Football Manager 2014

[JasonM]

Got to say, after the ridiculous transfers my DOF tries at Auxerre, id like to do a file where you have to accept whatever your DOF does.

I have essentially that, but with youth players my HOY signs.

The only thing I get to do is have a final say on the matter, and he does the rest from paying and negotiating the deal.

And I gotta say, if you have a really talented HOY, he can find some absolute gems without you having to lift a finger.

I also let HOY/DOF sell/loan my Transfer/Loan listed players. If they're transfer listed I don't give a crap. and with the loanees I only prune the offers to not include anything lower than first team/key player.

[John Stones' Paint Trophy]

Got to say, after the ridiculous transfers my DOF tries at Auxerre, id like to do a file where you have to accept whatever your DOF does.

On 13, I had a game with Wolves where I let the DOF handle my transfers. So, he signed us the players to get us out of the division, survive in the Premier League and even finish in the top 8 by the time I decided to leave and go elsewhere. It's interesting since it allows you to focus on the tactical side of the game. Want to play a 4-3-3 with lots of possession around the box and strikers running in behind? Tough, here's Jordan Rhodes and Steven Fletcher and we've spent £14 million on them so they're going to have to play.

One thing the DOF tends to do is overpay but at the same time, he often gets really good prices for the players you're trying to shift on. To go one further, you let him hire your staff members too to end up with 15 coaches who are all good at the same thing. Letting your head of Youth Development sign the younger players basically takes all the control out of your hands but yeah, means you can concentrate on slagging other managers off and complaining when they don't sign the centre half cover you need.

[Jimmy]

Might try it with Spurs. See what happens.

[Gazz]

A warning, I tried that and my DoF (Kinnear) tried to swap Ben Arfa (rated £22m) and £15m for Joe Allen.

[Jimmy]

10 mins into the game and Baldini did a good job of selling Kyle Naughton, but then blew 15 million on Hernandez, which wasn't exactly what we needed.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

I've never tried a DOF Does Everything save, might give it a go with... Southampton. Yeah, Southampton.

[The Lusophone]

10 mins into the game and Baldini did a good job of selling Kyle Naughton, but then blew 15 million on Hernandez, which wasn't exactly what we needed.

Spurs signing Hernandez happens on like 90% of my saves.

[Ant]

He went to Chelsea on my Saints game

[stokeriño]

In my diary game:

Javier Hernandez

* Manchester United 2010 - 2015 [72 goals in 178 games]

Signs for FC Barcelona for £10.75 million

* FC Barcelona 2015 - 2018 [43 goals in 104 games]

Signs for Manchester City for £12.25 million

* Manchester City 2018 - 2019 [21 goals in 42 games]

Switching sides in Manchester via Barcelona? Sly fucker.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

So far my DOF has tried to get the following:

Kevin Volland - £12.75m (Met his release clause but he chose Real Madrid, because let's face it, who wouldn't?)

Sofiane Feghouli - £11.75m (Second choice apparently, but he actually signed, and is a great start.)

Erik Sviatchenko - £2.9m (Some young Danish centre back I've never heard of, but he's better than my entire current CB selection, so not complaining.)

Happy with this so far.

Failed to get Sviatchenko, so he got me the better Ron Vlaar for 6m. He's doing a grand job.

[Gazz]

I downloaded a Gibraltar League add-on and after three rounds of league games (twelve matches), no goals have been scored.

The best finisher in the league has four for finishing. :/

[John Stones' Paint Trophy]

I downloaded a Gibraltar League add-on and after three rounds of league games (twelve matches), no goals have been scored.

The best finisher in the league has four for finishing. :/

You should ready a Gibraltan(?) record fee of £1000 for him,

[Hobo]

I downloaded a Gibraltar League add-on and after three rounds of league games (twelve matches), no goals have been scored.

The best finisher in the league has four for finishing. :/

I want to download this right now.

[Plubby]

My next game is a 10 degree Wednesday away cup fixture.

That's right, it's the dreaded cold weekday night in Stoke

[Gazz]

I downloaded a Gibraltar League add-on and after three rounds of league games (twelve matches), no goals have been scored.

The best finisher in the league has four for finishing. :/

I want to download this right now.

It's in the Steam Workshop.

[Plubby]

...we couldn't do it on a cold Wednesday night in Stoke

[Gazz]

10 degrees isn't cold you ponce.

[Lineker]

It's practically tropical.

[Plubby]

You're kidding, right? It's basically freezing!

[Lineker]

It's literally a whole ten above freezing.