Football Manager 2016

[Berober]

Decent start to my yearly Villa save, in 6th, picked up Valon Berisha (not done much tbf :/) and Gabriel Barbosa, who'll more than anything pay me back triple what I paid for him should I sell him down the line. Pretty fair start for him too, but eh.

Gestede is a bit amazing though, 11 goals in 13 and pretty much the perfect Target Man

Ended up buying Charlie Austin, but it was arranged in late October and since then I don't think I could consider dropping Gestede...

[Arjen Robben]

They've nailed it in terms of accurately reflecting Arsenal's shitty medical staff it seems.

[King Ellis]

All those injuries and you still don't want to pick Campbell.

[TMM]

At one point I had Ox, Walcott, Wilshere, Welbeck, Rosicky out injured and Coquelin and Flamini suspended, so yeah, I feel your pain. Fortunately I have Rafinha which eased it slightly

[Arjen Robben]

Been a good start despite the initial injury nightmare Still not got Ramsey back though, and Ozil and Giroud are injured now.

Kieran Gibbs somehow inexplicably the best player in the league at the moment, and in general really. Played 8, 2 goals, 8 assists. 8.19 average rating.

Injuries absolutely taking the piss now. As we speak, Flamini out for 6 months, Monreal out for 4 months, Koscielny out for 6 weeks, Walcott out for a week.

[TMM]

Currently in December of 2015 and the list of players on the transfer list:

Sergio Romero

Victor Valdes

Arda Turan

Sven Bender

Javier Pastore

Martin Caceres

Aleix Vidal

Loic Remy

Marouane Fellaini

Lucas

Thats has the makings of a pretty good Premiership team right there.

[Benji]

Makes a nice change from last year where finding one decent player on TL or free was a miracle.

[FestiveJack]

Pfft. Last year it was start game, look at PSG, oh Marquinhos and Digne and Verrati all on the transfer list? Nice.

[TMM]

While I'm enjoying my Arsenal game, I want to try again as someone else, maybe a lower league Premiership team or decent Championship side, but they need to have a bit of money. I was considering Leicester, Crystal Palace or Middlesbrough but I'm not sure where to go.

Any suggestions?

EDIT: in case anyone is interested, here is a video of the Premiership teams starting budgets

http://youtu.be/CaCTXt5lf9M

Edited November 3, 2015 by TMM
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[FLiam]

Think I found a bug in training. I have assistant taking care of it, and every single week it's defending and never anything different. And my assistant is neither Italian or Louis van Gaal.

[Lineker]

13 hours ago, TMM said:

While I'm enjoying my Arsenal game, I want to try again as someone else, maybe a lower league Premiership team or decent Championship side, but they need to have a bit of money. I was considering Leicester, Crystal Palace or Middlesbrough but I'm not sure where to go.

Any suggestions?

EDIT: in case anyone is interested, here is a video of the Premiership teams starting budgets

http://youtu.be/CaCTXt5lf9M

Derby?

[FestiveJack]

That Arsenal transfer budget is kinda mad. Only time they've ever spent close to that in a season they also sold players (or rights for players) to the tune of 30-40 million.

[Benji]

15 hours ago, Alexis Sanchez said:

Think I found a bug in training. I have assistant taking care of it, and every single week it's defending and never anything different. And my assistant is neither Italian or Louis van Gaal.

Maybe you hired a turtle?

[TMM]

Settled on Leicester in the end. Haven't gotten very far but I've signed Ricky Alvarez, Charlie Austin, Douglas a Brazilian CB called Jenerson (I think!) and am trying to get Sven Bender on loan. Shipped out de Laet, Ulloa and am trying to dump Simpson but nobody seems to want him.

Won my first game 3-2 away at West Brom with one for Drinkwater and two for Kramaric with Alvarez and Mahrez getting assists. Now I'm patiently waiting for Chelsea to offer me £35m for Vardy...

[Benji]

If his stats are anything like last year then he has been grossly under attributed. He was the worst striker on the team by some margin in '15 for some stupid reason.

[SquareRootOfSi]

The ultimate question, is this game worth getting over 2015? I'm into my 6th season with Liverpool and have already won 3 premier leagues in a row and on the way to a 4th, the games feeling like its gotten super easy now, and I'm contemplating a change. Since the new game is coming out in like 2 weeks i might just upgrade.

[Benji]

I'd say just wait until Christmas Steam sale if you have a save you're happy with. There's not a whole lot of change from what I've seen and, it'll inevitably be about £15 at Christmas.

[Twist]

5 hours ago, Benji The Friendly Ghost said:

Maybe you hired a turtle?

Or a former bus driver.

[MDK]

"Wojclech Szczesny continued his fantastic record against your team by once again proving incredibly hard to break down Why do you struggle so much against him?"

"We just stuck four past him you fucking moron."

[FestiveJack]

Transfer dealings seem to be a little more... scripted in this game.

Utd sign Harry Kane. Spurs then go and sign Domenico Berardi.