Im looking at him now and I really don't know whether or not I should sign a new CM. I have plenty of players able to do the job Carrick, Veloso, Anderson, Scholes, Fletcher in what is 99% of the time a 442 but this seaosn injuries took their toll and I lost Scholes for 7 months and Anderson and Carrick both had their share of injuries. Zuculini is cheap, Martinez looks the goods and Lass Diarra wants a move to a bigger club but he would cost a fair bit

Just lost 2-1 to Rangers after going 1-0 up. Epic Fail.

I tried him once and it didn't work out. When you find a player who fights with Aguero AND Rodriguez you kind of fuck him off.

Anyone had much experience with Marquinhos? From what I've heard (just wasted a lot of time on a FM site) he is the bees knees

Well in my second season he has pushed Rooney and Berba out of starting spots and only cost me 5 mil at the end of the first. He kind of doesn't look that great at the start but after his first season his stats improe and from what Ive heard he always performs. He also responds well to flattery as thats what I did constantly which led to me being amongst his favourite personal before I had even made a bid and he refuses to sign a new contract which expires at the end of the first season

I want my own goddamn football club.

I have very little to write in here now that I have to do everything fot FFT FC. It's almost depressing.

Will have a look at Keirrison if I can afford it. Hes hell slow on FIFA though :lol:

Just beat Falkirk away 1-0. :) Next game is away to Rangers. Then its January

5 mil will get you Keirrison, I cant speak enough of how much a talent he is
I'm lining up like this at the moment
-----------VDS------------
-Brown-Vidic-Rio/Evans-Evra
-Valencia-Fletch/Veloso-Carrick/Anderson-Ronaldo
-------Keirrison---Tevez----

I sometimes line up like this though
---------VDS----------
--Vidic---Rio----Evra--
-------Fletch/Veloso---
-Valencia-Carrick-Anderson
--------Ronaldo-----------
-----Keirrison--Tevez-----

Tevez is my top scorer at the moment on 15 in 21 with Keirrison scoring 12. My wingers rotate heaps with Ronaldo at the moment the best but Valencia and Nani are awesome and Giggs and Park are very able cover. I have 16 mil for a transfer budget but really dont know what to do with it as I dont really need any signing apart from a little more depth so I may look to buy a good young CM like Zuculini or Martiniez



Edited by fredsta: 25/7/2009 02:43:35 PM

Gonna get back into it now!

Got two more games before the January window opens up.

Samars is having a very hard time fitting into the squad, and I am going to sell him.
Mark Wilson is having a cry that hes not getting game time, so I will sell him too.
Sinha, my new signing, has been poor, so might do a Robbie Keane on his ass and sell him too.
Hopefully, with that money, (and Im going to ask the Board for more :lol:) I can buy myself a really good striker to partner Macca.

Its the only part of the side Im not very confident with.

I play like this:

----------Venegoor-Macca-----------
---------------Brown--------------
Nakamura------------------Mcgeady
---------------Emerson--------------
Naylor--Mosquera--Mcmanus--Hinkel
--------------Boruc--------------

Very happyw with everybody on my team, except Ven. And perhaps a new LB.


Edited by imnofreak: 25/7/2009 02:24:40 PM

I was linked with Charlton and I checked them out and they had 13 squad players :shock: Yeh, no thanks.

Unfortunate S_F. I was thinking of adding a manager to take the Bayern job to hold it for me just in case but I really cant be bothered

I quit the USA job after being in charge for a month (:lol:) because I thought it was hampering my chances of getting to manage a club. It's in August now and I would of preferred a job before this so I could see what areas need strengthening etc. and I even resorted to adding a new manager, taking over Valencia, retiring and then applying for it with my normal manager but I didn't get it :(
Unemployed smells. I said I wouldn't go the championship but I think I might have to now...or MLS...

Lol

I got bored and created a new game at Victory and look like signing Milligan on a free and some old as Dutch guy with a few caps but pretty decent stats considering his 35 years although my assistant reckons he is very injury prone but for a free its worth it.

My United squad are in and out of form sitting at 7th at the moment after drawing 2-2 with Newcastle with both of Newcastle's goals coming in the last 7 minutes. I dont want to leave but if I get sacked the Bayern job is free at the moment and hopefully some other decent jobs will open up at the off season as it is only Jan now

There's hope for us yet lads.

I'm tearing it up in the S-League on '08, just won the League as Home Utd now for South East Asian dominance. Pretty easy league to win, then get the reputation then sign all your rivals star players. Signed Roy Krishna and he bagged 4 goals in 8 games.....unfortunately I have 3 strikers with much better records, better sell him to Woodlands or Tampines

Going through a bit of an injury crisis at QPR. 3 of my 4 strikers are injured, 3 of my defenders, and 2 of my midfielders. All Red Injuries too. We were grinding out resutls with 4/5 down, but having this many unavailable is starting to take its toll. About 4 of those 8 are first team players.

