***The Official Football Manager Thread***

[jasontoddwhitt]

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I do the same regarding the subs. The only time I sub earlier is if 30-45 minutes in someone happens to be at a 5.4 (or under, which is rare but has happened) rating. I've noticed it happens mostly with fullbacks in this match engine.

Then after the games, I'll spend (depending on the opposition/importance of the game) anywhere from 2-10 minutes analyzing all the stats. Longer for close/more important games.

I subscribe to the theory that you can only learn from a close win/loss. If you get absolutely blown out, or you blow out the other team... it was just one of those days for the match engine.

The only time I make subs at halftime is if a player is under 6.0 or if a player reacts poorly to my halftime talk. But I'll never use all three subs that early. I'll try to use my last sub around ~75 minute.

[studbucket]

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Interesting. I never exclusively user player ratings to make subs.

Fitness and tactical decisions drive most of my subs. I understand players have bad days, but I've seen so
many times where either:
a) The player is rated poorly in the first half, but ends up having a ~8.0 rating after a great 2nd half (seen it in CBs a lot)
b) Rating is low, but from watching the game it's clear the player is creating chances and doing well.

[ubernoob]

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Like I said, it's somewhat rare... but every time it happens it's a fullback that it happens to. They just spend the entire first half getting burned. Just gotta chalk it up to the match engine and put in the backup, who plays solidly almost every time.

I'll set up a 3-tactic system (normally one being my base, one being defensive or counter-based, and one being attacking). I don't mess around with instructions at all during the games, since the players don't necessarily have the tactical knowledge to use it properly.

I'll freely switch between the three tactics (depending on the fluidity of them) during the games, but I'll never touch the team instructions themselves.

[R1zzo23]

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Man, what a great feeling it is to make a substitution and watch them have a big influence on the outcome! In my Tottenham game I subbed in Harry Kane for Emmanuel Adebayor in the 75th minute and Kane buried a shot from outside the box to win it 1-0!

[gopher_guy]

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I am AWESOME at getting draws

Whether it be under-performing all game, and getting a late goal to salvage a draw, or letting a team hang around all game, and then allowing a late equalizer. Ugh.

It probably cost me promotion last year, and now I've started off year 3 with a 1-3-1 record...

[R1zzo23]

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I feel you gopher. My first four games in the EPL I went 0-4-0 against teams that widely range in talent. I then got off the hump with a clutch 1-0 win over Man U that I mentioned above and promptly followed that up with an uninspiring 4-1 loss to rival Chelsea.

[dickey1331]

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I broke down and got this game. Waiting for it to download and to say goodbye to my social life for a while.

[Suntan Superman]

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I broke down and got this game. Waiting for it to download and to say goodbye to my social life forever

I fixed that for you.

[dickey1331]

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Ended up managing Northern Ireland for my national team and for my club team I'm with Vilaverdense

[R1zzo23]

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Penalty kicks aren't very fruitful for me thus far. My best PK guy has taken three attempts and all three times the goalie has made a save on the shot. So frustrating.

[Anners]

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So I've picked St Lucia to start a new game up whilst I've lost interest in my Leeds save for now. I've pretty much got the entire CONCACAF region loaded so most of the national teams are manageable. On that note, I've decided to take control of the club side Northern United All Stars and the national team St Lucia.

I was just going to post what save I was doing, but had this enthralling first match in charge of the club side:

[cardinals57]

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Does anyone know of any sales for the game right now? I really want to get this but I can't justify the $50 on this game when I know FM15 will be coming out in a couple months.

[ubernoob]

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Does anyone know of any sales for the game right now? I really want to get this but I can't justify the $50 on this game when I know FM15 will be coming out in a couple months.

None right now. You missed out on the Steam sale of it by about a week and a half.

You can, however, sign up for a price notification for it at Cheapshark.

That site is awesome for price aggregation.

[dickey1331]

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Yeah I just bought it at $50. Figured this will last awhile and I don't plan on upgrading.

[grismosw]

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Wrapping up Season 1 with Southend United and the board is pleased with my performance. However, my contract still expires in a month so I asked the board for an extension and was denied at this time.

This is quite agitating as we have performed better than expectations in every competition and are $700k below budget in salaries.

I'm assuming they will offer at the end of the season (3 more matches to go).