Football Manager 2024

[Captain Kirk]

Had the wildest ever end to a season as Kilwinning Rangers in the Scotland Reborn mod, three games to go and I absolutely blow the Spotify Championship title by getting beat 4-0 at home to Arbroath down to the keeper I brought in after my first choice got injured for rest of the season(I've dropped numerous points with his performances blowing a lead). 1 Point behind with two games to go, I'm against Inverness, St Johnstone against Clyde who are already relegated.

Decide just to go for it seeing as league is over anyway and go attacking/very attacking from the start, absolutely battering Inverness who go down to 10 men after 30 minutes, finally score after 70 minutes. St Johnstone are still 0-0. Still battering Inverness and for now top of the league(still have no hope of Clyde holding out). 

92 minutes gone and Inverness break up the park and I concede a penalty, only for the keeper who hasn't stopped a shot in months to save it! Game finishes 1-0 but I don't get the trophy animation, although St Johnstone blew it and I'm champions! 

Was near a heart attack at numerous stages.

[Lineker]

Winter update patch is out.

[FLiam]

No match-engine changes and scouting is still a broken mess - despite one of the changes on the patch notes suggesting that it’s been fixed.

[King Ellis]

At least they've fixed the 'buy Erling Haaland for 2.5m' glitch.

[FLiam]

On 01/03/2024 at 14:24, King Ellis said:

At least they've fixed the 'buy Erling Haaland for 2.5m' glitch.

Yeah but that glitch was an entirely optional thing to do.

[Lineker]

 

[Adam]

Or you can just play Football Manager 2008 itself.

[METALMAN]

Was there anything particularly notable about 2007/2008 that justifies this? All I can think of is that that was the last year that I lived in Kilmarnock and therefore also the last year that I regularly travelled to away games but I’m not 100% convinced that is what led these people to make a database for that year.

[Naitch]

Just spotted this on an FM14 save:

[Malenko]

In order to get my mind off things, I decided to start a new FM game, even though I haven't played in years. This is FM21 because it's the one I own. Sorry-

I have a pack I downloaded back in the day that makes every single country league playable, and decided to pick the Uzbekistan league (obviously). Anyway, I pick Paxtakor because at least they would be playing asian champions league football and I wanted something more than just domestic football.

The league itself was going really well leading the league with 14 wins and 5 draws after 19 matches. I had problems in the cup (there's a group stage, and I ended up with 2 draws and a loss in my group so I'm already out). In the Asian Champions League I reached  quarter finals and was basically "killed" by Al Hilal from Saudi Arabia away.

 

 

Yeah, I know, if you lose 9-3 you're really bad. I'm aware.

Then, second leg and I had zero expectations, obviously.

but at half time I had a 3-2 lead and I thought "I can get some money out of this." In Uzbekistan it's very useful.

 

 

49,51 and 52 minutes and then we were 6-2 and I started believing.

And this actually happened.

Both of these matches were unbelievable. But it's even more amazing that both were in the same two-legged tie.

 

 

I've been playing CM/FM since 1994 and I never had anything similar to this happen to me.

[METALMAN]

There was an FM game - I think it might have been 2009 - where these things were ridiculously common in two-legged ties. I think it was something to do with the team that lost the first leg getting an insane morale boost for the second leg or something. It was broken to the extent that you'd end up tanking the first leg just to make sure you went through in the end.

[Kyle]

Playing a game with Southport on FM22 (console FM was bugging me but I refuse to buy FM24 this late ) and in the second season. Somehow, the geography of the National League N/S teams has led to St Albans City being in the NL North. Not sure how familiar everybody is with the location St Albans, but north it is not.

[Naitch]

Qualified for the Champions League by winning 2-1 (and other results going my way) in the last game of the season after being 1-0 down until the 89th minute 😎

Raheem Sterling might be crap IRL but he certainly knows when to score a brace on FM14!

