Football Manager 2015

Lord TSC · 24-03-2015 8:34pm

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

It's your midfield in the first one. Play messi as second striker even.

You could put pogba as dlp defending, I never put them as just a cm. tielmans could be AP with support.

****, just noticed that the roles weren't set on my midfield. Must have reset or something between seasons without me noticing :mad:

The Moldy Gowl · 24-03-2015 8:46pm

They reset to default if you move the position. I just go deep lying playmaker. Keeps you from the counter and your offense is OP

TheDoc · 25-03-2015 5:37pm

With the setup you have I'd have Ronaldo up front, with Messi on the right playing as Inside Forward and Cavani on the left playing Inside Forward(pretty sure he is right footed)

Or Cavani up top and then Messi and Ronaldo out wide as insideforward.

Basically, stop acting the dick and put Ronaldo up front

Lord TSC · 25-03-2015 9:25pm

TheDoc wrote: »

With the setup you have I'd have Ronaldo up front, with Messi on the right playing as Inside Forward and Cavani on the left playing Inside Forward(pretty sure he is right footed)

Or Cavani up top and then Messi and Ronaldo out wide as insideforward.

Basically, stop acting the dick and put Ronaldo up front

Ah, but then where does Depay fit in :P

*FirstWorldProblems

I've been "lucky" so far in that Depay and Ronaldo are juggling injuries, so not had all 4 available for stretches. Cavaini has the right side nailed down. He's doing really well there and I don't want to move him. On easier games, I'm playing with...

Ronaldo
Depay - Messi - Cavani
DiMaria - Pogba

On harder games, it's...

Ronaldo or Messi
Depay

Cavani
DiMaria - Tielmans
Pogba

Getting into the swing of things now; won return matches vs Pool and Arsenal, no goals conceded for 5 games on the trot now.

Pogba's fitness is atrocious though. Always getting messages saying he needs resting

TheDoc · 25-03-2015 10:54pm

YOLO

jayo26 · 26-03-2015 12:15am

TheDoc wrote: »

YOLO

Well the fans could of been a bit more excited about it lol.

TrustedApple · 26-03-2015 12:23am

In my game Paul Pogba when i signed him in my 4th season as man utd boss my Assistant only rated him 3 stars out of 5 ....... I wonder some times with this game.

17 games 7 goals 9 asts playing as a centre midfield playmaker 8.20 AVG rate.

Naymar my other 80 mil signing my god has been something else for me playing him up front with Borbosa 23 games and 31 goals AVG rate of 8.32.

I have found Vanja Milinkovic Savic who is 20 now for me is a extremely good back up keeper after 3 seasons on loan i gave him 9 games so far this season in cups matches 7.27 Avg rate i think he will end up replacing De Gea for me in a few years as his states are becoming huge

Bony has turned out to be a huge Bargain Signing from PSG 10 mil over Since last season Jan he has got for me at x mess in 39 games 21 goals and and 14 games where as a sub

Sirsok · 26-03-2015 1:35am

After spending so long getting threw 1 season with my 3 clubs my laptop crashes all together so I highly doubt I will be able to recover my game or anything on my laptop for that matter..... I am gutted

Oat23 · 26-03-2015 3:10am

I've just signed Andy Carroll on loan for my Hungarian team. I have no idea why he was interested. He earns more than my entire team, but West Ham are paying his wages for the rest of the season.
I paid a €600k loan fee for 15 league games + the cup, which is a lot. But f*ck it. Andy Carroll is playing for me in the Hungarian league! :pac:

TheDoc · 26-03-2015 12:35pm

For a second I read that as you having the option to buy him for €269m

Re; Messi, I signed him three hours before deadline. Happily sitting there content, and then just said ****it.

I had an offer accepted for Ronaldo of €35, but he is 32 and wanted 600k wages. Board only allow me give 450kmax and I had to tempt Messi with a 20m signing on fee, give his agent 20m and promise wage increase per year.

Already has 5 goals and 3 assist in three games haha

Mars Bar · 26-03-2015 4:58pm

My hard drive failed so I had to get a new one but thankfully I had my game backed up and all I had to do is go through the summer transfer window again.

My problem is that copying and pasting the logo, kits and flags folders in to the graphics folder doesn't appear to be working.

Mars Bar · 26-03-2015 5:53pm

My star player is becoming increasingly injury prone as the seasons go on.

