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Here is the 2nd Leg of the Div 2 Cup v Nottm Forest!

Can our patched up "pub team" knock out the European Cup Winners of 1980!?





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:LOL: Ignore the Ipswich Badge it was done with ChatGPT :LOL:

Seriously though it was a great defensive performance from the team. I was going to upload the whole match because this is one of the things that I love about the old PES games. That battle for a 0-0 draw with few chances and little battles going on all over the pitch. Not constantly end to end like the newer games.
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So Match Day 7 and it is a battle between the two bottom teams Ipswich and Burnley.





Both Ipswich and Burnley get a share of the points. Sammie Szmodics is becoming our best player, another excellent left footed shot from him. His left foot is like a wand.


SEASON 1
WINTER TRANSFER WINDOW UPDATE

There was a lot of activity in the transfer window which was a bit of a surprise considering I had the setting on the middle setting (whatever that is called).

We got a new striker, Jessic Ngankam, who was a free agent in the game. (In real life he plays for German side Hannover 96)

Feyenoord approached us for midfielder Massimo Luongo with a trade offer, Calvin Stengs + 788 ML points. So we accepted as I was looking to offload Massimo.

Man City came in for left back Connor Townsend with an offer of 1232 which we accepted.

I was quite satisfied with our business until the last week, the last day, Atletico Madrid came in with an offer for promising young forward Omari Hutchinson. I had to let him go, how could I hold him back from leaving us with a Team Rating of -- for a Team with a Rating of A.

A little annoying as he was our back up for Jaden Philogene. :(

There were a number of other transfers but nothing really big, although ML striker Gutierrez joined Roma along with Filip Helander.

Toby Alderweireld joined Villarreal along with Elye Wahi from Frankfurt.


As I said before, I will make these changes in a separate option file so that when I decide to leave Ipswich or get sacked and join another team, I can use that option file with all the transfers intact. :)

On that note, in the option file I will move Gutierrez from the ML default team to Roma, is that allowed? It works in the editor, but will it crash the game?

If anyone knows please let me know. :)
 
Match Day 8 at home against Sheff United, hopefully we can start picking up points in the second half of the season.





Once again Sammie Szmodics is injured again but the goal that came from the free kick, what a strike from Jens Cajuste! A lovely 'daisy cutter'. There was a debut for Jessic Ngankam and how he did not score, only the woodwork can tell you. Also, Calvin Stengs made his debut as he came on for the injured Szmodics.

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Sammie watches on as Jens smashes in the equaliser :D
 
Been a while since my last post, simply because I started playing on a better tv. Everything was fine until watching the recording and everything looks squashed up. So was a little annoyed, then went away for a few days and came back and my pc is playing up again, so I had to reinstall everything on it,

I suppose I could have just said there was an international break.

Anyway Matchday 9 away at Luton.





Quite an easy win this one. Great finish from Delap. :)


The next few will also be squashed up because they have already been played, but after I will return to ye ol telly. :D
 
Just like a bus, you wait a while and then 2 turn up at once.

Next match is back in the Div 2 Cup Semi Final 1st Leg away to Leicester.





Happy to get away with a 1-0 defeat if I’m honest. It was good to see Winksy miss his penalty and then the great technique for the follow up volley.
 
Here is the next match at home to Leicester. Been a bit slow going because I have been busy so playing catch up with the videos and still uploading the ‘squashed look’.





Another defeat, but what a great goal from Delap. Really showing his strength to go through the 2 defenders and finding the finish. No wonder Chelsea are after him in real life. :D
 
Hi All,

I have switched back to my PSP for now. Having a newborn has killed off my gaming time but I am managing to get a few decent games in with my PES2008 ML.

I am using the Laziale 24/25 OF.

I forgot how brutal this game was, especially on PSP.

As you can see below the first season was pretty disastrous, most of those games were spent with me just getting used to how the PSP versions played again. So the first half of the season was a bit of a write off - We picked up a bit in the second half when I managed to win a couple of games and sneak some draws.

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I have started off with the ML defaults and I am in Div.2 of a mixed European League. The other 3 leagues are Prem, Serie A and La Liga.

I have just started season 2 and we are fairing a little bit better after making some signings 👍🏻 Will post another update soon.
 
