Author Topic: Football Manager Series (Read 37758 times)

Elzar · « **Reply #200 on:** November 28, 2020, 06:33:45 pm »

Quote from: CheshireDave on November 21, 2020, 03:01:36 pm

This is gone!

CheshireDave · « **Reply #201 on:** November 29, 2020, 10:32:50 pm »

Yeah - thought it might! Was useless.

They seem to have fixed a few other things I noticed which were not working too.

In FM20 I would score direct free kicks for fun. But I don't think I can remember more than 1 direct free kick goal this year and I am 2 and half seasons into a save.

Still playing as Dortmund. Built a team which is nailed on to win the Bundesliga. First two seasons won it easily. Haaland scored 51 goals in all comps last year and 36 in 32 in the league. Real Madrid have unsettled him though and now he's saying he's off unless we challenge for the CL. Reached the quarters twice now and been smashed by English opposition both times. Going to have one more crack at the CL and if I we get nowhere near again I will probably put the save on hold and start a new game with someone else.

Wullie160975 · « **Reply #202 on:** November 30, 2020, 05:42:48 pm »

I have him playing as AP - Support in a midfield 3 with a DLP- Defend (Henderson/Wijnaldum/Keita) and DLP- Support (Fabinho/Henderson/Wijnaldum).

Mr Mingebag Squid · « **Reply #203 on:** December 1, 2020, 09:48:19 am »

Quote from: Wullie160975 on November 30, 2020, 05:42:48 pm

I have him playing as AP - Support in a midfield 3 with a DLP- Defend (Henderson/Wijnaldum/Keita) and DLP- Support (Fabinho/Henderson/Wijnaldum).

I stumbled across playing him as a AP and seems to have unlocked him - regularly getting one assist per game now

Now to sort Mane/Jota/Firmino

AndyMuller · « **Reply #204 on:** December 16, 2020, 04:48:08 pm »

Is the new one any good then?

Jake · « **Reply #205 on:** December 17, 2020, 12:13:02 am »

Yeah it's nice and slick, I like it.

Something Worse · « **Reply #206 on:** December 17, 2020, 02:54:04 am »

They seem to have fixed a lot of the weirdly annoying stuff. That goes a long way. Jota scores a lot. That goes a long way.

I still think they underrate our players.

Lycan · « **Reply #207 on:** December 24, 2020, 10:37:45 am »

Hope they bring a patch out to sort out the GK's. They are dreadful on this game. Just stand there half the time watching the ball sail past them.

Lycan · « **Reply #208 on:** December 24, 2020, 10:39:51 am »

Quote from: Something Worse on December 17, 2020, 02:54:04 am

They seem to have fixed a lot of the weirdly annoying stuff. That goes a long way. Jota scores a lot. That goes a long way.

I still think they underrate our players.

Well, the original creators of this series are the Collier brothers. Two massive Evertonians. Not sure they have much input in the game these days though.

AndyMuller · « **Reply #209 on:** January 5, 2021, 11:01:48 pm »

Finally won the league with Blackburn tonight in my 6th season. Sebastiano Esposito is a ridiculous striker.

Something Worse · « **Reply #210 on:** January 6, 2021, 11:37:29 pm »

Started a Barcelona game to try and rebuild them once you get Messi's insane wages off the books - what a mess.

Injuries to Dembele, Griezmann and Phil meant I needed to bring in an attacking reinforcement with about 11 pence to spend.

Enter the Divock. 9 goals in 7, top of the league, beat Liverpool at the Nou Camp. Easy money.

alonsoisared · « **Reply #211 on:** January 6, 2021, 11:46:12 pm »

Started with Bayer Leverkusen as a completely random one, never had a save as successful

Won the league and europe league in my first season, German super cup and european super cup at the start of my second season. 4 points behind Bayern at Christmas in my second season and safely into the last 16 of the champions league. It's all going pear shaped soon surely

Elzar · « **Reply #212 on:** January 7, 2021, 08:16:00 am »

Feyenoord is turning into a great game. Basically keeping my team low aged and massive fund being raised as a result. Now got 4 wonderkids (including 2 dutch ones) in my team. Making huge amounts of money, balance last at £156million. That's after upgrading the training facilities twice and the youth facilities to as good as it can possibly be. Consistently making the quarter finals of the Champions League and was 7 minutes from a Semi Final last season.

The only issue with a few changes every summer is that is disrupts my team and flow and I can often start badly. I was 16 points behind 1st place before winning every game but 2 in the second half of the season and winning the league.

The best part of my save is Mourinho taking over an Ajax team that had just won the league (they won by 1 point over me) and dragging them to defensive route one football and he got sacked after 7 months sitting in 8th position. I made sure a couple games before he went, when I faced them, I highlighted how he should be doing better and added "Specialist in failure" to the comments.

Something Worse · « **Reply #213 on:** January 10, 2021, 12:55:03 am »

Quote from: Something Worse on January 6, 2021, 11:37:29 pm

Started a Barcelona game to try and rebuild them once you get Messi's insane wages off the books - what a mess.

