How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

[Keano16]

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@indiblue- Good job and off to a flying start with Nantes. Can I ask how you do the table?

I do my tables pretty much the same. What I do is copy the image of the Prem table off their website into Microsoft Word and then just edit it.

Also a solid month with Newcastle! That guy whose name I can't spell is doing great.

@Simp: Congrats on winning the league! And getting to the FA Cup and Champions League Finals. Hopefully you can complete the quadruple before you return to Veronas.

How do you upload the images from the games?

@Indi: You're flying with Nantes again and you got an interesting but well achieveable Europa League group! Good luck!

@Falaph: A very good month with Millwall!

@Chico: I can't remember much about your nonth but I liked the graphics and I loved the formations pictures they were great! I wish you success in the league and in your hunt for promotion!

[Simppu12]

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@Simp: Congrats on winning the league! And getting to the FA Cup and Champions League Finals. Hopefully you can complete the quadruple before you return to Veronas.

How do you upload the images from the games?

Thanks! I feel confident about winning the quadruple but Bayern is an amazing team and they're really hard to beat on the game. It will be a tough game.

I save them on a flash drive and then on the computer I go to postimage.org. There you can choose which image to upload and the size of it. After that you upload the picture, copy the url and paste it into your post.

[sportsfreak96]

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I'll have a Betis update later today I have school until 2:30 CDT then I'll be able to post it

[moose141]

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Ah, very good question. I've been using B teams for a while, I can't even remember if in the past I used a traditional squad rotation to be honest. I feel that by using B teams, I can really get to know my players. I see it as a stepping stone to the first team, and it helps keep the players happy. Pretty much if a player can put in awesome performances with lesser talented players on the field, he should be ready to play with the first team. The entire squad selection is alternative, including the bench which will have the reserve players so they can have some playing time as well. The B team approach has also helped me improve my tactics and technique. Since there will most likely not be any players that can just dribble the ball past the defense and score, I have to really rely on teamwork, sometimes giving me the impression that the B team plays better than the first team. I have thought of going towards just rotating players, but I feel there would be many players in my squad that wouldn't get the opportunity to show me what they got. With a B team, I can find those "hidden gems" or just players that are great even with a low overall much easier. I'm having difficulty explaining it I hope I was able to explain it well enough lol

Very interesting... definitely a different strategy from the way I go about it, but honestly yours is probably a lot easier (and more successful) to implement. You've clearly done well with that strategy in the past! Honestly, the B team idea is great because really you can set up your B team to have a certain style that fits the players on the B team, while your first team can play a completely different style that fits their skill sets. That is a lot easier to work with than rotation, because I know when I rotate a few players, depending on who I bring in, I often have to change up the style of play completely because the rotations may not fit into the style of play of my first XI.

Yeah, I rememeber our discussions about the 4-3-2-1 and using the run settings to pull one forward wide. You had Lacazette ripping up the league for you at that point, with Grenier and Schar backing him up in midfield and defence. That was a smashing team. Good to see you begin to put something similar together on this career!

Yes, what a career mode that was, I find myself putting Lacazette in my shortlist in every single career mode. When I saw him on some highlights a couple years ago, I knew he would be fantastic and had to pick him up in FIFA 13 and then FIFA 14. Glad to see his real life form has been unbelievable leading Lyon to the top of Ligue 1. I'm definitely trying to replicate that form with this career, Grenier would be a great replacement for the aging (30) Downing, with so much class on the ball.

Jeu à la Nantaise: August 2015

Spoiler

Ligue 1: Matchday 1

W 0-3
19' Gakpe, 41' 82' Marzouk

We went into this game thinking we'd need to work our socks off to get a result, but Marseille barely tried to stop us. Steve Mandanda's move to Barcelona took the wheels off their title challenge last year, and losing Nicolas N'koulou to Inter this summer hit them even harder. Gakpe was on fire for us, scoring the first and setting up the new lad Marzouk for a debut brace. Their only real chance was a speculative shot from the edge of the box. It curved and dipped towards goal, but Riou managed to punch wide.

Ligue 1: Matchday 2

W 2-1

Spoiler

56' Veretout, 88' Marzouk
25' Salli

Monaco had the upper hand for much of the first half, which was highlighted by a real peach of a goal. Jeremy Toulalan faked a shot before passing to Edgar Salli, who only needed one touch before firing low and hard past our keeper. I made a tactical change at halftime, bringing on Manyisa for Camara. We got our first goal from a corner as Jordan Veretout tapped in the parry after Sidibe's header was saved, before Marzouk bagged the winner with minutes to go, finding Danilo Cataldi's perfectly weighted pass for a first-time shot of some power. This has definitely been one of our tougher wins.

