RazorsEdge

Okay so I won the league by 3 points. Carrick also departed back to Tottenham for 7M. And I was named manager of the year. I was offered the job at Barcelona which I turned down so I can have a crack at Champs League glory. Scholes, Neville, Van Der Sar and Giggs have announced they will retire at the end of 2010 but they've been let go on frees anyway. Pizarro is released on a free and Kroldrup departed on a free to...some team. Got a transfer budget of 46M. Brought in Thomas Gravesen for 120K as backup to Michael Johnson in defensive midfield since I realized I had no one to back him up, should get a season or two out of the veteran Dane. Since Pizarro has been released and Mauricio isn't doing as well as I'd like I'm going to have to hunt around for a good 3rd string striker. Especially since Huntelaar seems to get injured a bit.

How do you do the thing that makes the German national team have their real players? & why the hell is it like that, anyway. >_>.

About 24 games in, currently first (but played once more than Arsenal who are 2 points behind). Still in the UEFA Cup, in the League Cup Final and still in the FA cup.

I'm using the 8.0.2 patch, so if you have an older one they still might not. But yeah, they did, I was shocked. They negotiated to 38M all up front, but I renegotiated them to 21M up front and 15M over 24 months. I offered 50m as Utd in the first season (25m poundies) and they rejected that shit. They be cold blooded. That's insane. :\. I think I added in a 15% of next sale clause, too, if it helps. Anyway I'm doing pretty well 1st in the league even though basically everyone's played 1 more (sometimes 2) than me. The current plan is to plug away at Utd for a few years. Hoping this year I can capture the UEFA Cup, and maybe the league. Then work away and try and capture all the silverware before moving on.. possibly to a country. Unless I'm enjoying it too much, of course. >_>.

I'm using the 8.0.2 patch, so if you have an older one they still might not. But yeah, they did, I was shocked. They negotiated to 38M all up front, but I renegotiated them to 21M up front and 15M over 24 months.

Starting with 20M in transfer money, selling Tevez and Hargreaves and then getting my transfer budget raised even more to about 80M is awesome. Ins: Scott Arfield for 1.9M from Falkirk (my feeder team that got relegated), sent him off to Antwerp on loan. Fabio Lima for 26K from Fluminense and sent him to Antwerp where he will stay until he has EU citizenship. Rafael Forster for 1.3M from Internacional and sent him to Antwerp as well. Anthony Vanden Borre came in for 8M each to Genoa and Fiorentina. Igor Akinfeev for 20.5 from CSKA Moscow. And Michael Johnson in from Man City for 21M up front, rising to (I think) 36M. Played 3 Prem games so far, beat Sheff Utd and Chelsea and drew with Liverpool. I'm now playing a 4-1-3-2 formation: GK Akinfeev/Van Der Sar (Will move VDS off in January) LB Silvestre/O'Shea RB Vanden Borre/O'Shea/Simpson CB Ferdinand CB Vidic/Kroldrup DM Johnson/Carrick LM Nani/Giggs/Mauricio RM Ronaldo/Ji-Sung CM Anderson/Ji-Sung ST Rooney/Mauricio ST Huntelaar/Pizarro Pretty happy with my team at the moment... Hopefully it goes well.

£8.5m? Or Australian dollars or something? Because if it's the former, I salute you Pounds. I was surprised at how much I got for him. I mean, I'm a United fan, and I've always thought he was pretty average. >_>. Anyway...Update! During the January transfer window the only player I brought in was Mauricio from Fluminense. He's a 18 year old striker, as soon as I brought him in I immediately shipped him off to Antwerp on loan. I unloaded Patrice Evra who was unhappy about no first team football since I was playing with 3 at the back to AC Milan for 6.75M. I then unloaded Ben Foster who said he'd never get any opportunities at the club for 3.7M to Portsmouth. After 30 games I am pretty disappointed at my position, sitting in 5th behind Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea and Liverpool, but its pretty close. I've had a bad run as of late, though. When the season is over I plan to try and sell Giggs, Neville and Scholes...maybe some others that aren't getting any time (Park Ji-Sung, and surprisingly, Hargreaves.) in order to shore up some cash. Since my defense is lacking I'm considering going back to a 4-4-2 or a 4-3-3... We shall see. Its been ages since I've played a FM game so I'm pretty hooked again. EDIT: Oh, and is just me, or do other people do pretty well against the better teams but seem to struggle a bit more against lower teams? >_>.

Already edited my post up there with my buys, however I checked out both of these and they look solid. I might do some buying and selling in January to see if I can't get Barzagli at least. EDIT: Spurs aren't top anymore. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e148/raz...7/spurslose.jpg

EDIT: Players out: Wes Brown to Newcastle for 8.5M Gerard Pique to Juventus for 9.5M (David Gill said it was too good an offer so he accepted for me. >_>) Darren Fletcher to Tottenham for 5.75M Louis Saha for 3.5M to Portsmouth. & various on loans. Players in: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from Ajax for 20M (may seem like a lot but I will explain soon.) Claudio Pizzaro from Chelsea for 1.8M (as a short term 4th string striker) Per Kroldrup from Fiorentina for 2.4M (as a short term defensive back up) Now I currently play a 3-3-1-3 formation: GK Van Der Sar CB John O'Shea CB Rio Ferdinand CB Nemanja Vidic ML Nani MR Cristiano Ronaldo MC Paul Scholes/Anderson AM Ryan Giggs/Anderson ST Wayne Rooney ST Carlos Tevez ST Klaas-Jan Huntelaar I should note that Gary Neville starts the game injured. >_> Currently 2nd in the league after 7 games, won 5 drawn 2, Spurs have won 6 and drawn 1. I'm hoping to finish in the top 3 this year before again hitting the transfer market next year and strengthening the squad more... And as much as it pains me to say, I may have to start looking to move on some of the older guys like Neville, Giggs and Scholes.

Ruki probably already has, knowing him.

Webber in a top 8 finish!

Why not? For fucks sake I waited god knows how long for that.

The ending to Rape Me was hilarious.

...but it was Coulthard's fault! Massa had the inside lane fair and square. I hope Hamilton takes the title this year. I don't think there's anything wrong with the guy, its ITV's fault for over-exposing him by making Steve Ryder and Mark Blundell the Hamilton cheerleader squad.

1. Deadpool 2. Spider-Man 3. Daredevil 4. Wolverine 5. Gambit

... Only seven finished! :\ However it was a pretty interesting race. A couple of nice smashes and some good driving. Disappointed that Hamilton won. And very disappointed that Webber was out so early.

He tried to ruin Timmy's band, the bastard! :@

Don't Stop Me Now by Queen never fails to get people smiling. Also some Blind Melon songs like Change and No rain.