Things that made you laugh in your game?

L'prof · 07-04-2010 6:55pm #1

Ramos to United

Clichy was only worth m at the time and City asked how much I wanted for him, I said m and they said no. Then I offered him to everyone for m and City came in with that bid. Didn't really want to sell him and haven't replaced him properly since but it was just too good to turn down!

I'll add more as I come across them, what are yours?

Yakult · 08-04-2010 12:55pm

Looking to buy Ashley young from Aston Villa for 16m. They turned it down asking for £44.5m. I rejected haha.

L'prof · 08-04-2010 4:09pm

R_H_C_P wrote: »

Looking to buy Ashley young from Aston Villa for 16m. They turned it down asking for m. I rejected haha.

I hate buying known players in this game!!! I usually end up spending ridiculous amounts of money on players who aren't a whole lot better than what I already have!

Frisbee · 08-04-2010 9:31pm

The transfer system is hugely flawed.

I wanted to buy Hamsik. Valued at 8.5M

They wanted like 48M. Ridiculous.

L'prof · 08-04-2010 9:58pm

Frisbee wrote: »

The transfer system is hugely flawed.

I wanted to buy Hamsik. Valued at 8.5M

They wanted like 48M. Ridiculous.

Did you have enough to get him or just leave it?

cashville · 08-04-2010 10:39pm

I disagree that the transfer system is flawed. If the player is on a long contract you have to pay more, just like if his contract is up soon you should get him for a reasonable price.

Look at Lyon in real life, if you ever want any of their star players they quote you around 50 million. Good way to keep the vultures out, Benzema, Diarra, Essien to name a few who went for massive transfers in recent times.

I wanted Hugo Lloris on it before, his value was around 25 million euro, I bid 35 and they came back to me with 110. I consider him the best goalkeeper in the world, why would you want to sell him if you had him? He's irreplaceable!

In my current game I have Mexes centre half, I wouldn't sell him for any money.

L'prof · 08-04-2010 11:23pm

cashville wrote: »

I disagree that the transfer system is flawed. If the player is on a long contract you have to pay more, just like if his contract is up soon you should get him for a reasonable price.

Look at Lyon in real life, if you ever want any of their star players they quote you around 50 million. Good way to keep the vultures out, Benzema, Diarra, Essien to name a few who went for massive transfers in recent times.

I wanted Hugo Lloris on it before, his value was around 25 million euro, I bid 35 and they came back to me with 110. I consider him the best goalkeeper in the world, why would you want to sell him if you had him? He's irreplaceable!

In my current game I have Mexes centre half, I wouldn't sell him for any money.

I dunno, selling a left back for £36.5m doesn't make much sense to me. I ended up paying £35m for his replacement which doesn't make much sense, imagine I hadn't chanced my arm and settled for £15m???

IvySlayer · 09-04-2010 7:34am

R_H_C_P wrote: »

Looking to buy Ashley young from Aston Villa for 16m. They turned it down asking for £44.5m. I rejected haha.

What? Negotiate! I was able to get him for around 20m in one game.

Frankie5Angels · 09-04-2010 11:55am

Decided to take control of Engerland for the craic, bringing them to the 2010 World Cup (obviously they were already qualified!).

Took Rob Green, Ben Foster and David James as my goalies, purely based on form for their clubs. Rob Green started as the first choice, performing admirably between the sticks, helping me guide my team to the quarter finals. Unfortunately, poor ould Bobby got an injury which ruled him out of the rest of the World Cup.

Disappointed though I was, Foster had been in sparkling form and I was confident he could do the job. I wasn't let down. Foster pulled off a string of saves in the semis v Spain and got us through. Fair play Ben, says I, you really helped us out of a hole. Preparing for the World Cup final, everything was going swimmingly until.....David James decides he's going to RETIRE THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WORLD CUP FINAL :eek::mad:, leaving me with one fit keeper!

Ploughed on anyway and was 1-0 up in the final v Italy, an evenly matched contest. All the subs used up and probably about 65 minutes gone and Foster decides he's going to make my life hell by getting injured and has to come off. Step up that King among men, substitute Tom Huddlestone, who goes in goals without a whimper (i stuck him in only cos he's about 7'5 and fills the goals!). Tom performs admirably and my Engerland team hold out to win the World Cup.:D:cool:

I swear, I almost cried!

