Turf Roar: Season 2 – part 3 | @Taitanator

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The Clarets began Season 2 – part 2 in 10th place after a shocking collapse during the first third of the season.  By the end of part 2 we had climbed back up into third place having put a solid run together.  We begin the final part of Season 2 in third and since we once again capitulated in both cup competitions, there is only promotion and a possible League title on our minds.

The first game is against QPR, at Loftus Road Nigel Martyn was in inspired form, rolling all over the show, making save after save. Despite a similar pattern unfolding at the Moor Keith and Freddy manage to get a goal each, despite Dave getting two yellows in 20 minutes and leaving us with 10 men. He’s dangerous in more ways that one the big DC.

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A Royale Mess – A Blog Squad Tale | Part One: Spin That Wheel Blog Squad Get Real | @KingOfTheRooks

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Hello and an icy cold welcome to the next Blog Squad League. It’s been a fair while since we’ve done something like this, as we’ve all be off adulting. In short, the idea here was to take the 10 teams with the best reputations from the Scandinavian countries and throw them together to thrash it out in a not so modern take on the Royale League concept.

Why? It gives us a great chance to further explore a bunch of players and teams that don’t always load into saves and kind of levels the playing field a bit. So, who are the teams we are looking at? In no particular order; AIK Stockholm [SWE], AaB [DEN], SK Brann [NOR], FC Kobenhavn [DEN], IFK Goteborg [SWE], Malmo FF [SWE], OB Odense [DEN], Rosenborg BK [NOR], Stromsgodset IF [NOR], Brondby [DEN]. We’ve also applied January transfers for these teams for players ‘in’ given we are running this on the v2.93 patch and to ensure the squads have some depth where possible.

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Using Championship Manager 97-98 Working Station by Zićko | @Taitanator

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Everyone has their funny little quirks, one of mine is spreadsheets, specifically excel (I love it), although other spreadsheeting software is available.  I was shown this fantastic tool by fellow blog member Nick, @NTR9798.  It was created by @zickofonac on twitter, and can be downloaded using this link ZickoCM9798WorkingStation_v2.1. The tool allows us to download the database to a spreadsheet, make any changes we want to and reupload it all without having to use the actual editor. This can be a huge time saver for bulk changes!

I don’t claim to be an expert using this tool, I just want to provide some tips and pointers to help people edit the CM9798 databases more easily.  When you download the software, there is a README file that contains a lot of information on how to use this tool. Obviously the first time I read that file was before I began writing this blog, because instructions right, who needs those!  If I had read the instructions, one of the issues I noticed when exporting the TMDATA could have been easily avoided, because information about this issue was, surprise surprise, in the instructions.  I’ll explain more later.

In this blog I will cover:

  • Setting up CM9798 Working Station (CM9798 WS)
  • Exporting the *.DB1 files to make a *.CSV file
  • Things you can do in excel to make editing easier
  • Importing the *.CSV files to make a *.DB1 file
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Portuguese Men o’ Wolves – Part 27: Ama-wow! | @NTR9798

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Bom Dia! and welcome to season eight with Nick and his Portuguese pack of Wolves. Their four seasons in the Premiership have been a mixed bag so far, but will this be the season where they finally find some badly-needed consistency? Over to Nick…

Before we begin, here’s a reminder of how the squad is looking. José Dominguez was the marquee summer signing for a whopping £62k, Mario Raul came in from Barcelona, and Zezinho, Eduardo, Mozer, Secretario and Hugo are all regens who cost nothing…

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Turf Roar: Season 2 – part 2 | @Taitanator

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Welcome back to Turf Moor and the potentially epic journey of Burnley FC conquering English football with a band of Irishmen, some B’s and the odd Frenchman.  Towards the end of the previous episode, we had fallen into a slump and began descending Division One faster than the Pepsi Max roller coaster, see handy graphic below. 

We begin with a home tie against Man City, the roars have been few and far between since the first six or seven games of the season and it looks like they won’t be coming back for a little while longer.  In a dull game, we can’t score but Uwe does.

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Portuguese Men o’ Wolves – Part 26: Coel-den boot | @NTR9798

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Bom Dia! and welcome to the season seven finale with Nick and his Wolves of the Portuguese variety. Their form has been up and down more than Ruben Amorim’s heart rate lately, but can they get it together for the remaining nine games to mount a title challenge? Over to Nick…

To be in fourth place is quite remarkable considering some of the results we’ve had so far. It’s all about the draws really, there have been far too many of them. If we’d won just half of them, we’d now be top of the table…

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Turf Roar: Season 2 – part 1 | @Taitanator

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Welcome back to this unique journey with Burnley football club, to provide a quick recap, season one went swimmingly, thanks in no small part to the goal scoring exploits of “King” Kyle Lightbourne, who managed to score 57 goals in all competitions.  Burnley were promoted as champions of Division Two and are now embarking on a similarly long and rigorous campaign in Division 1, with a view to making it to the Premier League at the first time of asking.  

Regarding signings and rules, any player from either Ireland or Northern Ireland can be played at any time, so can any player from a country beginning with B (foreign player rules still apply).  Up to three wildcard players can feature in a match day squad, as long as they are either French or have been signed from the pre-approved Wikipedia rivals list.  After a whole season of transfer dealings, I now have enough players to ensure that each match day squad adheres to the rule requirements, and I only have a few ineligible squad members to offload.

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Portuguese Men o’ Wolves – Part 25: Bianconeri battle | @NTR9798

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Bom Dia! and welcome. It’s time once again to visit Molineux, where after a frustrating start to season six, Nick and his Portuguese Wolves have finally started to pick up some form. Can they keep up the good work with a Champions League quarter final against a European heavyweight looming?…

We’re 8th at the halfway point of the season. Goals were a problem at the start, but we’ve finally got our act together in that department and the results have come with it. We’re only 4 points off the top, so it’s still very much all to play for. Let’s see where this week takes us…

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Donny On Top – Part 8 | @FMCM_FC

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Hello and welcome back to Doncaster. Last season was a real surprise as, not only did we survive our first season in the Premier League, we only just missed out on a top half finish. Whilst the goals didn’t flow as well as I’d have liked it was our leaky defence that proved our undoing. Can we make a push for the top half or was it a one off? Let’s get stuck in

August

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Turf Roar: Season 1 – part 3 | @Taitanator

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Welcome back, Burnley are set for their final 16 league games, with a place in Division 1 at stake.  The Clarets have been flying so far, after thirty games they have 75 points, 24 wins, three draws and three losses.  

Kyle Lightbourne is on a personal mission to become a demi-centurion, and he leaves it late against Plymouth.  In fact we were complete dross for 74 minutes, fortunately the last 16 were much better, an undeserved home win but a definite Turf Roar moment.

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