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I'm top of my Europa league group with two games to go. Only need a point to qualify, I think. It's basically down to a 4-1-4-1, deep, containing tactic and the odd nicked goal. Down at 8th in the SPL though, but only 12 points off 2nd place. Will need to concentrate on that more once my euro run inevitably comes to an end. It's frustrating, because we're doing well in Europe, and are set to retain the league cup if we beat Caley in the final, but players are still coming to me saying we're underachieving!

I'm mostly sad because he's been amazing for me in my current fm2014 game.

I don't think he would have been allowed to leave if Dons had to pay him off at all. Even if there was a pay-off, hopefully it was considerably less than the remainder of his contract.

Yeah, I usually use a narrow, high pressing defensive style and then exploit the flanks on attack - as an attacking formation. You can even get your wide men to hug the touchline, which gives you more width with out and out wingers. In a defensive formation I usually stand-off a lot more and get more men behind the ball. It sacrifices possession, but makes counter attacking much more effective: let them lose their shape themselves and wait for their inevitable passing error.

I'm trying to assemble a 4-2-3-1, with DMs instead of CMs. I think that will require direct passing. I'm scared of losing though, which is why I've stuck to three tactics I think work. It'll probably involve a BBM from deep and some kind of target man up top, but I'm not entirely sure if it'll work with the players I have.

I've not really tried playing direct, as it never worked in the old versions of the game! What's a good direct playing tactic? I have played route-one sort of stuff in Europa League away games with Aberdeen, but only as part of a game plan to have 10 behind the ball with one up top and kill games off, 0-0.

I watched Fast and Furious 6 recently. I am a huge fan of the film series, in that they are easily the most ridiculous films in production at the moment. Like, more ridiculous than the premise of Transformers. 6 really stepped it up from the bank vault trailing through Rio city centre escapades of 5. The Rock is just ridiculously brilliant. It's really fun to watch films like this, as every 2-3 minutes you can pick out enormous plot holes and it makes you feel smart. Seriously though, some of the most ridiculous stuff ever to make it into a movie is in F&F6. Characters repeatedly do things that would definitely kill them, but seem unharmed by grevious injury. This scene imbued myself and my friends with an enormous sense of glee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqXQUpvIOUQ Can you get any more ridicous than this? The dialogue throughout the film is scattered with that 80s action movie machismo, that is so dated it makes 80s action films enjoyable in the present day. When executed in a filmm from 2012, it becomes unbearably great. 10/10

It seems harder to totally dominate. I mean, I had an unusually good 1st season, but I still went on a few bad runs, like the start of my current season: same tactics, with a few improvements to personel but 0 points in 3 games. i was still dominating possession, as I aim to do, but with absolutely no end product, and my strikers were all sad as fuck. Managed to turn it around with a team meeting after a run of 6 bad games. Climbed up to 4th in as many games. Team talks and team morale seems pretty huge. I've noticed players get often get an abysmal morale rating if you drop them after a bad run of form.

Day Z looks pretty beast. I take you'd need a good gaming computer for it to work?

John Hewitt works at mine. I played 5s with him last Thursday.

I can't believe how many Scottish footballers have Linkedin!!

OMG! Probably a fairly good move for his family, I suppose. I assume his new job doesn't come with a requirement to read much. Or think, for that matter: Daz Mack doesn't strike me as an intellectual, shall we say? ACE winches sounds like a company you'd see advertised in a pop up on a seedy porno website, trying to sell you prozzies in and around the Dumbarton area.

That's mental. Who'd buy Kilmarnock?!? I'm hoping Pawlett will have a shite time at Ipswich (Ithink he went to Ipswich) and I can buy him back on the cheap. I didn't know you could do testimonials! Oh, and I got a cooling fan pad thingmejigger for my laptop which seems to have worked a treat!

I only got it in February 2012. I guess that makes it nearly two years old! Doesn't feel that old, for sure.

Yeah, i think the next step is a laptop stand of some kind. I always use it on a flat surface, as it overheated a few times when I was watching porn nature documentaries in bed, as the grill was covered over. Hopefully raising it a bit will help. I initially thought it might be the glass table I use, but that shouldn't make any difference against wood or other such surfaces. To be honest, I don't think I'd be doing so well in the league if it didn't keep happening in the middle of matches!!

My computer keeps over heating when I play this. I assume it's overheating as the power just cuts out and its reallt fucking hot. There's no way the specs and age of my laptop shouldn't be able to cope with it, but my processor is at about 75% capacity when I have FM14 running on it's own. Opened up my laptop and there's no big build up of dust or nout. Any clues? I maybe just need to get my laptop fixed :-( Anyway, a point behind Celtic in the league at the end of November. Only been beaten once in competitive football, but drawn about 5 games. Neil Lennon was just running his mouth before our visit to Parkhead, saying our run of form will end and we'll fall by the wayside. Won 0-1. Also knocked them out of the Scottish Cup to get to the semi. They could only muster a 0-0 at Todders too. 3 games against Celtic without conceding = good. Nuno Gomes was worth his wage as he's got the highest ratings in the league! Need to try and get rid of some shite in January. It's a shame nae cunt wants a crocked, 33 year old Chris Clark.

What about offsides? Is that a bug? I downloaded the game on Tuesday, so should all patches be included automatically?

The fans consider him our star signing. He's got a fair few assists and goals to his name and hasn't even been first pick. "He plays on the left and he plays on the right. Yacine Abdessadki he loves to fight."

I think it's called a crema in the biz. I find I get greater results when I pour the water into the coffee quickly and the coffee into the cup slowly. There's another wee nugget of wisdom there. I have to admit, my coffee looks and acts like bitchumen. I love a stong cup in the morning: blows my heed aff (in a good way). My old boss would empty AN ENTIRE BAG OF COFFEE into a 1L cafetiere. He's no longer my boss because he died of a heart attack, however (and because moved jobs).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacine_Abdessadki - here's'im. fucking mental, he is. Adam's 4-4-2 is pretty beast, not going to lie.

I work in Talisman house and their coffee machines are shite. Filter coffee ftw. I guess they'd need a few, mind, as there's about 150-200 people per floor. My technique is simple. Free pour coffee into the pot, no need for spoons. however much ends up in the caffetiere is the right amount. Instead of stirring, push and pull the press up and down around three times - no need for spoons - and then leave to brew with the filter just under the coffee line, so a decent creme accumulates. Pour into a huge mug.

Agreed. Moyes was no worse at Everton really. The media just want a witch to hunt now AVB's fucked off back to football manager university.