Player Watch 2021-22

[allezlesrouges]

Premier League
Dan James, played 70 of United's 5-1 win over Leeds. Tyler Roberts played the last 20 mins

Chem Campbell on the bench for Wolves

Championship
Tom Lawrence played the full game for Derby

Vaulks, Moore, Watkins & Colwill on the bench for Cardiff

Ben Williams starts for Barnsley (BBC has him down as a LWB)

Allen starts for Stoke, A.Davies & Fox on the bench

Wilson starts for Fulham

Matt Smith on the bench for Hull

George Thomas on the bench for QPR

Andy King and Jay Dasilva (still eligible) start for Bristol

Bradshaw on bench for Milwall

Harry Pickering starts for Blackburn (unclear whether eligible)

Brennan Johnson starts for Forest (as a number 10)

Mepham & Brooks start for Bournemouth

Hughes starts for Preston


Haven't checked League One but feel free to post below

[welshwhite]

Jones, John, Sheehan and Williams all starting for Bolton at Wimbledon, Isgrove on the bench.

[fiveattheback]

Brooks scored another for Bournemouth

[insertname]

Luca Hoole has started his second league game in succession for Bristol Rovers and I notice a Rovers fan claiming he will be Rovers next big money sale due to how he has taken to playing for the first team after coming through Rovers academy and looking likely to be a first team regular in his first full season. Sounds like one to watch out for going forward.

[allezlesrouges]

Aug 14, 2021 14:52:15 GMT insertname said:

Luca Hoole has started his second league game in succession for Bristol Rovers and I notice a Rovers fan claiming he will be Rovers next big money sale due to how he has taken to playing for the first team after coming through Rovers academy and looking likely to be a first team regular in his first full season. Sounds like one to watch out for going forward.

Cian Harries starting too I notice. Do they still have Martinez?

[insertname]

Aug 14, 2021 14:59:11 GMT allezlesrouges said:

Aug 14, 2021 14:52:15 GMT insertname said:

Luca Hoole has started his second league game in succession for Bristol Rovers and I notice a Rovers fan claiming he will be Rovers next big money sale due to how he has taken to playing for the first team after coming through Rovers academy and looking likely to be a first team regular in his first full season. Sounds like one to watch out for going forward.

Cian Harries starting too I notice. Do they still have Martinez?

Harries scores a volley from outside the area last week after being moved to full back but he isn’t liked at all and most would drive him to any club that would have him.

The brilliantly Welsh named Pablo Martinez is an odd one. Earned rave reviews when he came in at the end of last season to the point that the club took up an option of an extension to his contract. Given that Hoole has been brought in to be relied on as a first teamer this season it’s odd not to see Martinez involved at all so far this season. But then given Joey fucking Barton is the manager I don’t currently expect anything Bristol Rovers do to make sense

[fiveattheback]

Wilson and Brooks both been sent off!

[allezlesrouges]

EFL Cup tonight;

Niall Huggins starts for Sunderland

Sorba starts for Huddersfield and gets an assist

Tyler starts for Leeds

Davies, Chester, Fox & Norton start for Stoke

Scott Smith starts for Wigan

Sheehan starts for Bolton

Dan Williams starts and scores for Swansea, B.Cooper comes on at HT

Sam Bowen starts for Cardiff

Brooks plays 65 for Bournemouth and is subbed off for Mepham in a 6-0 loss to Norwich

Fin Stevens is an unused sub for Brentford - a bit disappointing

Chem Campbell is not in Wolves's match day squad which was surprising considering he's been on the bench in the Premier League recently - a loan move incoming?

[dragonsoccer]

WALES PLAYERS IN CLUB ACTION IN BRIEF

Round up

Charlton U23s - Ryan Viggars start, 1 goal
First team debut for Oli Hammond (Nottm Forest)

Players

Nottingham Forest - Oliver Hammond start, no Brennan Johnson

Millwall - Tom Bradshaw start
Morecambe - Callum Jones sub
Preston - Andrew Hughes start, Jamie Thomas sub, Ched Evans minor injury
QPR - George Thomas start
Oxford United - Billy Bodin injury
Sheffield United - Rhys Norrington-Davies sub
Derby - Tom Lawrence injury

