van Niewenhuyze
15-10-2001, 07:21 PM
Having got my 2001/02 Palace side to 1st in the 1st Division, leading it by 6 points, with only 5 games to go, in the latest CM game, I reached the landmark fixture of Crewe Alex, away. I played the game, using 100% fit players, the same side+subs as I normally used, with the same tactics (4-3-3) that I use for away games. I lost 5-0! Angered, I cheated, I control-alt-deleted and replayed the match, not once, but 30 times. I changed tactics (tried them all) alternated players, positions of players, 'went on holiday' blah blah blah.... I lost every game, ranging from 0-2 to 2-6, I never even drew one!!!
This made me think. In reality would a lower to mid-table Crewe Alexandra beat a Crystal Palace side unbeaten in ten games, top of the league and with as fit and better rated players 30 times in a row at home, by huge(ish) margins, time after time after time after time? Could it be that sometimes, whatever strategy you employ, the game is pre-programmed for you to lose? No matter what you do??
This made me think. In reality would a lower to mid-table Crewe Alexandra beat a Crystal Palace side unbeaten in ten games, top of the league and with as fit and better rated players 30 times in a row at home, by huge(ish) margins, time after time after time after time? Could it be that sometimes, whatever strategy you employ, the game is pre-programmed for you to lose? No matter what you do??