Football Manager 2018

ELM327 · 26-03-2018 9:28am

For the first time ever I noticed a "protest at sale" button when the chairman accepted an offer of €120 million for Dembele at Celtic.
And I used it, they rejected the offer and i didnt get fired!

Sin City · 26-03-2018 9:49am

ELM327 wrote: »

For the first time ever I noticed a "protest at sale" button when the chairman accepted an offer of €120 million for Dembele at Celtic.
And I used it, they rejected the offer and i didnt get fired!

€120 mill can but you a much better striker

Id have let him go

threein99 · 26-03-2018 9:53am

ELM327 wrote: »

For the first time ever I noticed a "protest at sale" button when the chairman accepted an offer of €120 million for Dembele at Celtic.
And I used it, they rejected the offer and i didnt get fired!

I got him for 15 million on my Milan save

OptimusTractor · 01-04-2018 8:34pm

Anyone else get stung by that April fools prank that the board were giving you £500m.

ELM327 · 02-04-2018 8:52am

Sin City wrote: »

€120 mill can but you a much better striker

Id have let him go

Not at Celtic it won't, I'd say he's better than what the club could buy in based on reputation.

he's in year 3 of a 7 year deal (club options FTW) so no need to sell him yet. Same with Kluivert and one or two others

Mtx · 02-04-2018 12:34pm

I'm still playing fm2015, is fm2018 any good?

OldMrBrennan83 · 02-04-2018 12:46pm

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davyboy1975 · 02-04-2018 12:49pm

Just started a new save as accrington stanley so should be fun. Am top after 6 games and knocked bolton out in the carabao cup before getting beaten by leeds in next round

Mtx · 02-04-2018 1:45pm

So fm2018 isn't worth it?

Xenji · 02-04-2018 1:51pm

Mtx wrote: »

So fm2018 isn't worth it?

No, I am sticking to FM17.

Mars Bar · 02-04-2018 2:47pm

I couldn't stand 2017 but I'm enjoying 2018. The scouting is an awful lot of work though.

Mtx · 02-04-2018 4:03pm

In fm15 I'm still playing with the tiny Basque club sestao river. Very hard to dismantle the top 4 in the liga BBVA

Mc Love · 03-04-2018 11:46am

Mars Bar wrote: »

I couldn't stand 2017 but I'm enjoying 2018. The scouting is an awful lot of work though.

I'm the same - couldnt stand 17 but finding 18 more enjoyable even though as MB said the scouting is a bit of work.

Mc Love · 04-04-2018 11:11pm

Fecking brexit

Mc Love · 06-04-2018 10:14am

Good start to my second season in the premier league, beat the champions Manchester United 2-1 at home, even though they really should have won, but they kept missing, I really couldnt quite believe it.

ELM327 · 06-04-2018 10:34am

My Celtic saga continues.
Winning the league etc every year but struggling to get past the group stage in the champions league.
I lost out by one point thanks to an 89th minute goal away to CSKA this year.
The board are happy because I keep winning the domestic competitions - the league and one or both cups (generally play the youth team in the cups) - but my stated aim (in my head) is to win the champions league.

Sin City · 06-04-2018 10:46am

My game (the one I was messing around with the editor) Messi has joined Limerick FC (albeit an aged Messi)

ELM327 · 06-04-2018 10:51am

Sin City wrote: »

My game (the one I was messing around with the editor) Messi has joined Limerick FC (albeit an aged Messi)

Yes I've seen a few strange transfers when players get old. I've had Ashley Cole, Wayne Rooney, David Silva as player/coaches at Celtic... and I still have Fernandinho as a relatively competent player.

The chinese teams sign some EU players in my games at ridiculous wages, although that seems to be happening in reality too.

Sin City · 06-04-2018 10:56am

ELM327 wrote: »

Yes I've seen a few strange transfers when players get old. I've had Ashley Cole, Wayne Rooney, David Silva as player/coaches at Celtic... and I still have Fernandinho as a relatively competent player.

The chinese teams sign some EU players in my games at ridiculous wages, although that seems to be happening in reality too.

