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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: RedJ on December 27, 2010, 04:07:01 am
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What's the best formation any of you have had with the best players as Donny? and who would be good to buy? I've been working on it for about 2 months but I can't seem to get anything to work. We always drop to the bottom of the league...
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im having the same sort of problem with mine! on a big loosing run at the moment. started pre season with a bang went undefeated but now in november and finding myself 22nd in championship...
tips, formations, buys needed.
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The guys who made this really underestimated us. The same's true of Blackpool. Both us and them get destroyed in our respective leagues.
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try loans Kyle Walker, right back from Spurs.Wood from WBA. Knocking them in when coming on as sub for me. 4th in championship.
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Cheers! will 4-4-2 work with that?
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will consider walker when the loan window re-opens, just managed to get frank nouble from west ham for a few months, and mills from saints, i signed gary madine from carlisle hes so far struggled with the step up, giving time and maybe farming him out on loan will get some form out of him.
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Apparently Le Fondre from the Millers is decent. Gonna have a look at him in January.
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No matter what I do I keep doing unbelievably shite! I keep restarting because I refuse to allow us to go down when the creators so clearly and so massively underestimated us.
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le fondre good shout, might have a look at him, ive sunk to the foot of the championship now :(
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I've not managed anything better than a draw all season. I'm on my 5th restart. Le Fondre turned out alright, but my shambolic defending let me down. Sully's a bit rubbish for me on this and I can't afford to bring anyone in.
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José Gonçalves is an excellent free agent signing for the Championship. I'm not sure whether he fits within Rovers' budget on FM11 as I haven't played as them. I've signed him for Middlesbrough and he's excellent. Can play LB or CB, and has a weapon of a long throw.
Adriano Basso is another free agent. Decent keeper, good age at 34/35 ish and probably a bit sharper than Sully.
I'd advise people struggling for signings to ask the board for a parent club. If you manage to get a link with a top Premiership clubs, you can get their talented youngsters on loan deals without paying any of their wages. Even if you don't, it's worth having a look around the Prem clubs' reserve squads, the likes of Man Utd, City,, West Ham, Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea are always willing to loan out their youngsters free of charge, even if there is no link between the clubs. (Try John Guidetti on loan from Man City - decent player and would probably be better than Le Fondre. Wouldn't cost a penny if on loan too.)
Another good signing for pretty much any Championship club on FM is Anderson Silva. Ex-Barnsley midfielder. He is a free agent and is a good player for the midfield.
Febian Brandy is a free agent on FM11 too. He was good on FM10 and is very quick. Not sure if he's got the quality for the Championship but may be worth a shout.
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VikingJames wrote:
José Gonçalves is an excellent free agent signing for the Championship. I'm not sure whether he fits within Rovers' budget on FM11 as I haven't played as them. I've signed him for Middlesbrough and he's excellent. Can play LB or CB, and has a weapon of a long throw.
Adriano Basso is another free agent. Decent keeper, good age at 34/35 ish and probably a bit sharper than Sully.
I'd advise people struggling for signings to ask the board for a parent club. If you manage to get a link with a top Premiership clubs, you can get their talented youngsters on loan deals without paying any of their wages. Even if you don't, it's worth having a look around the Prem clubs' reserve squads, the likes of Man Utd, City,, West Ham, Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea are always willing to loan out their youngsters free of charge, even if there is no link between the clubs. (Try John Guidetti on loan from Man City - decent player and would probably be better than Le Fondre. Wouldn't cost a penny if on loan too.)
Another good signing for pretty much any Championship club on FM is Anderson Silva. Ex-Barnsley midfielder. He is a free agent and is a good player for the midfield.
Febian Brandy is a free agent on FM11 too. He was good on FM10 and is very quick. Not sure if he's got the quality for the Championship but may be worth a shout.
You legend B)
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Try Chris Smalling on loan from Man United too.
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Cheers :-) 7 million for a youngster, though? Christ... glad he's so easy to loan!
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It seems no matter who my keeper is we always ship loads of goals, even when the defence is sound... the one thing that eases the pain is seeing Leeds and Barnsley below me.
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RedJ wrote:
It seems no matter who my keeper is we always ship loads of goals, even when the defence is sound... the one thing that eases the pain is seeing Leeds and Barnsley below me.
Too attacking, tactically?
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4-5-1 with everything set to default, but the philosophy (or whatever the top thing is) is set to counter
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4-4-2 got me promoted in season 1 via the playoffs. Mindset was Counter.
I simply spent an age on training tactics and played around with set pieces til i found a suitable tactic.
As mentioned, some key freebies at the start and complimenting them with loan signings throughout the period help. I signed Basso and also had Wood in on loan, though the key man for me was Billy Sharp. Constantly speaking in private with him after every match keeping him on edge and gagging for his next match to impress, he scored an impressive 27goals in season 1.
Loan signings are good but be warned, despite making the prem and banking £22m for the club, i was sacked the following season for being relegated from the premiership!
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Basso's been dodgy as hell for me - although a lad called Frank Fielding's been ALRIGHT - and then you find some of the younger players in the Prem's reserves. Immense.
That's a bit harsh? do they not realise the Premiership's kinda hard?
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1st season i signed le fondre, basso,andy van der mayde and season loan full back greg cunningham & stephen darby from man city and liverpool and fabio borini a striker from chelsea,i also asked john ryan to sign Mark Howard from a danish club AGF for 600k. in january i got callum davenport as a free agent who is solid at the back, i finished just above relagation playing 4-5-1 and 4-4-2 depending on who i was playing.
im in my 2nd season now im 11 points off the playoffs but relatively safe with 12 games to go, im in the 6th round of the fa cup and made a couple more signings....
GK...david gonzalez.... david healey, kevin phillips for the bench, christian nanetti, andrew tutte and keiron dyer all on free transfers, they have boosted the squad but all seem to blend well, also in my 2nd season i got Arsenal as parent club.
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my usual starting 11 is now
gonzelez
friend, howard, davenport, o'connor
sheils, stock, payne, nanetti
healey, sharp
im doing ok.
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Some quality names there! sounds like some quality advice. Tip for anyone looking here - don't sign Shittu. He wants relatively high wages, and he's shit by name, shit by nature, I've found (even though the coaches' reports all say he'll be amazing for us).
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ive almost accepted relegation, i cant see myself keeping us up im a good 11 points adrift :( i see the restart button calling my name, and will take a few tips from other users on here as reguarding players tactics etc and hope for a more reasonable era with rovers take 2.
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The first time I tried it, I got 10 points from the whole season. I felt like throwing the computer at the wall I got so frustrated :laugh:
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Finally started to get our act together. 3 wins on the bounce. Billy's firing on all cylinders.
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Finished the season one point adrift. If only Leeds had f**king won.
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gutted mate, i finished 2nd season in 12th, got to the quarter final of the FA cup beaten on pens by arsenal, my 3rd season expectations are higher, i now need mid table at worst, ive taken 2 points from my 1st 4 games and squeezed through in the league cup 3-2 aet vs L2 stockport.
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i have got a couple of gems in on loan though, kid called gohkan tore from chelsea and ryhs murphy and jet from arsenal.
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I signed some decent strikers and even got Shsckell and Davenport at the back :-( I still got hammered by bloody Crewe Alexandra in round 4 of the FA Cup...
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davenport takes a while to settle in, in the 2nd season he will be quality.
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I hate how he's injured in the first season and you can't sign him until January
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just restarted my career as rovers, pre season went ok only defeat was 2-0 to chelsea won the other 3 and drew one, signed a couple of players in basso and wood that you guys recommended on here and so far they've been useful additions, basso on a free and ive got wood for 6months from Wba i also picked up Stern John for free and have Joe Mills on loan for a season, narrowly lost my first game late on 2-1 to Cardiff, a 2-1 win over Burton in the CC, defeat to Blades and ive just won 5-0 away at Scunthorpe hayter scoring 2 and setting up 3! had a stromer!
so an alright start to my new reign! :) UTR!
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I signed some pretty decent players, many mentioned above, and I managed to get Dexter Blackstock (somehow) as well as Cristiano Zanetti. Still falls apart every time.
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my team is
basso
wilson(on loan from liverpool) jay demrit jimmy coleman (on loan from everton)
woods stock oster copps
sharp hayter/sears
im top of the league on 20 points
won againest leeds 2-1,leicester 2-1 scored in last min and im just playing cardiff and im 1-0 up
i still need some new faces in my team any decent free agents?
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Van der Meyde, Stern John, Zanetti (unless he's just on free at the end of the first season)
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ill try getting them, i think i might get healy at end of the season but i bidded for him in january and he wanted 31k a week :ohmy: which i didnt want to give him, :thumbsup: just beat cardiff now. top of the league with donny :) we are going up :woot:
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Wouldn't even sign for me until I offered him about that much. Chris Smalling's a good loan signing, as mentioned earlier on here.
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i tried healy aswell, rather pricey on the wage side of things, Sunderland keep offering him for a price i probably could afford but he wants silly wages!
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He doesn't even speak to us at first.
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Finished second season, finished 12th in the Premier League and somehow won the Carling Cup!
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What's your team sheet? and formation?
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Mainly this in 2nd season
Sharp Keogh
Fleck
Stock Schelotto
Maduro
Mulgrew Larsson Troest Naughton
Smithies
but I rotated a lot so any of these could have played instead:
Coppinger
O'Connor
Jimenez
Hauger
Kladrubsky
Mouche
Lindgren
Dodo
Sanogo
I've since decided to switch to a basic 4-4-2/4-1-4-1 for 3rd season to be more solid as I conceded too many for my liking. That base formation served me well though for the first 2 years.
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Haven't heard of half of these players. Will have to do a fair amount of scouting. Thanks! :-)
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Currently in 2027/28 season, won the UEFA Cup last season, won the League Cup the season before.
Unfortunately, the Premier League has escaped me and the highest I've finished is 2nd.
Due to move into the 29,000 all seater Doncaster Stadium at the start of the 2029/30 season after a takeover from a German consortium. I have £135m worth of debt though...
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I always seem to end up in quite a lot of debt, too. Perhaps I'm just bad luck for the team because none of your, I'm sure, excellent suggestions work on my team :-(
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Update - 3rd season
Currently 6th in PL after 18 games. Defence is solid with only 14 goals conceded, Andre Bikey is a machine at CB. Got knocked out of the Europa League in the group stage though. :( Also the Keepmoat has been expanded to capacity 19981.
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In my first season top of the league :) just won 2-1 againest sheffield united and 4-1 againest scunny :) im scoring goals for fun and not conceding many just dont want to let this form slip, currently 14 games unbeaten
we are going up rovers fans :)
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I love how only myself and JS seem to be failing :laugh: well done all you Rovers legends! :-)
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haha :laugh:
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Akinfenwa wrote:
Update - 3rd season
Currently 6th in PL after 18 games. Defence is solid with only 14 goals conceded, Andre Bikey is a machine at CB. Got knocked out of the Europa League in the group stage though. :( Also the Keepmoat has been expanded to capacity 19981.
You must be good then :) finally put a decent run together, just 2 points adrift in 22nd.
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GK
Adriano Basso - free
Luis Robles - Free
DEF
Jay Demerit - free
Bernard Mendy - free
Michael Ball - free
Steve Finnan - free
DO NOT SIGN ALL STRAIGHT AWAY IF YOUR DONCASTER! The wages will honestly cost you loads, you'd have to sell Stock and maybe Sharp to cover, but in my experiences they have been very good in this division and worth signing. I also recommend the loan markets, in particular, JET and Villa's Marc Albrighton.
Chris Wood - WBA - Loan
This lad scored 23 in 37 games for me. So many I spent millions bringing him back for the 2nd season.
As for tactics I just simply used a 4-4-2 and a 4-5-1 with all 5 on same line of midefield if that makes sense.
p.s Tom Bender of Colchester Utd you'll find is a v good youngster to sign in defence. Hopefully I've proven my knowledge of the game and what i do in my average spare time.....
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In my First season I have won the Championship Title on the last day of the season against 2nd place Notts Forest and now look forward to becoming a new yo-yo club
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First season I got these on loan:
- Chris Smalling (Man Yoo)
- John Guidetti (Man City)
- Luc Castaignos (Chelsea) (They bought him from Feyenoord in the game)
- John Fleck (Rangers)
These on free:
- Adriano Basso
- Jay DeMerit
- Jose Goncalves
- Anderson Silva
- Michael Ball
Sold:
- Lockwood (Watford) £100k
- Thomas (Carlisle) £10k
- Josh Payne (Bradford) Free
I changed my expectations to 'title challenge' and got more money. Spent £800k on Pablo Mouche from Boca to give me more quality up front.
Tip: Organise loads of friendlies against big sides at home in pre-season to make more money.
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Good advice, db and akinfenwa :-) thanks, most of these turned out to be good signings so far :-) (yes, I've tried some out already!)
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i sent josh payne out on loan in the 1st season, 2nd season he is awesome and worth 600k ish
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Yeah, just cashed in on him myself, good deal for him and us
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Scouting wise I have some more great signings
Inverness CT
Lee Cox, Adam Rooney and Shane Sutherland. You wont look back in the Championship. You'll be 10 points ahead ;)
Personally I'd recommend selling Woods for 800k in first season. That cash will be very handy for boosting your wages OR January signings. Also if you need more time to improve your team, pick Brazil as a league then start your game in January 2009. Then play regular friendlies and sort up training programs and tactics, then start of season, you'll be ready to kick ass
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Cheers :-)
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tactics, play a 4-4-2 with wingers in attacking midfielders
a 4-4-2 diamond
Or 4-5-1
:laugh: How sad am I?
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donnybez wrote:
tactics, play a 4-4-2 with wingers in attacking midfielders
a 4-4-2 diamond
Or 4-5-1
:laugh: How sad am I?
Well I spend every free moment on the game, simply as I've nothing better to do when I've no work to do or any plans :laugh: :laugh:
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RedJ wrote:
donnybez wrote:
tactics, play a 4-4-2 with wingers in attacking midfielders
a 4-4-2 diamond
Or 4-5-1
:laugh: How sad am I?
Well I spend every free moment on the game, simply as I've nothing better to do when I've no work to do or any plans :laugh: :laugh:
I'm not alone!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Well I started my second game with Rovers just after Xmas and I'm doing a lot better than my first attempt!
First season I finished 7th (although I was never really in the hunt). Sold Stock in January as couldn't get him to sign a deal. Managed to sign Mateja Kezman (only £5k p/w) and was pleasantly surprised with how well Dennis Souza performed for me.
Second season I won the championship with Billy ane Kezman banging them in. Current players who featured heavily were JOC, Chambers, Hird, Souza, Gillet, Shiels, Woods, Copps & Sharp. Hayter and Oster still making good squad players.
Just doing my pre-season ahead of the premiership but struggling to get real quality in. Managed to sign Joe Lewis on a free and a Brazilian striker from Moscow. A bit apprehensive of the premiership as my main tactic is quite open (a 442 with advanced wingers) so I'm toying with a 451 idea.
Only thing I don't quite like is how much I seem to have to look abroad for signings. I reckon in two years, other than loan signings, Lewis is my only English/British signing. Found some very good Eastern European players and the odd South American but Brits seem to be so expensive. Sam Vokes went for £5m and £22k p/w!
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I know what you mean re having to look abroad. 4-3-3 seems to be working well for me lately - 4 points above the drop zone with 5 games to go, went on an unbeaten run (beating Ipswich 6-1 in the process, somehow) for about 6 games. Only ended when top of the table Newcastle came to town.
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:laugh: still unbeaten in 24 games. on 60 points :) looks like im taking donny to the premiership :laugh:
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:laugh: I've survived a season, which is phenomenal news for me! and I sent Leeds, Hull and Scunthorpe down on the last day :-)
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good good im in january is richard wright a good goalie?
:laugh: leeds are rubbish on this ive got em next :)
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I gave him a few games, definitely worth a shout.
They really are!
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looks like i need to sign him up then :) he wants a good wage too 7k per week :(
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He's definitely worth the cash :-) might be worth asking the board to increase the wage budget
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ive put on transfer budget the winner of the division and hes signing. :)
is calum davenport good cos i just put an offer in :laugh:
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Yeah, he's solid at the back :-)
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1st season 14th, 2nd season 4th and promoted, 3rd season 14th in the Premier League. Now I'm sat 10th approaching the half-way point. Sharp is the only player I still have in the first team!
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I've been playing this after a couple of years off. Don't get a hugh amount of time to play it but managed 4 seasons since it came out.
Got sacked by JR languishing near the bottom of Championship. Managed to get employed by Bristol Rovers in League 1 but didn't last the rest of the season!
Made my comeback with Yeovil in League Two, got promoted via the playoffs and the next season got knocked out of League One playoffs by Huddersfield. Was getting difficult as there was no transfer budget and really low wages, top earner was on less than £2k a week and chairman started selling players. I turned down an offer from an equally skint MK Dons, where the star player was Lewis Guy and the next week got offered the Huddersfield job, £180k wage budget and £4.8 million transfer kitty.
Not doing too badly, 4th in League One, unbeaten in last 6 so looking good going into last quarter of the season. A decent player for me has been Brice Ntambwe, Will Hoskins bangs in the goals too!
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Lewis Guy? Star player? :laugh:!!! how did you manage that one? :laugh:
I have Ntambwe at Donny - done bugger all!
Chris, I had a similar 1st season just now when I restarted. (relegation battles get boring after a while!)
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RedJ wrote:
Lewis Guy? Star player? :laugh:!!! how did you manage that one? :laugh:
I have Ntambwe at Donny - done bugger all!
Chris, I had a similar 1st season just now when I restarted. (relegation battles get boring after a while!)
On FM08 I got Rovers from L1 to the championship then I had 5 successive seasons of finishing between 12th and 16th - thats boring!
Still waiting to get to my first season in the premiership as I didnt get on it over the weekend.
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Just finished my third season and managed to finish 3rd which I didn't expect. My defence was solid, only conceding 31 league goals so I ended up grinding out a lot of narrow wins.
I also retained the Carling Cup beating Birmingham in the final. Nobody seems to play their strongest team until the semi-finals so I've had a pretty straight forward route to the later stages both times. Did crap in Europe though, got knocked out in the group stage of the Europa League.
Season League Pos Other
2012/2013 Premier League 3rd Carling Cup Winners, Champions League Qualification
2011/2012 Premier League 12th Carling Cup Winners, Europa League Qualification
2010/2011 Championship 1st -
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Just signed richard wright,calum davenport and joe mills still on 68 points :)
is everyone top scorer billy sharp cos he scored 30 for me so far :laugh:
we are going up rovers fans :woohoo:
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bessacarrover wrote:
we are going up rovers fans :woohoo:
Ahh video games :laugh: :laugh: ....If only You were saying that on final day of this season :laugh:
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donnybez wrote:
bessacarrover wrote:
we are going up rovers fans :woohoo:
Ahh video games :laugh: :laugh: ....If only You were saying that on final day of this season :laugh:
:laugh: who knows what will happen ;)
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I always have decent runs when I'm in the wrong parts of the table, and do crap when I'm up there.. Well done anyone who's NOT failing :-)
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Ended up paying £650,000 for Alex Smithies. Money well spent.
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Yep, definitely a good keeper, and he only gets better :-)
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Very tough indeed been Rovers on FM11. I tend to start in the Blue Square teams; in my 1st season with Gainsborough I finished a decent 8th & Rovers finished dead last in the Championship, going down with Blackpool and Watford.
Some players to look out for as Rovers are:
Alex Smithies - Huddersfield GK
Danny Wilson - Liverpool (Loan) DC
Jordan Spence - West Ham (Loan) DC
Torric - Heart of Oak MC
Mirko Barocelli - Piacenza WR
Gai Assulin - FREE WL
Suso - Liverpool (Loan) AMC
Harry Kane - Spurs FW
....Some kid called Messi too?!
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Jordan Spence was awesome for me but he got injured for 7 months after only 8 games.
Ravel Morrison is a good attacking midfielder. Bought him as back up for copps but he scored 3 goals in 4 games coming off the bench.
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I think the developers underestimated a lot of teams this season. Blackpool and Newcastle come straight back down and Donny usually get hammered (whether I'm them or not :laugh:).
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Well after a ropey start I think I will survive my first season in the Prem. I dropped in a couple of 451's from my FM10 game and I've been fortunate enough to beat the teams around me so I now sit 15th in February with 28pts from 28 games - not great in itself but the bottom 3 are terrible and I'm already 12pts clear of safety. Billy has started to bang them in and I've got Kakuta and Boyata in on loan. Plus once I started doing well a few more players were willing to join so I have a pretty decent squad at the moment includeing Andres D'Alessandro!
Of the current crop Sharp, Woods, JOC, Hird, Shiels and Gillett still feature regularly. Copps, Oster and Hayter are decent back up but probably won't get new deals. Souza, Martis, Friend, G. Woods & Chambers are reserves running down contracts.
In terms of inspired signings I signed a kid from Man City called Donal McDermott, a Czech AMC called Thomas Horava, a Spanish free centre back called Aythami and a Brazilian centre back called Lima. All could be different on your games of course!I've also got some Italian and Dutch youngsters out on loan for whom I have high hopes.
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McDermott's doing well for me too. I'd advise you keep Oster, as the fans get upset if you let him go (for me they did anyway).
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I'm half way through 2013/14 season and I'm 5th behind the 'big four'. In the summer I got rid of most of the players I brought in to 'do a job' in the Premier League and invested in some really good young players who will only get better. This is the only way I can compete with the likes of Man Yoo (just been taken over by a Jamaican tycoon :D) and Arsenal in terms of quality of players. I've got about 8 scouts searching everywhere for players.
I'm finding the league more difficult this year though as my club reputation has increased so I can't just 'park the bus' every game and nick a goal anymore. I've lost some silly games away from home where I've been either too defensive or offensive. For me one of the most challenging parts of FM is to adapt your approach to games when you start becoming predicted to win rather than being predicted to get hammered and the other way around.
I'm still in the Champions League though and I'm through to the knockout stages after a late equaliser away at Leverkusen kept me 2nd in the group. However I got knocked out of my favourite cup, the Carling Cup in the first round this year.
