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Career ‘Liverpool Front Three’ Challenge - Final Attempt!


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So back when I wrote up the challenge and ran it past the Good Lord @Ian, I gave the Challenge a go and really enjoyed it. Much like a few others, I will post this in one go.

In terms of transfers, I used the November DB and signed Bruno Fernandes as my main guy in the centre of midfield. I love him this year. The other signings are my standard squad-players this year for my tactic.

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Dispensable players left. 

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This is my favourite game of the season:

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An 8-0 victory. 

There were a few big victories, but there were a few slip-ups. I loaded up my Strikerless formation, like @smoggy90 did, and plugged the boys in.

This was our trophy cabinet for the season.

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We won everything aside from the Carabao cup. However, those four draws and four losses in the league really get my goat. 

Firminio also got a month-long injury, which was annoying but are the by-products of a season-long challenge.

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As per the image before, we got a goal difference of 76 and league points of 94. That’s 170 so far.

This is how the lads did:

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79 from Salah, 67 from Bobby, and 60 from Sadio. A much more even split than I expected.

206 from the players.

That gives me a total of 376, which I was really chuffed with. I want to give it another go with another TT tactic I have been trialling, but @billy2shots has absolutely demolished the leaderboard and left us all trailing.

Thanks for reading! 

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Good effort, Rob. With all of Vibe attempting this challenge I'm curious to know how my formation would do. Perfect for the three up front I think. But how perfect. 400+ pts is a big ask tho. 

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30 minutes ago, billy2shots said:

Great total. Massive assists for Mane. 

Don't know how you guys do it playing strikerless!

If I push my players forward they actually do worse, which drives me nuts! Still no where near you!

8 minutes ago, BatiGoal said:

Good effort, Rob. With all of Vibe attempting this challenge I'm curious to know how my formation would do. Perfect for the three up front I think. But how perfect. 400+ pts is a big ask tho. 

Thanks BG. Just one season, and you’ve got a tiny bit of time before the VWC. Give it a crack! 

6 minutes ago, Foxy said:

Great score Rob and without that injury to Firminio I’m sure you would have been threatening a 400 score.

Thanks Mr Fox

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Just now, Rob said:

Thanks BG. Just one season, and you’ve got a tiny bit of time before the VWC. Give it a crack! 

Stop trying to distract my team mate. He needs to focus international and team glory.

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10 minutes ago, Foxy said:

Stop trying to distract my team mate. He needs to focus international and team glory.

You’ve busted my plan!

6 minutes ago, Kanegan said:

Great score there mate. I should officially ditch my attempt now after seeing the scores posted.

Seriously mate, smash your score on here. More the merrier.

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10 minutes ago, Kanegan said:

Great score there mate. I should officially ditch my attempt now after seeing the scores posted.

I agree with Rob as it’s a shame to go to the effort of playing the save and then not sharing the results with us all.

My score has been surpassed three times now but it was a fun save and I’m glad I shared how I did with you all as it’s just a bit of fun after all :)

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1 hour ago, Foxy said:

I agree with Rob as it’s a shame to go to the effort of playing the save and then not sharing the results with us all.

My score has been surpassed three times now but it was a fun save and I’m glad I shared how I did with you all as it’s just a bit of fun after all :)

This! Sometimes we can all be in danger of taking things a little too seriously! 

1 hour ago, smoggy90 said:

Great score rob! I agree with Foxy, without that injury to Firminio then 400 could well have been on.

Thanks Smog. These are the games he missed and I don’t think he would have gotten that many more points.

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I think I could have managed their playing time better. But it’s all ifs, buts, and maybes!

43 minutes ago, Titjes said:

Fantastic attempt mate, great score 😉

Thanks Big Tits!

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53 minutes ago, Ian said:

Great attempt Rob, your system worked well.

I’ll have to have a wee go at this one I think to add another name to the board.

Thanks! And please do have a go as a) It was originally your idea and b) you are a Liverpool fan. 🤣

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Attempt #2

When I say attempt #2, what I mean is: attempt #2 that I have decided to post and not have a hissy fit about. There are a few of us like that - you know who you are 😘

Tactically I took my Strikerless formation and tightened it up. The last time I tried this I lost and drew four games each so that was the obvious area for improvement.

In terms of transfers..

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 ...Hendo was the biggest departure. Fernandes was an upgrade for what I needed. Lemar and Pizzi were to be starters, with the remaining signings acting as squad upgrades.

