Football Manager 2012

glenjamin · 21-11-2011 11:34am

What tactics are people using for corners? I can't seem to score from them at all. Most times when I get a corner if just says "whipped in by xxxx" and that's it. No header, no clearance, nothing

danniemcq · 21-11-2011 12:20pm

i took a bit of time and tinkered with the set piece creater thingy.

Playing as Liverpool and have suarez annoying the keeper, Carroll coming in from deep and my 2 tallest on either post. last season i got 15 or 16 goals from corners

Yakult · 21-11-2011 2:42pm

I always sent my corners to the far post with the tallest player heading the ball. Was nearly always guaranteed a goal for it.

roosterman71 · 21-11-2011 4:22pm

I'm into my 3rd season with Man U now, and am only seeing the injury issues this season.
First 2 seasons, won league, CC twice but failed in the CL at the 2nd round each time. And both times after getting beat stupid in the first leg. I'd used a standard 4-4-2 system with some small tweaks. I never had any major injury crisis in these 2 seasons apart from the usual wear and tear stuff players picked up.

Season 3 I moved to a 4-2-3-1 formation. Its January and I'm unbeaten all season, but am just getting shafted with the injuries. So they must be related to the style of play or something as that's all that has changed this season

sarstedt · 22-11-2011 12:34pm

I'm on my second save now with Malaga. The first save brought me to Wolves via Reading. Reached 3rd place in Championship with Reading and was poached by Wolves (they finished 7th in first season and McM left for Everton). Was given a huge warchest of £40M.

Made plenty of signings in 2012 (will edit and include them) and finished 6th and won the League Cup. A further 40m warchest saw me pip Man U for the league and win the Europa Cup.

Then decided to move to another game with Malaga:

The 2 players I picked up in both games are:
Bressan (MC/AMC) from BATE BORISOV, 22yr old orginally from Brazil. In first save he cost £11m in 2013. Bought for £1 million in 2011/2012
Willfried (ST) from Vitesse (I think) in Holland. Cost £13m in 2013 and didn't get too many goals.
Signed for Malaga in 2011 for £2.5m (escape clause) and is banging them in (10 league in 12 games).
While managing Wolves I signed Raul on a free in 2012. He was immense in 2 seasons.

Sgt Pepper 64 · 22-11-2011 10:30pm

Its just like real life..... Have Hamsik and Cavani and they are immense.
They're not doing too bad for Napoli against City right now either!

Mr Blobby · 23-11-2011 2:18pm

just wondering what size download is the game ?
i only have a 1mb download speed so downloading a 6gb game isnt a option

also if it is only a 2-3gb download where would the cheapest place to get it be, because steam is to expensive .......

danniemcq · 23-11-2011 3:19pm

its about 1.6 to 1.9gb i think

Sgt Pepper 64 · 23-11-2011 8:42pm

Anyone found any "quality" left backs yet for the EPL?

Most I can find like "a cole" are just fairly good

MrStuffins · 23-11-2011 9:03pm

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Anyone found any "quality" left backs yet for the EPL?

Most I can find like "a cole" are just fairly good

LB has been my big problem area.

I'm in pre-season now and just signed a good young un but i think he's a re-gen!

tvercetti · 24-11-2011 12:41am

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Anyone found any "quality" left backs yet for the EPL?

Most I can find like "a cole" are just fairly good

heard alot of positives about Lucas Digne but I think he is pretty young, i think he is at Lille but he isnt in my load so Im not too sure how good he is, I ended up getting Insua, ex Liverpool left back but he is nothing special but I was stuck for one for my second season, just had wayne bridge on loan for my first season

Liam O · 24-11-2011 12:59am

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Anyone found any "quality" left backs yet for the EPL?

Most I can find like "a cole" are just fairly good

haven't played 2012 in the prem yet (looking likely for playoffs in Championship this season though) but full backs always come at a premium in FM in my experience. I found one in 2011 that's the best I've ever seen and got him in only for the board to sell him for 20m when I'm in the CL places in January. Year before I had to drop €23m on Rafinha to sort out RB.

Dempsey · 24-11-2011 1:04am

When is the 1st patch due for release?

Its staggering the amount of obvious bugs that make it past their testers.

gnfnrhead · 24-11-2011 1:22am

Aly Cissokho from Lyon did the buisness for me in the past. Havent managed a top club yet this year so havent gotten around to trying him out.