Guffy · 26-03-2015 8:26pm

Mars Bar wrote: »

My star player is becoming increasingly injury prone as the seasons go on.

Ara buy a new one sure

Oat23 · 26-03-2015 9:41pm

Andy Carroll is sh*te. 2 goals in 10 games and then he got injured for the rest of the season.

Money wasted. I shouldn't play at 2am

Lord TSC · 27-03-2015 11:51am

3rd Season Update

Capitol Cup won.
Top of league (but even points with Chelsea, but I have a GD of 75 so....).
Semi-finals of FA Cup
Quarter finals of Champions league.

Ronaldo just hit his 60th goal of the season in March. Messi out for 2 months

Depay and Cavani both at 20 goals in 25 matches.

The Moldy Gowl · 27-03-2015 12:23pm

Ronnie scored 60 goals in my one as well in 41 games.. He was out injured or 12 weeks though.

Barbosa stepped up and scored 41 in 38 games and still can't get into the Brazil team. His first real proper season

I have 100 million to spend now going into my 5th season I think because I'm not cheap and like my players to be paid well. I don't think I need anyone. I have cover for everywhere.

Think I'll just spunk it all on youth players.

TheDoc · 27-03-2015 12:50pm

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

Ronnie scored 60 goals in my one as well in 41 games.. He was out injured or 12 weeks though.

Barbosa stepped up and scored 41 in 38 games and still can't get into the Brazil team. His first real proper season

I have 100 million to spend now going into my 5th season I think because I'm not cheap and like my players to be paid well. I don't think I need anyone. I have cover for everywhere.

Think I'll just spunk it all on youth players.

I made a mess with Barbosa, just can't fit him into my team and can't really sell him cause it would be a massive loss. And he is not happy with Lewandowski being ahead of him.

Me and my one striker formations

Lord TSC · 27-03-2015 12:56pm

I never get Barbosa to work. He always seems so underwhealming in my saves

The Moldy Gowl · 27-03-2015 12:57pm

I'm playing with one up top as well. I have Ronnie. Barbosa and Wilson. Tried loaning Wilson out in jan but to no avail, he only got about 15 appearances this season.

If I have 2 matches close together I'll swap my team completely especially if I have a cl match so my second team players get a good load of games. I'll change them if their fitness is below 90.

The Moldy Gowl · 27-03-2015 12:59pm

Lord TSC wrote: »

I never get Barbosa to work. He always seems so underwhealming in my saves

Yes. I get that too. Seems underwhelming but he still score 40 goals last season. He isn't as consistent as I would like. He might go 2 games without scoring and them get 3 the next game.

I'm gonna keep him and train his finishing. Got him for 10 million.

Internet Friend · 27-03-2015 12:59pm

Update from Barnet! Won UEFA Super Cup, Club World Cup, Capitol One Cup and Champs League for 2nd year in a row, ended up 4 points off top but starting to catch United

Still searching for that elusive Premier League win! This year...

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

Think I'll just spunk it all on youth players.

I've just started doing this now. Very happy with the first team I have now and they're all happy at the club. I've found that in the later seasons, 26/27/28, the regens are of really poor quality, so have been trying to hoover up any good prospects my scouts flag (which have been few and far between). Have at least a future first team between the players in my u21 and u18 squads, some whom I've started introducing to the first team this season.

I've decided this year to not allow any of my u21's, who have over 3 star potential, out on loan and will them as much first team exposure as possible. I also found being involved in so many cups last year that my first team got v.tired and that cost us the league. Most of my young lads were out on loan so didn't have many rotation options!

Lord TSC · 27-03-2015 1:31pm

Ok, I think my game is broken.

I got a question about being one win away from winning the league, and at the preview for the next match, it reiterated I only need to win the next match to win the league.

It's match 31 in the league and Chelsea are only 1 behind me :S

The Moldy Gowl · 27-03-2015 1:32pm

The doc an lord tsc are off recruiting more man utd teams.

Who needs diversity when we have 5 Ronaldos

Mars Bar · 27-03-2015 5:49pm

It's 18 games in to the season and Reginna are top of Serie A by seven points. Juventus are in second. Will this be my season?! Will I finally win that elusive title?

I'd want to. I'm expected to win the CL and Serie A this season!

Lord TSC · 27-03-2015 9:20pm

Would imagine this will be my last update here for a while; this is how my third season wound up at Man United.

