The Football Manager Chat Thread!

Schnix wrote:

Laurencio wrote:Anyone else having problem with the 4-3-3? Posession of 80%, yet I lose all the time. And yes, I have plenty of chances. I switched it to a 4-3-1-2 and tore 6 teams a part in a row, so I'm not sure what is going on.

maybe your wingers just suck? lol. 4-3-1-2 dominates the middle. maybe your CM's and AM's are just better at what they do

Hernandez_14 wrote:In Feb 2012 of my Schalke save, Holtby 11 goals 25 assists. Hes owning it.

how do you play him? MC, AM, or LW? holtby's only average for me. but then again, he is competing with the likes of douglas costa, marko marin, dzagoev, wilshere, and aaron ramsey lol

Laurencio wrote:Scheletto

Had him for Roma, fantastic player.

i had schelotto in FM11 for siena. fantastic wingback. i rejected a €40m bid for him from man city after having schelotto for only a season! i called him up for italian natonal team in FM12 and i just signed him again for schalke. probably the best right wingback i've ever used in the FM series. he performs better than his CA/PA suggests of him

i signed schelotto as backup to kyle walker, but he's keeping kyle on the bench!

however, during important matches vs bayern, chelsea, etc, i've used kyle walker as right wingback and schelotto as defensive right winger and he's been class there as well

Laurencio wrote:Pretty much the same for me. I signed him as backup for Cresczenci on a free, but ended up playing him a little further up the field, or as a first choice wingback. That right side was ALMOST as dominant as when I used to have Bordoni (I miss him ),. Schelotto reinforced the defensive third, while at the same time cutting inside and scoring goals from wide. Got a decent chunk of assists too. His tackling stat looks pretty poor, but he doesn't seem to play like it is.

Schnix wrote:the 3 englishmen i signed are really flopping at it (kyle walker-€5m, aaron ramsey-loan, jack wilshere-loan). everyone else i signed is flourishing at the club. walker's getting outperformed by schelotto and arne friedrich. ramsey/wilshere are being outperformed by sandro/dzagoev/holtby/marin/costa

Emma wrote:

Schnix wrote:the 3 englishmen i signed are really flopping at it (kyle walker-€5m, aaron ramsey-loan, jack wilshere-loan). everyone else i signed is flourishing at the club. walker's getting outperformed by schelotto and arne friedrich. ramsey/wilshere are being outperformed by sandro/dzagoev/holtby/marin/costa

I never sign any English talent I just dislike them too much.

Schnix wrote:

Emma wrote:

I never sign any English talent I just dislike them too much.

i don't distinguish between nationalities unless if they're african (no racist). i jsut don't like how i have to cope without them during ACON

i wouldn't mind englishmen if they weren't so overpriced. but kyle walker was transfer listed, and ramsey/wilshere were on the market for loans. i'm hoping loaning them will lower their sale value (it's working so far)

Emma wrote:

Schnix wrote:

i don't distinguish between nationalities unless if they're african (no racist). i jsut don't like how i have to cope without them during ACON

i wouldn't mind englishmen if they weren't so overpriced. but kyle walker was transfer listed, and ramsey/wilshere were on the market for loans. i'm hoping loaning them will lower their sale value (it's working so far)

I don't think I have ever seen an English player do well in a foreign league. Stick with Wilshere though he's an excellent talent unlike Ramsey.

Schnix wrote:

Laurencio wrote:Anyone else having problem with the 4-3-3? Posession of 80%, yet I lose all the time. And yes, I have plenty of chances. I switched it to a 4-3-1-2 and tore 6 teams a part in a row, so I'm not sure what is going on.

maybe your wingers just suck? lol. 4-3-1-2 dominates the middle. maybe your CM's and AM's are just better at what they do

Hernandez_14 wrote:In Feb 2012 of my Schalke save, Holtby 11 goals 25 assists. Hes owning it.

how do you play him? MC, AM, or LW? holtby's only average for me. but then again, he is competing with the likes of douglas costa, marko marin, dzagoev, wilshere, and aaron ramsey lol

Laurencio wrote:Scheletto

Had him for Roma, fantastic player.

i had schelotto in FM11 for siena. fantastic wingback. i rejected a €40m bid for him from man city after having schelotto for only a season! i called him up for italian natonal team in FM12 and i just signed him again for schalke. probably the best right wingback i've ever used in the FM series. he performs better than his CA/PA suggests of him

i signed schelotto as backup to kyle walker, but he's keeping kyle on the bench!

however, during important matches vs bayern, chelsea, etc, i've used kyle walker as right wingback and schelotto as defensive right winger and he's been class there as well

Schnix wrote:nice. looks like were gonna have the same future XI. im seriously looking into willian but i couldnt afford him after he signed a new contract with shakhtar. i already have costa. i play him RW as in inside fwd. i have marin on LW and holtby/dzagoev playing as a CM. i could play holtby as an AM but i prefer playing 4-5-1 with a DM and so i can keep a clean sheet

Hernandez_14 wrote:

Schnix wrote:nice. looks like were gonna have the same future XI. im seriously looking into willian but i couldnt afford him after he signed a new contract with shakhtar. i already have costa. i play him RW as in inside fwd. i have marin on LW and holtby/dzagoev playing as a CM. i could play holtby as an AM but i prefer playing 4-5-1 with a DM and so i can keep a clean sheet

My team.

Adler
Schelotto - Papa - Howedes - Fuchs
Annan - Dzagoev
Costa - Holtby - Willian
Huntelaar/Lukaku (scored 8 in 6 on half season loan so far)

Trent wrote:

Hernandez_14 wrote:

My team.

Adler
Schelotto - Papa - Howedes - Fuchs
Annan - Dzagoev
Costa - Holtby - Willian
Huntelaar/Lukaku (scored 8 in 6 on half season loan so far)

That's a pretty awesome team.

Schnix wrote:nah i need to manage a harder team. roma is potential top4 in FM and schalke is top3. blackburns going to be my next save

Emma wrote:

Schnix wrote:nah i need to manage a harder team. roma is potential top4 in FM and schalke is top3. blackburns going to be my next save

I would love to see you do a Chelsea save.

Schnix wrote:

Emma wrote:

I would love to see you do a Chelsea save.

lol i probably will in the FM13 demo. i always go for some big team when a new FM comes out so i can just play around. my first team in fm12 was city. i only played preseason then i quit lol

I'm trying to use the Mourinho 4-3-3 system with my current save.

Cech

Danilo--Terry--Luiz--Cole

Meireles/Oscar--Essien--Lampard

Hazard--Torres--Hulk

The line up is:

GK

FB--LD--CB--FB

A

BWM--CM

IF--TM--IF

Chip wrote:I want you to use 1860 München