I wanted to start one of these things since I go through FM phases where I get into various games.

Right now I'm playing first season as Villarreal. I personally am most comfortable with the 442 and I played a game with Real in 2010 where I was successful and wanted to give it a try with FM2012.

Villareal were a great choice for me because they have some great fits for that formation. Rossi as deep lying forward, Nilmar as advanced forward. Borja Valero has great playmaking attributes, and is probably top 10 in the game at it. Senna can play DM. Villareal also have decent centre backs. I like to play with a Stopper/Cover and Zapata is a great cover. The only weak parts are the wingers and full backs but its fun buying to fill in the gaps.

So far I just brought in Osorio, an experienced Mexican international. He can play right or left back and for my tactic I need someone to support play, make nice decisions and passing and he is good for that. I also bought a fast left winger from France, Tabanou, who is good at dribbling, crossing and is decent at defending. Although he isn't world class he is what I'm looking for in my wingers.

In the winter transfer I'm bringing in 2 former players who will help with the homegrown rules (and I'll be selling 2 back-up players in their positions). I already bought a young left back option to come in January. He is Anita from Ajax and he is what I'm looking for in that position as described with Osorio, his only weakness is height. Also I arranged for a Brazilian from Cruzeiro to come in by the name of Wallyson. I'll try to see how he does as my right winger. He can also back-up both striker positions. The deep-lying forward often gets a lot of space to dribble past the defenders so he might do well there. I was able to get him for just $1.5 mil.

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What I'm trying differently in this game is to buy players that I think are right tactically but not necessarily have the most stars. Because we all know if you buy highly rated players you are almost certain to succeed but in this game I want to keep it more realistic and not so easy on my-self. I am a bit of a hypocrite though because Nilmar and Rossi, my highest rated players, can take over games and win them for me with their skills. For the first time I'll also try to be cheap to limit my-self. Normally I like paying a lot for really great players but this time I'll try to go with the cheapest options possible. The Spain rule of only 3 non-EU players will also be a fun challenge.

Unlike my fm2010 game with Real this time I have 2 back-up tactics that might come in handy.

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The 4-3-3 is a more attacking tactic and it's also useful against certain formation. It was successful against Athletic's flat 3-4-3 because it exploited the wings. The 3rd tactic is a defensive one.

So far I'm doing well in the league, squad morale is high which is huge. In CL I'm also doing good.

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I noticed some things I like about FM12. Team Talks are much easier to understand. I like the fact that you can see what different coaches would say during team talks. And the description of how the player is feeling ( playing well/looks complacent/is having a bad game) is the main key now in my substitution selection and I feel that improves my success a lot.

Looks good, I like that you're more of a purist and use the old tactics. Also think it's interesting that you took a passing team like Villareal and switched them to 4-4-2.

I noticed that what I like about the 442 is that it stretches out the field and allows for a lot of 1 on 1s and space. The downside is not having a DM in-between midfield and defence. The cover on the wings is good because the LM/RM can help out.

I was just thinking..it would have been nice if Villarreal would have kept Cazorla because he could have been a long-term winger. . I was close to selling Cani because he isn't the typical right midfielder but he has been playing good.

I don't agree myself, but a lot of smart people agree with you on the 442. Sacchi's Milan played one.

Arrows! :D

I always admire those wicked formations, I always seem to rely on symmetry. Good luck! (Y)

Same here. I only just started using assymetrical roles.

I decided to convert my classic to a tactics creator tactic and this is what it looks like: (with some minor tweaks)

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This allows the mentality, passing, forward runs and run with ball to stay close to the same but will change some of the other settings which will hopefully improves my defence.

I'm almost done the season, I have 5 matches left and am 4 points ahead of 4th spot.. I lost to all teams that were better than me but am still holding onto 3rd. I lost to Barca (drew them in the 5th round of the cup too), Madrid in the league and City in the first round of the knockout CL stage (which I was unfortunate because I got first place in my group and drew a hard team). My team is pretty consistent and reliable which I like. I have very few draws, a few loses and a lot of wins scrapped by 1 goal.

I learned a few things this season... the players I bought were way too average and not special enough. I felt their attributes were right for their position but you really need someone with higher star ratings to be a game changer. So I'm going to try to only buy players with ability (or potential) of 3.5 stars or more.

Tabanou was a good buy this year and Ortigoza who I brought in the winter.

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Also I'm excited to try a new squad rotation style. Before I would rotate to share minutes and keep players fresh but now I'm going to remove players based on previous match's ratings. If their replacement does bad they will get a chance to be inserted into the team again but if they do well they get to keep the spot in the team for consecutive matches (unless injury and fatigue occurs).

Another thing is that I've become a big fan of is Hard Tackling, it makes your team basically better, the downside of course if fouls given. If they get a yellow I switch to Easy Tackling.

And most importantly I incorporated 2 screens while watching the match which have improved my performance a lot! I have the player ratings on the left and the team motivation on the right. Team motivation tells you if the player is having a bad game, is losing discipline , is playing with confidence or is fired up. If there's anything negative there I try to substitute the player. If it's positive yet he's performing bad at least I know he's trying, unlike before where I didn't know what the problem was.

Exciting last game of the season

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A tie will do since I won the first match 1-0. And I'm playing at home so losing would be a big fail.



*Oh and one new feature I forgot to talk about is how awesome Team Report is for figuring out squad depth/ability.

fffuuuuuuuuu


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Star ratings are relative to scout quality and the players already on your team. Buying 3.5 star players doesn't mean anything really.

It is relative but you can use it to figure out if you are getting better quality players or not.


The olympics came up and Spain needed a U23 manager so I applied and got the job. From past FMs the Olympics might be the easiest international competition if you are a big team because you can crush most opponents. The AI also doesn't do the best job with squad selection and choosing the best 3 delegated players.

I am playing this competition just as some extra fun and I'll be using my 442 (yes a 4-5-1 would be better suited). My 3 over 23 players are Xavi (I want to see him in the central playmaker role since he is the best in the world at it and now I get the chance to use him), Villa (I want a superstar in attack and I chose him over Torres because he probably has better hidden mental stats), and with Pique for some solidarity in defence.

I have Brazil in the group stage, alongside Saudi Arabia and New Zealand who I feel very sorry for.

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Won the Olympics with Spain. Lost 3-0 to Brazil in the 3rd group game but ended up beating them 5-0 in the semis using the same formation. Beat Great Britain in final on penalties.

The olympics came up and Spain needed a U23 manager so I applied and got the job. From past FMs the Olympics might be the easiest international competition if you are a big team because you can crush most opponents. The AI also doesn't do the best job with squad selection and choosing the best 3 delegated players.

Find that to be different this year, in fact most teams pick unrealistic designated players, such as Iniesta or Rooney.

Yeah, I kept seeing very good players in the Olympics, was kind of surprising given that most teams object to having their players go.

Well, not only that, but the Olympics are held during Euro years too, so usually those players are playing all summer.

I played as Spain once too, and got knocked out by Brazil in the Semi Finals. I picked realistic designated players, I think like Mata, Busquets, and someone else. Brazil picked Pato, Maicon, and Hulk. I nearly **** myself seeing them up against my young and not very good Spanish defense.

Hey uh... yoyo, do you have any tips about using a flat 4-4-2? I'm tired of running a 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 on every game I play and think this could be a fun change. How do you get it working? Play narrow, direct passing? I feel like the CMs can't charge forward, so no AP-As because it will kill your positioning, probably ideally something like BWD-D and DLP-S, and then a Treq or similar as one of the forwards next to a poacher. What else?

I posted a screenshot of the formation roles I use a few posts up (on the 17th). I originally created the formation with classic but I then created one with roles that roughly follow the same forward run/ run with ball/ mentality/ passing settings.

For defense I use the full backs on support and a stopper+cover CB partnership (but this can be changed). The wingers are placed more behind than a 4-3-3, giving them more space to run into. In centre mid I have to say that you must have a player with no forward runs instruction (but with good passing) and a playmaker who is also decent at defending. For forwards I would go with a deep lying/ advanced forward combo.

The way I play the 442 initializes attacks from (1)the wings,(2) the forward dropping back, (3)the playmaking CM. If the opponents play very defensive having smart fullbacks also helps.

I'm actually surprised with the early success I'm having at Fiorentina using a flat 4-4-2, and this is with Montolivo, Jovetic, and Vargas all missing some or all of the games. The key to me seems to be concentrating entirely on defense and defensive positioning. Only then can you think about attack. Narrow and compact 2 banks of 4 are incredibly difficult even for the best sides to break down, and I think for intelligent and quick passing, this is the best I've ever had. Most of my 4-3-3 and varients get goals from players dribbling well, but this tactic seems to utilize spacing very well. I'm really intrigued. Never EVER thought I'd play a flat 4-4-2. I think where I got tripped up initially is that I was asking one of my CMs to play too much of an attacking role. It really seems like there are only 3 combinations: DLP/BWM, DLP/BBM, BWM/BBM, with one on support and one on defense. Anything else is probably a little doomed.

I think a combo of CMs with run with ball and forward runs on rarely and one with those on sometimes is my preference. I got a little bored with the Vilarreal game because I messed up the transfers and squad rotation. I'm working on an entirely new formation. It is the past Chelsea 433 but roles that I think will be more deadly. I have midfield figured out but haven't figured out the single forward's or full backs best duties. I'll see how it works out and probably post about it later.

I'm probably going to use one of these two tactics in the Luch season.

Oh and about Fiorentina.. Jovetic would be one of my top picks in the world to play the more deeper secondary striker roles. If I remember I was interested in buying him because he's an elite young player not yet with a perennial CL team. I played my player (Rossi) with the Complete Forward Support role. Its set to Run with Ball often, Forward runs sometime and decent passing duties. Vargas is the type of player I like to test buying. I have a preference of buying wingers with good defensive attributes. He can bully the second half of the field and push around weaker opponents. If you look at one of my first posts it has the transfer of Tabanou who is my poor man's version of Vargas. Btw Tabanou has been getting consistent 7s for me.

