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Stromson — Afan Lido: Midseason Review

Hello all, and welcome back to my Afan Lido story! After some consideration and speaking with a key advisor or two, I’ve decided to try something a little bit different. I’ve been getting such a positive response to the videos, that I’m going test switching this story over to a 90% video format. I’ll still be writing some portions of the update, especially during preseason when there is a great deal of player movement (although even that might change). This is just a trial really, so if you guys (and gals) decide you prefer the written format, I’ll switch back over to that and use the videos only as supplemental material.

So to begin our new found formatting fun, let’s take a look at our midseason review:

Afan Lido Mid Season review

And because a video session is never complete without a live commentary game session, here’s our match against Bangor City (Warning: there was a little bit of foul language in this one, if you’re sensitive to such things):

Afan Lido vs Bangor City

Let me know what you guys think of this new format, and if you’d rather see writing + video, just video, or just writing. Thanks for the continued support everyone!

23 комментария

23 Comments

  1. Mrdiord

    4 июня, 2011 at 19:53

    Try some norwegian free transfer players, you can get them cheap and they are pretty good not like those poor players that you have bringed in, not that im going to tell you how to play your game.

    • Stromson

      5 июня, 2011 at 13:19

      Thanks, I’ll see if I can find any available in my save.

  2. Laxeyman

    4 июня, 2011 at 19:56

    Unlucky Stromson, your team are competitive but just lack that winning edge. I’m not really sure what you can do to change that, but hopefully you’ll find a solution and avoid relegation. Good luck!

    P.S Great videos again :)

    • Stromson

      5 июня, 2011 at 13:21

      Yeah, it’s a bit of a mystery, but they just don’t seem to have «it». Hopefully they’ll figure it out before it’s too late!

  3. Darren Smith

    4 июня, 2011 at 20:13

    Good update Jon, I can feel your frustration but it has to get better soon! Some more funny bits and a good general feel for what’s happening. I personally like the videos because it makes for something different but would suggest doing what ever your most comfortable with as your good at both writing and recording. I just don’t think you should write a long post and have videos because that may be too long. Keep up the good work

    • Stromson

      5 июня, 2011 at 14:13

      Thanks Darren, I appreciate the support. :) I think I might start doing short write ups in conjunction with the videos, just so there’s something there to read. It’ll be a bit of an experiment, that’s for sure. :)

  4. Sibo

    4 июня, 2011 at 20:24

    Another set of great vids, even if what they are showing isn’t too great! I take it you didn’t get a chance to look at my Central African Republic stars? :D

    Also, my new club, which you can see on my blog has got LESS season ticket people than you, yes LESS, we only have 30! Bwahaha!

    Great videos, you should do these with a little writing just to explain background or show profiles etc. but focus on the videos they are great! Well done and good luck! :D

    • Sibo

      4 июня, 2011 at 20:26

      Oh yeah, favourite quote:

      «Maybe I should install a torture chamber or threaten them with…nasty things or something?»

      LOL :D

    • Stromson

      5 июня, 2011 at 14:19

      I looked actually, but there wasn’t anyone available to sign anywhere near my price range. I did end up tracking down a pretty promising Nigerian striker though, so we can count that if you’d like. :)

      • Sibo

        5 июня, 2011 at 14:30

        Yeah let’s say that counts… ;-)

        P.S. I am going to miss your videos when I go back to school tonight, stupid school filters youtube unless you have gone to an «internet safety class» and signed an agreement. Just so happens that that I.T. lesson was the first one I miss in 3 years! :-(

        • Stromson

          5 июня, 2011 at 21:22

          Oh no! Maybe I can arrange to e-mail you the .wmv files. :)

          • Sibo

            6 июня, 2011 at 08:07

            That would be awesome, I’ll e-mail you later today so you have my adress! Thanks a lot mate! :D

  5. Kevin

    5 июня, 2011 at 09:36

    Hi Stromson
    A bit of a rough beginning for you though I’m sure you can improve somwhere? I’d like to see a bit more writing along with with an under 5 minute video though you are certainly «gifted» in in making these viewing updates.

    • Stromson

      5 июня, 2011 at 21:15

      I’m thinking some tactical changes might be in order. I’m still working on trying to balance the videos with the writing, but I’ll work to nail down a consistent pattern!

  6. Johnny Karp

    5 июня, 2011 at 10:55

    Your lads lack confidence, that’s the big problem in my view. You had 4 clear cut chances in that last game, you really should have won it. I guess you should try to encourage them and if that fails you can send them to that torture chamber :)
    Now about the videos, I really like them a lot but in my view you shouldn’t have more than 10 minutes of video per post as most people won’t have time to watch them (I know I didn’t at some point).

    • Stromson

      5 июня, 2011 at 21:17

      The board has approved my request for a torture chamber and they’re currently in the planning stages. Unfortunately they won’t be ready until June of next year, so it won’t help us much this season. :( I think I’ll try and keep all of my real «update» videos at a 10-minute maximum mark, but I do enjoy making the game ones as well, but I’ll list those as «optional».

      • Johnny Karp

        5 июня, 2011 at 21:22

        The game ones are nicer, I would keep those :) And maybe make the update ones shorter or skip them and write that part. Just a thought, it’s your choice.

  7. vaibhavc

    5 июня, 2011 at 14:18

    Hey Stromson
    I would go with the torture chamber option, I like that option. Your players are just hopeless and you cannot score. I like the videos and I think you should keep them, maybe you could shorten them a little bit.

    • Stromson

      5 июня, 2011 at 21:18

      Hopeless is a pretty good word for them. :-p Hopefully I won’t have to go medieval on them, but at present rate…

  8. Daniel

    5 июня, 2011 at 17:30

    Just need to blooming score!!!!! that’s all.. oh and have you got arsenal’s defence? no phyiscal presence what so ever!

    your video’s… truly amazing!! so funny but yet competitive? haha, what do you use to record them?

    Daniel :D

    • Stromson

      5 июня, 2011 at 21:21

      Haha, yeah, that pretty much sums it up. We have Birmingham’s offense and Arsenal’s defense…neither of which is helping us very much. I’m using FRAPS to record all the game footage.

      • Daniel

        5 июня, 2011 at 21:29

        thank you! looking forward to your next post!

  9. Ana Garcia

    5 июня, 2011 at 22:40

    I really need to get my sound working, I’m afraid I cant provide any real feedback as I dont know what your saying!

    But I watched the videos in silence and your team looks a litttle unlucky at the moment a few defeats aswell so maybe try encouraging your players rather than be dissapointed.

    I found that worked well when my team was struggling to get a win.

    But good luck! I am hoping you can turn your season around! :)

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