FM05 *Offensive Player Guide*

[Vazza]

NAME: Antonio Tundo
POSITION: MC
AGE: 16
NATIONALITY: Italian
CLUB: Lecce
VALUE: Free (Contract not protected)
VERSION: 5.0.5
DATABASE SIZE: Large (could be on lower sizes)

Goes from a young midfielder...

...to a wonderkid (it says so in his profile) in the space of 2 and half seasons

Could be complete chance though.

 

[rpvankasteren]

Those screens are from two different games, right? He's totally random, so in your Bayern game he could have started really well.

 

[Vazza]

Yeah sorry, will delete it to avoid confusion, Ruud.

 

[rpvankasteren]

Maybe we can do a random players thread in the future. Always good to look out for those, they could turn into the brightest gems

 

[Hopeunited]

Thomasz Sokolowski
Nationality: Norweigian (Polish 2nd)
Club: Lyn Oslo
Age: 19
Position: AM C
Price: around 1.5 mil?
Version: 5.0.2
DB: large
Comments: fantastic young talent. At age 19/20, he has every single attribute above 10 except for one (long throws?). Good playmaker and can score too, perfect signing for an average standard team like 1860 Munchen or Leceister City.

 

[Daz]

NAME: Clint Mathis
POSITION: FC
AGE: 27
NATIONALITY: USA
VALUE (that they will sell at): Available on a free at beginning
VERSION: 5.0.5
DATABASE SIZE: Normal

Ideal for any team in the second division of big nations such as England (Championsip) and Spain (Segunda Division), very good finisher and set piece taker.

 

[shokz]

Started playing FM again, for the first time in about a year.

NAME: Will Johnson
POSITION: Striker
AGE: 19
NATIONALITY: USA
VALUE: £10,000
VERSION: 5.0.2
DATABASE SIZE: Large
Comment: I'm with Altrincham (Coca Cola Conference). With a bit of luck I managed to persuade Blackburn Rovers with an offer of £10,000. Now his value has sky-rocketed to £140,000. 19 goals in 27 starts. He missed the remaining two months of the season through injury but i managed to survive relegation, despite being bottom for most of the campaign. His value has shot up again to £275,000. I'd consider selling him for that, seeing as the budget at Altrincham is around £4-10k a season.

 

[rpvankasteren]

He's also got English second nationality. Awesome signing, for 10k

 

[Áļéאָ]

pfff... he sux. He's slower than me shadow

 

[Zlatan]

Yes his physical s*cks...
But for LLM he seems quite good

 

[Áļéאָ]

LLM does that mean 2x times Lame and some 3rd word starting from m?

 

[rpvankasteren]

5-9 is a normal range of stats for the Conference, anything over is just awesome

 

[The Kop Kid]

NAME: Alexander Frei
POSITION: SC
AGE: 25 years
NATIONALITY: Swiss
CLUB: Rennes
VALUE: £3.5 million.
VERSION: 5.0.0
DATABASE SIZE: Normal

COMMENTS: I've only played him for fourteen games so far but the guy is just amazingly clinical in front of goal. A massive 70% shots on target and 13 goals in 14 games for an average side. Average Rating of 7.80 so far.

STATS: Finishing 20, Composure 18, Off the Ball: 17 Positioning: 16 Dribbling: 15

 

[Hopeunited]

WTF? Will Johnson is Canadian!

At least there is a striker on the Canadian U21 NT that played in Netherlands named Will Johnson, I assume it's him.

 

[rpvankasteren]

Don't assume. Of the current uXX squads, maybe 60% of the players is actually in the game. And most major nations have 100% or close. Quite possible that Canadian Will Johnson (who plays for Chicago Fire since February 17th, coming from Sockers FC Chicago) isn't even in the game.

 

[Bobby]

Heh, Johnson is a very common last name.

 

[Hopeunited]

ahhh i c. Thanks for the info Ruud.

 

[The Kop Kid]

NAME: Gervasio Braga
POSITION: Striker
AGE: 20
CLUB: Boavista
NATIONALITY: Portuguese
VALUE: £22,000
VERSION: 5.0.0
DATABASE SIZE: Normal

COMMENTS: Still only 20 and an excellent bargain buy at £22,000. Works best as a support striker and plays some great through balls as well as scoring some good goals. Bought in January (first season) and worth £3,000,000 by October of the same year. Has a fairly poor average rating on the screenie due to my whole team going through a crap patch at present.

 

[Hopeunited]

Name: Yaniv Katan
Nationality: Israel
Age: 24 (23 at the beginning of game?)
Positioin: F RLC
Version: any, I think
Price: below 500k
Comment: has pace and acceleration of 15, decent technical skills above 10 all around, good skillful wing/forward. Macabi Haifa seems to need money so you can get him cheap for around 400-500k, and he will be well worth over 8 mil in a season. Also I had no trouble getting him a work permit for EPL. Bargain for a solid player.

 

[Zlatan]

LLM does that mean 2x times Lame and some 3rd word starting from m?

Lower League Management mate