Tonton in the hole... tralalalaa...

thusspakeblixa

Hey all, just thought I'd start a thread for people like me who've been playing for a while and remember those players that were completely unknown but BRILLIANT.
My all-time personal favourite was Ton-ton Zola Moukoko of Derby County in 01/02. Saved my Derby County from relegation with 22 goals from ''the tonton hole'' just behind the front 2. I always bought him for every club I was with. He once scored the winner for my VfB Stuttgart in the Champions League Final!
In real life, he was a wasted talent. Was touted by pele as the player who would put African football on the map. After Derby he went to Scotland somewhere, then I lost track...
So any other Old Unknown Legends????
Nil Lamptey anyone???? Motlhajwa?????

leninbenjamin

i've only played CM4 before fm08. Matteo Brighi used always be the best midfielder in the game after a few seasons, was quite hard to get. won me a few leagues and champions league's he did. he's now with Roma but never fulfilled his poential fully tbh.

another legend of CM4 was Tijani Babingida, signed for a free at the start of the game he probably had the worst statistics of any player in the game yet never failed to get the crosses in. Paired with a good headerer for the striker, he'd nearly single handedly win every game in the lower leagues and continue to do so as you progress. no idea what the story with him was in real life.

thusspakeblixa

Tijani Babangida! Had him from 01/02 up till CM4! Legend! Always on the cheap or free too.
Think I bought Brighi too for Cagliari, a good solid player.
My favourite CM4 buy was an Australian called Kasey Wehrman, he was in the Roy Keane mould, bought him for spurs from Lillestrom and he ended up being my captain!

besty

Kennedy Bakicioglu from Hammarby anyone?

thusspakeblixa

Had him in CM4 as well I think for my Spurs.... and I bought him in FM06 but he was sh**e then. Eldar Hadzimehdomovic.... only I could spell that name... Played with Bacirkoglu at Hammarby AND in my Spurs team. I remember buying Morten Gamst-Pedersen from Tromso before he went to Blackburn for around 50k too...

bigeasy

cm 99/00 Andri Sigborsson legend

Melion

Andri Sigporsson
Maxim Tsigalko
Kennedy Bakirciouglu(now playing for Ajax)
To Madeira(simply the best CM Legend)
Peter Prospar
Simon Davies, Matthew Etherington, Gareth Jellyman(all in CM 3 i think and all at Peterborough)
Mads Jorgensen

SantryRed

Kiegan Parker in 01/02.

Always turns out brilliant in two years.
Chips in during the seasons with important goals all the time:D

Mark Kerr from Falkirk was unbelievable as well.

thusspakeblixa

Paul Di Giacomo from Kilmarnock in 01/02...
Alex Aguinaga... LEGEND

Pighead

Cerno Samba back in 2001 ish was an absolute legend for my Newcastle team. Him and Raul up front scored 60 odd goals between them in one magical season.

Bought him for my 2009 Barnet team a few weeks back but sadly the magic has gone at this stage.

thusspakeblixa

Cherno Samba of Millwall! Thems were the days!
In real life he once trialled for Liverpool but turned it down because he thought Chelsea would come a-knocking
... they didn't

Galvasean

Milan Osterc and Igor Pamic back in CM2. Get the two of them up front and you have 60 gaols a season between the two of them.

LouthMouth

To Madeira and Jaoa Paiva on CM 01/02. Best strikeforce ever. Paiva would even sign for Dundalk at the start, the clown.

Unearthly

CM 99/00 Simon Davies and Mathew Etherington could be signed for a few grand and become worldclass

thusspakeblixa

Jeez I could easily make a team out of this... Now THERE'S an idea...

Shamrogue

I remember Madds timm of Man United. Excellent youngster, scores a blast of goals after maturing a bit. Oh how i miss him now.
Fabian Brandy was excellent in previous years of FM but hes pretty poor now.
Moukoko was a legend, cherno too.

[Jackass]

Anatolli Todorov from Litex. His bro plays in the PL but you could get him from Bulgaria in the 05/06 (?) season...amazing striker and was only about 20 / 21 at the start and as far as i remember you could get him for around 1m. Not in the game anymore though!

thusspakeblixa

Shamrogue wrote: »

I remember Madds timm of Man United. Excellent youngster, scores a blast of goals after maturing a bit. Oh how i miss him now. quote]
There were a good few Man United youngsters from 01/02 that were brilliant. Mads Timm, Kalam Mooniaruck, Daniel Nardiello...
I bought Mads Timm recently in FM06 and he is still good!

Unearthly

Luke Chadwick was also excellent in CM 01/02

SantryRed

Yeah after the first season I always sold Beckham for at least 30 million and Chadwick was always beter than him after that.

Keith C

I remember castille (castillo??) in CM 04/05, young striker from man u, rake load of goals & argetinian striker called dominguez who was always a freebie at start of game

Melion

I remember John O'Shea being incredible in CM3, i used to buy him all the time.