Gilardino is a classic poacher and goal hunter. Great for partnering Jovetic. In FM12 I noticed its good to have a good dribbler in this role however. In my opinion its half off the ball run chances and half of the chances they have to create themselves.

Montolivo is great for the support CM. He has really good defensive attributes for being such a good passer IMO. In past FMs I found this role deadly however I had Borja Valero in this playmaking role and was one of my most talented players, yet he didn't contribute enough as imagined.

Cassani is good FB, Behrami I would try as Def CM. Cerci is good as back up winger. I just had a quick look at the squad and thought I'd give my take. I haven't figured out Defense too much but if you come up with a good system tell me. I had my wingers with close down rarely and man marking which made them chase down the opposing winger making a run so it was like an extra line of protection of the wings which is a very nice commodity to have. I like having one CB close down quicker just to apply pressure because there's no DM. Figuring out the CMs defense is a little tough too. Ideally I would like to have a Iniesta type in attack with good passing and dribblin but with Gattuso like tracking because this player will make it forward more. The other CM would be perfect as a Busquets who slides in to make up for empty space formed by his teammates. Actually Busquets had nice passing too so he might be perfect for this role haha.

Yeah, I was looking for a team with some young talent with room to grow and someone suggested that I try Fiorentina, and I thought it was a great idea. Then looked through the squad and it seemed born to play 4-4-2, and I didn't have transfer fees in the first season anyway. I think I'll try Jovetic as a CF-S, didn't think of that, but it might work better than Treq, although that is working alright. Gilardino is exactly what you said, he finishes chances that others create, usually Vargas and Jovetic.

Speaking of Vargas, I think the physical monster is the best type of winger in a flat 4-4-2 because he can sit back and play defense too, so Maggio or Dani Alves would be ideal on the right, and then probably Bale or Vargas on the left; another version of this would be Brek Shea for lesser sides.

Sadly, Adem Ljalic doesn't seem to fit in anywhere as a right footed left sided player, but I'll probably be able to retrain him. Anyway, it will be interesting; I'm going to have to tweak it each match more than I thought, I've been dominated my last couple although have escaped with draws.

Haha, that sound like my game. I started out strong but started playing out and strong and then dipped.

With the RM on the other hand having someone like Pedro would be going with the ultimate classic RM. If only I could pry him from Barca.

Nim, I did something extremely geeky with FM Scout.

I found a thread on SI forums where attribute weighting was figured out and calculated by geeks for general purposes. E.g. It costs more current ability points for a defender to have high marking than a forward. I then took these calculation and manually inserted them in the Rating Editor in FM Scout, because currently the creator of FM Scout pulled the ratings from his own @ss (he probably had a very educated guess tho). So in a way it scientifically adheres to the system of FM.

Unfortunately I lost this excel file I made but captured it in a screenshot. (oh I also devised training schedules based on this)

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That shows how much value the attributes have in relation with one-another based on position. 0 being lowest, 6 highest. Messi, Xavi, and Rooney scored highest. Speed takes up most ability points.

Therefore both these players I created have the exact same CA (Current Ability)

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The second player being the highest number of attributes (and best player) you can get with the current ability system. If I were to make him AMC instead of striker the attributes would take a hit.

I also did the attribute weighting backwards to figure out the player with most attributes out of his position. Dragomir(the second player) is calculably speaking the most you could get out of this (only mistake is not making his flair 20). Maicon, Gerrard, and Srna scored highest with real life players.

That's really interesting. Shame that pace is so costly.

I started a new game with Cesena because I used to have this tactic in FM06 that was the best in that game (IMO) and it never worked quite as well with FM10 and 11 but I tested it in FM12 and its done well in a Real Madrid test game. Beat Barca both super cup games.

I want to test it with a lower team so I decided to go with Cesena since they are a bottom team in the Serie A. They also have a squad with the roles to play the tactic but at a reduced ability. And Mutu!

The team is not rich and has no real prospects so it will be a fun venture. I`m only going to bring in 1 prospect defender from Senegal this year and that will be it. Usually I do more transfers but this way it should be a nice challenge. And there`s something endearing about using an original squad.

Its a crazy counter attacking tactic with quick link-ups up front.

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Yeah, I found the attribute weighting thing ad have been fiddling with it for a while. One correction is that Natural Fitness and Influence are 0 across the board, like Aggression, Determination and Flair.

Set-pieces are always 1, and Pace & Acceleration are the most draining.

The position with the most ease to get high positional rating is CB, any CB generated with good PA (175 or so) will have low 80s, pretty much. Mostly because no stat is as draining for them as with other positions (speed attributes don't drain as much). Defenders in general are like this, as are DMs, but because they tend to be generated with better dead-ball stats and generally need to be better overall to be worldclass (a WC fullback need to be good in attack and defense, a WC CB can just be good at defense).

Both of those strikers will be great, in different roles. Really, striker 2 has a lot of superfluous stuff that while excellent, won't really help him out. Not only that, but he has 20s in Tackling and Marking and Throw-Ins, but 17 in First Touch, Finishing, Composure, etc. I might prefer Striker 1.

Willan from Shakhtar is a great player to buy this version of FM. Probably the best player you can buy for 8mil GBP.

Yeah I loved him in the last one. Real spark plug and love that pace.

The 4-2-4 tactic I posted creates the most back and forth football I've seen. I lost a slightly one sided game against Udinese away but beat Genoa 5-0 in my first home game.

Probably most cards I've had in a game. Funny enough the ref had a rating of 9 after the game meaning he did a good job.

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This game happened in the league (not my teams).

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I've been on a search for a new tactic since my current tactic was bound for disappointment because it was designed for FM06. I got some good results but they have been fluky and the tactic gives me way too much anxiety because of it's unpredictability.

I was lucky to find this tactic that's been getting a lot hype, its a 4-2-4 (with wingers) so it works great with the players I have. http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/football-manager-2012-tactics-training/88647-proxys-parking-bus-destroyer.html

My first game I beat Roma 1-0 away.

My marquee striker signing Paloschi (Italian 21 yr old) has been a big fail so far. He's played 9 with 0 goals. His coach report states he's professional and ambitious so I'm surprised he's done so poorly.

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I'll still give him plenty of chances because I want to keep him for many years, he's Italian and has nice potential.

He had a penalty chance too which he missed.

10 for Decisions.

Decisions isn't important for a poacher, which is clearly what he is. You need to play slightly counter attacking, and have a steady stream of balls into the box. His only role should be scoring. And that said, sometimes guys just go cold for awhile, it happens. Better acceleration and the PPM of beating the offside trap can't hurt either.

Decisions is important for everyone, in my book, it's the single most important attribute.

I find that attribute important too but more for GK/Defenders/midfielders. He's been getting a fair amount of counter attack through ball chances but he does seem very cold . He's now injured for 5 weeks which gives him a forced break from the first-team. To be honest I shouldn't be playing him because of his poor performance and I keep moving Malonga to a winger position to fit him in. Malonga's has done good in the striker role, been average as a winger.

It's been really funny, I see Paloschi getting a very nice opportunity, lets say he's one on one with the keeper and I know it will be a fail. :( And it's been so far. I don't care though because I'm 9th in the table and I just need to not relegate, I want this game to not have a lot of expectation and just slowly build a strong team under the radar. Next year I'm thinking of buying a lot of players with high potential and just developing them (and getting losses due to this). I have solid players in all positions but wings and no good back-ups so far. My plan is to have high potential players in the first XI and low-wage back-ups. If someone comes in with a bid for my players I'll look to sell them and get a cheaper replacement.

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I posted earlier that I wanted to play with mostly the original team for the first season and not buy a lot but I couldn't pass up on these players. I wanted to strengthen the team.

This guy has been my biggest bargain of fm12 so far, he only cost 60k from a Quatar club and is on a low wage. Shame about the injury. He's not an injury prone player so he should be okay in the future. I'm retraining him to be my defensive CM since he's got good defensive, technical, mental and physical attributes!

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Also I'd like to state that in this save game I'm using Genie Scout and a downloaded tactic and I am morally okay with doing this.

Now onto the other transfers...

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This motherf*cker is a bargain if he's available for your team and your team's skill level. Napoli don't need him and he's on sale for 900k (all my figures are £). Normally I do believe you'd have to pay a few million for a player like this (maybe even 5). I got him on loan first season for 50% of his wage and I already secured for his signing for next season (900K). This is an ultimate cheap-o move because I didn't sign him in order to save the 50% yearly wage. He has a cool name too.

I was originally not planning to buy another CB but Swansea came in with a 2.9m bid for my first team Swiss CB (Von Bergen) so I took a look and brought in a good Argentinian replacement (Caruzzo) who I appointed captain too, hope the team is okay with that.

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I am also very cheap and don't like offering contract extension because more often than not they are costly so I sold all rotation players with one year left on their contract. Also in Italy for fm12 I realized you get some nice co-ownership offers for average players. It was like free money! I don't think I'd get that much from them in the future so I decided to cash in on half of it now. Also another nice thing about Italy is that the player are over priced. I had an average back-up CB that I was able to sell for a million.

edit: My cheapness is also taking a hit because I have to pay 2.3mil in wages for a loan player from Juventus! I can't cancel the deal and send him back (it seems its no longer allowed in fm12 or maybe I can't because it's outside the transfer window). The guy is Jorge Martinez and he's not even in my first XI! I don't even have him on my books to sell him later on so he's definitely not worth the money he's getting paid, which is the highest on the team, similar to Mutu who's contract is expiring after next season.

Haha, that's funny, I actually signed Malonga in my Fiorentina game in January, but unfortunately he just couldn't crack the team and got pissed, so I sold him.

Yes, I get to chance to send Martinez back to Juve from loan because its January! He is my first back-up option but I have to do it.

Going to make some transfers now..

Paloschi scores his first goal after 16 matches against Inter to tie the game 2-2. BTW this tactic is killer, one of the greats. I'm dominating possession and shots against teams with better players and I'm being very competitive against the league leaders.

Wow, this is how that game ended. Crazy.

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I'm going to post some recent transfers and fixtures later on.

Since it's a DL tactic it's not the same as winning with your own but it does give you a little comfort knowing you have a good set-up. Its also easy for me to play my young players because expectations aren't high, I've inserted my young high potential Senegalese CB in the first XI.

Here have been the results with the new tactic, even with the loses the performances have been good.

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It seems to rely on smart passing and possession. The front four also position themselves nicely to receive through balls (something peculiar about the tactic is that none of the four attackers have forward runs often, 3 are sometime, 1 rarely).

I've signed 5 nice players on frees for next season, I'll post them when they arrive. This transfer season I brought in this guy:

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He's at the African Cup of Nations but when he returns I'll be looking to start him.

Yeah, I signed Labyad on a free in the first season, and he looked good, but I just sent him out on loan for 3-4 seaons and then sold him to PSG for 10m where he was a starter. Never established himself at Morocco, which was surprising.

Finished the first season, got 6th place, 3 points short of qualifying for Europe. Roma got the last spot due to winning the Copa Italia.

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I've already started next season and made all my sales/buys. I sold Mutu, Malonga, and Parolo, 3 of my first team-ers. I got nice money from Malonga and Parolo and I sold Mutu because he was old and had a high salary. I bought a lot of players with nice potential and filled out the squad with free transfers.

Transfers

In/Out (out total is 21M)

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The reason I have so many players out on loan/frees is because Italian teams love to have a huge squad in the reserves that they loan-out/co-own... they are still under contract so I'm looking to get rid of them. Also some players I got for free because I co-owned them and won the bid (sometimes even with 0$). I will look to stay away from co-own deals in the future.

This guys is going to be my first choice GK for this season. He is good but not great, after giving him first team action I might be able to sell him for a decent fee next year and buy someone better. He came on a free. BTW he's a FM legend, always been a good GK to buy over the years.

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My first team DM, gotten on a free. Only attribute I don't like is decisions.

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First choice AML, off a free.

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Destro, he has been good the last couple FMs. He has nice contrasting attributes to Paloschi (can play playmaker). He should form a nice partnership with him, both young Italians.

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Was lucky to sign this guy off a free. Good potential.

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A good youngster

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Lux that motherf*cker and his 10 in aerial ability. Chievo player shoots a long shot right at him and goes over his head and in.

I've been playing Romario to give him first team experience and he's effed up twice, once conceding a penalty in the last few minutes of the game to allow a tie and once he scored an O.G. I know he will be beastly soon enough though.

The team has been doing good so far, undefeated in 5 games with highlights being coming back from 2-0 to win 2-4 against Milan and getting a draw against champions Napoli.

Seems my tactic does really well against Inter.

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Note that is the CB scoring a hat-trick, the tactic has a cheap corner routine to near post.

Still undefeated after 11 games, sitting 1st in the league.

Holy crap I'm on course to win the league.. what the f..

Going to post some screens soon

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I attribute this success to a good tactic, good morale, and good squad unity. The tactic is very good in defence which I didn't expect because it's a 4-2-4 (advanced wingers) but the CMs do a good job at positioning themselves, as well as the wingers. The defence seems to battle out the opposing attack well. The attack is varied, against good teams it's usually through balls to the right striker and wingers. Against a team that has a lot players back the DR and DL get the ball a lot to cross it in. The MCs also push up the ball and try to get a short through ball but sometimes that's tough. Oh and the corner goals. I have to give props to Nim because if I remember right he created this formation shape in the Chelmsford game when they became very successful... so it seems there is some validity behind it. If we use a modification of this downloaded tactic, would that be against to rules of the Lech game?

I am doing a good job managing the morale but that's probably easy to maintain because of the success. I always get an Assistant manager who is good at motivation and team talks so I let him decide what to say.

Using Genie Scout my team is ranked about 11th in the league in terms of current skill (2nd for potential though) so there are definitely better teams in the league. However the AI I see doesn't do the best job with rotating player/tactics/buys. I also used genie scout when buying players and I always brought in guys with great character which I know makes your squad that much stronger. (Professionalism, Determination, Consistency, Pressure etc...)

I was going to play youngsters more but now I don't want to screw up losing the title so I'm counting on the established players on the team.

My team had some big results this year. 7-2 vs Udinese. 5-0 vs Milan. Beat Juve 4-1 after going one down. 3-1 in the cup vs Genoa while playing younsters. My last match I got the winner in minute 92.

I did make more transfers.

This guy has great potential and good hidden mental attributes for his age, which is rare. I set him on specialized quickness training which is his only slight weakness.

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/2594/39147165.jpg

Ekdal is a great defensive CM in my formation because I do need someone who is good in attacking/passing as well.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/1250/63628013.jpg

I sold Lux, Diame, and Vejinovic which was a cheap move because I got them on frees and was able to get 11mil for them.

I couldn't hold back from selling Lux. I got 2.5mil and bough Julio Segio for 350k from Roma. After I made these dealings I realized they might be mistakes because changing a consistent performer might screw up the team but Julio Sergio has been great. I am planning on selling him next season because I signed an amazing goalie that will be my future captain. He is ranked the 3rd best GK (genie scout) behind Neuer and Casillas. Props to Nim, I know he really rates this guy. Huge bargain at 7mil. I was reluctant to pay him 2.5mil per year but when I saw his ability compared to other GKs he is definitely worth it.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3183/36326633.jpg


And this next guy is on pace to be the 2nd best player in the world behind Messi in terms of potential, I'm thinking of renaming him to Rivaldo:

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8678/85221750.jpg

I only suggested the 4-2-4, I think Juventino was the first to actually implement it with Chelmsford, and I wouldn't dream of playing it with a mediocre team like you have. I did later use it in FM12 in my Gladbach game after leaving for City because my personnel wasn't quite right for a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 and had some blistering success early, but it tailed off; I attribute it to not having the right CMs though. If you have 2 guys like Ekdal (or Nainggolan, or of course the ultimate M'Vila) then you can dominate with it, but if you're trying to pound square pegs into the CM spots like guys better used as APs or Trequartistas, then you won't win. Anyway, this is seriously amazing. I hope you post screenshots of your Scudetto table in the thread of whoever's tactic this was as payment for the success.

Ekdal is brilliant, I was after him for 3 years at Fiorentina and finally signed him after his interminably long contract with Juventus expired.

Following my Gladbach game I actually rate Ron-Robert Zieler more than I do ter Stegen, and he's cheaper too. ter Stegen is really good though.

That's the weird thing about this 4-2-4, it's actually decent defensively. I should post the success where I found the tactic but that guy already has a ton of given respect for it... stories similar to mine.

ter Stegen is better rated by Genie both in ability and hidden attributes but maybe you got a better performance out of Zieler in your game. For some reason Zieler is more expensive to get in my game.

edit: Lost 3-2 to Inter, but I still have some leeway. I'm lucky that there are a bunch of good teams but no teams at the level of Barca/Real. The rest of the league is pretty talented too, teams like Cagliari/Catania have some nice players. I like that the only transfer restrictions are 2 max non-euros per month. Having no reserve league has actually been nice. I now just schedule them when I feel like I need them and then move player to the reserves to get match fitness. I would always feel a little pressure to field a decent reserve team side but this removes that.

My scouts consistently rated Zieler better than ter Stegen, and then he performed better too. Maybe one or both of them have uncertain potentials.

The next game Roma beat Inter 1-0... good good.

edit: For some reason Jovetic is available for cheap and I put in a bid but he doesn't want to talk to me. He will probably request a really high salary but I really like his hidden mental stats and young age. Maybe once I officially win the title my rep will go up so I can get him.

edit2: Played a real stinker against Livorno, lost 1-0.

Finished the 2nd season.

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Paloschi had a great season. Got first place in Serie A goals with 26 (and golden boot).

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The team

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Dammit I couldn't sign Kagawa on a free because I already signed two non-EUs for the year. Fuuuuuuuuuuuu

Yeah, that rule is ******* me up too. I arranged transfers for Non-EU 16 year olds several years ago, and so I haven't been able to sign Non-EU players for 2 years.

Yeah, that rule is ******* me up too. I arranged transfers for Non-EU 16 year olds several years ago, and so I haven't been able to sign Non-EU players for 2 years.

Yep, I regret signing this 18yr old Columbian wonder kid now because I could have had Kagawa which would have been my best player.

This season is weird... with my spike in reputation I would have expected a huge change in the first team but it's stayed the same (other than ter Stegen). If I buy a player none of them would really be an upgrade. I guess I just have to keep developing my own youngsters.

I'm trying to get a left footed full back to come because I don't have one but the options are pretty crappy. I'm going to get the cheapest average player I can find. I put in a bid for 2 but the club came back saying they don't want to make a decision yet because there are many suitors. :rolleyes:

Yes, I got it! I'm going to turn Crisetig into my future LB. I'm going to specialize him in some quickness training for now.

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1209/71517679.png

I did that with a Brazilian DM in my loooooong Man City save in FM10 (I think, maybe FM11) and it worked out well. But that guy was actually fast, a good dribbler, and capable of crossing.

Crisetig at the start of the game has the best mental attributes for someone so young, he's got good potential and I really want to have him fit into this team. If he plays smart he can be decent. I see his attributes increasing +2, and including the specialized training I might be able to get his pace up to 15 and acc to 14. This tactic doesn't need dribbling that much and he's got decent crossing and is left footed. And he's from Inter.

I think this guy is more of your type.

He's going to be the world's best RB in a few years. Cafu jr.

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1782/83400112.png

That kid was at Porto on experience for a couple of weeks like one or two years ago.