Its strange alright seeing the big names see out the twilight of their careers at smaller less glamorous clubs

It helped that I gave the LOI excellent training and youth facilities

LOI is generating some wonderkid regens

(unrealistic I know but still fun to see where they pop up in the game and if the bigger clubs find them)

threein99 · 09-04-2018 12:07pm

Got sacked midway through my second season with Milan. Loads of my players wanted to leave after the first season despite finishing second and getting into the CL. I refused to sell as I was given a tiny transfer budget and only 35% of transfer revenue so wouldnt have been able to replace them. Big mistake, I had a mutiny on my hands :rolleyes:

ELM327 · 18-04-2018 10:47am

Sin City wrote: »

€120 mill can but you a much better striker

Id have let him go

ELM327 wrote: »

For the first time ever I noticed a "protest at sale" button when the chairman accepted an offer of €120 million for Dembele at Celtic.
And I used it, they rejected the offer and i didnt get fired!

ELM327 wrote: »

Not at Celtic it won't, I'd say he's better than what the club could buy in based on reputation.

he's in year 3 of a 7 year deal (club options FTW) so no need to sell him yet. Same with Kluivert and one or two others

So.. received an offer of €160million from AS Monaco for him, with addons too. Interestingly the board did not get involved in this offer, despite the club being ~20 mil in the hole.
Sold, and have invested the money in a couple of bosman signings, but the main amounts went to new youth facilities, training facilities, expanding the stadium to 70,000 (€50mil).
I've also started scouting south america heavily as the regen youth prospects are brilliant. I've bought a few under a million and sold some of those for above 15-20. Which in Scotland is more than the TV revenue and the SPL prize money combined!

Mc Love · 18-04-2018 11:05am

ELM327 wrote: »

I've also started scouting south america heavily as the regen youth prospects are brilliant. I've bought a few under a million and sold some of those for above 15-20. Which in Scotland is more than the TV revenue and the SPL prize money combined!

Let me guess - no Brexit or a soft Brexit? It's an absolute bollocks if you have a hard one as I'm finding.

ELM327 · 18-04-2018 11:10am

Mc Love wrote: »

Let me guess - no Brexit or a soft Brexit? It's an absolute bollocks if you have a hard one as I'm finding.

I was told I had a hard brexit, everyone non british needs a work permit.
But the rules seem easier than before, like they seem to take U21 into consideration or something.

Mc Love · 18-04-2018 11:33am

ELM327 wrote: »

I was told I had a hard brexit, everyone non british needs a work permit.
But the rules seem easier than before, like they seem to take U21 into consideration or something.

Not in my hard brexit - and my board havent given me the opportunity to select the affiliate club myself so cant pick one to help speed up the process even though it makes no difference. I have reminders set up for Work Permit applications. It's fair bad. Almost thinking of leaving Blackburn despite getting them from League One to the Premier League.

Sin City · 18-04-2018 11:48am

Moved from Limerick to Granada in my new save
bloody Spanish minimum release clauses

R Madrid just keep buying my best players just to stock pile

Mc Love · 18-04-2018 9:02pm

Sin City wrote: »

Moved from Limerick to Granada in my new save
bloody Spanish minimum release clauses

R Madrid just keep buying my best players just to stock pile

That's some move. How did you get on with Limerick. I normally start a career game with them. For the first time in ages I started with Blackburn seeing as they were in league 1.

SureYWouldntYa · 18-04-2018 10:21pm

I hate how often regen players are world class at 18/19, players develop far too fast in football manager

Sin City · 19-04-2018 7:59am

Mc Love wrote: »

That's some move. How did you get on with Limerick. I normally start a career game with them. For the first time in ages I started with Blackburn seeing as they were in league 1.

Was a hard slog

Qualified for Europe in my first season
and did will in europe

Then after 3 years I was sick of them and applied for any job that I could
After a lot of rejection Granada took a chance on me

Found a few good cheap players and 3 amazing regens amazing and defied expectaions

til R Madrid said they are not having that and decided to buy best regens

Mars Bar · 23-04-2018 4:51pm

There's a bug in my game. I made a contract promise to a key player that we would be promoted to Serie A. I'm just finishing my second season in Series A and he wants to leave because I didn't fulfil my promise.

