Football Manager

[Pitty]

I restarted with Feirense in Liga Vitalis, and won it pretty easily, mostly on free transfers. However, now I'm in Sagres with a terrible financial situation (they gave 300,000 euros in transfer budget, and only 15,000 in wage budgets which I reconfigured to 300,000 and 30,000 after some transfers). I'm hoping I can somehow craft a mid-table finish. It doesn't help that they have an un-expandable 1100 seat stadium. How do they expect to not lose money?

 

[Justo]

i'm controlling Chelsea and i picked up this guy, he seemed cheap (2.3M) for the attacking skills he has... good pickup for me? i'm new to this so i'm kinda just winging it lol

 

[Pitty]

i'm controlling Chelsea and i picked up this guy, he seemed cheap (2.3M) for the attacking skills he has... good pickup for me? i'm new to this so i'm kinda just winging it lol

Meh, Ruud is good, but FM is all about getting the young players, especially when their contract has that ridiculous of a salary.. Good players are people like Diego Buonanotte.

 

[Pitty]

The downside to younger players is that they often don't have the mental stats you'd like. They don't play at a high level match in and match as a result.

For most teams, but Chelsea can buy up anyone he wants. Why get a 33 year old striker on 9 million dollar a year salary?

 

[Pitty]

Because it's RVN. He's approaching the end of a contract with Madrid, so it's likely he's not going to be paying that much a year for him anyway.

Also he's a top notch poacher, if that's what you're looking for. He'd slot in perfectly in my system. His mental stats ensure he'll play better than most other poachers you could find. Not to mention he'd make an excellent tutor for the younger players, and for only 2.3 mill that's really not that much. Sure he's Chelsea and he can buy just about whomever he wants, but for only 2.3 mill I'd be hard pressed to find a better option.

I also imagine RVN has a high reputation on the game, or at least he should, that also often helps, it'll boost income. The bottom line is, you could find a ton of other younger poachers in the game with attacking attributes just as good, but you'll pay a heck of a lot more, and they won't have the mental attributes. I think that's a part of the game a lot of guys overlook.

Yeah, I probably am biased, as well. I tend to go for young players, lots of flair, high paced, up tempo attacking game. And while he's a good finisher, he's too slow to fit into my systems.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Because it's RVN. He's approaching the end of a contract with Madrid, so it's likely he's not going to be paying that much a year for him anyway.

Also he's a top notch poacher, if that's what you're looking for. He'd slot in perfectly in my system. His mental stats ensure he'll play better than most other poachers you could find. Not to mention he'd make an excellent tutor for the younger players, and for only 2.3 mill that's really not that much. Sure he's Chelsea and he can buy just about whomever he wants, but for only 2.3 mill I'd be hard pressed to find a better option.

I also imagine RVN has a high reputation on the game, or at least he should, that also often helps, it'll boost income. The bottom line is, you could find a ton of other younger poachers in the game with attacking attributes just as good, but you'll pay a heck of a lot more, and they won't have the mental attributes. I think that's a part of the game a lot of guys overlook.

I always like to have a mix of older veterans and younger guys exactly because of this. Yeah the younger guys best games might be better than the older guys, but the older guys are always more consistent.

Case in point, Albert Riera 2 or 3 seasons in my Liverpool save was still having a higher averaget rating than guys like Arda Turan and James Rodriguez. Dirk Kuyt was a similar story as well even has his physical stats declined and my assistants told me to get rid of him, I kept him around because he was solid.

Also can't wait for the new game to come out so I can play with NESV as my owners. They will update that right?

 

[Lanteri]

I always like to have a mix of older veterans and younger guys exactly because of this. Yeah the younger guys best games might be better than the older guys, but the older guys are always more consistent.

Case in point, Albert Riera 2 or 3 seasons in my Liverpool save was still having a higher averaget rating than guys like Arda Turan and James Rodriguez. Dirk Kuyt was a similar story as well even has his physical stats declined and my assistants told me to get rid of him, I kept him around because he was solid.

Also can't wait for the new game to come out so I can play with NESV as my owners. They will update that right?

You can download this transfer update:

http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=3367

He added John Henry/NESV as the owners.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Any word on the demo? Words cannot express how I excited I am to immediately sell Christian Poulsen and pretend he was never here.

 

[Fappin Raptor]

Any word on the demo? Words cannot express how I excited I am to immediately sell Christian Poulsen and pretend he was never here.

You can do that on FM10 with the roster update that was posted in here somewhere.

 

[mgoblue2290]

You can do that on FM10 with the roster update that was posted in here somewhere.

I'm aware but I want to play the new game at this point. I'm really pumped to see how the aspect of players having agents will work out.

 

[Fappin Raptor]

I'm probably just going to continue playing FM10 until December/January.

 

[mgoblue2290]

The demo is to be released on Thursday.

Do you guys not post at SI?

On and off. I'm sure I'll be headed there quite often starting this Thursday though.

 

[BigHouseUSA]

Steam is available for Mac's now, so I've got it downloaded so I can get the demo on Thursday instead of Friday. Not sure if I want to use it for the full game though. Do I need to be connected to the internet to start the game if I download it through Steam?

 

[Lanteri]

After finishing 7th in the table with Liverpool in 09/10, I've made some wholesale changes heading into 10/11.

Transfers:

Starting 11

In addition to the starting 11, the following players are either on reserves or substitutes: Brad Jones, Joe Cole, Danny Wilson, Sotiris Krygiakos, Lucas, Diego Tardelli (brought in last July), Ryan Babel, and Paul Koncheksy.

 

[Lanteri]

Made one more move as well, thanks to a pretty solid offer from Villa.

After turning down a couple of their bid/inquiries into Joe Cole, I finally accepted a £12.25m + Marc Albrighton offer right before the deadline. Pretty happy with that one as I think Albrighton can be a solid player, plus £12.25m for a soon to be 29-year-old Joe Cole seems like a pretty good steal.

 

[BigHouseUSA]

Demo is out.

 

[calgaryballer]

Fuck I hate Steam.

Hate your Mac, PC for the win

 

[Fappin Raptor]

I keep getting error messages saying my computer can't connect to Steam.

Did you download steam? I downloaded steam, registered for it, and then downloaded it no problem.

EDIT: It's preparing to launch it as we speak.

 

[Fappin Raptor]

I did.

But when I went to register, it keep telling me I wasn't online. Yet, here I am, you know... online.

Hmm, I wish I could help you but it went smoothly for me. Is there any other places to download it for Mac?

 

[Fappin Raptor]

Apparently after reading the Steam forums, it's a widespread problem. Steam works for some people on Macs and not others. Best part is, they don't have any answers or guesses as to why this is. :O

I was one of the lucky ones.