Wigan - Gwion Edwards and Scott Smith start
Bolton - Josh Sheehan start Gethin Jones and Declan John subs
Stoke - Adam Davies, James Chester, Christian Norton, Morgan Fox all start
Wycombe - Adam Przybek, Joe Jacobson, Alex Samuel start, Sam Vokes sub

Barrow - James Jones and George Williams subs
Fulham - no Harry Wilson
Sunderland - Nathan Broadhead , Niall Huggins start
Blackpool - no Chris Maxwell
Brentford - Fin Stevens subs
Forest Green - Lewis Thomas start
Cardiff - Will Vaulks and Sam Bowen start, Kieffer Moore, Kieron Evans, Oli Denham subs
Cheltenham - Owen Evans start
Huddersfield - Sorba Thomas start
Leeds - Tyler Roberts start
Crewe - Billy Sass-Davies start, Shaun Macdonald and David Richards subs

Swansea - Daniel Williams start, Lewis Webb, Liam Cullen, Brandon Cooper, Oliver Cooper subs
Plymouth - Callum Burton, Ryan Broom andLuke Jephcott start
Lincoln - Regan Poole start
Exeter - George Ray sub
Scunthorpe - Tom Pugh sub

Leyton Orient - Tom James start

Man Utd U21s - Charlie Savage start
Bournemouth - David Brooks start, Chris Mepham sub
Coventry U23s - Declan Drysdale, Ryan Howley start, Aaron Evans-Harriott sub


updates on the web site daily

[fiveattheback]

Bowen did ok for Cardiff, Moore & Colwill came on as late subs whilst Denham came on in the first half and was broadly fine

Vaulks was poor.

[allezlesrouges]

Aug 24, 2021 23:00:48 GMT fiveattheback said:

Bowen did ok for Cardiff, Moore & Colwill came on as late subs whilst Denham came on in the first half and was broadly fine

Vaulks was poor.

Saw people on twitter still shouting "No Vaulks?!?!" at the squad announcement. Mostly Cardiff City "fans" with players as their display pics. I find it weird that these types still push that - he hasn't been included for a very long time now, and doesn't even play for Cardiff. It's clear all these people just have odd biases

[fiveattheback]

Aug 25, 2021 8:21:09 GMT allezlesrouges said:

Aug 24, 2021 23:00:48 GMT fiveattheback said:

Bowen did ok for Cardiff, Moore & Colwill came on as late subs whilst Denham came on in the first half and was broadly fine

Vaulks was poor.

Saw people on twitter still shouting "No Vaulks?!?!" at the squad announcement. Mostly Cardiff City "fans" with players as their display pics. I find it weird that these types still push that - he hasn't been included for a very long time now, and doesn't even play for Cardiff. It's clear all these people just have odd biases

People latch on to certain players. I've wanted Vaulks included in the past purely to have a different option on the bench, particularly as he performed well last season, but last night he was shown up by Sam Bowen who was declared the "star man" by Wales Online.

Vaulks is an odd player, techmically he's decent but he just lacks the speed of thought and composure to make the most of it

[allezlesrouges]

Aug 25, 2021 10:40:03 GMT fiveattheback said:

Aug 25, 2021 8:21:09 GMT allezlesrouges said:

Saw people on twitter still shouting "No Vaulks?!?!" at the squad announcement. Mostly Cardiff City "fans" with players as their display pics. I find it weird that these types still push that - he hasn't been included for a very long time now, and doesn't even play for Cardiff. It's clear all these people just have odd biases

People latch on to certain players. I've wanted Vaulks included in the past purely to have a different option on the bench, particularly as he performed well last season, but last night he was shown up by Sam Bowen who was declared the "star man" by Wales Online.

