Quote from: Cuz on September 11, 2013, 03:35:13 pm

Played Dutty last night. It didn't go well.
Lost the 1st 2-1, his goals coming very early and very late in the 1st half, the 2nd goal a counter after I'd had a good chance to go ahead saved in the 45th minute, always the way. Felt I played pretty well but just couldn't get shots off, always a foot or a block in, got a bit frustrating. I had the better of the ball but Dutty had a couple more shots, even game and almost enjoyable.
Lost the 2nd 5-0. May as well not have bothered and I most definitely would've quit under usual circumstances. Started well and piled some early pressure on. Dutty got fwd for the 1st time after 5 min or so, put a cross in and Balanta headed in off the GK with IF McAusland in no mans land. 15min later, Balanta had added another 3 goals from varying thru balls I could do nothing about. Steadied the ship for a brief period and then someone else scored. Rest of the game followed the same pattern as the 1st.

Unlucky Cuz. I really enjoyed the first game. It was nip and tuck and your possession play had me soaking up a lot of pressure round the edge of the box. Game swung on that 45th minute goal. Seemed your back line was high, probably because of the pressure round the box; back line steps up, one hit and hope throughy and Thompson was one-on-one with the keeper. You had the goal of the game though, with Hanson making a nice run into the box to finish off a crisp passing move with a slide-rule finish ( )

So I had high hopes for the return leg, but it just turned into one of those games. Cuz had me on the ropes for about ten minutes, I probably had about 5% possession. First attack and Balanta free at the back stick to pop in a feeble header off the keeper.

The next 20 minutes were all Balanta. And I say that because I was thinking about the game after we'd played, and it probably highlighted the thing I find most irritating about UT:

From the first break and headed goal, for about 20 in-game minutes, it felt like (maybe because they'd soaked up pressure) my team had gone into some kind of glory/god-mode. The ball fell countless times to my players in the centre of the park, and I suddenly had multiple attacking options with players in acres of space.

Now you spend all this time looking at stats to make and personalize teams, only for them to crumble or become invincible through no fault of your own.

I don't know, it's hard to explain. It felt like the AI was in control of the game more than I was for the majority of that period; and not to talk for you Cuz, but from my side there were times I could see the AI make the Scottish RCB just give Balanta the 'after you, sir' with what looked like little you could do about it.

Excuse the long rant, but it kind of puts a lot of the things I found irritating about UT13 in a nutshell. Whatever it is that makes the game play this way sometimes (sliders, momentum), let's hope the code that causes it got excised while they were making all the changes for 14.   

TWS, can I get that team back before the app goes? I put those 4 Accrington boys up for100k over 3 days. Fancy a last fling with them after a few wins in the bronze cup last night.

Is that against me TWS?

Haven't been able to get on much the last week.

I'm on now and will be again tonight if you want to play.

Same for Hop, Cuz, anyone else I still have games against.