***The Official Football Manager Thread***

[rsnomar05]

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I'm always worried that will make them angry.

I used to be worried, but I've never had a player get angry at being withdrawn. But maybe I've just been lucky.

[Bruins]

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I've had coaches stop calling players up after I pulled them from one, so from now on the most I do is limit them to 45 minutes. I usually just let them play, though.

[BunnyHardaway]

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Got bored this morning and fired FM 2010 up...having a blast.

Started a save with Everton. Not doing so well in league...lost 1-0 to West Ham and 1-0 to Man City, but advanced in the Europa Cup by beating Denmark's Bronby on a 6-1 aggregate. Drew Arsenal in the 3rd round of the Carling Cup which is a bit of a bummer. Only transfers I've made so far are:

25 y/o ST Jermaine Beckford (from Leeds, $5 million)
17 y/o AM Jonjo Shelvey (from Charlton, $6 million)

Shelvey is a bit of a gamble but I have a feeling he'll be worth the price. I had Saha and Yakubu hurt so getting Beckford was a necessity. He's netted a few goals in the Europa Cup games, but no impact in the EPL so far.

EDIT: Ugh, this season sucks. It's only October and I've already had to deal with lengthy injuries to Yakubu, Yobo, Arteta, Cahill, Heitinga, and Gosling. At least I'm leading my group in the Europa League.

[cooldude]

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Answered a few pages back.......steklo X1

Ah gotcha. Didn't know the competition backgrounds came with it.

[jvalverde88]

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I've had coaches stop calling players up after I pulled them from one, so from now on the most I do is limit them to 45 minutes. I usually just let them play, though.

I do the same thing, I really don't want any of my players mad at me.

[ImTellinTim]

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I do the same thing, I really don't want any of my players mad at me.

I've never had one get angry about playing 45 in a friendly. I set any important squad players to that.

[jesmith29]

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I've been playing the 11 demo and I have couple of questions.

When you start a new game what do you do for the transfer budget? IE do you request what you want?

When playing a game, and the Asst. Manager gives player advice of so n so is not comfortable with closing down players, playing more direct, etc, what do you change?

[ImTellinTim]

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I've been playing the 11 demo and I have couple of questions.

When you start a new game what do you do for the transfer budget? IE do you request what you want?

When playing a game, and the Asst. Manager gives player advice of so n so is not comfortable with closing down players, playing more direct, etc, what do you change?

1) You are given a transfer budget. You can adjust it, however, by taking from your wage budget. This is done in the Board Interaction screen I think.

2) In the tactics screen, select player instructions. Highlight the player in question. Then click the 'Advanced' button. That brings up a number of options for the player. Adjust the sliders as necessary.

[Hunkerdown]

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Been working alot lately, so not much FM, but fired up my save, dec 2014, mid-season with keeping my newly promoted bristol city side out of relegation zone. Actually took them to quarters of carling cup also. Then someone offered me a job that I could not resist, Chelsea, first match against Napoli in CL group play, last match actually, and get a 4-3 win. Currently Chelsea is 7th in EPL, hence the job opening.

[jb12780]

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Champions league for Everton. Mancini gets sacked by City.

[Whitesox]

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Going up!







Can we capture the title? We have the point advantage, but we also have 2 sketchy fixtures ahead of us. Regardless, in my humble and probably biased opinion, I think we absolutely deserve it based on GD. We far outclass every other team in the league.

[Whitesox]

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We wound up winning Serie B, and my reputation increased. I know I've moved around too much in this save, but when 10th place finishers Roma came around, I couldn't resist. Looking to get back into the Europa League next season, and perhaps a CL spot after that.

[ImTellinTim]

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Well done, Sox. Good luck at Roma!

[jvalverde88]

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Congrats Sox, just so you know the Board at Roma have a very short leash. I took the job after winning the Belgian Pro League with Standard Liege. I was fired my first full year, the team was in sixth.

[jb12780]

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Loving the new team: