The Football Manager Chat Thread!

No.

James wrote:No.

Exactly.

what happens when you start/play a player that you've already told you're going to rest?

Zzonked. I'm gonna try out a different approach with a 5 man defence, basically 3-4-1-2, like Roma 2000 under Capello. I think the 2 wide men in the 5-4-1 could be more effective if one is an extra striker (you'd have 2 strikers occupying a 2 man centre back pairing) and one behind them which would work well against a 4-4-2 due to no natural holding midfielder.

The free men on the pitch if it was up against a straight 4-4-2 would be 1 centre back on my team, and the oppositions 2 full backs. I reckon good wing backs would be needed for this though because they'll be looking after the flanks on their own.

Lonergan just knocked me out of the Carlin Cup. Had 60% possession and 23 shots and didn't score.

I can get Jack Wilshere on a free transfer in 2014.

What the fuck has this game come to. I'm just going to ignore that because that seriously does my tits in, plus he's in the fucking reserves.

Can anyone tell me some good u18's to sign who are free at the start of the game?

End of my 3rd year with the Swans! Here's how it went.

Managed to secure 5th, secured it on the last game with an unlikely home win v City. Wasn't a million miles off 4th either, so that's my target for next year.



Here's the player stats.



and here's my transfer dealings on the year. I'm a bit of a wheeler dealer, I sold Sturridge at the end for 5m to Newcastle, he didn't really perform me. Leigh Griffiths was much better.



Fulham were relegated, so I might try and poach a few of their players. They've got a few good ones, Joe Ledley is one and Neal Eardley are two, I'm always looking to get Welsh players.

Why was Johnson at Blackpool?

Because City sold him.

Fergie, Dalglish and Redknapp all retired at the same time. I'm linked for the United job along with other top class managers such as Gary Megson.

Go to the Liverpool job

I don't like to go to fully established clubs, the only one I'd consider is Spurs.

I got £13m budget, that's rubbish. I may have to leave.

Zzonked wrote:I don't like to go to fully established clubs, the only one I'd consider is Spurs.

I got £13m budget, that's rubbish. I may have to leave.

Liverpool isn't a fully established club, you could win the league for the first time in 20 years.

Because I was bored out of my mind I tried a Liverpool save (and because I wanted to beat the odds and keep the job).

Anyway 3 seasons in, and yes they kept me on for 3 whole seasons, this is my team:


Carroll is surprisingly good. Injured too much to be a real threat, but when he does play he's basically Fernando Llorente... His uselessnes in the first season has sort of made me prefer Pazzini...

HELP

I can't offer players over £220 PW but my remaining wage budget is over £5k?!?!
I was able to offer £3k PW to "key players" before?
Wtf?

Think i've found my replacement for Reina, thoughts?

Cam wrote:

Think i've found my replacement for Reina, thoughts?

I would agree with you.

Only 11 million as well.

Welbeck is so loyal on this game. Been loaning him out to Norway for the past 3 seasons, where he's ripping the league apart and making Ole Gunnar Solskjær look absolutely brilliant, hasn't complained even for a second.

Zzonked wrote:I don't like to go to fully established clubs, the only one I'd consider is Spurs.

I got £13m budget, that's rubbish. I may have to leave.

I've worked with nothing

Pippo wrote:

Zzonked wrote:I don't like to go to fully established clubs, the only one I'd consider is Spurs.

I got £13m budget, that's rubbish. I may have to leave.

I've worked with nothing

Pip! Here's something that would really help a ton of us, please. A list of top quality players for almost nada. Erasmus couldn't get a bloody work permit

One of my reserves just got a first cap for england, didn't even know he was in the team..

Laurencio wrote:

Pippo wrote:





I've worked with nothing

Pip! Here's something that would really help a ton of us, please. A list of top quality players for almost nada. Erasmus couldn't get a bloody work permit

Sorry man, Haven't played in yonks.

I constantly get £70m transfer budgets and spend about £3m of it.

Who should I buy between these two?







Or should I get both? I have no good upcoming rightbacks.

Riha is for free, and Drobnak's club wants 500k. I have money to spend though.

Latter.

Drobnak will become better without a doubt, but I'd get both for insurance.

Jordi wrote:Drobnak will become better without a doubt, but I'd get both for insurance.

I think I will get both. I have like 6 right backs on my youth team but they are all super shit and contracts are expiring in one month.

I'm so pissed off that my star striker broke his leg.

Got a regen coming in from Cheltenham in June anyway.

Jordi, can you upload an update please?

Not got an SI account