Europa League: Play-off round, leg 1

D 2-2
33' Gakpe, 79' Sidibe
41' Sylla, 63' Jørgensen

Despite the feverish joy that surrounds your first European match, I warned my boys not to take Zulte-Waregem lightly, because they have the quality to make us pay for any sort of mistake. They seemed to pay attention for the first 30 minutes, but after Gakpe scored the opener, I felt a bit of laxity. My warning wasn't for no reason, and Idrissa Sylla drove through and equalised for them not too long after. We weren't much better during the second half, when we left Jesper Jørgensen unmarked, allowing him to give Waregem the lead. There was a bit of luck involved towards the end. Sidibe's goal came as his low cross took a deflection off their keeper's foot. After conceding two away goals, we'll need to be a lot sharper in the second leg if we want to qualify.

Ligue 1: Matchday 3

D 1-1
83' Sanson
40' Gakpe

There are few things I hate more than drawing/losing consecutive games, and one of them is throwing away a win at the end of a match. I can't be too mad at my players, because their keeper was in fantastic form today, but we should have got at least one more goal. There's no doubt in my mind that Gakpe's goal was a fair penalty, but we could have been tighter at the back to stop them from equalising, even if they fouled two of our players during the build-up to the goal. I'm not a fan of putting the blame on the referees, even if they deserve it. If you do enough to win, you won't find that you are in a situtation where things like these can impact or influence the result.

Europa League: Play-off round, leg 2

W 1-2
61' Sylla
23' Coman, 34' Cataldi

I decided to give Marzouk a rest for two reasons. First of all, I don't want him to face such a high-pressure situation so soon. Second, I needed someone with pace that can cause problems, which is why I gave Coman the nod. The lad did very well to score the first goal after Gakpe put it on a plate for him, but Cataldi's goal has to be one of the best I have seen from him. He beat two men before curling the ball past their keeper, and we knew then that the win was ours. Idrissa Sylla managed to pull one back, but we saw the final 30 minutes out without too much trouble. I'll need to have my scouts look at this Sylla lad. He seems like a player who'd do well with bigger opportunities.

Group D

Bayer 04
Dundee Utd
Nantes
PAOK

We've been drawn into a very good European group. Bayer are one of Europe's finer teams, and have dangerous players such as Hakan Calhanoglu and Lars Bender. We will need to be alert and sharp to have a chance of a result against them, especially in the away match. Dundee is a team we know little about, though if they were good enough to get to this point, we need to give them the respect they deserve. If we take them lightly like we did Zulte-Waregem, we could have a major problem. PAOK is a Greek team, so we can expect a bit of physicality from there. Again, we don't know too much about them, so we'll need to send our scouts to look at a few of their players to get an idea of what we're up against. I fancy us to qualify for the knockout stages.

Ligue 1: Matchday 4

W 2-1
10' Djilobodji, 33' Cataldi
18' Hamill

As much as I'd like to say that I'm happy with this win, that's not the case. The result might be what we wanted, but it's certainly not so with the performance. Djilobodji's header was a powerful one, but it took a huge deflection on the way in. Cataldi was lucky to have his shot go in after their keeper got a hand to it, so both our goals were down to luck, while we conceded because of a lapse in focus and concentration. We were fortunate to come away with three points, because there was no indication that we were much better than Ajaccio. There has to be significant improvement on this.


Serge Gakpe
Sprained ankle, 3-4 weeks

This one is a bittersweet injury. Of course, we're never happy to lose a player to the treatment table, especially not our best forward. However, the injury comes at a time when we have the next two weeks off due to the internation break. This means Serge will only miss the match against Lille, and should be fit to feature in our first Europa League group stage match at Dundee, though probably from the bench as a late sub.

Excellent write up as always, looking very strong in the league so far and that is definitely a manageable group to get out of in the Europa League. I would honestly fancy you to get out of the group in first. Tough break with the injury to your star goal scorer, but like you said he won't miss too much game time at least.

@moose141 - Going to be completely honest here, I haven't really followed you every episode, yet I am planning on doing that now. I really enjoyed it. I actually didn't know about that loan thing that you talked about with QPR, never really thought about that. You have a really solid team. I also liked the game aswell, it was really tight and interesting to look at. I started shouting when Reid took the shot in the box, I have Reid in UT and I have had that experience aswell. lol.

