[Danners9]

It was only a matter of time

Currently i am in 2017/18, in a game i started back in December. I was with Spurs for 8 years, then moved to Barcelona and then to Inter 3 years after that.

I have been England manager, Italy manager and now Brazil manager. I only chose Brazil thinking i could learn Portuguese for my profile, but it doesn't work like that sadly.

My guy speaks English, Spanish and Italian now, he has 20 for all manager attributes except ambition where he has 1. The most he's been at since starting at 10 is 4. I don't know how to get the rating up!! I say good things and it goes down, i say good things and it goes up. It's like it's random or something.

With Spurs i find you don't really need to buy anybody, especially if you get a data update to deal with the transfers. The team pretty much picks itself. Defoe and Mido is probably the best striking combo.

[PoshSpur]

Originally Posted by Danners9

It was only a matter of time

Currently i am in 2017/18, in a game i started back in December. I was with Spurs for 8 years, then moved to Barcelona and then to Inter 3 years after that.

I have been England manager, Italy manager and now Brazil manager. I only chose Brazil thinking i could learn Portuguese for my profile, but it doesn't work like that sadly.

My guy speaks English, Spanish and Italian now, he has 20 for all manager attributes except ambition where he has 1. The most he's been at since starting at 10 is 4. I don't know how to get the rating up!! I say good things and it goes down, i say good things and it goes up. It's like it's random or something.

With Spurs i find you don't really need to buy anybody, especially if you get a data update to deal with the transfers. The team pretty much picks itself. Defoe and Mido is probably the best striking combo.

....I cannot play Football Manager or any other football management simulation game as I find it too unrealistic.

When they get the training, the match generator, and the AI of the players, coaches, agents, fans, and board right, then let me know.

It's very obvious that the creators of it have never played the game. Ok, I know they have Ray Houghton on board on the consulting front, but he can't be doing much.

[Danners9]

Hm, well i have to disagree with most of that.

I worked for them one summer and do know most of the guys quite well, and have played football both with and against them.

Computers have limitations and it has to be a series of pre-programmed responses. There are just some things you can't do, im afraid.

I also hate the AI of the players and the training, they keep trying to improve it but so far have failed i think. I dont like the 2d match thing either, the players do stupid things - and i think Ray Houghton was responsible for some of that. Like, they get a free kick on the edge of the box and play it back to the centre defender. Who does that?!

There are aspects i hate too, the stupid bids from teams for my players. Arsenal bid £1m plus Keown (who was retiring) for Jermain Defoe in ony of my games, err yeah great deal.

They have got the coaches and fans to be a bit better in 2006 but the board still isn't great and the media is too important - and wrong.

Yesterday, as Inter, i got a message about my game with Ascoli being a 'David vs Goliath' game. I am top and they are 6th. So it's not quite right. Not like i was playing some regional team in the cup or anything.

The board thing... they never retire! At Spurs in 2018 Daniel Levy is still there, he's 62. Malcolm Glazer is still in charge of Man Utd, he's in his 80s. And i can't click on them to see their attributes.

[PoshSpur]

So you do agree with me?

[Colm]

Got the game myself.

Got a few carears

1. I'm Real Madrid manager and i made a good start to it. top of the league and thrashed Barcelona 4-1
2. England manager and created Colm Flynn as a player "he's young and players for Tottenham Hotspur and England"

[jimi hendrix]

i got lma manager for christmas on the playstation and i just can't be arsed with it. its far to involving. i'd rather play pro evo 5 any day

[Lillywhite]

Been Spurs manager since 05/06 and am in 13/14 right now. Won the Prem 5 times, CL 4 times, Fa Cup once and for some unholy reason the League Cup 6 years in a row.

My game doesn't do silly things like passing back to the CB when I have a FK near the oppo's penalty area. Also I never have outrageous or unreasonable thansfer bids. I do D/L the latest patches though so that might have something to do with it.

Anyways. Nice to have the OT forum.

Thanks Mods, (specially Jaymes)

[PoshSpur]

Cheers Pidge.

[tapper]

Who cares about the realism of it? Like any game, it has its own realities, and you have to learn the system to beat it. Unless you play against actual other people, there's never going to be reality. But its fun to play such games because they can be challenging.

And I like this one because you can play it different ways, and it gives you different circumstances and makes you exercise your mind a little bit.

Of course there are dead giveaways for a FM fan when you talk football. 1 is that he'll think Mauro Esposito is Itay's greatest player...ever.

Still, I've played a few different ways, and I find it entertaining. I don't have 2006 yet as I'm not bored with 2005 yet.

[THFC1]

I was late on the FM bandwagon, i was a loyal Championship Manager player but the last one was unbelievably bad, then i found out the old makers of CM made FM so i decided to change.