TalkChelsea Managers League chat

[Kojo 4,676]

Confident win, but i have 4 difficult last games, Kronenburg, Blues Ultras, Awesome Team and Blue Bulls, i really need to grab these points somehow.

[Term-X 7,891]

It's been mentioned before, but what does everyone think about a cup competition next season?

Downsides:

- We would go from having 2 league games a week, to only 1 league game a week. Meaning a season would last 14 weeks (3½+ months)

- Getting knocked out in the early rounds, may lead to less activity from members (due to having to wait a whole week for the next game)

Upsides:

- Teams from the lower leagues would be able to compete with the premier league sides + it would be possible to win the double.

- Adds more depth to the game, and will increase competition.

cfc-meleady is the admin, so it's up to him, would be interesting to know what everyone thought of this though..

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

I don't mind that. I do think that we play matches way too soon though, I can't even complete a full training session between matches.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Maybe..

We have loads more people playing now than we did in the first season. However the issue of people having to wait a week (if they get knocked out early) might make some people bored..

[Steve 10,227]

Someone please tell me my results

[MetsajCFC 1,255]

In your latest game you won Real Elite 2-1, youre 4th with 16p

[Steve 10,227]

In your latest game you won Real Elite 2-1, youre 4th with 16p

Cheers mate

[Tomo 21,739]

Ive got a couple of ideas for the cup tournaments mentioned above for next season.

League of Saturday, Cup on Tuesday

Group stage, 8 groups 1 team in each division per group, that will take 6 weeks.

Round of 16 (week 7+8) Quarter (week 9+10) semi (week 11+12) final (week 13)

Set up friendly's or even friendly tournaments (Emirates cup style) for the teams knocked out afterwards so they don't get too bored.

OR

Put the cup competition at the end of the season, teams eliminated early can just go and play freindly's against eachother till the tourno's over, then a weak or two break league season start's again.

Thoughts?

[Term-X 7,891]

Ive got a couple of ideas for the cup tournaments mentioned above for next season.

OR

Thoughts?

You should check out the rules for cup competitions. Because it wouldn't be possible to have one at the end of the season, or to be that specific.

The possibility of creating a cup tournament exists only in leagues that play one league match every week or in VIP leagues. Depending on how many teams there are in the league and how far it is into the season, the cup will look a little different. If cup ties are supposed to be played over two legs but there are not enough available days left of the season there will be only one leg.

Cup draw

When you create a new cup for your league you will be able to choose how and if the cup should be seeded. Default is that the cup will be seeded based on how far the teams made it in the previous cup. If there hasn't been any previous cups in the league then the seeding will be based on the division levels of the teams. You can also decide from which round you want to have random cup draws. If the cup is seeded from the first round and does not contain exactly 8, 16, 32, 64 teams and so on, the teams that performed best in the previous cup will skip the first round and not start playing until the second round. The lower seeded team will always play at home first if the cup is played with two legs.

How cup matches are decided

If at full time it is a draw there will be 2*15 minutes of extra time which is always played in its entirety, that is there will not be any sudden death or anything like that. If cup matches are played over two legs and the result is a draw the team who has scored the most away goals will go through. If it cannot be decided on away goals extra time will be used and if it is still a draw after extra time their will be a penalty shoot-out. Away goals scored during extra time do not carry any extra weight.

The league admin who creates the cup

It is of course only the league admins who can create cup tournaments and the league admin will find the link "Create Cup" on the league information page. All friendly games scheduled in the league will be deleted when a cup is created.

The selection of penalty takers in cup matches

When you choose your tactics before a cup game you will be able to select five players to take the penalties if their is a penalty shoot-out. You will see a checkbox by each player in the line-up and you choose the players who you want to take the penalties. If you do not choose any they will be chosen randomly.

Prize money

Success in the cup will apart from the glory also give you some extra cash.

The prize money is as follows:

In leagues with 16 or more teams the winner of the cup gets 1 000 000 econ and the runner up gets 500 000 econ.

In leagues with less than 16 teams the winner gets 750 000 econ and the runner up gets 350 000 econ.

http://www.xpertelev....aspx?RuleID=30

The possibility of creating a cup tournament exists only in leagues that play one league match every week or in VIP leagues. Depending on how many teams there are in the league and how far it is into the season, the cup will look a little different. If cup ties are supposed to be played over two legs but there are not enough available days left of the season there will be only one leg.

When you create a new cup for your league you will be able to choose how and if the cup should be seeded. Default is that the cup will be seeded based on how far the teams made it in the previous cup. If there hasn't been any previous cups in the league then the seeding will be based on the division levels of the teams. You can also decide from which round you want to have random cup draws. If the cup is seeded from the first round and does not contain exactly 8, 16, 32, 64 teams and so on, the teams that performed best in the previous cup will skip the first round and not start playing until the second round. The lower seeded team will always play at home first if the cup is played with two legs.

When you create a cup tournament most is done automatically. The only choices you can make are whether cup ties should be played over one or two legs and if there is only a single leg whether that match should be played on neutral ground. The cup will start on the first available day. Any friendly games booked for that day will be cancelled.

The link "Create Cup" which leads you to the page where you create the cup is in the right hand menu on the "League info" page.

http://www.xpertelev....aspx?RuleID=48

[Tomo 21,739]

You should check out the rules for cup competitions. Because it wouldn't be possible to have one at the end of the season, or to be that specific.

http://www.xpertelev....aspx?RuleID=30

http://www.xpertelev....aspx?RuleID=48

Oh right, id just say stick to the league because it would be boring if i (or for any one else) got elimated early which will probably happen to me if i draw one of the top teams away, but its up to melady. Maybe all the managers should get a say and it go on majority?

[Kojo 4,676]

I Mr Sloth vote for Cups!.

[Term-X 7,891]

Oh right, id just say stick to the league because it would be boring if i (or for any one else) got elimated early which will probably happen to me if i draw one of the top teams away, but its up to melady. Maybe all the managers should get a say and it go on majority?

Yea, it's a shame we can't create polls in the leagues forum..

Nobody in the game has a higher overall team level than 6, so it should be decided on manager skill. It doesn't have to be permanent either, it could be scrapped the season after, if it wasn't too popular.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I agree with TX. A cup format for one season every three or four - like a TC World Cup - would actually be a nice way to change the game and spice it up.

[Term-X 7,891]

[kwylino 329]

Won 5-0 today Fiddled with the team a bit changed the kit and woolah pot of gold. even if it was against the bottom of the league side im fine. keep things the way they are

also made this. Using the old Killer Platypus kit from mainly this last season. Cause i have no life xD

[Kojo 4,676]

George Lampard always gets invovled in every game for you.

[Term-X 7,891]

George Lampard always gets invovled in every game for you.

Yea, he always has good form, plus.. he has 'cool' & 'free-kick' as special qualities. Which are necessary for every game imo.

[Tomo 21,739]

How big a gap are we planning between the end of this season and start of next?