FM07 - Who'd you pick?

MrJoeSoap

...And how are you doing?

I've finally settled as Nottm Forest in League One, and I'm 6 points clear at the top after 36 games. Did fairly average in the cups, lost to Wigan on penalties in the League Cup 2nd Round and 4-1 Sunderland (very disappointing) in the FA Cup 3rd Round.

Have signed a fair few players but am planning a big clear-out at the end of the season to make way for some more new arrivals. Key player has been Andy Robinson, signed from Swansea, who has had 10 MOTM's and scored and created quite a few goals. Hoping to get his best mate Trundle soon too. Signed Teddy Sheringham in the January window and he's banged in a few cool finishes to keep my promotion campaign going. I'm finally hooked!

Vokes

Picked West Ham. Started with a 1.8mil transfer kitty So, didn't buy anyone at the start.

Long term injuries to important players at the start - Green, Ashton, McCartney, Beneyoun.

Played a counter-attacking 5-3-2 formation and started very poorly and as in the bottom 6 for the first 1/3 of the season. Criticised for my negative tactics by the fans

Had to sell come Janruary to get in some spending money. Didn't want to sell Mascherano as 80% of his fee goes to Corinthians :eek: But no such clause with Tevez so sold him for 18mil to Inter. So i was able to bring in the Russian sweeper Ignasovich plus youngsters Renato Augusto & Cardenas

Finally started to play well and finished 6th in the league. I think the key to it was in the A. Manager's Team Report where he says how well the team play as a unit - it took the best part of a season for it to go from something like "Players are confused with the new system.." through many stages to "Players are gelling as a unit".

Recently started 2nd season, in 15th spot, and am being criticised again for my negative 5-3-2 tactics

Fitzo

Started as Sligo Rovers in the Eircom League Prem. Made only 2 signings in my first season; Eddie Stanford a DL/AML as cover for my only left back at the club Keith Foy. He cost 2k out of a transfer kitty of 7k as well as Stephen Paisley from Longford for 1k. Made a fantastic start to the season, by going the first eleven games unbeaten(8 wins, 3 draws) and 4 points clear on top, as well as knocking Shels out of the League Cup on their own turf.:cool: However things started to go down hill from there, as my team lost form and went very inconsistent. A FAI Cup exit in the 2nd round at home to Finn Harps, was followed by dismal league form which saw a drop down and finish in 5th (missing out on Europe, by failing to get points at home to Longford (who were 8th) in the second last game, and a 5-0 hammering away to Cork for the last game of the season). I did get to the League Cup Final but lost 4-3 and pulling back from 3-1 to 3-3 with 8 minutes left only to concede in the 88th!:mad:

In my second season now with a transfer budget of 18k after selling Eddie Stanford for 35k and Chris Turner for 20k, which enabled me to buy Lee Morris for 10k from an English Conference side. Money not exactly well spent but not wasted either...:o

Out of all cup competitions, but 4th in the league and challenging for Europe with 4 games to go...also managed to sign a 16 y/o Welsh lad called Lee Cook, with no previous clubs, by swiping him under the noses of Bolton and Blackburn among others!:cool: Paul McTiernan has been banging in the goals with a very impressive league ratio of 26 played 22 goals. Not sure whether its time to go after this season to England or try and improve some more with them...we shall see....

Trippie

I went for milan, wasnt expecting the -8 points to make too much of a difference but with inter owning the entire world and the penalty i have found it hard to overhall them as they just keep on winning. Im one point behind with 6 games to go so its not too bad mainly because of two derby wins one 3-1 and the other 3-2.Beat barca 4-0 at home in the 1/4 final of europe to win 6-2 and now have a game against arsenal plus in the cup final against inter soon

Only had 8 million to spend but couldnt find anyone half decent for that so i spent my one foreign player signing for the season on cardenas and he has been sensational as inzaghi,gilardino and olivera got seriously injured in 2 games at the mid point of the season so i have been using a 3-1-2-3-1 formation with Cardenas, Kaka and Gourcuff my main points of attack and they having a blinder

trying to buy buffon to get the donkey out of nets coz he's not that dida-tastic for me, and im planning a clearout of all the junk defenders we have and hopefully will bring in oddo and barzagli

galwaydude

What is the new fm 2007 like lads? I havent played fm for about a year due to the fact i got married haha.

