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Bjerknes

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++ [ originally posted by Graham ] ++

Hey, leave Toyota Camrys alone :D:thumb:

Becchi, please try WE7 before you say anything. I know it's hard to believe that the most well-known footy game isn't the best, but you have to take our word for it :)
Well LADI FREAKIN DA!

Whatever you say, Mr. Knowit-alls. :D

Whatever floats your boat. I like to have the players, teams, etc. officially licensed with average gameplay. You guys like to have great gameplay with sub par details. Tell me this: how are the seasons set up? Are there 34 Serie A Matches each year, with the Champions League group stages?
 

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so you'd rather have mediocre gameplay that can't be changed, than excellent gameplay and details that can be changed?

A you said, whatever floats your boat :)
 

Layce Erayce

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Andrea Becchi please try and understand Graham. What he is trying to say is:

"Do you want to have your own opinions? Wouldnt you much rather have me choose whats better?" :)













;)
 

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++ [ originally posted by Josh ] ++
Andrea Becchi please try and understand Graham. What he is trying to say is:
"Do you want to have your own opinions? Wouldnt you much rather have me choose whats better?" :)
;)
Damn straight.

I thought I made myself pretty clear, but thanks for reiterating Josh ;)
 
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++ [ originally posted by Andrea Becchi ] ++


Well LADI FREAKIN DA!

Whatever you say, Mr. Knowit-alls. :D

Whatever floats your boat. I like to have the players, teams, etc. officially licensed with average gameplay. You guys like to have great gameplay with sub par details. Tell me this: how are the seasons set up? Are there 34 Serie A Matches each year, with the Champions League group stages?

i am so glad i only play we6 with another person. so that i dont have to bother about leagues and stuff
 
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Majed

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    ++ [ originally posted by Andrea Becchi ] ++


    Well LADI FREAKIN DA!

    Whatever you say, Mr. Knowit-alls. :D

    Whatever floats your boat. I like to have the players, teams, etc. officially licensed with average gameplay. You guys like to have great gameplay with sub par details. Tell me this: how are the seasons set up? Are there 34 Serie A Matches each year, with the Champions League group stages?
    goof points... there actually aren't any 34-game serie A with lower and higher devisions (there are less teams in WE). There is however a league that's close to the CL. I agree, i quite enjoyed playing the real leagues back when i used to play fifa.

    since WE doesn't have enough teams to make a complete league for each country, it combines all the teams it has and puts them in one huge "Master League" think of it as the future expanded G14 :D

    in the master league, the teams are devided into 4 divisions. you start at the lowest Division. also, since big teams like juve and manU aren't supposed to be in lower devisions (it would be too easy for them), they dont give you the real roster of players. you start of with BS players (and all other teams have their perfect rosters, except for some with messed up names as i mentioned). . you have to win with those weak players (and use the great negotiation/trading system to get players on loan or to buy them.) then, if you're really good, you can pass devision 4 with the weak players and gradually have enough money to start buying bigger players. by the time you reach Devision one, you should have enough money to buy out at least DP and a couple other juve players. (my goal is to complete the juve team by buying them all back).
     

    Bjerknes

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    goof points... there actually aren't any 34-game serie A with lower and higher devisions (there are less teams in WE). There is however a league that's close to the CL. I agree, i quite enjoyed playing the real leagues back when i used to play fifa.

    since WE doesn't have enough teams to make a complete league for each country, it combines all the teams it has and puts them in one huge "Master League" think of it as the future expanded G14 :D

    in the master league, the teams are devided into 4 divisions. you start at the lowest Division. also, since big teams like juve and manU aren't supposed to be in lower devisions (it would be too easy for them), they dont give you the real roster of players. you start of with BS players (and all other teams have their perfect rosters, except for some with messed up names as i mentioned). . you have to win with those weak players (and use the great negotiation/trading system to get players on loan or to buy them.) then, if you're really good, you can pass devision 4 with the weak players and gradually have enough money to start buying bigger players. by the time you reach Devision one, you should have enough money to buy out at least DP and a couple other juve players. (my goal is to complete the juve team by buying them all back).
    See thats the thing. For the past four months I have been tinkering around with possible new players for next season; kind of trying to figure out what Moggi will do and simulate it. I love to have all the REAL players, and I love to play against the REAL teams. I also love to play in REAL competitions, not some made up leagues. Maybe the reason for me choosing team and player reality over gameplay reality is because I am not able to see Juve play all the time cuz I live in the U.S. (I will be changing that in the summer with the Dish). Or maybe the reason is I like to emulate Moggi, for my aspirations of becoming a club general manager or coach. For these reasons, I love FIFA because of the reality of the Leagues and European competitions. I don't know what I would do without the real players and competitions. I guess I am just different that way. But I do mind you that FIFA's game play is not bad at all; in fact it is very realistic, but maybe not on the same level as WE. But as long as WE does not have the real teams and competitions, I will stay with FIFA.

