Official Football Manager 2005 Topic

[FLiam]

Already got him, I need someone who is about 23-27.

[TMM]

I'm in March and Kompany is at Real Madrid . He's valued at £12.5m as well which shocked me a bit. So I need a good defender. Senderos is doing pretty good actually, but I still want someone else.

Also, I just got approached by an agent for a (seemingly) decent player for the first time ever! Mourad Meghni looks good for the stats I can see, and he's 20 so...waiting for my scouts to tell me if he has talent tho.

[FLiam]

Something that bugs me about scouts on this game.

"Steve Rowley thinks that Ronaldinho would instantly command a place in the Arsenal first team."

Well, duh. I would sign him, but I don't have a spare £65m.

[Guest Pirate Chasin' Booty]

Scouts piss me off, I set all mine at the start of the season to scout different regions, but I didn't set a time-frame, so they've been bugging me all season, it pisses me off, too much effort to recall them.

[TMM]

Scouts piss me off, I set all mine at the start of the season to scout different regions, but I didn't set a time-frame, so they've been bugging me all season, it pisses me off, too much effort to recall them.

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Lol, it's true. Same thing's happening with me. Although every once in a while (see: once every 3 years) they'll find a real hot prospect.

I'm giving up the search for a defender because I'm going to give chances to Senderos, Hoyte, Eboue and McEveley. Senderos has been damn decent for me so far, and I think he should get a good chance next year. Get rid of shitty Cygan and I'll be fine I think.

With Emre coming in next year as well as (I hope) Lastuvka things should be good. I've got Krisztian Lisztes and Akin Serhat to agree contracts and are gonna join in the summer on a bosman as well, but I'm not sure if they're going to get in my team, so I may well cancel them. Anyone know if they're any good on FM?

[Guest Red Devil]

Lisztes is an awesome right winger. I signed him for Real Betis and he helped me win my first and second La Liga and my first Champions League. Good player but he was ageing when i signed him and only got a few years out of him before replacing him.

Scouts and coaches piss me off, espessially the "Get Team Report" from the Ass. Manager section. They tell me my team needs improving when I've already improved them and they look pretty darn good. Throughout the season i get the same report and even after winning the La Liga by around 16 points i still get the same report. That was in the season i won the treble (Spanish Cup + Champions League). Prick.

I've got an urge to start a new FM game but i know it won't last. I've only had a couple of succesful games so i'm hoping to get another one going. Over the weekend i may start a game with Newcastle, they've got a good budget and only need their defence improved to become title contenders. Should be fun.

[FLiam]

I was going to start a game with barcodes sometime soon. They seem like an interesting team to be.

[Guest Pirate Chasin' Booty]

Just try one with Juve, I've got Serie A, La Liga 1 and the Premiership running, I plan to reach success with Juve jump ship to a Spanish team, get success with them and then go back to England. I want my profile to say Languages: English, Italian, Spanish...

I also want to earn the Arsenal job, rather than just start as them all the time, hopefully by that time they'll need to be work to do, they've already sold Cole and Clichy.

[Guest Mr McFarlane]

Started a new game as Reggina, First order of buisness was purchasing Shinji Ono. Now if the bastard will agree to a contract he's mine

[public enemy]

What kind of Formation do you guys use with Juve? I started a game with them ages ago and gave up fairly early and now everyone seems to be playing as them...

[Guest Pirate Chasin' Booty]

4-4-2 with my wingers pushed forward, works fine, I often win 4-0.

[Guest Pirate Chasin' Booty]

Wow, the end of the first season is the worst time for Juve ever, you have to deal with literally hundreds of loaned players coming back aswell as bidding on co-owned players, they're all shit too, bastards.

[TMM]

Wahoo!!! Quadroople for Arsenal!!! Premiership, Carling Cup, FA Cup and...Uefa Cup. Yeha, my Champions League campaign died a horrible death in the first match.

I've made about £15m from all my success, now let's try and get a bit more by getting rid of Gilberto and/or (preferably and) Edu. I'm set to bring in Emre, Ben Watson, Jan Lastuvka and Wayne Routledge for about £8.5m up front, which is actually about £15m in total though. I doubt my cheap ass board will allow me to sign them all, which is why I wanna get rid of Edu and Gilberto but nobody want's them.

EDIT: My transfer budget is £3.4 bloody million!!! What the fuck is up with that? I'm gonna cry...

EDIT: Well, looks like nobody wants Gilberto or Edu, so I guess I'm going to have to cancel Emre, Watson and Routledge. I need Lastuvka though, so he's going to come whatever. Bastardly board.

Edited March 17, 2005 by The_Monkey_Molester

[FLiam]

Watson and Routledge are no where NEAR good enough to play for Arsenal.

[TMM]

Watson and Routledge are no where NEAR good enough to play for Arsenal.

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They are on my game now.

[Summers]

Retained the Premisership title.

So proud.

And I won the Champions League, so proud.

I'm a World Class manager, hall of famer, too.

Edited March 18, 2005 by Summers

[public enemy]

Is there any downside to placing and winning constant ultimatums against the board?

I've recently restarted my Juventus game and it seems like the only way to get any transfer funds is to threaten to walk out. Because I've been doing well enough, the supporters usually back me and I win in the end - however, I was wondering will the board ever just get pissed at me and ignore the fans backing?

[therockbox]

I've never won an ultimatum in FM, no matter how well I'm doing. I won the Premiership and Champs League for two years running with Liverpool, and the FA Cup once. I asked for a larger transfer budget, threatened to walk out and got fired

[public enemy]

I've never won an ultimatum in FM, no matter how well I'm doing.  I won the Premiership and Champs League for two years running with Liverpool, and the FA Cup once.  I asked for a larger transfer budget, threatened to walk out and got fired

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[RawIsWar]

Retained the Premisership title.

So proud.

And I won the Champions League, so proud.

I'm a World Class manager, hall of famer, too.

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