I wouldnt mind getting back into the game but its the type where you cant leave it after an hour. Will have to make do with hattrick:D

How do you manage it with GF's or wifes? Mine would be seriously pissed if i got in FM again.

bohsman

I started at Bohs, unfortunately I have way too much free time on my hands(its October 2014), It took 3 seasons for me to win the league, I got a few great young kids in from England - Kevin Barker up front, Treacy on the LW and Jonathan Franks on the right, eventually got financally stable after selling Joe Stevens to Portsmouth - the first player recomended by the ast mngr as one for the future, got us to the UEFA cup group stages, the CL group stages the following season, felt I couldnt bring the club any further and 3 of my players refused new contracts so I resigned and eventually took over at Mallorca who were bottom of the league half way through the season, managed to get them up the table and am aiming for European football next season, will probably go back to Bohs at some stage to try and get them to the next level in Europe.

michaelman

started with Liverpool, bought sol cambell for 4m off pompy.won league and champs league beating werder bremen in final on penalties.the game is far too easy.just started secound season bought jonathon woodgate, dani alves(36million) and theo walcott(11.5m).top of league cruising Walcott is unbelievably good.sold Alonso for 30million to Chelsea.Crouch scored 27 goals in my first season

bohsman

michaelman wrote:

started with Liverpool, bought sol cambell for 4m off pompy.won league and champs league beating werder bremen in final on penalties.the game is far too easy.just started secound season bought jonathon woodgate, dani alves(36million) and theo walcott(11.5m).top of league cruising Walcott is unbelievably good.sold Alonso for 30million to Chelsea.Crouch scored 27 goals in my first season

Start as Moor Green and see if you still find it easy, although I do think its a bit easier than 2006.

Dempsey

Picked Celtic,

€1.5M Transfer Funds, Wage bill on the limit. Cant get rid of Balde, Lennon, Thompson (high earners that are crap). Got restricted when offering Nakamura and Zurawski contracts now they want to keep their options open.

I will probably loose them on free transfers if I dont sell now

Staff is crap needed to go shopping for decent coaches and some scouts (robbed 3 of chelseas scouts)

Only signing was Vanden Borre for €2.5M

I have loads of league running too

el rabitos

well....

started as barcelona, won the league 3 time, 2 spanish cups, 2 spanish super cups, 2 euro super cups, 2 champions leage and 2 world club championships.

so...

i quit that **** and went to fenerbache for a year where i won the turkish league

then...

i let my contract run up (only signed for 1 year at fenerbache) and was offered the job at liverpool after rafa jumped to inter.

now i'm at the end of the season joint top of the league and in the champions league final.

might quit pool and try get forest back into the prem.

tetsujin1979

Picked Man City, no transfers, no staff changes, bar a new locally known fitness coach.
Finished 3rd in the league in my first season, sold off Thatcher and Mills (mainly because I hate them both in real life anyway) and bringing through most of the youth team.
Brought in Woodgate and John O'Shea in the close season and looking forward to the new season.

I agree it's a bit easier, was 1-0 down to Arsenal and beat them 3-2. Vassell scored 5 in one game against Watford! The injuries don't seem to be as common as in previous games, but there's seems to be a lot more serious injuries - broken legs, cruciate tears and the like.

Xavi6

I'm Wycombe Wanderers in League Two. First thing I did was sign 'The Tampon' Duncan Ferguson (In for a week, out for a month...). Got him on a free so was pretty happy. Stuck him up top with Tommy Mooney and naturally pleyed with a target man and direct passing.

Started off ok but became the draw specialists of the league. Soent most of the season hovering in the low playoff spots or just outside. Signed Bruno N'Gotty for free in January much to the dlight of everyone because of his experience.

Set up a link with Spurs which is handy for loaning players. 6 of my first eleven are loaned players though so when they all leave at the end of the season im fecked. Most of my first team are out of contract so it's gonna be all change. First to go will be this lad Torres who has been sent off FOUR times so far this season (I've eleven red cards in total).

