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-===== Explanation of Print-outs =====
-==== Filling in the TurnSheet ====
-(**Note:** These notes are for people who manually complete a turnsheet. The majority of players now use TeamPick for creating and emailing their turnsheets)
-To differentiate between your orders and your results, the former is generally called a TEAMSHEET,
-while the latter is known as a SQUADSHEET.
-At the top of the sheet is the simplest part to complete. Here you must write your name, the name of
-your team, what League you are in, what division within that league, and what session the orders are
-for. Please ensure that you get these bits of information corrects, otherwise you might end up losing
-out. Below this is the section of the sheet that deals with your expenditure of success points from the
-last session. Here you mark your coaching of performance levels, your P/S training, and whether or not
-you choose to turn any of the SP’s into cash. Also here is the section of the sheet when you can
-designate the use of two PP’s to restore a player currently under the effects of an All-Season Injury.
-(Note: only an all-season injury can be treated like this, not lesser ones. All-Season injuries show as
-being injured for 99 games on the results sheet when they happen).
-The spaces below this part of the sheet are for noting down any Scouting we wish to do over the next
-session, plus any finances we wish to allocate to either Tactical ploys, or Extra Scouting Information. To
-be successful with you scouts, you must ensure that you are scouting the right team, at the right venue,
-playing the correct opponents. In the next part of the sheet, we must negotiate contracts with any
-player that is currently on four weeks or less of his existing contract. The section marked for Auction
-bids is only to be completed if there is an Auction list in the current Newsletter, and you wish to try and
-purchase a player from it.
-You may not bid for any player or item more than once, and unless we are instructed otherwise, your
-bids will stop after the first successful purchase. The transfers section allows us to unload our players
-onto the Non-league sides, or to conduct deals with other managers. In this part of the team sheet, you
-must be very clear about your intentions. Details on your team sheet must match the details written on
-the team sheet of any other managers involved in the deal, otherwise it will fail. Note also that the six
-slots show a maximum number of deals that can take place in any one session.
-The last part of the sheet is there for us to pass messages on to other players through the press column,
-to query the GM on any matter, and to highlight any turn fees sent in with the orders. If there is a
-matter that needs resolving BEFORE the orders are processed, then it is wise to make sure that it is very
-clear to us, or that it is written on a separate sheet of paper entirely. Also note that unless your credit is
-entered on the sheet, it is possible that a cheque could be left, overlooked, inside an envelope and
-simply discarded. The reverse of the turn sheet is where we actually pick the teams and tactics we will
-use in the matches we have lined up for that session. There are three boxes available for our teams,
-clearly marked as MATCH ONE, TWO and THREE. The manner in which you fill these boxes in is the way
-in which your teams will be picked.
-**ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE CHECKED THE PROCESSING ORDER OF THIS SESSION’S GAMES!**
-If you enter your Friendly match as Match Two, and then put your Cup team down as Match Three, you
-are most likely going to find yourself with a superb win in a meaningless friendly match, and a sorry exit
-from the Cup! Choose your team in logical order, starting with a Keeper and/or Sweeper, and then
-listing all of your Defenders, then Midfielders, then finally your Forwards.
-The Substitutes position should always be filled in as well, despite whether you believe that you need
-one or not, if you don’t fill in the Sub’s box, then be prepared to pay the consequences.
-After all the players have been entered, we then tally up the skill totals of each one, and write them in
-the Sub Totals boxes below. Remember that players such as MF/A, MF/D and MF/A/D all add their levels
-to more than one area of the team, and these additional playing levels should be recorded here too.
-Also, this is the first time the `Three Times Rule’ is checked, in that no outfield area can have more than
-three times the total skill levels of any other area.
-For example, a team with a DF total of 13, MF total of 37 and FW total of 26 would be acceptable, while
-a team with DF 12, MF 39 and FW 27 would not. If this rule is broken, then the computer will rearrange
-your side in the manner it finds easiest to deal with, which normally entails moving your best player
-from the offending area into the offended one. And, for most players, this will result in the subsequent
-loss of performance levels for playing Out Of Position!
