Managed to win the Gold Cup yesterday, after 2-0, 6-3, 3-0 and 3-0 wins. The final was pretty easy, with an early goal from TOTS Nagbe giving me the lead. It was 2-0 after half an hour after I anticipated him passing square across his CB's after a throw in. Classic Lampard getting away to score. It was pretty much one way traffic and a third arrived when Jonathan Forte set up Nagbe.

Also reached the final of the Nations Cup, but it was one of those games. Hit the woodwork four times before half time and once after to lose somehow, 2-0.

The new Gold Cup team in the following game followed the same pattern. Just couldn't score against ten men, they scored off their second chance and it looked like more misery. Fortunately TOTS David Villa levelled on 90 minutes and won it in extra time for a decent debut. The new team contains a St Kitts & Nevis player and a retired Nemanja Vidic for a final run out at CB.

Yesterday thought I would try someone new - another LF - for F9 - FIF (2nd iMOTM) Payet. Not much difference to his TOTS but a whopping 125k price difference (picked him up for 52k).

First game slaughtered a team with them - Payet netting 2. Swapped with the Bale team - not so good. Back to Payet team - another easy win and a goal - off to a decent start.

... and then it went pear-shaped. Slightest of 'off connections', stupid things happening, and that simply equated to me ... focusing on another aspect - how many red cards can I get.

It basically started due to the first moron simply holding left trigger protecting the ball. That, and ball rolls ... from the 1st minute. Why. Why!?!?

The whole session was simply a write-off. Should've simply shut down & gone to bed. Due to that also received a temporary ban on Xbox Live - the communication one - can't send message for a week or something.

I need a break.

Besides winning the gold cup for the 50th time, I have been using a mix of Spanish 2nd Division guys and players already in my club for the Spanish Cup that is almost finished. The team actually played really well. IF Andone who I've been sat on for months is a very good striker who scored some nice goals. But the star was a non rare 75 rated Spanish CAM called Oscar. Seemed like a good card and hit a 5 minute first half hat trick earlier on. Couldn't get past the semi in that one though.

Amazing that this game has such a hold on you. No, actually, let me set that straight ... I love football which makes me want to play. Sucks that these irritating morons can't play the same ... well, most of them.

After the Wednesday's night's session, needed 3 points from 4 games to get back into D1. Was a little surprised when it started easy again, notched up a 4-1 win - great, back to D1 we go

First game up - another 4-1 win and after 30 min in the next game, 3-0 up.

Hmmm ...

He manages to get back 2 goals quickly, but thankfully I hold out for the win. Narrow the next and then the BS flooded back. Genuinely cannot tell if it's D1 or connection, or their connections in D1 ... it was just chalk & cheese to the previous dozen wins in a row.

I managed to win the last game of the evening, but essentially there were 5 losses in between - must say that 2 of those were quits even before a goal had been scored. Laggy - the jittery type, couldn't care, quit - I'm not wasting my time even if the opponent is your typical delinquent abusing right trigger - running dead straight & you know he can't defend for sh!t. Would be an easy game normally, but I'm not putting myself through that.

FYI - identical teams played with over both nights. Did not swap them other than brought in a SIF Eriksen for his NIF - won the first 3 with him taking part in 2.

Got to the final of the Manchester Derby Cup but managed to lose 2-1 despite constant shots on goal in the second half. Unfortunately I could only score one goal.
In the Gold Cup, I just cannot get past the semi final at the moment.

Having some decent matches, but it has reached the stage where I want 16 to end now and start again for 17.

Got a couple of new teams that I have struggled with against the standard BS gameplay and joke rebounds. One has a Ugandan LB and the other a Bolivian RW. I swear almost every goal I concede is a rebound off the post or keeper, or some random midget winger that has 25 defending but can make a perfect tackle or interception whilst running at full speed from point blank range. Almost had enough of 16 really.

Started last nights session on the back of four straight wins and in the semi final of both the Gold Cup and Open Season Cup. Over the course of the next four game, think I had one shot on my goal and managed to win all four to win both cups. The final of the Open Season Cup was ridiculous. Was 4-0 up by half time and cutting the opposition to pieces.

It's getting extremely difficult to make new teams now as there are so many players in very short supply, missing entirely or ludicrously priced. Also my coins are dwindling as prices are crashing by the hour, and nothing is selling.
Have managed to get a couple more teams built, one containing a shockingly bad LW from Nicuaragua (and Messi at RW to balance things out!) and the other cointaining a terrible LB from Faroe Islands. Plus in a different formation to the usual 433(2) and 433(5) that I have been using for months almost exclusively. Not sure how many more cups I'll win now to be honest.