As for addictiveness, let's just say I've been very tired in work lately!!!

Keith C

I picked Chelsea & won nearly everything, so i start again & picked the ultimate challenge
LEEDS UTD
After bout 15 games i'm 22nd in the league (media prdicted 1st :rolleyes: ), scored feck all goals, only siging i got was almunia GK from Arsenal & serginho (35 yrs old) WB/AML from milan, no premiership players will join me on loan e.g aldiare, warnock & to make matters worse the board have restriced my wages availible for loans to €975 per week!!
Playing an attacking 4-4-2.
Any suggestions on good players that will join me on loan??

Fitzo

Keith C wrote:

I picked Chelsea & won nearly everything, so i start again & picked the ultimate challenge
LEEDS UTD
After bout 15 games i'm 22nd in the league (media prdicted 1st :rolleyes: ), scored feck all goals, only siging i got was almunia GK from Arsenal & serginho (35 yrs old) WB/AML from milan, no premiership players will join me on loan e.g aldiare, warnock & to make matters worse the board have restriced my wages availible for loans to €975 per week!!
Playing an attacking 4-4-2.
Any suggestions on good players that will join me on loan??

had the exact same problem and got sacked! Best thing to do is get a good keeper

SpAcEd OuT

Juventus, doing quite well second in serie B despite 17 point handicap, bought Stephen Ireland and Vanden Borre, had my offer accepted for Juninhio and one for Baptista but in each case the board wouldnt give me enough to satisfy their wages

Xavi6

SpAcEd OuT wrote:

Juventus, doing quite well second in serie B despite 17 point handicap, bought Stephen Ireland and Vanden Borre, had my offer accepted for Juninhio and one for Baptista but in each case the board wouldnt give me enough to satisfy their wages

Ah good ol Anthony Vanden Borre. Many a team I have managed has included him. an absolute legend of the game, not quite in the class of Kennedy Bakircioglu though!

sofireland

hmmm two names i must check out there...

I've just started a season with Spurs, and i bought Ian Harte, Figo for £325k, and Alex the chairman was esp delighted with the Figo transfer.

So i'm looking forward to getting stuck in, its no fun really when you start as man u, should start as a mid table team and turn it round. Got a 14 million bugdet!

Re my partner, i don't work weekends, she does most of teh time so i play then, also she gets home much later than me during the week, so i sneak in an hour or two!

Keith C

Im trying to sign a 15 yr old player who's not connected to any club, however he cant get a work permit even on appeal, should i give up & presume he'll never get one??

MrJoeSoap

Keith C wrote:

Im trying to sign a 15 yr old player who's not connected to any club, however he cant get a work permit even on appeal, should i give up & presume he'll never get one??

I'd say that unless he's ridiculously talented there isn't much point. No harm in continuing to try though.

Wanton

sofireland wrote:

should start as a mid table team and turn it round.

i dont get to go mad indept into FM anymore, so that my career atm. floating around the leagues taking sleeping gaints and turning them into champs, then watch them nearly get relegated when i move onto the next league.
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Fm2006 saw me start with leeds to newcaslte to real madrid *handnt won anything in yrs and now its off to lazio! (while i wait to get my hands on FM2007, i reckon it will be West Ham for my first season there!)

Vokes

Wanton wrote:

(while i wait to get my hands on FM2007, i reckon it will be West Ham for my first season there!)

my advice: Tevez will get itchy feet - so sell him for > 15mil pounds for some spending money (West Ham are broke even after the inevitable board takeover). Plus, don't sell Mascherano, as he has a 80% sell on clause with Corinthians (meaning if you sold him for 20mil, you'd only get 4mil )

gustavo

Fitzo wrote:

Started as Sligo Rovers in the Eircom League Prem. Made only 2 signings in my first season; Eddie Stanford a DL/AML as cover for my only left back at the club Keith Foy. He cost 2k out of a transfer kitty of 7k as well as Stephen Paisley from Longford for 1k. Made a fantastic start to the season, by going the first eleven games unbeaten(8 wins, 3 draws) and 4 points clear on top, as well as knocking Shels out of the League Cup on their own turf.:cool: However things started to go down hill from there, as my team lost form and went very inconsistent. A FAI Cup exit in the 2nd round at home to Finn Harps, was followed by dismal league form which saw a drop down and finish in 5th (missing out on Europe, by failing to get points at home to Longford (who were 8th) in the second last game, and a 5-0 hammering away to Cork for the last game of the season). I did get to the League Cup Final but lost 4-3 and pulling back from 3-1 to 3-3 with 8 minutes left only to concede in the 88th!:mad:

In my second season now with a transfer budget of 18k after selling Eddie Stanford for 35k and Chris Turner for 20k, which enabled me to buy Lee Morris for 10k from an English Conference side. Money not exactly well spent but not wasted either...:o

Out of all cup competitions, but 4th in the league and challenging for Europe with 4 games to go...also managed to sign a 16 y/o Welsh lad called Lee Cook, with no previous clubs, by swiping him under the noses of Bolton and Blackburn among others!:cool: Paul McTiernan has been banging in the goals with a very impressive league ratio of 26 played 22 goals. Not sure whether its time to go after this season to England or try and improve some more with them...we shall see....

Keep us updated there Fitzo sounds interesting!
Im playing with one striker with Faz behind them and they are all pretty crap really !Still though i think i can make 5th my own

Ruu_Old

Just got the game today, took over at Reading. Been ages since I played this game. :eek:

Fitzo

Well i'm half way through, my 3rd season with Sligo Rovers and things are looking very well. My aim for europe was achieved (even if it is only Inter-Toto) after a 4th place in my second season in the league, thanks to an impressive 23 league goals in 30 league games by Paul McTiernan, who has really come into a league of his own.

But as i was saying, exactly halfway through my 3rd season, im Top of the table, 1 point clear of Drogheda, and i've had some impressive reults along the way including 4-0 at home to Shels(take that Ollie!:D ), 6-1 at home to Bohs, 5-2 at home to Derry, and a 1-0 win away to Shels (take that again Ollie!:D ) and 3-2 away to Pats. Paul McTiernan has kept up his goalscoring feats, with 13 in 15 so far, followed by Karl Bermingham with 8 in 13. I've also captured the signature of Keith Gilroy on a Free, as replacement for Brian Cash who left for Pats in the summer.

As i speak im just about to play my first Euro match, in the First leg against Artmedia...we shall see, how it goes...

and remember the young Welsh lad i told you about, well, he's 17 now, and broken into the first team, and currently being Pursued by;Villa, Birmingham, Middlesborough, Hibs, Bolton, Charlton amongst others!;)

bohsman

I ended up getting sacked from Mallorca, we got done for a Euro spot on the last day of the season and the new signings just didnt click, a couple of hammerings into the season Im out, end up swapping jobs with the Palermo manager who are sitting in 4th in Serie A and expected to avoid relegation but the club really needs European football as they want me to cut the wage bill from 300k to £500, managed to limp into an intertoto spot and qualified for the UEFA cup from there, havent been able to make any new signings but we have a top class youth system so Im hopefull we can make a good go at the UEFA cup and qualify for europe again, it could take a while to stabilise the clubs finances.

Dempsey

bohsman wrote:

I ended up getting sacked from Mallorca, we got done for a Euro spot on the last day of the season and the new signings just didnt click, a couple of hammerings into the season Im out, end up swapping jobs with the Palermo manager who are sitting in 4th in Serie A and expected to avoid relegation but the club really needs European football as they want me to cut the wage bill from 300k to £500, managed to limp into an intertoto spot and qualified for the UEFA cup from there, havent been able to make any new signings but we have a top class youth system so Im hopefull we can make a good go at the UEFA cup and qualify for europe again, it could take a while to stabilise the clubs finances.

You'll bust a nut to stabilise the finances and when you get things right, a takeover will come in.