We won the league convincingly:

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Perfect. A few of the games were a bit lucky. Everton away being the one I remember. I think the key to this is the GA column, which is a number I tend to not bother with due to sheer amount of goalscoring chwllenges I do. The only game we lost was against PSG, and was against the run of play, in the CL final.

97 goal difference and 114 league points, gives me 211 so far. I think in this challenge 200 is minimum needed from the league aspect. 

On to the team, it’s worth mentioning that this sorta thing happened a bit with my boys:

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I am not doing intensive training and I managed to get the facilities up to the highest level, so I am not entirely sure why it happened. 

But the big injury was this:

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MARCH! FML! I did play him at 90% (still saying inured) for the final three games of the season which contributed absolutely nothing. Shaqiri had a cracking few months though 🤔 😡 

As for the main three:

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Mo grabbed us 64 points, playing in 51 games.

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Mane smashed out a good 69. 65 games shows what good stamina he had.

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Bobby nabbed 74, also missing about ten games or so.

64 + 69 + 74 = 207 for the players. 

211 league + 207 players = 418 total.

I am chuffed to bits with that. There is a temptation to think that Salah’s big injury and Bobby’s smaller injuries would have hindered a bigger score, but in that alternative reality who is to say I’d have such a good league campaign or Mane wouldn’t have got injured? I want to trial this in a TT to see what happens.

Thanks to all that have read!

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Brilliant score there Rob especially considering the injuries. I’ve noticed you kind of like Bruno Fernandes and I can honestly say I’ve never used him so I’m going to have to give him a go now I think.

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22 minutes ago, Ian said:

Brilliant score there Rob especially considering the injuries. I’ve noticed you kind of like Bruno Fernandes and I can honestly say I’ve never used him so I’m going to have to give him a go now I think.

Thanks Ian. I think I just find him value for money in the November database. He’s my version of your Ziyech and Fox’s Golovin 🤣

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3 minutes ago, Rob said:

Thanks Ian. I think I just find him value for money in the November database. He’s my version of your Ziyech and Fox’s Golovin 🤣

We all know my Lorenzo Pellegrini is the best

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26 minutes ago, Kanegan said:

Well done Rob. 

Thanks Kane. I’m still waiting for your proper attempt with no other side challenges 

5 minutes ago, Foxy said:

Great attempt but we both know you can improve on that if you get on and try again 😉

Only when you do 😘

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1 hour ago, billy2shots said:

Love that this challenge is driving people mad in a fun way. 

Welcome to the 400 club. 

 

Ta Billy. It doesn’t help that @Ian has gone and broken the scoreboard 🤣

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Oh damn, that injury, not sure you'd have challenged Ian's score but definitely gotten 2nd on the leaderboard. And probably not too distant from the 450 mark. This begs another attempt 😁 

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11 minutes ago, BatiGoal said:

Oh damn, that injury, not sure you'd have challenged Ian's score but definitely gotten 2nd on the leaderboard. And probably not too distant from the 450 mark. This begs another attempt 😁 

Thanks, and I will when you do 😊

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Brilliant attempt rob and but for that injury who knows! I look forward to your next go 😂😂 you have certainly got the community interested with this challenge!

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4 hours ago, smoggy90 said:

Brilliant attempt rob and but for that injury who knows! I look forward to your next go 😂😂 you have certainly got the community interested with this challenge!

Thanks Smog!

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Attempt #3

This is the third attempt I am posting. This is the last attempt I am posting. End of. 

In this attempt I essentially took my Strikerless tactic and moved the three stars to the front line in roles that I think would benefit them, as well as moving a few other roles around.

Transfers here:

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We dismantled the league. In my previous attempt we got more league points and about the same goal difference. Quite what Arsenal are doing in second place I will never know.

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204 points from the league.

It was the performance of the three boys that really increased.

Bobby was our worst performing player, contributing to 74 player points through assists and smashing them in the onion bag himself.

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Followed by Mane...

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...who got 76 points for us. Then Mo was our star player.

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70 goals and 30 assists gives him a total of 100.

74 + 76 + 100 = 250 player points.

That gives us a total of 454 which I’m obviously delighted with. 

It’s worth noting:

  •  This save had a clean sweep with injuries to the main lads except Salah missing two games;
  • We got 160 goals between the three of them;
  • Ian still beat me by 13 points, and that’s with many more games missed through injury. The guy is a feckin’ genius

This is my final manager profile:

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Thanks to anyone who has read my attempts and commented, or reacted, or even just ignored. I’m going to now try and test this for a TT attempt and never touch this challenge ever again, except for updating the leaderboard as Ian finally cracks 500. 😁


 

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