Football Manager 2013

[TCO]

Palermo are always quite fun. You already have a young star in Abel Hernandez and they play in pink!

[Gazz]

San Marino

[brenchill]

Has anyone ever played as Man City and had "Kompany and company never looked like losing!" come up after winning a game?

... I'll get my coat.

[Gazz]

I've had 'Priest chases Butt'.

[Liam]

2-1 up in the 89th minute, bring on a player I'm about to sell. He promptly passes the ball from a free-kick to one of their players, who goes up the other end and scores.

Fucker.

[Herr Matzat]

When suddenly you beat Munich for the European SuperCup 6-1.

[Ant]

Started a game off as Chelsea (always had a soft spot for them for some reason) and you get a bit spoilt for choice in the attacking midfielder department straight off the back. You can't logically use a tactic to accomodate them all unless you play with zero strikers.

Rotation is key it seems. Recalled Lukaku off the bat. Seems to be doing the trick so far as he is my top scorer with 8 in 6 games.

[METALMAN]

Have you signed Belhanda yet?

[Ant]

No. He went to Villa instead.

[Ant]

Good God i hate FM13 sometimes. Created every single formation/tactic i can derive and NOT FUCKING ONE OF THEM works with Chelsea.

[Cymbols]

Good God i hate FM13 sometimes. Created every single formation/tactic i can derive and NOT FUCKING ONE OF THEM works with Chelsea.

There's only one tactic that you need. Sign Danny Sturridge and you instantly get 20 goals a season. Problem solved.

[Gazz]

Good God i hate FM13 sometimes. Created every single formation/tactic i can derive and NOT FUCKING ONE OF THEM works with Chelsea.

Stop changing them then.

[Khain]

Good God i hate FM13 sometimes. Created every single formation/tactic i can derive and NOT FUCKING ONE OF THEM works with Chelsea.

There's only one tactic that you need. Sign Danny Sturridge and you instantly get 20 goals a season. Problem solved.

Stoker Someone needs to revive this with Sturridge at Liverpool

[stokeriño]

Even without any new signings, you would need to be blindfolded not to win All The Things with Chelsea.

4-2-3-1 (Balanced, Control)

GK (Goalkeeper, defend) - Petr Cech

DL (Full-back, auto) - Ashley Cole

DC (Central Defender, defend) - John Terry

DC (Central Defender, defend) - David Luiz

DR (Full-back, auto) - Cesar Azpilicueta

MC (Deep Lying Playmaker, support) - Frank Lampard

MC (Ball Winning Midfielder, defend) - Ramires

AMC (Advanced Playmaker, attack) - Eden Hazard

AMC (Advanced Playmaker, attack) - Juan Mata

AMC (Advanced Playmaker, attack) - Oscar

ST (Poacher, attack) - Fernando Torres

Tweak player roles (e.g. make Luiz a Ball Playing Defender) as whim takes. Substitute other squad players like Ivanovic, Cahill, Mikel, Moses, etc. as desired. Change team instruction to Counter in tough spots.

Effect: the winning of everything.

[Herr Matzat]

When suddenly you beat Munich for the European SuperCup 6-1.

Just to go on to be bitchslaped by any team in the PL while owning your CL group. WTF is going on?!

[Ant]

Cheers for that Stoke.

[Nerf]

Even without any new signings, you would need to be blindfolded not to win All The Things with Chelsea.

4-2-3-1 (Balanced, Control)

GK (Goalkeeper, defend) - Petr Cech

DL (Full-back, auto) - Ashley Cole

DC (Central Defender, defend) - John Terry

DC (Central Defender, defend) - David Luiz

DR (Full-back, auto) - Cesar Azpilicueta

MC (Deep Lying Playmaker, support) - Frank Lampard

MC (Ball Winning Midfielder, defend) - Ramires

AMC (Advanced Playmaker, attack) - Eden Hazard

AMC (Advanced Playmaker, attack) - Juan Mata

AMC (Advanced Playmaker, attack) - Oscar

ST (Poacher, attack) - Fernando Torres

Tweak player roles (e.g. make Luiz a Ball Playing Defender) as whim takes. Substitute other squad players like Ivanovic, Cahill, Mikel, Moses, etc. as desired. Change team instruction to Counter in tough spots.

Effect: the winning of everything.

This is pretty much the formation/roles I use when playing with Liverpool and never seem to get any success. I remember getting whupped, like, 4-1 by some obscure Asian team just hoofing it over my defense in a friendly. Art imitates life, I guess.

Though I did try to turn Peter Gulasci into a Sweeper Keeper so I probably had it coming.

[stokeriño]

Plus you have the handicap of Liverpool being terrible.

[Ant]

First game of the 4-2-3-1 formation you recommended Stok, and i lost 2-1 away to Southampton

[King Ellis]

Dump the formation.