Ruu_Old

Hilarious goings on at the Madjeski Stadium today. Had a league cup, 2nd round game V Hartlepool. Going 1-0 down (a controversial penalty, which I have been warned about by the FA) was bad enough but to have 4 goals disallowed for offside, we sneaked a goal in the 91st (3 minutes injury time).That sent the game to extra time at 1-1, we got another in the first half of extra time and they struck back with 2 in the space of 3 minutes, Hartlepool 3-2 Reading!

wheelbarrow

Keith C wrote:

Im trying to sign a 15 yr old player who's not connected to any club, however he cant get a work permit even on appeal, should i give up & presume he'll never get one??

Are you Graham Rix?


Must buy this game.

Fitzo

Well have just finished my third season with Sligo Rovers, and had a pretty successful one too.
League Cup and Carlsberg Cup Double, after beating Drogs 2-0 and Derry 3-0, respectively.A 3rd place finish in the league but could have been so much better.ended up 4 points behind champs Drogheda, after being on top for most of the season only to drop points against crappy mid table teams. Ah well.

MrJoeSoap

Got promoted quite comfortably with Forest in the first season, then finished 9th in my second having been in or around the playoffs all season. The third season started off disastrously and I was around the relegation zone most of the time, until I finally got sacked in November, which I thought was a bit harsh!

Anyway, a few months passed with some job offers from Lewes and the like in the Conference North/South, until I decided that the Cambridge offer was too good to turn down. Took control on the 8th of February, with the club in 14th position with 15 games remaining, way off the pace and in a fair bit of debt. Won my first game 4-0 and haven't looked back since. Couldn't buy/sell anyone because the deadline has passed, but got Ollie Cahill and Dave Tyrell on short-term deals as they were unattached, to add to Sean Hargan and Killian Brennan who I had inherited. Bit of an eL revival!

In the last 15 games of the season, I won 9, drew 4 and lost 2. The last day of the normal season was so dramatic, as I was away to York, who were top of the league. I had to win to secure a playoff place and they had to win to win the league. I snook it 2-1, coming from behind and finished 4th, meaning they finished 2nd and were in the playoffs with me.

Inevitably, we met in the playoff final after I won both legs of the semi against Mansfield. In the final I again came from behind, but could only manage a 1-1 draw, before winning a dramatic penalty shoot-out 6-5 after 8 penalties each.

Football League, here we come! Man I love this game!

Ruu_Old

Dumped out of the Premiership in my first season but sent Watford down on the last day and had a row with Harry Redknapp so I was happy.:) Rebuilding the team and hopefully will return next year, expect to win the Championship. The signs look good from the few friendly games I have played. I am still figuring things out after being away from the game for 6 years.

Diddy Kong

Originally when I got the game, I picked Arsenal, but found it kinda easy with them, winning priemership and CL..so decided to restart the game and play as Hearts.

Why?? Kinda bored of always having Celtic or Rangers winning. And thought it would be nice to work with a chairman that actually goes over your head. He wanted a big name player, and when i signed some young South American talent, he went spare and signed 2 Russian players!!

So into the season, won the league cup, and came 3rd in the premier division. So starting the second season, reckon if I either win the league or runnerup, i will just leave them and try bring another team up...

Xavi6

After two slightly underachieving seasons in League Two, my Wycombe Wanderers side are starting to fulfill their potential. Missed out on a playoff spot on the last day of the season by a single point. Delighted to say though that we are in and around the top four after 10 games of season three.

Gone are the old heads of Tommy Mooney and Big Duncan Ferguson and in have come two young strikers and the experienced James Scowcroft (bagged 4 goals in his first 5 games). Last season's runner up in the 'Signing of the Season' category Kieran McKenna continues to sparkle in midfield, mainly due to his creativity being 20. Other welcome additions have included Bruno N'Gotty at the back for free, Manchester City youngster Michael Johnson on loan as DMF, and former Fulham and Portuguese under 21 star Ricardo Batista. Batista is unbelievable in goal and seriously worth a look for anyone playing in League One or Two. Got him for free as well.

Stil have absolutely no money to spend but I'm making the most of the four season-long loan deals allowed. Fingers crossed for promotion!