Yakult · 24-11-2011 2:02am

aaronh007 wrote: »

Cissokho of Lyon, does/did a great job in my first game. Gets in on the assists and the odd goal.

Alex Sandro of Santos, excels from the age of 23/24 and is the Brazil #1 in my current game (2017)

Danny Wilson of Liverpool is excellent at LB. if you can afford him that is. His current value in my game is £40 million :eek:

Lucas Digne of Lille, becomes #1 French left back

Fabio Coentrao of Benfica, one of the best left sided players in the game

And last but not least is Chelsea's own Ryan Bertrand. Becomes one of the best left backs in the EPL.

Jack Robinson of Liverpool could be another option.

If the players aren't at the clubs I listed, either search for them or go their club's transfer history and look em up.

Taken from the Play Recommendations thread.

mrmorgan · 24-11-2011 7:34am

Dempsey wrote: »

When is the 1st patch due for release?

Its staggering the amount of obvious bugs that make it past their testers.

What bugs have you noticed?

danniemcq · 24-11-2011 8:48am

mrmorgan wrote: »

What bugs have you noticed?

i've had moeny go to other clubs from transfers (dammit birmingham give me back that 2 million!) and maybe the amount of injuries. Apart from that i haven't noticed anything to crazy.

For LB i recommend Liverpools Jack Robinson. I have him starting now in some fairly big games and he is right up there with the best.

Oh and actually on talk of patch and updates will i be able to carry on with my save game this time? I know when i updated 2010 i had to start a new game to get all the content changes. With this release and the ability to add leagues through the game at the end of seasons will it be the same for the patch?

mrmorgan · 24-11-2011 9:41am

danniemcq wrote: »

mrmorgan wrote: »

What bugs have you noticed?

i've had moeny go to other clubs from transfers (dammit birmingham give me back that 2 million!) and maybe the amount of injuries. Apart from that i haven't noticed anything to crazy.

For LB i recommend Liverpools Jack Robinson. I have him starting now in some fairly big games and he is right up there with the best.

Oh and actually on talk of patch and updates will i be able to carry on with my save game this time? I know when i updated 2010 i had to start a new game to get all the content changes. With this release and the ability to add leagues through the game at the end of seasons will it be the same for the patch?

Ya the injuries are very very annoying

Sgt Pepper 64 · 24-11-2011 12:41pm

Yakult wrote: »

Taken from the Play Recommendations thread.

Thanks for all the suggestions

Went for Jack robinson in the end, 17 mill + another 5 for appearances.
I'm sure he will be worth it as Lahm is only 40 mill!

http://footballmanagerstory.com/scout/2011/11/fm-2012-player-profile-jack-robinson/

kronsington · 24-11-2011 1:28pm

Right, decided Im going to buy this today. Instead of working for the last hour Ive been daydreaming about which team Im going to pick

Anzhi Machakala, PSG or Malaga

All mega-loaded clubs. Started with Zenit in FM11 so may try elsewhere than Russia. Any other random enough clubs worth looking at?

diarmuid05 · 24-11-2011 1:34pm

kronsington wrote: »

Right, decided Im going to buy this today. Instead of working for the last hour Ive been daydreaming about which team Im going to pick

Anzhi Machakala, PSG or Malaga

All mega-loaded clubs. Started with Zenit in FM11 so may try elsewhere than Russia. Any other random enough clubs worth looking at?

Been playing away with PSG for 6 seasons now.

have 38m unspent transfer budget this season. I spent the whole game buying up all the young talent in the game, they need game time.....

Lack of experience has cost me though..... lost 4 cup finals in the last 2 seasons

EdenHazard · 24-11-2011 2:23pm

ive heard anzhi isnt realistic, really they should have a gigantic wage budget, but i don't think they do

kronsington · 24-11-2011 3:32pm

I am petrified at that thought of losing the game through it failing to load etc. happened me with fm11 after about 16/17 seasons of play. i was gutted. what is the best way to ensure your game survives any mishaps?