Yes, I am in love with him. I actually have a similar kid

http://i.imgur.com/LhaYG.png

Damn I don't know why my guys have such a low value. I can't wait for CL to start, this season I need to let the world know of the power of Cesena.

Entering the CL groups as a 4th seed gave me a real tough group! Chelsea, Lyon and Werder Bremen!

Yikes. I was bumped to the Europa League this year by Lyon, Sevilla, and Galatasaray :(

I dominated every game :(

To be fair I'm probably overreacting and will dominate most of those games.

I don't think other versions of Fm had such great representation good goal keeping. I'm seeing a big improvement in keeping now that I have ter Stegen. Its only been 3 games but he's had really good moments.

The thing is I found him while trying to search for a future captain. I looked at the youngest players with leadership skills and he was one of the only ones.

Yeah absolutely. I had Boruc and Neto for a year and a half, when I got Handanovic in the January window all of a sudden I couldn't concede if my defenders were bribed.

Cesena's first European cup game ever ended as a 2-0 win for Chelsea at their stadium ( f u calumn and azrael). The team looked nervous in the beginning and conceded two big errors which resulted in 2 goals. They had two good chances themselves but didn't score. The game was rough too and injured Paloschi for 4 months! Time for Sanogo to step up.

Haha..... Wallace, Wallyson, Willian.......... Brazilians have funny names.

I love that you're playing as Cesena by the way as they are a team I have never even considered managing! I almost forgive you for beating Chelsea!

The cool thing about Cesena is that I managed them in an older version when they were in Seria C1 or C2. Wallyson is a bust but Willian is amazing.

I started a new game because I though of a new save idea and am close to finishing the first season.. I'll post about it soon. Chelsea pissed me off in this save..

Oh, nah dude I Lost to Chelsea 2-0 in that game, not won. They beat me square and fair.

Haha it took me a second to realize you have your wages set per annum and I thought you were paying Romario 325k per week!

Also I like how you work in pounds despite being non British - always pisses me off to see FM screenshots in Euros or Dollars!

I only do it because Genie Scout is default set to GBP and I'm also used to it.

What is 'genie scout'?

Cheater!

What is 'genie scout'?

Its a 3rd party software that info.. Like the attributes I find most important - consistency, important matches (how to handle them) and professionalism. I've been using it since 01/02. Cheating.. Yes in other words.

My favorite of it's features are the custom rating you can create. You can assign a value (out of 100) to attributes you find important and then every player gets a rating next to their names. That's a very nice search tool for the ocd.

Haha alright I think I'll steer clear!

It destroys the magic of FM!! :(

I play games without it too (like the Vilarreal one) and I know how to be successful in those, but usually I enjoy them more with it. I justify it by pretending I'd be a real life scouting prodigy that would have this superior ability.

Fm06 was a version that had that amazing training glitch where it would max out the bars, I used that too, imagining I was a training mastermind and every player loved working with me.

Haha I just noticed that right now in real life Cesana are playing away at Napoli in the Italian Cup.... and are 1-0 up!

It kind of pisses me off that they have Juve colours but the uniforms are not stripped which I guess is okay. Parolo was their best player off the original squad. I sold him to Milan where he became a regular.

Popescu got their goal, how was he?

Wow, he was a Romanian Italian fullback in the U20 squad with very low ability and potential.


edit: winger I mean

I have these two players, they both play MC (attacking) and AMR. Those are positions my tactic needs. Which would you play where if you had to fill up both spots with them?

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8711/64925421.jpg

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9308/40259714.jpg

Okay, I'm taking a break from the Cesena game because I had a new idea for a save game and have been playing it for a few days. I'm always very meticulous with squad rotation and it's one of the more frustrating parts of the game. I think it's important to keep players fit, rested, and give them enough playing time so planning who to play and when can be time consuming and it's not the most fun part of the game.

So I wanted to have a team where I would play all 11 first team starters no matter the match, that is if they were fit and not injured (over 90% conditioning without it saying 'tired'). So to do this I wanted players with good stamina and natural fitness. I also created a filter in genie scout to pick the players with best Consistency/Imp Matches and Determination in order for them to be good performers. I didn't want to go with City but because of their money I thought they were the best choice to try this.

Normally I am very strict with transfers but the transfer window for this game was an abberation. I sold very high quality cheaply and overpayed for many players. I will still be using the super 4-2-4 tactic.

Here is the starting XI (huge change from original city team):

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6821/49239303.png

Only Kompany and Tevez remained.


So far the results have been spectacular. Cavani might be having the best season I've ever had with a striker in any version. I wasn't even expecting this because although in FM11 he was amazing for me it took him a year or two to adapt to a new team. I'm through 23 league games and the goal difference is an astonishing +75. I've had a few injuries here and there but going into my next game the full 11 are available. I've won all games except a Bolton tie and the following:

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F*ck you Calumn



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F*ck you Az




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F*ck you Fili



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F*ck you Tom


But as I said, these are the only bad results, most games have been superb statistically, probably the best I've ever seen.

For example in this game Swansea kept it 0-0 till late and the pressure was immense:

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2071/15395722.png


And here is a high scoring example:

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4716/15749887.png





Players I would really like to have in the future would be Phil Jones, Hernandez, Rooney, and Messi because their skill level and those hidden attributes I mentioned are of really high quality. Man Utd have a great team for this experiment too.

So overall perhaps my approach to FM in that regard has been wrong. Maybe I should focus more on the starting XI since that way I'm playing my highest skilled players. In the Cesena game I have many players playing a similar number of games, but in that case I'm also trying to develop youngsters.

I dunno, I like having a squad of 25 or maybe even more and rotate. Especially when you're a big club.

Payback!

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5969/17953264.png

Ultimate payback

http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/2873/47249090.png

Crap, I only realized now to have Cavani take penalties (Tevez used to) and to have him do the cheap near post corner trick (Kompany used to)... I missed out on a load of goals for him.

This save game isn't too exciting but I want to play next season just to see how the team performs with a year under their belt of playing together + seeing how many goals I can get out of Cavani with penalty taking and being at the end of the corners. I might bring in one or two better players too. There will be the world club championship too so that means more goals.



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Tied Dudu Georgescu all time Golden Shoe record of 47.



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A nice feature I saw was that Kompany wasn't selected for a Belgium friendly match 3 days after the CL final out of what I have to assume is understanding of the circumstances (he was healthy and probably their best player).

I want to try this tactic/strategy with this player and try to score Pele's 1000 goals.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5920/29330859.png

That is something I would be interested in.

I think you could make a better player than that though.

Yeah getting a player to hit 1000 career goals would be a fantastic challenge.....

But lets say you played him for 20 seasons, that's fifty goals a season required, every season!

**** how the hell did Pele do it?

Well if I created that Felix guy I think it's do-able. I could put him in the Dutch league or something where it's strong enough to try to avoid him asking for a move away and easy enough to rack up a ton of goals against weaker teams. Doing it in the Romanian league would be awesome too but I don't know if I have the patience for such a game. Cavani got 77 playing with a very strong team and in that particular tactic.

Ahhhh I see....... thats why you made him **** at long throws and corners and the like, to make sure he was on the end of them rather than taking them......

You should also give him a 1 for teamwork, dont want him wasting any time with assists!

Going back to Cesena game..

My face when I sign a young player with a lot of potential for a long 5 year cheap contract:

http://27.media.tumblr.com/avatar_6feb8634e3d0_128.png

**** how the hell did Pele do it?

LOT of games in Brazil. 2 full leagues.

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/1736/82506668.png

:(

Ended up getting 3rd place in the group with Cesena. The Chelsea home game and Lyon home and away were even games but the team ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard. The team however did good to beat Bremen 2 times (the 2nd game was a must win to get 3rd spot).

In all my years of FM I have never won the Europa League (or UEFA cup) because whenever I had a good team I would make it to the CL (which I've won many times). Therefore being in the Europa League meant I wasn't finished building a strong side. Maybe this time I'll be lucky.

I won it in my Gladbach save twice. Extremely satisfying the first time, but incredibly anticlimactic and almost depressing the second time. My stadium also hosted the first time, so I was actually the home team in the cup final, which was cool.

Do you know if it said "N" in the fixture screen for that final, or home "H"?

It said H

(H)

I managed to sign Messi in the city game for 17m + 200m over 48 months (217 is his release clause). I had to fake interest in his agent's other player - Caicedo to get my name on the agent's favorite list to even offer a contract that is possible. Even though I have a sh*t load of money I could only offer Messi his current Barca wage and the sign on bonuses weren't as high as he wanted so to compensate I had to do the ridiculous. His contract has a 50% yearly increase, 275k per game and goal, and an increase in 5mil when he reaches 5 games with us. I"m going to try to negotiaþe a new contract with him ASAP once I get him.

He won't take it. Players are smarter in this game. But you're City, so who cares.

Asked the board for a stadium expansion and they agreed... for 340 f*cking seats... it's going to cost 375,000$ and will take almost a year to complete. :rolleyes:

I finished the 3rd season with Cesena and will post some pics in the upcoming days + signings. I have an exciting Brazilian AMLC regen similar to Nemernicu (not as good obv).

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/993/87735183.png

Got him from Cruzeiro for only 2.3mil. He's already my #1 penalty/corner/free kick taker. He's in the playmaker CM role in my 4-2-4.

This was my big free agent signing. He's the only new signing to be inserted in the starting XI (I didn't have a good DM before). Rodrigues is (just) behind Candreva as the starting Advanced CM.

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1430/45869495.png

I'm trying to be very stingy with money this game. I had to give Javi Garcia a high salary which I was reluctant to do so I might sell him in January or summer. A few players are asking for a salary increase but I'm trying to delay it till it's close to expiring. I like signing players on 5 year deals for good value and not giving them a new one till year 4 (or sell).