Player Apps Goals Assists

Not really much else to do then. Will probably go back in a few days, but I just got the Bioshock Trilogy from Steam, so might go play that for a while.

Mars Bar · 28-03-2015 4:42pm

7 games left and I'm 17 points ahead. I'm beginning to dream.

Mars Bar · 28-03-2015 7:19pm

I did it!

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Playing Juventus in the Champions League final next.

I'm gonna have so much fun upsetting the best players in the world over the summer by declaring an interest in them! :pac:

ElChe32 · 28-03-2015 7:27pm

There is nothing like unsettling a player especially when their manager is a twát!

Mars Bar · 28-03-2015 7:56pm

Bet Juventus 4-2!

My new stadium is nearly ready too. My next goal is to get a great a youth system going and have regular players coming through.

v3ttel · 30-03-2015 4:36pm

I'm about halfway through my second season now. I just beat Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal (twice in the League Cup semi-final) in a ridiculously hard run of fixtures and I was top of the league. During the January transfer window I made an offered for a player, and the game crashed. My rolling save frequency needs to be higher, as I was put right back before that insanely tough run.

It crashed at a point just before a cup draw. I originally had Middlesborough away, and now I've Liverpool instead. The game has really screwed me over with that! :pac:

I've tried to stick to 2 players per position, with the added bonus that most are flexible to provide cover somewhere else in an injury crisis. My squad is:

GK: De Gea, Savic, Amos
RB: Dani Alves, Rafael
CB: Benatia, Balanta, Evans, Smalling, Rojo
LB: Shaw, Blind
CM: Strootman, Lucas Silva, Lucas Romero, James Ward-Prowse
LW: Depay, Nani
SS: Rooney, Januzaj
RW: Di Maria, Mata
ST: Ibra, Van Persie

Usually play 4-2-3-1. It's good that my SS, LW, RW are really flexible. All of them are capable of playing everywhere across there, and Rooney can obviously play at ST or SS.

I have Tielemens, Wilson, Zaha, Andreja Zivkovic out on loan. Dani Alves was a free transfer, and Ibra didn't have long left on his contract, so only cost a small fee. Gotze is also joining after deciding to leave Bayern on a free. I signed Lucas Silva on a whim - I would have been happy to keep Tielemens, but he has 17 long shots and has scored a few from 35 yards. Van Persie and Ibra are both 33 or 34 now, so they need replacing.

The one downside is that Phil Jones left me on a free transfer to go to Arsenal. I've done much better since I replace Giggs with Steve Round (the only assistant available who had decent stats and a world class reputation).

The one thing that is annoying is that I have to pay absolute top dollar for a player (32 million plus add ons for Strootman), and I get offered a fraction of the value. 1.2 million for Fellaini (worth 8), 2 million for Blind (worth 14), 10 for Mata (worth 28.5).

If I manage to win the league and a few trophies over the next few seasons, I'll probably go back and start with a small club somewhere.

Mars Bar · 31-03-2015 8:51pm

Another season down with Reginna. Thought I was gonna do a back to back in the Champions League and that would have been a quintuple success for the season but I lost to Inter Milan.

Still, it was a great season and Reginna are now the no.1 club in Europe!

Oat23 · 31-03-2015 10:37pm

http://streamable.com/z1x5

Best goal I've scored on FM in a few years I'd say.

v3ttel · 31-03-2015 11:59pm

End of the third season, Granada made the Champions League Final.

Raymond Pest · 01-04-2015 4:14pm

Just got April fooled by the game today. Board gave me 600million to spend on players then took it all away

SureYWouldntYa · 02-04-2015 7:55pm

What's the best logo/face pack out there ? Have access to good internet for the night so gonna take advantage of it

Mars Bar · 02-04-2015 9:58pm

10 games in to the new season and I have twice finished with 9 men!

Maximus Alexander · 03-04-2015 12:38am

I'm managing Leyton Orient in League One, but I went to have a look at United's U21s to see if I could get anyone on loan. As I looked at their squad, I noticed that Falcao had 3 starts, 2 sub appearances and... 8 goals. :pac:

bigron2109 · 04-04-2015 8:27pm

Love rebuilding a new team and coming up against your old team in a final and winning.