Also the fans seemed to be in uproar after I let Billy Sharp go to Dundee Utd on a free in the summer, linking up with Brian Stock who went there the year before on a free. :D:D
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:laugh: very interesting stuff :-) I completely reshaped my squad and brought in shit loads of decent players, and now I'm top of the league 7 points clear :-) in November of 2011 :-)
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Started a new game and will update all of you on how its going regulary :)
January 2011, my board has signed for me, from Dundee, Leigh Griffths
Results (Our scores on left)
Away - Crystal Palace 0-0
Home - Macclesfield LC1 3-0
Away - Ipswich Town 6-1
Home - Millwall 1-0
Away - Exeter LC2 1-0
Home - Leicester 5-2
Away - Coventry 4-2
Home - Barnsley 0-0
Away - Cardiff 3-2
Away - Bristol City 0-2
Home - Tottenham LC3 0-2
Home - Reading 3-1
Home - QPR 3-0
Away - Preston 2-1
Home - Derby 1-0
Away - Burnley 1-2
Home - Hull 2-1
Billy Sharp - 10
JET - 5
DeMerit - 3
Coppenger - 3
Transfers
In
Abdi Abrahim - Man City - Loan
JET - Arsenal - Loan
Shane Lowry - Villa - Loan
Tom Bender - Colchester - £110k
Jay Demerit - Free
Out
Muzi Dumbuya - Tristina - £250k
Steve Brooker - Scunthorpe - £250k
Mark Wilson - Reading - £95k
Byron Webster - Shrewsbury - Loan
Simon Whaley - Free
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The \"Out\"s look similar to mine from my first season, but then I got loads more out in January :laugh: some good signings there, good luck!
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:laugh: Thanks, Martin Woods is one I might sell, Usually get 800k for him, but might boost it to £1,000,000 In a bid to make money, Hayter will be off too, since I only play one striker, 2 attacking wingers and 3 central midfielders and 4 defenders.
I'm still top for some reason, makes no sense, but if I go up, I'm definatly signing Jay Emmanuel Thomas
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You see, I hate being a sentimental bas**rd :laugh: I can never sell Woods, Billy, Hayter or O'Connor, and some of the other regulars :laugh:
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:laugh: I was like that, but once you find 'that' player, you'll end up selling em to fund him
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Because I'm even more nice, heres a little trick
Include Brazil in your ingame nations, and choose the option December 2009, Trust me, the more time to play big teams in Friendlies (recommend Real Madrid away) and training means when the season starts you'll be ready and more then prepared
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Is that to improve you as a manager? :-) because I need it! :laugh: Christ alone knows how I'm top of the league - we usually fall apart after I make loads of signings :laugh:
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Well despite losing 6 of my last 8 league games I survived my first season in the Premiership (2012/13).
Managed to sign some very decent youngsters in the summer and hopefully I can give them enough game time to develop. Started very poorly though and I'm 17th after 6 games, only winning one of them.
Billy, JOC and Hird are usually in my matchday 18 with Gillet, M.Woods and Shiels still part of my squad.
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I'm in 19th after 24 games and 6 points adrift, but I think it's something to do with the massive reshaping I did in the summer. They haven't gelled, or they weren't as good as I thought they were.
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OK, just to give you an idea of the kind of results we're getting, I've sat through most games singing this - \"BACK DOWN! we're going straight back down, we're going straight back down, we're going straight back down!\"
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Could be you require a stiffer defence
Anthony Basso
JOC
Martis
DeMerit
Van Aanholt (Chelsea) Loanee
Thats the one that helped me along. I had Finnan on a free in a bid to get the solid clean sheet record I wanted
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Basso's just retired, and I have McMahon, Wheater, Kilgallon and Konchesky with Lewis (sometimes Smithies) in goal. I'm in Feb 2013 now. Yet another restart may be in order... The Premiership's too good for us!
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Well without wanting to jinx things I may be about to stay up for a second season. I'm 16th with 27 from 27. I seem to mirror the SOD way - start slowly and then pick up through the winter. I've beaten those around me and sit 8 points from danger in early March.
My team now mainly consists of up and coming youngsters from lesser European nations although I do have Joe Lewis, Scott Parker, Andres D'Alessandro, a Turkish international whose name escapes me, and, of course, Billy Sharp as established players whilst the others develop. My youth system is starting to take shape as I have the England U21 keeper out on loan as well as some promising defenders holding their own in the championship. I'm just hoping I can squeeze enough from my current senior players to keep me up for two more seasons whilst my youngsters develop! I'm still struggling to really strengthen, whilst I still fear relegation I daren't go above £25k p/w even though the board would let me.
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I've been in that situation (apart from the being safe part!). How much a week does D'Alessandro want? and will he not come when we're in the Championship?
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Try \"team blending\" in the team selection,section.
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Thanks!
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RedJ wrote:
I've been in that situation (apart from the being safe part!). How much a week does D'Alessandro want? and will he not come when we're in the Championship?
D'Alessandro's agent approached me in Jan 2013 (halfway through my first premiership season). He was a free agent and wanted £35k p/w but snapped my hand off at my first offer - 1.5 years, £25k p/w with a 50% relegation clause. Come summer I got the 12monh warning about his contract. He wanted another year at £44k p/w but he accepted my first offer of a years extension at £26.5k p/w, again with a 50% relegation wage drop.
Scott Parker's agent approached me in July 2013 but I wasn't interested as I have a decent MC already. Come January 2014 he approached me again as he was still without a club and as my MC wasn't hitting the heights of the year before I opened up negotiations. He wanted 18months at £13k p/w. I offered 6months at £11.5k p/w and he took it. He's 33 so I'll closely monitor his stats to see if they start to drop off or if he gets another year.
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Sounds good, hope I go up this season then (restarted - actually kept the squad almost the same but added a few new faces). Jeremie Aliadiere's a decent shout for anyone still in the Championship, and Olivier Kapo.
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just won the title on 111 points with rovers 40 games unbeaten and billy sharp top scorer on 44 goals
got a new contract and got alot of money to spend 23 million in total
got rid off brooker,clarke,webster
signed keiran gibbs (loan)
danny rose (loan)
ryan mason
ben alwick
jonathen woodgate
joe murphy
kieran dyer
maybe a couple more coming in :woohoo: im in dreamland :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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Well my younsgters are starting to mature into very good players and I'm 28 games into my 3rd Premiership season (5th in total) and I'm sitting 11th with 38pts so practically safe already.
The summer will see the exit of Gillett, Woods, Shiels, Friend and Copps leaving me with only Billy, JOC & Sam remaining from the start of the game. Billy is a regular sub with JOC and Sam more back up players. With Parker, D'Allessandro and my Turkish winger all hitting 33 I think they will be leaving too meaning I'll be under pressure to sign quality replacements and continue in my quest to become a stable mid-tableside for a couple of years.
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Sounds as though it's coming together. I've had to restart yet again :laugh: but I think I've found a squad that works at last!
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Sounds like a challenge mate, might take the plunge and purchase it, im still on FM 2010 at the moment
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I had FM2010, and I was actually quite surprised to find how much harder 2011 is! that, or I'm just a rubbish manager and the fact that the simulation is deeper than ever has caught me out :laugh:
Look forward to hearing updates if you decide to buy :-)
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Bought my lad fm2011 for Christmas, so last week I thought I would have a go, I went 28 games without a win in the league before getting the sack, I got that desperate, I played Neil Sullivan up front and he scored in his first game, I did have a giant killing to my name by beating Man Utd in the 3rd round of the cup 3-0
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It really is difficult. I've followed the advice of a post here and started in December 2010 by activating the Brazillian league. It helped a lot.
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I ended up finishing 2nd last season (13/14) and got to the quarter finals of the Champions League but Arsenal were too good for me, as were they in the Premier League because they won it by a good margin.
I'm currently in January in the 14/15 season and have surprisingly just gone top of the league. Will I win it? Probably not, I don't expect to be as good in the second half of the season because the fixtures seem harder. Still, I'm through to the Champions League knockouts again but this time I've got an easier draw (PSG) because I finished top of the group.
I'm raking the money in from the Champions League and it makes a huge difference, especially as I still pay relatively low wages. Hopefully the ground will be expanded with the money as I get the same capacity crowd of 19,981 every game.
Click to maximise
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/DJB_Rovers/0579c0c2.png)
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I'm looking to expand, as we had a number of sellouts last season (finished 10th in the Championship, my first season). Hoping to go up as I've been given a decent budget.
Well done by the way! good to see Forest in the drop zone ;-)
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Finished 11th in my third top flight season.
Forgot to mention I'd signed Michael Mancienne on a free and he scored 9 from CB! Just had a poor transfer window though with only Carlos Vela to show for my efforts (only £2.6m but £45k p/w which is a good £15k more than anyone else). He's 26 so hopefully will get 4 good years out of him whilst my young strikers continue to blossom. My England U21 keeper is ready to challenge Joe Lewis for the #1 jersey so hopefully a top half finish and a cup run is on the cards.
In terms of \"recognisable\" names I have:
Joe Lewis
Michael Mancienne (who won an England cap last season whilst playing for me)
Billy Sharp
Kyle Lafftery
JOC
Carlos Vela
Decent youngsters I have signed (that may not be good on your games!)
Jack Butland
Dennis Borodin
Robert Beres
Gilbert Ndweni
Oscar Sosa
Only problem is the ground. It's been expanded to 20.4k but despite filling it every week the board can't buy the ground as they say we can't afford it.
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Sounds like Mancienne is a must buy. Sign him up!;-) I always seem to have a good run of about 5 games at the beginning then fall away to mid table obscurity. Don't buy Frazer Forster - dud keeper.
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Oh yeah...
Chelsea 0-3 Doncaster (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/DJB_Rovers/DRFC%20FM11%20Save/6e3e8976.png)
That result has just put me back top on goal difference after 29 games. I've also just won the Carling Cup for the third time beating Birmingham 1-0 in the final again.
I'll put on some screenshots of some of my better players although it won't be much use as most of them are newly generated by youth teams (then I poach 'em ;)).
- Jose Saint-Louis (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/DJB_Rovers/DRFC%20FM11%20Save/1daed17a.png)
- Matias Ezequiel Schelotto (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/DJB_Rovers/DRFC%20FM11%20Save/2bcd276f.png)
- Miguel Veloso (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/DJB_Rovers/DRFC%20FM11%20Save/5007694b.png)
- Anderson (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/DJB_Rovers/DRFC%20FM11%20Save/5c9a8766.png)
- Yaya Sanogo (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/DJB_Rovers/DRFC%20FM11%20Save/1f7f3264.png)
- Chidi Okeke (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/DJB_Rovers/DRFC%20FM11%20Save/4f11f0fe.png)
- Khaled Zaalani (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/DJB_Rovers/DRFC%20FM11%20Save/04e4edc1.png)
- Alex Smithies (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/DJB_Rovers/DRFC%20FM11%20Save/aeb793a8.png)
- Angel Gimenez (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/DJB_Rovers/DRFC%20FM11%20Save/678fd7d5.png)
- Fabiano (http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/DJB_Rovers/DRFC%20FM11%20Save/ab8a83b5.png)
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Sanogo and Smithies are good. Not heard of t'others, but they look quality.
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How about another challenge?
Start the season with only the players SOD has in his squad(at this moment) and see how you do. Can it be any worse than your previous attempts?
I'll do it if you do!
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:laugh: I tried that in my first go, finished 24th. Head to head record was 0-3-43 :laugh: see how well you do with them
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will do. Get back to you soon.
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Look forward to hearing. If you do well, I may have to ask for a few tips :laugh:
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Bit of a delay for me getting it - HMV sold out - anyone know of anywhere cheap on the net? Got another month before i start my new job so plenty of time!!!
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eBay or Amazon would be the best place to look. I wish I could remember the name of an online shop that sold games for something like 25% off! :(
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I'm playing the demo of this and doing quite well. Only signed DeMerit, and a few Prem youngsters (Scezney, Darby, JET and Wood), I've always been suspicious of these demos as I think they give you an easy half season to lure you in!
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:laugh: that or you're actually good! I'm not! :-(
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Guernsey Exile wrote:
Bit of a delay for me getting it - HMV sold out - anyone know of anywhere cheap on the net? Got another month before i start my new job so plenty of time!!!
Download it from the steam website, no need for the disc then
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Yesterday I powered through the rest of the season and ended up winning the Quadruple (Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, Carling Cup). I surprised myself a bit with that one! As a reward the board decided to upgrade the stadium by a mighty 250 seats. I really need a bigger ground to establish Rovers as a footballing superpower as 20,000 won't do. I've decided to not sign anyone for a while and save up the money.
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250 seats? that's pathetic :laugh:!
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Just got hold of a copy and started a game today.
Signed a few players mentioned on here. Smalling wont sign on loan though.
Got through pre season unbeaten, although only played lower league teams and just drawn my first league game 1-1 away at Leeds.
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What I've just done us put the team in the Conference North - all original players - and put Boston in the Championship in place of us. I know it's a bit of a Copp (;-)) out but it'll at least give me a running start :laugh:
Let us know how you get on Mr Frost :-)
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Well I just finished my 4th season in the Prem and came 2nd. I was top a few times but just couldn't beat the big boys and Man City ended up about 7pts ahead of me. Still, 11th to 2nd and the champions league is a big jump and my squad will certainly need strengthening.
Despite my apprehensions about his wage, Vela banged them in for fun and due to the increase in the clubs stature I managed to get most of my hot prospects onto contracts without minimum fee release clauses.
Sadly I had to let Billy go. He'd dropped to 5th choice striker and I got £2.3m from Burnley and Billy said he'd emjoyed working with me. JOC is still hanging around as 4th choice full back and due to a short defensive crisis Sam Hird got a couple of starts but remains listed at his own request. Dean Shiels came in for a handful of games up front and did well in what was to be his final season so I gave him another year based on the fact he's homegrown and versatile. JOC, Shiels and Hird are the only ones that remain.
Now its just a case of keeping the big boys away from my wonderkids!
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:laugh: what formation do you use? and which did you use in your first season? I'm determined to do well with Donny some way or another :laugh:
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RedJ wrote:
:laugh: what formation do you use? and which did you use in your first season? I'm determined to do well with Donny some way or another :laugh:
I've got 3 tactics that I switch between and have done since the start. For years I've been a 451 man but haven't got one to click this year. I have two identical formations with different instructions, one attacking and one counter attacking. They consist of a back 4, a DM in front of the left CB, an MC further forward but in line with the right CB (so its a non-symmetrical formation), advanced wingers an the AMR/AML positions and two strikers. In the championship I would start most games with the attacking formation and go counter attacking when in front. In the premiership its pretty much counter attack all the way with most players instructions set to \"defend\" or \"support\".
My only other formation is a true SOD style shut-up-shop formation. 4-1-4-1, two banks of four with a DM for extra protection and a lone striker. I only use it when 2 goals up against a top team with less than 15 to go or if I've gone 2 up very early in the game I may use it the last few minutes before half time before switching back to the normal formation for the second half. Thats why I love having versatile players like Shiels (and in the past Copps and Oster) becuase you can shuffle your pack without making subs.
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DonnyNoel wrote:
RedJ wrote:
:laugh: what formation do you use? and which did you use in your first season? I'm determined to do well with Donny some way or another :laugh:
I've got 3 tactics that I switch between and have done since the start. For years I've been a 451 man but haven't got one to click this year. I have two identical formations with different instructions, one attacking and one counter attacking. They consist of a back 4, a DM in front of the left CB, an MC further forward but in line with the right CB (so its a non-symmetrical formation), advanced wingers an the AMR/AML positions and two strikers. In the championship I would start most games with the attacking formation and go counter attacking when in front. In the premiership its pretty much counter attack all the way with most players instructions set to \"defend\" or \"support\".
My only other formation is a true SOD style shut-up-shop formation. 4-1-4-1, two banks of four with a DM for extra protection and a lone striker. I only use it when 2 goals up against a top team with less than 15 to go or if I've gone 2 up very early in the game I may use it the last few minutes before half time before switching back to the normal formation for the second half. Thats why I love having versatile players like Shiels (and in the past Copps and Oster) becuase you can shuffle your pack without making subs.
Ooohh, loving this :P time for yet another restart :laugh:
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Well just finished my 5th season in the premiership and came 3rd with an impressive 80pts. I was in the hunt for quite a while but just didn't have the depth, the big thing was to get in the champions league again. I also came runner up in the League Cup. Ironically my kids/reserves got me to the final but I put my first team out in the final only to get walloped 5-1 by Man U! My kids/reserves also got me to the 5th round of the FA Cup. I got knocked out in the quarters of the Champions League by Barca although provided the fans with very good memories by beating Bayern and Benfica in the groups and winning an entertaining tie 6-5 on aggregate against Napoli in the second round.
My wage structure has had to be revamped a few times and I've now got a fair few players between £40k p/w and £60k p/w and I'm keeping well on top of contracts now the big boys are sniffing round. Got a couple of promising youngsters waiting in the wings but the backbone of my team is quite young anyway so no point signing people just for the hell of it.
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We got big money offers (around £5million) for players like Woods and Stock, and I just couldn't say no. I had it so Stock left in the summer, though. Then, I set about signing free agents and then selling them the week after - they seem to have good values. Then I revamped the squad, but only actually had in 4 new players. Julio Cruz, Jobi McAnuff, Andy Keogh and Chris Eagles. I'm in the plaoyffs now after my second season. Completely ruined our playoff bid last season by not rotating and letting the lads get unfit.
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Concratulations on recaching the play offs at last. How do you play the season so quickly? It takes me all evening to play 2 matches and deal with all the other issues that come up.
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I forgot to mention I'm getting a new stadium too - 31k capacity. It will take a year to build though.
With regards to the time issue I have to admit I'm old school and play \"commentary only\" so I get through a month in 30-40 minutes during the season.I have faith in my tactics and I can't buy players outside the transfer window so after a while it does become quite quick - click click click up to match day. Pre-season and transfer windows take a while though to sort my hierarchy of players & tactics out.
The first two seasons always take the longest I find - getting to know the game and your squad/tactics.
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Concratulations on recaching the play offs at last. How do you play the season so quickly? It takes me all evening to play 2 matches and deal with all the other issues that come up.
Activate the Brazilian league, and start in December 2010 :-)
With regards to the time issue I have to admit I'm old school and play \"commentary only\" so I get through a month in 30-40 minutes during the season.I have faith in my tactics and I can't buy players outside the transfer window so after a while it does become quite quick - click click click up to match day. Pre-season and transfer windows take a while though to sort my hierarchy of players & tactics out.
this also helps speed things up
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Only played a few games in my first season so far cos i've been so busy but i'm not doing well.
Leeds (a) 1-1
Lincoln (h - cup) - Won 3-1
Middlesborough (a) Lost 0-3
Swansea (h) Lost 0-1
Tried some of the players and tactics mentioned on here but nothing seems to be working thus far.
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It is very difficult the first few goes. :laugh: I have about 12 saves that I started and failed epically on!! but yeah, definitely go down the route of activating Brazil and starting in the December. More often than not, everything will be in place and more often than not you'll be in a playoff race.
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I haven't played as much as I would like recently as my study leave is now over :laugh: I'm about a third of the way through the 2015/16 season and I'm top of the league and still in all the cup competitions (except the UEFA Super Cup which I lost) as I expected after winning the quadruple last season. For some reason I really want to win the World Club Championship because it's quite rare that you get the chance to win it and it's a bit different. I've also decided to save up money in hope of getting a new stadium or expansion as 20k is a bit rubbish for me now.
As for tactics, I was still getting used to this game for the first two seasons where I never really had faith in any tactics I created and kept changing it around. Pre third season I decided to create a simple tactic set that I would stick to, and I think it's fair to say that it has been successful and I still use it now. The set is about 8 or 9 different tactics that allow me to cover most situations, I prefer this way as I like to be in control and be able to change things if a match is not going well. I don't really like the thought of just ripping a single, supposed \"super\" tactic off the internet, clicking play and not having a clue as to why I'm getting beat.
I don't really have a way of getting through a season quickly, you just need to have a lot of time on your hands I suppose. FM is a football management simulator afterall so it's going to be quite detailed and require some thought. It may just be my personal preference but I play matches in 2D as I am used to it due to starting to play properly at FM05. I also think find that the 2D view allows me to read the game better. I find it easier to tell if I'm playing too narrow/wide, too deep/high, to spot holes in defence so then I can tweak tactics a bit in the match.
I'm just glad that I'm getting success now because I know how frustrating this game can be when you try everything, put effort in yet nothing seems to work.
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I'm just glad that I'm getting success now because I know how frustrating this game can be when you try everything, put effort in yet nothing seems to work.
You got that right :laugh:
And I like to play them in 2D sometimes, just because I find it interesting to see how my tactics pan out.
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Just finished my 6th season in the premiership. Disappointing in some ways but extremely exciting in others. I loaned out a lot of my best youngsters meaning I couldn't have a meaningful crack at the Leacgue Cup or FA Cup. I got out of my champions league group and destroyed Inter and AC Milan in the 2nd round and QFs and was delighted to draw Lyon in the semis instead of Barca or Arsenal. I drew 1-1 at Lyon in the first leg and 70 minutes into the home leg Lyon were reduced to 10 men. Sadly they still managed to score a winner.
A disasterous run of 6 games without a win meant I was out the title race by December and had to go on a scintilating run of form just to get back into the top 4. On the last day I needed a point to secure champions league qualification at home to runaway (90+ pts) champions Man City. After 90 minutes the game was 2-2 only for City to score in the 92nd minute. Amazingly I equalised in the 93rd minute to secure 4th spot with an unspectacular 75pts. Phew.
In terms of personnel I have a very young team now with few recognised names. I still have Joe Lewis as a back up keeper. Dean Shiels played 4 games last season (I kept him for versatility) but has now retired. JOC is 33 and I've just extended his contract (again based on versatility for cup games). Michael Mancienne is still banging them in from corners. Other than that I don't have many current big names as most of my squad are now regens.
So roll on 2018/19 season and a move to my new stadium!
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Best of luck :-) you'll win it some day :laugh:
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Best of luck :-) you'll win it some day :laugh:
Yeh but perhaps not this eason either! Another poor autumn combined with one team (Liverpool this time) seemingly unbeatable means I'm 9 pts off the top already. Bit of a shame as on paper I've got a decent squad now. I signed a 31yr old Aaron Lennon on a free and him and Mancienne are England regulars as well as my keeper and my striker (both regens) being in the England squad. I reckon my team should peak in two years but I'm starting to feel a bit like Arsenal - waiting for the players to develop whilst other teams keep winning everything!
At least I'm filling my new stadium and look likely to get out my champions league group again.
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Keep calm and carry on, that's what I go with. Keep churning out results in the hope that they'll cock up. Pressure the f**k out of Liverpool and they may crack. When it comes to it, go for the mind games with the manager.
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Keep calm and carry on, that's what I go with. Keep churning out results in the hope that they'll cock up. Pressure the f**k out of Liverpool and they may crack. When it comes to it, go for the mind games with the manager.