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/8390/98676777.png

Viviano I purely signed because he's a great GK and I will sell him for profit later on. ter Stegen I hope will be my GK for the next 15 years so I don't need a new one. I know if I start giving players high salaries it will create a domino effect so I'm trying to keep things cheap but I probably won't be able to maintain this strategy when I want to start challenging for the CL.

Right sided Bale

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2984/91494043.png

He came through City and for some reason they released him... I wanted to buy him and was shocked to see him being out of contract. He has really great potential, his attacking FB skills are crazy, shame about the stamina - my FB's get tired quickest in my tactic. From his pic he looks like he would be an a-hole in real life though (imo).

Last season's standing... did good

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In Europe I finished 3rd in CL group (only points came from 2 wins against 4th place W Bremen). In Europa League I unfortunately lost to Benfica in the first knock-out stage even thought I played well and arguably deserved to win.

This year's CL group is easier. I have Real which is tough but winnable games against CSKA and Salzburg.

This is my last notable transfer for this season. I've got my future CB pairing in him and Brands.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7545/98790942.png

I actually have almost all my first XI for the future. I've got the AML and DM for the future coming this winter and next season and only need a LB now to be set. My plan is to have a main XI and then have decent back-up players. I want to incorporate my City strategy where I play the first XI lots.

I've come up with a crazy new rotation policy this season and it seems to be working good so far. I want to incorporate my prospects in a lot of matches so I decided with league games to play my best defence Away with the prospects on attack and with Home games have my best attackers starting alongside my defensive prospects. CL games I play my best players.

This is just wrong

mind you he's playing good

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1121/47625411.png

edit: Holy sh*t Rodrigues is outplaying the crap out of Candreva... fits great with the tactic.

In the last CL game for some reason Real played 3 youth squad players (not great prospects or talents either) against me. I considered the match important because if I tied or won I would get to be 1st in the group. I was lucky Ronaldo was out injured as well. I ended up winning which so far is the most impressive continental team Cesena has beaten and it puts the team in a good place for the knockouts...

I'm thinking of starting new a side experimental game where I employ a long ball tactic. I'm going to try to find a team that primarily has good heading skills, and secondarily physical attributes. I'm probably going to with a mid or lower table Premiership team since it's something the english are famous for.

The tactic I'm thinking of using is a diamond 4-4-2 because it allows there to be players scattered out nicely around the field and also leaves some space in the centre which will allow a lot of back and forth action.

Another game idea I'm having is to take the top 8 teams in a 10 team league (like Austria, Ireland, Switzerland, or Slovenia) and just create a massive monopoly by managing the 8 teams, where the main focus is on developing the best national youngsters... so make money and increase training facilities. Always beat the bottom relegation teams and keep the same 8 teams at the top, and make sure the more prestigious clubs finish at the top of the table. It would be fun but would take a lot of time to get through a season.

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This was one of those games where I felt the AI trying to f*ck with me just to put a challenge in my season. I had 2 injuries and by the time I made all 3 subs I had another one so I ended the game without my 2 forwards. The team showed it's toughness and quality by managing to finish 1-1. My team is favourite to win the CL this year IMO.

So this season has been going great... doing good in the CL, where I failed last year. I beat Barca in the quarters 6-1 aggregate which will no doubt cut the length of this save game. The team is becoming very good and my youngsters haven't even fully developed yet, so far I've just been using value buys. Next season will be the first year where I start my high potential youngsters (they are getting good, and surpassing the previous players) and the team will only go up from there! I have close to 100mil in the bank and I don't even want it there, I like my new found cheap-ness style. It's something harder to make possible if you start with a big club because their reputation and current contract are from the get-go very high.

I wish I would have started this game in a less powerful league, like Romania, because it would have been more of a challenge. Well one thing I could do is make an all-star team with 25 amazing players... I've had good teams in the past but I could try making this one the best.

I'm still excited for next season because I'll be replacing the current starting players (the old guard) with the new superstars I had grow with the club, and then introducing new youngsters to take their place. I can't wait to post some screenies of how some of the players have turned out... I might wait however till they are fully developed. And it's funny how I have a Lungu as well (who is a good player).

Ter Stegen played all games for me for this season and last. I'm scared to think what will happen if he gets injured.

Damn it, lost the 2nd leg.

Dude's first season away from Brazil. Wins CL Best Player of the year.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3987/83940553.png

BTW Chelsea beat Milan in the final.

Also I won the first Italian Cup with Cesena so it was nice finally getting that trophy. And the league was won again... will post the table later.

Here's Rodrigues' season stats:

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/1508/75421466.png

Crazy that you've built such a good side. I think in my Fiorentina game I only had a 1 or 2 year window, and have now been surpassed by Lyon. Haven't played that game in awhile though.

To be honest FM Scout player a large part in it. I found players that are very reliable and consistent and went for the best sale value/talent buys. Plus players with high potential. The Villarreal game is a better representation since I played that game straight. I took 4th place first year and the following season I would be around the same level... so a little harder to take it to the next level.

The Cesena game has been more fun for me though and I still have some players I need to develop, just wait till you see Brands. He has really well rounded attributes needed for a CB.

New season is underway.

I'm such a dick, I got Zieler just because he was a free transfer and will sell him in the winter break.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6638/17437460.png

Some more transfers...

Got this guy on a free:

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On a free:

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Immense youngster from Spartak:

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The Torric of my game, got him cheap from Nigeria:

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I was able to bring in the best youths from the world, here's an Italian one from Empoli:

http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/5193/73458812.png

My biggest signing so far, bought this guy to be inserted directly as the starting LB, a position that is hard to find great players at:

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3176/57776238.png

Real Madrid product, they didn't see the talent they had under their noses:

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/2804/45927530.png

Medel will take over Javi Garcia's spot as defensive MC, got on a free:

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6836/38016104.png

This transfer window has been immense, I don't think I've ever signed so many quality players. These guys will make Cesena the best team in the world very soon.

I had Medel in my Dnipro save, he was nowhere near as good as the one in your save.

Some players have random potential, I'll tell you how he does in my team.

I would ideally prefer a DM who has great passing (plus defensive skills) so Medel is not in the long term plans.

Zieler is better than ter Stegen, just FYI

Not in my game. I've noticed in other saves that ter Stegen has lower potential. In mine it's nice, a 179 which is good to be world class. This and his current ability are higher than Zieler's by a fair bit. And the other deciding factor for me, the hidden mental stats, are also considerably better for ter Stegen.

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/3252/96319064.png

I've circled the important attributes that are higher for one player by 2 or more. It's pretty balanced, both players have reached their full potential but ter Stegen has a CA higher by 12, as I said his hidden mental stats are better which puts him over the edge just based on that (being the difference maker with them being so similar), and ter Stegen has been with the club longer to get accustomed to it and is my captain. And age.

edit: It's funny that the past two season my two best players have been goalies (based on ability). Last year ter Stegen and Viviano and this year ter Stegen and Zieler.

I've sold a few too many of my established players to make way for the new breed. I wish I would have kept one or two more in case of injuries. The team is probably worse than last year's because of that but once I get through this transition period things will only go up. I'll have a world class 11 + 11.

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This was my final summer signing.

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The headline and the last line are funny.

Stadium Expansion work just finished, it got increased by 15,000 seats and it's up to 47,000 which is decent compared to how it was before.

I also put in the Romanian leagues to be loaded up next season. My plan is to get all my top youngsters to their full potential and win the CL 2 years in a row (still have 0 now). After that I would like to manager Inter and win them the Serie A but I doubt I'll be lucky enough to have the job available when I want it, although they've been going through managers quick, I've been offered the job twice already. Finally my goal is to go to Romania and take over a team there and do well with them in Europe, which will be a nice hard challenge.

F*cking Rui Patricio!!! I lost in the first round of CL knockouts because of him making a lot of saves for Porto.

I'm underway with the new season so I'll tell you how the last one went. The biggest thing was the CL first round knockout loss to Porto, I was hoping to go further in CL but got unlucky in 2 even games. My result in the league was best yet, making it my 4th consecutive scudetto. The loss came from Parma. ****!

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6237/98578317.png

Onto signings...

This season I raided Man Utd and signed 3 of their players on frees. I'm happy to have Asamoah (signed in 2012 by Utd) because in my defensive CM role I never felt like I had a really well rounded player but with him I think he's a good fit for my tactic.

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/368/90400944.png

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/3205/31994949.png

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/9945/65787101.png

I'm going to play Smalling as a RB. I wish his dribbling and crossing would be higher but overall he is a better player than my previous more prototypcial RB. Two seasons ago I played Brands who was a completely defensive CB as my LB and he had a great season so tactically Smalling might work out.

This guy will be a future star:

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3584/71500379.png

edit: Unfortunately because I already have 2 great Poacher types with higher speed and finishing I will have to mould this guy into more of a playmaker.

Another youngster:

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/132/46818295.png

This is a nice segway to.... If you have been paying attention you see that I have a few talented French players on my squad. I wanted to take an international job and after last year's Euro's I applied for the Italy, Spain, and French jobs. I had pickings and chose France because out of Europe and those teams I listed they seem to have the most talent. After getting the job I remembered that they won the last world cup so in a way it's not as exciting because I wanted to lead them to their first WC since 98 but they must have chosen me to fulfil their high expectations.

Another cool thing about France is that whenever I chose to manage a team whilst with a club in other FMs I'd often go with France. I remember I had a career with them in versions 06 and 10.

Here's the team I played for the first couple qualifying games:

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/2808/15391669.png

*Corchia will be RB, Ordonez is a CB.

I like this French team, they have good depth in almost all positions and they will be all be at a good age when the WC rolls around in 2 years.

Here's a player which I'll be hanging a lot of my hopes onto for the future. Surprisingly I gave him his first caps.

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/3901/70935481.png

I can't believe I didn't post about this guy when I bought him, he's been on my team for 4 years and has developed nicely:

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/7296/69672494.png

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9607/45419341.png

I did make more transfers.

This guy has great potential and good hidden mental attributes for his age, which is rare. I set him on specialized quickness training which is his only slight weakness.

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/2594/39147165.jpg


Brands is solid. He is close to full potential. Had him as my starter since last year.

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9348/58055180.png

See as I said before, the weird thing is I played Brands as a LB in 2014/15 and he had better stats. Last year he was solely CB.

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/810/70195917.png

I really want Cesena to win the CL this year.

International matches again, qualifier games #3 and #4. I decided to create a depth sheet for the WC qualifiers and actual tournament.

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/2673/56609735.png

Gourcuff's liking to shoot long totally ruins him as a player.

Haha, I'm playing against Lazio, it's 1-0 for me and we score again in minute 39 to make it 2-0 and the commentator says "This will make it 29 games undefeated for Cesena", like the match is already decided and over. (H)

I don't know why I didn't post about this guy when I bought him 3 seasons ago (it's nice to be able to compare when they first got here). He's my starting advanced/poacher striker and he's basically fully developed now. He came in with Dribbling at 10 if I remember but thanks to specialized training I got it to be a strength instead of a weakness. I really like the specialized training that you can now do in FM. Oh and my training schedules are made based off of the attribute weighting we discussed... basically targeted for each position as what each player should look like.

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/3605/46688090.png

Something special could happen this season. It's almost the end of March and am currently undefeated in all competitions except a first leg loss in the first knockout phase of the CL. Fortunately I won the second leg and now await to play Chelsea in the quarters which will be a tough challenge.

I'd be cool to remain undefeated in the league since I haven't achieved it since playing FM06 in the Romanian League.

This side of things I haven't posted yet.

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/1089/68211516.png

Before I move to a Romanian club I think I'm going to future transfer 10 million to every club for one of their fringe players.

massive result

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/1768/19333846.png

Nim, last year Fiorentina strangely won the Champions League while finishing 19-6-13, 5th in the league. This year they're playing the semis against Real.

My team with another fine result.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2622/57914821.png

The team clinched the Serie A, it's going to be a test to remain unbeaten because I keep playing the 2nd team before CL games. My team this year though has much better depth than previous year, that's why the season has been so successful.

Feels good man

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3945/72115052.png

This game was probably the closest call of the season...

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/5026/59860807.png

Wohooo

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2582/44471515.png

This is the guy that hit the winner:

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/6123/27745964.png

The winning team... the captain came up big.

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6176/77964847.png

Did the treble by beating Inter in the Copa Italia final as well.

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/8411/40484980.png

World cup (in Russia) coming up next season..

My back-up GK has 1 for first touch and creativity... I've played him one game and haven't seen any back passes to him... I'm waiting to see what happens.

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/956/64352896.png

Crazy amount of goals

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/9104/51245223.png

Pascual got a perfect 10. Check out Inter's GK rating.

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/9259/13814899.png

My biggest regret in this game was selling Romario to a Brazilian team, who then was bought by Inter. When I had him he had some hidden mental deficiencies but they have gotten decent with time. I was going to buy him back but they deemed 50$ mil which I have but didn't want to give since it would ruin the whole flow of the game style. Another bad part is that RB is the only position where I need to upgrade my starting XI.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/307/96734951.png

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/25/23937726.png

Another 10.0

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/8392/75448040.png

So I get a message in December that Sakho is out for 7-8 months with knee tendonitis which puts him out of the world cup. He was the captain of my France team! The group was drawn and I'll be facing Uruguay, Belgium, and South Korea.

I was also drawn against the hardest possible choice in the first round knockout of this year's CL - against Chelsea. And I won Cesena's first ever World Club Championship vs Santos.

Many things have happened since last update.

Here's an unfortunate one:

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3710/35025788.png

It's only the first game of the group stage but still unfortunate.

Oh I hate those games

I've never seen 6 clear cut chances on 3 shots on target.

edit: One weird thing I've noticed about fm is that 4-4-2 (or my variation which has wingers pushed up) holds a lot of possession, the most I would say in my games. And the 442 is not usually known for being a possession tactic.

The board have agreed to build a new stadium. It will be 62,000 and named after me (H) and will take 3 years to finish building. They used 150mil from the bankroll we had and only needed to take out a loan for 30mil (even though we still have 80mil left in the balance).

Seems like all the Italy supporters are Interistas (Munian now plays for them).

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/5218/24958277.png

I resumed this game because I couldn't get into any of my new one's started. I also felt like having an easy fun go and destroying teams with the best constructed team of all time. (H)


Left the game off at midseason after winning the Club World cup.

Finished the season.

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/674/tablevz.png

Loss came against 17th place Modena smh.

Epic comeback against Lyon in the CL Final.

Pascual scored 2 beauties.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2494/tablekz.png


3 CLs in a row now. I was going to leave to go to a Romanian club but I don't think I can. New stadium is being built and will be ready the season after next one so I need to wait around for that (named after me). I've been giving money to Romanian clubs, loaning their youngsters for 2million dollars and having them train at my academy.

I will post my starting 11 for the upcoming season:

GK

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9913/terstegen.png



DCl

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3738/brands.png



DCr

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2917/ordonez.png



LB

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/7195/jeanvier.png



RB

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6189/salinas.png


cont...

MC - Defensive

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/3613/flegenal.png



MC - Attacking

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1199/romizik.png



AML

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/4281/rodrigues.png



AMR

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/7976/gebremeskel.png



FWD - Supporting

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6148/molteni.png



FWD - Advanced

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/7880/pascual.png


I will probably post my whole squad once everyone reaches their potential, I've got my 25 for years to come.

My team is actually better than yours. I'll throw up the squad in my thread.

I didn't post my back-ups (which are good too). And your team might be slightly better but only slightly. My team is younger.

Give me a few more seasons for Molteni and Flegenal to fully develop too (they have 190+ PA they haven't reached).

Now thinking about it, my team is better because I got the best players in the world in terms of hidden mental attributes (which is cheating), that's why they won the CL 3 years in a row and have only lost 5 matches in the league in the last 4 years.


edit: Actually never mind, I see you have been getting amazing results as well so yours is slightly better.

But in my game my team is the best historically successful team.

Your team is younger, but that's just because I've kept around some of the best players in club history.

And I've won the Serie A 16 years in a row, I think I'm more successful.

But in my game my team is the best historically successful team.


.

So I started a new game with Independiente.

Haven't seen this one before:

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6505/71869875.png


f***!

Finally getting around to documenting about my new FM save.

The Cesena game is 99% lost, which is okay sine Fm13 just came out (don't have it yet through). I have the Cesena file on an old computer where I disconnected the cables to it because it only restarts and works for 90 seconds. And I'm about to throw it out soon. It's okay though because I achieved almost all that I needed too. My team won everything in consecutive years, my team is full of the best regens and almost everyone of the players developed. The only thing really left was to see that right back Dutch player developed but if I were to follow my original plan I would have kept the same team for the next 8 years so that probably wouldn't have been very entertaining.

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Ok so my new game is in FM06, my favorite retro version of the game. The 2d game engine is pretty fun and the game is simpler. Team talks are the easiest in this version. I honestly know which option to choose in almost all circumstances, it's awesome. In the new version I just click and hope and don't see much effect, in 06 I see an effect. This version also was the last one before affiliation teams, which is one of the few features I miss but no biggie. Buying players is good and fairly easy, so is selling. The media is very nice and light, not annoying like the current versions. And your inbox only has light news and is not clogged up with loads of stuff I don't care about. Tactics are decent but not very complex, you can't use crazy tactics and make them work. The game is easier but that might be because...


I am cheating. This version has the biggest "Cheat code" in all of fm history. Someone created a cheat training schedule where the sliders are hacked to go to all the way max. What this does is basically give every player you have (1 month after joining your team aprox.) +1 in every attribute. I am doing this because I like having a super team (in a smaller nation), and buying a player with a skillset of attributes I admire and having them increased by one. My save game is also trying to achieve a difficult goal which makes my cheating slightly more acceptable. Also I'll be using my beloved fmscout to see potential ability/hidden attributes and to do easier searching.



Alright, so finally onto the save game... I am picking Anderlecht because I like the fact that they are one of the bigger teams in Belgium, a smaller European league. The Belgian league is the 2nd best in the world in fm06 in terms of player freedom (only behind Holland which is completely unrestricted). The Belgian league allows you to buy and play players of any nationality, only restriction is that you must have 2 under21 players in the match squad. I like this freedom and the 2 under 21 players can be on the 7 man bench so it's not a big deal. I already bought a back up keeper who was 18 when I got him and the team started with Vanden Borre, one of this version's 17 year old wonder kids. But the biggest reason I chose this team was because...

Vincent Kompany. This player has been very interesting to me over the years of me playing FM06. He is one of the classic examples of how FM attributes were differently set-up in fm06, as you can see he has a strange distribution of them for his position and they appear much higher than now-a-days. This was normal in the 06 version, where many defenders/def mids (especially more unknown ones) had high attributes in finishing and strikers had some high positioning attributes. Also in FM attributes in general were higher. Like if 19 yr old Kompany was in FM13 with these attributes he'd be one of the best in the world, but in FM06 he is just around 150/200 current ability.

I never managed Kompany or Anderlecht before but during my time in FM I always found him special because he had a very weird skill set for a defender. I never got him with one of my big teams I've managed because, although he had a lot of skill and potential I didn't like that his positioning, jumping, heading and concentration were so low. So because of this I never bought him. I did notice however how good his attributes were for a striker. With the only thing really missing is a slightly higher finishing. This is 19yr old Kompany (screenshot from a different save game) :

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6131/67906117.jpg


So the goal of my game is to make Kompany my main striker and have him score as many goals as possible. First task was to adapt him to striker (btw it took him a season to do so). I will also be playing him in all the games I can while rotating the rest of the squad. His Stamina, Nat Fitness and Injury Proneness (checked fmscout) is good so he should be alright doing so.