Sgt Pepper 64 · 24-11-2011 5:39pm

kronsington wrote: »

I am petrified at that thought of losing the game through it failing to load etc. happened me with fm11 after about 16/17 seasons of play. i was gutted. what is the best way to ensure your game survives any mishaps?

frequent saves and back up them up to usb\portable HD\etc
the data is in documents so thats normally covered by a normal backup

you do back up dont you?;)

Sgt Pepper 64 · 24-11-2011 5:40pm

diarmuid05 wrote: »

Been playing away with PSG for 6 seasons now.

have 38m unspent transfer budget this season. I spent the whole game buying up all the young talent in the game, they need game time.....

Lack of experience has cost me though..... lost 4 cup finals in the last 2 seasons

Yep I did that, bought way to many and now selling them off cheap

kronsington · 24-11-2011 5:44pm

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

frequent saves and back up them up to usb\portable HD\etc
the data is in documents so thats normally covered by a normal backup

you do back up dont you?;)

I'd like to and I want to, but I am such an absolute imbecile when it comes to basic computer knowledge that i simply dont know how to do it!

gnfnrhead · 24-11-2011 7:25pm

kronsington wrote: »

I'd like to and I want to, but I am such an absolute imbecile when it comes to basic computer knowledge that i simply dont know how to do it!

Basically, copy and paste the save folder to somewhere else on the computer every so often.

danniemcq · 25-11-2011 8:51am

i'm fecking delighted and its got nothing to do with results. The computer i used to use i thought was kinda some way decent, the first few rounds of the FA cup could take maybe 5 mins for the results to all generate and even saturday games in the PL would take a fair while.

Built new computer recently and got FM going on it last night. sweet jesus i barely have time to blink before everything is done, gonna be flying through the season now! can even watch in 3d now (although its terrible when you see some of the misses that were only hinted at when it was all dots)

BeanFlicker · 25-11-2011 8:46pm

Lads didn't want to start a new thread...

I corrupted my save file, is there any way to fix it or have I caused myself extreme emotional pain?

Any help greatly appreciated

Meglamonia · 25-11-2011 11:29pm

Where's the cheapest place to buy it?

BeanFlicker · 25-11-2011 11:34pm

Meglamonia wrote: »

Where's the cheapest place to buy it?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Football-Manager-2012-Mac-DVD/dp/B005HGG006/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322260429&sr=8-1

£17

Meglamonia · 25-11-2011 11:39pm

BeanFlicker wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Football-Manager-2012-Mac-DVD/dp/B005HGG006/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322260429&sr=8-1

£17

Brilliant price but can't wait any longer to get it!Has to be done tomorrow

tvercetti · 26-11-2011 1:36am

Won the League in the second season at Newcastle, pretty strong squad built, did poorly in the cups. Sir Alex is after retiring and most the Man U coaches were released so I picked up a few of them, strong in that department now too.
After signing Leandro Damiao, needed a top striker. Would love to add Papadopolous (Greek Centre Back from Schalke) too but they want over £25 million.

danniemcq · 26-11-2011 3:42am

BeanFlicker wrote: »

Lads didn't want to start a new thread...

I corrupted my save file, is there any way to fix it or have I caused myself extreme emotional pain?

Any help greatly appreciated

any chance you had an autosave set up, you might lose a few matches but you might get lucky

EdenHazard · 26-11-2011 4:11am

tvercetti wrote: »

Won the League in the second season at Newcastle, pretty strong squad built, did poorly in the cups. Sir Alex is after retiring and most the Man U coaches were released so I picked up a few of them, strong in that department now too.
After signing Leandro Damiao, needed a top striker. Would love to add Papadopolous (Greek Centre Back from Schalke) too but they want over £25 million.

i hope your an unbelievable player coz if not i dont like the sound of that. 2 seasons for a team like newcastle should be solidifying a top 7 place, mayb on the fringes of fourth and with luck mayb somehow sneaking into cl places. i mean chelsea man city united, not including liverpool and arsenal or spurs should be massive obstacles so unless you have a massive budget i think this is unrealistic. in a league like bundesliga mayb where league is even this would make sense but not in england.

tvercetti · 26-11-2011 4:25am

EdenHazard wrote: »

i hope your an unbelievable player coz if not i dont like the sound of that. 2 seasons for a team like newcastle should be solidifying a top 7 place, mayb on the fringes of fourth and with luck mayb somehow sneaking into cl places. i mean chelsea man city united, not including liverpool and arsenal or spurs should be massive obstacles so unless you have a massive budget i think this is unrealistic. in a league like bundesliga mayb where league is even this would make sense but not in england.