Frankie5Angels · 09-04-2010 12:00pm

Frisbee wrote: »

The transfer system is hugely flawed.

I wanted to buy Hamsik. Valued at 8.5M

They wanted like 48M. Ridiculous.

How much did you bid?

I find if you use the scouts (depending on their ability/knowledge), they'll come back with an estimated price - one recent game they came back with 18.5m for Moutinho. I bid 20.5m to be sure and Sporting accepted it (my first marquee signing for Newcastle!!), I signed him and the rest, as they say, is history.

I think if I had bid around 17/18m then Sporting would have come back with an astronomical sum like 34m or something - i've seen it happen before.

SantryRed · 09-04-2010 3:26pm

Was in my fifth season with Shels and had a decent squad together. Had won the Premier Division three years running. Anyways, in my fifth season, I qualified for the group stages of the Champions League, that, making the final of all the other competitions I was in and having a few internationals for Scotland and Finland, I was left with 12 matches to play in 14 days. Absolutely ridiculous. I had been coasting the league but nearly blew it because of that fixture backlog! Won it by 4 points in the end

HalloweenJack · 09-04-2010 9:41pm

I'll never forget in one game one of the regens in the Dutch league was called 'Gerry Manders'. I found it quite hilarious.

Frisbee · 10-04-2010 1:30am

jasonorr wrote: »

Did you have enough to get him or just leave it?

I told them to stuff it and picked up Gourcuff for ~20M instead.

Yakult · 10-04-2010 3:17pm

Frisbee wrote: »

I told them to stuff it and picked up Gourcuff for ~20M instead.

I picked him up too. I dunno tho, he hasnt made the impact I thought he would. Picked up Edin Dzeko for £11.5m and he's played 50 games for me and scored 47 goals. Himself and torres up front (the pool) are lethal

cashville · 10-04-2010 5:03pm

R_H_C_P wrote: »

I picked him up too. I dunno tho, he hasnt made the impact I thought he would. Picked up Edin Dzeko for £11.5m and he's played 50 games for me and scored 47 goals. Himself and torres up front (the pool) are lethal

Nice strikeforce. Gourcuff is a strange one, he takes time to settle and it can be hard to get the best out of him.

L'prof · 12-04-2010 7:00pm

What was I thinking??? I should have accepted this ridiculously good offer!!!

IvySlayer · 12-04-2010 7:10pm

Just got offered 8.2 million for Bendter from Ath Madrid..

L'prof · 12-04-2010 7:13pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

Just got offered 8.2 million for Bendter from Ath Madrid..

Bendtner is worth £10.25m in mine but, that Renan offer was for a 6 month loan deal!!!

IvySlayer · 12-04-2010 7:16pm

jasonorr wrote: »

Bendtner is worth £10.25m in mine but, that Renan offer was for a 6 month loan deal!!!

Considering you spent 35 million on him, is he not first team? :pac:

L'prof · 12-04-2010 7:17pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

Considering you spent 35 million on him, is he not first team? :pac:

He is of course but, that much to loan my left back for 6 months??? I really should have taken it!

IvySlayer · 12-04-2010 7:25pm

jasonorr wrote: »

He is of course but, that much to loan my left back for 6 months??? I really should have taken it!

Could have back fired. Or he could have rejected it!

Liam O · 13-04-2010 2:04am

Saw Jason Cundy available as a youth coach in the game tonight, considered hiring him just so I could fire him...

Frisbee · 13-04-2010 11:09am

IvySlayer wrote: »

Just got offered 8.2 million for Bendter from Ath Madrid..

I sold him to Juve in my game for ~12M and then about three days later sold them Eduardo for ~14M. Juve have about 7 first team strikers.

Real and Barca have been consistentlyl offering me upwards of 25M for Clichy and the same for Walcott. Not a hope I'm selling Clichy but I'm giving Walcott this season as his last chance to show he can do it and if not he's gone.

IvySlayer · 13-04-2010 1:42pm

Frisbee wrote: »

I sold him to Juve in my game for ~12M and then about three days later sold them Eduardo for ~14M. Juve have about 7 first team strikers.