That's a good point, I never do go for the mind games much. So much for my doom and gloom around Liverpool though - its January and they are now 7th. Spurs are top, 5 pts clear of a congested chasing pack which includes me in 3rd. I got out my CL group and face Sevilla in the second round and I have got to the League Cup final again. Couldnt strengthen in January but got some promising youngsters in and loaned them straight back out. Also got my board on the case of finally sorting my youth set up out.
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Sounds promising. Keep pushing them all the way, and hope for a few lucky breaks along the line. In my current save, I've bullshitted my way into a position where any one of 6 teams could go up as champions on the last day.
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Well in the end it all went very Pete Tong. Finished 7th (so no continental qualification), lost in the second round of the champions league, the 5th round of the FA Cup and the final of the league cup. My best striker did he cruciate and my second best striker went to pieces withot him so I took the silly money Barca were offering. Also some of my more established players let me down a bit.
That said, I just completed the season after (2019/20) with much better results. Still no trophy to report but I finished 3rd. I was top by a point with 5 games to go but bottled it. My re-jigged defence was very solid but goals have dried up and I've got a succession of £7m Justin Jacksons in my reserves. The positives are that I have 3 great young players on the cusp of my first team, I'm back in the champions league and my new 31k stadium as already been expanded to 45k with me filling it regularly.
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So I ended up winning the World Club Championship easily beating Corinthians 4-1 in the final. That's another trophy to add to the growing collection. I'm about 2/3 of the way through this season and I'm top by 2 points with 2 games in hand with Aston Villa and Tottenham being the main challengers this season. I'm hopeful of winning the league again as I seem to have the most consistant team, even if it's not the best on paper. Still no sign of a new stadium though. The option to ask for new one or an expansion is greyed out.
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Great stuff guys. Interesting to see how important a good youth system appears to be (well obviously it is anyway, but..). As I keep saying, keep pushing and the PL will come. I keep restarting because I get irritated that I can't go up first time :laugh: even with the good frees I've signed and decent lads I brought in on loan.
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Bit of a cop out, but I saved my game before I played the semi final then final of the playoffs :laugh: took me several attempts but finally went up, with largely the same squad as SO'D has now, complete with Euell. Megginson from Aberdeen's worth a shout. I'd also sign Liam Rosenior.
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I decided to start with rovers again got the same line up though
but i didnt sign basso
my line up is
sully
wilson demerit o'connor/davenport coleman
oster stock keegan copps
sharp wood
subs:woods,ranger,mills,sergio,anderson silva
so i think ive got a better team this time round
also just beat super leeds 3-2 :) :) :) :) :scarf: :scarf: :scarf: :scarf: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot:
got derby next come on rovers :)
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Not so super Leeds, eh? ;-)
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Here's a question for you - how do you criticise a referee/'s decision? I saw one of the \"hints&tips\" it gives you when processing or saving or whatever, and it said to be careful not to do it too often, I didn't even know they still had the function to do that! How do you do it?
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I think its in the post-match press conferences but I don't do them (ROK does) so I can't be sure.
Well 2020/21 finally saw me win the league with an underwhelming 79pts although it did include a 21 game unbeaten streak. I got to the same situation as the year before - 4 points clear with 5 to go. I won only one of my last 5 but Man U's tricky run in meant they couldn't catch me. Would have liked to have romped home in style but a great achievement none the less. All cups have still avoided me so theres still plenty of room for improvement.
My stadium is about to be expanded to around 50k seats but the costs of the new stadium are crippling me and I can just about afford one new signing per window. There aren't many established names in the game anymore. Previous star Mancienne is a 33 yr old squad player and a 35 yr old Wayne Rooney has just signed for Burnley after leaving Spurs. The only other name in my team that might be recognised is Kyle Walker. I have 4 England internationals and most of my players turn out for their respective nations.
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Hmm.. may have to scour the game's forums.
That sounds quality. I managed to get us to the Premier League, as I said above, and then I got loads of money from various things you get for going up, also let players go as their value rises massively upon promotion, like Gillett, Brooker, Sulli, and replaced with the likes of Vieira, Djibril Cisse and Roy Carroll (looking to replace him, he's good but a tad dodgy).
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I started off and let my assistant take control of the friendlys.
I signed Jose Baxter on loan for the season,also signed Alwnick on loan for 3 month.
First game i drew 2-2 away at Norwich,they scored a last miniute freekick.
Then i drew 0-0 at home to Chesterfield in the leauge cup and lost on penalties.
Then i lost at home to Barnsley,1-0
Then i lost 3-0 away at Swansea.
However my last game away at Coventry i won 4-1 and was delighted,Billy with a brace.
I have just signed fullback Callum Woods from Dumferline for a straight swap with Simon Whaley,im 15th in the leauge.
Anyway fire away with your tips,i think i'll need them
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Decent start, I'd get signing players such as Rosenior, keep tabs on Davenport, and get DeMerit in.
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Decent start, I'd get signing players such as Rosenior, keep tabs on Davenport, and get DeMerit in.
Right i started again as i lost 5-0 against Boro and got relegated,
Im determined to succeed
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Well my title defense season (2021/22) didn't go so well. I finished third, again struggling to break the 80pts target as Man U romped to the title with 88pts. I'm three games into the following season so too early to say how things are going. Stadium has been added to for the last few seasons and my attendances are now 59k which is handy when I have 3 players over £100k p/w!
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Decent start, I'd get signing players such as Rosenior, keep tabs on Davenport, and get DeMerit in.
Right i started again as i lost 5-0 against Boro and got relegated,
Im determined to succeed
Yeah, it is very difficult. If you decide to restart again, when you decide which leagues you want active, have Brazil as one, cos it lets you start in December, which makes it easier.
Well my title defense season (2021/22) didn't go so well. I finished third, again struggling to break the 80pts target as Man U romped to the title with 88pts. I'm three games into the following season so too early to say how things are going. Stadium has been added to for the last few seasons and my attendances are now 59k which is handy when I have 3 players over £100k p/w!
I'm finishing around 15th each season now - third in the Prem. Had a bit of a mare half way through my second, flirting with relegation until 3 games left, which I then stormed up to 14th. Wage bill is massive now - around the million mark :lol: Best thing to do, I guess, would be to try and get in a bags-of-goals striker on loan late in the year to help fire you that bit further, if you can of course.
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HOW DO YOU START IN DECEMBER.
I have followed the instructions step by step but i cant do it.
Firstly i am...
Selecting new game.
I then choose england as my country to manage in
Then i see a warning that more leauges could slow gameplay down.
So i see another list of countries to manage in but Brazil is not there.
How do i do this,its driving me mad.
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You know the screen with all the league tick boxes in? click the box next to Brazil, as well as England obviously, then once the leagues have been selected (either on this screen or next) there should be a little drop down about half way down. It should already have \"Brazil (December 2010)\" in it, because of alphabetical order. Post again if you've not managed it.
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Im actually excited about my first season,i have had a couple of attempts and realised that its really hard so im having a different approach this time round and making drastic changes.
Chris Riggott (free)
Mustapha Riga (free)
Miachel Brown (free)
Febian Brandy (free)
Gavin Mcann (free)
Jay Spering (loan till end of season)
John Bostock (loan till end of season)
My starting 11 is ...
.................. sully
chambers,riggott,killa,jimmy
...................brown...............
Spearing .................... Riga
Bostock, ...... Billy.........Brandy
Bench
Mcann
Coppinger
Shiels
Hayter
Stock
Oster
Woods (Martin)
Muzzy
Hird.
Im going into my first friendly and im going to try and play a 4.1.2.3 formation,i have some real quality in there and expect to stay up tbh.
All im looking for now is a gk,hopefully i can offload Shiels and Hird and bring in Smithies but im not sure yet.
THOUGHTS ?
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That's a good squad to be fair. I'd strengthen with a few loanees, like Wilson from Liverpool and Smalling from United. I'd keep Shiels, as his versatility is invaluable (shame it doesn't translate to real life ;)). Sign Adriano Basso too - quality keeper.
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That's a good squad to be fair. I'd strengthen with a few loanees, like Wilson from Liverpool and Smalling from United. I'd keep Shiels, as his versatility is invaluable (shame it doesn't translate to real life ;)). Sign Adriano Basso too - quality keeper.
Well i could not find enough time to scrape the cash together to buy a decent keeper and i knew i could not cope with a ageing Sullivan in goal so i went and got alwnick on loan for the season and in fairness hes doing well.
Brandy has been my find of the season SO FAR with 12 goals to his name and he looks a great considering he is only 21,one for the future.
Also i tried signing Wilson from Liverpool and the loan bid was rejected before they finally sent him to Bristol City for the season.
After a message from my assistant i decided to give Simon Gillett his chance after i was alerted that he was fantastic in training and he is expected to play a massive part in my team in the future,so i played him in the last 6 or 7 games and wow what a different player,he has been on the scoresheet 4 times and 4 goals in 7 games is a decent record for a midfielder,he is important.
Im having much more fun playing and winning a bit more than normal and its quite fun,i am 10th and 4 points from the play-offs and im in mid december at the moment.
How is everyone else getting on then ?
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Best part is, Basso is free :) Brandy is amazing, yes :) I wouldn't worry too much about getting anyone new in in January, maybe look at Rosenior, as I said, if he's not taken.
It's a lot better when you're doing well, I'll admit :laugh: good luck hitting the playoffs!
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Best part is, Basso is free :) Brandy is amazing, yes :) I wouldn't worry too much about getting anyone new in in January, maybe look at Rosenior, as I said, if he's not taken.
It's a lot better when you're doing well, I'll admit :laugh: good luck hitting the playoffs!
Well i can forget the playoffs,9 points off now.
Just accepted a bid off 500k for Friend and im going to keep that cash until the end of the season so i can improve my squad then.
How are you doing mate ?
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Just took a 3-1 hammering to Arsenal at home. 16th in the Prem now, but should stay up - mid November, bottom 4 doing unbelievably badly, including one set of Blunts ;-) I'll probably type out my squad list at some point, when I can be bothered. As for the playoffs, don't rule them out until mathematically impossible. I made them once in the very last game. Keep the pressure on.
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Just took a 3-1 hammering to Arsenal at home. 16th in the Prem now, but should stay up - mid November, bottom 4 doing unbelievably badly, including one set of Blunts ;-) I'll probably type out my squad list at some point, when I can be bothered. As for the playoffs, don't rule them out until mathematically impossible. I made them once in the very last game. Keep the pressure on.
I would be near the top of the leauge if it wasnt for conceding late on.
This is the fifth game this season where i have conceded twice in the last 5 miniutes after leading. Bloody stupid.
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What I suggest you do, then, is change your philosophy (I trust you know how to do this) to defensive, and maybe change to a five across the back system, or at least an anchor man.
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i finished 16th with 1 win in my last 15 games but pleased.
Brandy won the championship golden boot and young player of the year.
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He's quality. I'd now look at raiding the free agent market, and bringing in a few loanees once the window opens again. A bargain or two, maybe with big names (if you can), can only help.
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He's quality. I'd now look at raiding the free agent market, and bringing in a few loanees once the window opens again. A bargain or two, maybe with big names (if you can), can only help.
Another restart is needed.
Sacked half way through the season due to the poor harmony amongst the squad. :(
Gutted but i will have to try again . lol
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Right i have tried to sign some quality but not too much this time round,sounds stupid i know but im trying to keep the players happy by giving them all a chance.
I have adopted a more defensive approach to the games but still start with 3 strikers up front in Murphy,Sharp and Brandy. I signed Murphy on loan from Arsenal for the season.
The defensive approach seems a good tactic,ok only 2 games in but im yet to concede. I drew 0-0 with Forest in the leauge and beat Macclesfield 2-0
Just had a small blow with Stock being ruled out for 3 week with a broken toe,he scored against Macclesfield.
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Playing a defensive game may be a good plan. Try and get in Smalling too if you can, and in January, get Davenport, as he's on a free and that's when his injury ends.
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Playing a defensive game may be a good plan. Try and get in Smalling too if you can, and in January, get Davenport, as he's on a free and that's when his injury ends.
Went through a dreadful patch but in the last couple of month i have made up for that with just 1 defeat in 9 and that was against Leicester who are 2nd. I am now 5th and have just won manager of the month.
Brandy is a different player and is having a poor season by his standards,just 2 goals and im in November however Billy is a total different player with 13 goals in 16 games and a average rating of 8.25,hes doing great and he is now worth 3.3m not that i would think of selling him though.
Lets hope i can keep up the good work but i wont hold my breath as i know only too well it can all go wrong in a few games.
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Oh and i alrady have Davenport,decent player to be honest.
Hayter just put me 2-1 up against Cardiff as i type
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Good stuff. As I've said before, don't change anything until it goes wrong regularly. Maybe a chop and change every now and again would do some good too. Keep it up :)
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Missed out on play-offs on last day by 2 goals on gd to Derby. GUTTED
PLAYER OF THE SEASON - BILLY
Most motms. 14
Most goals 26
Best average rating 7.89
Named player of the year for the championship
too deflated to play it tonight again,gutted and frustrated.
Billy now worth a staggering 4.5m
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New season and i have managed to get...
Jason Brown (former blackburn keeper)
Freddie Ljungberg
Noberto Solano (former Newcastle midfielder)
Josh McEachran on loan till end of season (worth 6.35m)
Robbie Fowler (80k and rated as good as billy)
Gonna have another look tommorow.
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Decent squad. Keep pushing on. You're (obviously) getting closer, so one more season just might do it. Try and get Mancienne in on loan if possible.
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Decent squad. Keep pushing on. You're (obviously) getting closer, so one more season just might do it. Try and get Mancienne in on loan if possible.
Im getting closer alright,played my first 5 leauge games and unbeaten in all of them with 3 wins and 2 draws.
Blackpool next up.
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Great start. I was in 10th after about 15 games, then got a 9 point deduction because JR f**ked up on finances, and I'm now in 17th in a relegation battle I didn't need or deserve to be in.
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After many games with Man city/Chelki/Tottenham/Huddersfield/York city ect. I've decided to start with the Rovers. Freebies are what i'm going for signed a couple. How ridiculous is it that you have to pay these 'big clubs' a loan fees of over 200k+ even for 3 months, Got chelsea as a Parent club and there still trying to charge me. Looking foreward to the challenge though, Rovers always seem to be bottom on footy manager, there crap on FIFA as well.
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I always thought the game makers massively underestimate us (that, or we always massively over-perform..). And it is a travesty, the amount they try to force you to pay half the time.
Anyway, best of luck. :)
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Just read through the whole forum, talk about pressure, loads of people doing well!
59k stadium wud be a dream come true i recon! Carry on the good Footy manager work people!
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Well its all trial and error,seems im making more errors than i anything though,sacked for getting relegated before restarting again.
This time round i am going to gamble on a 4-4-2 diamond formation and hope it works out,im going to set out to counter attack the oppisition and press them into mistakes,im going to install young Gary Woods in goal and see how i do.
My team looks like
Woods in goal
JOC,RIGGOTT,KILGALLON,MILLS.
with STOCK just in front of the back 4.
Out wide i have BOSTOCK and RIGA (bostock tempoarily until Woods is fit)
just behind the front 2 i have Shiels (until Copps comes back)
Brandy and Billy lead the line.
I have a very strong bench too.
Im about to play my first leauge game at home to Forest so wish me luck.
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That sounds a quality squad. Absolute quality. You SHOULD be one of the favourites to go up - what odds did they give your side?
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That sounds a quality squad. Absolute quality. You SHOULD be one of the favourites to go up - what odds did they give your side?
I never went up :laugh:
Finished 12th and now into my 3rd season.
MASSIVE WAGE BILL :headbang:
Im not convinced i will ever go up,im getting so wound up.
Got some good players coming from youth thouhh
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Oh dear help somebody ?
Billy has only 6 month on his contract left and he does not wish to discuss a new contract with me,im in the January window and hes worth 3m
Do i sell him ?
Do i risk losing him on a free ?
:S :S :S
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I'd risk it. Maybe he's waiting to see where the club ends up - wait until March, maybe April and then offer more money if you can. If not, then see if there's any way you can reduce transfer money to give more funds for wages, or even ask the board.
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I'd risk it. Maybe he's waiting to see where the club ends up - wait until March, maybe April and then offer more money if you can. If not, then see if there's any way you can reduce transfer money to give more funds for wages, or even ask the board.
ARRRRGHHHH
My brother decided to make a fm with Crawley and somehow managed to overwrite my data :cry: :cry:
Im in my second season and finished 12th in my 1st.
Not signed as many players as i normally do and tried keeping squad normal.
Ben Alnwick
Dumbaya (best rb at club)
Martis
Jody Craddock
Chambers
Stock
Tiberiu Ghioane (110k,29 years old. Decent and best midfielder i have)
Gillett (play him,he comes on leaps and bounds)
Robbie Fowler (120k but 36,grab about 13 goals me thinks)
Sharp (need i explain ?) :)
Brandy (quality as you know,won player of the year and got golden boot last season)
THE BENCH :
Gary Woods (good backup)
James O Connor
Hayter (14 goals last term but announced he will retire at the end of the season)
Keegan (suprise package for me)
Micheal Mcindoe (contrevisal i know but he caught my eye on a free)
Shiels (can play in a lot of areas)
Coppinger (talented but his is clearly catching up with him)
All that squad cost was 230k,shame we dont have a bit more cash on the game but oh well.
P.S - Brandy just signed a new contract,Billy rejected.
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Separov from Uzbekistan is also a really good midfielder. Good squad considering the resources you have. As always, good luck :-)
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New season. (3rd one)
Finished 14th last season.
Cant seem to go up because the board arent backing me enough,they wont improve training facilities or expand the stadium or give me any more cash making my job very difficult,instead of signing great prospects im having to sign 35 year old free agents who were past it 2 years before,i cannot afford to match Billys demands and im therfore considering cashing in on him so i dont lose him for nothing.
Robbie Fowler retired
James Hayter retired
John Oster retired.
Those 3 scored 39 goals between them last season so i need somebody prolific to cover them,Dirk Kuyt would have been perfect if i could have had more cash to spend on wages instead im going to have to rely on Billy and Brandy.
This upcoming season is going to be a long hard challange,possibly my hardest yet unless im given some money,i dont want to have to sell my best players as its like going 1 step forward and 2 steps back. Its pointless.
With my very limited budget i have managed to get a few decent players in,
Stephen Hunt (free)
Ruud Boffin (free backup keeper)
Micheal Duff (free)
Ian Harte (free)
Craig Eastmond (loan signing,5k per week)
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Your best route may be to try and get in some youth strikers from bigger clubs on loan. Never really been in that position - can anyone offer any advice? and again, decent signings there, pal.
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Your best route may be to try and get in some youth strikers from bigger clubs on loan. Never really been in that position - can anyone offer any advice? and again, decent signings there, pal.
Just signed Rangar Stefansson on a free,defender. Defence has been my biggest problem i think as i have luckily been blessed with lots of quality up front.
Good start to the season though,
beat Hull 3-0 with a hatrick from Brandy.
beat Morcambe 5-0 with a brace from Gillett and goals from Brandy,Sharp and Woods.
Swansea up next.
Anyway enough of me blabbing on,you must be fed up of listening to me. :laugh: How are you doing ?
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:laugh: I don't mind, I love talking about the game. I'm 13th now, just gave 19th placed Boro a real hammering. Just come out of administration at the end of January, so no signings unfortunately, but none needed really. Should stay up, but if JR hadn't ruined the finances I'd have been pushing for Europe.
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:laugh: I don't mind, I love talking about the game. I'm 13th now, just gave 19th placed Boro a real hammering. Just come out of administration at the end of January, so no signings unfortunately, but none needed really. Should stay up, but if JR hadn't ruined the finances I'd have been pushing for Europe.
Whats your team looking like mate ?
You seem to be doing quite well,what season you in ?
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Well this is the side I put out most regularly, and I'm in season 4 (I think - well I'm in late Jan 2014 anyway):
Geoffrey Jourden
Ahmed Elmohammady
Leandro Rinaudo
Phil Jones
Fabio
Server Jeparov
Glenn Whelan
Valery Mezague
Mikael Forssell
Simon Church
Michael Owen
Subs:
Fernando Henrique
Emir Spahic
Danny Drinkwater
El-Hadji Diouf
Danilo
Andreas D'Alessandro
Xisco
I also sometimes use Michael Mancienne, Ivan Klasnic, Copps and Stock.
Most were on frees or very cheap, more expensive ones were bought with the money you get for going up and cash I'd saved.
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I have more good players but I can't be bothered to type them all out (sorry :lol:)
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Bloody sick of this stupid game,sacked again,why ??????
Because the bloody wage bill was uncontrolable,not my fault tbf is it ?
ANOTHER RESTART.:thumbdown:
Right im going to order a chinese to relive the stress then i may consider playing this again.
ps good squad mate.:thumbsup:
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:laugh: it is very difficult the first few goes, and gets harder each year you don't go up. Keep at it :-) enjoy the Chinese :P thanks!
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GET IN. PROMOTION IN THE FIRST SEASON VIA PLAYOFFS.
BIlly got the player of the year.
Brandy got the young player of the year.
Billy has just signed a new 5 year deal on 20k a week. (finally)
Got a budget of 1.6m,ok not that much but lots of wages. Now im going to sign a real quality keeper with that and possibly a cm.
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Ruud Van Nisterroy and Micheal Owen both just signed,dont know how i will fit them all in though,bench for owen i think
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Van Nistelrooy! Never thought to get him! was he on a free?
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Van Nistelrooy! Never thought to get him! was he on a free?
Yes he was,i was delighted with the signing personally.
He was expecting 31k a week but accepted 27.
Anyway i have some terrible news,7 yes only 7 games in i was sacked,disgusting if im honest. OK 1 point in 7 games is relegation form but just no warning whatsoever,just 2 week after they expanded the stadium to 18 000.
So i have reluctantly restarted hoping for better luck this time round,i could have smashed the computer up when they told me. gutted.
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It really is gutting when that happens. I got ages for us to come good, but then again we were picking up points at places like the Emirates. Took me ages to get a win though.
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It really is gutting when that happens. I got ages for us to come good, but then again we were picking up points at places like the Emirates. Took me ages to get a win though.
Started again and only 9 games in,not signed anybody except Brandy. (risky)
My results on the left so far.
Forest home 2-2
Macclesfield away 5-0 (leauge cup 1st round)
Milwall away 1-0
Barnsley away 1-2
Charlton home 6-1 (leauge cup 2nd round)
Preston home 0-1
Norwich away 3-2
Sheff Urd home 3-2
Hull away 2-1
Colchester home 1-0 (leauge cup 3rd round)
QPR home 0-0
Leicester away 0-2
Ipswich at home next,im currently 10th.
