*The FIFA 16 Manager Mode Thread*

[fearwhatnow]

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why would that give you entry to the champions league?

http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/23/69/59/2236959_DOWNLOAD.pdf

[Zac]

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Gonna start tonight with FSV Frankfurt. no money, no hope, but i am going to make them a force to be reckoned with!

I actually started this last night, just on pro just now, will up it later on once i get used to the tweaks to the game.

Start off by getting all players that i could, over 25 and 65 or less rated up for sale. All players under 22 with mid 60ish ratings went up for loans.

I have got a few players on loan, noteably Thiam from Monaco on a 2 year loan, he was really good on last years version so he will be my main central midfielder and hopefully a possible buy once i am in the bundesliga (assuming i can get promotion in the first season).

I have the option of using the takeovers from the catalogue, but i'm not sure if i wanna do that just yet? Would certainly be nice to buy a few players...hopefully win the 2mil for the pre season tournament!

I started with Union Berlin. Watch out for Leipzig. Those bastards are tough. They have the most money and end up with a solid team. They were the only team to beat me twice and battled me for the league title all season.

[RedHawk24]

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Don't know if this has been addressed yet, or if this is even the right place to address it...

But, in my MM, I am currently in July 2021. In the January transfer window, I signed Neymar to a free transfer. In July, I got the message saying that he had arrived to my club. However, he is not showing up in any of my team sheet or able to be trained in the personal trainer (not that I would use it with him, but it supports that he disappeared). But when I go to the sell players menu, he shows up there and is taking up a roster spot. Is there anything I can do to get him to show up in my roster? I accidentally saved between when he showed up and when I noticed he wasn't able to be added, so I can't just go back and try again.

[RedHawk24]

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Don't know if this has been addressed yet, or if this is even the right place to address it...

But, in my MM, I am currently in July 2021. In the January transfer window, I signed Neymar to a free transfer. In July, I got the message saying that he had arrived to my club. However, he is not showing up in any of my team sheet or able to be trained in the personal trainer (not that I would use it with him, but it supports that he disappeared). But when I go to the sell players menu, he shows up there and is taking up a roster spot. Is there anything I can do to get him to show up in my roster? I accidentally saved between when he showed up and when I noticed he wasn't able to be added, so I can't just go back and try again.

Okay. I did some digging, and he's showing up on the Man U roster. During the season before, when I had reached my agreement with him to sign with me, I did get a message saying he had agreed with Man U. But, I figured since he signed an agreement with me, and I got the message saying he'd been added to my roster, that I would get him. And the news story in my manager mode showed that he was going to join my club. So, am I screwed out of a roster spot unless I pay the 19.5 million to release him from his contract? I can't try and sign him from Man U since he just moved

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[boxers]

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AFAI, you're screwed out of the roster spot unless you release him. This "glitch" has been happening for years. If another club signs your guy on a pre-contract, he will usually go to the other club but be on your squad (with you paying him, I believe).

Okay. I did some digging, and he's showing up on the Man U roster. During the season before, when I had reached my agreement with him to sign with me, I did get a message saying he had agreed with Man U. But, I figured since he signed an agreement with me, and I got the message saying he'd been added to my roster, that I would get him. And the news story in my manager mode showed that he was going to join my club. So, am I screwed out of a roster spot unless I pay the 19.5 million to release him from his contract? I can't try and sign him from Man U since he just moved

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[stupu43]

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I started with Union Berlin. Watch out for Leipzig. Those bastards are tough. They have the most money and end up with a solid team. They were the only team to beat me twice and battled me for the league title all season.

Started last night, got a few loans in, played my first friendly and lost 1-0, playing it on legendary and 10 mins with the latest testers of community sliders.

Need to up the performance in the next match the get a bit of a better transfer kitty!

[PPerfect_CJ]

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What are you guys seeing as far as injuries go? I left both sliders on default, and 4 games in, I'm not seeing a lot. I like things to be somewhat realistic, but that said, I don't want to play an entire season without Wayne Rooney! Just wondering what they look like further down the road so I'll know if I need to tweak the sliders or not.

[JHedges2]

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What are you guys seeing as far as injuries go? I left both sliders on default, and 4 games in, I'm not seeing a lot. I like things to be somewhat realistic, but that said, I don't want to play an entire season without Wayne Rooney! Just wondering what they look like further down the road so I'll know if I need to tweak the sliders or not.

FWIW, the community sliders are at 60 (freq) and 40 (sev).

Not sure how far into MM they've tested though.

