Football Manager 2017

[MDK]

What the hell, I only really started to notice the social feed recently and never took much interest in it, but some of these are funny.

BALLER #Eadie #Clyde
Blatantly PA 200 #Eadie #Clyde

 

[MDK]

This season is hilarious. My 25 goal a season striker, who I was moaning about getting to sign a new contract, gets a long term injury and puts him out for most of the season. I managed to sign a few good players, players that are much better than Jock League One, a new striker (ex Orient, of course) and he is now tearing up the league. But just to hamstring me the board decide to reduce us down to a semi-pro club. I'm top of the table, won every game except one, still in all the cups... but now I can't offer proper contracts to my good players that will be out of contract at the end of the season, including my captain.

Stupid board.

[Arjen Robben]

This went well. I don't understand the weird big space in front of the teams names there though, is the badge meant to be showing or something? Looks annoying. 

[Baddar]

Normally I think, but if it's an official screenshot you've taken using the game, maybe they are automatically removed for copyright reasons?

[Arjen Robben]

Nah, it's one I just did myself using printscreen. Looks like that in-game too, feel like it does the same thing on every version? Maybe it's the resolution or something to do with playing in windowed mode? Irritating anyway.

[Baddar]

Hmm, not sure then. Can't really remember which screens display the custom logos and which don't. 

[Arjen Robben]

Incidentally, does anyone else ever just pick a real former player that aren't in the game already as a coach to use as their manager profile? I get bored of seeing my name in there a bunch of times, like if you have success in multiple saves and get in to that hall of fame thing, it's annoying seeing your name in there multiple times. So I pick names like Lizarazu to use as my manager profile  

Would love a feature where you can just opt to just play as an existing manager within the game or something, like you can play as yourself or choose to play as Mourinho or whoever.

[Cymbols]

Oh yeah, I usually pick Rufus Brevett, weirdly. 

[MDK]

2 minutes ago, Cymbols said:

Oh yeah, I usually pick Rufus Brevett, weirdly. 

Top Barnet that lad

[Arjen Robben]

Things I could do without: My defence dying.

Making my decision to let two defenders leave the day before my last match look ever so slightly like a mistake. 

[Meacon Keaton]

I had something like that happen in one of my more recent saves. I had signed a striker during the offseason, and he failed to impress the first like three games, before he came to me whining about perhaps making a mistake by signing with us. I let him go home to clear his mind, but then my three other strikers all got hurt in the next couple games, before the newcomer decided his butt didn't hurt anymore and was ready to come back.

[Arjen Robben]

It's like the game is just gleefully rubbing it's hands going "Hehehe you just watch, motherfucker, you watch."

Meanwhile

I can't remember ever having am ore dominant win.

[DavidMarrio]

Looks like West Brom were more interested in kicking the shit out of your team rather than kicking the ball. 

Despite them having 20 fouls and 4 yellow cards, you'll get a press conference question about your physical style of play cause McClean got injured 

[Baddar]

This was the game I mentioned the other day;

Spoiler

Arsenal fans react to their 3-2 loss against me.

 

[MDK]

My narrow 4-2-3-1 formation is killing it in Jock League One. A targetman with a support duty and a shadow striker are cracking in the goals like no ones business, and an advanced playmaker and an attacking midfielder to support are raking in assists. I just wish I had decent enough wingbacks but they will have to do.

[Arjen Robben]

Missing some inside forwards if you ask me. Inside forwards seem well overpowered on all the last few FM's.

I am dominating possession whether I win or lose on this save. Pleasing that if I lose I can still take the Brendan Rodgers high ground because we won the passing.

Also sold Dani Ayala in the summer But for £30m  I've brought in 13 players for just £36m. Admittedly a load of them were kids, but still, who has control of the chequebook at Atletico?

[MDK]

17 minutes ago, Arjen Robben said:

Missing some inside forwards if you ask me. Inside forwards seem well overpowered on all the last few FM's.

Its narrow so I'm using three AMC's with the fullbacks for width. I tried a wide 4-2-3-1 with inside forwards but I don't have the wingers for it.

[Arjen Robben]

How do the three  attacking midfielders work? In terms of their set role in the formation?

Based on what you said, is it like 

                                                     goalkeeper

              full back           centre back           centre back           full back

                                   centre midfielder  centre midfielder

                 attacking midfielder  shadow striker  advanced playmaker

                                                    target man

[MDK]

Swap shadow striker with advanced playmaker and yeah. One of the midfielders is a ball winner and the other is just a defensive midfielder. 

[Arjen Robben]

I've never really been able to get much out of narrow formations, so I fully endorse this narrow destruction of Scotland you're carrying out.

Also, I cannot tell if I should keep Adama Traore or not.

I can't work out if these stats are good or not? On the face of it, for a winger he's not technically or physically too bad, but, even though the game doesn't seem to highlight any of them as important, his mental stats