Real and Barca have been consistentlyl offering me upwards of 25M for Clichy and the same for Walcott. Not a hope I'm selling Clichy but I'm giving Walcott this season as his last chance to show he can do it and if not he's gone.

Walcott has been a super sub for me. Currently I play Van Persie as AMR and Dzeko up front. Van Persie is so injury prone that Walcott plays almost as much as him.

Last season 24 Appearences and 10 goals., this season 31 app and 14 goals!

L'prof · 13-04-2010 2:15pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

Walcott has been a super sub for me. Currently I play Van Persie as AMR and Dzeko up front. Van Persie is so injury prone that Walcott plays almost as much as him.

Last season 24 Appearences and 10 goals., this season 31 app and 14 goals!

I play van Persie as part of a front two and he's been a revelation!

145 goals, 38 assists and 42 MoM in 191(13) games over the last 4 seasons and this season still isn't finished!

Frisbee · 13-04-2010 3:34pm

I'm in college so can't check my stats but RVP has been unreal for me too, bangs them in for fun.

13-04-2010 11:56pm

Van Persie and Tevez are two of the best strikers in-game. Strikers with good teamwork are unstoppable! The usual finishing, composure, etc. stats are above average with them, but you'd almost think they couldn't miss.

Peyton Manning · 14-04-2010 2:26am

cashville wrote: »

Nice strikeforce. Gourcuff is a strange one, he takes time to settle and it can be hard to get the best out of him.

Played him at the top of a diamond formation in midfield for Barcelona in one of my saves. Definitely got the best out of him - finished as my top scorer on 31 goals!

L'prof · 14-04-2010 2:49am

Frisbee wrote: »

I told them to stuff it and picked up Gourcuff for ~20M instead.

Just got Gourcouff on a free, haven't been too impressed so far. Also got Yaya for £18m, he picked up 5 yellow cards and the automatic suspension by mid-October!!!

Frisbee · 14-04-2010 12:43pm

Archimedes wrote: »

Played him at the top of a diamond formation in midfield for Barcelona in one of my saves. Definitely got the best out of him - finished as my top scorer on 31 goals!

Gourcuff's long shots are unreal, I always set him to shoot from anywhere.

jasonorr wrote: »

Just got Gourcouff on a free, haven't been too impressed so far. Also got Yaya for £18m, he picked up 5 yellow cards and the automatic suspension by mid-October!!!

That's why I always have two good DM. I set them to Anchorman with aggressive tackling to break down play.

Frisbee · 20-04-2010 8:21pm

Just had a look at RVP's stats in my game there. Since I've taken over:

101 games - 76 goals :eek:

L'prof · 20-04-2010 9:25pm

Frisbee wrote: »

Just had a look at RVP's stats in my game there. Since I've taken over:

101 games - 76 goals :eek:

Fairly similar to my stats, Vela averages 20 in all competitions a year too you'll be delighted to hear!

Frisbee · 20-04-2010 9:37pm

jasonorr wrote: »

Fairly similar to my stats, Vela averages 20 in all competitions a year too you'll be delighted to hear!

He usually bags me around 12-15 alright.

He's mainly restricted to sub appearances though, and even then mainly on the LW rather than up top.

Yakult · 22-04-2010 1:06am

Started a new game today, decided to go with Portsmouth for a change. Got as far as december at mid table and they got taking over. You can guess what happened next, got fired as they wanted their own manager. Sickning.

HalloweenJack · 20-05-2010 10:24pm

Michael Laudrup took over at Juve in one game I was playing and his first signing was his son, Mads Laudrup, whose an average player but now a regular for Juve.

Nice to see nepotism is part of FM's AI.

The Volt · 23-05-2010 4:34pm

FM 10.3, shots to goals ratio in general.

Makes me feel like this.

Pepe LeFrits · 27-05-2010 8:05pm

Agreed. Goals are pretty hard to come by, I have to set my team to Overload attacking and very fluid to get decent scorelines. I'll win with results like 4-2, the opposition having about 3 efforts on goal while I'll have 35. I really wonder what SI pay their playtesters tbh.

What's the (****e) stuff all about in the original screenshot?

I just won a second consecutive treble and my club's value dropped from 1.6 billion to 199 million. I have 900 million in the bank. Odd.

Dempsey · 29-05-2010 3:22pm

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Agreed. Goals are pretty hard to come by, I have to set my team to Overload attacking and very fluid to get decent scorelines. I'll win with results like 4-2, the opposition having about 3 efforts on goal while I'll have 35. I really wonder what SI pay their playtesters tbh.

What's the (****e) stuff all about in the original screenshot?

I just won a second consecutive treble and my club's value dropped from 1.6 billion to 199 million. I have 900 million in the bank. Odd.

AFAIK numbers have a maximum possible value and it sounds like it rolled over in your game.

I think its a 32-bit integer but you'll have to google it for specifics

L'prof · 29-05-2010 3:59pm

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

What's the (****e) stuff all about in the original screenshot?

Haha, my screenshot is it? I didn't even realise it was there until a week or two after I had posted it. I just edit the nicknames of all players I want to cut from the squad, so that I can tell at a glance how much dead wood I have at the club.

L'prof · 07-06-2010 4:14pm

Great to see:

Yakult · 08-06-2010 1:49pm

Bohemians got into the group stages in my game. Too bad they just got 0 points. Still good to see them getting there tho lol

Liam O · 08-06-2010 6:53pm

R_H_C_P wrote: »

Bohemians got into the group stages in my game. Too bad they just got 0 points. Still good to see them getting there tho lol

Don't think that it's too likely in my game, I'm constantly leeching them for their savage regens

civis_liberalis · 10-06-2010 3:18am

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

I really wonder what SI pay their playtesters tbh.

F*** all.

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 23-06-2010 1:42am

Oh what could have been.:pac:
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Reganio 2 · 30-06-2010 3:14am

Class

wahmeister666 · 29-07-2010 3:31am

Frankie5Angels wrote: »

Decided to take control of Engerland for the craic, bringing them to the 2010 World Cup (obviously they were already qualified!).

Took Rob Green, Ben Foster and David James as my goalies, purely based on form for their clubs. Rob Green started as the first choice, performing admirably between the sticks, helping me guide my team to the quarter finals. Unfortunately, poor ould Bobby got an injury which ruled him out of the rest of the World Cup.

Disappointed though I was, Foster had been in sparkling form and I was confident he could do the job. I wasn't let down. Foster pulled off a string of saves in the semis v Spain and got us through. Fair play Ben, says I, you really helped us out of a hole. Preparing for the World Cup final, everything was going swimmingly until.....David James decides he's going to RETIRE THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WORLD CUP FINAL :eek::mad:, leaving me with one fit keeper!

Ploughed on anyway and was 1-0 up in the final v Italy, an evenly matched contest. All the subs used up and probably about 65 minutes gone and Foster decides he's going to make my life hell by getting injured and has to come off. Step up that King among men, substitute Tom Huddlestone, who goes in goals without a whimper (i stuck him in only cos he's about 7'5 and fills the goals!). Tom performs admirably and my Engerland team hold out to win the World Cup.:D:cool:

I swear, I almost cried!

Hahahaha thats the best story I've ever heard hahaha brilliant

L'prof · 04-08-2010 7:59pm

Mars Bar · 05-08-2010 12:03am

The fact that a 27 year old player I had in my Southend team kept getting call ups and playing for his U23 National team!

Liam O · 12-08-2010 8:05pm

once recently i had 13 shots with 0 on target. And the opposition scored with their 3rd shot or something. Nothing really you can do but laugh...

pablomakaveli · 12-08-2010 9:45pm

mars bar wrote: »

The fact that a 27 year old player I had in my Southend team kept getting call ups and playing for his U23 National team!

If it's for the Olympics they are allowed one or two overage players in the squad so that might explain that one.

Mars Bar · 31-08-2010 12:40am

pablomakaveli wrote: »

If it's for the Olympics they are allowed one or two overage players in the squad so that might explain that one.

Dunno why I only saw this now. No it wasn't the Olympics!

I really came in here to say that one of my players just scored a hat trick on penalties in one game and the same guy committed all 3 offenses on the opposing team didn't even get a yellow card!

Things that made you laugh in your game?

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