A right pain in the hole.

SureYWouldntYa · 23-04-2018 6:23pm

Did you come up via playoffs or coming 2nd? I remember similar happening me in the Championship with Leeds before in FM17 but it was a board thing which got me fired instead. Bug could be something to do with that

Mars Bar · 23-04-2018 8:38pm

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

Did you come up via playoffs or coming 2nd? I remember similar happening me in the Championship with Leeds before in FM17 but it was a board thing which got me fired instead. Bug could be something to do with that

I can't remember but I think I won it outright.

threein99 · 24-04-2018 9:30am

Just finished another aborted attempt with Notts Forest, can any one recommend a decent striker for the championship for Notts Forests level?

OptimusTractor · 24-04-2018 10:16am

threein99 wrote: »

Just finished another aborted attempt with Notts Forest, can any one recommend a decent striker for the championship for Notts Forests level?

Striker/winger at Everton, Onyeku or something close to that.

Sin City · 24-04-2018 9:07pm

threein99 wrote: »

Just finished another aborted attempt with Notts Forest, can any one recommend a decent striker for the championship for Notts Forests level?

The burton Albion striker Marvin Sordell is a great championship striker or at least he was in my game

OkeyDoke12 · 25-04-2018 11:47am

Desktop has packed in I'm thinking about picking up a cheap laptop to play FM will this run FM ok?

http://www.currys.ie/mobile/Product/HP-Stream-14-ax054sa-14"-Laptop-White/342280/409.21?&&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3_XT4J_V2gIVh7TtCh0T1wFTEAQYASABEgJyJvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Lord TSC · 18-05-2018 9:47am

Finally got round to starting my Roma save.

I chose them cause I wanted a team where I knew most of the players, weren't great financially, and wanted me to focus on youth.

First season wasn't amazing; not being great at the game, I finished 5th, but a strong showing at the end of the season coupled with a cup win meant they renewed my contract. Story of the season was Cutrone who I stumped up the cash to buy out his loan option midway through the season, and he finished as the top scorer in the league. Kluivert and Danso in "cheap" as well. 100 goals scored in the season but it's my defense that dragged me down.

The transfer window though is where the fun begins. ALL my older players, and several kids, wanted out to bigger clubs. Strootman and Manolas gone for their release clauses, Dzeko, Kolarov, El Shaarawy, Perotti, Karsdrop, Naingolan, Gonalons, all shipped out.

Completely rebuilding the team. Bellotti coming in to partner Cutrone up top. De Ligt, Alex Telles and Andre Gomes in as well, and promoting a few kids from the academy as well.

Mars Bar · 18-05-2018 10:22am

I got a smashing new laptop last week that runs the game like a dream so I started a new save with Galway United. I'm within a Europa League spot in the first season! :eek: The finances are not going to be good next season so I need to make one of those spots.

3 strikers is the way to go, lads!

Mars Bar · 18-05-2018 10:26am

The fixtures list in the LOI is a PITA. So many stupid cup games.

Sin City · 18-05-2018 10:28am

Iv one everything there is with Granda, Spurs have now hired me. All was going well unbeaten season, I actually got sick of managing a club so when Ireland came in for me I jumped at the chance of trying to qualify for a World Cup

So as soon as I resigned from Spurs.......... yes I know I could have dual managed

Some of my Irish regens refused my call up

Well I can now tell you I wont be calling them up anymore (well I might cap them in one competitive so they cant jump ship to England)

They have spurned any chance of playing international football now

Wheety · 18-05-2018 10:32am

I haven't played the new one yet but just talking about little bugs/annoyances.

The Board are happy that you are 1st in the league and playing attacking football.
The board are unhappy with the 2-2 draw with Burnley.

Even if that happened weeks ago!!

Sin City · 18-05-2018 10:38am

Wheety wrote: »

I haven't played the new one yet but just talking about little bugs/annoyances.