Injuries to Dembele, Griezmann and Phil meant I needed to bring in an attacking reinforcement with about 11 pence to spend.

Enter the Divock. 9 goals in 7, top of the league, beat Liverpool at the Nou Camp. Easy money.

38 in 40 for Divock as my battered squad of mediocre cloggers scraped a treble.

Out with the deadwood - Griezmann, Coutinho, Busquets, Messi, Umtiti, Alba, Firpo.

In with the new generation - Alaba (50k a week less than Alba!), Foden, Chukwueze, Garcia, Camavinga, Neves, Greenwood and Esposito (thanks Andy)

The youngsters are almost a team in themselves - Fati, Pedri, Todibo, Moriba plus a couple more who probably aren't quite good enough but can do the job.

Garrus · « **Reply #214 on:** February 23, 2021, 10:13:23 am »

The new update has brought Moukoko into the game and safe to say he is pretty special:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaXnya-1Rx0

... · « **Reply #215 on:** February 23, 2021, 12:22:19 pm »

Quote from: Garrus on February 23, 2021, 10:13:23 am

The new update has brought Moukoko into the game and safe to say he is pretty special:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaXnya-1Rx0

It's out? Time to play this again then!

Garrus · « **Reply #216 on:** February 23, 2021, 12:36:47 pm »

Quote from: ... on February 23, 2021, 12:22:19 pm

It's out? Time to play this again then!

We're blessed with CBs in the game as the long term injuries to Virgil and Joe aren't in since they happened during this season!

Jake · « **Reply #217 on:** February 23, 2021, 05:30:53 pm »

I may have to start a Dortmund save

Something Worse · « **Reply #218 on:** February 23, 2021, 08:01:58 pm »

He looks good but he's not getting in my West Brom team ahead of 35 goal monster Karlan Grant

klopptopia · « **Reply #219 on:** February 23, 2021, 08:02:20 pm »

Quote from: Garrus on February 23, 2021, 10:13:23 am

The new update has brought Moukoko into the game and safe to say he is pretty special:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaXnya-1Rx0

poor mans tonton zola

ToneLa · « **Reply #220 on:** February 27, 2021, 09:07:55 am »

Little hack that lets you perve at the stadiums properly.

You know at the end of the match? When your little manager fella lifts his arms in celebration at battering Everton

Press F2 to take you back home, then click Continue to go back into the match

The UI will now be hidden, and the camera panning around the stadium with unblocked views

Welshred · « **Reply #221 on:** February 27, 2021, 09:12:58 am »

Does anyone have any decent tactics? I'm struggling to find something consistent

ToneLa · « **Reply #222 on:** February 27, 2021, 11:06:36 am »

Quote from: Welshred on February 27, 2021, 09:12:58 am

Does anyone have any decent tactics? I'm struggling to find something consistent

Knap does the best. Preaching Blues for example
https://www.fmscout.com/f-knap-tactics-for-fm21.html

Like Preaching Blues. There's sound tactical decisions behind it, FM is a game of players and roles, don't get too obsessed with things like partnership lines, if a tactic isn't working consider a different player for the role before changing the role

My steady tactic is a back four with ball playing CBs and a DM holding position, the midfield is actually two Mezzalas allowed to roam from position and Inside Fowards set to cut inside, on Slightly More Direct passing this creates chances, I prefer my striker to be an AF who Moves Into Channels, but chose an AF because the role makes them chase down balls and can even press decently, and they can create opportunities with layoffs as well as score

I tend to have one steady / defensive tactic, a very high Tempo one where one of the midfielders becomes an Attacking Midfielder to create for the striker, and typically a mental experimental tactic, usually two strikers. There is no failure in FM but the failure to adapt!

Hedley Lamarr · « **Reply #223 on:** March 1, 2021, 06:24:20 pm »

Quote from: Garrus on February 23, 2021, 12:36:47 pm

We're blessed with CBs in the game as the long term injuries to Virgil and Joe aren't in since they happened during this season!

I've been able to play Henderson and Fabinho in midfield, it's a brave new world.

Wullie160975 · « **Reply #224 on:** March 1, 2021, 07:39:45 pm »

Has anyone come across this before where a team is wearing 2 strips?

I assume it's a bug

Welshred · « **Reply #225 on:** April 2, 2021, 09:26:15 pm »

Ok so VAR and offside, has anyone ever had a goal NOT be disallowed following a VAR check? Every single goal that I've seen on the game that's gone to VAR has ended up being disallowed.

Garrus · « **Reply #226 on:** April 3, 2021, 04:41:32 am »

Quote from: Welshred on April 2, 2021, 09:26:15 pm

Ok so VAR and offside, has anyone ever had a goal NOT be disallowed following a VAR check? Every single goal that I've seen on the game that's gone to VAR has ended up being disallowed.