    As I say again, and will say again and again, whatever floats thy boat.

    959: No more of those sick ass descriptions, please.
     

    Bjerknes

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    so you'd rather have mediocre gameplay that can't be changed, than excellent gameplay and details that can be changed?

    A you said, whatever floats your boat :)
    I am not too sure what you mean by changing the gameplay. If you mean changing tactics and style of play, than FIFA has the same options.

    Fine. Whatever. I will try WE7 and see for my self how great it is.

    What Graham, am I your little puppet now, in which I do everything according to you? :D
     
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    Majed

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    ++ [ originally posted by Andrea Becchi ] ++


    See thats the thing. For the past four months I have been tinkering around with possible new players for next season; kind of trying to figure out what Moggi will do and simulate it. I love to have all the REAL players, and I love to play against the REAL teams. I also love to play in REAL competitions, not some made up leagues. Maybe the reason for me choosing team and player reality over gameplay reality is because I am not able to see Juve play all the time cuz I live in the U.S. (I will be changing that in the summer with the Dish). Or maybe the reason is I like to emulate Moggi, for my aspirations of becoming a club general manager or coach. For these reasons, I love FIFA because of the reality of the Leagues and European competitions. I don't know what I would do without the real players and competitions. I guess I am just different that way. But I do mind you that FIFA's game play is not bad at all; in fact it is very realistic, but maybe not on the same level as WE. But as long as WE does not have the real teams and competitions, I will stay with FIFA.

    As I say again, and will say again and again, whatever floats thy boat.

    959: No more of those sick ass descriptions, please.
    It's amazing...I dont want to sound like a preatcher, but you really really really sound like me 2 years ago. I used to be Fifa's biggest fan. For the same reason, I was cut off from serie A for most of the 01/02 season. The realism/licensing was my biggest argument. It's what i cared about the most. Did you that i refuse to play a game if DP's shoe isn't switched to F50 and Miccoli's hair isn't grown!! (like it is now). I like everything PERFECT!! From 1995 up untill last year, I used to ONLY PLAY JUVE's real Formation with everyone in their perfect place. Even when Lippi switched to 4-2-3-1, I did the same last year! the moment Davids got loaned to Barca, i took him out of juve. When Del Piero was injured after the Roma game, I stopped playing him!!! :LOL:
    anyway, what i want to say is, stick with Fifa for now...reasons:
    1. For you, it may be too much trouble to get a mod chip and a Pacthed WE.
    2. You play alone a lot i guess, so the correct league format is important.

    But, give WE7 a shot. It won't impress you to begin with, but play a few game with your buddies, and then you'll get hooked so much that a freak like you (and me :D ) won't mind too much the non-real appearence, because of the amazing game play and realistic game tactics. 90% chane, you'll never play fifa again.


    I though there would be a lot of fake stuff in WE too. I notice you keep saying that you like REAL REAL REAL. well, it makes it sound like WE isn't real!!?! (WE infact is Very Very Real). It's really not like they made up things. What WE did was they made everything perfect, then intentially messed up the things that they dont have the rights for (like the team names and SOME player NAMES).
     

    gray

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    ++ [ originally posted by Andrea Becchi ] ++
    I am not too sure what you mean by changing the gameplay. If you mean changing tactics and style of play, than FIFA has the same options.
    Not really, I mean more the physics of the game and just how it works. In terms of realism, when I play FIFA now, it feels as weird as if they took gravity out of Super Mario Bros :) I was a huge FIFA fan too, so it's not like I don't know what it's like on the other side.
    ++ [ originally posted by Andrea Becchi ] ++
    What Graham, am I your little puppet now, in which I do everything according to you? :D
    You took your time, but finally you understand how things work around here :rolleyes:

    :p
     

    Bjerknes

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    ++ [ originally posted by Majed ] ++


    It's amazing...I dont want to sound like a preatcher, but you really really really sound like me 2 years ago. I used to be Fifa's biggest fan. For the same reason, I was cut off from serie A for most of the 01/02 season. The realism/licensing was my biggest argument. It's what i cared about the most. Did you that i refuse to play a game if DP's shoe isn't switched to F50 and Miccoli's hair isn't grown!! (like it is now). I like everything PERFECT!! From 1995 up untill last year, I used to ONLY PLAY JUVE's real Formation with everyone in their perfect place. Even when Lippi switched to 4-2-3-1, I did the same last year! the moment Davids got loaned to Barca, i took him out of juve. When Del Piero was injured after the Roma game, I stopped playing him!!! :LOL:
    anyway, what i want to say is, stick with Fifa for now...reasons:
    1. For you, it may be too much trouble to get a mod chip and a Pacthed WE.
    2. You play alone a lot i guess, so the correct league format is important.