I finished the first season and this is my result so far midway through the second...

The new Kompany as striker, with the 'special training', and 1 year of developing:

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/6301/34313423.jpg

As you can see he is quite excelling at his role. (Weird how his crossing is different, I bet it had a random number in the editor). He's in beast mode most of the time. If a defender is nervous on the ball he often snatches it from him with his superior physical and defensive skills. He is just an amazingly rounded striker, he's fast, strong in the air, on his feet and can shoot well.


Here was his first season:

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6628/21953184.jpg



I wasn't expecting him to be so effective. He's had a total of 2 months of injury so far which I wasn't expecting but that wasn't so bad. The rest of the team is very strong so that helps a lot.

I stumbled upon a really good tactic at getting the striker many goals while playing with Ajax. I messed around with the game and only played one pre-season game where I notice Babel (my ST) got 2 goals and 90% of the team's shots. This was HUGE luck because I didn't need to develop it much or stress about my tactic. It was literally the first tactic I devised for this and it worked.

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/7672/50883831.jpg


The team is now full of South Americans and a few Portuguese players. I got rid of all the original players except Vanden Borre and Kompany.

The tactic is pretty simple, short passing, high pressing, medium creative freedom. Box to Box all-rounder CMs with the wingers on run with ball/crossing/forward run often, Kompany being the same minus the crossing. For whatever reason this really gives Kompany a lot of chances.

Before with FM scout I would search for potential as the main thing to looks for but now I'm having fun with this game and being really particular with each player I buy, looking more at attributes than current ability.

Here are the awesome CMs:

http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/9891/83821845.jpg

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3016/53272393.jpg


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So my new goal now is to get Kompany to score 1000 career goals. It sucks that Belgium is not playing him as a forward but I'll try to manage it without that. Last year he got a lot of goals in the qualifying matches for the CL and we lost in the first round knock-out to Arsenal in a series of matches I deserved to win.

I'll update with the progress.

Also this is funny:

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9154/26746695.jpg

My draw and loss was with Kiev.

Haha!

86 Goals in a season. That is nuts. FM06 must be ****e.

Also you need to try and take over as Belgium national team manager, then he can rack up the goals their aswell.

Haha!

86 Goals in a season. That is nuts. FM06 must be ****e.

Also you need to try and take over as Belgium national team manager, then he can rack up the goals their aswell.

Yeah, but that **** manager ain't leaving. I might "interfere" with that soon though. The Belgium squad would be sh!t compared to my team though.

Ok I created a new manager, took Belgium and retired. I'll apply for that job now.

Sneaky (H)

:(

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/7296/70836595.jpg


ps I didn't get the Belgium job, I'll try again next season.

Recognize: Renan, Nene, Alves, Kadlec, and American Michael Parkhurst (who's at Nordsjælland in real life).

There's Bosingwa too (who is a DM in this version). (H)

Gotta love playing professional matches against mid table 2nd division clubs.

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/896/21584280.jpg


I got him taking penalties too, even with a 2 in Penalty shooting. He scores about 2 out of 3 which is alright.

I think the attributes weighting got changed in 2008, because there's no way you could have those stats now. I had Kompany and Vanden Borre in FM06, though. I used to play them in a 3 man defense with Nigel de Jong. I remember being so thrilled when Kompany moved to City, but now I kinda wish he sucked.

Yeah, I bought Vanden Borre and Kompany every game. I got so upset when he went to Hamburg. I always played him as a DM in FM 06 actually.

I can't remember who my other CB was, but I'd have those 4 rotating with Nigel and Kompany rotating with Sivok at DM. I played a 3-1-1-3-2. Can't remember everyone, but I know I had Akinfeev, Daniel Carvalho, Podolski, Bojinov, Babel in my team.

Was Marcelo a 17 year old in this one? I loooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvved Marcelo.

EDIT: haha, Lebohang Mokoena (H)

Fábio Grosso. /thread


Also, Jelle Van Damme!

Was Marcelo a 17 year old in this one? I loooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvved Marcelo.

EDIT: haha, Lebohang Mokoena (H)


No, it's a different Marcelo who is a AMR/MC.

I'm desperately trying to get Sivok and make him my DC (has amazing attributes for that position) but he doesn't want to join from his Czech team.

Mokoena! Wow, I love seeing some of these names.

I want to finish the 2nd season today.

side note: Kompany got played as striker for the first time for Belgium! Wohoo, got a goal too!

good result

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/2998/newbitmapimagerwo.png

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9512/newbitmapimagemm.png

Got beaten badly by Man U in the CL semis. I was disappointed but it was a nice run I guess. Won the league by a large margin of course.

Ok so onto Kompany...

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8904/newbitmapimagexo.png

This season he scored less than the last one.

Season 1: 86 goals in 53 apps (scoreless internationals included)
Season 2: 73 goals (international added) in 53 apps

Total (including player's first 2 seasons as defender): 163
Goal: 1000

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Coincidentally same amount of appearances both years. :p
The team got 90 goals in the league so his 50 accounted for more than half.
This season he wasn't as prolific as the last one but last year he got injured here and there so I was hoping I would get more goals just based on matches played. The disappointment came when he got injured during the first leg of the Man U match and missed 5 of the last 6 matches.

I just started playing fm its 08 ( Phil is in chelsea so i chosed chelsea) I need tips cause i m benn losing lately fm is way harder than fifa so any tactics help ?

Anyways i m currently 2nd man is 1st , I won the league cup lost in knockout rounds in uefa against valencia 5-1 and on the semis of the fa cup hope we win oh my best player currently will be van de vaart or aguero after i sold half the team cause theyre old

What specifically do you need help with? If you ask for tips that's too broad since there are hundreds of tips that can be given.

If you want tactical help you can search FM forums for fm08 tactics that are proven and work better than something you might create, but some people find that part of the game fun to do themselves.


edit: Here's a list of good player. http://www.fmscout.com/c-players08.html

Keep in mind you are Chelsea, a top team so many of those players might be under your club's level.

Thanks I need tips on selling players cause buying players aint so hard but selling players is where i m having difficulties cause i always end up selling them on bargain price . About the tactics though i wanted advice from you guys cause you guys are pros at these

Anyways heres my current team

http://imageshack.us/a/img5/4539/27262681.jpg

My U18 squad

http://imageshack.us/a/img827/3089/76191004.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img202/5786/16274996.jpg

I have Neymar coming on 2010 btw

Well first of all if the first picture is what you use then there's a big mistake you're making. You have to play players in their right position, whatever it's listed as on their profile. Don't play Bridge as a CB, don't play Pizarro as a MC, don't play Di Maria as a WBR and don't play Kroos as a ST. Click on a player then go to positions and you'll see where he is suitable to play.

It's hard for you to sell players most likely because they have high salaries and other teams don't feel they are worth paying that much salary (because when they transfer they'll ask for similar wages) or/and they don't want to pay as much as you're asking.

I've never played with your formation so I can't comment on it. Usually I play a formation with a back 4: a 442 or 451 or 433. But yours should work, you just need to have the right settings/players.

Oh i was wondering if you know any future superstars ?

I was wondering if Hishashi was a tactical savant, innovating new roles for players like that, but nah.

Oh i was wondering if you know any future superstars ?

: Here's a list of good player. http://www.fmscout.com/c-players08.html


It has age. Look for the young ones.

I tried buying CR07 but man utd keeps rejecting my bid , I should have not said bad things to Sir Alex . I ll try buying messi

You need to have a certain amount of money to buy players. For Messi and Ronaldo it's very high.

This game is a simulation. Would Chelsea be able to buy any of those players in real life?

How much money do you have?

Oh and you can make your own thread in the FM forum to ask these questions so that more people help. This thread is more of a blog like thing.

You will never get Messi or Ronaldo.

In FM08 I bought Messi after my second season with Juve. It's definitely possible in that version of the game, especially if you have early CL success and the cash is flowing in.

Even in FM 2010 you can buy him. The trick was to buy Milito or wait for him to be sold (happens pretty early). Messi then gets sad and you launch a mega bid and he's yours.

I guess I did get him in FM 10 with City. That was a pretty ridiculous team though and Messi was purely a vanity purchase.

Barca rejected all my offers so i just bought alot of players

http://imageshack.us/a/img402/8473/45155034.png


So far Suarez is the only one producing , scored 2 goals so far

Spent way too much for Nasri. And you shouldn't complain about your selling of players, you got very nice amounts for them.

You should create your own Chelsea thread in this forum for your game and you can document your progress there, the others will help you along.

Alright . About Nasri yeah kinda big i had no options in buying it was actually 95 i just got lucky to make it 91

SI do a good job about predicting who is going to be a star and who isn't, but in all honesty the best strategy isn't to just buy the best players in Real Life 2012 because they don't have crystal balls.

My best suggestions are: Breno (Defender), Bogdan Stancu, Diego, Sotris Ninis, Miralem Pjanic, Pablo Piatti, Fellaini.

(6)

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/7624/16945305.jpg

My reign as Belgium manager starts. Already beat Holland in an important qualifier match!

ps. Kompany is beasting so far with his best start to a season yet! 28 goals in 11 games. He also returned unscathed last match after having a green injury icon. :jap:

hahahaha

I jinxed it. He got a damaged heel and will be out for 1-2 weeks.

ever since his Anderlecht days I have maintianed that Vince should be employed higher up the field ... I her envisioned him as a winger but striker is not a horrible deviation ...

I'm going to be making a "Let's play FM" video for SG with mic and screen capture. Like this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvs7PBNtcmM

Oh god I sounds like such douche, the video is terrible.

edit: Ok uploading.. 25 mins remaining. I hope the quality is decent. In what I recorded it looks good, you can see the text. I hope youtube converts it to something decent or gives option for 720p. If it looks good I'll make a 2nd part.

