initial thoughts were that it was going to be a skill fest - which it was - but more of the sort where someone just spams the right stick
Still proved difficult to contain him - more for the fact that his players were generally quicker and he used them quite aggressively
Stats wise the game was pretty balanced my five shots to his four, with 4 and 3 on target respectively.
I was pleased with how the team managed to pass the football around but it was a bit sloppier than I would have liked - still the team managed to complete 85 of 110 attempted passes and most of the midfield managed double figures.
Defensively the team wasn't too bad - the back four seemed a bit more fragile than I would have liked - particularly the CB's - but its early days yet
Unfortunately I didn't particularly enjoy much of my time creating chances with the team - there is something that seems off and I think its the ST of the team. I want to love Rakels but he just didn't seem to cut it up top on his own - again it's one game so hard to tell.
Diabang got MOTM with a 7.9 rating. He was the go to man of the Cracovia team on 15 and seems to be that man even more so now Nowak isn't up top. He was the man who opened up the scoring with a lovely long range shot with his left peg into the bottom right hand corner.
Due to how defending is on 16 - the goal that was conceded was of course a stupid penalty in which I felt I had no control.
and the winner came from Kapustka playing on the right hand side due to lack of options - it was after a bit of nice passing play that ended with a close range shot which bounced off the keeper and into the net
Nicely played Tesco! I also am hoping to love Rakels, but we will see. I still believe he should be a low rated silver and have higher pace even though he is massively improved already this year. Kapustka at RM is not much of a stretch as he normally is an AM. I loved Jendrisek in FUT 12 and cannot wait to try him as a bronze
Rakels feels like a player that would benefit from an IF or upgrade - he shooting stats are just a little bit too low - and if he had 80 strength it would be a big plus
Jendrisek will be rotated in at some point - that extra bit of pace up top seems nice but he actually has lower finishing than rakels
Just finished 2nd game - not gonna say much as it was against a starter team and possibly the worst lag I've played in since 13/14
Won the game 2-0 Rakels with 2 headers after I moaned about him lol
Dabrowski with a random 8.7 rating (although he did complete the most passes of the team) but he was solid last year in terms of passing and defending.
Diabang and Cetnarski got an assist each
Kapustka also had the most tackles this game with 5/5 which was interesting lol
Oh and it really annoys me that Cracovia's 3rd kit doesn't seem to be on UT - I really like it IRL (tempted to get one but I don't want to commit to a team yet lol)
Well this is one player from my career mode that is easy to show you
That is what 3 years of simulating games whilst using the training feature each week gets you
and he is still only 20 (his value is show as 22million GBP)
I'll figure out a way to show you how some of the others have grown
That is very impressive how well he has grown. As a big fan of Jagiellonia IRL, I can only hope that a) he achieves such great success, and b) he is not playing for St. Pauli. Great traditional club in Germany, but not quite the powerhouse of professional football.
Well this is one player from my career mode that is easy to show you
That is what 3 years of simulating games whilst using the training feature each week gets you
and he is still only 20 (his value is show as 22million GBP)
I'll figure out a way to show you how some of the others have grown
That is very impressive how well he has grown. As a big fan of Jagiellonia IRL, I can only hope that a) he achieves such great success, and b) he is not playing for St. Pauli. Great traditional club in Germany, but not quite the powerhouse of professional football.
I really hope he does brilliantly too
and haha sorry about St Pauli - its my career mode team xD and they are a powerhouse of football in my career
thought I'd play a few more games with Cracovia today
first game was against
basically a bronze pace squad with a random slow LB thrown in
it was a fairly even game - I made two errors though and he was up 2-0 for the best part of 70mins, managed to get a goal back from a corner (Jaroszynski with the goal and Cetnarski with the assist) but the game randomly disconnected which was a shame as I felt I could have brought it around
The team played nicely and statistically was better than my opponent
Cetnarski was MOTM with an 8.5 rating - he was the hub of the team creatively this game with most things going through him
Not a good day for Polish teams in the EL today. Legia lost 1-0 against Club Brugge and Lech lost 2-0 against Fiorentina.
its a bad year generally in Europe for Polish teams - disappointing really
@juniorcbr - what are your thoughts on putting forward Kapustka for an upgrade?
@Tesco Sorry my friend, but I was away for a little while. I believe he is one of the Cracovia players that should be looked at a possible upgrade in the EK also. 2 goals and 8 assists (wow) in 13 EK games warrants it. A position change to LW or RW should also be considered.
Rated E For Everyone.
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I haven't played career mode in years (I used to hate how fake the prospected players names were), but would like to see.