It's been the case since VAR was introduced in the game. Just far too predictable when it comes up.

VAR check for a foul on the edge of the box = free kick.
VAR check for a foul in the box = penalty.
VAR check for a goal = offside/foul.

Although theoretically I suppose, VAR is checking all goals in the background without the specific text coming up for goals that are allowed.

ToneLa · « **Reply #227 on:** April 3, 2021, 10:48:49 am »

Quote from: Welshred on April 2, 2021, 09:26:15 pm

Ok so VAR and offside, has anyone ever had a goal NOT be disallowed following a VAR check? Every single goal that I've seen on the game that's gone to VAR has ended up being disallowed.

it's a bug

Dench57 · « **Reply #228 on:** April 7, 2021, 04:18:03 pm »

Was looking through my Steam library and this caught my eye, the peak of my FM career. Jheeeeeezus christ

Anyone ~~better~~ worse?

naYoRHa2b · « **Reply #229 on:** April 7, 2021, 05:02:20 pm »

Still probably pales in comparison to champ man but this is my longest steam related save. Year on year the hours start dropping though, to 500 to barely a hundred.

ToneLa · « **Reply #230 on:** April 7, 2021, 07:32:18 pm »

Jake · « **Reply #231 on:** April 7, 2021, 09:13:59 pm »

Through steam:

2009 - 30.7 hours
2010 - 606.3 hours
2011 - 769.1 hours
2012 - 335.9 hours
2014 - 1,472.2 hours (!)
2016 - 1,072.4 hours (!)
2019 - 597.6 hours
2020 - 750.8 hours
2021 - 215.8 hours

Just a casual 5,850.8 hours. Or 243.78 whole days straight without sleep.

Thats too much, isn't it.

Welshred · « **Reply #232 on:** April 7, 2021, 09:20:16 pm »

My highest is 1263.7 hours on FM 2018 for me on Steam but I know for sure that I played 2009 for much, much longer. I got to something stupid like 2053 on one of my saves.

Wullie160975 · « **Reply #233 on:** April 13, 2021, 08:00:41 pm »

Bunch of lightweights

FM10 - 612.9
FM11 - 1,381.9
FM12 - 797.5
FM13 - 142.7
FM14 - 525.1
FM15 - 994.8
FM16 - 8,174.8
FM17 - 5,559.9
FM18 - 5,235.7
FM19 - 5,424.9
FM20 - 4,450.3
FM21 - 879.3

By my maths, a total of 34,179.8 hours over 12 years

I do leave it running on my PC though when I am playing it, even when I'm away from the computer so I assume that's the reason for the ridiculous count, not my sad life

Welshred · « **Reply #234 on:** April 13, 2021, 09:20:33 pm »

FM13 - new relationship
FM14 - relationship going well
FM15 - relationship not going well
FM16+ - relationship fucked

Am I right?

Wullie160975 · « **Reply #235 on:** April 13, 2021, 09:28:18 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on April 13, 2021, 09:20:33 pm

FM13 - new relationship
FM14 - relationship going well
FM15 - relationship not going well
FM16+ - relationship fucked

Am I right?

Nope - married in 2005 (2 days after Istanbul), still married - kid in 2009 - no real logical reasons for the hours other than it must count the hours the game is on regardless if I'm awake or sleeping

naYoRHa2b · « **Reply #236 on:** April 13, 2021, 09:31:07 pm »

Quote from: Wullie160975 on April 13, 2021, 08:00:41 pm

Bunch of lightweights

FM10 - 612.9
FM11 - 1,381.9
FM12 - 797.5
FM13 - 142.7
FM14 - 525.1
FM15 - 994.8
FM16 - 8,174.8
FM17 - 5,559.9
FM18 - 5,235.7
FM19 - 5,424.9
FM20 - 4,450.3
FM21 - 879.3

By my maths, a total of 34,179.8 hours over 12 years

I do leave it running on my PC though when I am playing it, even when I'm away from the computer so I assume that's the reason for the ridiculous count, not my sad life

I imagine that's the reason yeah otherwise you spent 340 days in a year on fm16 and only 16 days sleeping?

Wullie160975 · « **Reply #237 on:** April 14, 2021, 09:11:13 am »

Of course, some of those hours will be in the years since - not all just within 1 year.

Elzar · « **Reply #238 on:** April 14, 2021, 09:18:17 am »

Quote from: Welshred on April 2, 2021, 09:26:15 pm

Ok so VAR and offside, has anyone ever had a goal NOT be disallowed following a VAR check? Every single goal that I've seen on the game that's gone to VAR has ended up being disallowed.

I was getting quite a bit of variation. One game I had 9 VAR checks for penalties and got 3 of them given. (My winger must be a diving c*nt)

JerseyKloppite · « **Reply #239 on:** May 9, 2021, 10:27:54 pm »

Anyone know any particularly good deals for this? Best one I can see is CD Keys for about £26 or (for some reason) Waford FC's club shop for £23 with postage