm on 12 or 13 straight CL wins and waiting for my first loss. Obviously I'll be hoping to keep that winning streak intact for as long as possible. But a loss would be nice tbh as it'd bring a piece of the lost excitement back. Plus a new rival I'd be chasing to take my revenge on. So yeah winning is fun but these long careers really do need obstacles, that's why we set ourselves the challenges that we set 😉 

Totally agree and that's why I got so excited by this. Next season is gonna be hard. Already thinking about different careers, but I need to keep going. I guess focusing on trying to get to 100 might make it spicy, but not sure that's realistic. 

Thinking about it, this is why I keep spending time finding youngsters and developing them. It'd make more sense to only play legends, but I need to bring youngsters through to make me feel like I'm achieving something! 

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5 hours ago, Lord Danish said:

😮 that’s a very impressive score. A bad luck for the 99 but he can still do it next time

Thanks mate - I sort of think this was his shot at it and next year it will be back to the 70s... But we'll see, I'll try to get him as many as I can. 

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5 hours ago, Titjes said:

To bad you came 1 short for 100, but 99 assists in a season is still an amazing number mate.

Keep up the fantastic work.

Thanks! Have to admit I was surprised by this as it was much higher than his previous best. 99 is good, but now I'm going to be dreaming about the 100 and as I've said above I'm not sure that will ever happen...

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3 hours ago, Rob said:

Only 99? Rubbish.

Seriously though, that’s crazy! You’ve broken assists - congratulations. Expect the job offer from SI shortly.

Thanks mate. Just like you've broken strikerless! 😄

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2 hours ago, danovic78 said:

Incredible number of assists there but one short is just the worst! 😥

I love a good Celtic save, only did a few seasons for my Race to 100 career.

Great effort.

Thanks mate, yeah it was super super frustrating as the final 60 minutes played out and it slowly slipped through my fingers... But still it was good to experience that thrill again after quite a few monotonous seasons... 

Yeah, I really enjoy playing Celtic now, always my first choice for a 1KC. Mind you, right now I want to start a China save. I think that could be even better for a 1KC.

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The thing is @Scratch because you didn't do it this time, it will only prompt you to try and try again, meaning you will tinker more and more until success, this is what keeps you going throughout the long careers, I guess we all get bored around the 8/9th season when we have destroyed all records, or got a non-league team into the top division and then won the League and Champions League with them, it then becomes a choir keeping it up. in the end, and with all the Challenges looking promising, we start all over again, which will only spark your need to crack this milestone.

In the end, it ends up like a drug, you want more, or a challenge is made out of it 'The 100 Assists in a Season Challenge'!!!

Brilliant otherwise 👍

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6 minutes ago, Cockers2505 said:

The thing is @Scratch because you didn't do it this time, it will only prompt you to try and try again, meaning you will tinker more and more until success, this is what keeps you going throughout the long careers, I guess we all get bored around the 8/9th season when we have destroyed all records, or got a non-league team into the top division and then won the League and Champions League with them, it then becomes a choir keeping it up. in the end, and with all the Challenges looking promising, we start all over again, which will only spark your need to crack this milestone.

In the end, it ends up like a drug, you want more, or a challenge is made out of it 'The 100 Assists in a Season Challenge'!!!

Brilliant otherwise 👍

Thanks mate. What you say there is absolutely right - except I'm not quite confident he can do that well again. It really feels like everything fell his way.

But I do need something to focus on. And I am thinking about 100 assists a lot now. So I'm going to cross my fingers and see what we can do next year. At the same time I won't be too surprised if he comes up with 73 again... 

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Update - Season 11

I've spoilt much of this season above, covering the chase for 100 assists. That was the highlight, but this season was golden all around (except for Koita).

Not only did Vignato get an insane amount of assists, Unuvar smashed his goals record, as did the team as a whole - our record in the league was 140 goals, but this season we scored 155.

I'm not exactly sure why, but there were 3 things that were different this time around:

  1. Although Vignato was still injured for the first few games of the season, neither he nor Unuvar got injured this year, so they had plenty of time playing together.

  2. I played two separate squads, alternating each game, instead of playing the best players all the time. The players seemed happier and maybe fresher, which might have helped us played better as a whole, even though Vignato and Unuvar didn't get a lot of rest.

  3. I turned the goal highlights off and went text only for the first time, but I am 100% sure this won't have affected things.

Apart from that there was nothing different. Maybe it was just luck? Anyway, lets get on with the update.

 

Transfers

The only transfer of note was the departure of club legend Tierney, fading after 6 great seasons back at the club:

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Club Results

We won everything again this year:

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ITN Results

We won the World Cup for the first time, getting our revenge on Spain who beat us in the final last time around.

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We cruised through most of the tournament (it was a pretty easy draw), but the final was a nail biter, going to penalties. We got off to a good start with Vidal (a Celtic player) missing Spain's first penalty attempt. I gave him a week off training for that!!

 

Injuries

For the first time there were no injuries to any of our 3 main players. Vignato and Koita both carried injuries over from last year and missed the start of the season, but that's it.

 

Development

Unuvar recovered from his injury and is back to his best, while there was no change for Koita and Vignato:

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Unuvar 2KC

Unuvar scored 126 goals from 57 games, beating his previous record by 20:

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It was a big season at the ITN level too, with some easy qualifiers and the World Cup finals as well. He started the season with 113 goals and scored a further 34 goals to finish on 147:

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That gives him the insane total of 160 goals this season, which is 25 better than his previous best (the last World Cup year).

 

Koita 1KC

Koita scored 34 goals from 60 games:

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Vignato Assists 1KC

Vignato provided 99 assists from 57 games:

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Progress

Season Club (U) INT (U) Total (Unuvar) Goals (Koita) Assists (Vignato)
01 44 N/A 44 24 29
02 65 N/A 65 56 76
03 73 N/A 73 62 78
04 78 7 85 50 81
05 82 20 102 46 72
06 89 11 100 49 76
07 106 29 135 41 77
08 96 16 112 40 76
09 106 20 126 26 77
10 104 10 114 34 71
11 126 34 160 34 99
Total 969 147 1116/2000 462/1000 812/1000

 

The Future

All in all I'm pretty happy with the lads, with Koita being the obvious disappointment:

  • Vignato is 29, but if he can keep that pace up, he'll hit the 1K by the time he's 31! More likely it will take 3 seasons, but it's looking inevitable now.

  • Koita is 30 and... well, the less said the better. He should hit 600 easily enough, maybe 700, but I'm not focusing on him at all.

  • Unuvar is just about to turn 27 and flew past the half way mark this season. If he can have another 5 seasons getting around the 140 mark, then he'd only be a couple hundred away and should have enough time to get that.

 

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