(I'm also manager of Australia but it's sh1t because once the current crop start to retire there's no one coming through)

Wanton

well westham it is.

pre season is going well, althought next friendly is against real madrid.

didnt realise they had so many injured at the start of the season. playing a reserve GK who was for sale when i took over!

decided to try keep hold of tevez and his argie friend and see if i can make a go of it with them.

will report back at mid season!

lolkelly

michaelman wrote:

started with Liverpool, bought sol cambell for 4m off pompy.won league and champs league beating werder bremen in final on penalties.the game is far too easy.just started secound season bought jonathon woodgate, dani alves(36million) and theo walcott(11.5m).top of league cruising Walcott is unbelievably good.sold Alonso for 30million to Chelsea.Crouch scored 27 goals in my first season

Im surprised at this. in my first season with lpool, i couldnt get near to chelsea. they went the first 24 games undefeated in the prem! It was sick....also bellamey and kuyt dont score enough. crouch does get a lot though! What was your team????

NotWormBoy

Wanton wrote:

well westham it is.
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decided to try keep hold of tevez and his argie friend and see if i can make a go of it with them.

Tevez just bangs them in for West Ham, and Mascherano sits back well in midfield making the tackles and getting good ratings. But Tevez really is a goal machine. And only gets better too.

Dalli.S

started as leed utd,
got promoted pretty easily 8 draw 5 losses the rest wins.

brought in walker and sutton on frees and they did the job.
walker is great as a champioship goalie, only conceded 20 in the league. sutton was ok, cresswell scored most my goals.

am finding it annoying in the sense that expiring contract players wont join me even when i have won the league and its obvious that im getting promoted.
but that has been a problem in every game.
cant wait to get some money, only wanna make 2/3 signings.

hitzlsperger
collins john( as fulham have just been relegated) or a different stricker, any suggestions??
and i want a new centre back.
Just goot aliadaire on a free as he was released by arsenal.
i like this touch in the game........

bring on the premiership

MrJoeSoap

Season One - Promoted fairly comfortably from League One in first position with Nottm Forest.

Season Two - Lingered around the play-off positions for most of the season, ended up with a mid-table finish (9th).

Season Three - Started disastrously and I was around the relegation spots the whole time, wound up being sacked in November. Winter came and went and I was offered and took the Cambridge United job in mid-February with the team in 14th position with 15 games to go in the Conference, no money (£600k in debt), transfer window closed. Went on a sensational run, right until the last game when I beat the team in 2nd to get myself a playoff place and cost them automatic promotion. Won all three playoff games and was promoted.

Season Four - Like with Forest in my second season I lingered around 7th-10th all season but this time I made the playoffs. Again, I won all three games and was promoted. Third promotion in four seasons!

Season Five - Currently in progress, mid-table in League One but not looking like making the playoffs, which is probably a good thing because this squad really isn't going to cut it in the Championship. I'm raking in the money now so hopefully I'll be ready for the big jump come the end of next season. Nottm Forest currently top the division with the majority of players being my signings!

sofireland

Still in first season with Spurs
Bought Figo, Harte, and some full back called revelliere

Languaishing mid table at christmas, through to knockout stage of uefa cup...

Dalli.S

Just got my Transfer Budget for my season in the Prem.

£230,000...........

what am i meant to do with that.............

thats a signing on fee..........

anyways.........am looking forward to it.....

Whats annoying is that Barca just bought Tevez for £30mil off West Ham.
Do you think ill get that for Cresswell??

gimmick

I have just finished my first season with Leyton Orient. Took Aaron Burns on loan from man U, and he scored 17 goals between November and the end of the season. Tony Stokes from West Ham, a midfielder, who scored 8 goals, and always got a rating of at least 7. Plenty assists from him also. Finished 8th in my first season, which was way above expectation. I hope to push on now, and get automatic promotion next season. My baord have given me £120k this time, as opposed to £7k in my first season.

Quick and possibly silly quastion, can you do an individual player search? ie type in a players name? If so, where is it, because I cant find it.

MrJoeSoap

gimmick wrote:

Quick and possibly silly quastion, can you do an individual player search? ie type in a players name? If so, where is it, because I cant find it.

Should be in a little box in the top-left corner?

Ruu_Old

Got the sack from Reading today, I was in the quarter final of the league cup but was doing none too well in Championship.