    But, give WE7 a shot. It won't impress you to begin with, but play a few game with your buddies, and then you'll get hooked so much that a freak like you (and me :D ) won't mind too much the non-real appearence, because of the amazing game play and realistic game tactics. 90% chane, you'll never play fifa again.


    I though there would be a lot of fake stuff in WE too. I notice you keep saying that you like REAL REAL REAL. well, it makes it sound like WE isn't real!!?! (WE infact is Very Very Real). It's really not like they made up things. What WE did was they made everything perfect, then intentially messed up the things that they dont have the rights for (like the team names and SOME player NAMES).
    Great! Finally someone understands where I'm coming from. I guess I am just like you Majed, or like the former you. Your right, I do play alone a lot, more than with other friends who are not the biggest soccer fans. I guess you understand that I like having fun tinkering witht he real players and tactics; I like to consider myself like the replacement for Lippi, while working hand in hand with Moggi, trying to create a reality for myself. I know, it sounds kinda weird, but that is where the fun comes in for me. Trying to create my own Juve, while still being closely tied to the ideas of Moggi and Lippi.

    Right now I have started a new season with Juve; the 2004-2005 season. I theoretically named Prandelli as the new coach, and I theoretically worked with Moggi to find the right players to bring in during the summer. Moggi and I thought that Trez should be sold, so I put him on Barca. I thought that it would be right to bring in BOTH Vieri and Gilardino, and Moggi concurred in theory. So I exchanged Di Vaio for Vieri to keep the cost down. Since I named Prandelli as coach, I brought in Ferrari as well, but not Bonera, who I was rightfully outbid for by Inter (I considered giving Parma 2 million Euros, but instead Inter gave 10, so Bonera's career is wasted). I was also able to bring in Mexes and Kroldrup while not selling Thuram. Instead, I offloaded Iuliano to Lazio in part of a deal for Oddo and Fiore, to cut back the cost. I also snatched Jimenez from Ternana, but I loaned him out to Lazio for a season or two, just to cut back the fee for Oddo and Fiore significantly. I also sold Tudor to Samp for 8 mill E, and also Montero went to Atletico Madrid for a small fee. To cut back on the cost of the Parma players, I gave them Zalayeta, Sculli, Boudianski (in theory), and gave them Brighi for another loan. For the 23 million Euros I got for Trez, I used that to buy Emerson and the rest of the players transfer fees. Of course, I also got Kapo for free. This is what Prandelli told me would be the best formation for Juve:

    Buffon

    Thuram (Oddo) Mexes Ferrari Zambrotta

    Tacchinardi (Maresca) Emerson

    Fiore Nedved Del Piero

    Vieri (Gila)

    So in all I think I have done a good job in the summer transfer market.

    Damn, I'm good, I should be Moggi's successor. :D

    So thanks for understanding my point of view guys.
     

    Amr

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    for single player,fifa rocks to be honest ;)

    but buy a multi pad in the ps2 or ps3 and invite ur firnedz and play WE ;)
     
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    Majed

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    ++ [ originally posted by Andrea Becchi ] ++


    Great! Finally someone understands where I'm coming from. I guess I am just like you Majed, or like the former you. Your right, I do play alone a lot, more than with other friends who are not the biggest soccer fans. I guess you understand that I like having fun tinkering witht he real players and tactics; I like to consider myself like the replacement for Lippi, while working hand in hand with Moggi, trying to create a reality for myself. I know, it sounds kinda weird, but that is where the fun comes in for me. Trying to create my own Juve, while still being closely tied to the ideas of Moggi and Lippi.