The Board are happy that you are 1st in the league and playing attacking football.
The board are unhappy with the 2-2 draw with Burnley.

Even if that happened weeks ago!!

I get the fans think that selling player x was a bad piece of businerss
player x was on 190k per week warming the bench

Or buy player x was a bad piece of business
Player x is leading the goal and assist table

Wheety · 18-05-2018 10:44am

Sin City wrote: »

I get the fans think that selling player x was a bad piece of businerss
player x was on 190k per week warming the bench

Or buy player x was a bad piece of business
Player x is leading the goal and assist table

Or if you buy a 19 year old 'wonderkid'. Not quite ready for the first team yet.

"The fans think buying Diego Messi was a waste of money" (can't remember the exact term).

SureYWouldntYa · 18-05-2018 11:40am

Wheety wrote: »

Or if you buy a 19 year old 'wonderkid'. Not quite ready for the first team yet.

"The fans think buying Diego Messi was a waste of money" (can't remember the exact term).

In fairness that happens in real life, especially at any sort of big club, some fans are short sighted

Its not as bad as when someone scores a hat trick and you have one fan saying he’s top class, one fans saying good performance do it again, and another saying he’s terrible and overrated

Wheety · 18-05-2018 12:27pm

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

In fairness that happens in real life, especially at any sort of big club, some fans are short sighted

Its not as bad as when someone scores a hat trick and you have one fan saying he’s top class, one fans saying good performance do it again, and another saying he’s terrible and overrated

The social media stuff?

Player has a worldie.

"Wow, we're lucky to have him"
"What a player!"
"Here comes the over reaction to Messi"
"Am I the only one who doesn't rate Messi?"

It's ridiculous. I know it's nearly that bad in real life. But apart from Mourinho, who criticises a player if they have a 9/10 game?

hots · 18-05-2018 4:35pm

Wheety wrote: »

The social media stuff?

Player has a worldie.

"Wow, we're lucky to have him"
"What a player!"
"Here comes the over reaction to Messi"
"Am I the only one who doesn't rate Messi?"

It's ridiculous. I know it's nearly that bad in real life. But apart from Mourinho, who criticises a player if they have a 9/10 game?

They should really have left out the sm stuff if they were just going to do a 50:50 split for every interaction imo.

Started up a game with chelsea for the first time in 5 years I'd say, never got heavily invested in FM this year, after Chelsea's sht year irl, maybe some FM success might bring me back.

A Brad Maddox Guy · 18-05-2018 5:58pm

I feckin hate the social media stuff. I get that it's a parody of idiots on twitter but it's annoying as hell.

*player breaks leg* "he probably just fancied a few days off"

If they insist on social media it should be one or the other. Praise a good performance, bemoan an injury. The only time I think mixed reactions work are first team transfers.

Got back into my Luton game the last week, was on track for a battle over 4th in March & at least a second straight top 7 finish but terrible form saw me slip out to 10th. Lost the Cup final to Liverpool and started the next season terribly. I feared I would get sacked for the third time in this save but a good Christmas run has seen us jump back up the table.

Mc Love · 18-05-2018 7:57pm

Sometimes you can find players to buy on the social media section which is quite useful. I try to keep an eye on it but I'd just prefer to have the news back the way it was.

Wheety · 18-05-2018 8:42pm

I'm still playing 2017 touch. Don't think it's worth upgrading every year. But the touch version cuts out a lot of the stuff. Not good if you like setting up training and attending press conferences though. I ignore the social media stuff and get through a season fairly quickly.

IvySlayer · 19-05-2018 2:13pm

I had a falling out with a 33 year old Danny Rose over lack of playing time so I sell him but the supporters are going mad and organizing protests on social media.

Drawn against championship side Reading at home and the fans saying our FA cup run is over

(won it 2 times in a row)

Ungrateful pigs

threein99 · 19-05-2018 2:17pm

Played yet another Forest attempt. Won 8 in a row at the start of my second season , scored loads of goals looked fantastic. Won 1 in 12 after that and got the sack.

Football Manager 2018

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