Hobsons Choice

More of a fire hose than a sprinkler, but I get your point.

Yeah I can see that. Just a little sprinkled in there.

Never seen his face before. He looks the result of Kamara and Dougie getting into that teleportation pod from The Fly at the same time.

They need competition for sure. Funny thing is, I remember during the PS2 era that I always used to buy the 2K sports games, because they were much more detailed, deeper experiences. I would love if Sports Interactive developed a playable game, with elements of FM. Will never happen of course, but a man can dream.

Unfortunately 2K are just as bad when it comes to microtransactions and removing single player offline stuff. Their treatment of NBA 2K consumers is terrible.

Soooo. There are rumours of in game ads for EA Sports FC 25, a game I'm presuming they are still charging £65 for. Good luck with that, EA.

Yeah, but Foden IS him. We need Roy Kent right now.

Phil Foden= Jamie Tartt

Grab a can of Galahad and get on a sesh.

Is that Lidl equivalent? Feel for you, man.

There's no width on the left had side cos Foden gets the ball and then runs full pelt across the front of the defensive line toward the AM position, then passes backward. Phil....cross the f***ing ball mate. That said it was an uninspiring, but not terrible half.

He's not wrong there.

Ooh. One of you. That was a lovely cross. Poor finish.

Bellingham looks really frustrated by the lack of pressure in midfield.

Good effort.

Foden had loads of the ball on the wing, with players in the box and 9 times out of 10 cuts inside and the move breaks down. First time he's crossed it and it looked dangerous, forcing a corner.

I've been kind of bored of this thread so far but bravo sir, that's superb.

Good move. More of that please.

Oof Sesko unmarked.

Better pressing early doors.

I really really hate that our fans booing the opposition's national anthem is now a thing. I think it's horribly disrespectful.

Welcome, Dobbers!!!

So, an update on this one. Ollie ended up staying, but I put him in the bomb squad till he committed to us. Thing is though he's not all that good in my save. Not nearly as good as real life, so I've slowly been integrating him into the squad, using him for bits. My 2 main strikers were Embolo and Lassana Traore, with Philogene on the left (who was excellent), and Doak, loaned in from Liverpool on the right. I bought in Nicolas Domingues at CM, and kerkez at LB to replace pouty ass Rosier. I got about a third of the way through the season when the wheels fell off, big time. I was third having only lost one game. Despite having started the last 2 games, Ollie, who had been playing his face to leave, then playing his face to stay, started playing his face to get more starts. I told him that he'd just have to be a little bit patient as we'd won 5 straight. He went f***ing ballistic. I told him he can throw a tantrum all he wants but he'll have to be patient (or words to that effect). He stormed out, told all of the rest of the squad, who came banging on the door next day screaming that they were not happy about Ollie's treatment. I said that if I played him, one of them would have to give way even if they'd been playing better, and we'd just won 5 straight. They actually issued an ultimatum, telling me I'd lose my job if I didn't play Ollie. I told them to (again paraphrasing) stop issuing threats, as it is massively unprofessional, and then instantly resigned. Sorry to say but in FM24 Ollie is a massive bellend. I'm now 3 weeks after resigning, weighing up some offers. Villa have dropped from 3rd to 12th under new manager Di Zerbi (who also has not been playing Ollie). Haha. Eat that, you bunch of swine.

I mean if it's the 85th minute, I can understand, but when we score after 15 minutes.......

Out of Control by the Chemical Brothers?