SantryRed

Melion wrote: »

I remember John O'Shea being incredible in CM3, i used to buy him all the time.

Pity he ain't now:D.

thusspakeblixa

Willo Flood? Anyone? To this day an ok signing for me.

Beau

Dale Watkins, he was a player at some conferene club but no matter who I bought him with he would score countless amount of goals. Loved him.

Lafortezza

Nikiforenko AMC/F, play him behind the front 2.
Saviola and Martin Palermo up front, best pair of strikers ever.

thusspakeblixa

I'm back on FM06, just found Danny Graham. Bought him in January for 210k from Hearts (think he was Boro originally) and he scored 15 goals in 13 starts!

flyswatter

thusspakeblixa wrote: »

Tijani Babangida! Had him from 01/02 up till CM4! Legend! Always on the cheap or free too.
Think I bought Brighi too for Cagliari, a good solid player.
My favourite CM4 buy was an Australian called Kasey Wehrman, he was in the Roy Keane mould, bought him for spurs from Lillestrom and he ended up being my captain!

Unbelievably I can remember signing this guy for Drogheda! I think it was in CM4.

thusspakeblixa

flyswatter wrote: »

Unbelievably I can remember signing this guy for Drogheda! I think it was in CM4.

I signed him for Bohs on a free in CM4 too... actually had a good little side there, made it to the Champions League group stages, but alas, no further.

Bounty Hunter

both Litex forwards Todorov and Kakalov... cost about 4m combined yet good enough for any team in the game, goal machines.

and my original super-signing Martin Knutsen from Viking no idea which game but CM years back.

Juan Pablo

lafortezza wrote: »

Nikiforenko AMC/F, play him behind the front 2.

The greatest evah. Good old Sergui Nikiforenko, score bagfuls of goals from the hole. With the spine of Assana N'Diaye and Issac Okoronokwo behind him you'd be unbeatable. The question is, who was the better keeper, Dionosis Chiostis or Hugo Pinheiro?

Butra was always an old favourite when managing in the LOI, goal scoring sensation for my Bray team.

Pepe LeFrits

Anyone remember Chris Smith or (Dean?) Richards in CM2 95/96? They were both about 19/20, both strikers and both basically had 18-20 in every single stat except a technique of 1. Richards played for Torquay and I think Smith played for Wrexham or someone similar.

They were the absolute bomb in the lower divisions, and could be gotten for virtually nothing. One time I signed Smith for Man United, he struggled for goals a bit and then retired from football at the age of 21, despite me paying him about 5 grand a week!

thusspakeblixa

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Anyone remember Chris Smith or (Dean?) Richards in CM2 95/96? They were both about 19/20, both strikers and both basically had 18-20 in every single stat except a technique of 1. Richards played for Torquay and I think Smith played for Wrexham or someone similar.

They were the absolute bomb in the lower divisions, and could be gotten for virtually nothing. One time I signed Smith for Man United, he struggled for goals a bit and then retired from football at the age of 21, despite me paying him about 5 grand a week!

I remember richards... signed him in CM3 from Bradford I think... Did a great job in Division 3 and 2 but above that... not so good

Lafortezza

Juan Pablo wrote: »

The greatest evah. Good old Sergui Nikiforenko, score bagfuls of goals from the hole. With the spine of Assana N'Diaye and Issac Okoronokwo behind him you'd be unbeatable. The question is, who was the better keeper, Dionosis Chiostis or Hugo Pinheiro?

Butra was always an old favourite when managing in the LOI, goal scoring sensation for my Bray team.

Chiotis by a mile.
Anyone remember that Skalidis guy? SC from Greece, goal machine but a bit injury prone.

thusspakeblixa

lafortezza wrote: »

Chiotis by a mile.
Anyone remember that Skalidis guy? SC from Greece, goal machine but a bit injury prone.

There was a group of Greeks in 01/02 that were INSANELY good. Michalis Kapsis was my favourite, a DRC, my captain at Ipswich

Bubs101

The ones that I remember are

Selakovic
Kennedy Bakircoglu
Sharbel Touma
Lionel Morgan
Dionisis Chiotis

Loved those guys

besty

Lionel Morgan was another legend. He was available for 500k or something at the start of the game iirc from Wimbledon I think. Quality left winger.

Fizman

Can't believe i've read through this thread and havent seen one name in particular mentioned.

Ibrahima Bakayoko!! (i think the 98/99/00 champ or thereabouts).
Could get him for pennies from some french side and the treble was guaranteed! LOL

Been years since i've played this and im struggling to think of many names. Shame because i spent 80-90% of my life on this between the ages of 14-19!! :rolleyes:

Mitch Connor

Giampaolo Pazzini. 2001/2002 i think.

Somewho got him to sign for 3rd Division Sheffield United. (decided to take the challenge a good few seasons into the game)

Scored something like 650 goals in 5 seasons. Bringing me the Division 3,2,1 titles, 2 Premier League Titles, 3 FA Cups, 2 League Cups, 2 Uefa Cups and 2 Champions League titles. Pretty much by himself.

thusspakeblixa

Fizman wrote: »

Can't believe i've read through this thread and havent seen one name in particular mentioned.

