The Football Manager Chat Thread!

Man United beat me 7-0 in my first Premier League game.

Jordi wrote:Man United beat me 7-0 in my first Premier League game.

I take it you went out and attacked them then?

I lost 9-0 to Liverpool, but beat Chelsea 1-0 with Wigan.

Laurencio wrote:

Jordi wrote:Man United beat me 7-0 in my first Premier League game.

I take it you went out and attacked them then?

I played my nice attacking 4-2-2-2 formation.

I hadn't thought about Fonte and Hooiveld in defence.

Laurencio wrote:

Bougth Iniesta for £40M. Asked Everton to buy Rodwell, they demanded £56M Inter wanted 120M for Sneijder though.. So I got Iniesta dirt cheap. Of course I'm not actually going to play this game, cause frankly being able to buy Iniesta is a bit... too easy.

what team?

guys help me out... aquilani, fernandinho, or montolivo? all more or less around the same price

Gonna go on holiday for a year, and start unemployed.

Schnix wrote:

Laurencio wrote:

Bougth Iniesta for £40M. Asked Everton to buy Rodwell, they demanded £56M Inter wanted 120M for Sneijder though.. So I got Iniesta dirt cheap. Of course I'm not actually going to play this game, cause frankly being able to buy Iniesta is a bit... too easy.

what team?

A quickie with Chelsea to see what money tasted like.

Schnix wrote:guys help me out... aquilani, fernandinho, or montolivo? all more or less around the same price

Montolivio!

yeah, i thought about doing the same with mancity and see if i could sign messi

montolivo it is then. i'm going to see if i could loan him out first though. i only need a temporary MC to partner de rossi for a season (or two?) while bertolacci/ciciretti are still developing

Schnix wrote:yeah, i thought about doing the same with mancity and see if i could sign messi

montolivo it is then. i'm going to see if i could loan him out first though. i only need a temporary MC to partner de rossi for a season (or two?) while bertolacci/ciciretti are still developing

Andrea Poli is probably available for cheap. Easily the best replacement for De Rossi you could find.

Beat Umm-Salal 3-0.

Still pissed that Tevez is out for 8 months though.

not looking for a replacement. de rossi's here to stay

not sure if i could get poli. he has a future agreed fee for inter and they'll probably sign him because he's leading the league in assists atm. i'm not looking into him anyway.

i just need someone short term to slot into my first team because i need another year or two to develop bertolacci/ciciretti. a loan would be the most viable option, but there aren't that many good MC's on the loan list. carrick is on the list but meh. i have extra money to spend, so i might splash one on montolivo/fernandinho.... just cause

i also hate loaning players because you can't fine them if they perform like shit

Schnix wrote:not looking for a replacement. de rossi's here to stay

not sure if i could get poli. he has a future agreed fee for inter and they'll probably sign him because he's leading the league in assists atm. i'm not looking into him anyway.

i just need someone short term to slot into my first team because i need another year or two to develop bertolacci/ciciretti. a loan would be the most viable option, but there aren't that many good MC's on the loan list. carrick is on the list but meh. i have extra money to spend, so i might splash one on montolivo/fernandinho.... just cause

Schnix wrote:i also hate loaning players because you can't fine them if they perform like shit

Does fining them actually help in them performing better in the future? Always too scared to try incase they get pissed off.

Sammys_Tekkers wrote:

Schnix wrote:i also hate loaning players because you can't fine them if they perform like shit

Does fining them actually help in them performing better in the future? Always too scared to try incase they get pissed off.

i dont know but it sure makes me feel better

Laurencio wrote:

Schnix wrote:not looking for a replacement. de rossi's here to stay

not sure if i could get poli. he has a future agreed fee for inter and they'll probably sign him because he's leading the league in assists atm. i'm not looking into him anyway.

i just need someone short term to slot into my first team because i need another year or two to develop bertolacci/ciciretti. a loan would be the most viable option, but there aren't that many good MC's on the loan list. carrick is on the list but meh. i have extra money to spend, so i might splash one on montolivo/fernandinho.... just cause

still dont know why FM gives you so little money but i get lots

Schnix wrote:

Sammys_Tekkers wrote:

Does fining them actually help in them performing better in the future? Always too scared to try incase they get pissed off.

i dont know but it sure makes me feel better

I shall try it on the players I don't really care about and see if they do anything, can't go upsetting my favourite players.

Schnix wrote:

Laurencio wrote:

still dont know why FM gives you so little money but i get lots

3 seasons and a total of 1.5M my friend. I even finished 3rd that second season...

i only discipline players if they have 5.9 or below

i rarely discipline them if they get 6.0 or above. i'll give them "the talk" but no punishment

anything below 6.0 i give them the official warning on first offense. 1 week wages second offense. 2 week wages third offense. after that i just keep giving 2 week wages, and eventually either stick them in reserves as punishment, warn transfer list, or actually transfer list them to scare them a little bit

i did it to fellaini in FM11 and it did wonders... too bad he refused to sign an extended contract with me and i lost him on a bosman =[. make sure you remember to do that before you upset a player........ lesson learned lol

Laurencio wrote:

Schnix wrote:

still dont know why FM gives you so little money but i get lots

3 seasons and a total of 1.5M my friend. I even finished 3rd that second season...

i received €12m in my first winter transfer window... maybe your save is glitched...? either that or it really has to do with me disabling first transfer window signings. i also got rid of wage eaters like cicinho and lobont... maybe that helps as well

i wish we could swap our financial statuses. i usually don't spend much anyway. i get most of my players through bosmans and i love scouring for deals. i got zuniga for €450k

Jordi wrote:Beat Umm-Salal 3-0.

Still pissed that Tevez is out for 8 months though.

I left Al-Sadd to join Shrewsbury.

Pippo Inzaghi wrote:

Jordi wrote:Beat Umm-Salal 3-0.

Still pissed that Tevez is out for 8 months though.

I left Al-Sadd to join Shrewsbury.

Won the league again.

Jordi wrote:

Pippo Inzaghi wrote:

I left Al-Sadd to join Shrewsbury.

Won the league again.

So did I.

Fuck this game.

Gonna wait till I get my laptop so I can sit in bed and play it. I hate playing this game on a desktop.

My Newport County side beat Everton and draw with Stoke, but can't beat fucking Tamworth..

Dan wrote:My Newport County side beat Everton and draw with Stoke, but can't beat fucking Tamworth..

Tell me about it.

I can beat teams like Al-Rayyan comfortably, then lose to Al-Jazeera.

laurencio, as a tip for roma

if you're still hanging onto some veterans, negotiate a new contract and cut their salary. you save a lot of money that way.

totti, perrotta, cassetti, heinze, and pizarro all willingly took ~50% pay cuts because they love the club. i didn't bother giving contracts to juan/burdisso because they're being sold soon anyway

before i gave out those contract renewals my transfer/wage budget was at €2m, now it's at €7m

Got my licence for FMRTE.

Tried out a different tactic. Not bad for it's 1st use. Needs some tweaking though.