I thought both goals were actually lucky, I think both of the keepers should have had em. Keep it up!

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Now, I gotta say, I love the Millwall pick, I kinda like Millwall, but I think it is because my favorite FIFA Youtuber supports them aswell, lol.

Thanks man, I appreciate it! No worries if you haven't been around the whole time, I just hope you're enjoying it now! As for the loan info, yeah I actually learned that on a FIFA scouting site that I was randomly browsing for a little bit and that was one of the tips was to not loan players in your own league b/c there is a decent chance that they go into poor form and don't progress well. Also with Reid, yeah I seem to have a ton of scrambles in the box that I just can't seem to smash home!

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So I'm not your favorite FIFA youtuber then?

[_ChicoBass]

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Cheers, mate. Can't wait to see how we fare against Bayer, but given how we beat PSG last season, I fancy our chances. I'm actually planning to bring a couple of British players to Nantes next summer. Any recommendations from Scotland?

As it was mentioned already LB Robertson and RM Forrest are great wingers. From what I can remember, there is a young CDM named Ryan Jack that develops nicely with strong defensive stats. For strikers you have Callum Paterson who develops into a tank. He had about 90 jumping, 90 strength, and his pace was in the 80s. Mackay-Steven and Armstrong are both quality CAMs. There was also a young CB that quickly grew into the best CB in the national team, his last name is Souttar can't remember the first. Keep in mind that my knowledge is based only on FIFA 14 though :$

In my first game with Bolivia I lost 4-3 to Brazil. I was up 3-0 in the 60th minute then Brazil just went on a tear scoring 4 goals in 30 minutes. Second game I drew 1-1 against Venezuela

To have been 3-0 up with Bolivia is already a great sign! You might be the first I've seen to put Bolivia on the map!

@Chico: I can't remember much about your nonth but I liked the graphics and I loved the formations pictures they were great! I wish you success in the league and in your hunt for promotion!

Thanks for the shout man I appreciate it! Glad the formation pictures worked out well.

[_ChicoBass]

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Very interesting... definitely a different strategy from the way I go about it, but honestly yours is probably a lot easier (and more successful) to implement. You've clearly done well with that strategy in the past! Honestly, the B team idea is great because really you can set up your B team to have a certain style that fits the players on the B team, while your first team can play a completely different style that fits their skill sets. That is a lot easier to work with than rotation, because I know when I rotate a few players, depending on who I bring in, I often have to change up the style of play completely because the rotations may not fit into the style of play of my first XI.

Yes, exactly. I usually have a different formation with the B team and a different playing style. I think back in the early Wimbledon days I used the same formation for both teams, but eventually I began using different formations so I could adjust better to the players I have on the field. I think the last player promotion I did with Wimbledon was the youth striker from Northern Ireland Michael Thompson. He was killing it with the B team so I absolutely had to bring him up to the first team even though he was probably the 4th or 5th best striker on the team based on overall. He ended up becoming a very important player and scored many important goals. With Osasuna the first player I promoted from the B team was Oier and my performance got tons better with him on the field. Rabbit also used a B team strategy so maybe he could chime in on how it's worked out for him when he gets a chance. I've even seen him mentioning C teams a few times!

[sportsfreak96]

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As it was mentioned already LB Robertson and RM Forrest are great wingers. From what I can remember, there is a young CDM named Ryan Jack that develops nicely with strong defensive stats. For strikers you have Callum Paterson who develops into a tank. He had about 90 jumping, 90 strength, and his pace was in the 80s. Mackay-Steven and Armstrong are both quality CAMs. There was also a young CB that quickly grew into the best CB in the national team, his last name is Souttar can't remember the first. Keep in mind that my knowledge is based only on FIFA 14 though :$




To have been 3-0 up with Bolivia is already a great sign! You might be the first I've seen to put Bolivia on the map!




Thanks for the shout man I appreciate it! Glad the formation pictures worked out well.

That Brazil game was irritating I should have won that game(their 3rd goal was a stupid OG by Douglas)

[indiblue]

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Haha, I did notice you had said Greece and just figured you had mixed up the countries so didn't say anything. Mitroglu got a winner against my Northern Ireland team too the one time I played Greece

You've gone and messed up, son. Confusing a Greek and a Turk is the straightest path to death.

