***The Official Football Manager Thread***

[Whitesox]

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Lulling him into a false sense of security before unleashing fury upon him with Championship teams.

It all starts with a long, drawn-out board takeover that results in the entire transfer window under an embargo, lol.

Of course.

Spoiler

You don't reveal FM's secrets, you'll make it angry.

[BunnyHardaway]

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Pretty active transfer season...

IN
Marcus Haber (ST, $475k - from West Brom)
Nicolae Dica (AM, Free - from Catania)
Dominic Blizzard (DM, Free - from Bristol Rovers)
Miguel Comminges (D LR, Free - from Cardiff)
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (ST, Free)
Graham Stack (GK, Free)
David Bayliss (DC, Free)
Matt Hamshaw (AM, Free)
Reuben Hazell (DC, Free)

OUT
Michael Mifsud (ST, $750k - to Brescia)
Serges Deble (FC, $675k - to Rayo)
Hans Vonk (GK, Free - to Castellon)
Ruben Baraja (DM, Free - to Bologna)
Miguel Llera (DC, Released)
Frazer Richardson (DR, Released)
Ze Maria (WB, Retired)
Beto (DC, Retired)

[ImTellinTim]

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The team always seems much more badass with Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink on it.

[jvalverde88]

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Groups were drawn for the Champions League.





Edit: How many people here have gotten touchline bans? Earlier I received one (maybe my 5th one in FM)

[Mo]

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I got my 1st one with Man Utd this season.

[rsnomar05]

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Groups were drawn for the Champions League.





Edit: How many people here have gotten touchline bans? Earlier I received one (maybe my 5th one in FM)

None in FM 11, but I had three or four in FM 10. I rarely if ever attend press conferences, and I'm sure if I attended more, I'd get more questions on bad calls, criticize the ref, and get banned more often.

Also, that's a tough group. Good luck.

[rsnomar05]

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Got my World Cup qualifying group:

[jvalverde88]

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It was tough but I qualified. Last game is against the team I lost to, Spartak Moscow.



Hopefully I win or get a draw so I can get a high seeding in the Knockout draw.

[jvalverde88]

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The 1st Knock stage draws.

[justblaze09]

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Started a career game to learn how to really play the game before '12 comes out. Took the Derby job in October when they were in 20th and have proceeded to not drop a game yet. 5-0-5 with the key win being over Leeds when they were in 2nd. Alberto Bueno and Ben Davies have just been money in the 4-2-3-1. Once the January transfer window opens, I need to sell some people off to try and bring in two more pieces to make a push for promotion.

[rsnomar05]

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You think Milan is glad they drew me in the Tim Cup quarterfinals?

[MachoMyers]

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Started a career game to learn how to really play the game before '12 comes out. Took the Derby job in October when they were in 20th and have proceeded to not drop a game yet. 5-0-5 with the key win being over Leeds when they were in 2nd. Alberto Bueno and Ben Davies have just been money in the 4-2-3-1. Once the January transfer window opens, I need to sell some people off to try and bring in two more pieces to make a push for promotion.

Welcome to the world of Football Manager whereby proclaiming any success will begin a downward spiral to the bottom of the league. :wink:

[justblaze09]

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Welcome to the world of Football Manager whereby proclaiming any success will begin a downward spiral to the bottom of the league. :wink:

Well, it must suck to be Leeds in my save then.

Stretched the unbeaten streak to 20 games (21 overall), the last one being a 2-1 win over leaders Burnley. I have to play Liverpool next in the FA Cup, so more than likely it was a nice run.

[jvalverde88]

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Back to back Coupe De France winners. Now on to try to win Ligue 1 where I'm only 5 points from first.

[rsnomar05]

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Got a great result in the first leg of the UCL knockout stages against Porto. I was up 5-0 at one point, but their two goals were goal of the year material, including a chip of my keeper, which I had never seen work in FM.



Also, my quest for Five Serie A titles in a row is going quite well as of Feb. 18: