The Football (or Worldwide Soccer) Manager thread

[tigerdave]

Bout time we got one of these started.

I currently manage Newcastle United, with the following squad:

Starters (4-1-3-2 attacking): Steve Harper, Jose Enrique, Dorin Goian, David Edgar, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt, Emre, Alan Smith (who is awesome at FM even if he sucks IRL), Nihat, Michael Owen, Oba Martins.

Subs: Shay Given, Steven Taylor, Joey Barton, Harry Kewell, James Troisi.

Bench players: Abdoulaye Faye, Anthony Grant (Chelsea reserve signee), Damien Duff, Steven Carr, Cacapa, Mark Viduka, Peter Ramage, Shola Ameobi, David Rozehnal, Celestine Babayaro, Geremi, Matty Pattison.

Current transfer targets: DM, LWB, RWB. Had Bradley signed three times and couldn't get a work permit, lost out on Rafinha to Porto.

Will arrive next transfer window: Jozy Altidore.
Will leave next transfer window: Matty Pattison.

We'll have this thread to talk tactics, different approaches, and sharing stuff, I guess. Discuss away!

[Shameus]

My current squads:

I have 2, first team for CL and tougher league games and a second squad for the domestic cups and weaker league games

First team:
GK: Oscar Ustari
Def: Taiwo-Micah Richards-Arne Friedrich-Anthony Vanden Boore
Mid: Nani-Arouca-Montolivo-N'Zog
Strikers: Kevin Doyle-Edison Cavani

Second team:
GK: Shay Given
Def: Enrique-Steven Taylor-David Edgar-Beye
Mid: Milner-Makoun-Sebestian Giovinco-Sergio Mota
Strikers: Oscar Trejo-Andy Carroll

I have Krul, Freddy Adu, Geremi, Mark Bresciano, and Fraizer Campbell as my bench for all comps.

Won the League Cup and came in 3rd in league first season. Made a massive clearout and made money on owen and martins to fund moves for Montolivo, Arouca, Cavani, and Doyle. Spent big in second summer and brought in Trejo, Makoun, Vanden Boore, Ustari, Taiwo, Bresciano, and Mota. Made semi finals of CL, won League Cup again, finished second in league and made FA final in second season. Brought in Giovinco, nani, adu, and Richards this summer and am currently in october of my 3rd year.

[JaredSS07]

So here is my Newcastle team in April, 2013. The only reason Ramage is playing is that I sold my RB and wasnt able to replace him in January.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d132/JaredSS07/team.jpg

Here is what I have won so far.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d132/JaredSS07/history.jpg

I am currently playing with Holland and have another game with Exeter.

[tigerdave]

So here is my Newcastle team in April, 2013. The only reason Ramage is playing is that I sold my RB and wasnt able to replace him in January.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d132/JaredSS07/team.jpg

Here is what I have won so far.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d132/JaredSS07/history.jpg

I am currently playing with Holland and have another game with Exeter.

You haven't won the CL yet, what the hell's wrong with you?!?! :p

[tigerdave]

Don't lose to Sunderland. Ashley has an itchy trigger finger.

[JaredSS07]

You haven't won the CL yet, what the hell's wrong with you?!?! :p

Ya and it's really pissing me off.

Don't lose to Sunderland. Ashley has an itchy trigger finger.

Did you get fired already?

[tigerdave]

Did you get fired already?

Already? I made it five and a half whole months!

And now I'm managing in the desolate wilderness that is second-tier Russian football.

[Russell1892]

Already? I made it five and a half whole months!

And now I'm managing in the desolate wilderness that is second-tier Russian football.

I'd start again if I were you. I got about four seasons in then the game started acting buggy. Owen and Given said they were "worried by the lack of managerial discipline" even though nobody had done anything to discipline. SJP was extended to 65,000 then at the beginning of the next season it was back to 52,000 :confused:

I also found it strange when you praised another manager, and he praised you back and it kept going until it felt like he was going to ask you out or something.

Proud moment:http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk218/RussellHannu/CLfinal.jpg

[Russell1892]

So here is my Newcastle team in April, 2013. The only reason Ramage is playing is that I sold my RB and wasnt able to replace him in January.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d132/JaredSS07/team.jpg



Thats a hell of a goal return you've gotton from Oba :eek: Whats Milner pissed off about? Is Shay taking penalties or something?

Don't know what its like on anybody elses but Andy Carroll turned out mint for me.

[JaredSS07]

Thats a hell of a goal return you've gotton from Oba :eek: Whats Milner pissed off about? Is Shay taking penalties or something?

Don't know what its like on anybody elses but Andy Carroll turned out mint for me.

Here is Oba's goals since I took over. During these seasons, Owen was turning in 20-30 per season.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d132/JaredSS07/goals.jpg

Milner is pissed because he doesn't play much. My ideal midfield is:
dos Santos - Elano - Sunny - Alfaro

[ToonUSA]

I've never really looked into this game. I play Hattrick.

Where do you find it?

[tigerdave]

I've never really looked into this game. I play Hattrick.

Where do you find it?

You buy it off of Amazon.com, at least that's what I did.

[Shameus]

I've never really looked into this game. I play Hattrick.

Where do you find it?

Be careful it's addictive.

[Russell1892]

I decided to start a new game after this thread was started. Told Ashley I'd qualify for the Uefa cup in exchange for a transfer fund of £9m. Signed Arshavin for £6.5m and Igor Tudor for £1.3m as well as some kids to bolster the reserves and give the squad a bit more depth.

Ashley says in October that a change in the clubs finances means there's another £7.5m available... any suggestions on good players available on a budget? I could do with a couple of fullbacks for cover. January is coming up.

I'm currently 2nd in the league after 16 games but I've played 2 games more than most.

[tigerdave]

Ashley says in October that a change in the clubs finances means there's another £7.5m available... any suggestions on good players available on a budget? I could do with a couple of fullbacks for cover. January is coming up.

I had signed Juan Manuel Vargas from Catania, but I think he's way expensive, they want at the very least 8.25 from him. You could try and unsettle him before making a bid Real Madrid style to see if it goes down. Otherwise I had Darijo Srna signed but he couldn't get a permit. Jonathan Bornstein is another you might consider, as he's developed pretty well in my game even though I'm still basically 2/3 of a season in.

So now I've signed about 13 players to join Dinamo Bryansk in the hopes of getting promoted to the Russian Premier League, then keeping the team up and getting the hell out of Russia.

[JaredSS07]

How the impish Arshavin became Russia's danger man (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jun/25/russia.euro2008)
Arshavin has made it clear his preferred destination is Barcelona and La Liga. He is a passionate Barcelona supporter. Friends recall how as a teenager he would spend hours playing Football Manager on the computer – he would start by managing a fourth-division English club, but would inevitably finish as manager of Barca.

Hey, that's what I do. Why hasn't anyone offered me a contract?

[Shameus]

I decided to start a new game after this thread was started. Told Ashley I'd qualify for the Uefa cup in exchange for a transfer fund of £9m. Signed Arshavin for £6.5m and Igor Tudor for £1.3m as well as some kids to bolster the reserves and give the squad a bit more depth.

Ashley says in October that a change in the clubs finances means there's another £7.5m available... any suggestions on good players available on a budget? I could do with a couple of fullbacks for cover. January is coming up.

I'm currently 2nd in the league after 16 games but I've played 2 games more than most.

Makoun from Lille, Renato Augusto from somewhere in Brazil,are good mids, Sergio Mota is pretty reasonable mid as well. Vanden Boore from Fiorentina, Sonko from Reading is really good in the game and can be had for about that.

[colinh9]

So I topped the hall of fame after about 15 years of managing. Started out with Ajax and won four straight leagues, then moved to Arsenal. I've won the treble at least twice, the league around 5 times, FA cup about 3 and CL about 3 in roughly 8-10 years. I forget and its on my laptop so I will have to go back and check. When I finish that I'll take up a Newcastle challenge. Have you guys updated the game since you bought it?

[Toon³]

I haven't played FM since the 2005 version so I bought the newest version at the weekend and started as Newcastle. I feel I'm enjoying a highly realistic game as I'm currently 6th with the most goals scored and 2nd most conceeded

[tigerdave]

After a ridiculously ill-fated venture into Russian football, I'm presently without a club (again).