    Right now I have started a new season with Juve; the 2004-2005 season. I theoretically named Prandelli as the new coach, and I theoretically worked with Moggi to find the right players to bring in during the summer. Moggi and I thought that Trez should be sold, so I put him on Barca. I thought that it would be right to bring in BOTH Vieri and Gilardino, and Moggi concurred in theory. So I exchanged Di Vaio for Vieri to keep the cost down. Since I named Prandelli as coach, I brought in Ferrari as well, but not Bonera, who I was rightfully outbid for by Inter (I considered giving Parma 2 million Euros, but instead Inter gave 10, so Bonera's career is wasted). I was also able to bring in Mexes and Kroldrup while not selling Thuram. Instead, I offloaded Iuliano to Lazio in part of a deal for Oddo and Fiore, to cut back the cost. I also snatched Jimenez from Ternana, but I loaned him out to Lazio for a season or two, just to cut back the fee for Oddo and Fiore significantly. I also sold Tudor to Samp for 8 mill E, and also Montero went to Atletico Madrid for a small fee. To cut back on the cost of the Parma players, I gave them Zalayeta, Sculli, Boudianski (in theory), and gave them Brighi for another loan. For the 23 million Euros I got for Trez, I used that to buy Emerson and the rest of the players transfer fees. Of course, I also got Kapo for free. This is what Prandelli told me would be the best formation for Juve:

    Buffon

    Thuram (Oddo) Mexes Ferrari Zambrotta

    Tacchinardi (Maresca) Emerson

    Fiore Nedved Del Piero

    Vieri (Gila)

    So in all I think I have done a good job in the summer transfer market.

    Damn, I'm good, I should be Moggi's successor. :D

    So thanks for understanding my point of view guys.

    great (realistic) formation., but you bought way too many players. that's never happened before (the closest being the summer of 2001 where juve bought Buffon, Nedved, Salas, Thuram, Zenoni...but this is because juve sold ZZ, Inzagh, VDS, and Kovacevic.

    I wouldn't have kept DV,

    I would have kept DV and and only made these signings:
    Kapo (free) , Gila, Mexes, Ferrari, Trabelsi (free), and Blasi (recall).

    Sold:
    Montero, Iuliano, Pessotto, Trez, Zalayeta.


    ^^^^ A lot more realistic/possible IMO. Remember, Juve are going through a tough time financially. the sale of these players + a couple mil should be enough to buy those three players. It helps lower the team age, makes it more flexible, all at an affordable price.
     

    Bjerknes

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    ++ [ originally posted by Majed ] ++



    great (realistic) formation., but you bought way too many players. that's never happened before (the closest being the summer of 2001 where juve bought Buffon, Nedved, Salas, Thuram, Zenoni...but this is because juve sold ZZ, Inzagh, VDS, and Kovacevic.

    I wouldn't have kept DV,

    I would have kept DV and and only made these signings:
    Kapo (free) , Gila, Mexes, Ferrari, Trabelsi (free), and Blasi (recall).

    Sold:
    Montero, Iuliano, Pessotto, Trez, Zalayeta.


    ^^^^ A lot more realistic/possible IMO. Remember, Juve are going through a tough time financially. the sale of these players + a couple mil should be enough to buy those three players. It helps lower the team age, makes it more flexible, all at an affordable price.
    You are probably right, but again anything can happen. I think that defense you stated is pretty realistic, except that I am not sure about Trabelsi coming for free. Supposedly he will go to court against Ajax trying to resolve that issue. I think there is a greater chance that Oddo would come instead of Hatem. We know that Blasi, Kapo, and Gilardino will be coming next year, but I think there will be another change in midfield. Whether it be Emerson or Fiore or both, I am not sure. From what I have heard today, if Abramovich accepts this offer of Lampard for Trez, than that would solve the midfield problem. It would be a rather stupid exchange for Chelsea, but if they are having trouble negotiating a new contract with Frank, then he could come to Juve. He is a fantastic player IMO who could add so much to our midfield, besides from giving 200% every time he steps onto the pitch. I heard that Mourinho wants Trez at Chelsea next season, so Abramovich could do anything.

    So I might start a new season like this:

    In: Oddo, Mexes, Ferrari, Blasi, Kapo, Lampard, Gilardino, and maybe Vieri. I have heard so much talk about Vieri coming next season, and from Moggi's interview it makes sense that BOTH Vieri and Gila will come in the summer for various reasons. So in theory we could have as many as 8 new players in the summer, but six sounds like the magic number to me.

    And don't forget that it sounds like Tudor will be leaving as well in the summer.

    I think the key to the midfield if all these players are bought is if Kapo can play regulary and produce in attack. If Kapo can create many chances and start to develop as a great player, he could feature in the midfield as the new playmaker that we very well need. So if this works out, Prandelli might play like this:

    Buffon

    Thuram(Oddo) Mexes Ferrari Zambrotta

    Lampard Tacchinardi

    Nedved Del Piero Kapo

    Vieri (Gilardino)

    We also have to find a spot for Maresca as well.