Ibrahima Bakayoko!! (i think the 98/99/00 champ or thereabouts).
Could get him for pennies from some french side and the treble was guaranteed! LOL

Been years since i've played this and im struggling to think of many names. Shame because i spent 80-90% of my life on this between the ages of 14-19!! :rolleyes:

Ha you're not the only one! My Leaving Cert is BUGGERED because of FM.
Was that the Bagayoko that played for Everton?
With the chant ''Oooooooh Bagayoko, He comes from the Ivory Coast coast coast!''
... why do I remember these things...

Ruskie4Rent

Samba
Selakovic
Djordic
Chadwick
Hurtado
Miguel Cobas
Ivo
Kim Kallstrom
Toledo (Legend!! bought him off some lower division italian team- he ended winning most of the individual awards and helped win the CL for my Sporting Gijon team. Couldn't find him anywhere in my later FM games)

Pepe LeFrits

ahhh, Selakovic!

Just remembered, my mate always used to buy Dejan Petkovic in 95/96 and 96/97.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejan_Petkovic

He's had a colourful career!

Peyton Manning

One of mates who was on trial at Milwall a few years back actually met Cherno Samba and told him he was class in Championship Manager. He laughed and said 'I know mate, everyone says that'.

What went wrong. He's a free agent now after being released by Plymouth. Wasnt too long ago that Milwall rejected a bid by Liverpool, and United were sniffing around also.

Antoine Sibierski was class in 00/01. Going back even further, Georgie Kinkladze in 95/96. Brilliant

Peyton Manning

I also remember a game I had with Celtic in CM 00/01. I was into the year 2015/2016 and it was mostly regens. Simon Stevens and Matt Hilton were the Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole mark 2. Phenomenal pairing. With a midfield of Nuno Vieira and Nuno Silva aswell. There was a defender from Ajax too, called Djirk Jan in den Eng (what a name!). During my time there I had brought the likes of Raul, Figo, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Shevchenko etc. to Scotland. It improved the reputation of the SPL so much that Kilmarnock were regulars in the Champions League semi finals and Zinedine Zidane ended up as a scout at Hamilton!

Ah those were the days.

Xavi6

besty wrote: »

Kennedy Bakicioglu from Hammarby anyone?

SantryRed wrote: »

Kiegan Parker in 01/02.

Always turns out brilliant in two years.
Chips in during the seasons with important goals all the time:D

Mark Kerr from Falkirk was unbelievable as well.

Pighead wrote: »

Cerno Samba back in 2001 ish

Shamrogue wrote: »

I remember Madds timm of Man United. Excellent youngster, scores a blast of goals after maturing a bit. Oh how i miss him now.
Fabian Brandy was excellent in previous years of FM but hes pretty poor now.

thusspakeblixa wrote: »

I'm back on FM06, just found Danny Graham. Bought him in January for 210k from Hearts (think he was Boro originally) and he scored 15 goals in 13 starts!

Fizman wrote: »

Can't believe i've read through this thread and havent seen one name in particular mentioned.

Ibrahima Bakayoko!! (i think the 98/99/00 champ or thereabouts).

Ruskie4Rent wrote: »

Samba
Selakovic
Kim Kallstrom

Some cracking memories. Had every one of these players at some point or another. Couple more -

Victor Leonenko - Ukrainian striker from CM 97/98
Ole Tobiasen - Danish full back from Ajax
Mbulelo Mabizela - South African from Spurs. Play him DMC and you were sorted
Frddy Adu - sign him on a free when he was 12 and watch him develop into the best player in the game
Julius Aghahowa - legend when he was at Shaktar
Sebastien Frey - Unbelievable when he was 19/20
Vincent Kompany - Solid as a teenage defender
Anthony Van Den Borre - See above
Fernando Cavenaghi - Argentine striker who was available on a free in one of the CM's
Supat Rungratsamee - Young striker from somewhere like Singapore. Played for Pompey and was an unreal finisher at 16/17

Vokes

And to add to the list:

Taribo West - a definite 01/02 legend and for Free

Chiotis - Greek GK

Ze Elias - Hard as nails Brazilian DM playing in Greece (another 01/02 gem)

shoutman

I cant believe no one has mentioned the hadjuk split duo of Ivica Mornar and Alisha Asonovic (of derby county fame)

fullstop

Javier Saviola in 99/00 and also Christian Gimenez from Boca Juniors in the same year

Ruskie4Rent

SofaKing wrote: »

Taribo West - a definite 01/02 legend and for Free

It doesn't get much better than getting West and Josep Guardiola at the start of every game for free.

thusspakeblixa

Ruskie4Rent wrote: »

It doesn't get much better than getting West and Josep Guardiola at the start of every game for free.

AND Tijani Babangida