[Kyle]

On 26/04/2024 at 11:20, Kyle said:

Playing a game with Southport on FM22 (console FM was bugging me but I refuse to buy FM24 this late ) and in the second season. Somehow, the geography of the National League N/S teams has led to St Albans City being in the NL North. Not sure how familiar everybody is with the location St Albans, but north it is not.

Well, took Southport up to the National League on my second season, struggled a little until October and then was offered the Fleetwood job, who sit in 24th in League One. Promptly took the jump, because even if it turns out we get relegated this season like the board expects, that's still a sizable career move and hopefully I can rebuild in the summer to come straight back up.

EDIT: Lol, never mind relegation, I've won my first five games in charge emphatically and taken us up to 15th. This shouldn't be TOO much hassle.

[Kyle]

On 04/05/2024 at 12:43, Kyle said:

Well, took Southport up to the National League on my second season, struggled a little until October and then was offered the Fleetwood job, who sit in 24th in League One. Promptly took the jump, because even if it turns out we get relegated this season like the board expects, that's still a sizable career move and hopefully I can rebuild in the summer to come straight back up.

EDIT: Lol, never mind relegation, I've won my first five games in charge emphatically and taken us up to 15th. This shouldn't be TOO much hassle.

Took over Fleetwood in 24th, took them up as champions in the same season. Now acclimatising to the Championship, sitting in 11th after fifteen games. The international breaks take some getting used to when you've been doing lower leagues

[King Ellis]

Maybe it's just confirmation bias but does a positive team talk ever not immediately backfire? Last day of the season, already promoted and winning 4-0 against a mid table side who didn't a sniff during the first half. Tell my boys they've done an amazing job and they promptly let the opposing teams striker score 4 and cost my guy the golden boot. 

Luckily 2nd place cocked up as well so we still won the league but it's just reaffirmed to me that I should never deviate from my team talk flow chart: 

If winning - No complacency
If drawing/losing - You're all shit, sort it out

[Twist]

18 hours ago, King Ellis said:

Maybe it's just confirmation bias but does a positive team talk ever not immediately backfire? Last day of the season, already promoted and winning 4-0 against a mid table side who didn't a sniff during the first half. Tell my boys they've done an amazing job and they promptly let the opposing teams striker score 4 and cost my guy the golden boot. 

Luckily 2nd place cocked up as well so we still won the league but it's just reaffirmed to me that I should never deviate from my team talk flow chart: 

If winning - No complacency
If drawing/losing - You're all shit, sort it out

Seconded.

Was winning 5-0 at half time. Lost 7-6. Never cocked up a lead so badly.

[Kyle]

In the space of three seasons at Fleetwood, I've:

- Got them to the quarter finals of the FA Cup.

- Won League One and the Championship by a mile.

- And of course, this means Fleetwood are now a Premier League side this season.

How in the world am I only favoured personnel? Jamie Vardy is an icon after 36 appearances but I'm just favoured personnel after 141 games, two league titles, an FA Cup quarter final and, once again, taking them to the goddamn Premier League? Sniff my farts, Fleetwood, sniff them good.

 

[Bobfoc]

33 minutes ago, Kyle said:

In the space of three seasons at Fleetwood, I've:

- Got them to the quarter finals of the FA Cup.

- Won League One and the Championship by a mile.

- And of course, this means Fleetwood are now a Premier League side this season.

How in the world am I only favoured personnel? Jamie Vardy is an icon after 36 appearances but I'm just favoured personnel after 141 games, two league titles, an FA Cup quarter final and, once again, taking them to the goddamn Premier League? Sniff my farts, Fleetwood, sniff them good.

 

I read that the legend/icon/favoured personnel system is bugged. If someone gains a lot of "Favourite People" points in a single season, they end up reverting to a lower threshold.

[Kyle]

1 minute ago, Bobfoc said:

I read that the legend/icon/favoured personnel system is bugged. If someone gains a lot of "Favourite People" points in a single season, they end up reverting to a lower threshold.

Yeah I opened the editor and just ticked the permanent box on favourite people, turns out I'm popular enough to be a legend.