I only like those kind of videos on YouTube by a guy called Chris Smoove. He plays better games for a video like that, games with great graphics like NBA 2K or Assasins' Creed which makes it at least interesting to watch. He also combines footage from different types of game to create a story, it's entertaining.

Haha, yeah I like him too, he's got a funny autotune catch phrase. "ha-haaa"

As a SGer tho I think you would have a moral obligation to watch all my videos.

Haha, dude if the video sucks please don't upload it. Youtube is cluttered with shitty Let's Plays.

Oh come on, I'd want to see a Sger's video even if it was shit.

I now think it's quite good (H). But I need an outsider's opinion.

It looks pretty good..

Part 1... Keep in mind I wasn't too comfortable speaking for this part. You can change the video quality, even 480p looked good to me.

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"Alright... let's play FM..."

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This part's even worse :( but it picks up after! It's about picking the tactic, once I do this I've gotten it out of the way.

Part2

Tell me if it's worth continuing.

Couple things:

1) youtube doesn't have a timelimit anymore, so please make longer videos

2) you are going waaaaay too slow

"I'm going to pick a team now... here I go... I'm going to do it now... 3.... 2.... 1.... okay now I'm going to do it"

PICK A TEAM ALREADY!!

3) Edit out the end part, especially what may or may not be a borderline racist post on SG.

What the Portuguese part? That was a joke. It would take too much work to edit the video's so I'll just end them abruptly.

Hmmm... Youtube video's have no limit? I don't believe that I'm gonna google it.


And I like my pace (H), (yes I talk slow) I get to go over more detail. I think I'll continue with it. I admit the tactic part was very slow, with all the clicking.

edit: I read you can make them 15 min so I'll do that. You need a pro account for more.

Part 3

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Dear god, I'm responsible for yet another mediocre youtube LPer. FM is suited to screenshot LPs, not video LPs.

Because we talk about sex so much all the targeted ads I get on SG are now for dating sites or russian brides

Dear god, I'm responsible for yet another mediocre youtube LPer. FM is suited to screenshot LPs, not video LPs.


Haha! So you won't be watching these:(? Will anyone be? It's actually more fun playing this way because it gives it more importance. (H)

part 4

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I only like those kind of videos on YouTube by a guy called Chris Smoove. He plays better games for a video like that, games with great graphics like NBA 2K or Assasins' Creed which makes it at least interesting to watch. He also combines footage from different types of game to create a story, it's entertaining.

Smoove is great. I started watching because of the NBA 2k videos.

I'll take a break now till I get more feedback.

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"I'm going to pick a team now... here I go... I'm going to do it now... 3.... 2.... 1.... okay now I'm going to do it"

PICK A TEAM ALREADY!!



It's going to impact the entire series of videos! It's a very important moment!

Would it be racist if I did parts of the video where I imitated a pissed off black gangsta'? I have a good NBA-er smack talk impression.

Me managing my first match.

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Finishing the last friendly of the season:

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Holy sh!t

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8444/nimcopy2.jpg

WTF is this shit

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8444/nimcopy2.jpg

HIV maybe

If it's the Adriano that got fat, it's definitely plausible.

This injury happened 3 months ago:

http://i.imgur.com/L4oMR.jpg


And now this!

http://i.imgur.com/0hcS8.jpg


Fuck! My primary and back-up AMRs both got long term injuries. Luckily my DR can play AMR, and I'll slide Vanden Borre to DR. And I have another AMR but he's not that good.

http://i.imgur.com/hVq1L.jpg

Early league win

http://i.imgur.com/KGf4T.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ttXZt.jpg

Hahaha, that's better than when I won the Austrian league with Salzburg on March 11. Wow.

So Kompany is having a killer season this year. I was wondering... I made him captain this season, perhaps that had a little to do with it?

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Owning

http://i.imgur.com/2TXwd.jpg

Man Utd has been the team in europe giving me problem...

In the quarters this year I'm playing CSKA so hopefully if I get past the I won't draw ManU.

The FUNNIEST goal in my fm history has just happened. My team fouled someone right on the line of the goal. Their keeper places the ball and steps back to take the kick and then it flashes that a goal was scored.

I finished the 3rd Anderlecht season and I will soon post the results but first I wanted to show what happened to Belgium in their group of death.

Squad:

http://i.imgur.com/yS7Hh.jpg


First match:

http://i.imgur.com/07y3F.jpg


Kompany's tournament ends in the 32nd minute :( of his first match and I lose my second best player as well.

2nd match: 0-1 Loss to England

3rd match: 2-2 Draw against France. The team was up 2-0 till the 78th so that was disappointing. Team doesn't move on.

Season Summary



Goal Total, 3rd season:

http://i.imgur.com/VQhxB.jpg



He had an incredible season, many 4 or 5 goals per game occurrences. I'd be surprised if he ever out-does this season. He seems to pick up 2-3 small injuries that last a couple weeks every season, so that slowed him down slightly but I can't really complain.

He got over 100 but I wish he would have gotten 100 for Anderlecht, so the best I could get a screenie of was #95:

http://i.imgur.com/C4owl.jpg



League top scorers:

http://i.imgur.com/RlGht.jpg



League table:

http://i.imgur.com/pcAeJ.jpg



Champions League:

http://i.imgur.com/AuF21.jpg



The team beat CSKA without Kompany (injured), they got a lucky draw against Vilarreal in the semis and beat them easily. Man Utd was an even game and they did great in beating this tough team! Great accomplishment.

Kompany got player of the tournament.



Cl goals:

http://i.imgur.com/xIHAm.jpg



Amazing average rating:

http://i.imgur.com/znQhi.jpg



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http://i.imgur.com/NEUGF.jpg



Cup:

http://i.imgur.com/mcgq9.jpg




Totals

I'm going to also add a list of accomplishments and accolade.


Before 05/06 season:

Goal Totals (Including international games):

- 2 goals in 72 appearances



05/06 Season

Accomplishments

- 2005 Belgian Golden Boot
- 2005 Belgian Player of the year
- Belgian First Division Champions
- 2006 European Champions Cup Golden Boot
- Named in 2006 European Champions Cup Dream Team
- Belgian Cup winners
- 2006 Belgian Professional Player of the year
- 2006 Belgian First Division Top Goalscorer
- Named in 2006 Belgian First Division Team of the year
- 2006 European Golden Boot
- 2005/2006 Supporters Player of the Year
- Named in Belgian First Division Team of the Week 14 times

Goal Totals:

- 86 goals in 53 appearances



06/07 Season

Accomplishments

- Belgian Super Cup winners
- 2006 Belgian Golden Boot
- 2006 Belgian Player of the Year
- Belgian First Division champions
- 2007 European Champions Cup Best Player third placed
- 2007 European Champions Cup Golden Boot runner up
- Named in 2007 European Champions up Dream Team
- Belgian Cup winners
- 2007 Belgian Professional Player of the year
- 2007 Belgian First Division Top Goalscorer
- Named in 2007 Belgian First Division Team of the Year
- 2007 European Golden Boot
- 2006/07 Supporters Player of the Year
- Named in Belgian First Division Team of the Week 11 times

Goal Totals

- 73 goals in 53 appearances



07/08 Season

Accomplishments

- Belgian Super Cup winners
- 2007 Belgian Golden Boot
- 2007 Belgian Player of the Year
- Belgian First Division champions
- European Champions Cup winners
- 2008 European Champions Cup Best Player
- 2008 European Champions Cup Golden Boot
- Named in 2008 European Champions Cup Dream Team
- Belgian Cup winners
- 2008 Belgian Professional Player of the Year
- 2008 Belgian First Division Top Goalscorer
- Named in 2008 Belgian First Division Team of the Year
- 2008 European Golden Boot
- 2007/08 Supporters Player of the Year
- Named in Belgian First Division Team of the Week 14 times



Goal Totals

- 117 goals in 54 appearances



Career goals total so far:

- 280 goals in 232 appearances

Is there a way i can use other nations in fm 2011 ? i want to use my country but its no allowed maybe theres a way via the editor ?

To play as a national team you need to have a certain amount of player to select it. I'm not sure of the exact amount but it may be 30 or more. So if there are not enough you can create more through the editor. Also make sure when starting the game to load player of the national team you are looking for.

So all i have to do is tick the declared for nation thing ?

No, you have to have 30 or more players in the database have the nationality you need.

What do you think of Kompany's goal scoring prowess Hisashi?

ahh ok so all i need to do is load all players from my country alright

oh and about kompany thats unbelievable 58 goals ? really ? my terry only scored 30 but torres scored 65 in 63 games but that was my chelsea team i hoping messi scores 80 in my barca squad this year

How come my country still doesnt show up i loaded all the players but no luck ?

oh got it finally thanks to a editor data

TACTIC DISCUSSION

I want to create a very attacking and penetrative tactic. I'm willing to use the editor to get the right players to fit (not waste time making in-game transfers).
I'm looking to experiment with a tactic that has a DM and MC (and maybe an AM) that are on run forward often and have good passing/dribbling attributes. I'm thinking of putting a ML/MR or WBL/WBR pair that are workhorses to pick up the defensive slack of the attacking centre. I could go with 3 CBs or 2 FCs, I'm flexible.

How would you set up the rest of the tactic ideally ? And team instructions?

So I guess you guys don't read this thread. :(

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I didn't really understand what you were asking.

I didn't really understand what you were asking.I was more from the "didn't care what he was asking" mould

Why would I care about the FM career of someone I beat 4-1 away? I doubt Jose Mourinho cares much about the career of the manager of S****horphe United (H):rhizome:

I'm way too orthodox in my tactical set up to feel I could make some real input, yoyo, but I look forward to your screenies as well as any other poster's here in the FM forum.

I didn't really understand what you were asking.

I want to make a tactic with an attacking DM and an attacking MC who are on run forward. I'd have a WBL/WBR or ML/MR combo that are workhorses to make up for the centre moving so forward.

How would you set-up the rest of the team/ what team instructions would you give?