RossieMan · 04-04-2015 9:58pm

sorted.

bicboy6666 · 09-04-2015 10:42pm

ok so i just spent 76 million on players now sterling wants to leave due to lack of transfer activity.... wtf ?!?!

Baggly · 10-04-2015 11:12am

Art kinda immitating real life. He just wants away one way or another

citytillidie · 10-04-2015 1:46pm

Just bought the full classic version for iPad must get a decent run at it

Colemania · 10-04-2015 1:59pm

citytillidie wrote: »

Just bought the full classic version for iPad must get a decent run at it

How much did it cost? i'll probably get it eventually

Reganio 2 · 10-04-2015 4:36pm

20 quid by the looks, the Internet keeps cutting off on my ipad so can't do the system update and you need to have latest version to play the game. Can't wait, hope it's basically the normalpc game on ipad.

TrustedApple · 10-04-2015 5:12pm

Just about to start my 5th season as man utd boss.

Sold a few players who didn't work out this summer like Paulo Dybala who i paid 5 mil had a shocking scoring rate for me in over 80 games for me got only 25 goals but magically got 30 mil back for him.

Humam Tariq picked him up for 300K loaned him out for the past 4 years at 1 mil for a season long loan and sold him for £15 mil so quite a lot of profit made on him

Kenedy who has been another Flop for me just played bad if i played him up front or as a winger with me for 2 seasons and has played maybe 20 games and just never fitted into my team payed i think 15 mil for him sold him for the same witch was extremely lucky

But there is one guy i haveint a clue who he was to i went and looked at his records for a a 20 year old. His name is Luka Jovic has something like 30 + goals a season for the past 4 years and is going to cost me £53 mil pounds to sign him. Has anyone ever bought him and how did he get on for them ?.

I sold Bony to buy this guy. Bony was a bargain at £10 mil for me got £35 mil back for him after a season and 1/2 and is now 30 years old.

Brought in Jack Wilshere on a free who is going to be a backup midfielder on a extremely cheap 5 year contract of 35K a week He is still only 26. So could work out a bargain.

Also signed Cristiano Ronaldo for £15 mil quite a bit considering he is now 33 and not the youngest but is quite handy to have in the team as he can play up front and on both wings

But i think i have been finding is that my game isn't making any good Computer Gen players there all really bad notting of 5* star penten coming trow any where in the world witch is extremely odd as in past games i have always had 3 or 4 world class ones in my team at this stage. Has anyone else been finding this ?.

Degag · 11-04-2015 1:52pm

Lol, just noticed that Everton drew with Real Madrid in my game - thought that was strange cause Everton didn't finish in the top 4 and Madrid surely didn't miss out the Champions League.

Turned out that Everton won the Europa League and now there are 5 English teams in the Group Stages. Was pretty sure if that happened they replaced the 4th qualifying team IRL?

TimRiggins · 11-04-2015 1:57pm

Degag wrote: »

Lol, just noticed that Everton drew with Real Madrid in my game - thought that was strange cause Everton didn't finish in the top 4 and Madrid surely didn't miss out the Champions League.

Turned out that Everton won the Europa League and now there are 5 English teams in the Group Stages. Was pretty sure if that happened they replaced the 4th qualifying team IRL?

This year is the first year that an extra place is allocated for the winners of the Europa League. If a team wins the Champions League and finish outside they take 4th spot ala Chelsea taking Spurs spot in 2012.

Maximus Alexander · 11-04-2015 2:12pm

Anyone find 2015 harder than previous versions? I'm really struggling with Leyton Orient. The last time I played was FM12 and I took Crawley Town all the way to the Champions League. This time around I'm languishing in mid table in League 1.

Degag · 11-04-2015 2:20pm

TimRiggins wrote: »

This year is the first year that an extra place is allocated for the winners of the Europa League. If a team wins the Champions League and finish outside they take 4th spot ala Chelsea taking Spurs spot in 2012.

Yeah, that's what I thought. Made a mistake in the game so

Maximus Alexander · 11-04-2015 2:30pm

Degag wrote: »

Yeah, that's what I thought. Made a mistake in the game so

No that's correct. If an English team won the Europa League and finished outside the top 4, there would be 5 English teams in the CL the following year.

However, if an English team won the Champions League and finished outside the top 4, they would take the slot from 4th place, and there would still only be 4 English teams the following year.

It is possible now to have 5 teams from one nation in the CL.

Football Manager 2015

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