Cant see me reaching the play offs as i normally drop off second half of the season.
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6 points off the playoffs on boxing day and struggling to be honest however been on a remarkable cup run,got 2 semi final ties in the leauge cup coming up soon against westbrom.
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Make a few loan signings. Get Rosenior in (as I keep saying :P) and DeMerit (if neither have a club yet!). Strength in depth is key for a playoff push (as we found out in real life :-()
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Well I'm getting towards the end of the 2022/23 season and I decided to let my players off the leash a bit and use the attack minded formation that got me out the championship. I'm locked in a 4-way battle for the title with about 8 games to go . I started the season on fire and had a little wobble round Xmas but hopefully I can win the league.
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What are the points standings and placings of the sides around you?
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1 - Man City, P28 61pts
2 - Doncaster, P28 60pts
3 - Man Utd, P27 58pts
4 - Arsenal, P27 56pts
5 - Spurs, P27 54pts
I just had a frustrating 0-0 draw with Man Utd where I hit the woodwork 3 times. My run in is pretty good, quite a few teams around the bottom to play and I play Man City in the last game!
Got Napoli in the CL 2nd round.
I won't get to play it for a few days now though!
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Exciting times to be a Rover ;-) maybe time to employ a hit and run mentality, if you get me. Remember goal difference can also equate to an extra point in races as tight as this. RITD :scarf:
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Another restart and about the first game.
Got a decent squad this time round.
Brandy -4 year deal
Davenport -3 year deal
Matt Fry - Season long loan (west ham)
Fabio Borini - Season long loan (chelsea)
Daniel Paccheco - Season long loan (liverpool)
Whay do you think to the above then,i have a lot of expectation.
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Some decent signings there. Maybe get Kapo in, too, he's good.
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Started one with Portsmouth.
Bankrupt so a big challange to keep em up me thinks,wish me luck.
I hope im not docked points.
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:laugh: you'll need luck. Get some good free agents in. If you get points docked you're buggered.
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I find it much more enjoyable to be higher team (ie Arsenal/Chelsea) for the first season and hopefully win things to build up my reputation, then end of 1st season Rovers sack SOD when they are relegated and I take the job and start from league one.
I did always enjoy the climb into premiership in the FM's such as 07 and 08, when getting out of league one was bad enough...
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Every time I try that route I fail even worse than I do with Donny :laugh:
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In the playoff final against Bristol city, after beating Swansea 6-2 over the 2 legs in semi final.
Great start to season, was 1st until december then went slowly down but managed to scrape 6th.
Copps and Oster have had a shocker of a season for some reason, Sharp has been great though!
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Well my game decided to corrupt all my files... so I've had to start again and I'm in preseason signing good players and building the team I like.
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Won the leauge cup :thumbsup:
\"THE DONCASTER FANS SANG JACK MAGEES NAME AS HE WON THE LEAUGE CUP,A SUPPORTERS SPOKESMAN HAS STATED THAT HE IS BUILDING A WORLD CLASS TEAM\"
\"MAGEE HAS PROVED HE IS ONE OF THE BEST MANAGERS AT THE CLUB\"
I remain 17th in the leuage though :headbang:
New season and ive signed loads of players.
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in the euro cup :laugh:
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:laugh: quality stuff :-)
My game now tells me there's an error with the coding every time it comes to the team talk screens and I don't know how to get rid of it (obviously you click OK but I dunno how to stop it from happening)
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Well i went out of the europa leauge in the group stage but it was still a fun journey,now into my 3rd season and still in the championship but had a massive relegation battle last season infact if it wasnt for my leauge cup medal i think i would have got sacked,lots of speculation but i managed to keep my job.
Just about to start and i sold Billy who has been very ineffective for me and i needed the cash to fund for wages (currently weighing up a move for Connor Doyle,a 20 year old striker for Derby who has lots of potential i reckon)
My squad looks decent.
Iain Turner
Cicinho
Albert Serran
Bas Smith (10k but decent)
Fabio Aurellio
Thomas Rosiscky
Julio Arca
Shaun Wright Phillips
Benjani
Dirk Kuyt
Jason Roberts
SUBS :
Ben Alnwick
Paul Parry
Waide Fairhurst (decent backup NOW)
Jonothan Greening
Noberto Solano
Dean Shiels
Simon Gillett.
The club expect me to attain a respectable leauge position and with my squad thats fair enough i suppose,i have 2m to spend but im not sure where i need to strengthen most ?
What do you think ?
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Hmm.. interesting that you managed to get so many good players at a Championship club - well done for that :)
I'd say get in some defenders, and maybe another striker. Doyle turns into a good player, so I'd get him if possible.
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Hmm.. interesting that you managed to get so many good players at a Championship club - well done for that :)
I'd say get in some defenders, and maybe another striker. Doyle turns into a good player, so I'd get him if possible.
14 games gone and sitting in 5th but not going to get carried away as i normally drop off in the second half of the season,Dirk Kuyt has got 11 goals in 10 games in the championship which is great and he leads Billy who is at west brom now.
I was mulling over making a move Doyle as he was worth 2m,i was under pressure to cut the wage bill so put a million on that so that the wages are ok,now in October and hes worth 3.5m and out of my price range so a target lost FOR NOW.
Maybe in the summer i might look at him again,still have 1.1m left to spend and im looking at investing in a couple of defenders.
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Hmm.. interesting that you managed to get so many good players at a Championship club - well done for that :)
I'd say get in some defenders, and maybe another striker. Doyle turns into a good player, so I'd get him if possible.
14 games gone and sitting in 5th but not going to get carried away as i normally drop off in the second half of the season,Dirk Kuyt has got 11 goals in 10 games in the championship which is great and he leads Billy who is at west brom now.
I was mulling over making a move Doyle as he was worth 2m,i was under pressure to cut the wage bill so put a million on that so that the wages are ok,now in October and hes worth 3.5m and out of my price range so a target lost FOR NOW.
Maybe in the summer i might look at him again,still have 1.1m left to spend and im looking at investing in a couple of defenders.
Looks like your strike force is firing on all cylinders. Definitely get defenders in. Anything you're particularly keen on?
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1 - Man City, P28 61pts
2 - Doncaster, P28 60pts
3 - Man Utd, P27 58pts
4 - Arsenal, P27 56pts
5 - Spurs, P27 54pts
I just had a frustrating 0-0 draw with Man Utd where I hit the woodwork 3 times. My run in is pretty good, quite a few teams around the bottom to play and I play Man City in the last game!
Got Napoli in the CL 2nd round.
I won't get to play it for a few days now though!
Well I got my first \"action\" in over a week last night and what a spell it was! I won my last 10 games to take the title with 90pts and 93 goals scored. Man U were second with 84 pts after Man City faded completely. My Champions League arch-enemy is Barcelona and they knocked me out in the quarters. I did win the FA Cup though, I had a very easy draw so got my reserves to get me to the final and then my first team beat Everton 4-2. The Spanish teams are unstopable in Europe so thats my next mountain to climb but I think I need a different tactic to do that. Another 1,600 seats are being added to Doncaster Stadium which should tip capacity just over 60k. This is certainly the most success I have had with Rovers since FM05!
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Great stuff! Knew you could do it :-) Europe certainly is a difficult challenge though, even when I've taken charge of the bigger clubs. Good luck with that one :)
As for me I've had to uninstall the game due to it being unbelievably buggy, and I lost the disc, box etc, so I'm having to get another mailed to me :( no idea how long it'll take :(
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Well in the premiership now,2nd season in prem and 5th on 10th of January 2015,Leauge Cup semi final coming up too so a chance to get into the europa leauge.
My Team :
Romano
Fanni :laugh:
Smits
Aurellio
Gibbs
Lennon
Rosiscky
Adam Johnson
Robbie Keane
Berbatov
Drogba
SUBS:
Ian Turner(gk)
Sam Hird (ok player)
Dirk Kuyt
Benjani
Jason Roberts
Steve McLean (youth product,not made any appearances but im monitoring him)
Berbatov is on fire :thumbsup:
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Well it seems the more we struggle in real life the better I do! I lost 3 games in the whole calendar year of 2023 and carried on my good form to retain the title in 2023/24. Man Utd pushed me all the way and I won the league with 89 pts despite facing some serious fixture congestion due to reaching the League Cup semi's and my FA Cup 4th and 5th round games going to replays (in the end I had to send the kids out against Man City and was knocked out).
Europe was another fairytale - my Barcelona hoodoo ended when I smashed them 4-0 at home after losing 1-0 at the Nou Camp in the QF's. Despite hammering Napoli in the last few meetings I struggled past them 2-1 in the semis but strolled past Real Madrid 2-0 in the final despite having a man sent off on 55 minutes.
Will need to sign a couple of players in the summer as had to let a couple of ageing players go but good times!
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Just signed Henri Lansbury and Jack Wilshire and they will arrive next season. :laugh: :)
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Just won the fa cup with donny in my first season :scarf: signed David Murphy. Sitting second after 3 games :woot: we will stay up :) also in europe.
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Well in the premiership now,2nd season in prem and 5th on 10th of January 2015,Leauge Cup semi final coming up too so a chance to get into the europa leauge.
My Team :
Romano
Fanni :laugh:
Smits
Aurellio
Gibbs
Lennon
Rosiscky
Adam Johnson
Robbie Keane
Berbatov
Drogba
SUBS:
Ian Turner(gk)
Sam Hird (ok player)
Dirk Kuyt
Benjani
Jason Roberts
Steve McLean (youth product,not made any appearances but im monitoring him)
Berbatov is on fire :thumbsup:
Excellent squad, GF :-)
DN - good luck with the club world cup! (or whatever they call it :laugh: ) Still haven't managed to complete a full season, especially now with this stupid message every time I go on team talks doing my head in :(
BR - good stuff :) best of luck with the new season!
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Well a great season for me,finished 5th and just missed out on 4th by gd.
Anyway won the leauge cup and fa cup.
delighted and i added a couple of players including Jack Wilshire and Henri Lansbury,won my first game of the season against Man Utd with a last miniute Drogba goal,1-0 and then beat somebody 2-0 in the Europa Leauge playoff first leg so all is good i suppose.
I would like the top 4 though.
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Good stuff :-) Champions League football will come :)
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DN - good luck with the club world cup! (or whatever they call it :laugh: ) Still haven't managed to complete a full season, especially now with this stupid message every time I go on team talks doing my head in :(
Cheers, have to say after winning in Europe I've lost a little motivation! It's my first European success with any club since FM06 I reckon although winning the Super Cup and World Club Cup would be good. I have to admit I've got the Spanish and Italian Leagues loaded too so not sure whether to start keeping an eye out for a job at somewhere like Barca or Milan! :S
I would think I'll get a few hours in over the weekend!
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I never like going abroad, cos I always find myself adding another manager at Rovers anyway. My best experience overseas was with AC - rubbish first season, fans were calling for my head for blowing a huge budget, until I came storming up the league to make 5th and the Europa League; disappointing second season, spent most of the year in first, then the last few weeks chasing down Palermo, who seem unstoppable every season; third, won everything there is to win in Italy.
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REDJ
Has your bloody game arrived yet ? :dry: :scarf:
Im on a new one in my first season and i am 14 games in the leauge unbeaten but crashed out of the leauge cup in the 3rd round away at Everton.I am still only 2nd though as Swansea have won more games than me. :blink:
I signed Chris Riggott.
Braiham Hemandi
Guulliem Bauza (bad signing)
Febian Brandy
Rob Lainton (gk on loan from Bolton)
I never let anyone be released however sent a few out on loan
Dumbaya (Develop)
Thomas (run his contract down)
Simon Whaley (run his contract down)
Gary Woods (Develop)
I would like to get prormoted but it took me 4 seasons to take us up last time and i feel i may not have a strong enough squad but i wont hold back if i get the oppurtunity.
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No :( I might just persevere with that bas**rd error thing and sell the other one when it gets its arse here.
Is Riggott on a free? How much cash did you have to free up to get him in?
How good is Lainton? Basso is also a quality keeper, on a free.
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No :( I might just persevere with that bas**rd error thing and sell the other one when it gets its arse here.
Is Riggott on a free? How much cash did you have to free up to get him in?
How good is Lainton? Basso is also a quality keeper, on a free.
Im starting again as i went on holiday and my assistant manager cashed in on billy :headbang: :laugh:
:laugh:
Yes riggott is on a free and takes up about 6k on wages.
Go on preserve the error message and start a new one with me at the same time and we can compare on a similar timeline ???
Lainton is average,ok keeper for me
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Ugh RO'K always buggers up for me too :(
Will do :) might search t'intershed later to see if there's any \"home remedies\" for it.
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Are we starting from July or November?
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Ugh RO'K always buggers up for me too :(
Will do :) might search t'intershed later to see if there's any \"home remedies\" for it.
Ok im just starting,i best not go on holiday.:laugh:
Good luck and keep me updated how you do ... :) :)
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Ugh RO'K always buggers up for me too :(
Will do :) might search t'intershed later to see if there's any \"home remedies\" for it.
Ok im just starting,i best not go on holiday.:laugh:
Good luck and keep me updated how you do ... :) :)
What month are you starting from? and what leagues are you activating (besides obviously the English ones)?
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Ugh RO'K always buggers up for me too :(
Will do :) might search t'intershed later to see if there's any \"home remedies\" for it.
Ok im just starting,i best not go on holiday.:laugh:
Good luck and keep me updated how you do ... :) :)
What month are you starting from? and what leagues are you activating (besides obviously the English ones)?
I never know what leauges to activate and im starting in August i think
What leauges do you normally do,i only really do england but i can never find Bassoon that daatabase. :headbang:
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I usually have Brazil (so I can go into it in December) and a few European leagues, but I'll just have ours this time
put into the search box Adriano Basso - might make the idiot search tool realise who you mean
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I usually have Brazil (so I can go into it in December) and a few European leagues, but I'll just have ours this time
put into the search box Adriano Basso - might make the idiot search tool realise who you mean
Yes that finds him but even when i start a new one he is now at Wolves and i dont have 300k to spend on him,anyway im going to make some signings :)
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Give me a little while and I'll join you :laugh: turns out I need to uninstall then re-install :(
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Okay Dokie, :laugh:
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Turns out not - all I had to do was delete a certain folder! :laugh: starting up now
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Turns out not - all I had to do was delete a certain folder! :laugh: starting up now
If you can get the money together,Joe Mason from Plymouth might be worth a gamble ? :dry:
I think im going to keep Brooker if i can and give him a fair chance. :)
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How did you get Riggott? Says on mine Cardiff already have him :unsure:
Might give Mason a crack :)
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How did you get Riggott? Says on mine Cardiff already have him :unsure:
Might give Mason a crack :)
Im not sure,he is always available on mine.
I have signed
Mustapha Riga
Chris Riggott
Febian Brandy
TARGETS :
Joe Mason (might struggle to afford him though)
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I've got a bid in for Mason, and offered a contract to Brandy.
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I've got a bid in for Mason, and offered a contract to Brandy.
How much did you bid for Mason ?
Brandy is a bit hot and cold,i have had him in every season and he either seems to be fantastic or terrible,still worth the gamble and a good investment.
Mustapha Riga is decent if hes still available on a free.
John Bostock is a loan target for me,possibly Fabio Borini too but im still unsure on him
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350K but offered 500K after 50 appearances
Will take a look at Riga
Borini never works out for me :(
Anyway, time to get some game time in :) will report back when I get to maybe November time
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350K but offered 500K after 50 appearances
Will take a look at Riga
Borini never works out for me :(
Anyway, time to get some game time in :) will report back when I get to maybe November time
I started to look at players who have just 1 year left on there contract and i am already identyfiyng targets for in the long term too,i am keeping tabs on Danny Graham at the moment who only has 1 year left on his contract.
I also loaned Borini and a young lad called Morris from Blackburn,Morris is twice the player Mills is according to my scout and both loanees only have 1 year left on there contracts so i will be looking at them,i loaned out Burge as he isnt needed as i have plenty of coven in his position
I ended Joseph Mills loan contract and sent him back to Southampton and sadly Brooker wont be getting much time as he is out for 7 month with a broken leg.
Anyway time for some game time.
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Well had about half an hour on the game, building a squad - signed mainly the ones you said, as well as Gavin Mahon, Gavin McCann, Liam Rosenior and some of the guys on the other FM thread.
Beat Benfica in a friendly 2-0, won every other pre season game apart from Millwall, which I lost 1-0.
Just about to start the season, and the power goes off for 5 hours :laugh: so I've got nothing done on it since then.
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Well had about half an hour on the game, building a squad - signed mainly the ones you said, as well as Gavin Mahon, Gavin McCann, Liam Rosenior and some of the guys on the other FM thread.
Beat Benfica in a friendly 2-0, won every other pre season game apart from Millwall, which I lost 1-0.
Just about to start the season, and the power goes off for 5 hours :laugh: so I've got nothing done on it since then.
HAHA QUALITY
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Tip for a decent young left back on loan, Daniel Redmond from Wigan, did well for me a few seasons ago. On the topic of good signings for Rovers an anyone beat signing Mikel Arteta, Niko Krancjar and Pablo Zabaleta? All in their thirties and all free agents but Arteta and Kranjcar score for fun.
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Managed to get an ageing Rooney on a free (although personally I don't rate him - just got him for the shirt revenue) and he scores goals for fun too. Well, he did until all my files got corrupted.. :laugh: what year do Niko and Arteta become free agents?
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Berbatov
Barry
Drogba
Lennon
Had them on another save
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Oh, GF - my save corrupted again because my computer crashed :( I've got the squad I always had, but it starts me just before the first game of the season :laugh: I'm starting to doubt if I'll ever reach November!
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Oh, GF - my save corrupted again because my computer crashed :( I've got the squad I always had, but it starts me just before the first game of the season :laugh: I'm starting to doubt if I'll ever reach November!
Keep trying mate,I haven't played it much but will be over the weekend
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Well I finally got round to doing my 2024/25 season, I also took the England job for a bit of variety and sit top of my WCQ group after 6 games.
A really successful season again as I blooded a couple of youngsters and a few senior players really stepped up. I romped to a 3rd successive title with 90pts, 9 clear of second place Man U. I lost the European Super Cup to Man City although I won the World Club Cup at a canter. Key injuries at the wrong time cost me my Champions League crown in the quarters as Real Madrid beat me to avenge me beating them in the final the previous year. My reserves/kids got me to the League Cup semis and I managed to complete a double by winning the FA Cup.
I lost one of my main stikers, he wanted £200k p/w so I flogged him to Man City for £32m. I'm also fearful that my mdifield playmaker (20+ assists per season) is out of contract in a couple of years and wants £180k p/w. I can afford it but I have a couple of youngsters ready to step in.
Hoping to start the 2025/26 season in a few days.
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Well I finally got round to doing my 2024/25 season, I also took the England job for a bit of variety and sit top of my WCQ group after 6 games.
A really successful season again as I blooded a couple of youngsters and a few senior players really stepped up. I romped to a 3rd successive title with 90pts, 9 clear of second place Man U. I lost the European Super Cup to Man City although I won the World Club Cup at a canter. Key injuries at the wrong time cost me my Champions League crown in the quarters as Real Madrid beat me to avenge me beating them in the final the previous year. My reserves/kids got me to the League Cup semis and I managed to complete a double by winning the FA Cup.
I lost one of my main stikers, he wanted £200k p/w so I flogged him to Man City for £32m. I'm also fearful that my mdifield playmaker (20+ assists per season) is out of contract in a couple of years and wants £180k p/w. I can afford it but I have a couple of youngsters ready to step in.
Hoping to start the 2025/26 season in a few days.
All sounds very good - seems the key to success is a good youth set up. I'm still trying to get to the end of October in 2010 because my file keeps corrupting :(
Who would you say your best youngster (who's real anyway) is/has been? and most influential purchase (that exists)?
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Well I finally got round to doing my 2024/25 season, I also took the England job for a bit of variety and sit top of my WCQ group after 6 games.
A really successful season again as I blooded a couple of youngsters and a few senior players really stepped up. I romped to a 3rd successive title with 90pts, 9 clear of second place Man U. I lost the European Super Cup to Man City although I won the World Club Cup at a canter. Key injuries at the wrong time cost me my Champions League crown in the quarters as Real Madrid beat me to avenge me beating them in the final the previous year. My reserves/kids got me to the League Cup semis and I managed to complete a double by winning the FA Cup.
I lost one of my main stikers, he wanted £200k p/w so I flogged him to Man City for £32m. I'm also fearful that my mdifield playmaker (20+ assists per season) is out of contract in a couple of years and wants £180k p/w. I can afford it but I have a couple of youngsters ready to step in.
Hoping to start the 2025/26 season in a few days.
All sounds very good - seems the key to success is a good youth set up. I'm still trying to get to the end of October in 2010 because my file keeps corrupting :(
Who would you say your best youngster (who's real anyway) is/has been? and most influential purchase (that exists)?
You've certainly got to get them young - even with a transfer kitty of £50m every summer I struggle to get anyone in to go straight into the first 11.
Most of my current team are regens now but off the top of my head I'd try searching for:
Dennis Borodin (Russian CB)
Jack Butland (English GK)
Thomas Horava (MC)
Lima (Brazilian CB)
Aythami (Spanish CB)
Robert Beres (Hungarian LB)
Pontus Wernbloom (Swedish DM)
Robert Kubala (DC)
Mihai Matei (Romanian AMR)
Hurmaci (Turksih AMR/L)
S Pettinari (Italian striker)
M'Poku (AM, think he gets released by Spurs early on)
Those are ones who really transformed me from relegation battlers to title challengers but not necessarily helped me make the jump to title winners (as it took me 6/7 years to start to challenge) - I havent got my game loaded but I've just consulted my notebook for previous signings!
My two best ever players may not exist at the start of the game:
Gilbert Ndiweni (Zimbabwean ST)
Martin Janda (Czech CM)
Recognised names who have done well for me:
Joe Lewis
Gael Kakukta
Kyle Walker
Aaron Lennon
Kyle Laffterty
Scott Parker
Carlos Vela
Michael Mancienne
Yves Ma Kalambay
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Cheers DN - I'll have a look when I get on it next.
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I managed to win the Prem in my fourth season and have Dzeko (actually really good compared to real life), De Jong, Miguel Veloso, Henrique, Alex Smithies, Alan Hutton.
