How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

[Simppu12]

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So if I continue to keep performing as I have been since switching to the 4-3-3, I am going to have to think seriously about which formation to use as my base formation going forward. Ran through league 2 and league 1 with the 5-3-2, but struggled in the Championship once Molinero went down. Only had a small sample size of the 5-3-2 against Championship competition before he went down as well, but it wasn't all that impressive, but not terrible at the same time.

Also, Molinero has LW as a secondary position so there would still be a spot for him in both formations.

What do you guys think?

Use the one that feels better. You can always try both. I would go with a 4-3-3 because you've been doing well with it.
I would try Molinero on the wing.

[TheGoonerMassive]

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Hi guys, noticed this post and decided to get involved. Massive arsenal fan but can't play with Arsenal on CM as it seems unrealistic buying the best players as Wenger rarely does so. (I always play as though Wenger is the boss).

Therefore I started playing as Nottingham Forest as they're a local team, great diverse team and Lansbury is a boss of a Centre mid and used to play for Arsenal.

WORLD CLASS
6 MIN HALVES
SLIDERS ALL ON NORMAL
NO FINACIAL TAKEOVER
NO YOUTH SCOUTS

I'm in my third season and absolutely loving it.

1st Season: Promoted to the PL, think I ended up second overall or 1st, QPR was closest anyway... Won the Capital one cup as well.

2nd Season: Ended up 6th in the PL. Brilliant result, a number of players outperformed for me and I think I could of gone further, however Bafetimbi Gomis was awful, sold him in Jan after only six months. I then bought Connor Wickham. Benzia (My main striker) then became injured with a broken foot and Wickham had to carry me for a good 1/3 of the season, which although he is a good striker, Benzia has that extra quality to create something out of nothing. I also didn't make it out of the group stage of the euro cup, missed out by one point.

3rd Season: Second in the leauge and I have three games left. I'm three points behind Chelsea and have Liverpool and Arsenal left to play. I'm also in the F.A Cup Final against...CHELSEA! They have signed Lewandowski and he has over 40 goals in the season for them... figures! I manages to sign Adrien Rabiot, John Stones, Marcos Lopes and a few loanees for this season. Also managed to get Delph on a pre contract. Loaned Rabiot and Chalobah out as well. AWESOME! I'm playing tonight and I'm praying I can clinch my first world class leauge triumph. I have never been able to do it with the following; Chelsea, Arsenal, Real Madrid or Reading.

THE PLAYERS I RECCOMEND TO YOU GUYS WILL IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES DRASTICALLY, THEY ARE JUST SO GOOD.

SQUAD: - 4-3-3
GK: Jack Butland - English
RB: Calum Chambers - English
CB: Jamaal Lascelles - English
CB: Nathan Ake / Saul / John Stones - Dutch/Spanish/English
LB: Jack Robinson - English
CM: Henri Lansbury - English
CM: Fabian Delph - English
CAM: Pablo Sarabia - Spanish
LW: Nathan Redmond - English
RW: Zakaria Bakkali - Dutch
ST: Yassine Benzia / Connor Wickham - French/English

BENCH/RESERVES
Josh Mceachran
Karl Darlow
Kelvin Wilson
Ryo Miyaichi
Harry Kane
Hector Bellerin
Serge Gnabry
Zelalem
Marcos Lopes
Few other players loaned out such as Chalobah and Rabiot as didn't want them to rot.

Redmond, Sarabia, Lansbury, Lascelles, Chambers and Benzia are absolute matchwinners. Buy them if you are struggling I guarantee they will help!

Will update you guys tomorrow if I win the leauge!!!

[vrabbit]

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Morecambe F.C.
Season Three


The Shrimps

Spoiler

January

Morecambe 0 - Hull City 3
31' Meyler
38' Meyler
83' Huddlestone

Barnsley 0 - Morecambe 5
10' Brockie
32' Ibe
47' Brockie
57' Brockie
62' Ibe

F.A. Cup
Swansea City 1 - Morecambe 3
9' Brockie
19' Britton
61' Pessao
80' Pessao

Middlesbrough 1 - Morecambe 4
6' Benavente
57' Marshall
65' Adomah
76' Akpom
90' Ibe

Morecambe 3 - Watford 0
22' Brockie
57' Ibe
85' Pessao

Leicester City 0 - Morecambe 3
8' Pessao
74' Marshall
82' Restrepo

F.A. Cup
Morecambe 3 - Bolton 2
10' Akpom
13' Griffiths (Pen)
29' Ibe
59' Griffiths
79' Grimmer

Table
1. QPR - 58 pts
2. Nottingham Forest - 57 pts
3. Watford - 54 pts
4. Crystal Palace - 52 pts
5. Wolverhampton - 52 pts
6. Morecambe - 50 pts

Transfers In
Gabriel Graciani - Pre-Contract Agreement
Islam Feruz - Loan
Nadir Ciftci - Pre-Contract Agreement

Transfers Out
Connor Thompson - Loan
Wes Thomas - £475K
Lalrindika Ralte - £275K
Kevil Ellis - Pre-Contract Agreement

Youth Academy
Allen Juricic - 15 yrs (?) 53-57 OVR 69-73 POT, Serbia
Craig McLaughlin - 15 yrs (CDM) 55-59 OVR 75-81 POT, Northern Ireland
Joey Paton - 15 yrs (CM) 51-55 OVR 72-76 POT, Northern Ireland
Jonny Doherty - 16 yrs (RB) 59-63 OVR 73-79 POT, Northern Ireland

Press Conference

Q: It is safe to say that the turnaround is complete. After a solid showing last month, you came into January and took 12 of the 15 available points, and won two F.A. Cup matches as well. Many are praising your tactical genius as Morecambe looked to be on their way to the bottom of the table just two months ago. What do you have to say to the supporters who started to doubt during that stretch?

A: You never know what circumstances are going to present themselves when it comes to football. We were playing good team football until Abel Molinero went down and his injury really hindered what we were trying to do. Injuries, for the most part, are only temporary. Any supporters who started to doubt during that time period need to re-evaluate themselves and see how much of a true supporter they really are.

Q: You have advanced through two rounds in the F.A. cup this month, including a victory of Premier side Swansea City. These impressive performances certainly have to give the club confidence going forward in this competition. How serious of a chance do you think Morecambe has in this competition?

A: I believe that we are always a team that give it our all on the pitch. No club is going to find us as an easy out. We will push each club we play to their limits, and hope that we are the better side that day.

Q: While the transfer dealings were minimal, especially in terms of immediate help, they appear to have been enough considering recent results. There is also an added bonus of having two players joining in the future. What can you tell us about your incoming signings?

A: First of all, Islam Feruz has filled the role I was envisioning perfectly. He and Marcus Marshall have been a terror for opponents on that right wing, and it is certainly a luxury to have both of them available for selection. I can't expand too much on the other players as they are still under contract with other clubs. But we are very much so excited to have players of their quality coming in to join us in the future.

[Regens4Life]

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I like the signing of Chambers! Hoping to get him in Torquay when I have the money, so most likely if I can get to the PL. Also, expect an update soon on that. Only a couple games left in the month.

[vrabbit]

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nevermind, saw your update

[vrabbit]

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TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY IN LA LIGA

We present to you, All signings made by Real Sociedad

Spoiler

Enzo Perez
Benfica -> Real Sociedad
€7,000,000
Comment from Griffin: We had an eye on him from the start, and after having some good transactions with Perez and Benfica, we have got him.



Granero
Real Sociedad -> Borussia M'Gladbach
€10,000,000
Comment from Griffin: It was sad to see Granero go, but for that 10 Mil we couldn't not agree, we hope he has a good future in germany.




Fernando
FC Porto - Real Sociedad
€8,000,000
Comment from Griffin: We had to get a replacement ASAP for granero, This was a guy that i knew from my time at porto and he is just a tank of a player, He might be the thing we were lacking defensively.



Alberto Moreno
Sevilla -> Real Sociedad
€5,500,000
Comment from Griffin: The spanish left back cost us more than we wanted to pay, But this is a great talent for the future and it was good that he wanted to come


Other Transfers

Arrivals
Diaby - €4,000,000
Akpom - Loan
Boyata - Loan

Departures
Hervias - Loan
Ros - €1,900,000
Markel Bergara - €4,500,000
Sangalli - Loan
Zurutuza - €2,100,000
Castro - €5,000,000

Loaned out
Hervias, Sangalli, Kenan Kodro, Oiartzun, Callens


Next update will be Squad report and first 2 months

digging the moves here bro

Spoiler

End of April. You know how it went. Here's all the results.


Torquay United 3 - 1 Oxford United
James 36'
Gornell 50'
Constable 58'
Gornell 83'

S****horpe United 1 - 2 Torquay United
Marquis 14'
Winnall 63'
Marquis 66'


Morecambe 2 - 2 Torquay United
Redshaw 20'
Chapell 38'
Hsissane 58'
James 63'

Torquay United 1 - 1 Mansfield Town [SIMMED]
Coulthirst 26'
Dyer 73'


Torquay United 1 - 2 Rochdale [SIMMED]
Donnelly 3'
Pearce 78'
Spring 78'

Torquay United 2 - 1 Exeter [SIMMED]
Gornell 33'
Sercombe 47'
James 59'

Torquay United 1 - 1 Chesterfield [SIMMED]

PRESS CONFERENCE

Q: Mr. Orlov, one games left and one point ahead. What is your game plan?

A: Win.

Q: Any tactics to that?

A: Win.

Q: So how do you win?

A: You win. Enough said.

Torquay United 1 - 1 Dagenham
D'Ath 16'
Cruise 59'

Q: Mr. Orlov, you have just drawn, but you have won the league! Portsmouth have drawn 1-1 with Mansfield Town to give you the one point edge. You said your strategy was win, but you didn't win the game. What happened?

A: We won.

Q: It ended in a 1-1 draw..

A: It also ended in a 1 point win. We win. We're headed to League 1! Maybe now Sandler won't demand 120k on wages...

So there it is. We won the league. Technically, part time left back, part time movie star Tom Cruise scored the goal that put us there, but I give credit to Luke James. He smashed it across his body, and the keeper made a really nice save, but Tom Cruise was there for the header on the rebound. So I guess some credit does go to the movie star, but let's be honest. Luke James finished as the top scorer with 30 goals. It wasn't close. The next high was John Marquis, our winter transfer, with 23. Then below him Lee Barnard with 17. Gornell finished with 16. I hope you enjoyed.

It's really starting to crack me up that some many people struggle to beat Dagenham lol but congrats on winning League 2! I'm not sure whether you'll be past the transfer window by the time I post my roster review (MAYBE tonight, probably Friday) but there are some guys on there you might wanna take a look at, especially Ogogo if CDM or even RM is a spot you are trying to shore up.

Hi guys, noticed this post and decided to get involved. Massive arsenal fan but can't play with Arsenal on CM as it seems unrealistic buying the best players as Wenger rarely does so. (I always play as though Wenger is the boss).

Spoiler

Therefore I started playing as Nottingham Forest as they're a local team, great diverse team and Lansbury is a boss of a Centre mid and used to play for Arsenal.

WORLD CLASS
6 MIN HALVES
SLIDERS ALL ON NORMAL
NO FINACIAL TAKEOVER
NO YOUTH SCOUTS

I'm in my third season and absolutely loving it.

1st Season: Promoted to the PL, think I ended up second overall or 1st, QPR was closest anyway... Won the Capital one cup as well.

2nd Season: Ended up 6th in the PL. Brilliant result, a number of players outperformed for me and I think I could of gone further, however Bafetimbi Gomis was awful, sold him in Jan after only six months. I then bought Connor Wickham. Benzia (My main striker) then became injured with a broken foot and Wickham had to carry me for a good 1/3 of the season, which although he is a good striker, Benzia has that extra quality to create something out of nothing. I also didn't make it out of the group stage of the euro cup, missed out by one point.

3rd Season: Second in the leauge and I have three games left. I'm three points behind Chelsea and have Liverpool and Arsenal left to play. I'm also in the F.A Cup Final against...CHELSEA! They have signed Lewandowski and he has over 40 goals in the season for them... figures! I manages to sign Adrien Rabiot, John Stones, Marcos Lopes and a few loanees for this season. Also managed to get Delph on a pre contract. Loaned Rabiot and Chalobah out as well. AWESOME! I'm playing tonight and I'm praying I can clinch my first world class leauge triumph. I have never been able to do it with the following; Chelsea, Arsenal, Real Madrid or Reading.

THE PLAYERS I RECCOMEND TO YOU GUYS WILL IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES DRASTICALLY, THEY ARE JUST SO GOOD.

SQUAD: - 4-3-3
GK: Jack Butland - English
RB: Calum Chambers - English
CB: Jamaal Lascelles - English
CB: Nathan Ake / Saul / John Stones - Dutch/Spanish/English
LB: Jack Robinson - English
CM: Henri Lansbury - English
CM: Fabian Delph - English
CAM: Pablo Sarabia - Spanish
LW: Nathan Redmond - English
RW: Zakaria Bakkali - Dutch
ST: Yassine Benzia / Connor Wickham - French/English

BENCH/RESERVES
Josh Mceachran
Karl Darlow
Kelvin Wilson
Ryo Miyaichi
Harry Kane
Hector Bellerin
Serge Gnabry
Zelalem
Marcos Lopes
Few other players loaned out such as Chalobah and Rabiot as didn't want them to rot.

