Re: Football Manager 2010 : Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:35 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

I got Chiellini for £38m at the start of my game, the scout report said £31m but they kept negotiating to £49m until I bid £38m which was accepted. Chiellini and Fazio are absolutely unstoppable on it, if you can have quick full backs of a quick anchor man in front of them, the defence is pretty much perfect. I use Anthony Annan who easily becomes one of the best holding midfielders on it, he's like Essien only 1/10th of the price. I have de Jong as well but I prefer to use him as a ball winner, whereas Annan is better at sitting and becoming a third centre back, like.

Can get Stevan Jovetic for £13.25m on mine, think I might have to invest but I'm hoping Milan's poor season means Pato will be available.

I just checked and overall i paid £52million for Chiellini, at the start of my second season. I was desperate for one of the best defenders though, because that was my real weakness.

I think i signed Jovetic for a similar price, maybe a little bit more but that was at the start of the game, but he has been a brilliant signing. I signed Julio Baptista, and hes not in the same class.

Anyway, the second season is on the way, and i've made quite a few changes to the team, but it is definatly for the better. This is now my team:

Given

Toure
Mexis
Chiellini
Lescott/Bridge

Maxi Rodgriguez
Modric (Attacking)
Barry
Robinho/Jovetic

Tevez
Villa

Subs:
Lescott/Bridge/Srna
Van Bommel/De Jong
Wright-Phillips
Robinho/Jovetic
Van der Vaart/Ireland
Adebayor
Santa Cruz

Richards
Kompany
Srna
Deco
Baptista
Bellamy
Rodwell (Youngster)
Luisma (Youngster)
Verratti (Youngster)
Oscar (Youngster)


Again, i have many options, and quality options at that going into the second season. I've sold the likes of Johnson, Onuoha and sent a few decent players out on loan as i had no-one wanting to buy them. If i'm honest, i have been trying to offload Bellamy but he won't budge, but hes not going to get much game time. Also, i regretted signing Deco as i don't really need him, but he was free so i couldn't resist. I said that i didn't have the strength in depth, and now i cam confident i do, i feel i have a very strong squad of players.

In the second season, i didn't make the best of starts, i beat Sunderland 4-0, and i thought it was going to be easy and then i drew 1-1 at home against Chelsea, after hitting the post 3 times. I then lost 1-0 away at Wolves, so things weren't as good as they could be. Since then though, i haven't lost a game, and i got a draw 0-0 away against Liverpool, the reigning champions. I am now sitting 2nd in the league, level points with Man United, but its still very early days, we also have level goal difference. I should also get through the group stages of the champions league, quite easily, having already beat Celtic, Galatasary and drawing to Inter Milan at home.

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:56 pm  

I have found a 4-4-1-1 to be the best formation this time round. After 3 years of finishing 3rd to Celtic and Rangers as the mighty Hibs I started again as Stockport and am currently 2nd in my 2nd season. Having United as my parent club is a boost though as I have Cory Evans, John Bostock, Richie De Leat and some Italian they signed for 2.5 mil on loan!

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:11 pm  

Iv banned myself from football manager for the time being, at least untill next friday, exams next week dont want my revision time been impeeded by hours and hours of football manager

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:16 pm  

For some reason, the game was running really slow, and i was forced to tun my laptop off. When i've loaded it back up, my last saved game (my Man City game) has vanished, and is no longer available to load. Does anyone know whats happened or if there is any way to get the game back?

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:25 am  

Into my second season as Liverpool now. Finished 5th in my first season, Tottenham finishing 4th on goal difference. Finally got some transfer budget for the 2010/2011 season of £20million. Signed Kris Boyd for £12m, Michael Johnson for £9m and got Van Der Vaart on loan from Real Madrid.

The one annoying thing is when you sell a player, for example, I sold Benayoun for £7.5m but I only got £2m of that money to spend on other transfers...

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:27 am  

Blobbynator wrote:

Oh and Aqualani is gash.

Totally agree, I am trying to sell him but nobody wants him...

Forgot to say I signed Deco for £750k aswell, he's pretty good..

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:21 pm  

oli30045 wrote:

Totally agree, I am trying to sell him but nobody wants him...

Forgot to say I signed Deco for £750k aswell, he's pretty good..

I got Deco on a free at City, as a back up, and he was pretty rubbish to be honest. Maybe i was using him wrong, but he was playing rubbish and was only really used as a back up so didn't play an awful lot, so all he did was moan despite signing a contract stating he was back up. Lost my saved game anyway, going to start a new one.

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:50 pm  

Just beat United 6-2 on my City game. Santa Cruz and Adebayor are on fire.

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:42 pm  

Rughead wrote:

Just beat United 6-2 on my City game. Santa Cruz and Adebayor are on fire.

Both are very good on mine too, as well as Tevez. Bellamy is also good, although i found his value dropped quite a lot in the second season, despite him playing well regularly.

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:44 pm  

oli30045 wrote:

Totally agree, I am trying to sell him but nobody wants him...

I've used him mainly as a back up.

I had an upturn in form when I listened to what Sammy Lee had to say about tactics. It works a treat. 4-4-2 and 4-4-1-1 seem to work very well as formations. Gerrard in particular is class in the 4-4-1-1 formation and Salomon Kalou has been a great signing for me. Him and Torres up front are dynamite as a pairing.

I've won the title after Chelsea blew it at home to Fulham in their 2nd to last game and I went into my last game as champions. Got a Europa Cup Final and FA Cup final to come. I hope I get the £20m you got pal, I could do with a good defender. Agger and Skrtel get quite a few injuries and Kyriagos is w*nk.