Yeah it was all this morning after turning it on again after a day or so break...

i for one won't be playing much of FM in the coming weeks with FIFA 11 just coming out, but it will be the opposite at the end of the month when FM 11 comes out, anyone know the exact release date?

Sit deep, close down their wingers and play a holding midfielder to police those long range shots. Cut off the supply to their strikers.

EB get it on October 23 IIRC. I've pre-ordered my copy. I dunno if you can activate and install it until a week later though.

Steam says Nov 6.

That EB date will get pushed back probably.

Cool name bro

That doesn't really matter, I get the phonecall when I get the phonecall. I probably won't be able to pick it up when they get it in anyway. It will still be out before Nov 6. Wiki says Nov 5th.

Is this not the biggest ever back four:lol:

LB: Domenico Criscito 183cm 69kg
CB: Andrea Barzagli 186cm 78kg
CB: Johan Djourou 191cm 89kg
RB: Micah Richards 181cm 83kg

RB: Dmytro Chygrysnkyi - 190cm
CB: Mathieu Bodmer - 190cm
CB: Simon Kjaer - 189cm
LB: Gareth Bale - 183cm

I don't remember the weights, but I win :P

RB: Regen - 189cm, 83kg
CB: Regen - 193cm, 88kg
CB: Regen - 184cm, 79kg
LB: Jay Emmanuel-Thomas - 191cm, 86kg


So um, in short (or in this case, tall), I believe I win.:p

Boo. Not with regens you don't.

Acutally, I just did, with regens. :)

Apart from Jay Emmanuel-Thomas of course, What a legend.

If we counted regens then I had

LB: Regen - 184
CB: Regen - 193
CB: Pique - 192
RB: Corluka - 193

...but I just sold Corluka on.

So wait. You apparently had a taller CB, but you didn't include him in the original 4? Interesting..

RB:180, 71kg - Khagush
CB:190, 80kg - Paletta
CB:176cm, 75kg - Regen
LB:184cm, 78kg - Nakhushev

I didn't realise how much of a midget my Croat regen was...

Fwahaha! Finally I have a team worthy of calling my own. Just had a great come from behind win over Zenit. Was up 1-0 at the break, not to mention a man up, and Zenit scored 2 in quick succession to put us behind. I notice that Song is playing badly, sub him out for Noboa, and the bastard pulls 2 goals out of the top drawer. What a sub!
Dawid Jancyzk my new striker provided 2 assists as well. Not bad for his first game.

You guys do realise the height and weight stats are literally meaningless?

:lol: yeah. I think it was just another dick measuring contest:p

Just almost capped off my most epic title comeback ever:lol:

Came to Chelsea with 7 games left and 12 points behind leaders Liverpool. Ended up getting to the last day of the season 2 points behind, needing to beat already relegated Sunderland and have Pool lose or draw. Was all looking good at HT with me 2-0 up and Pool at 0-0. Was looking even better at the 80min mark with me 3-0 up and Pool still 0-0.

Then of course FM fucks you over and Torres scores an 88th minute winner:lol:

So ended up starting equal with Arsenal in 3rd and 7 games later 11 points clear:lol:

What was better was Bolton pipping Man Utd to 4th spot on the last day:lol: :lol:

The first team was with Atletico Madrid, the second one is Liverpool. He's that kid I showed people before, Justing Fleming, he's still only young and only really played cup matches the last few seasons, he's getting a run now though.

Into my second full season as Rubin manager, and after 12 games I'm in 2nd place behind Spartak on goal difference. We've only had one shock loss to Terek (god only knows how I lost that one) and an away loss to Spartak (Conca scoring a brace, fucker.)
Otherwise pretty happy with the team. Smolov is scoring freely, Gatagov is providing the assists and Cicero is doing a good job in the middle of the park, but I might have to sell him. He's getting a little unsettled, and the club needs the money. Plus I have Izmailov coming in off a free transfer soon to replace him in midfield. Need a new keeper too, but it's hard to find good Russian keepers. All the good ones are either at rival clubs or too shit. Akinfeev would be great, but I think I'd have a hard time prying him away from Man City.
The foreigner restrictions are a tad annoying, but Noboa just got himself naturalised, so that makes things mildly easier, but it's bloody difficult to find good Russian players. Particularly a good U-21 player that has to be in the gameday squad.

Happy with the team line-up though, although we don't tend to keep too many clean sheets...

Started yet another new game, this time with Derby. I never really got going with them and was sacked 2/3 of the way through the season. I was then picked up by Middlesbrough and finished out the season with them, finishing around 12th.

After a full off season with them under my belt, I bought a couple of decent players and finished 1st after getting 28 out of a possible 30 points in the last 10 games. Scott Mac couldnt stop scoring in the championship, and topped the league 2 years in a row. In the off season I signed a few young gems who should be ready to play in a season or two, and I also picked Own up on a free. So far he's been my top point scorer, but I'm 1 from 4 and languishing in the relegation zone.

I need a new goaly. Brad Jones isnt cut out for the EPL, and my backs are getting penetrated way too easily.
I should probably only play with one striker, but I feel like I need both McDonald and Owen out there. Something needs changing though as I just then got hammedred by Nottingham Forest.

He's not fat enough.

Step 1 of the great Bristol Rovers Journey is complete.

Not sure if we're ready, this coming season with the added scheduling could be the straw that breaks the camels back. That said, the revenue coming in will be greatly appreciated.

The additional finances will allow you to add depth to the squad to compensate for the added games.

did anyone else try to close the pop-up in the bottom right corner in that image? :lol:

No, but I did wonder why my cursor wasn't moving...

anyone know when the demo for FM11 is coming out?

People are predicting this week, based on when previous demos came out.

It's usually out this week. First week of october.

IIRC, I heard next thursday.

What the Hell, I had to save this from the 3rd page...

Anyway, I think my board at Bristol Rovers is kind of setting the bar a little high this season.

-2nd KO Round of the Europa League (Only the 2nd time I've entered the competition, the first time was last season, and they expected the same thing)
-Top Half finish in the EPL
-6th Round of the FA Cup
-Quarter Final of the Carling Cup