Ok I got the USA job but it's going to be really boring unless I get a club job. The only ones available right now are all MLS #-o

Lost to Olympiakos in the last game :(

Finished 3rd. Oh well, Im happy with 3rd.

Just beat hearts 4-1.
Naka scored a hattrick and assisted the 4th. What a hero.
Im now 1 point behind Hearts, and 3 behind Rangers.

Drew Benfica in the Uefa Cup. Not too bad. Could be worse.

If I win, I will play the winner of Tottenham v Hertha BSC

Edited by imnofreak: 25/7/2009 05:14:13 AM

Hahahaha ouch.

After losing the first two games in November, I had an absolutely brilliant month

Picked up Manager of the month :) :)

5 straight league wins, as well as the epic win over Inter.

Im 2nd in the group now, I will definitely finish at least 3rd and qual for UEFA Cup, and have a big chance of getting 2nd.

December got off to a poor start though, 1-1 away to Hibs. Hace the last UCL match now. Big game. Huge game

Edited by imnofreak: 25/7/2009 01:25:02 AM

Had the last game of the season against Blackburn away who were in 12th. I needed to win to stay up. If I got relegated I was going to resign. Roque Santa Cruze scores two off sides...one which had me shitting myself before I realised it was offside. 0-0 draw is the final score. I wasn't sure what happened. We got relegated though, on goal difference. I didn't resign...I got sacked before I could :lol:

Edited by socceroos_fan: 25/7/2009 12:26:50 AM

JUST WON AN EPIC MATCH!!!

Was playing Inter at home in the UCL. 12min, Materazzi scores. HT its 0-1

56mins, Samuel makes it 0-2. Im sure its al over.

Naka wins a free kick, 25 yards out, 67mins. Curls it in. 1-2. Theres hope yet.

Massimo Donati scores a screamer in the 82nd minute! Makes it 2-2. Im stoked.

They have heaps of chances, but fail to score, and its 2-2 when the 90mins roll by :)

I then break into the box on the counter attack in the 91stmin. Naka gets scythed down. Screaming for a pen. Dont get it.

Ball goes out for a corner.
Naka whips it in
Samaras rises..
GOOOOAAAAAALLL!!!!!
3-2!!!!! FULLTIME!!! Such epic win.

Samaras had just come off the bench too. So epic

Dont you just hate that flat feeling when you know you should have won?
I have just had a horror run where I failed to win in 6 league games which saw us slip to 11th. I bounced back with a 1-0 win over Everton then a 5-0 thrashing of Zenit in ECC with a Keirrison quadruple before having 65% possession and 11 shots on target to Bolton's 1 shot which was a 89th winner, possibly the worst I have felt after a FM loss. Then I beat City 3-1 goals to Keirriosn and a Ronaldo double, I then faced them three days later in the leage cup quarters beating them 3-2 with goals to Anderson, Keirrison and Tevez. A 4-0 win over Reading with goals to Keirrison, Tevez x2 and Nani has seen me make some sort of a climb up the EPL ladder now

Fm is a bitch, second game of preseason played Sheffield United, pretty even game, finally got up 1-0 in the 86th minute, for Fabian Delph to score an own goal in the 95th minute to make it 1-1

Ermm you could check out Diego Penny for GK...Not sure about work permits though and he usually turns out pretty good by his thirties as well.

Just started my first game with Leeds, playing through preseason atm, Lost our first friendly 3-2 to Preston, got up 2-0 and they got 3 quick goals after i gave my reserve goalie a run. Anyone got ideas about a good reserve goalie and left mid who are cheap and would go good in Coca Cola Leauge 1

:lol: One of the youth players I signed at the start of this season, just realised he's described as 'the next Michel Platini'

I used to do it a lot too, but I stopped because, as you said, when you do end up winning titles and cups and the like, it feels that much better knowing you've done it completely through your own skill.

That is true. Sometimes it's such BS though I can't help myself :lol:
I will in the not too distant future, stop doing it though. I barely ever do it now and some games lately that are BS I just let it go and use it as a lesson to my players. By the time FM10 comes out I guarantee I will have stopped all of it. It would be nice when you do achieve something though and you know it is all up to your efforts, not how many times you replayed the game.

I mean, If they're the team that scores with their only shot on target, and barely survives with a draw, are they going to restart the game then? It's the same "Bullshit" result. The fact is, that sort of thing happens in real life. If you dominated the game that much, and had that many shots, you probably should have scored more. It's just avoiding the larger problem, not solving it.

I don't understand what you mean by that Funky.
I hardly ever restart now, only if I need a result and what happens in the games is BS. I learn from it.
I never restarted when I was with manc, it was really easy with them.