FOOTBALL Football Manager Discussion

[Ollie_H]

An idea stolen from sortitoutsi, but I'm still up for an online game and wondered if people would be up for a Euro 2012 online game. I'm guessing a lot of people will be available over the next 14 days as it is the festive season and we will have time on our hands whilst also spending time with the fam.

Anyway, so if you're interested post up and we can see numbers, I'm sure we wont make the actual numbers for the competition so when we get it I will rank the teams from the in-game rankings and then randomly assign them.

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Also, because it isn't so long we shouldn't need as much time to complete it which was another reason why I thought it would be a better idea.

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http://www.planetcricket.org/forums/other-games-leagues/planet-cricket-european-championship-2012-a-71451.html#post2013396

Moved the discussion over to this thread so that we don't clutter this one and can leave it to general talk or posting about someone's game.

 

[ste_mc_efc]

*in*

 

[Bevab]

A few players who the Board bought for me(different games)=
Daniele De Rossi to Arsenal for 69M$
Edin Dzeko to Real Madrid for 38.5M$
Fernando Torres to Man City for 139M$
Cesc Fabregas to Man City for 155M$

The board always offers huge amounts but Madrid board was wise in Dzeko.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Update on my Spurs save. Last season I did the crazy treble (League, League Cup, Champions League). Signed Hamsik, Kjaer and Lukaku and sold a few players. Season started off awfully. 8 games in - 2 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses.

Then, Spain needed a manager and Guardiola got the job, meaning he left Barca. I was labelled as the "favourite" for the job. Obviously, I applied, but the board were furious and forced me to resign. I didn't even get the Barca job so I was temporarily without a job. For some crazy reason Mancini applies for the Spurs job and gets it, leaving City who are obviously loaded and top of the table having not lost a game. City offer me the job and I take it. A couple of days of madness.

Things are going great at City though. I was in the group of death in the champions league (Real Madrid, Juventus, Wisla) and was in 3rd place. In my first game I beat Juventus 3-0, and I beat Madrid 4-0 meaning I qualified (even though I lost 1-0 to Wisla haha). Got Lyon in the knockout stages. The league is going really well but Utd, Spurs (who are doing great under Mancini) and Arsenal are right behind me in the league. I'm scoring freely at the moment with Balotelli and Tevez on fire.

 

[Ollie_H]

Was just coming on to update the LADs about my Everton save, which is almost as cyclical as washing machine. We have a period of poor form in about February to March every year. Was leading the league at Christmas only for my period of poor form to hit where the team becomes incredibly mercurial and will produce good and bad performances out of nowhere. 2 examples, went down 3-0 to Birmingham inside 20 minutes and lost that one, only to go 2-0 down to Arsenal and pull that one back to win it 4-3.

Been offered multiple jobs in my 3 season tenure, the biggest one being Man United after SAF retired, turned it down because I wasn't ready to love the Toffee's as I want to win the league with them and then also the Champions League. Loving my team at Goodison Park no matter how much my team frustrate me.

Only won one piece of Silverware and that was the League Cup in my first season, since then it's been runners up in the League Cup for the next two years and then an appearance in the F.A Cup final this year. Finished 2nd (75), 3rd (75) and 3rd (79) in the Premiership constantly being up there with the top scorers, Santa Cruz (or Santa Babe as I call him) was banging in the goals, but eventually had to let him go at the end of last season because I have Dzeko and Jendrisek playing regularly up front for me now. Yakubu has just left to go to Hoffenhiem as well so might need to bring in another striker. Appearances in the Champions League have also been interesting, managed to get out of my group at both attempts only to lose in the Quarter Finals in 2012 and the Last 16 in 2013.

Which brings me to this season, and regen signings it has been. Whilst I was doing some player searching I managed to find a wonderkid regen who could be the best player to ever grace the turf at Goodison Park.

Unfortunaetly he won't join for another two years, but it was worth getting him when I did considering I only had to pay 2.5 million in compensation when in two years time it could have been 10x that amount! Was incredibly happy with that piece of work and am now on the track of an Argentinian centre back to go along with this young turkish defender I bought.

The Argentinian centre back is called Leonel Galeano.


Hoping this season will be my most fruitful season as Everton manager, even got an Everton shirt for Christmas to go with my job.

 

[Bevab]

Galeano is a nice guy, enjoy.

 

[Bevab]

@Dr.Pepper:Balotelli is a star. Cannot understand how you got Tevez to play good.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

I play Tevez as an advanced forward with Balotelli and Silva/Milner on the wings as inside forwards (support). My tactics are very attacking and Tevez is the focal point so he scores a lot.

Nice going with Everton Ollie. You sound unlucky to have only won 1 trophy. Btw, why couldn't you just print screen?

 

[Ayub 95]

Van der Vaart and Modric on the same team is Awesome. VdV as an AMC Inside Forward works for him beautifully while Modric as a MC Deep Lying Playmaker. I've scored 15 goals in my last 4 games shame my defence sucks. Tottenham is so fun to be with, and its fun knocking out Man City out in the third round of the Carling cup .

 

[P Squared]

Into my second season now and just won the club world championship. Also sold Vidic to Chelsea for $12 million.

 

[Ollie_H]

Nice going with Everton Ollie. You sound unlucky to have only won 1 trophy. Btw, why couldn't you just print screen?

Yeah I have been unfortunate but it is this mid-season lul that brings about my downfall each season. Really building up the quality of my squad, so hoping that this lul won't return.

I was originally trying to show them to a friend on fb, and did have them print screened but imageshack wouldn't work at the time so I ended up just taking a picture with my iPhone and then uploading it to facebook through that. Just easy .

 

[Bevab]

Playing with Real Madrid, Barcelona 6th, Athletic fighting with me for top spot.

 

[treva]

Don't you tweaking hate it when you lose a game in the 95th minute when there's only 4 minutes added on...

 

[mattfb]

I lost the Merseyside derby like that on FM10. 95:34 or something and there was four minutes added on. Sucks.

 

[treva]

Such a bitch. Mine was against managerless Leeds (I'm Stoke and struggling having taken over after they were relegated from the Prem). Could be looking for a new job yet again by January...