Depending on which update you have I'd say the best path is as follows:
Sell Dean Shiels to Bristol City for ~700k
Sell Locky for about 200k and Brooker for anything you can
Sign Jose Goncalves on a free (still gets a game in Champs league for me)
Sign Leigh Griffiths for ~300k (He's gone to Wolves in later updates, scores about 20 a year)
Keepers - Adriano Basso on a free or splash out on ALex Smithies from Huddersfield, he turns into the England keeper
Loans - Since Friend is poor in the game i got George Elokobi from Wolves. Also get Danny Wilson from Liverpool at all costs. JET is also available
There are a couple of Italian medfield free agents but i wouldn't bother as our midfield is pretty solid
Calum Davenport is available in January and is better than Martis, Thomas, Hird etc. If you've got the wage budget then sign him and flog him for a mill next season
Hope that helps....and that you comp doesn't crash ;)
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Don't forget Jay DeMerit, also on a free. Some quality tips there guys :) although personally I keep Shiels as his versatility has been invaluable to me on so many occasions (as has JET's)
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Don't forget Jay DeMerit, also on a free. Some quality tips there guys :) although personally I keep Shiels as his versatility has been invaluable to me on so many occasions (as has JET's)
I kept Shiels for a long time too. Not just for versatility, I read something on the SI forum that two footed players perform better than one footed players with simliar attributes.
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Really? Did it say why or just that they were?
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Oh i forgot Danny Shittu. Absolute quality for me in 1st season. Got about 10 goals and gives you some much needed height.
Wasn't sold on Jay Demerit tbh. Found Goncalves and Shittu much better
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I was in talks with Shittu but I think it was Cardiff snapped him up. Wasn't happy :laugh:
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Really? Did it say why or just that they were?
I think its to do with a lot of wingers being able to score goals by cutting inside. Therefore two footed players can play naturally on either flank and go both outside and inside their man and either create or score.
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Oh, that makes sense :) didn't think about it like that! does it go for all players or just the ones who can play on the wing?
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Oh, that makes sense :) didn't think about it like that! does it go for all players or just the ones who can play on the wing?
Not sure, but the match rating system is skewed towards players who score goals so its highlighted more for wingers/forward players. Its useful in full backs too - I always like to have a couple of D R/L's in my squad.
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Oh, me too! not because I knew that - I didn't! :laugh: - but just because I do like versatile players :) I like a bit of total football :P
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Oh, me too! not because I knew that - I didn't! :laugh: - but just because I do like versatile players :) I like a bit of total football :P
Only problem I've found is that as the years go by less versatile players get produced - I can't get a decent AM RL for love nor money as I always like to have a couple as cover.
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I always find that your youth academys best player is always in a position of your best player.
I signed a wonderkid from Sheff Utd for £11 as a 16 year old and he's already a full England international at 18...for the last 3 years the best player to join the Academy is always a left midfielder
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Oh, me too! not because I knew that - I didn't! :laugh: - but just because I do like versatile players :) I like a bit of total football :P
Only problem I've found is that as the years go by less versatile players get produced - I can't get a decent AM RL for love nor money as I always like to have a couple as cover.
I noticed that too! :(
I always find that your youth academys best player is always in a position of your best player.
I signed a wonderkid from Sheff Utd for £11 as a 16 year old and he's already a full England international at 18...for the last 3 years the best player to join the Academy is always a left midfielder
Seriously? or did you mean £11k?
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:headbang:
I actually meant £11 mill.
Thats once they got relegated from the prem too. If he wasn't better than Nani, Nasri and Bale by the age of 18 then i'd be bitter.
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Sounds like I should make my youth set up a priority.
My save files have corrupted YET AGAIN so I still can't write about my game :( :angry:
The most annoying thing is I was top of the league with 23 to play.
Anyway, Joe Mason is quality - a must sign if you can afford. (I offered 350k up front then 400k after 50 appearances)
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Sounds like I should make my youth set up a priority.
My save files have corrupted YET AGAIN so I still can't write about my game :( :angry:
The most annoying thing is I was top of the league with 23 to play.
Anyway, Joe Mason is quality - a must sign if you can afford. (I offered 350k up front then 400k after 50 appearances)
Looks like your going to have to buy a new copy ?
i am starting a nrw one
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I have a feeling it's my computer to be honest :( I'ma start making back ups of my files
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Restarting tonight.
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Just a bump. GF - how are you doing? should be ready for an update myself soon.
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Well I played on it for the first time in a week or so over the weekend and got half way through the 2025/26 season. Currently my best season to date despite a slow goalscoring start but I sit top of the league after 25 games, W22, D3, L0, only conceded 9 goals and 11 pts clear. I was winning a lot of early games 1-0 so whilst I wasn't flying it was good to grind out the results. My youth team drew an early blank in the league cup but have got through 2 easy rounds in the FA Cup. A couple of strange defeats in the CL group stages meant I only finished second so got my old friends Barca in the next round.
I broke my transfer record (£16m, previously £10m) on signing a 19 y/o right back who could well dominate that position for the next 15 years. The core of my team is still very young so I try not to buy for the sake of it.
I qualified for the World Cup with England by winning 9 of my 10 qualifying games so looking forward to the summer. I've also changed my news feed so I get notifcations from the Spanish and Italian leagues. I'm not bored with Rovers as such but after failing miserably in Italy with FM10 I'm curious if I could succeed on this version.
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Well I played on it for the first time in a week or so over the weekend and got half way through the 2025/26 season. Currently my best season to date despite a slow goalscoring start but I sit top of the league after 25 games, W22, D3, L0, only conceded 9 goals and 11 pts clear. I was winning a lot of early games 1-0 so whilst I wasn't flying it was good to grind out the results. My youth team drew an early blank in the league cup but have got through 2 easy rounds in the FA Cup. A couple of strange defeats in the CL group stages meant I only finished second so got my old friends Barca in the next round.
I broke my transfer record (£16m, previously £10m) on signing a 19 y/o right back who could well dominate that position for the next 15 years. The core of my team is still very young so I try not to buy for the sake of it.
I qualified for the World Cup with England by winning 9 of my 10 qualifying games so looking forward to the summer. I've also changed my news feed so I get notifcations from the Spanish and Italian leagues. I'm not bored with Rovers as such but after failing miserably in Italy with FM10 I'm curious if I could succeed on this version.
Sounds as if you're cracking on nicely still :-) Just curious - how long (and how many manager points) did it take you to get the England job? it probably says on here, but I'm knackered and I can't be arsed to read back :laugh:
I ended up betraying my own principles of not buying for the sake of it when scheisse loads of young, good (or potentially good, for some) midfielders and strikers cropped up.. so I'm gonna start again :laugh:
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Well I played on it for the first time in a week or so over the weekend and got half way through the 2025/26 season. Currently my best season to date despite a slow goalscoring start but I sit top of the league after 25 games, W22, D3, L0, only conceded 9 goals and 11 pts clear. I was winning a lot of early games 1-0 so whilst I wasn't flying it was good to grind out the results. My youth team drew an early blank in the league cup but have got through 2 easy rounds in the FA Cup. A couple of strange defeats in the CL group stages meant I only finished second so got my old friends Barca in the next round.
I broke my transfer record (£16m, previously £10m) on signing a 19 y/o right back who could well dominate that position for the next 15 years. The core of my team is still very young so I try not to buy for the sake of it.
I qualified for the World Cup with England by winning 9 of my 10 qualifying games so looking forward to the summer. I've also changed my news feed so I get notifcations from the Spanish and Italian leagues. I'm not bored with Rovers as such but after failing miserably in Italy with FM10 I'm curious if I could succeed on this version.
Sounds as if you're cracking on nicely still :-) Just curious - how long (and how many manager points) did it take you to get the England job? it probably says on here, but I'm knackered and I can't be arsed to read back :laugh:
I ended up betraying my own principles of not buying for the sake of it when scheisse loads of young, good (or potentially good, for some) midfielders and strikers cropped up.. so I'm gonna start again :laugh:
I first got offered the England job in 2022 I reckon but I turned it down. No idea how many points I had but I'd probably only won two leagues and one cup at the time although I was probably the top English manager. Got offered it again in 2025 after loads more success and decided to take it for a bit of variety. I don't think its hard to get once you are near the top with a national reputation. It helps that there aren't a lot of decent English managers in my game. Just me, Mike Phelan and Michael Owen. The other top bosses are foreign.
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Hope I can manage to work my way to the top :) I always bugger my game up somehow :laugh: well done :)
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Well I finished the season 2025/26 unbeaten in the league. Drew 4 games and won the rest. Scored 96, conceded 12. 106pts, 18 clear of second placed Man U who got a very decent 88 points.
My youngsters got beat by Liverpool in both cups. The only sour note of the season was losing to Man Utd in the CL semis.
Currently doing the World Cup campaign with England, despite a shock defeat to Japan in the group stages I've just got into the quarters against the Argies but got my pre-season contracts and transfers to sort first.
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Good luck with the WC :) I hate summer, I always end up signing loads of players, most of which I don't need and quickly move on..
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My fm isn't working and keeps crashing,must admit im more than a bit gutted and will have to wait to get a replacement.
Hopefully have one soon but not sure,gutted
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GF - try and find out the problem (e.g. tell me the error message code) and I'll try and hunt down a fix.
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GF - try and find out the problem (e.g. tell me the error message code) and I'll try and hunt down a fix.
It just wont even load up on the computer to be honest,right pain.
If i had my ipod i could download it on there but thats in bloody repair too.
Is it possible to download it straight onto computer ?
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It is, I think - do you have a Steam account? you should be able to get it off that.
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Good luck with the WC :) I hate summer, I always end up signing loads of players, most of which I don't need and quickly move on..
Well I won the world cup. Beat Australia, Argentina, France and Holland in the knock out stages.
Over the summer I couldn't get the right winger I wanted although rather randomly I signed one of the top 3 keepers in the world from Rangers for only £2.5m although after renewing a few contracts I'm at my wage maximum.
My unbeaten run came to an end after only the second game of the season (Man U again!) and Arsenal an P4 W4 without conceding yet so it could be a tougher campaign than last year.
I've stayed on as England manager but face a bit of a test as a lot of my WC winning players are now a bit old but luckily I am the host of Euro 28 so will have plenty of friendlies instead of qualifiers to try new players out.
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Good luck with the WC :) I hate summer, I always end up signing loads of players, most of which I don't need and quickly move on..
Well I won the world cup. Beat Australia, Argentina, France and Holland in the knock out stages.
Over the summer I couldn't get the right winger I wanted although rather randomly I signed one of the top 3 keepers in the world from Rangers for only £2.5m although after renewing a few contracts I'm at my wage maximum.
My unbeaten run came to an end after only the second game of the season (Man U again!) and Arsenal an P4 W4 without conceding yet so it could be a tougher campaign than last year.
I've stayed on as England manager but face a bit of a test as a lot of my WC winning players are now a bit old but luckily I am the host of Euro 28 so will have plenty of friendlies instead of qualifiers to try new players out.[/quote
Interesting stuff. Never actually managed a national team by earning it :laugh: and I've never actually played that far into a save (mainly because they always corrupt :headbang: ) so I'll have to crack on with that.
What would you say the strongest department of your club and country squads were?
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ive just started a season with rovers and my line up is
gk. basso (free)
lb. friend
cb. martis
cb. shittu (free)
rb. oconnor
cm. coppinger
cm. stock
cm. oster
cf. euell (£200.000)
st. sharp
st. aliadiere (free)
subs
st. febian brandy (free)
st. hayter
mf. gillett
mf. keegan (100.000)
mf. m.woods
df. lockwood
df. dumbuya
res
sullivan
hird
fairhurst
chambers
how do you think i will do in my first season i maybe have enough wagers for 1 more player about £2500 a week wages and £150.000 transfer kitty left who would you get to strengthen the squad ?
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Looks like a decent squad. I'd let go of Fairhurst, Sully and Brooker. Depending on whether or not you're on the latest patch (11.3, I believe), also get rid of Sousa (if you have him - as I say, he's only on 11.3).
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the only players i have got are the ones i have put down in my last post and i have sent gk. woods out on loan so ive got sully as back up suppose i could let fairhurst go and get a bit more wages and get a left winger in ?? i also sold shiels because he tought he was bigger than the club hahahaha
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Delron Buckley would be a good signing if you can get hold of him, doesn't always show up for some reason though. There's also a Huddersfield winger that I'm always linked with at the start of the game who's reasonably cheap. Try to sing Joe Mason at Plymouth - offer them 250k at first and 750k after 50 appearances and he should come.
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Good luck with the WC :) I hate summer, I always end up signing loads of players, most of which I don't need and quickly move on..
Well I won the world cup. Beat Australia, Argentina, France and Holland in the knock out stages.
Over the summer I couldn't get the right winger I wanted although rather randomly I signed one of the top 3 keepers in the world from Rangers for only £2.5m although after renewing a few contracts I'm at my wage maximum.
My unbeaten run came to an end after only the second game of the season (Man U again!) and Arsenal an P4 W4 without conceding yet so it could be a tougher campaign than last year.
I've stayed on as England manager but face a bit of a test as a lot of my WC winning players are now a bit old but luckily I am the host of Euro 28 so will have plenty of friendlies instead of qualifiers to try new players out.[/quote
Interesting stuff. Never actually managed a national team by earning it :laugh: and I've never actually played that far into a save (mainly because they always corrupt :headbang: ) so I'll have to crack on with that.
What would you say the strongest department of your club and country squads were?
Easily defence. Plenty of quality defenders about. Hardest I'd say are wingers, took me a while to crack that situation. Particularly as I find most wingers who can also play in the centre (AM r/c & AM l/c) prefer to be in the centre than on the wing. Whilst there are plenty of good ones about, beware a lot of DM's who have low tackling or low marking. Particularly the continental DM's.
Also good luck to you Burton - I know theres lots of posts in this thread but theres a few tips to be contained earlier in this thread.
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I always end up training players up in new positions because I don't always have the cash or the patience to find decent ones for where I need :laugh:
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cheers mate im going to try and finish mid table for my first season >
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Just gone and got it and installing now :)
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Been very busy decorating over this weekend and at paintballing all day tommorow so not much time too play at the moment but might be able to sneak half hour in if im lucky.
Think im going to start in December to give me a chance to get a grip with tactics.
Going to go and sell Martin Woods and loan Gary Woods out,sell Brooker and loan Fairhurst. Give Payne a 3 year deal as he's supposed to be a great prospect who i don't want to lose to be honest.
Looking at signing Alex Smithies for 600k and that youngster from Plymouth,Joe ?
Like to loan Wood from West Brom for the season and maybe try and get a solid defender and Demerit on a free.
Then see how i do.
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Finished the 2026/27 season. Champions again (5 in a row) with 98 points and 117 goals - my key playesr really are hitting their peaks at the moment. Also won the FA Cup, lost the league cup final on penalties and got beat by Inter in the CL semis.
Managing England is a bit boring due to only playing friendlies at the moment but its letting me try out a few players.
The AC Milan job came up and I got a bit tempted but I want more European success with Rovers first.
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Well started the game again and decided to take a ruthless approach to those out of contract in the summer.
Spoke to all the players out of contract and had a look at there demands,sadly Brian Stock wanted 14k a week and i just cannot offer him that so i transfer listed him for a million which upset a few players including Dean Shiels who was very annoyed and demanded a transfer so i never stood in his way and a 500k plus 100k for 6 month was accepted and hes moved onto West Brom.
Gary Woods has been sent to Tranmere on loan for 3 month in a deal which i will pick up 100k and it should help develop the boy,i have offered him a new deal at suitable terms,im looking at signing Basso as his replacement and then see what he's like after a season on loan.
I have managed to arrange a few friendlys to fetch in additonal cash,home games against Chelsea,Arsenal,Tottenham,Celtic,Rangers,Wolves,Sunderland and Oxford to help prepare for the season.
I upped the boards expectations to a top half finish for a bigger budget too mainly to tie down new contracts.
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How is RED-J getting on ?
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Well im hoping somebody can provide me with loads of tips on how to be successful as manager of Doncaster Rovers.
I’ve tried and failed so many bloody times and it’s getting so frustrating, im a massive football manager fan and I’m determined to do well as manager of Rovers but I just seem to fail each and everytime, my latest attempt ended in me getting the sack after losing 17 games in a row in the league and sinking to rock bottom, I have no complaints about being sacked as that record is atrocious.
I rarely win games no matter who I sign..
The board expect me to finish around midtable and give me 350k to achieve this, last time round is signed just free agents as that’s all I could really budget for unless I sold my main players, Stock, Sharp and Woods and I just wasn’t prepared to do that.
I had Chelsea as a parent club and loaned some exciting players but no matter who I get they just seem to under perform and morale is just so low and it’s hard to motivate the players.
So please tell me where I am going wrong because its getting me so downbeat but I wont give in!!!
So im going to spend all night researching on tactics,signings,tips,hints and everything.
Thanks !
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I'll try and give you some pointers but I don't know how much it will help.
I'm pressuming you'll be on the 10.3 patch so all Jan transfers are done. On the plus side JOC and Dumbuya are pretty good
Tactics. I go for a 4-2-3-1 with 3 attacking midfielders. We don't have many AM but they are effective when bridging the gap between CM and ST
Set the team as 2/3rds on the slider to attacking. Same for freedom. Short passing at a medium tempo. High defensive line and about 2/3 width (its a narrow formation anyway)
On Match Prep put the team on Team Blend on V high until the levels are full. Takes a few months
Put Billy as a target man with targetting to feet. Have your 3 AM as attacking and the 2 CM as ball winning or 1 as ball winning, 1 as deep lying playmaker (Stock is good for this). I personally put my middle AM as the playmaker regardless of who it was because its a great area to get the ball too
Get rid of some of our players. Shiels (~500k), Locky (~200k), Brooker (~100k) gets you a bit of money
The areas you need to address are GK, CB, LB and a AM (Sounds familiar).
GK - Basso, Roy Caroll aren't available. Alex Smithies from Hudd for about 500k if you want to splash the cash but he doesn't become good for a few seasons.
LB - Best go for the loan option with Danny Wilson (Liverpool) or George Elikobi (Wolves) realistic targets. You'll do well to get both but I'd try as Wilson can play CB. Or Jordan Spence
CB - Not a lot of options here. Goncalves isn't on this patch. Shittu has been signed. Calum Davenport should be available and is worth the money. Failing that i'd settle for Demerit over anyone else we have
AM - Go to the loans again. You already have Woods, Hayter, Shiels. I got JET which helped but whoever you parent club is they normally send you a midfielder
If that fails then go into data editor and alter the stats of a player!! My friend got Exeter promoted and made Jamie Cureton worth about £8 mill
Good luck
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Caroll is available on the latest patch, but very good shouts above.
GF - no internet for ages :-( and I've started countless saves, haven't really gotten into any of them. I'll let you know once I get a good one going.
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Just started a new game as Rovers.
Not bothered with newest patch though for some reason!
After first few games i'm mid table. Beat Dingles, Sheff Utd and Preston. Lost to Leeds and Forest and Wendies in league cup, drew with Hull.
Signed Basso, Demerit, Shittu and Stephen Darby a right back on loan from Liverpool.
Coppinger, Shiels, JOC and Wilson were all unhappy so were sold.
I need a decent stiker on loan to partner Billy. Any suggestions?
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Leigh Griffiths,is banging them in for me in my second season. Better finishing than Sharp! Only 21 years old. Got him from somewhere in Scotland. Scottish under 21.
Also Mark Howard is playing great in Defence.I'm selling Martis and Lockwood.
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Jordan Mutch has been great on loan for me for the past 3 seasons...I would have signed him permanently but this is the reply i got from Birmingham when I made an enquiry
\"Birmingham would like £16.8m and Billy Sharp for Jordan Mutch\"
Funnily enough I turned it down and loaned him again instead. :laugh:
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Jordan Mutch has been great on loan for me for the past 3 seasons...I would have signed him permanently but this is the reply i got from Birmingham when I made an enquiry
\"Birmingham would like £16.8m and Billy Sharp for Jordan Mutch\"
Funnily enough I turned it down and loaned him again instead. :laugh:
Just signed him on my own game (the save corrupted, surprise bas**rd surprise!) and he's banging them in.
:laugh: I got that when I tried to buy him, but I got them down to £10million and Billy, cos Billy's been crap for us. Watch him score tonnes next season...
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Just as a side note - surely now this is the biggest thread on here? :P
Let's all have a disco, let's all have a disco, nananana, nananana! :thumbsup:
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Started a new one with Rovers...
I know how much you have to change the squad to succeed so no messing about this time round,offered a number of players contracts so far.
Anderson Silva - free
Adriano Basso - free
Bernard Mendy - free
Jay Demerit - free
Michael Ball - free
Febian Brandy - free
Jose GonCalves - free
Jason Euell - 250k
Accepted a bid of 600k for Martin Woods from Blackpool,Ipswich and Bristol,just need him to agree terms.
Asked my board for a parent club and there trying to get me one,hopefully a decent team with good youngsters,might sell Hayter and fetch and Brooker and fetch in Sears from West Ham on loan but not sure.
Will i be ok?
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Started a new one with Rovers...
I know how much you have to change the squad to succeed so no messing about this time round,offered a number of players contracts so far.
Anderson Silva - free
Adriano Basso - free
Bernard Mendy - free
Jay Demerit - free
Michael Ball - free
Febian Brandy - free
Jose GonCalves - free
Jason Euell - 250k
Accepted a bid of 600k for Martin Woods from Blackpool,Ipswich and Bristol,just need him to agree terms.
Asked my board for a parent club and there trying to get me one,hopefully a decent team with good youngsters,might sell Hayter and fetch and Brooker and fetch in Sears from West Ham on loan but not sure.
Will i be ok?
SHOULD be fine with that. I'd also try and get hold of another centre midfielder (especially if Woods is outbound)
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Got all those except Mendy who went to Sunderland.
Do really 2 midfielders may be needed,any ideas who though ?
I'm still early into preseason,beat the reserves 5-0 and also beat Hyde 5-0 and 3-1 up against Stoke at the moment,just waiting to find out the extent of Silvas injury as he has been great in his first 2 games.
Woods went Bristol and Gary Woods joined Tranmere on loan,got Arsenal as my parent club and they want to send me Eastmond,he could be 1 of the 2 midfielders maybe....
Looking good,Any more suggestions ?
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Try and get Matthieu (sp.) Berson. He's a free agent.
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Try and get Matthieu (sp.) Berson. He's a free agent.
Cheers I will do :)
Took Eastmond on loan and Lansbury is a possibility
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Try and get Matthieu (sp.) Berson. He's a free agent.
Cheers I will do :)
Took Eastmond on loan and Lansbury is a possibility
Is Mutch on loan to another club yet on your patch? (I'm on patch 3 and can't remember)
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Mutch is on loan at Watford on my game..
