Soda Jerk Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 "Can't someone else do it?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Just started as Southampton. Undefeated in pre season two wins from two in the Championship so far.Signed FRIMPONG on loan and Ravel Morrison to boost my team. Signed Will Keane permanently to back up "operation give the ball to Ricky Lambert". Signed an ace young english goalie as well, Joe Lewis.Lets do this. Mid table finish, oh no no board. Automatic promotion this will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 This is what I'm left with after a good old clearout:David De GeaBen AmosSam JohnstoneRafaelFabioZaki FryersMichael KeanePhil JonesChris SmallingJonny EvansVegard ForrenPaul PogbaRyan TunnicliffeRavel MorrisonTom CleverleyEmre CanMilan BadeljLarnell ColeDavide PetrucciCharni EkangameneGyliano Van VelzenAdnan JanuzajAntonio ValenciaJavier HernandezDanny WelbeckNeymarJoshua KingWill KeaneThe fans are fucking furious. I think they might just burn down Old Trafford. Scumbags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 I have an excellent update from my Spurs game but will do it when I'm at home and not at work so I can use screenshots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 I'm gonna start a new game, probably as Crystal Palace. I do a Championship game every year and they have some blinding youngsters that I think I can use to build a ferocious team from. I shall, of course, document it in this thread because we're all such glorious nerds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 I love stories and screenshots. In full flow, this is the best thread. FM trumps real football everytime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 I probably have with Spurs the best squad I've ever accumulated in any Championship/Football Manager game ever. Ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Oh gosh darn, the last 3 posts have me all fired up. I want this so badly, but I don’t have a computer... L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 holding my own in the championship in a play off spot after 20 games, club is in some serious debt though and 8k a week over wage budget, fuck it, if i see a player worth signing and can wangle it so they will give me the money he wants I go for it. Never been one to be bothered about the club finances, that's the job of the board. Might not be so lippy should I go into admin, it does happen on the game doesn't it? Don't recall seeing teams getting points deduction but then again may not have noticed...Once I get my new laptop and the game will function properly (so fecking slow on my ageing desktop) I shall - as usual - start a massive European game running around 12 leagues, start at the bottom and work my way up. When I manage Cambridge I stay at Cambridge, couldn't ever leave the club I support in real life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Crystal Palace. The Palaces of Crystals. The Eagles. The Selhurst Parkers. Lovely kit, small squad, talented youngsters and a great bunch of lads.I'm a sad bastard who needs to set goals before firing-up a new FM game, otherwise I lose interest. With Palace I want to maximise their young players' potential by giving them instant first-team football in an explosive, fast-paced system. The first thing I did was tell the unambitious board that I expect a top half finish at the very least. They respond by giving me no money to spend and just £10k worth of wages to play with. Oh well, at least Simon Jordan isn't there any more.Punted a bunch of youngsters I didn't like the look of, then flogged Steffen Iversen to Peterborough (the fans were gutted) and Andy Doran to some rinky-dink lower league team. That give me another £10k of wages and £90k transfer funds (of which I didn't touch a penny). Fired into the free agent market and picked-up defensive midfielder Peter Luccin, ex-Inter hardnut Nelson Rivas, Dutch colony defender Tyrone Loran, sexy Spanish playmaker Javi Flores and Gabon winger Stephane N'Guema. I decided that my midfield didn't have enough DENCH and brought Frimpong in on-loan, but his mate Coquelin said "nah mate" even though I offered him a packet of Wotsits for every game won. Who doesn't like Wotsits? A dick, that's who.Team looks like this:-Practically identical to the system I used at Aberdeen and Union Berlin. I'm very inspired by Walter Mazzarri's work at Napoli and want the team to play in a similar style. We'll coax the opposition into surrendering possession before thundering forward at 100mph and kicking them in the balls. We'll concede a few goals along the way, but I'm an FM Ruud Gullit. Sexy football all over your place.My main man:-This boy is available on a free at the start of the game and far too good for the Championship. Bit of a nutter but solid as fuck and dead quick. Took a bit of wrangling to get him a work permit but we got there in the end. Delighted with this signing.My top three youngsters:-They're all raw as hell, but they're already quite strong in the attributes I'm looking for and they'll be first choice every week. Palace don't have great training facilities and they're a bit too good to go out on-loan, so what better way to aid their development than playing them?Though I told the board that I just want to finish in the top half, I want promotion at the first time of asking. I'll accept nothing less. If these fuckers let me down they'll be on the first bus to Port Vale. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 great post Murrr, keep us posted! I like the look of your system, you'll go far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Everyone else has there own little celebration for a goal right?I tend to lean back in my chair, spin and give a good fist pump. Might have to work on something more elaborate... like a touchdown celebration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 With every goal I score, I remove one item of clothing. If I'm naked at the final whistle, the boys get taken out for pizza. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 With every goal I score, I remove one item of clothing. If I'm naked at the final whistle, the boys get taken out for pizza.This could be made into a tremendous gif. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 more evidence for the 'Soda Jerk is @thebig_sam on twitter' conspiracy theorists there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 I'm a fist pump kind of chap although will raise both arms in the air if its an important goal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 This could be made into a tremendous gif.Nobody wants to see my sideline strip tease. Especially if we're only winning 2-0 and I'm stood shirtless with one sock on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Frimpong just smashed one into the top corner from 30 yards in a top of the table clash against West Ham. Then he celebrates by doing a Usain Bolt.Love that guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I celebrate every goal by molesting myself.I was banned from my university library during my incredible run with Kidderminster Harriers in 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Frimpong just smashed one into the top corner from 30 yards in a top of the table clash against West Ham. Then he celebrates by doing a Usain Bolt.Love that guy.He scored with a sliding tackle for me. Opposition goalkeeper saw that my centre forward was miles away and decided to dribble the ball out of the box. Frimpong, for absolutely no reason whatsoever, decides to run forward like a freight train. Launches himself into the sliding tackle before the 'keeper knows what's hit him and BOOM. Goal.I just molested Southampton 7-1. Go me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Fuck sake. My save game corrupted, and won't load. I did a back up at the end of the 2nd season, but it's before the big fuck-off clearout and the 9 game winning streak. Massive manky bollocks. I fluked so many close-shaved wins where I had about 40% possession and rightly should have been spanked. It also took some serious persistence to flog some of the shite like Bebe too. Back to the pre-season for a player fire-sale.Finding a buyer for Carrick without having to keep paying some of his wages was a cruel task. Nobody wants that sideways passing shithead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Fuck sake. My save game corrupted, and won't load. I did a back up at the end of the 2nd season, but it's before the big fuck-off clearout and the 9 game winning streak. Massive manky bollocks. I fluked so many close-shaved wins where I had about 40% possession and rightly should have been spanked. It also took some serious persistence to flog some of the shite like Bebe too. Back to the pre-season for a player fire-sale.Finding a buyer for Carrick without having to keep paying some of his wages was a cruel task. Nobody wants that sideways passing shitheadRolling auto-saves FTW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 I auto-save too, but I don't back up each time I save. I probably should, as save game files seem to go tits up quite alot. This is the second time, though luckily the last one happened only one game after I backed up. My last back up goes right back to before the pre-season of the 3rd season. I might just holiday-it back to where I was and whatever will be will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOX Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Aw man, fuck this. 2015 as Chelsea, pumping everyone, only problem is Younés Belhanda - insanely awesome Morrocan boy - has handed in a transfer request because he's not playing enough. HE HAS BEEN INELIGIBLE THANKS TO BEING WITH HIS NATIONAL TEAM FOR THREE MONTHS. What the fuck. So now I might lose him thanks to the game assuming I have some vendetta against him bah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 That happened to me with Tiote. He buggered off to Africa halfway through the first season. Came back and moaned about not playing enough. Chump. He's not even that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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