Hi, do you use any rules to make your ML experience more realistic/more challanging?

I am currently using this in my PES21 Aberdeen ML
-No scouting
-No free players singing
-No academy singing
-No players higher than 75 ovr singing
-If other club bid more than market value for your player you have to accept (2 players protected max)
-Always look for local players from the league/nation first

Especially with that you have to sell players if other club bid more than market value it makes it challenging bit more than usually. It should sim that as an Aberdeen is not top tier club that players constantly leaving to better clubs. It gives you few headaches as my players are constantly transfering to Rangers or Celtic and I need to look for replacements.

Would like to see if you are using something similiar to make ML experience more challenging but rewarding.
 
Martan said:
Hi, do you use any rules to make your ML experience more realistic/more challanging?

I am currently using this in my PES21 Aberdeen ML
-No scouting
-No free players singing
-No academy singing
-No players higher than 75 ovr singing
-If other club bid more than market value for your player you have to accept (2 players protected max)
-Always look for local players from the league/nation first

Especially with that you have to sell players if other club bid more than market value it makes it challenging bit more than usually. It should sim that as an Aberdeen is not top tier club that players constantly leaving to better clubs. It gives you few headaches as my players are constantly transfering to Rangers or Celtic and I need to look for replacements.

Would like to see if you are using something similiar to make ML experience more challenging but rewarding.
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Hi...
I like all your rules 👍
I make my team have at least 7 players from that clubs nationality in the squad.
If I'm managing a smaller club i have a maximum salary cap of £1 million a year.

Interested in people's favourite players?? I quite often end up with J.Zirkzee and A.Lobato up front 🤣
 
Hi All,

I finally have a bit of time back to dive into another long term ML. I have just transferred my PS4 data across so that I can play PES21 on the PS5.

I am just rebuilding my option files and then I will hopefully be underway.

I am thinking of a return to Europe after my previous long term saves in Brazil and Japan.

I am thinking of a long term return to glory with Sampdoria in Serie B after their struggles this season, but still considering a couple of options!

See you soon 👍🏻
 
Finally managed to get up and running with my next PES21 ML save.

I settled on Sampdoria, starting in Serie B I will be aiming to build them back up to glory and possibly leading them one step further than they were able to go in the 1992 European Cup final.

I have made a custom squad, mainly made up of veteran Italian players, youth prospects and the return of a couple of ML legends - All to be revealed.

First game is against Frosinone, I’ll aim to do a proper update with screenshots later 👍🏻

Forza Sampdoria :BSCARF:
 
PES21 - Master League Season 1 (Sampdoria - Serie B)

Another master league journey begins, this time with Sampdoria. I was fascinated by their story towards the end of last season as they miraculously avoided relegation to Serie C.

It definitely provided me with some inspiration for a real return to glory save - With 1 Scudetto, 4 Coppa Italias and a European Cup runners up spot to their name it is safe to say Samporia should be punching a lot higher than scrapping for survival in Serie B.

To make the challenge a bit more difficult, I have stripped out their squad and replaced them with a mix of aging Italian veteran players and a good mix of promising youngsters.

I have also included a couple of Italian ML defaults from previous PES games (Dodo and Cellini) just to add a bit more fun. Cellini is still the veteran enforcer from earlier PES games and at 35 we will be lucky to get a couple of seasons from him. Dodo, on the other hand, presents a more longer term option aged just 20.

I have also recreated Giorza, the Italian PES21 ML default and switched his position to LB. Vucetic has been added from the youth squad too as a promising addition.

Overall, the squad is definitely on the thin side and with most players 30+ we have a major overhaul on our hands. Hopefully the likes of Giorza, Maldini, Dodo and Portanova can grow to be key members of the squad.

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We managed our first win off the bat against Frosinone. It was a typical opening day ML game, team spirit is really low at the moment so passing and player movement feels really sluggish.

It was a fairly even game but we managed a breakthrough down the right hand side and after a low cross into the box Dalmonte was able to head home from 6 yards.