Forest 2-1
Morcambe 3-2
Swansea 0-0
So unbeaten in my first 3,decent start and Barnsley up next,how are you doing RedJ
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Currently in 10th, something like 5 off the playoffs. I'd give you more stats but I can't get onto the game - no access to the computer.
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Ok let me know when you can.what season you in and how far if you know? :)
Meanwhile,
in for me...
Anderson Silva (good enough,first team regular,my replacement for Woods.
Adriano Basso (good keeper)
Jay Demerit (good player and worth a contract)
Jose Goncalves (must sign,fantastic and worth a lot too,on a free)
Febian Brandy (Good sub and nicks a goal,cheapish wages too)
Michael Ball (when fit one of the best defenders in championship worth a contract injury prone)
Jason Euell (chipping in with goals and a good buy,easy 12 goal a season man.cost me 250k)
out for me...
Martin Woods (525k,decent fee and got a better player on a free in Silva,good business)
Gary Woods (loan deal for season,Tranmere,first team football)
Contracts
Josh Payne 2 year extension,heard hes decent after first season so a bit of business there)
Tomorrow i will be offering contracts to Stock and Coppinger and maybe a few more out of contract,if the ones with 1 year left don't accept then i will sell in January.
Season so far...
Nottingham Forest 2-1
Morcambe 3-2 (leauge cup first round)
Swansea 0-0
Barnsley 1-0
Carlisle 2-0 (leauge cup second round)
Burnley 0-1
Derby County 2-1
Leeds United 2-2
Watford 2-2 - second half comeback from 0-2
Cardiff 2-1
Next up is Arsenal in the leauge cup 3rd round,expecting defeat though,not on game at moment so can't check my stats in depth but almost certain Sharp is top scorer on around 7 in the leauge,doing really well...
So far so good...
Am i doing ok?
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Doing well yes :) looks like good transfer activity!
I'm in the first season, round March if I remember rigtly.
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Ok :) :) :)
Keep updating,this thread went quiet for a while at one point,i like to read other stories :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Ok :) :) :)
Keep updating,this thread went quiet for a while at one point,i like to read other stories :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Will do my best :) how are the rest of you guys doing?
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Just for a change, my game's corrupted again! Maybe I wasn't ever meant to complete a save :laugh:
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Well I finally quit as Rovers boss in 2029. I'd won 7 leagues in a row but my enthusiasm disappeared overnight. I lost the Super Cup (again again!) and then lost in the league a few days after so I well and truly spat the dummy and resigned. A few months later I got the Real Madrid job and won the league (which was amazingly their first league win in 14 years on the game!) and as football always is, I beat Rovers (now managed by Lee Clark) in the CL final. Rovers finished 4th in the Prem and sold a few players that made me raise my eyebrows but at least Clark is retaining a lot of my youngsters so I've left the club with a solid base to build on.
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I'm still only in 2015 on mine but its looking good. On top of the prem about to defend my title with 8 games left. Also into the Semis of the Champions league and FA Cup
The youth team haven't lost in 2 seasons
And i've still got JOC on the books! Gets a game against Sheff Utd who have become the ultimate yo-yo team. They finished bottom of the prem with 8 points a few seasons ago
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I'm still only in 2015 on mine but its looking good. On top of the prem about to defend my title with 8 games left. Also into the Semis of the Champions league and FA Cup
The youth team haven't lost in 2 seasons
And i've still got JOC on the books! Gets a game against Sheff Utd who have become the ultimate yo-yo team. They finished bottom of the prem with 8 points a few seasons ago
Thats good, it took me a bit longer to crack the league, I think 2020 was my first win although I'd been a top 4 side from 2016 I think. The Spanish league is much easier than the Prem. The Real squad wasn't up to much but I still won the league with 100pts and 119 goals.
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Just for a change, my game's corrupted again! Maybe I wasn't ever meant to complete a save :laugh:
If your using anything software wise that isn't Windows 7, sometimes when you get windows updates it messes the saves on FM up, vista is the worst for it. Don't know if anyone knew this thought i'd just say.
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Just for a change, my game's corrupted again! Maybe I wasn't ever meant to complete a save :laugh:
If your using anything software wise that isn't Windows 7, sometimes when you get windows updates it messes the saves on FM up, vista is the worst for it. Don't know if anyone knew this thought i'd just say.
I am using Windows 7 :laugh: but good shout for anyone who didn't realise! :)
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Finished my first season 14th in Championship.
2nd season won my first 7 games with Billy Sharp, John Guidetti and Fabio Zamblera scoring goals for fun.
Joe Mason has proved to be a fantastic signing as has Kakuta on loan from Chelsea.
Spent very little money and am 40k under my weekly wage budget, so it can't be bad\"
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Finished my first season 14th in Championship.
2nd season won my first 7 games with Billy Sharp, John Guidetti and Fabio Zamblera scoring goals for fun.
Joe Mason has proved to be a fantastic signing as has Kakuta on loan from Chelsea.
Spent very little money and am 40k under my weekly wage budget, so it can't be bad\"
I always end up signing quite a few good free agents and smashing my wage budget. Thing is I've gotten good enough to know I can fight my way to promotion (when the bas**rd save doesn't corrupt..) so it's less of a risk.
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Just finished my 2nd season and lost in the Championship play offs to QPR 5-3 on agg.
Was fairly sure of automatic promotion until one of my players ruined the squad harmony and morale sank. He has been moved on as a result.
Just preparing for my third season and have signed Hleb on a free from Barca!!!!
Have made the club £4 million profit in my 2 seasons in charge and am 50k per week under my allocated wage budget. Wheeling and dealing!!
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Just finished my 2nd season and lost in the Championship play offs to QPR 5-3 on agg.
Was fairly sure of automatic promotion until one of my players ruined the squad harmony and morale sank. He has been moved on as a result.
Just preparing for my third season and have signed Hleb on a free from Barca!!!!
Have made the club £4 million profit in my 2 seasons in charge and am 50k per week under my allocated wage budget. Wheeling and dealing!!
Excellent stuff. Just wondering - what did he do to bring down the morale, or was it just his personality?
You got any decent or exciting youngsters coming up yet? Before my last game corrupted :headbang: :cry: I had a kid dubbed the next David Beckham, moved him on for £7million. Youth is the way to go seemingly!
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Just about to finish the 2015 season and i've come third in the League behind Chelsea and City. Won the FA Cup for the 2nd season in a row and have got Juve in the final of the Champions League to play next.
Most of my players are all gen-ned and are 18-21 year old wonderkids but there are a few proper players...Alex Smithies, Alan Hutton, Joe Mattock, Henrique, Nedum Onuoha, De Jong, Miguel Veloso, Gary O Neill, Dzeko and Leigh Griffiths and of course...JOC
On a side note...started a new season with Stafford (in the most debt and i like a challenge). Start with -10 points but after 6 games i'm on +5 points with a +24 goal difference. Even better is teh fact that Rovers are 2nd in the Championship...they've sold Deano, JOC and Willo and bought Jordan Spence and George Elikobi (both on loan)for the season as well as some random Dutch blokes
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Just about to finish the 2015 season and i've come third in the League behind Chelsea and City. Won the FA Cup for the 2nd season in a row and have got Juve in the final of the Champions League to play next.
Most of my players are all gen-ned and are 18-21 year old wonderkids but there are a few proper players...Alex Smithies, Alan Hutton, Joe Mattock, Henrique, Nedum Onuoha, De Jong, Miguel Veloso, Gary O Neill, Dzeko and Leigh Griffiths and of course...JOC
On a side note...started a new season with Stafford (in the most debt and i like a challenge). Start with -10 points but after 6 games i'm on +5 points with a +24 goal difference. Even better is teh fact that Rovers are 2nd in the Championship...they've sold Deano, JOC and Willo and bought Jordan Spence and George Elikobi (both on loan)for the season as well as some random Dutch blokes
On your Rovers save - how long and how much did it take you to assemble the squad (well, just taking into account the real players)? and have you made any improvements to your facilities yet? Most I could get in terms of the KM was 500 extra seats in the away end...
Stafford? :laugh: legend. Reckon you could end up promoted this season or is that a bridge too far?
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Just about to finish the 2015 season and i've come third in the League behind Chelsea and City. Won the FA Cup for the 2nd season in a row and have got Juve in the final of the Champions League to play next.
Most of my players are all gen-ned and are 18-21 year old wonderkids but there are a few proper players...Alex Smithies, Alan Hutton, Joe Mattock, Henrique, Nedum Onuoha, De Jong, Miguel Veloso, Gary O Neill, Dzeko and Leigh Griffiths and of course...JOC
On a side note...started a new season with Stafford (in the most debt and i like a challenge). Start with -10 points but after 6 games i'm on +5 points with a +24 goal difference. Even better is teh fact that Rovers are 2nd in the Championship...they've sold Deano, JOC and Willo and bought Jordan Spence and George Elikobi (both on loan)for the season as well as some random Dutch blokes
How is Leigh Griffiths shaping up? How long have you had him? I'm still in my first season with him. He's going through a lean patch. But i need to stick with him. My step son had him score 45 goals in his first season,and hes still getting quiet a few in the premiership.
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Leigh Griffiths is a great signing when you first start. Comes off the bench cos he was behind Sharp and now he's my 5th Striker. Heres his stats since i signed him (All these are prem league except 1st year obviously). Now he's rated as a decent Prem player. Might sell him for £4 mill tho as i've got a youth player dubbed the next
2011 - Played - 30. Goals - 17 Assists - 10
2012 - P - 28, G - 8, A - 5
2013 - P - 27, G - 11, A - 8
2014 - P - 30, G - 20, A - 10
2015 - P - 18, G -5, A -3
The Stafford game is brilliant. On your first day your 600k in the red and get a transfer embargo about 2 weeks into the season so you can't sign anyone. I got a keeper who is equal to a good League 2 keeper apparently which helps a lot. Promotion might be on the cards through the playoffs because Telford are storming it (there 16 points clear of me atm and haven't lost yet. Although i did beat them in the FA Cup :) ).
As it stands i'm 5th (not forgetting minus ten start), i've played 15, 11 wins, a draw and three loses. Scored 36, conceded 9 and i've got an FA cup second round reply at home to Notts County. Unbelievable Jeff
The Donny save is as good as i can ever get it. Tempted to restart but theres no way i could improve on it. KM capacity is 20231. I've got good corporate facilities, top training facilities and an excellent youth set up. Just improving my scouting range now
2012 - Spent £6m in first season in Prem getting Gara Dembele (sold for £4.5m), Ivelin Popov (sol for £6m) and Raul Nava (now worth £7m and a full international for Mexico). Also got Charlie Adam on a free (result) and Beckham on a free in January.
2013 - Spent £10m on a couple of genned players (one is now getting offers of £10m but i'll never sell him). Bough Alex Smithies (still my keeper now), Dodo (linked to Man Utd in real life) and got Gary O Neill and Alan Hutton on frees.
2014 - This is what did it. Spend £18m (£11m on my wonderkid from Sheff Utd, £4m on a Brazillian DM and £2 on a Dutch winger...all are now Wonderkids). Also got Edin Dzeko, Nigel De Jong and Henrique (Brazil Int CB) on free transfer. I shit you not :saywhat: Won the Prem and FA Cup that year
2015 - Spent £42 million. £7m on assorted youth players (this is the trick...scout 16 year olds at the start of each season and poach the best from the lower leagues youth set-ups before they are allocated high values. Needs to be done within a week of them being created). Also got Alan Dzagoev and a few 18 year olds who are handy. Also spent £21m on a Brazillian RB who turns out to be a liability ha
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Leigh Griffiths is a great signing when you first start. Comes off the bench cos he was behind Sharp and now he's my 5th Striker. Heres his stats since i signed him (All these are prem league except 1st year obviously). Now he's rated as a decent Prem player. Might sell him for £4 mill tho as i've got a youth player dubbed the next
2011 - Played - 30. Goals - 17 Assists - 10
2012 - P - 28, G - 8, A - 5
2013 - P - 27, G - 11, A - 8
2014 - P - 30, G - 20, A - 10
2015 - P - 18, G -5, A -3
The Stafford game is brilliant. On your first day your 600k in the red and get a transfer embargo about 2 weeks into the season so you can't sign anyone. I got a keeper who is equal to a good League 2 keeper apparently which helps a lot. Promotion might be on the cards through the playoffs because Telford are storming it (there 16 points clear of me atm and haven't lost yet. Although i did beat them in the FA Cup :) ).
As it stands i'm 5th (not forgetting minus ten start), i've played 15, 11 wins, a draw and three loses. Scored 36, conceded 9 and i've got an FA cup second round reply at home to Notts County. Unbelievable Jeff
The Donny save is as good as i can ever get it. Tempted to restart but theres no way i could improve on it. KM capacity is 20231. I've got good corporate facilities, top training facilities and an excellent youth set up. Just improving my scouting range now
2012 - Spent £6m in first season in Prem getting Gara Dembele (sold for £4.5m), Ivelin Popov (sol for £6m) and Raul Nava (now worth £7m and a full international for Mexico). Also got Charlie Adam on a free (result) and Beckham on a free in January.
2013 - Spent £10m on a couple of genned players (one is now getting offers of £10m but i'll never sell him). Bough Alex Smithies (still my keeper now), Dodo (linked to Man Utd in real life) and got Gary O Neill and Alan Hutton on frees.
2014 - This is what did it. Spend £18m (£11m on my wonderkid from Sheff Utd, £4m on a Brazillian DM and £2 on a Dutch winger...all are now Wonderkids). Also got Edin Dzeko, Nigel De Jong and Henrique (Brazil Int CB) on free transfer. I shit you not :saywhat: Won the Prem and FA Cup that year
2015 - Spent £42 million. £7m on assorted youth players (this is the trick...scout 16 year olds at the start of each season and poach the best from the lower leagues youth set-ups before they are allocated high values. Needs to be done within a week of them being created). Also got Alan Dzagoev and a few 18 year olds who are handy. Also spent £21m on a Brazillian RB who turns out to be a liability ha
Stafford - you gonna publish \"the 'real' league table\"? :laugh:
Donny - sounds good - how much did Griffiths cost anyway? and Jeparov (Uzbeki midfielder, costs around 95k) is an excellent signing, still mixing it up in the Prem in 2014 (until my save corrupted :headbang: )
I might have another crack at the game tonight. Haven't been on for a while because it did my head in always corrupting my hard work :(
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Stafford - you gonna publish \"the 'real' league table\"? :laugh:
Donny - sounds good - how much did Griffiths cost anyway? and Jeparov (Uzbeki midfielder, costs around 95k) is an excellent signing, still mixing it up in the Prem in 2014 (until my save corrupted :headbang: )
I might have another crack at the game tonight. Haven't been on for a while because it did my head in always corrupting my hard work :(
I would if i could...i'll take that idea to the board :)
Griffiths was 300k. Jeparov looks good but is too old now. I have 9 players over the age of 25, everyone else is under. Who says you can't win anything with kids. Just won the champions League now. 1-0 over Juventus...shocking game. Neither team could score until Nava fluked one.
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Stafford - you gonna publish \"the 'real' league table\"? :laugh:
Donny - sounds good - how much did Griffiths cost anyway? and Jeparov (Uzbeki midfielder, costs around 95k) is an excellent signing, still mixing it up in the Prem in 2014 (until my save corrupted :headbang: )
I might have another crack at the game tonight. Haven't been on for a while because it did my head in always corrupting my hard work :(
I would if i could...i'll take that idea to the board :)
Griffiths was 300k. Jeparov looks good but is too old now. I have 9 players over the age of 25, everyone else is under. Who says you can't win anything with kids. Just won the champions League now. 1-0 over Juventus...shocking game. Neither team could score until Nava fluked one.
:laugh: :laugh:
Bargain, much? I'd still bring him in just for a bit of experience, and if he's still good, I'd be offering terms (unless you've got a big squad obviously). Love flukey winners :) especially against the big boys!
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I've having a clear out now. De Jong is going as i've got 18 year olds that are as good if not better.
Alex Smithies wants £50k a week now so he'll be on his way i think. He's got 3 years left still. None of this \"letting player's contracts run down to 12 months\" with me :)
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I've having a clear out now. De Jong is going as i've got 18 year olds that are as good if not better.
Alex Smithies wants £50k a week now so he'll be on his way i think. He's got 3 years left still. None of this \"letting player's contracts run down to 12 months\" with me :)
Ah, even still though I'd keep a few old heads in there, just so you've got someone to nurture youngsters.
Jesus, 50k? :byebye
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Third season has started shocking.
2 points from first 3 games.
New signings including Hleb aren't cutting it at all.
And I was so close in my 2nd season.
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:laugh: relegation dogfight to report for once :thumbsup:
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Don't suppose anyone knows any good torrent sites where I can download this for nowt (including keygen) that doesn't require burning to CD?
.. Working nights have become slightly more boring since good 'ol SpectrumZX games site crashed and Kenny Dalglish Soccer Manager (1990) disappeared :(
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I'll find one and PM you it JD :)
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2023 Won the Prem and Champs League with DRFC, stay out of debt and play friendlies away at rich teams every other day to get a bigger budget, but keep playing the reserves and youth in the friendlies to keep players fresh B) :rtid: :side:
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2023 Won the Prem and Champs League with DRFC, stay out of debt and play friendlies away at rich teams every other day to get a bigger budget, but keep playing the reserves and youth in the friendlies to keep players fresh B) :rtid: :side:
Wow, does that really work? Sounds like a plan.. must try it some time.
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2023 Won the Prem and Champs League with DRFC, stay out of debt and play friendlies away at rich teams every other day to get a bigger budget, but keep playing the reserves and youth in the friendlies to keep players fresh B) :rtid: :side:
Wow, does that really work? Sounds like a plan.. must try it some time.
Yeah it does, I used to have my preseasons away everywhere to get a few mill in the bank. Gotta wonder how much you spend on Wages buzz if the champs league doesn't keep you out of debt?
Update: Started the 2016 season. Won the Charity Shield and Euro Super cup against Man Utd (they won the UEFA cup last year and got knocked out the Champs League by Celtic this year). Got rid of a few fringe players and brought in Ribery, Gignac and Jerome Boetang all on frees :) Also got 4 new youth players including a 6'8 center back (15 years old) and a French keeper who is 14...it's like a creche
Also sent Leigh Griffiths out on loan to Newcastle. They've paid £1.2m for the loan and another £3 to make it permanent. Not bad for a 300k player
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I don't know where to go now.
Losing in the play offs seems to have ruined things for the following season.
I think I have limited myself with not playing with a large database as well.
Don't really want to do a restart.
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2023 Won the Prem and Champs League with DRFC, stay out of debt and play friendlies away at rich teams every other day to get a bigger budget, but keep playing the reserves and youth in the friendlies to keep players fresh B) :rtid: :side:
Wow, does that really work? Sounds like a plan.. must try it some time.
Yeah it does, I used to have my preseasons away everywhere to get a few mill in the bank. Gotta wonder how much you spend on Wages buzz if the champs league doesn't keep you out of debt?
Update: Started the 2016 season. Won the Charity Shield and Euro Super cup against Man Utd (they won the UEFA cup last year and got knocked out the Champs League by Celtic this year). Got rid of a few fringe players and brought in Ribery, Gignac and Jerome Boetang all on frees :) Also got 4 new youth players including a 6'8 center back (15 years old) and a French keeper who is 14...it's like a creche
Also sent Leigh Griffiths out on loan to Newcastle. They've paid £1.2m for the loan and another £3 to make it permanent. Not bad for a 300k player
Knocked out by Celtic? :laugh: and like a creche? :laugh: building for the future then :P reckon you'll have a side on par with Fergie's fledglings? :P
Good move shipping him out, especially for such a high fee.
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I don't know where to go now.
Losing in the play offs seems to have ruined things for the following season.
I think I have limited myself with not playing with a large database as well.
Don't really want to do a restart.
I usually get pissed off and start again if I don't go up :laugh:
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I don't know where to go now.
Losing in the play offs seems to have ruined things for the following season.
I think I have limited myself with not playing with a large database as well.
Don't really want to do a restart.
I usually get pissed off and start again if I don't go up :laugh:
haha thats the spirit.
I'm having a few difficulties with my Rovers save.
Started the season well...progressing in all comps and haven't lost yet (only conceded about 5 goals in ten games) but i've got an injury crisis on my hands. 4 out of my 5 recognised strikers (Dzeko, Nava, Gignac, genned player) are all injured as is my best youth striker. Wishing i could bring Leigh Griffiths back but since Newcastle paid a fee for his loan i can't. I also sold an ok prospect to them who could have played.
I've got to make do with putting Ribery on Dzagoev up front for now. Shame i've got Man City next
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I don't know where to go now.
Losing in the play offs seems to have ruined things for the following season.
I think I have limited myself with not playing with a large database as well.
Don't really want to do a restart.
I usually get pissed off and start again if I don't go up :laugh:
haha thats the spirit.
I'm having a few difficulties with my Rovers save.
Started the season well...progressing in all comps and haven't lost yet (only conceded about 5 goals in ten games) but i've got an injury crisis on my hands. 4 out of my 5 recognised strikers (Dzeko, Nava, Gignac, genned player) are all injured as is my best youth striker. Wishing i could bring Leigh Griffiths back but since Newcastle paid a fee for his loan i can't. I also sold an ok prospect to them who could have played.
I've got to make do with putting Ribery on Dzagoev up front for now. Shame i've got Man City next
Spent 5 minutes laughing at this :laugh:
Could you not forge a new formation out of what you've got? & maybe have Ribery be trained up in the striker position to help you out with that?
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Well after getting bored of my all conquering game I've downloaded an unofficial update and about to start a new game with the new signings. Could be tough though, media prediction 22nd!
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Well after getting bored of my all conquering game I've downloaded an unofficial update and about to start a new game with the new signings. Could be tough though, media prediction 22nd!
What's different about the update? is it the summer signings included? maybe a daft question :laugh:
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Well after getting bored of my all conquering game I've downloaded an unofficial update and about to start a new game with the new signings. Could be tough though, media prediction 22nd!
What's different about the update? is it the summer signings included? maybe a daft question :laugh:
Yeh its a fully updated database for how things are now although the season still starts in 2010. All promotions and relegations are done (Brighton in the NPC etc) and we have Bennett, Spurr, Keegan, Brown, Naylor etc.
Only problem is somehow the person doing the database seems to have completely deleted Brian Stock from the game!!! So not sure I even want to continue with it already! I might do though, seeing as I play a 442 and have loads of CMs I might give it a go, just a shame as Stocky is usually worth a couple of million at least.
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Well after getting bored of my all conquering game I've downloaded an unofficial update and about to start a new game with the new signings. Could be tough though, media prediction 22nd!