Redmond, Sarabia, Lansbury, Lascelles, Chambers and Benzia are absolute matchwinners. Buy them if you are struggling I guarantee they will help!

Will update you guys tomorrow if I win the leauge!!!

Welcome, cool CM, would had loved to see your players' overall rating

[Jordigriffin]

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Congatulations on winning the league! It will be interesting to see if you can get through League 1 easily like everyone else. Good luck!



I hope this is the start of you getting to the top of the table. Nice to see your transfers work out well.





Hello, my new rival. You made some interesting transfers. Are you playing in the CL in the first season?
Enjoy the freedom of signing anyone you want with your so-called Basque club...





Whoa, thank you! Did you mean a club legend or a legend of this thread? If you meant the latter I disagree. But anyway, post the career here! I'm sure we'll enjoy it!





I agree with #FatherJamie2014. There's no need to fight for teams. You can always use the same teams at different times. Let's just be all friends here and the next thread will reach many more pages. And for everyone who's like "Wait a minute, didn't you just fight with Chico?", I think neither one of us was that serious. Right, Chico? RIGHT?!

So... what are we going to do for Fifa 15's thread? Keep posting here, ask for a name change or make a new thread?

yes im playing CL in the first season

[moose141]

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Season 3, Episode 10: Ings Ignites

In this episode, we have a three pronged effort taking on Crystal. Palace in the Capital One Cup, rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the EPL, and FC Basel at home in the Champions League.

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[jamiec47]

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In an off FIFA note. Truly mixed feelings about Liverpool's group. Real Madrid (damn), Basel (I can deal with that) and Ludogorets (**** yes. Although if Moti is in goal we're in trouble )

For Arsenal, tough group. Gala, Dortmund and Anderlecht. Chelsea, relatively simple. Sporting, Schalke and Maribor. Man City. Group of death. Bayern (again), CSKA (again) and Roma.

I think we will see all 4 english teams in the last 16. My predictions.

Spoiler

Atletico
Juve
Olympiakos
Malmo

Real
Liverpool
Basel
Ludogorets

Benfica
Leverkusen
Zenit
Monaco

Arsenal
Dortmund
Gala
Anderlecht

Bayern
City
Roma
CSKA

Barca
PSG
Ajax
APOEL

Chelsea
Schalke
Sporting
Maribor

Porto
Athletic Bilbao
Shakhtar
BATE

[Regens4Life]

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digging the moves here bro



It's really starting to crack me up that some many people struggle to beat Dagenham lol but congrats on winning League 2! I'm not sure whether you'll be past the transfer window by the time I post my roster review (MAYBE tonight, probably Friday) but there are some guys on there you might wanna take a look at, especially Ogogo if CDM or even RM is a spot you are trying to shore up.



Welcome, cool CM, would had loved to see your players' overall rating

I went in for him and got him for 220k. I thank you for the recommendation. . Anyways, can you scout in Hungary? I got an offer, and if you can scout there I'm likely to accept it.

[Jordigriffin]

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Real Sociedad

August 13'

Real Sociedad 1 - 2 Getafe FC
76' Agirretxe
14' Diouf, 81' Pedro Leon


Elche CF 1 - 2 Real Sociedad
77' Rivera
11' Vela, 90' Seferovic

Real Sociedad 2 - 4 Atletico Madrid
42' Agirretxe, 62' Griezmann
3' Diego Costa, 51' Diego Costa, 60' David Villa, 90' Rodriguez

Starting XI

GK Bravo (81 OVR)
RB Carlos Martinez (77 OVR) RCB Mikel Gonzalez (79 OVR) LCB Inigo Martinez (80 OVR) LB Alberto Moreno (76 OVR)
RCM Fernando (79 OVR) LCM Perez (79 OVR)
CAM Xabi Prieto(C) (80 OVR)
RW Vela (82 OVR) ST Agirretxe (78 OVR) LW Griezmann (82 OVR)

Subs

GK Zubikarai (68 OVR)
RB Boyata (68 OVR) (Loan)
LB Jose Angel (72 OVR)
CM Diaby (76 OVR)
CAM Sergio Canales (78 OVR)
RM Miyaichi (68 OVR) (Loan)
ST Seferovic (74 OVR)

Notable Reserves

CB Ansotegi (73 OVR)
CM Ruben Pardo (76 OVR)
ST Akpom (59 OVR) (Loan)

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Welcome to spain Mister Griffin. How are you feeling here in spain?
Im doing good thanks, I have been settled in and getting used to the warm weather, In holland its mostly rain, so it is weird to have so much sun.