    The more and more we talk about this, it starts to make sense of what the REAL possibilties are for the new Juve next season. While in the Transfer rumors forum, all the talk is about Diego, Puyol, or on the same lines as that; all nonsense, not gonna happen. I think we are making more sense here. :D
     
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    You are probably right, but again anything can happen. I think that defense you stated is pretty realistic, except that I am not sure about Trabelsi coming for free. Supposedly he will go to court against Ajax trying to resolve that issue. I think there is a greater chance that Oddo would come instead of Hatem. We know that Blasi, Kapo, and Gilardino will be coming next year, but I think there will be another change in midfield. Whether it be Emerson or Fiore or both, I am not sure. From what I have heard today, if Abramovich accepts this offer of Lampard for Trez, than that would solve the midfield problem. It would be a rather stupid exchange for Chelsea, but if they are having trouble negotiating a new contract with Frank, then he could come to Juve. He is a fantastic player IMO who could add so much to our midfield, besides from giving 200% every time he steps onto the pitch. I heard that Mourinho wants Trez at Chelsea next season, so Abramovich could do anything.

    So I might start a new season like this:

    In: Oddo, Mexes, Ferrari, Blasi, Kapo, Lampard, Gilardino, and maybe Vieri. I have heard so much talk about Vieri coming next season, and from Moggi's interview it makes sense that BOTH Vieri and Gila will come in the summer for various reasons. So in theory we could have as many as 8 new players in the summer, but six sounds like the magic number to me.

    And don't forget that it sounds like Tudor will be leaving as well in the summer.

    I think the key to the midfield if all these players are bought is if Kapo can play regulary and produce in attack. If Kapo can create many chances and start to develop as a great player, he could feature in the midfield as the new playmaker that we very well need. So if this works out, Prandelli might play like this:

    Buffon

    Thuram(Oddo) Mexes Ferrari Zambrotta

    Lampard Tacchinardi

    Nedved Del Piero Kapo

    Vieri (Gilardino)

    We also have to find a spot for Maresca as well.

    The more and more we talk about this, it starts to make sense of what the REAL possibilties are for the new Juve next season. While in the Transfer rumors forum, all the talk is about Diego, Puyol, or on the same lines as that; all nonsense, not gonna happen. I think we are making more sense here. :D
    Everything makes sense. yes, i agree, Oddo is a big possibility, but i dont know why you insist on Vieri. What makes believe that getting Vieri is very unlickly is:

    1. Moggi always makes these kinds of interviews. He loves throwing people off. Juve rarely advertize their big buys. When juve were so close to Lucio, we got Legro. When we were linked with Mutu, we got Di Vaio. Our biggest buy, Nedved, was signed when nobody expected it. That goes with Salas too. With Buffon, not many expected it either since we had Carini. Even Appiah's signing was totally out of the blue. My point is, Juve do NOT advertize that they'll be getting a certain player (like Real Madrid have been doing for the last few years). This theory of mine kinda goes against juve getting Gila, but I think Gila's case is different since Moggi hasn't said much of him.
    2. He's already 31 i think. That's not a smart investment.
    3. We dont have much problem with the attack. getting Vieri AND Gilardino will just add more headaches to a section of the field where we have the least problems. Since Del Piero is almost a certain starter, Miccoli is thought highly of and is in the long term plans, and DV is decent enough for the bench and showed some good form at the begning of this season, Kapo can play 5th stiker, and our good ties with Parma makes getting Gila easier, I DO NOT see room for Vieri. If we do get Gila and Vieri, it'll be a case of "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
    4. I dont see Moggi buying back a former player. It's not Moggi's style. it just makes his first sale of Vieri look stupid (which was not really).
    5. It'll be expensive to get Vieri. I dont see that happening. Juve's budget is tight, and attack as the last priority as i mentioned. When juve splashed out so much to get DV, it was because Moggi paniced at the very end of the 2002 calcio mercato.

    in Summary, the only possibility of Vieri joining Juve is if Gila won't come.



    About Lampard. I highly doubt it. 5% chance only. that 5% is because Lampard has a good work ethic. 95% no because he's English (EPL players dont exactly have a great track record in Italy) and we already have Conte, Maresca and Nedved who can play in the positions that Lampard plays.

    Just a couple of imprtant notes:
    1. Expect some surprizes. Moggi is one sneaky SOB :D
    2. We dont have much money to spend.
     

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