[Zac]

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What are you guys seeing as far as injuries go? I left both sliders on default, and 4 games in, I'm not seeing a lot. I like things to be somewhat realistic, but that said, I don't want to play an entire season without Wayne Rooney! Just wondering what they look like further down the road so I'll know if I need to tweak the sliders or not.

FWIW, the community sliders are at 60 (freq) and 40 (sev).

Not sure how far into MM they've tested though.

I always set mine to 60/40 and I have a good amount every year.

[PPerfect_CJ]

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FWIW, the community sliders are at 60 (freq) and 40 (sev).

Not sure how far into MM they've tested though.

I always set mine to 60/40 and I have a good amount every year.

Ok. I may give those a shot. I want a FEW injuries, but like I said, I don't want to lose my big players for extra long periods of time. Realism is one thing, but not being able to play with your favorite players kind of takes the fun out of MM. Lol!

[Zac]

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Ok. I may give those a shot. I want a FEW injuries, but like I said, I don't want to lose my big players for extra long periods of time. Realism is one thing, but not being able to play with your favorite players kind of takes the fun out of MM. Lol!

You'll see one or two, maybe three players go down with an injury for 3 months. But they usually come back in 2. It may be star player also. I've had my star get injured a couple times. But whats nice about that is getting playing time for other players for a bit to keep them happy.

[PPerfect_CJ]

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You'll see one or two, maybe three players go down with an injury for 3 months. But they usually come back in 2. It may be star player also. I've had my star get injured a couple times. But whats nice about that is getting playing time for other players for a bit to keep them happy.

United doesn't have the depth up front that they had last year. That scares me a bit. Guess I could always recall Januzaj in an emergency. I'll definitely be looking for another striker, soon.

[Zac]

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So I finished my second season last night. I've been using this MM for too much testing and so I simmed a bunch of games, and I played a bunch on 6 min, which I never do. So I got through this season way too fast. But I ended up 15-5-14. Some how that managed to get me in 6th, when I was expecting a low mid to relegation battle. And that 6th spot got me into Europa. And lost in the first round of the domestic cup to BVB.

And I am disappointed that since I took a second division team, won the title while getting promotion. Then finished way higher than expected and make Europe, that I haven't gotten a single job offer. At the end of the season just to test I submitted job requests to low level la liga, Lique 1, Serie A and EPL teams. All said I didn't have what they were looking for. Also why are those the only leagues that ever have job openings? There should always be low level teams or mid level teams in lower leagues that would be ecstatic to try and steal away a manager on the rise. Granted it would be unrealistic for a Bundesliga manager to move to a second division team in another country unless he was fired, but still. Let me make that choice if I want.

And the board actually gave me a realistic amount of money based on making Europe for this stature of a team. Started the game with 1.2M, after promotion they game me 3.2M. Then after making Europe they gave me 9.8M.

And now that I am done with testing stuff, I can play a full season, lol.

[ImTellinTim]

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I just won Europa League with Liverpool (finished 7th in BPL) and got seeded directly back into Europa League instead of Champions League. Has anyone else had this happen or is this just a one off?

It's stuff like this that always has me going to FM for management and FIFA for playing games/single seasons. MM has made strides, but it still feels totally empty and is filled with dumb errors like this.

[Qb]

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Decided to head back to the Bundesliga for the first time since FIFA12, taking over the reins at Hertha Berlin. Recognizable kits, a licensed stadium, and very attainable board expectations (mid-table & round of 32 in cup) make for what seems like a good choice.

Thus far, I like the squad, even if I only have one play now game under my belt. A couple of decent strikers that each offer something a little different -- Ibisevic is more skilled, Schieber is stronger, and Kalou quicker on the counter. I have a handful of reasonably skilled attacking mids in Stocker, Hatira and Bereens, plus two quicker wingers I can bring along with some ball skills training.

I have five or six center mids, three of which have the engine trait. Darida and Skjellbred are active box-to-box types, while the others lack some mobility but bring more steel. All in all, it gives me lots of flexibility to mix & match based on opponent & game situation.

The defenders & keeper are all around mid-70s, with US international John Brooks headlining. I could use some depth here, preferably someone who can cover both CB and RB. I need to check if I have anyone out on loan I can recall in case of injuries.

I started with around €10M thanks to the 30% increase from FIFA15 progress, as well as the 5* GTN scout. I plumped for a 5/5* German youth scout for €4M; I want to build up a strong local academy so I figured I'd go with quality over quantity in scouts. I don't have a lot of young talent in the squad, so I'm really looking forward to bringing the academy players into the first team in a few years.

I entered the Champions Trophy preseason tournament in Holland. I plan on giving it a real go and my group consists of Espanyol, Carpi, and Las Palmas. Wish me luck!