-The additions columns below your Sub Totals are where you place the more subtle tactical choices,
-including the bonus levels gained from Home Advantage (or Playing Defensively), your Captain’s
-influence levels, any Aggression points you choose to use, and finally, any Motivation Points you desire.
-The Final totals are then added together, and they too must be checked against the `Three Times Rule’
-as they were at the Sub Totals stage. It is always wise to double check these figures, as they are the ones
-that you will actually field in the game, provided you have made no errors of judgment in the above
-procedures. Below this is the Playing Style option, one of which you should select unless your sides
-conforms to no particular style at all. Remember that it is no use selecting a Style if your team formation
-does not conform to the requirements of that style. Finally you can then enter any marking you intend
-to use in the game, provided that you know the marking numbers of your opponents, which must have
-been gained through Extra Scouting Info, earlier in the same season. Once you have filled in one Match,
-then you can move on to the next of your fixtures for the session and repeat the process. The only
-difference here concerns the picking of newly discovered APP’s, or the subsequent qualification of the
-same. If a newly discovered APP was discovered in Match One and is also chosen to play in Match Two,
-then you should simply leave the Squad Number blank when entering his details for Match Two. He does
-not have a Squad Number as yet, and he has already been `discovered’, so there is nothing you can
-enter here at all. If an APP or SBY has qualified in an early Match on the same session, then they will play
-in any subsequent matches at their new performance level of 2.
-Last, but by no means least, you must fill out the fourth box on the back of the sheet. Here you select
-the Penalty Taker for the session, whether you want to use up a Physio Point or not, the details of any
-Youth Players that may be discovered this session, along with any further investment in this option,
-money placed into both Supporters Club and Ground Development whether or not you wish to install
-the expensive modifications to your Pitch, and finally, whether or not you wish to change your
-designated Captain for the games this session.
-Please don’t overlook this box, as in the cases of Penalty Taker and Youth details in particular, it may
-prove very costly if you leave it completely blank. Failure to choose a Penalty Taker will mean that the
-computer selects one of you team at random to take any spot kick you are awarded, while ignoring the
-Youth option will result in the forfeit of any player discovered through this option on the current
-session. Better safe than sorry, eh?
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-==== ShowMatch ====
-For those players who do not wish to trust their turns to the fates of the postal service or who wish to
-receive their sessions back by e-mail where they can watch their teams games played out kick by kick,
-we have the fantastic Kickabout tool that is Shomatch, developed for us by long time player Paul Sutton.
-ShowMatch allows you to view the results of your matches from the previous session in a tele-printer
-style. Watch the match unfold before you as the minute by minute commentary is displayed
-accompanied by the roar of the crowd as the ball hits the back of the net. The program definitely makes
-the game even more gripping for the real masochists amongst you!
-Please note that you will need to pay Spellbinder a small fee to have the ShowMatch updates emailed to
-you. This fee is currently £15.95 and covers the whole season for as many teams as you run (i.e. if you
-have three teams in three leagues the cost is still just a single payment of £15.95).
-==== TeamPick ====
-Also built by Paul Sutton, Teampick is a computer program that takes all the hassle out of filling in your
-session sheets, with an inbuilt error checker that will highlight any serious omissions etc known as the
-Assistant Manager. TeamPick is an integral part of the game now, and the vast majority of players use
-it, it is simply brilliant and makes filling in your turn sheets a joy, and even better it catches your
-mistakes for you, it is also free to download at the following web-site:- www.teampick.co.uk
-==== MarkInfo ====
-One of our ‘senior’ players Tim Dodge has created this useful little program that once installed extracts
-player details from your Showmatch updates.This remarkable programme acts like your own chief scout.
-It allows you to monitor and track the composition of your opponents squads. It automatically and
-meticulously reads through the various resources available within the Showmatch updates (transfer
-news, auction results, international squads etc.) sent to you after each session. It extracts the data and
-then files it away ready to be used before that vital big match. It is also free to download at the
-following web-site:- www.teampick.co.uk