I just tend to sim career as I like to see how players grow on it (no matter how realistic or unrealistic)
I've just started freshly playing with Cracovia on UT again lol - its much harder this year
hopefully I will actually do it this year lol
This is the Cracovia team I'm starting with
initial thoughts were that it was going to be a skill fest - which it was - but more of the sort where someone just spams the right stick
Still proved difficult to contain him - more for the fact that his players were generally quicker and he used them quite aggressively
Stats wise the game was pretty balanced my five shots to his four, with 4 and 3 on target respectively.
I was pleased with how the team managed to pass the football around but it was a bit sloppier than I would have liked - still the team managed to complete 85 of 110 attempted passes and most of the midfield managed double figures.
Defensively the team wasn't too bad - the back four seemed a bit more fragile than I would have liked - particularly the CB's - but its early days yet
Unfortunately I didn't particularly enjoy much of my time creating chances with the team - there is something that seems off and I think its the ST of the team. I want to love Rakels but he just didn't seem to cut it up top on his own - again it's one game so hard to tell.
Diabang got MOTM with a 7.9 rating. He was the go to man of the Cracovia team on 15 and seems to be that man even more so now Nowak isn't up top. He was the man who opened up the scoring with a lovely long range shot with his left peg into the bottom right hand corner.
Due to how defending is on 16 - the goal that was conceded was of course a stupid penalty in which I felt I had no control.
and the winner came from Kapustka playing on the right hand side due to lack of options - it was after a bit of nice passing play that ended with a close range shot which bounced off the keeper and into the net
Jendrisek will be rotated in at some point - that extra bit of pace up top seems nice but he actually has lower finishing than rakels
Just finished 2nd game - not gonna say much as it was against a starter team and possibly the worst lag I've played in since 13/14
Won the game 2-0 Rakels with 2 headers after I moaned about him lol
Dabrowski with a random 8.7 rating (although he did complete the most passes of the team) but he was solid last year in terms of passing and defending.
Diabang and Cetnarski got an assist each
Kapustka also had the most tackles this game with 5/5 which was interesting lol
That is what 3 years of simulating games whilst using the training feature each week gets you
and he is still only 20 (his value is show as 22million GBP)
I'll figure out a way to show you how some of the others have grown
That is very impressive how well he has grown. As a big fan of Jagiellonia IRL, I can only hope that a) he achieves such great success, and b) he is not playing for St. Pauli. Great traditional club in Germany, but not quite the powerhouse of professional football.
Nemanja Nikolić - Legia - should be a low rated gold. 15 goals and 4 assists in 13 EK matches. He is simply destroying the league.
Deniss Rakels - Cracovia - should be a 67/68 rated player and a new position RW. 6 goals and 3 assists in 12 EK matches.
Patrik Mraz - Piast - LB - should be about 70 rated - 2 goals and 7 assists in 12 games and a major factor in the incredible year Piast is having.
Updated @Tesco to add IF Nikolics
I really hope he does brilliantly too
and haha sorry about St Pauli - its my career mode team xD and they are a powerhouse of football in my career
I'd love all of these
Hopefully we will get more than just 3 though
(although we did only get one or two last year - right?)
and if Nikolics gets upgraded to gold then his IF upgrade will be something like
would be very nice
first game was against
basically a bronze pace squad with a random slow LB thrown in
it was a fairly even game - I made two errors though and he was up 2-0 for the best part of 70mins, managed to get a goal back from a corner (Jaroszynski with the goal and Cetnarski with the assist) but the game randomly disconnected which was a shame as I felt I could have brought it around
The team played nicely and statistically was better than my opponent
Cetnarski was MOTM with an 8.5 rating - he was the hub of the team creatively this game with most things going through him
I'm sure he is going to get over 84 this season and i'll have to take Jelen out of my gens team
Dont you dare
haha
Agreed with @Zanetti Don't you dare whatsoever!
its a bad year generally in Europe for Polish teams - disappointing really
@juniorcbr - what are your thoughts on putting forward Kapustka for an upgrade?
@Tesco Sorry my friend, but I was away for a little while. I believe he is one of the Cracovia players that should be looked at a possible upgrade in the EK also. 2 goals and 8 assists (wow) in 13 EK games warrants it. A position change to LW or RW should also be considered.
it was nice to see him get on the scoresheet for Poland too - would love for him to get an upgrade
I have this horrible gut feeling that EA are not going to upgrade him when doing the UP's
I just know they like to ignore us
Duda with both the assists though - would love an IF Duda (and SIF Nikolics TBF)
doubt we will get either - we will be lucky to get IF Gergel next week - and if he does get one they wont give us 2 IF's
Piast kept their top spot in the league with a nice comeback also!