Re: The Football Manager Thread : Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:50 pm  

Decided to start a new game on the .3 patch as Stafford, as i'm at uni there. Just coming to the start of December, 2nd in the league, behind only the undefeated AFC Telford, just got knocked out in the 2nd round of the FA Cup at home to MK Dons after they got a controversial 89th minute penalty.

Re: The Football Manager Thread : Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:27 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

I have been playing as Chesterfield on FM11.....Only just starting my second season, but had a cracking opening season, winning League 2 by 20 points (106 points!!).....Have got a number of (supposedly) decent free transfers for the new season, Martin Kelly from Liverpool and Daniel DeRidder, ex-Wigan, being the most well-known, and have started the season quite well (5th after 5 matches).

Hoping I can keep them on the up, as they have lots of potential, with a loyal chairman and brand new ground!!

Things were going well, until I reached December in my 2nd season and suddenly results went strangely wrong...Got battered in the FA Cup, lost 4 league games running and dumped out of Johnstone Paints Cup by a L2 side!!...

Anybody got any ideas how to turn things round, before my chairman gets the axe sharpened??....(No significant injuries, just a bizarre sudden lapse in form)....

Re: The Football Manager Thread : Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:34 pm  

Cheat.

Also, Jack Waddle in the Chesterfield U18s is indeed the son of Chris Waddle. He was in the same school year as Sam West, who's sister is best mates with my sister, and Jordan Burrow was in my brother's primary school class.


Just coming towards the end of December now with Stafford, still 2nd, a couple points behind Telford with a game in hand, and play them twice in 3 games in the league, Reckon i'll be top by new year.

Re: The Football Manager Thread : Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:41 pm  

Ambassador Pineapple wrote:

Cheat.

Also, Jack Waddle in the Chesterfield U18s is indeed the son of Chris Waddle. He was in the same school year as Sam West, who's sister is best mates with my sister, and Jordan Burrow was in my brother's primary school class.


Just coming towards the end of December now with Stafford, still 2nd, a couple points behind Telford with a game in hand, and play them twice in 3 games in the league, Reckon i'll be top by new year.

....Give me some tips on cheating then....I'm an upstanding member of the community and don't normally sink to such dastardly deeds....

Re: The Football Manager Thread : Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:52 pm  

The classic cheats are taking over a rich club and buying your own reserves for extortionate prices, or download a program called FMRTE which is an editor that lets you change pretty much anything during the season, you can remove injuries, inspire the team, add 500 million in the bank, whatever you want.

Re: The Football Manager Thread : Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:24 pm  

Ambassador Pineapple wrote:

The classic cheats are taking over a rich club and buying your own reserves for extortionate prices, or download a program called FMRTE which is an editor that lets you change pretty much anything during the season, you can remove injuries, inspire the team, add 500 million in the bank, whatever you want.

Cheers for your advice, but that sounds a bit geeksville for me and against the spirit of the game....

Seriously, are there any FAIR ways to turn round an unexplainable slump in form?

Re: The Football Manager Thread : Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:34 pm  

Arrange a friendly against a shocking team and thrash them to build morale?

Re: The Football Manager Thread : Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:33 pm  

Ambassador Pineapple wrote:

Arrange a friendly against a shocking team and thrash them to build morale?

The run my lot are on, they'd probably get beat by a pub team!!...

Re: The Football Manager Thread : Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:42 pm  

Watch your team talks - if you've got low morale constantly hammering players is only going to magnify the problem rather than motivate them to play better.

Re: The Football Manager Thread : Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:11 pm  

Jack Wilshere, AMC, trequarista = bloody excellent.