if you scroll back to page 33 you can see my first season squad and I took them to second, at the end of the first season theres alot of players going cheap and even free, the likes of anelka, muntari, gago, adebayor, not that i bought all those players. At the moment Arjen Robben is a free agent, Fernando Torres is available for less than 10million and Tevez is available for 5 million (obviously wages will be an issue), in my case i made signings with payment spread out through future initiatives, i will post some squad screenshots in the near future.

roosterman71 · 26-11-2011 11:15am

Genie Scout 2012 is out now. You can get it here

I won't be able to try until tomorrow (going to cut up some timber to keep me warm for the winter) so let us know if its any good

Sgt Pepper 64 · 26-11-2011 2:53pm

The first 2 mins!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does everyone else find that a lot happens in most games in the first 2 mins?

I'm seeing a lot of early goals, for both sides, injuries that force a sub and players sent off (Usually mine!)

What gives?? Very annoying :eek::eek:

gnfnrhead · 26-11-2011 5:29pm

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

The first 2 mins!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does everyone else find that a lot happens in most games in the first 2 mins?

I'm seeing a lot of early goals, for both sides, injuries that force a sub and players sent off (Usually mine!)

What gives?? Very annoying :eek::eek:

The most annoying thing that I've found is if you have a goal dissallowed, the opposition will almost always score on their next attack (or shortly thereafter). A double insult

Sgt Pepper 64 · 26-11-2011 6:18pm

Another bug?

This ones quite good though

My scouts have recommended a young Barca player, Oscar Zamora 17 years old, right winger\am

Looks quite a talent, have to pay 1.91m compensation
Scout says he will probably ask for wages of between 15 and 20k a week!

Yet when I approach to sign, he only wants 9k a week and I can get him down to 8.5!

Also, has anyione else noticed the high number of 14 and 15 year old "key players" who cost 20 million and more??!!!
I even found one that they wanted 40 million for!

Dempsey · 26-11-2011 6:22pm

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Another bug?

This ones quite good though

My scouts have recommended a young Barca player, Oscar Zamora 17 years old, right winger\am

Looks quite a talent, have to pay 1.91m compensation
Scout says he will probably ask for wages of between 15 and 20k a week!

Yet when I approach to sign, he only wants 9k a week and I can get him down to 8.5!

Also, has anyione else noticed the high number of 14 and 15 year old "key players" who cost 20 million and more??!!!
I even found one that they wanted 40 million for!

Information on a player usually becomes more accurate with the number of times that the player is scouted. Less scout reports, more guess work. Its intentional.

Meglamonia · 26-11-2011 6:37pm

Anyone know how to load the game into genie scout?

Dempsey · 26-11-2011 6:48pm

Meglamonia wrote: »

Anyone know how to load the game into genie scout?

In preferences make sure that the saved game file is not being compressed otherwise genie scout will give an error.

I havent used the genie scout in a while but the option to load a save game file should be easy to spot.

Meglamonia · 26-11-2011 6:51pm

Dempsey wrote: »

In preferences make sure that the saved game file is not being compressed otherwise genie scout will give an error.

I havent used the genie scout in a while but the option to load a save game file should be easy to spot.

Yeah I know where the option is but then it asks to find the saved game file which Is hard to do,for me anyway

Dempsey · 26-11-2011 6:57pm

my documents/sports interactive/fm2012/games

Meglamonia · 26-11-2011 7:08pm

Dempsey wrote: »

my documents/sports interactive/fm2012/games

Cheers thanks a million

mrmorgan · 28-11-2011 2:45am

What ever happened to Cherno samba?

EdenHazard · 28-11-2011 5:22am

essential downloads to make game better?

Mitch Connor · 28-11-2011 10:44am

Gave Ravel Morrison his Man United debut as a second half sub vs Man City in the Carling Cup - 89th minute winner in front of the stretford end. LOVE IT.

danniemcq · 28-11-2011 11:33am

Love that feeling of making a sub at either half time or just before the end and watch them then play a storming game or score the winner, really makes me smile.

Or thinking about bringing your striker off but deciding against it last minute and they then go on to score.

always feels especially nice if it was a player you scouted for or found through looking at stats and nurtured them to be that player everyone loves

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