What's different about the update? is it the summer signings included? maybe a daft question :laugh:
Yeh its a fully updated database for how things are now although the season still starts in 2010. All promotions and relegations are done (Brighton in the NPC etc) and we have Bennett, Spurr, Keegan, Brown, Naylor etc.
Only problem is somehow the person doing the database seems to have completely deleted Brian Stock from the game!!! So not sure I even want to continue with it already! I might do though, seeing as I play a 442 and have loads of CMs I might give it a go, just a shame as Stocky is usually worth a couple of million at least.
Why not just create him?
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Well after getting bored of my all conquering game I've downloaded an unofficial update and about to start a new game with the new signings. Could be tough though, media prediction 22nd!
What's different about the update? is it the summer signings included? maybe a daft question :laugh:
Yeh its a fully updated database for how things are now although the season still starts in 2010. All promotions and relegations are done (Brighton in the NPC etc) and we have Bennett, Spurr, Keegan, Brown, Naylor etc.
Only problem is somehow the person doing the database seems to have completely deleted Brian Stock from the game!!! So not sure I even want to continue with it already! I might do though, seeing as I play a 442 and have loads of CMs I might give it a go, just a shame as Stocky is usually worth a couple of million at least.
Why not just create him?
Wasn't totally sure how to do that so think I will just crack on with it. I've signed Marcel Seip (Dutch DC), Delron Buckley (South African AML/ST) and offered contracts to pretty much every unnattached goalkeeper!
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Any chance of the link pal? Oh, and another one to look out for is Bobson, a Dutch (I think he is anyway) left winger. Gem.
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http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=5146
Cheers, I'll look out for him. Signed Iain Turner on a free! :)
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Cheers :) and is that on this update, Turner on free? I might make Stock if I can be arsed :laugh:
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Yes he is (albeit for 5k p/w!), as is Jason Brown, Seip and your man Bobson was just offered to me on a free by his agent but can't really afford his wages!
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Yes he is (albeit for 5k p/w!), as is Jason Brown, Seip and your man Bobson was just offered to me on a free by his agent but can't really afford his wages!
Oooh :) good!
And I'd do everything I could to get him in, he's great. Maybe offer him a trial for a month to get some cash in?
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Just gone to load up my game and it isn't there.
Gone completely.
Any ideas...................?!
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I'm afraid it's corrupted the save. Have you got your settings to save more than one copy (i.e. a few different files with the same name but a number next to them)? Cos this'll load the game but a little earlier than your last save, otherwise you'll have to start from scratch. Very frustrating, I know..
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Found the save. It had been moved to a different folder. God knows how.
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Found the save. It had been moved to a different folder. God knows how.
:laugh: t'wonders of technology, eh? :P
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Well I finshed my first season an incredible 9th. The only problem with an updated databse is it doesnt really account for changing players ability, so West Ham and Blackpool walked away with the promotion spots, and Swansea and QPR came straight back down as their players hadn't been made better.
My succes was built on 3 cracking defensive signings (Turner, Seip, Hubica) and the 26 league goals of a certain Billy Sharp. Bennett's stats hadn't been adjusted so he was out on loan all season and Brown and Naylor weren't up to much so let them go along with Keegan and Locky.
Got a fair bit of cash to spend this close season so hoping to build a promotion charge over the next couple of seasons.
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Well I finshed my first season an incredible 9th. The only problem with an updated databse is it doesnt really account for changing players ability, so West Ham and Blackpool walked away with the promotion spots, and Swansea and QPR came straight back down as their players hadn't been made better.
My succes was built on 3 cracking defensive signings (Turner, Seip, Hubica) and the 26 league goals of a certain Billy Sharp. Bennett's stats hadn't been adjusted so he was out on loan all season and Brown and Naylor weren't up to much so let them go along with Keegan and Locky.
Got a fair bit of cash to spend this close season so hoping to build a promotion charge over the next couple of seasons.
That's the thing with custom DBs. Had a look, didn't really like it :laugh: too hard for me :(
If you can do that well with a DB that hard, then that's very well done indeed.
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Thats good work...I'd take 9th for us in real life this season..
I'd also take a fair bit of cash to spend
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I've got a really good save going that I'll type up when I can be bothered.
That's probably the very best we could hope for in real life, with a lot of luck anyway
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Well the summer didn't go too well, lots of targets identified but not too many signed and sadly my team is already losing its domestic bias. I signed Danny Webber and two young English players for the future as well as French/African DM, a French winger and Davide Petrucci but think he's also one for the future so loaned him out to some little club in Sheffield.
Only played 5 league games so far (W3 L2) so too early to tell how its going and I have a trip to the Emirates to look forward to in the LC 3rd round.
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Do you try to keep a healthy domestic bias? I don't even bother with that, and just sign the best player I can for the role (provided I think they'd fit in, of course). Good shout on Petrucci. Not too sure Webber's that good, but hope for you he proves me wrong :)
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By the time I quit my last game in 2030 my domestic bias was 1%!! It doesn't bother me as such but its a shame I can't get English quality in. I do sign foreigners at a young age so they count as \"homegrown\" but I don't think that counts towards domestic bias.
Webber is so so, mainly my attacking substitute and has scored a couple of goals. Fairhurst has plenty of potential so he's out on loan. Brown was pants so I let him go which left me with Sharp and Hayter so I signed Webber as 3rd choice and got a kid in from Blackburn on loan as 4th choice to let me loan Petrucci out too. As I've got plenty of wingers I can always chuck Shiels up front too.
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Oh, perhaps time to buy in English talent :laugh: I've started to do that, although I do tend to go a bit crazy when I'm given a big budget when I go up..
I always let the 5 players in the reserves go - purely because they aren't good enough. I let Shiels go immediately, because I needed the money and I had a loan deal lined up for a Russian kid (forget the name - had to scout him out) who was already better than Deano. Also, try to get hold of Devann Yao - good impact sub in the Championship (especially on t'right wing) - just a shame he can't really cut it, as well at least, in the top flight.
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Won promotion in my second season in exciting style. I was top 2 for around 90% of the season but then dropped to 3rd with 41 games gone and won promotion on the last day. I lost my star Czech defender for £3.5m but Hird and Martis stepped up to the plate (aalthough when they wobbled I got Anton Ferdiannd in on loan to partner Seip. There was a long period of the season though when my back 4 consisted of players from the current squad (JOC/Dumbuya, Hird, Martis, Spurr). Billy banged them in for fun, as did my loanee Nick Blackman, ably backed up by Hayter.
I signed a lot of players offered to me on frees by agents but I know I need to bring some serious quality in this summer. I signed Mason on a free but loaned him straight out.
Oster and Wilson just departed on frees so I've still got:
First team regulars: JOC, Dumbuya, Spurr, Gillett, Copps, Billy, Shiels, Martis
Fringe: Hayter, Friend, G.Woods, Hird,
Phasing out: M. Woods, Fairhurst, Bennett
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Sounds like a very good squad. I've found it's best to try and keep a decent core of the old squad rather than a full scale changing of the guard - fell apart the first time I had a clearout! :laugh:
I'd try and bring in a good few free agents as you can get some real quality for nothing (well, no transfer fee, anyway).
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Just wondering - do you eventually die or does your manager like.. live forever? :laugh: I've never gotten far enough to find out.
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Dunno RedJ, theres always a new update before i get the chance to find out!
Just finished by 2016 season and its been interesting. Got knocked out of the FA and League cup by Chelsea (played them about 5 times this season). Strolled to the Prem by about 8 points, not sure how. Just never had a challenger. The Champions League os where it gets interesting.
In the 1st knockout round i was 3-1 down against Athletico Madrid before winning 4-0 at home. Beat Juventus in quarters before i met Inter in the semis. I was 1-0 down after losing the first leg at home. Went 1-0 down after 2 minutes in the second leg and had 2 men sent off before half time! Got a goal early in the second half before my £11m wonderkid smashed in a free kick from 40 yards with 5 minutes left.
Had Porto in the final..scored with 3 minutes left to make it 2-2 and take it to extra time. Ended up winning 5-2 and hey presto i've defended the Champions League
As for players. Raul Nava got player of the year (20 games in 25 games). Getting a bit stuck now. I've got my youth players but they are all a few years away yet. Need to improve my first team but there are sooo expensive. Found a CB worth £6m but all my offers were turned down. I saved my game to find out how much it would cost. They eventually accepted £80m and for a contract the agent wanted £6m signing fee for him and his player plus £150k a week with £100k appearance fee. Decided that i'll leave him\\
How about everyone else?
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I'm struggling second time around at my first shot in the Premiership. Lost my first 6 games and even a brief run of form sees me still averaging less than a point a game. Fortunately there are a lot of teams in a similar position and in my first game it wasn't until Xmas until Ifound my feet so I haven't given up just yet.
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Dunno RedJ, theres always a new update before i get the chance to find out!
Just finished by 2016 season and its been interesting. Got knocked out of the FA and League cup by Chelsea (played them about 5 times this season). Strolled to the Prem by about 8 points, not sure how. Just never had a challenger. The Champions League os where it gets interesting.
In the 1st knockout round i was 3-1 down against Athletico Madrid before winning 4-0 at home. Beat Juventus in quarters before i met Inter in the semis. I was 1-0 down after losing the first leg at home. Went 1-0 down after 2 minutes in the second leg and had 2 men sent off before half time! Got a goal early in the second half before my £11m wonderkid smashed in a free kick from 40 yards with 5 minutes left.
Had Porto in the final..scored with 3 minutes left to make it 2-2 and take it to extra time. Ended up winning 5-2 and hey presto i've defended the Champions League
As for players. Raul Nava got player of the year (20 games in 25 games). Getting a bit stuck now. I've got my youth players but they are all a few years away yet. Need to improve my first team but there are sooo expensive. Found a CB worth £6m but all my offers were turned down. I saved my game to find out how much it would cost. They eventually accepted £80m and for a contract the agent wanted £6m signing fee for him and his player plus £150k a week with £100k appearance fee. Decided that i'll leave him\\
How about everyone else?
:laugh: Middlesbrough style European cup run :P very good :P £80m for a £6m rated player? Christ alive... Raul Nava - is he real or a regen?
DN - :laugh: sounds a bit like the real us last year, but in reverse. I'd raid the loan market about now if I were you and get some quality in down that route.
I will type up one of my games eventually :laugh:
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:laugh: Middlesbrough style European cup run :P very good :P £80m for a £6m rated player? Christ alive... Raul Nava - is he real or a regen?
:laugh: sounds a bit like the real us last year, but in reverse. I'd raid the loan market about now if I were you and get some quality in down that route.
I will type up one of my games eventually :laugh:
yeah Raul Nava is real. Only cost £2m at the beginning of my 1st season in the Prem and he's well worth it. Shame he's just broken his leg and is out till Christmas
There aren't any loan players good enough for my team. Messi is only rated at 4 stars when I scout him and a 3 star player is a leading Prem standard. I've got replacements for every position so i can't complain really
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Can never have too much good cover :) never got why 3 stars meant leading player in the Prem..
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i want to start one in the next few days :)
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I will eventually type up something of my own.. I get too far in before I remember then I can't be arsed to write what's happened so far :laugh:
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I play a 4-1-2-3. I concede a fair few but generally outscore the opponent. Il sort a download out or just post the instructions if anyone wants to try it. I am currently 2nd in the Premier league after coming 13th in my 1st season, then 8th last.
Few regens in my team, but notable key players are Carlos Vela, Pichu Atienza.
I remember Sixto Peralta was brilliant for me in the championship.
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Would love that :) it'll go nicely with my current formation - looking for one other than my 4-2-4 thingy.
By the way, if anyone wants a PDF copy of a FM11 handbook guide, drop me a PM with email address.
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Would love that :) it'll go nicely with my current formation - looking for one other than my 4-2-4 thingy.
By the way, if anyone wants a PDF copy of a FM11 handbook guide, drop me a PM with email address.
PM SENT MATE :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Thought I'd post here.
I'm currently finishing my 2067/68 season. I have a 2nd new stadium which holds 76,000.
Champions League 2052/55/64
Premier League 2049/53/60/61
UEFA Cup 2027/48/49
Super Cup 2027/48/55/64
FA Cup 2031/53/57/66
Club World Championship 2052/55/64
League Cup 2026/31/52/53/56/58/67
Community Shield 2031/49/57/60/66
It's been a rollercoaster ride including having a New Zealand chairman who ploughed money into the club and when I had a team of very well paid superstars he upped off and left, the Kitson, so I struggled with money and had to rebuild. During that time, though, I spent £90m on one striker which is the most expensive transfer in the game to date.
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Thought I'd post here.
I'm currently finishing my 2067/68 season. I have a 2nd new stadium which holds 76,000.
Champions League 2052/55/64
Premier League 2049/53/60/61
UEFA Cup 2027/48/49
Super Cup 2027/48/55/64
FA Cup 2031/53/57/66
Club World Championship 2052/55/64
League Cup 2026/31/52/53/56/58/67
Community Shield 2031/49/57/60/66
It's been a rollercoaster ride including having a New Zealand chairman who ploughed money into the club and when I had a team of very well paid superstars he upped off and left, the Kitson, so I struggled with money and had to rebuild. During that time, though, I spent £90m on one striker which is the most expensive transfer in the game to date.
Holy crap thats unreal! 2068? Which FM are you running btw? Are you Rovers btw?
I'd have thought you'd have won more but if the money goes then you are screwed i suppose. When were you able to build a new stadium because i'm selling out my 20000 stadium every match
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Been with Rovers for 21,103 days :) FM2011.
I know it's a very small trophy collection for over 50 years but still. I can't remember, I got mine upgraded to 20,000 then got a 56,000 one when my chairman came in and this 78,000 one in 2067. It takes a while for new stadiums plus you have to have money in the bank.
I neglected my staff for years which probably why my progress seems little. I am the 18th richest club in the world, Ajax are 1st.
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I've just finished my 4th season;
1st season - missed out on play-offs on final day of season;
2nd season - won the Championship and reached semi-final of League Cup;
3rd season - finished 16th in Premiership;
4th season - finished 10th & runner up in League Cup, though still qualified for Europe.
The KM is now slightly over 20,000 capacity & Andy Liney took over from John Ryan at the start of the 3rd season.
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Am I the only one who never actually gets rid of JR as chairman? furthest I've been is 2025 and he still hangs on then!
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Am I the only one who never actually gets rid of JR as chairman? furthest I've been is 2025 and he still hangs on then!
He's never looked like shifting on mine. Can't complain though...i'm loaded!
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I had to sell off some stars and buy in shit loads more to get loaded :laugh:
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Finally, Finally took delivery of the game today - so a few questions
Where is the best place to get the latest updates?
Is it better to start as Rovers or a blue Square club?
Cheers
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Finally, Finally took delivery of the game today - so a few questions
Where is the best place to get the latest updates?
Is it better to start as Rovers or a blue Square club?
Cheers
If the computer you've loaded it onto is connected to the internet then it updates through the offical Steam interface.
I'd start with Rovers tbh on the original with no updates cos there are more free agent players
You could have waited a month or so for FM 2012 to come out tho
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Finally, Finally took delivery of the game today - so a few questions
Where is the best place to get the latest updates?
Is it better to start as Rovers or a blue Square club?
Cheers
If the computer you've loaded it onto is connected to the internet then it updates through the offical Steam interface.
I'd start with Rovers tbh on the original with no updates cos there are more free agent players
You could have waited a month or so for FM 2012 to come out tho
If you're not on Steam, then the Sports Interactive site for the game.
I'd start with Rovers, but then you may want a more \"realistic\" experience and start with a BSP/N club to build a career from the bottom.
On the subject of the next version, are we starting another big fcukoff thread for it? :laugh:
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Powered thru pre-season and have brought in
Kyle Walker, Chris Smalling, Daniel Pacheco, John Guidetti and Frank Fielding on Loan and have signed Mills JNR and Adam Larsen Kwarasey GK!
Now to be smashed each week in the league
I will get 2012 as soon as it comes out to be a little more up to date!!!
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:laugh: you HAVE been busy :P how much did that cost you to put together?
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Adam Larsen Kwarasey - 4,700 per week cost me 40k from stromgodset
Joseph Mills cost me 180k and wages of 2,800 per week
all my loanees are having wages paid by parent club!
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Good stuff - I'd suggest Salomon Olembe and Matthieu Berson, too - both very good free agents (even on the final update, I think they're both free) and if you get offered a lad named Bobson, snap him up. Get him in form and by the end of your first season he'll be worth upwards of £1.5million.
How good is Larsen anyway?
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I cant find any of them players, must be on a smaller database or something, still on pre-season i think its my final friendly v man utd, 1-0 half time Brian Stock
:woot:
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Sharp and Brandy injured in last 4 mins of match grrrrrr 1-1!!!
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I was offered Euell by Blackpool - Have i missed a trick - i declined and he has signed for scunny!!!!! Also Fielding that Keeper from Blackburn - but i have also signed Larsen for GK duties
For those that have done a fair few seasons, how does Woods GK develop???
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:laugh: if you can hold United to a draw you're doing something right. And you must be, shame, cos they're reliable as hell.
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This is it - First match of the season
Still in transfer discussions with a few foreign youngsters but they wont be near my first team for a while
My line up for first Championship Match v Millwall
Larsen Kwarasey
Friend
Martis
Hird
Thomas
Stock
Wilson
Coppinger
Pacheco
Wood
Guidetti
Here goes
:scarf:
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Lost 2-1 not a bad display - 4 bookings on each team - is that normal???
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Looks like a very good outfit you've got there. It can be, it just depends on how you've set up your tactics, and how they have theirs - will also be affected by harshness of the ref on the game day.
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Beat Morecombe 1-0 int cup, Home to Ipswich now int league!!!
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:laugh: good luck! get a few months (game time obviously :laugh:) in then let us know how you're getting on. My seasons (and it seems others' too) take a while to finally shape up :)
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Seems to be my second half performance that is letting me down, hmmmmm
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I started,my signings...
(http://http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n548/outcast20/288745_158061954270023_100001986570588_319461_2031924_o-1.jpg)
Drew 1-1 with QPR,first game,Mendy scored.
Beat Chesterfield 3-2 in leauge cup,brace for Sharp,Mendy got the other.
Drew 1-1 with Bristol City.
Expected to lose both my leauge games so 2 points are a welcome bonus...
Goncalves who was a really hard deal to complete finally signed and torn his hamsting,4-5 month injured. :sick: :sick: :sick:
What do we think then?
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I started,my signings...
(http://http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n548/outcast20/288745_158061954270023_100001986570588_319461_2031924_o-1.jpg)
Drew 1-1 with QPR,first game,Mendy scored.
Beat Chesterfield 3-2 in leauge cup,brace for Sharp,Mendy got the other.
Drew 1-1 with Bristol City.
Expected to lose both my leauge games so 2 points are a welcome bonus...
Goncalves who was a really hard deal to complete finally signed and torn his hamsting,4-5 month injured. :sick: :sick: :sick:
What do we think then?
Which Mendy?
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I started,my signings...
(http://http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n548/outcast20/288745_158061954270023_100001986570588_319461_2031924_o-1.jpg)
Drew 1-1 with QPR,first game,Mendy scored.
Beat Chesterfield 3-2 in leauge cup,brace for Sharp,Mendy got the other.
Drew 1-1 with Bristol City.
Expected to lose both my leauge games so 2 points are a welcome bonus...
Goncalves who was a really hard deal to complete finally signed and torn his hamsting,4-5 month injured. :sick: :sick: :sick:
What do we think then?
Which Mendy?
BERNARD MENDY! ;)
My signings...
Bernard Mendy
Jay Demerit
Andy Butler.
Febian Brandy
Jose Goncalves,worth nearly 2m.
Ruben Palazuelos
Anthony Pilkington
Alex Smithies.
Fabio Borini (loan)
:aok:
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:laugh: I can't sign half of them now cos I've updated! :( great work on the market though.
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:laugh: I can't sign half of them now cos I've updated! :( great work on the market though.
Couple of gems in there methinks. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Them PDFs any good for you?
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Them PDFs any good for you?
Haven't had time to read any of the second lot to be fair,read the first one and it helped alot,especially tactically.
Thanks for thos. :)
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:laugh: I haven't really looked through the second lot myself, I only remembered I had them (they were originally for FM10 but most of it goes for 11 too) when I went to find the first one.
Glad it was of use - built a good set of tactics from that. Still a liability with a big budget though :laugh:
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How difficult does this game wanna be - even after adding all the heavily tipped ' quality loans' i have only reached the dizzy heights of 23rd!!! Im 7pts adrift heading into January with a tricky FA Cup 3rd tie with Lincoln coming up! Gulp!!
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it's very difficult until you get into it
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How difficult does this game wanna be - even after adding all the heavily tipped ' quality loans' i have only reached the dizzy heights of 23rd!!! Im 7pts adrift heading into January with a tricky FA Cup 3rd tie with Lincoln coming up! Gulp!!
Its quite realistic in that one month you can win every game then all of a sudden (with the same players and tactics) start losing and get in a slump.
A trick i've tried is to pack the midfield with a DM and AM as when i play badly there is no link between my defence, midfield and attack and this stops them getting isolated
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I'd make good use of the philosophies in the team instructions bit.
Anyone else unable to get onto \"match preparation\" after you originally set that up?
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Has it disappeared? Try going on Manager Options bit and seeing if the let Assistant set match preparation is selected.
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On the manager options, but don't see that.
I mean when I click Doncaster then between Training and Backroom Advice, by the way :) in case you're thinking of something different.
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Well interesting start,not had much time to play on it in truth so only just finished August.
Unbeaten at the end of August so far,4th in the leauge with 8 points,through to round 3 of the leauge cup where i'll play Birmingham,expecting defeat.
Almost certain for defeat though as i play Cardiff next,with the squad they have they'll hammer me,injuries are taking there toll,(sigh)
Still Alex Smithies has been very impressive his first few games and looks a quality buy,Shiels has done well for me too scoring a few.
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:laugh: I like Shiels on here. He's a lot better than in real life.. perhaps due to the thing said earlier about being two footed..
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New poster on this forum.
Saw this thread and couldn't help but take a peek,big football manager fan. :clapping:
Not strictly sticking to the topic title as i started as Southampton today,just entering end of August and about to play Derby in the league cup second round.
Won all my games so far quite convincingly to be honest,Leigh Grittiths has been banging them in for fun so far and looks a great signing as do Demerit and Mendy,Grittiths scored 4 on his debut as i beat Colchester 4-0,also smashed Charlton 5-0 which was a massive shock,scraped past Hartlepool 3-2.
