Football Manager

[Lanteri]

There may also wind up being a switch at striker, as a couple big clubs are pressuring for Dzeko, and to be honest I was not at all impressed with him, so if I get a big enough offer, he may be out the door.

 

[Lanteri]

Dzeko is indeed gone, to Barcelona for £23m.

Scrambling to find a replacement right now, but for the time being Crouch will start.

 

[Lanteri]

Good news.

Balotelli requested a transfer from Man City, and was granted it, maybe helped along by my declaring interest. I landed him for £15m out of my remaining £17.5m that I had for selling Dzeko. Really happy about this, as Balotelli is a much better fit for our attack than Dzeko anyway. Dzeko's more of a poacher than anything else, and in the formation I'm running, the striker needs to be a bit more well-rounded.

 

[Lanteri]

aaaand I've officially been sacked, lol. Started off the season with 2 wins, 2 draws, and 6 losses. Guess they had enough between not making Europe last season, and the uggggly start.

Not too concerned though cause I didn't like Spurs much anyway. I'm not sure whether I'll start over, or if I'll try and latch on elsewhere.

 

[calgaryballer]

i made some changes to the DB (primarily unfaking) so Leverkusen came to an end. Started up as Villareal, as I almost never play in the Spanish league.

 

[Lanteri]

Elected to take over Napoli, in the closing weeks of November. They were 4-4-5, and are 1-1-2 in Champions League group play, in a group featuring Manchester United, PSV, and Rubin, with the remaining two games being against Rubin and PSV, with a shot to qualify for the knockout stages if we can take both.

Things got off to a flier with a 5-0 drubbing of Siena, using a 4-3-3 formation.

This is the lineup I went with, though it's not what I'll be going with when everyone's healthy (Cavani is hurt right now)

Once Cavani gets back, he'll be the striker, and I'll likely be playing Quagliarella in the hole behind him at AMC.

I'm pretty happy with the quality of this side, just need to make sure they play to potential. I do have a £21m transfer budget, which I'll definitely be putting to use to upgrade at our VERY weak CB position.

 

[1ke]

^^^ You should see how much the young Greek kid CB will cost you from Milan. (AC).

 

[1ke]

Alright so I won the MLS title with New York. Squad was sick....Henry, Angel, Marquez, DeMerit, Fortune, Lindpier, Van Der some shit, Shea, Muanga. But now im off....too many god damn tags, and registrations, and waivers, and trades and shit in the MLS for me.

Sheffield Wed have an opening and hoping to grab it if I can. If not...I might have to venture to league 2 to start out in England......YIIKES

 

[BigHouseUSA]

That's pretty much the way to play the MLS. I got fired from Newcastle a few years ago and got the job at LA who were last in the league. Traded some draft picks for good players and signed a punch of Central American/Caribbean players on frees. By the All-Star break I was first in the league and got a job in England again. I couldn't have done another season with all those restrictions.

 

[Fappin Raptor]

That's one of my favorite things to do is start in the MLS and try and earn a job in England. Might start that one up. My Everton save got fucked up and the unemployed one was lame, so hopefully I can stick with this one before I try and start my Everton one over again.

 

[mgoblue2290]

I've tried but I can never get into playing with anyone but Liverpool.

 

[Pitty]

Mwanga is underrated.

 

[BigHouseUSA]

I've tried but I can never get into playing with anyone but Liverpool.

I'm the same with Newcastle, but they are so bad in this game. I might not be able to pick it up until January. Our researcher post on the Newcastle forum I frequent and he's said he'll improve the team for the transfer window patch.

Still haven't won a game with Woking, but starting to get some draws. Signed a few good players, but still lacking a bit, mainly a goal scorer. Tried to sign my old camp counselor, but couldn't get a work permit.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Are all the players just underrated?

 

[BigHouseUSA]

Pretty much. But also, Ben Arfa and Donovan were awful, which was weird. What's most annoying is that our best players this season aren't just bad in the game, they are just blatantly awful. Coloccini, Enrique, Tiote and Carroll mainly. Nolan is passable, as is Barton, but that's really it.

 

[calgaryballer]

Pretty much. But also, Ben Arfa and Donovan were awful, which was weird. What's most annoying is that our best players this season aren't just bad in the game, they are just blatantly awful. Coloccini, Enrique, Tiote and Carroll mainly. Nolan is passable, as is Barton, but that's really it.

To be fair, if I was rating them for this year, I'd probably do the same. Colo and Enrique were terrible the relegation year and it's tough to gauge how that will translate a year up. Nolan and Barton were the same.

Tiote coming from Twente is definitely underrated though. Dude was the rock for a Eredivise winning side

 

[BigHouseUSA]

I think a lot of Colo's play was exaggerated, but he was pretty bad. I don't think Jose was that bad though, as evidence look how much worse off we were when he was hurt and Duff was stuck at LB.

What's weird is considering their form, that's what FM usually bases the first patch off of. Look at Defoe in the first patch last year, I thought we'd see the same with Carroll.

 

[calgaryballer]

I think a lot of Colo's play was exaggerated, but he was pretty bad. I don't think Jose was that bad though, as evidence look how much worse off we were when he was hurt and Duff was stuck at LB.

What's weird is considering their form, that's what FM usually bases the first patch off of. Look at Defoe in the first patch last year, I thought we'd see the same with Carroll.

I agree. Wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to wait to see him keep it up for a while before giving him a big boost.

 

[BigHouseUSA]

Also, James Perch is halfway decent in the game. This is a problem.

 

[1ke]

Did you guys, or I should say how much have you guys DL'd for the new game?