Vaulks is an odd player, techmically he's decent but he just lacks the speed of thought and composure to make the most of it

Speech of thought is the most important thing the higher up you play. Love the man, he's really lovely, and happy for him that he had a chance to play international football. But yes, I think it's obvious the future of Welsh football is going in a different direction to him - we have a lot of talent coming through

[allezlesrouges]

Premier League
Neco comes on for the last 10 mins to get an assist for Firmino

Tyler & James both start for Leeds. Tyler as a no.10, James on the right

Cameron Archer makes the bench for Villa. Archer is listed as a forward - 19 years old, and Smith has come out and said "when Wales find out he is eligible for them they will want to give him a call"

Championship
Wilson starts the early kick off for Fulham

Sorba starts for Huddersfield

Lockyer starts for Luton

Brennan starts for Forest

Lawrence starts for Derby

Chester, Davies and Allen start for Stoke

League One
Alex Woodyard starts for Wimbledon

MJ Williams & Sheehan start for Bolton

Jacobsen starts for Wycombe

Walsh & Poole start for Lincoln

Gunter starts for Charlton

Jephcott starts for Plymouth

Morrell starts for Portsmouth

League Two
Hoole starts for Bristol Rovers

Oli Cooper starts for Newport

Touray starts for Salford

[welshrover]

Goals for Ched Evans, Sam Vokes and apparently a bullet header from Jonny Williams tonight.

Would be Welshman Paul Mullin also on the score sheet.

[allezlesrouges]

Not sure where else to post this as I can't find the relevant player thread

Harry Clifton started tonight as Grimsby knocked Southampton of the FA Cup to reach the quarters

[talyfan]

Always wanted to post about it to but when I was Wales gaffer on FM 23, Harry Clifton was absolutely shit hot for two seasons scored 20+ goals a season from central midfield for Grimsby who literally just finished mid table in league two.

Called him up as we ended up in the same situation we're in now but worse as Ramsey retired in 2024.

Gave him debut, we got tonked and then got sacked.

[allezlesrouges]

Mar 1, 2023 22:38:08 GMT talyfan said:

Always wanted to post about it to but when I was Wales gaffer on FM 23, Harry Clifton was absolutely shit hot for two seasons scored 20+ goals a season from central midfield for Grimsby who literally just finished mid table in league two.

Called him up as we ended up in the same situation we're in now but worse as Ramsey retired in 2024.

Gave him debut, we got tonked and then got sacked.

Currently doing a FIFA career mode as Man United manager, but just so that I can do an international management role with Cymru - although took me about 3 seasons to actually get offered the Cymru role

I planned ahead and bought Brennan Johnson early, using him as a rotation player at first, but he quickly got good enough to start. He was 90 overall by the time I took the national job

Bought Ampadu but had to send him out on loan, and only been able to get him up to 79 overall - still one of the best players in our squad though after the 2016 lot phase out

Ben Davies sticks around for a while, although he retired in the middle of a tournament for me which was annoying!

Matondo surprisingly goes up to around 77, so an attack with him, Brennan & DJ is very easy to play on the counter with. I'm finally starting to get some decent regens (2027-28) now that I've turned the United youth academy into a Cymru regen factory. They should actually improve the lineup beyond the 75-78 overalls I've been stuck with, so now I can actually try to reach some knockout games of tournaments

I think I started the 2026 WC with a lineup like;

Ward (75)
Connor (75) Cabango (77) Davies (79) Neco (76)
Ampadu (78) Levitt (77)
DJ (78) Wilson (79) Matondo (77)
Brennan (90)

[talyfan]

allezlesrouges

Always felt FIFA is too linear. Overtime your players will always get better but none would come out of nowhere unless there was a regen for instance don't know if they changed that or not?

But with FM - form, injuries, match sharpness etc all came into selection for me and would also determine player abilities.

By the end of 2024 for instance when I got sacked (very short lived spell as boss!) Joe Morrell wasn't playing at all for Dundee Utd at the time. Nor was Matt Smith. So options at centre mid were thread bare along with Ramsey and Allen retiring. Bale was still playing funnily enough but was stats were absolutely abysmal.

My last squad featured the likes of Harry Clifton, Robbie Burton (who was playing regularly for Dinamo) and a lad called Benji Purcell who plays for Reading who came out of nowhere!

Also rightfully gave Andrew Hughes and Chris Maxwell a good number of caps too!!

[allezlesrouges]

talyfan

Yeah it's definitely not as good or as flexible as FM. What I will say is that their most recent edition is more flexible with player development

For example, Brennan's actual potential is only 85. But if you play him regularly in a good team in good form he will exceed that to the 90 I got him to

This works with any player in theory, although it's unlikely you'd be able to get random players with low potential emerging suddenly, more so that you could get a Clifton or a Terry Taylor up to a 78 if you do it right