7 goals in 4 games for Grittiths,great form to be fair.
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New poster on this forum.
Saw this thread and couldn't help but take a peek,big football manager fan. :clapping:
Not strictly sticking to the topic title as i started as Southampton today,just entering end of August and about to play Derby in the league cup second round.
Won all my games so far quite convincingly to be honest,Leigh Grittiths has been banging them in for fun so far and looks a great signing as do Demerit and Mendy,Grittiths scored 4 on his debut as i beat Colchester 4-0,also smashed Charlton 5-0 which was a massive shock,scraped past Hartlepool 3-2.
7 goals in 4 games for Grittiths,great form to be fair.
:laugh: no worries pal, good luck with the southern jessies :laugh: - as I've said earlier on, if you get the chance of Kevin Bobson, snap him up - Devann Yao is a great little impact player too, especially at that level (not so much in the top flight unfortunately)
Also - try and find a CB called Alessando playing for Lech Poznan - only young lad, but he turns out to be absolute quality, and you can sell him on for real megabucks if you want to get rid. I'd do everything you can to get him in - the likes of Barca and Inter come sniffing soon enough.
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Currently just finishing the 2020 season in my career game. I'm with Derby at the moment. Took them over in league 1 where they were 8th, won promotion that season. Then straight through the Championship. Settled as a top of the table club but just cannot win anything. Knocked out in the semis of Carling cup and Champions League and looks like I'll finish 5th by 1 point so it'll be Uefa cup. Bad times.
I prefer the young player approach though and always go after youngsters. Pace is a huge attribute on the wings and up front I reckon. I play a 4-1-3-2 formation with a DM and an AM. I'm so far in now though and with so many youngsters that all my players are regens :D
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Currently just finishing the 2020 season in my career game. I'm with Derby at the moment. Took them over in league 1 where they were 8th, won promotion that season. Then straight through the Championship. Settled as a top of the table club but just cannot win anything. Knocked out in the semis of Carling cup and Champions League and looks like I'll finish 5th by 1 point so it'll be Uefa cup. Bad times.
I prefer the young player approach though and always go after youngsters. Pace is a huge attribute on the wings and up front I reckon. I play a 4-1-3-2 formation with a DM and an AM. I'm so far in now though and with so many youngsters that all my players are regens :D
As for finishing 5th - is it too late in the season to expect a collapse from above strong enough to squeeze into 4th? I'd use mind games if there's still a chance to catch them.
I like a mix of youth and experience. A few old heads in the XI and on the bench, and the rest, quality youngsters (or young lads that could be quality but won't go out on loan). I need to get out of the habit of just picking up players cos they're available though.. real liability with a big budget.
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Well I left Donny and went to Portsmouth in my third season. What a mistake that is proving to be.
Got to play offs with Rovers in my 2nd, but started the thirs season badly and the players were unhappy so I jumped before I was pushed.
Doing shite with Portsmouth.
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:laugh: unlucky. Damage limitation now. What's the highest you reckon you'll manage?
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I am top of league 1 at the moment,26th of January.
The board jumped into sell Lallana and Mendy but i got decent fees in January so i wasn't too bothered and i did replace with a lot of quality,signed Neil Danns,Jason Shackell,Adam Le Fondre,Keith Treacy and Jody Craddock although I've spent the 3.7m or somehthing that i had.
Preparing for life in the championship,Bassos been great but will he be good enough for the championship or will i need to look elsewhere,i may well try and get Alex Smithies...
Chamberlains just broke into my side and hes doing well.
Remember I'm Southampton.
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I am top of league 1 at the moment,26th of January.
The board jumped into sell Lallana and Mendy but i got decent fees in January so i wasn't too bothered and i did replace with a lot of quality,signed Neil Danns,Jason Shackell,Adam Le Fondre,Keith Treacy and Jody Craddock although I've spent the 3.7m or somehthing that i had.
Preparing for life in the championship,Bassos been great but will he be good enough for the championship or will i need to look elsewhere,i may well try and get Alex Smithies...
Chamberlains just broke into my side and hes doing well.
Remember I'm Southampton.
Does my head in, when they sell players from under you. Apparently the next game'll let you argue your case for keeping, but just speculation.
Basso's a good enough replacement for season 2, so I'd keep him and bring in Smithies, or Joe Lewis if you can't get him.
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Yeah i was a bit pissed off when they sold Lallana for 1.2m to Forest,he was a massive part of my midfield and Mendy was instrumental in my side,pulling all the strings. :clapping:
I was a bit sad to see him leave but i got 2.9m from Everton for him so it wasn't too bad besides i think in the 5 or 6 players i brought in through January i think i got the better deal,Danns could be a great signing.
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Danns is mixing it up in the PL for me, even in 2014, so good buy there.
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Danns is mixing it up in the PL for me, even in 2014, so good buy there.
1m up front and 500k over 24 month's,I'm keeping tabs on a lot of players who will be out of contract come the end of the season from premiership clubs and I'll be quick to offer them contracts as long as they don't renew.
Michael Owen is one i am looking at fetching in if the wages aren't too high,could be some good freebies in there.
Hows Chamberlain,Schneiderlin and Smithies doing,thanks?
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All at top teams, worth millions. Smithies turned down a move to Chelsea for Leicester for some reason though, after being at Liverpool..
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All at top teams, worth millions. Smithies turned down a move to Chelsea for Leicester for some reason though, after being at Liverpool..
Ah that's good,i was a bit wary of offering Chamberlain a new deal incase he tailed off but it does seem that he can turn out quality,i will certainly offer Chamberlain a new deal tommorow,He has 2 and a half years left but a lot of teams are sniffing around,Smithies will eventually be mine,i have my heart set on him signing for me. :laugh:
I took a cheapish gamble on Arroan Cresswell of Tranmere,21 years old and a left back,signed him early in the season but left him at Tranmere for a year to develop a bit more,any idea how hes getting on?
I wasn't sure on him
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Cresswell. Well he doesn't end up as anything special, but he's solid in the NPC and League One. Worth it for the right price, and sometimes you can actually develop them to be better than their PA if you work it right (rare though).
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Cresswell. Well he doesn't end up as anything special, but he's solid in the NPC and League One. Worth it for the right price, and sometimes you can actually develop them to be better than their PA if you work it right (rare though).
Ok thanks,he should be good enough cover atleast for next season i reckon,his stats are decent for a youngster...
Any suggestions as to who i could go for in the summer? Promotions a almost certainty
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What positions are you looking at covering?
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What positions are you looking at covering?
Anywhere good really,obviously I'll have to balance it out a bit but a few will be released on frees,i have a good enough mid table side anyway already imo just needs a bit of tweaking with. :aok:
Free agents preferably as I'm not sure as to how much money i will get.
Striking isn't really a issue as i have Grittiths who has scored over 30 goals so far and only in January,i have Lambert and Brandy who has done well of the bench also have Barnard although i think I'll sell him on.
Goalkeeping should be ok as i think I'll for Smithies.
I have a good midfield with Chamberlain,Schneiderlin,Danns and a lot of cover...
So anywhere would be a nice suggestion please although they'll have to be pretty good to get into my side. :thumbsup:
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If you're looking to keep spending low then I'd suggest raiding the PL reserves for youth loans.
Add Owen to your side, do anything to get him. I'd bring in a defender or two - Martin Kelly might be free at that point (forgotten) but I'd get him anyway, even if just on loan - definitely worth it. Kilgallon would be another good signing, again, even if just on loan. If I don't go straight up and I DON'T just restart I usually go down the route of loans.
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If you're looking to keep spending low then I'd suggest raiding the PL reserves for youth loans.
Add Owen to your side, do anything to get him. I'd bring in a defender or two - Martin Kelly might be free at that point (forgotten) but I'd get him anyway, even if just on loan - definitely worth it. Kilgallon would be another good signing, again, even if just on loan. If I don't go straight up and I DON'T just restart I usually go down the route of loans.
Thanks,I'll look into them.. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :rtid:
Hopefully get another 2 month done tommorow and confirm promotion ;) :cheer:
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Also how good is Leigh Grittiths on yours?
Nearly 40 goals this season for me. :woot:
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Griffiths is banging them in in the Championship, had sides in the PL like WBA sniffing for him according to his profile and the transfer rumours thing.
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Griffiths is banging them in in the Championship, had sides in the PL like WBA sniffing for him according to his profile and the transfer rumours thing.
Ok thanks,what a player hes turning out to be for me ... :)
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Right went up with Southampton,finished 2nd on 102 points. :aok:
Signed a few players but still early July.
Sol Campbell.
Kieron Dyer.
Alex Smithies.
A few more but i forgot who :laugh: I'll tell you tommorow
Any other suggestions on frees
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Right went up with Southampton,finished 2nd on 102 points. :aok:
Signed a few players but still early July.
Sol Campbell.
Kieron Dyer.
Alex Smithies.
A few more but i forgot who :laugh: I'll tell you tommorow
Any other suggestions on frees
That's a good start, I'd just go with my earlier suggestions really though, as I say it's easier to get fringe players from other clubs in and you pay less money :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Febian Brandy on a free transfer for anyone starting up, he is god. I got him for Brentford at the start of my game and he was unbelievably good.
In my Derby game at the start of the 20-21 season and my chairman has just sold my upcoming Brazilian left winger for 15M, he was worth more than that IMO. I've got a better left winger in the team but that's not the point. Replaced him with 34 year old Cristiano Ronaldo, lost some of his pace but the ability more than makes up for it.
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Had a couple of eventful days on fm. :blush:
As you know i was Southampton,took them up easily and made some good signings for the championship but jesus christ it didnt go as planned :chair: I was 12 games in and had only 1 point and was getting hammered by 3 or more goals every game :pinch: My 13th game was against Preston and i was beaten 11-0 yes eleven. :coat: :coat: :coat:
I took the descision to resign rather than be sacked.
Joined Walsall who were bottom of leauge 2,quite a drop i know :sick: Couldn't sign anyone so made to do with what i had,in a remarkable turn of games i have managed to take them just 3 points off the play-offs at Christmas,could i take them up? :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
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Febian Brandy on a free transfer for anyone starting up, he is god. I got him for Brentford at the start of my game and he was unbelievably good.
In my Derby game at the start of the 20-21 season and my chairman has just sold my upcoming Brazilian left winger for 15M, he was worth more than that IMO. I've got a better left winger in the team but that's not the point. Replaced him with 34 year old Cristiano Ronaldo, lost some of his pace but the ability more than makes up for it.
That's a good shout - banging them in for me as Donny on my new save (still probably won't end up typing up cos I always get too far in :laugh:) too!
Hate when they sell players off without letting you stop them! Just did that to me with Stock, but managed to get Pall Gallagher and another player whose name escapes me with it, so worth it. Ronaldo will never come to me, no matter who I am or how much I offer..
Had a couple of eventful days on fm. :blush:
As you know i was Southampton,took them up easily and made some good signings for the championship but jesus christ it didnt go as planned :chair: I was 12 games in and had only 1 point and was getting hammered by 3 or more goals every game :pinch: My 13th game was against Preston and i was beaten 11-0 yes eleven. :coat: :coat: :coat:
I took the descision to resign rather than be sacked.
Joined Walsall who were bottom of leauge 2,quite a drop i know :sick: Couldn't sign anyone so made to do with what i had,in a remarkable turn of games i have managed to take them just 3 points off the play-offs at Christmas,could i take them up? :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
:laugh: unlucky! keep calm and carry on :P
Best thing to do - jump before push and you save reputation and increase the chance of getting back in at that level.
Walsall are a decent side, I've done them before and enjoyed it. Going up going up going up :thumbsup:
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Febian Brandy on a free transfer for anyone starting up, he is god. I got him for Brentford at the start of my game and he was unbelievably good.
In my Derby game at the start of the 20-21 season and my chairman has just sold my upcoming Brazilian left winger for 15M, he was worth more than that IMO. I've got a better left winger in the team but that's not the point. Replaced him with 34 year old Cristiano Ronaldo, lost some of his pace but the ability more than makes up for it.
That's a good shout - banging them in for me as Donny on my new save (still probably won't end up typing up cos I always get too far in :laugh:) too!
Hate when they sell players off without letting you stop them! Just did that to me with Stock, but managed to get Pall Gallagher and another player whose name escapes me with it, so worth it. Ronaldo will never come to me, no matter who I am or how much I offer..
Had a couple of eventful days on fm. :blush:
As you know i was Southampton,took them up easily and made some good signings for the championship but jesus christ it didnt go as planned :chair: I was 12 games in and had only 1 point and was getting hammered by 3 or more goals every game :pinch: My 13th game was against Preston and i was beaten 11-0 yes eleven. :coat: :coat: :coat:
I took the descision to resign rather than be sacked.
Joined Walsall who were bottom of leauge 2,quite a drop i know :sick: Couldn't sign anyone so made to do with what i had,in a remarkable turn of games i have managed to take them just 3 points off the play-offs at Christmas,could i take them up? :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
:laugh: unlucky! keep calm and carry on :P
Best thing to do - jump before push and you save reputation and increase the chance of getting back in at that level.
Walsall are a decent side, I've done them before and enjoyed it. Going up going up going up :thumbsup:
My save files decided to corrupt ffs
Started as Luton,got Joe Mills in on loan,talking to Brandy too
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Do you have the option checked that lets you save the file 3 times, rolling? I also save things more than once now (to prevent losing everything).
If you can get Brandy, he should be a real threat.
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Do you have the option checked that lets you save the file 3 times, rolling? I also save things more than once now (to prevent losing everything).
If you can get Brandy, he should be a real threat.
Terry Dixon.
Luke Moore.
Lee Trundle.
Jack Sampson
King Gyan
Vincent Derge (gk)
James Ashworth
Danny Murphy
Wilfried Zaha - Loan from Palace.
Obviously won't sign them all but Dixon,Sampson and Zaha look certainties :kiss:
Yeah thats my save file 3 rolling...
All targets...
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Do you have the option checked that lets you save the file 3 times, rolling? I also save things more than once now (to prevent losing everything).
If you can get Brandy, he should be a real threat.
Yep already checked :coat:
Only happened once though in a year though.
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Mine corrupts regularly for some reason :( usually after I've done something big like won the league :headbang:
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How do you all have time for this???
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I don't play much hence why it's taken me 10 months to do 10 seasons.
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How do you all have time for this???
Sleep problems for me :laugh:
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How do you all have time for this???
I have to secretly take the laptop to the toilet or something and go on it why the missus isn't looking, :sick: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Won every game,mid september with Luton. B)
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I'm Rovers.
I won the leauge cup in my first season,beating Sunderland,Blackburn,Chelsea and Wolves on the way to winning it,remarkable really. :laugh: :laugh: :)
I'm 2 points off the playoffs with 6 games left in the leauge.
After winning the leauge cup i have already booked a place in the europa leauge next season,it would be strange if i was in the championship. :chair: :chair:
Stocks just signed a new deal too. :) :) :)
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I managed to win the League Cup as well as the Championship in my first season :P & if you go up, I'd keep an eye on the club bank balance, cos that always ends up being my undoing.
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I managed to win the League Cup as well as the Championship in my first season :P & if you go up, I'd keep an eye on the club bank balance, cos that always ends up being my undoing.
Any reccomended signings?
How much money did you get in the summer?
Also how did you do in the europa leauge? :ohmy: :laugh:
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:laugh: Brandy, definitely, and Paul Gallacher's a good keeper. Other than that, just the people already mentioned, but the squad's been strong enough for me without much reinforcement.
I got knocked out in the qualifiers :-(
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:laugh: Brandy, definitely, and Paul Gallacher's a good keeper. Other than that, just the people already mentioned, but the squad's been strong enough for me without much reinforcement.
I got knocked out in the qualifiers :-(
How much money did you get?
I've already signed Adam Rooney and he comes in the summer. :thumbsup:
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£27million in my second season.
He's a good one to bring in, and can hack it in the PL too.
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£27million in my second season.
He's a good one to bring in, and can hack it in the PL too.
Nice.
I only payed 325k for him too in installments.
With him,Grittiths and Sharp too choose from i should be up there considering Sharp and Grittiths have over 50 goals betewenn them :aok:
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I am going to be a beta tester for just waiting for the disc to be sent now. Can't belive it.
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I am going to be a beta tester for fm 12 just waiting for the disc to be sent now. Can't belive it.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: how'd you pull that one mate? :P let us know what it's like :clapping:
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A quick question. When i get advice from my assistant. He says that sometimes we are overalled by oppnents. What am i surpose to do with that statement?
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A quick question. When i get advice from my assistant. He says that sometimes we are overalled by oppnents. What am i surpose to do with that statement?
No idea mate :laugh: never got why they even bothered with telling you things like that.. I guess you could make things more defensive when you're against a big side? :S it's a tad pointless, really
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Right took Donny up in my first season,beat the dirty blades scum 3-0 in the play-off final,also won the leauge cup in my first season.
Got 33.5m
TEAM:
Alex Smithies.
Steven Whittaker.
Phil Jones.
Jay Demerit.
Matthew Kilgallon.
Keith Andrews.
James McFadden.
Jonothan Greening.
Michael Owen.
Leigh Grittiths. (35 goals last season and only 20)
Ricardo Fuller.
BENCH:
Jerzy Dudek.
Giles Barnes.
Nyron Nosworthy
Craig Gardner.
Tom Soares.
Chris Wood.
Billy Sharp.
What do you think?
About to play second leg of my europa leauge qualifier,won the first leg 2-0 with Owen and Demerit scoring. Half way there.
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Very good squad, should stay up if nothing goes horribly wrong. Better if you can sell out every weekend too. Never thought to sign Fuller..
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Very good squad, should stay up if nothing goes horribly wrong. Better if you can sell out every weekend too. Never thought to sign Fuller..
Yeah it does look strong enough to put up a challenge.
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A quick question. When i get advice from my assistant. He says that sometimes we are overalled by oppnents. What am i surpose to do with that statement?
Fire his ass
I think it means that your defenders or midfield are being outnumbered. All I'd suggest is dropping a CM back to DM or a Stiker back into Midfield
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Right in start of April now with Rovers.
Above the relegation zone by just one point so its going to be tight finish,i crashed out of the 3rd of both the League cup and the Fa Cup so that was disappointing,i lost in the first knockout round 2-1 against FC Twente which wasn't too bad after getting through the group stages.
Leigh Grittiths is my top scorer,only 10 goals but still better than nothing especially for a 20 year old,Phil Jones has been sensational and i really like him...
Smithies is a great keeper and is pushing for the England shirt already.
A few will have to leave in the summer as the wage bill is far too big at the moment but aslong as i stay up i won't be too bothered...
Beckham signed in January and hasn't been too bad really,decent wages too only 23k...
Lets hope i can stay up B)
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Christ, Beckham? Never wants to come to me! :-(
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Christ, Beckham? Never wants to come to me! :-(
Yeah,gift of the gab ;) :P
I tried getting him at the start of the 2nd season but he wanted 115k a week which was completely unreasonable so i had to wait till January when he rejected to stay at La so i went in for him,he rejected my first offer but the second time he signed... :laugh: :) :) :)
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He won't even bloody speak to me, no matter how much I can give! or where I am
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Right haven't been on much recently but managed to keep Doncaster in the premierleauge :rtid:
Signed a few players.
Kris Boyd - Free
Shaun Wright Phillips - free
Scott Brown - free
Jermaine Jenas - free
Ryan Babel - free
Jamie O'Hara - free
Ryan Perez - Regen on a free
Robert Phillips - Rejen on a free
Neymar - 20m upfront and 15m over 48 month. :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
David Beckham wouldn't sign a new deal and went to Middlesborough,no real loss to be fair,loads of players were released for me this year from Donny... :unsure:
Also i got the Austraillia job and there doing well for the world cup qualifiers so far. :scarf:
Building a very good squad,lets see how it goes.
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:laugh: how'd you manage to drop on so many good players (and Kris Boyd :laugh:) for nothing? legend :P
Bargain for Neymar - cost me upwards of £40million once.
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:laugh: how'd you manage to drop on so many good players (and Kris Boyd :laugh:) for nothing? legend :P
Bargain for Neymar - cost me upwards of £40million once.
Just spend hours,literally hours trawling through the free agents list haha and checking every player myself :laugh:
SAD i know!!!
Does Neymar turn out any good and i was unsure on Boyd....?
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:laugh: good plan :P
If you play him in the right roles - for me, it was treraquista or inside forward, and either on the wing or behind the striker(s).
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:laugh: good plan :P
If you play him in the right roles - for me, it was treraquista or inside forward, and either on the wing or behind the striker(s).
Neymar or Boyd?
Be nice to hear how your doing? how far in are you mate?
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Neymar :laugh:
I'm determined to do a write up soon, I just never get around to it :laugh: I'm gonna start a new save soon (although the new game comes out in little over a month).
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Neymar :laugh:
I'm determined to do a write up soon, I just never get around to it :laugh: I'm gonna start a new save soon (although the new game comes out in little over a month).
The fact that the new one is coming out it bugging me. just as i get into a good save... :headbang: :headbang:
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It's a shame there's no conversion program to let you continue a save in the newer program :-(
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Well ive still got my game going where I left DRFC and joined Portsmouth.
Relegated with Portsmouth due to financial problems and having to get rid of pretty much the entire first team squad.
Near the top of league One now, I think i'm in the fourth season of the game. Le Fondre is my main man. Scoring for fun.
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Well ive still got my game going where I left DRFC and joined Portsmouth.
Relegated with Portsmouth due to financial problems and having to get rid of pretty much the entire first team squad.
Near the top of league One now, I think i'm in the fourth season of the game. Le Fondre is my main man. Scoring for fun.
What are your finances looking like now? I usually find myself around £24million in debt if I go up, even in the first season, and even if I haven't spent anything on players :S
Anyone to look out for in your current season? If I ever get that far before FM12 I may keep an eye on it :laugh:
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So.. what do we think of the new FM12 demo (for those of you that've downloaded it)?
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Not played the demo but but it is full of bugs. Wingers work well and its a little easy atm. No doubt when the first patch comes out it should be ok. I am playing the latest build with Donny and got the to the prem first season.
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Failed a few times in trying to download the demo so have given up now and am continuing to enjoy 2011 until 2012 is released (but I never install the new version until the first patch has been released).
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Did anyone else have the problem of Steam telling them there was about 14 hours to go on the download when it's only meant to take about 3?
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Yes RedJ - Thats why i gave it up, wasnt gonna wait 14 hours to play a demo.
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Can anybody tell me how to work the Real Time Editor? :dry:
having a bit of a play after I got bored of trying to get into FM12, and can't seem to get the program to effect the changes I've made..