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A two legged Coppa Itália affair against Crotone next up - Forza Sampdoria :BSCARF:
 

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I've resumed with more consistency the Genoa Master League I started some months ago on Pes 2019. The idea of this save was of kinda imitating the Atalanta cycle that started around 16/17 and is more or less still ongoing, so a tactical base of 3-4-2-1 (that can also become 3-4-1-2, and every other possible variation with the 3 back as the main certainty), and the broad market objective of picking up young, but promising strong players who I may sell when they'll become strong enough and reinvest as the bergamaschi did in those later years (although I'll go case by case, even if I don't want to buy superstars already formed or at least keep those as exceptions, the idea is to become a powerhouse in a couple seasons).

Without mincing words, this first season was very harsh 😁 :

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I think I had a decent start, where I thought I could have even fought for EL, but between changing like 3/4 of the players between summer and january, having a particular harsh chain of losses in a row, I could only get back in the end of the season, and me not being much used to Pes 19 ruthlessness, I only avoided an humiliating virtual demotion by finishing 16th (since, as it's well known, there is sadly no Serie B in 19).

However, as of now I'm satisfied of the team of young, very promising players I put togheter:

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and looking forward to grow them, hoping to do better in the next season 😉
 
Madmac79 said:
I've resumed with more consistency the Genoa Master League I started some months ago on Pes 2019. The idea of this save was of kinda imitating the Atalanta cycle that started around 16/17 and is more or less still ongoing, so a tactical base of 3-4-2-1 (that can also become 3-4-1-2, and every other possible variation with the 3 back as the main certainty), and the broad market objective of picking up young, but promising strong players who I may sell when they'll become strong enough and reinvest as the bergamaschi did in those later years (although I'll go case by case, even if I don't want to buy superstars already formed or at least keep those as exceptions, the idea is to become a powerhouse in a couple seasons).

Without mincing words, this first season was very harsh 😁 :

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I think I had a decent start, where I thought I could have even fought for EL, but between changing like 3/4 of the players between summer and january, having a particular harsh chain of losses in a row, I could only get back in the end of the season, and me not being much used to Pes 19 ruthlessness, I only avoided an humiliating virtual demotion by finishing 16th (since, as it's well known, there is sadly no Serie B in 19).

However, as of now I'm satisfied of the team of young, very promising players I put togheter:

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and looking forward to grow them, hoping to do better in the next season 😉
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Since there's no Serie B, if you finished 17th, what would happen?
 
subtra3t said:
Since there's no Serie B, if you finished 17th, what would happen?
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There are 3 relegations in Serie A, so I guess you mean if I finished 18th? Either way, nothing really, as far as I know single leagues in Pes are just like there are no demotions in them, so I would just start again in Serie A (at least in classic mode, in challenge I'd most probably still get sacked)
 
Madmac79 said:
I've resumed with more consistency the Genoa Master League I started some months ago on Pes 2019. The idea of this save was of kinda imitating the Atalanta cycle that started around 16/17 and is more or less still ongoing, so a tactical base of 3-4-2-1 (that can also become 3-4-1-2, and every other possible variation with the 3 back as the main certainty), and the broad market objective of picking up young, but promising strong players who I may sell when they'll become strong enough and reinvest as the bergamaschi did in those later years (although I'll go case by case, even if I don't want to buy superstars already formed or at least keep those as exceptions, the idea is to become a powerhouse in a couple seasons).

Without mincing words, this first season was very harsh 😁 :

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I think I had a decent start, where I thought I could have even fought for EL, but between changing like 3/4 of the players between summer and january, having a particular harsh chain of losses in a row, I could only get back in the end of the season, and me not being much used to Pes 19 ruthlessness, I only avoided an humiliating virtual demotion by finishing 16th (since, as it's well known, there is sadly no Serie B in 19).

However, as of now I'm satisfied of the team of young, very promising players I put togheter:

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and looking forward to grow them, hoping to do better in the next season 😉
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Are you playing on PC?

Just curious as I really enjoy PES19 but can't find a more up to date option file for PS4. But noticed you have like Califiori and players who wouldn't be on an older option file.
 
SP83 said:
Are you playing on PC?

Just curious as I really enjoy PES19 but can't find a more up to date option file for PS4. But noticed you have like Califiori and players who wouldn't be on an older option file.
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Yes mate, I'm playing on PC, Smoke patch! Hope you'll find something updated for the PS4 anyway 🙂
 
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