Lets talk about the transfer window and the squad, How did it go?
We got some good signings in the summer, With the likes of Enzo Perez and Fernando we really strenghtened the midfield. The team is getting along really well, and we are trying to fix our bad points.

You got 3 Points out of 3 Games, Thats not really great is it?
No it is not, We are having difficulties finding our Rythim, I found that vs Getafe we played really well, the score didnt show that. vs Atletico we just got outclassed by Diego Costa & Co. They are a difficult team to beat, Im proud that we still scored 2 times on Courtois.

Thats everything for now.

Since my team (Feyenoord) is playing tonight, I will probably wont post an update anymore. Since i cannot find the time to play all those games.
And the atletico madrid game was from the First of september, but i figuered i had to show you, anyways, Enjoy

[texasbum06]

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The 4-3-3 has been absolutely dangerous in the attack. Ibe has played a big role in that though, but he's a loan player. I'm not sure how Molinero would do on that side since he is a slower player than Ibe is.

[Surajreet9]

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In an off FIFA note. Truly mixed feelings about Liverpool's group. Real Madrid (damn), Basel (I can deal with that) and Ludogorets (**** yes. Although if Moti is in goal we're in trouble )

For Arsenal, tough group. Gala, Dortmund and Anderlecht. Chelsea, relatively simple. Sporting, Schalke and Maribor. Man City. Group of death. Bayern (again), CSKA (again) and Roma.

I think we will see all 4 english teams in the last 16. My predictions.

Spoiler

Atletico
Juve
Olympiakos
Malmo

Real
Liverpool
Basel
Ludogorets

Benfica
Leverkusen
Zenit
Monaco

Arsenal
Dortmund
Gala
Anderlecht

Bayern
City
Roma
CSKA

Barca
PSG
Ajax
APOEL

Chelsea
Schalke
Sporting
Maribor

Porto
Athletic Bilbao
Shakhtar
BATE

I'm gonna say Atletico, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Arsenal, Bayern, Barcelona, Chelsea and Athletic Bilbao are the group winners. Second place will be Juventus, Liverpool, Benfica, Dortmund, Manchester City (sorry Roma), PSG, Schalke and Porto.

[RSG1905]

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1860 continues on top. New signings increase team's level

Season 2013/14. December & January report

Matches

2.Bundesliga #13
1860 Munich 3-1 VfR Aalen
Stark 4', Lauth 27' (PEN), Stoppelkamp 83' - Abe 36'

2.Bundesliga #14
Karlsruher SC 2-3 1860 Munich
Micanski 45, Peitz 90' - Guillermo Vallori 27', Lauth 45', Stark 79'

2.Bundesliga #15
1860 Munich 2-2 FC Ingolstadt
Friend 21', Lauth 88' - Eigler 34' 61'

2.Bundesliga #16
SV Sandhausen 0-1 1860 Munich
Schelotto 52'

Winter transfer market
OUT: Ezequiel Schelotto - 3,700,000 € to Cagliari
IN: Jesé Rodríguez - on loan from Real Madrid

2.Bundesliga #17
1860 Munich 2-1 Erzgebirge Aue
Bülow 41', Friend 73' - Sylvestr 78'

Winter transfer market
OUT: Marin Tomasov - 1,000,000 € to Rayo Vallecano
IN: Luca Marrone - 1,200,000 € from Juventus
IN: Dodô - on loan from AS Roma
IN: Marcos Alonso - on loan from Fiorentina

2.Bundesliga #18
1860 Munich 4-1 Energie Cottbus
Jesé Rodríguez 30' 78' 89', Lauth 37' - Jendrisek 66'

Complete league table #18

Comments: Nice two months. We won a good amount of matches, suffering a lot but we won, and that's the important thing. With the changes made in the winter transfer market, I hope we can reach 1.Bundesliga. We're all very similar teams, so we need to win next game against Köln, and open a good gap between the two direct promotion positions, and the third.

Jesé starts working very nice, and Marrone has increased a bit the level in defense, while Dodô is much better than any other LB I have. The problem is that some veteran players are starting to decrease their qualities, but with new young people I think we can still maintain the level, or increase it. We'll see what happens, now difficult matches are coming...

[jamiec47]

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I'm gonna say Atletico, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Arsenal, Bayern, Barcelona, Chelsea and Athletic Bilbao are the group winners. Second place will be Juventus, Liverpool, Benfica, Dortmund, Manchester City (sorry Roma), PSG, Schalke and Porto.

Yeah. Tbh Group C is so wide open, all 4 could win. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Benfica don't make it through after selling their core. I opted for Porto cuz their signings have been boss. Tello on a 2 year loan is a great deal