The "Post Your Football Manager Game" Thread

[dada]

Ok people I changed my game again to managing Sao Paolo in the Brazilian league. I'm an expert in Brazilians so I figured why not?


I gave myself a 30 million dollar budget and compensated the squad with the same amount extra in cash so they dont go bankrupt.


The first thing I noticed was that its one hell of a task to get any Brazilians based in Europe to come over and join the club, even if their team is shitty. Wasnt all too bad since there is a wealth of talent down there so I got over pretty soon.

So far this season it has been very competitive. You can beat a big side 4-0 today and lost to a crap side 1-0 the other. I learned that from experience as after I whooped Corinthians I lost 1-0 to some side I still dont even know their name.

As of now I am leading the league on goal difference with two other teams tied at 34 points. I have a game in hand so I expect to take the lead soon. I am also progressing well through the different cups.

This is by far the most fun I have had so far at the beggining of a game. I love dealing with the media and fans as it seems different compared to la liga or the prem. I was actually excited to play palmeiras again after they beat me 1-0 recently. I have also brought in a bunch of young talent I will ist another time since there are so many (I moved a few too so I still have most of my budget).


I made one big signing though and this was pretty recent. Jae gave it his blessing. He is Brazilian and he plays in France. He was unsettled and looking to go back to Brazil (stating so once I signed him). Doesnt give me an unfair advatage since the guy he is replacing is pretty darn good.

[J@3]

Well the Lazio era has begun. I've sold off a bunch of guys, bought Emiliano Viviano from my old club Strasbourg and watched as the new manager of that team completely ruins them by upsetting players and selling young future stars.

I wanted a huge signing to make a bit of an impact, and with the midfield being our weakest position I've gone out and signed Cristiano Ronaldo for 20 million. The fans will be happy, I went for Kaka but Milan wouldn't even take 40 million for him.

[Dean]

I salute you. Are you still going to go after Leo Messi? Post your squad!


Well im going to try get back into my Football Manager, probably this weekend, after all my assessment's are done. Fucking school.

[J@3]

Yep I bought Messi and Ronaldo The guy who took over Strasbourg is really wrecking that team, I am beginning to hate him

GK: Emiliano Viviano*
DR: Julien Faubert
DL: Kleber
DC: Guglielmo Stendardo
DC: Younes Idrissi
MR: Cristiano Ronaldo*
ML: Mark Gonzalez
MC: Christian Ledesma
MC: Leo Messi*
SC: Gianpaolo Pazzini
SC: Javier Saviola*

*- Guys I've signed since joining. I also picked up Walter Samuel, him and Saviola were free which is cool.

[Srbija]

You done the right thing on signing Messi & Ronaldo, also looks like your doing it fairly easy in the league.

I'll get back into this tomorrow. Just trying to decide if I should continue with my Kula one or start a new one. What do you think ?

[dada]

I just won the Campeonato Paulista league (which I think is regional). The excellent about it was I won it solely on goal difference.

Both myself and Palmeiras has 47 points from 19 matches (15 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses) at the end of the season, only difference being I had a +42 GD compared to their +28. I scored 49 goals and only let in 7 all year. This isnt including the 15-0 drubbing I gave sonme side in Copa Libertadores.

I have just started the Brasiliero which will be way more competitive which has me excited because the last comp was already. Teams like Vasco and Internacional will be there now.

My sad as of now (I have a wingback named Granja I'm trying to sign who is a pretty flashy guy (tries tricks and such).

formation: 4-2-3-1

GK- Rogerio Seni
WBL- Fabio Santos
WBR- Eduardo Ratinho
DC- Lugano (awesome defender, heard he may move to Real in real life)
DC- Thiago (for now)
MC- Denilson
MC- Arouca
AML- Danilo (in 8 continental matches he has 6 goals and 15 asts with a 9.38 avg rating)
AMC- Ramon
AMR- Rafinha
ST- Fred (stole him from Lyon because he wanted to return to Brazil)

I have an awesome bench which includes the likes of Kerlon, Betinho and so forth.

I'll update yall again soon.

edit: Elder Granja is confirmed to join my side.

[Mark.]

Being an addicted FM 06 player ive decided its about time I started posting a few things in here.

Im playing with Arsenal (Fav Team) just so I could get the hang of this years version. I thought it would be a breeze with them, but it was a tad more tougher than I expected.

Ill give a brief overview of the first season which I just completed.

I think I started with about $30m in transfers, so I immediately went looking for some strike support for Henry. Seeing as Jae has been some impressed Kone, I managed to get him, I cant remember for how much, but i think it was around the 10m mark. However Kone wont be joining the team till the start of the 06-07 season.

I then made the following transfers, all early on in the season:


Most of these purchases havent really turned out how I would like. Blayney is a backup so hes done ok, but hasnt really played well in the minutes hes got.

Calaio had a injruy that put him out for awhile, and while he has had some good games off the bench, he is not really dominant enough to be a full time starter, and when my team is healthy he gets limited minutes.

Mexes has been the best purchase, playing some solid minutes early on, however now that my formation only has 3 defenders his time has been cut down quite a bit. Also he has a tendency to conceed silly fouls.

Molinero is a good prospect, and I payed for his potential, I had to put him in the reserves due to my log jam at defender, and he has started complaining, I have him transfer listed currently, but would like to keep him except there just isnt any playing time for him.

Note: Blayney (GK), Calaio (ST), Mexes (SW/DC), Molinero (DR)



This is my squad at the end of the season.

I ended up winning the premier division, going un beaten, but conceeding quite a few draws, i beat out Chelsea by 5 points. I also won the FA cup and made it to the 1st knock out stage of the Champions League.

After the seasons success I expected ot be given a decent transfer budget but only got $10m.

Any recommendations on who I should sell, or any other ways to get some more dosh for spending as it seems to be the general concensus around the club that we arent deep enough to repeat as champions.

[J@3]

This is what I'd recommend...

First off sell Ashley Cole, Gilberto Silva and Aliaksandr Hleb If you can get what their current value is you'll be looking at about 35 million... the thing is, as good as those three are they are very easily replaced. There's a number of good players in their position that'll cost alot less..


DL/WBL's (Cole's replacement)
Giorgio Chiellini
Leighton Baines
Nigel de Jong
Maxwell (Ajax)
Julio Arca
Taye Taiwo (personal recommendation)
Arthur Boka

None of these guys will cost you over 6 million, so take say 6 million out of the 15 you'll get for Cole and that's +9 million.

DM's (Silva's replacement)
Christian Ledesma
Gerard (Barcelona)(personal recommendation)
Didier Zokora
Hedwiges Maduro
Massimo Mutarelli
Anatoliy Tymoschuk
Patrick Paauwe

With these guys you'll be looking at between 5-9 million, but the thing is you have Cesc Fabregas sitting on the bench, so technically if you didn't want to spend that much you could just play him there instead.

AM's (Hleb's replacement)
Dagoberto
Yoann Gourcuff
Aaron Lennon
Ryan Babel
Kim Kallstrom (personal recommendation)

None of them will cost more than 7 million, they're all young but they would all be as good as Hleb is if not better. You also have Jose Antonio Reyes though, so if you got rid of Hleb you could technically just start him instead.

So how it looks so far...

If you sell Cole, Hleb + Silva and buy replacements for each out of the lists there at maximum price you'd be looking at spending money of 8 million. At mid-price it'd be closer to 12-16 million.

If you sell all three but replace Hleb and Silva with guys you already have, you'd have closer to 20 million. If it was my team I'd all 3, replace Cole and Hleb but use Fabregas in Silva's place, or buy a wingback who can also play DM just incase.

[Mark.]

Thanks Jae, a massive reply

Ummms o do you think I should list them for transfer, or just offer them to teams? Because im worried if I list them (especially Cole) other players in my team might get disgruntled......

[J@3]

I'd say list Silva/Hleb and offer Cole... if you get no one coming after him then transfer list. They'll be pissed off for a few weeks but it'll go away eventually.

[Mark.]

Ok, well I managed to get 16m from Barcelona for Cole, but Cole refused to sign with them saying he wants to stay put, is there any way to sell him now?

[J@3]

Yeah the only way is to transfer list him.. 16 million is a pretty good deal, you might even be able to get them to throw in 1 or 2 guys in their youth team.

[Mark.]

Ah ok, but if he keeps turning down their contracts then how am I meant to get rid of him?

[J@3]

If he's transfer listed he won't turn them down, that'd only happen if it was a small team trying to buy him.

[Mark.]

Ah ok, yeah I was thinking thats what you meant. Well ive managed to sell both Silva and Helb for their respective values. Havent transfer listed Cole as of yet, Im not positive I want to let him go, although i do have some promising players coming through, just hardly any Left sided defenders.

Also I was unable to get Kallstrom as his club is unwilling to let him go, I had a look at the other players but they arent as strong in Long Shots as I would like. Do you have any other suggestions?

Also here is my formation that I was using at the end of my first season.(Self made) , its seems to do okay, but isnt really that strong against top clubs, although I did over achieve last season IMO.

Tell me what you think...

I will probably be making it a 2 striker formation with Kone arriving, and Calaio seems to be playing a lot better lately. So ill probably remove on of the midfielders, and move one of the 3 remaining in the row of 4 up to a AMC.




Also I thought id include this score line from a game which I think was in the League Cup, or it might have been the FA Cup. Henry raped Swansea

[J@3]

Also I was unable to get Kallstrom as his club is unwilling to let him go, I had a look at the other players but they arent as strong in Long Shots as I would like. Do you have any other suggestions?

Yep no worries...

Ugur Yilidrim
Mathieu Bodmer (can also play DM which is quite useful)
Jerome Leroy (bit old (30) but will get the job done)
Sergio (Roda JC)
Alex (Fenerbache)

They all have long shot attributes of 17+ at the start. They'd all cost about 8 million and under, but for more expensive options...

Sidney Govou
Lukas Podolski
Pierre Alain-Frau
Andres D'Alessandro

There's alot of others but those guys would fill Hleb's spot well I think.

Your formation is interesting, what I'd suggest against bigger clubs is to take away the arrows from the 2 in the midfield. That would still give you alot of attack but you wouldn't be open to attacks through the midfield.

[Mark.]

Thanks, when you say "the two in mid field" do you mean the two DM's or the two MC's?

[J@3]

God that was a fast reply The two MC's (van Persie and Hleb in that pic).

[Mark.]

Haha yeah, ive been alt tabbing to get the names of the players you reccomended, so i refresh the page too.

Ah ok, well with my new formation its a bit different. But I may have two different ones, one for easy teams, and one for the top clubs.

Does it matter if I change the formations often, or do the players have trouble learning new formations?

[J@3]

Yeah it's probably best to stick with the same 2 or so, there is an adjustment period between them but if you keep it routine enough (i.e one for home games, one for away) it should work.

[Mark.]

Sweet, do you have any extra sucessful tactics you have discovered?

EDIT: This is an ultra offensive tactic im giving a try, worked well in the first game vs Aston Villa, 6-0 I won, although all the goals were in the first half, so maybe it was just a fluke run.

Ive also signed Alex so ive decided to go with a pretty offensive formation to utilise my attackers.

Ive also really need either, Alex, Van Persie or Reyes to be able to play on the right side, however none of them are right footed..... I know you can switch their position, but is it worth it or too risky?

[J@3]

Ive also really need either, Alex, Van Persie or Reyes to be able to play on the right side, however none of them are right footed..... I know you can switch their position, but is it worth it or too risky?

Well making them play a different position is pretty hard, but re-training them to use their right foot is alot easier. Probably best to use the youngest one (van Persie) it might take a while but if you train him that way and play him on the right it'll happen eventually.

[Mark.]

Worth it your rekon?

[Nick]

Well my team is completely different to what i started out with (bar 2 or so players) so i figure i'll show you my players and situation etc. cos i need some advice on my starting lineup.

Home screen
- For the sake of general information, I took this screen. Note my position in the league. Goal and assist leader... FA cup position (I had to beat TWO premiere teams to get there. My attendance rates went through the roof. Complete flukes!) The balance... keeping in mind this is a league 2 team. I LOVE IT.

Stockport finances
- Remember the graphs above i showed you? That applies to the first half of this graph. This is what my finances USED to look like > click. Now the big bucks that are coming in make all that previous stuff seem so insignificant.

Now, my starting lineup. I'm still a bit unsure on what exactly i should do. I don't really know who to put where. But this is how it is at the moment.



I have Lambert as a forward now, which leaves my midfield a bit weak. But he's much more effective as a striker. He's not very effective in the midfield for whatever reason. Usually gets 6 or 7 rates with the occasional 8. But at FC he's great. The problem is, i'd love to start Fangzuo (new signee, young chinese striker, quick) alongside Mehmet and develop him. But he's had some injuries and his ratings are a bit off so Lambert is logical at forward for now i suppose.

I also don't know what to do about my MR situation. I don't have anyone particularly good at that position, but i've got 3 possible guys that play that position and i don't know who to use. I started the season with Allen starting, but his average performances made me decide to sign 2 more guys. I thought they were good at the time of signing them, but according my team report. They don't even get 3 stars.

The players:

Lambert
- One of my key players. He's a midfielder but more useful as forward for some reason. This is his 2nd season with us.

Mehmet ( < what you reckon, Jae?)
- This guy is currently my pride and joy. I signed him when it became obvious that Elding had no future at stockport. This is his 1st season with Stockport, and even though he cost me 1.6M to sign, i'm glad i did because he's playing great and my team is winning. He'll always be a starting forward for me.

Singh
- I dunno how to pronounce his name either. I've had Singh since my first day on the job and he's always been one of my best players. He has problems with injuries most seasons, but this season he hasn't, his ratings have gotten quite good in convinient areas, and he's been playing great. There's been rumours recently of him possibly leaving, as he's attracted a lot of attention from other clubs, but i'll hold onto him until his contract runs out. He ties up starting ML without a doubt.

Daems
- He is probably the reason why my team is so much more dominant than last season. I signed him before the season started on free transfer and he has been a key player. It's a shame his career with Stockport will only last 1 season. I'll need him for League One next season. Oh well.

Raynes
- Raynes is another player who has been with me from day one. Started out a fairly crappy 19 year old defender, starting for a crappy team. Now he's a key player for a good team. He's another player that is highly sought-after at the moment. I got an offer for 1.3M for him but i rejected it (Wow, mum just came down stairs and we had a fight. How fun) Anyway i rejected it because i'm a fair idiot. I should have accepted. But ah well, i figure i don't really need money at the moment. Plus i'll need him for when Daems leaves. In advance: Yes, i already know how ugly he is. And don't even bother with clare...

Clare
- I need advice. When i look at his stats i think - he looks like a GREAT defender. Correct me if i'm wrong. For whatever reason my assistant manager doesn't rate him. Anyway he's another guy that's been here from the start.

Spurr
- Spurr is a new signing and his first campaign at Stockport is a pleasent suprise. He's very young and already quite good. I didn't anticipate starting him over Clare. A fantastic signing for me it looks like. His penalty taking ability proved very handy.

Siero
- Siero is another guy i signed recently. Before the season started went on a search for defensive players. Having the most goals conceded by such a large margin in League One was a wake up call that my defensive line was garbage. I think i've done well with Daems, Spurr and Sierro. They relace shitty Mark Robinson and Ashley Williams. Btw Sierro is coming off an injury atm so his stats aren't as good as they normally would be.

Fangzhuo
- Fangzhuo (i might nickname him just 'Dong' just for the hell of it) is a funny case. In my search for defensive players during last offseason, i stumbled accross this guy. His value was high (somewhere between 700k - 1.5M or whatever), and his contract was about to expire. So i clicked 'Approach to sign' and offered him a contract just for the fuck of it. We accepted and here he is. Silly asians. Now it seems as if he'll become a key player for me. His ratings may look pretty average there, but he's just coming off an injury, so try and imagine them +1 or 2.

Condessa
- Feli is kinda like Dong in the sense that he's a penis. Hahaha just kidding - he's kinda like dong in the sense that he's a fluke signing. Last season i had him on loan. He was some guy i randomly picked out because i had lots of midfielder injuries. Towards the end of the season i figured i might aswell see if i can sign him for myself, and he accepted. He's currently coming off a 6 month injury (!), but i think he has great potential. Not sure though.

Rozman
- Rozman is a key player in every sense of the word. This is the first season i've actually had a good goal keeper, and it's paying off. I payed 450k for him, but i sold my last GK before him for 425k anyway, so it made up for him. But this guy is just awesome. And he's young! And on a long contract! I recently gave him a new contract, as he was making 275 /pw before.

Allen
Agius
Pozzi
- I can't decide who is better out of these guys. Allen is a guy i've had since day 1. But he's progressed quite nicely so far. With that said, he's still my weak spot in the starting lineup at MR. So i signed Pozzi and Agius just a few weeks ago before the transfer deadline to take over his position. But my assistant manager doesn't rate either of them. So i dunno. Agius has some nice ratings, so he looks like the guy i'll start so far. But my assistant manager (I nicknamed him 'Davey Boy' ) rates Pozzi higher. Who should i start at MR?


Team report
- Just for the sake of more information.

Who's good and who's not in my team? If you need more screens just let me know.

Edit: Also, in other news, Stockport are currently enjoying a fantastic run in the FA cup. Admittedly we did get a very easy draw for the first 3 rounds. But in the 4th round we had to face Man City. Now, we're a league 2 team so the odds weren't on our side, with the being a Premiere team and all (though they are relegation favs i think, but still). But we managed to pull out an 1-1 draw. What was awesome was that the rematch game was at our home ground, and we got a bit over 10,000 attendance Which is awesome for business. This season we normally get around 4000 - 5000. Anyway we managed to win that game I couldn't believe it. To be honest with you all i actually jumped out of my chair in excitement, hahaha. Our next game was against Portsmouth, who are 4th in the PRM league. So i'm thinking yeah fuck that. But i won that game SOMEHOW 2-0. Plus it was at home so i got 10,000+ again, which is really cool. The next game of the comp is against Liverpool. Whether i lose or not, the way the events have played out already is beneficial for the club.

Go stockport!

This just in - Stockport lose 5-1 to Liverpool despite having an outfielder for a goal keeper for most of the game. Mmm... 8-1-1 formations...

[Mark.]

Man a lot of useful information there, I cant really give you any advice since im still feeling the game out, maybe you should try a different tactic, although you seem to be doing very well with the current one