@indiblue- Good job and off to a flying start with Nantes. Can I ask how you do the table?

Cheers, mate. I used Excel. Print Screen, paste in Paint, trim, upload, post.

@Indi Would you mind if I used the same format as you did in the West Brom (?) career where you write down the minutes and highlights (like this: 5'- Goal! Person x scores etc.) for the two cup finals in May? I want the finals to look more special instead of just the manager thoughts or the typical match recap.

Absolutely not, mate, go ahead. I completely forgot about this myself or I would have used it for last year's league cup final. BTW, good show with United. Treble is well on.

As it was mentioned already LB Robertson and RM Forrest are great wingers. From what I can remember, there is a young CDM named Ryan Jack that develops nicely with strong defensive stats. For strikers you have Callum Paterson who develops into a tank. He had about 90 jumping, 90 strength, and his pace was in the 80s. Mackay-Steven and Armstrong are both quality CAMs. There was also a young CB that quickly grew into the best CB in the national team, his last name is Souttar can't remember the first. Keep in mind that my knowledge is based only on FIFA 14 though.

I have a feeling Paterson was glitched for you, but let me see if I get similar stats after scouting the lad. Souttar is with Dundee. So is Ryan Jack, or perhaps that's Aberdeen. What's the verdict on Charlie Mulgrew?

[indiblue]

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Yes, what a career mode that was, I find myself putting Lacazette in my shortlist in every single career mode. When I saw him on some highlights a couple years ago, I knew he would be fantastic and had to pick him up in FIFA 13 and then FIFA 14. Glad to see his real life form has been unbelievable leading Lyon to the top of Ligue 1. I'm definitely trying to replicate that form with this career, Grenier would be a great replacement for the aging (30) Downing, with so much class on the ball.

Excellent write up as always, looking very strong in the league so far and that is definitely a manageable group to get out of in the Europa League. I would honestly fancy you to get out of the group in first. Tough break with the injury to your star goal scorer, but like you said he won't miss too much game time at least.

Mate, just seen the latest video. Glad to see Jarvis put himself up for a look in. He was mint for me when I did my West Ham career in 13 (didn't post it here). Ridiculously good fee for Maiga considering he won't be playing, but I really look forward to seeing how you fare with AOC in central midfield. Let me know if he drifts laterally often given his RM base position. Do you feel more solid with two top-notch CBs? Nkoulou is a massive upgrade from Tomkins/Collins. Also, I'm looking at Grenier myself. He's available for free next season, and I may just make a move to give myself that bit of depth at CAM.

[texasbum06]

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You've gone and messed up, son. Confusing a Greek and a Turk is the straightest path to death.

Chico was the one who did it

[vrabbit]

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get your asses ready, comments coming on all of y'all CM's whether you like it or not

[_ChicoBass]

How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

I have a feeling Paterson was glitched for you, but let me see if I get similar stats after scouting the lad. Souttar is with Dundee. So is Ryan Jack, or perhaps that's Aberdeen. What's the verdict on Charlie Mulgrew?

I thought so too, but that's a negative. Just looked him up and his default stats already had him with 88 jumping and 80 strength. Unfortunately, I also found that he hasn't been on FIFA 15 since November and that was with the free agents so there goes that Russell from Derby County was also a good striker. I usually had Mackay-Steven either as a CF in a False 9 or just as a CF behind the striker. I never used Mulgrew, I don't think he was ever rated high enough to see him in the Scotland selection screen, but I looked him up as well and I think he's a definite buy! He has great passing stats and his defensive stats are decent enough. I would go for him, I don't focus on overall too much.

Also, as Tex already pointed out, (*cough snitch cough* :P) it was I who confused a Turk with a Greek. Even worse, I confused the entire Turk team with the Greek national team. That's like, 23 players right there! May the gods have mercy on my soul.

[_ChicoBass]

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get your asses ready, comments coming on all of y'all CM's whether you like it or not

[_ChicoBass]

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I forgot to mention when I was talking about using B Teams: the new Team Sheets in FIFA 15 have made my life soooooo much better.

[texasbum06]

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I forgot to mention when I was talking about using B Teams: the new Team Sheets in FIFA 15 have made my life soooooo much better.

Unrelated question: Have you thought about which national team you might use in 15?

I think I've decided on one to wait for, and I have a small connection to the country through my grandmother so I will make use of that somehow in my story for taking over if I ever get the offer.