Fitzo

Well...currently reaching the end of my fourth season with Rovers, and its been a bit of a roller-coaster season so far

League: A terrible start which saw me in 8th after 15, well off the pace, and where i wanted to be. But a change in fortunes saw me get 8 wins on the bounce and all of a sudden rise to 3rd, two points of top! But alas, 4 games without a win (3 of which, i should have put beyond all doubt, 3 points on the board) and my title ambitions are all but over, lying 10 points behind with 7 games left.

Cups:Well as reigning champions in both Carlsberg & League Cups, i expeced to have a good decent showing in both. But a shock 2nd round defeat to Dundalk at home, put paid to my hopes of regaining the Carlsberg cup:( League Cup im faring slightly better, through to a final agianst UCD after two penalty wins (Cork & Galway) and a semi final win against the Bohz.

Europe: Unfortunately i happened to get drawn against possibly the best team in the hat in the 1st Qualifying round of the UEFA Cup-Brondby. Press said how we'd go out and get hammered by a few goals. We proved them wrong. A 1-0 win away from home in the first leg had us sitting pretty! but the second leg wasnt so great..after going 1-0 up early on, i conceded early in the second half and then again with 20 mins to go...throwing everything and the kitchen sink at them, i conceded in the last minute again because my keeper went up for a corner which was cleared un fortunately!

will update again in Season 2010

Ruu_Old

Anyone ever get away with giving the ultimatum and not get sacked? I'm still in my second season after being sacked by Rotherham, doing very well at Bristol Rovers.

bohsman

Ruu wrote:

Anyone ever get away with giving the ultimatum and not get sacked? I'm still in my second season after being sacked by Rotherham, doing very well at Bristol Rovers.

Yes, I got extra money. The fans were in awe of my abilities, I could do what I wanted - I left due to glitches not allowing the club to go fulltime and the stadium never expanded, the board felt it was time to celebrate the glory days and wish me luck in the future when I resigned.

BlackWizard

Im with Liverpool.

Its been a lot harder than I thought. Sold: Alonso, Zenden, Dudek, Crouch, Riise
and Kuyt.
I bought a few players including Andrew Johnson and Freddy Adu. The others
I bought are doing well. Half ended up sh**e. Other half are either first team or
benched atm.

But for a "rich" club their transfer budget of 18million seems a bit stingy. Ive
saved my moneys and now have 24m.

Came 4th in my first season and now Im going to go for 2nd place. Just won
9-0 against Moscow

Anyone else managing Liverpool?

Zapp Brannigan

I'm currently playin two games. One on my pc, where I'm managing Liverpool quite succesfuly. I'm in my first season, brought in Ratinho as cover for Finnan and Bale. Currently lying in 2nd place behind Utd.
And on my Macbook I'm playing as AC. Signed Marcelo, excellent stats for 18. Had to fend off lots of interest in Kaká, but there's no way I'd sell him, he's amazing! Sitting in 4th position at the moment, that points deduction is a biatch! Also lost the derby against Inter 3-1, team got a right bollickin afterwards. I've also agreed to sign a young MC from Udinese (whose name escapes me at the moment), looks a great replacement for Seedorf.

Will report back in January!

Ruu_Old

'Arry Redknapp is one fiesty mofo, always looking for a row! Every other game he finds some other manager to take a shot at it seems.:)

dogg_r_69

I went for West Ham as well. Started well, things going nicely then Tevez gets injured but Aston started scoring instead In January of the 1st season 4th place 5 points off the top. Brought in Sergino on loan from Milan and Curtis Davis from Chelsea (They were just after signing him) I'm in the quarter finals of the Uefa Cup so things going nicely so far

Zapp Brannigan

Ok at the beginning of my 2nd season with Milan. Board were very generous with the transfer kitty and I got myself 2 new players. Fernando Torres, a steal at 20 million, though he was valued at 30 million at the time. (a possible bug?) and Dani Alves for 34.5 million slightly over-priced but my scouts were raving about him.
So far they've adjusted well, Alves slotted right in to the back. Torres isn't scoring much but he is getting alot of assists, I'd say come January he'll settle in for real and start scoring for fun.