Re: Football Manager 2010 : Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:34 pm  

Well I ended up losing in the WC final 4-3 AET to Argentina (I was missing Kaka, Robinho and Pato with injuries) so not too bad.

Signed Arshavin on a free (33 years old, but still quality) and I'm looking to bring in an extra striker just as a replacement, any suggestions?

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:33 pm  

I've lost my taste for the game. Think it was a mistake to quit Bradford in favour of Chelsea. Admittedly when I took over it wasn't so much Chelsea FC as Chelsea Pensioners and due to poor league performances coupled with equally poor cup runs had left them in a bit of a state financially (£100 million in the red, yet I still got 40 mil for a transfer kitty).

I just think I've taken the easy option with going there.

So, I'm going to start again. Any suggestions of where to start?

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Sat May 01, 2010 8:58 pm  

Roofaldo wrote:

I've lost my taste for the game. Think it was a mistake to quit Bradford in favour of Chelsea. Admittedly when I took over it wasn't so much Chelsea FC as Chelsea Pensioners and due to poor league performances coupled with equally poor cup runs had left them in a bit of a state financially (£100 million in the red, yet I still got 40 mil for a transfer kitty).

I just think I've taken the easy option with going there.

So, I'm going to start again. Any suggestions of where to start?

Southampton.

-10 points to start with in league one, yet still possible to get into the premiership in two seasons time!

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Wed May 05, 2010 8:15 am  

I don't think this game is that realistic anymore. Went into the Champions League final against Real Madrid. 30mins into the game got the first goal and then i noticed something weird 5mins after the goal. The goalkeeper for Madrid had a bit of an English looking name. Odd i thought to myself as i hadn't noticed him play for them before and what happened to Casillas. I went to the squad screen to check this guy and found that it wasn't not their goalkeeper with the English sounding name. I normally have Ochoa in goal but had somehow managed to put Adam Johnson the left winger in there... I would of re-loaded, but thought i'd see what happened as he'd made a save and Madrid were missing a lot. The Score finished 4-2 to me with Johnson making 3 saves along the way against some of the best strikers in the game.

I'm sure the game is supposed to highlight when you accidently put an outfield player into goal

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Wed May 05, 2010 11:29 am  

Talking of CL games with Real Madrid. What I don't understand is why - when a player goes off for treatment to an injury - do your players not fill the void? I played Barca away in Europe, it's 0-0 and Pepe picks up a knock and needs to receive treatment, the moment he leaves the field, from that throw-in, they throw it to Xavi, who plays it to Ibra who is stood directly in the gaping hole where Pepe should be, he scored to put them ahead. Thankfully, I managed to pull it back and win 2-1, but where is the common sense? Sissoko or Ramos should have dropped into centre back, Kaka back into midfield and we should have been OK, or, even better, Pepe shouldn't have needed much treatment for an injury without an injury mark above his head.

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Wed May 05, 2010 12:06 pm  

Roofaldo wrote:

So, I'm going to start again. Any suggestions of where to start?

Go abroad into a smaller league, maybe one of the Scandinavian ones.

Can always have the English and Scottish leagues running too so you can look for job offers from bigger clubs as you progress.

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Thu May 13, 2010 1:38 pm  

Roofaldo wrote:

So, I'm going to start again. Any suggestions of where to start?

Australian A-League. They operate a salary cap and it's definitely a challenge.
Took me 4 years to take Wellington to the title then I jumped ship and took over at Rushden and Diamonds. Into League Two and just been promoted to League One after finishing second.
Know exactly what you mean about losing your appetite for the game, but doing it the hard way from the bottom has got me feeling like I did when I first got the game.

Edit- Two seasons in League One, finishing 9th then 5th. Got to Play off final where we spanked QPR 4-2 so The Championship it is!!
The ground has been expanded... to 10,000 and I'm on a shoestring budget but a Brighton midfield cast off and a young Romanian striker who just won't stop scoring are doing the job.

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Sun May 16, 2010 1:55 pm  

Well, I've started a new game and i've taken charge of Northwich Victoria.

Blue Square North with a minus 10 point start and no money for transfers and an £8k wage budget.

4 games in and I'm down to -1 point and my next win should get me out of the relegation zone. Starting to enjoy the game again

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Sun May 16, 2010 2:05 pm  

Just accepted the Swansea job. Slightly in debt and a with a budget of around 150,000 but definitely a step up from Rushden.
Aim for this season... stay in The Championship.

Re: Football Manager 2010 : Sat May 29, 2010 4:58 pm  

Totally unambitious for me thus far.

Only had three serious games.

Won the league 9 years consecutively with Sporting Lisbon. They have an exciting young squad at the start and I just wanted to try and keep it together for as long as possible to try and get some of them into Sporting folklore. Only one of the big players I've lost is Veloso, he wouldn't sign a new contract and eventually went to Barcelona aged 30, or maybe even 31, and hardly plays a game for them.

Had to be taken over as my spending got us into a bit of trouble due to installments. New chairman aint rich but he's happy to keep things going.

Spent big to bring some quality to the Liga Sagres such as Jo, Miralem Sulejmani, Coutinho and Sotiris Ninis, got a few good regens in as well as keeping the likes of Carrico, Patricio and club legend Joao Moutinho. I think I've got a squad capable of winning the CL, best done previously is a semi final loss to Barca. First KO round drew away with a handy looking Bordeuax team, reckon we can take them in the second leg. Currently played 21 league games, won 19 drew 2 with 9 to go.


Got games with Real Madrid and Man City too. They're fun but I've got too much choice in my squads. Took me 2 seasons to break the Barca monopoly with Real, but won the title last year only losing one game, which was a stupid one away at Real Sociedad or somebody, dominated the game but still lost it. Started in a similar vein this year so the omens are good. Got unfinished business in the CL final after getting beat in it twice.

Man City game won the league in both years, in the third season, getting easier each year as the squad gels and I'm getting rid of some of the players from the start that had just signed IRL. Won the league on goal difference in the first season from Liverpool as Torres was scoring for absolute fun, they were stuffing most teams just because of Torres.


Off on holiday to the Algarve this year so thinking about starting a game with Portuguese minnows Fairense.

Southampton sounds a good idea as well.

I might start a game with a smaller club tonight.

Not keen on international management on it, never really have been, get a bit bored with it TBH unless its tournament time.