The cool thing is that it is relatively easy to apply that Alex gameplay formula to any PES6 OF. And as you perfectly know there are plenty of great patches for that game. In theory every major tournament from Euro96 to WC2014 (that one still in development) has been authentically reproduced by Shahrudeen plus there are these CL playoff patches from 99 to 2003, so there is just too much to play.
Myself in the meantime I am slowly shifting to WE9, with the latest gameplay-improved exe by Kingsley (
https://evo-web.co.uk/threads/pes5-we9-we9-le-v5-1-improved-gameplay-beta-for-we9-pes5.76214/ ). Plays some really nice football and is quite an improvement from the original - this in case you'd like to consider returning to your great WE9 OF, that I'm by the way still playing, with tactics
Holy moly I didn't know about this gameplay patch, I am going to try it on my PES 5 installation in Windows 7 (I have it on a separate hard drive to this, my Win 10 one because I couldn't get the PS2 pad working properly in Win 10). Thanks a lot for that link!
All these great tournament patches that have been done for PES6- I don't suppose they will work with PES 5, will they? I would love to do France 98.
My 2012 ML season ended with no trophies for me- a strong league season for the most part, but I slipped down to third with Man Utd taking second late on, behind Chelsea. I was actually not far behind them this time despite a shaky end to the season, because they suffered a draw and a defeat too. Man Utd knocked me out of the D1 Cup semi-final in extra time in the second leg, with Rooney tapping in a saved shot. They went on to lose against Arsenal in the final. In the CL, I quickly went behind to AC Milan, tournament top scorer Gilardino netting his seventh of the competition. I equalised on 11 minutes through Gazza, and the rest of the half was very open and end to end. The second half got a bit more scrappy from both sides, and still at 1-1 it went to extra time. Despite forcing a couple of saves from corners, I was unable to break through, and it went to penalties. I actually saved their first shot, gambling on it going straight down the middle which it did. Unfortunately that was the last one I saved, and my crucial fifth penalty was stopped. After about three sudden death penalties, I lost.
Milan did the treble, though domestically they weren't so strong as usual and lost quite a few. Palermo and Livorno were surprise strong performers, grabbing each a CL place for 2013. I think Real Madrid won the Spanish league, with Barca second, though the latter won their domestic cup. Bayern won the fourth league, with PSV second. Man Utd again reached the Uefa Cup final, and actually won it this time, against Newcastle.
The top scorer in the league was Henry, with about 20. For a long time it looked as though it would be one of my strikers, Ordaz or Orellano, but Orellano finished on 18 and the Spaniard with 15. A strong season nevertheless, and my total scored in the league was 58, my best yet. Orellano was voted the best player of the league, and Castolo got the most assists in the D1 cup (Two!). Unfortunately I was generally less prolific in the league with my midfielders, with the surprising exception of the man who is still my first choice right winger, Burchet. He scored 5! Easily his best season yet; even as he slows, his shooting skills reach the giddy heights of the high sixties. Gazza only got one in the league, though he fared better in the cups.
It was the last season for Minanda and Castolo. The Portuguese playmaker scored 35 times in 178 appearances, with 16 assists. I haven't been scoring nearly as many from corners in this playthrough, and many of my assists come from one of the front three to one another. The brilliant Brazilian made 170 appearances for me, scoring 47 goals and making 14 assists. His last two seasons saw less playing time for him, and his output was very modest, but he made himself useful.
2013
So, two players retired, and I decided not to renew Giersen's contract either. I decided not to buy any new players this season, and instead to allow more playing time to the large squad I already had. I have a lot of youngsters now. Having almost reached Christmas though, I am considering getting another player or two though- Gazza has had to wait until now to be the first choice AMF, and he cannot last a full game these days, and of course Burchet always gets exhausted around the 60 minute mark, so I am typically replacing one or both of them every match. Ximilez is barely more durable.
I began well this season, beating newly promoted RBC Roosendal 3-1. I was determined to make a strong scoring start to the year, especially against these Dutch minnows who had never before scraped their way into the top flight, and all my goals came in the first half. The second half was rather flat, enlivened only by a rather bizarre own goal scored by O'Brien, my aging Irish CB who I plucked from Portsmouth in 2006. He passed it- quite gently- back to Shilton from outside the box, and it rolled past the goalie who seemed quite perplexed by it. Still, I continued to be quite handy in terms of goal scoring, and Gazza is having a much better season in that respect- he already has 5 in 11 league games, my top scorer. Chelsea are scoring ridiculous amounts, having won two matches 6-0, but they've also lost twice already which is heartening. I myself slipped to a 2-0 defeat to Arsenal, one of the sides that beat Chelsea. I was a bit complacent perhaps as the Gunners have had a mixed start to the season and are about 7th. In any case, at the moment I am a point clear of Chelsea, with Man Utd close behind them. I qualified quite comfortably for the CL, and have won my first game.
I feel like I could actually win the league this season. My front two, Orellano and Ordaz, are pretty potent, and I have a number of overly fast wingers to help service them (I mentioned before how I feel it is silly that so many players develop high 90s stats, especially in speed). Chelsea might just be usurped!