How Are You Doing On CM?

[roseboy64]

Yeah true.

 

[sledger]

about 12 games into the season now, in 3rd spot having only lost twice, lots of teams on a similar amount of points breathing down my neck though...After missing training on 3 occasions Adrian Mutu will be leaving the club shortly, moving to Chelsea in January for a fee of around £15m, that should pay for a decent replacement and plenty left over, hopeful of reaching the champions league this season, but it is perhaps more likely that I will finish 5th. Beginning to realise how stupidly good Inter Milan are.....after 12 games they have 36 points and have only conceded about 4 goals....looks like everyone else is already only playing for second place....

Team of:

Frey

Ujfalusi
Dainelli
Meira
Pasqual

Fernando
Liverani
Gourcuff
Mutu (soon to leave, needs replacing)
Santana

Pazzini

 

[Spitfires_Fan]

Resigned as manager of Tamworth - I was all set to go through to the final of the playoffs after finishing 2nd, only for my idiot defender Julien Baudet to calmly slot past his own keeper in the 94th minute.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Resigned as manager of Tamworth - I was all set to go through to the final of the playoffs after finishing 2nd, only for my idiot defender Julien Baudet to calmly slot past his own keeper in the 94th minute.

Ah, should have stuck with it! Lost something stupid like about 7 playoffs in a row about a month back.

Anyway Everton looking like good bets to retain the Premiership, we are two points clear of United in mid-February, however we spectacularly failed to defend the FA Cup after being 4-0 down to Wolves after 10 minutes. Three Saviola goals had it back to 4-3 by the end, but were ultimately in vain.

 

[Majin]

Got FM08 recently, been playing it a bit. Started with Crewe Alexandra and it has been a bit of a struggle so far. Didn't win any of the friendlies, although the first with Liverpool Reserves was a 5-4 cracker of a game. Got dumped out of the League cup in the first round 7-4 at the hands of Hull City. FINALLY managed to pick it up the last couple of games though, two wins on the trot in the league, 4-3 and 5-3 respectively. Came back from 2-0 down to win that second game, too. Even though I've completely revamped the defence you can see that the problem at the moment is conceding, I've let in more goals than anyone this season with 12. Also scored more than any team in the league though, with 12 again. No idea what's up with the defence, maybe it's something tactical or maybe it's the team instructions, but it's sort of annoying. The 4-3 game I went 4-0 up within half an hour (Lee Barnard is a badass, 4 goals in 30 minutes!), and then they pulled 3 back in the second which annoyed me immensely.

Seem to be way more high scoring games for me in this version though, last I had was 06 and I never got anything like the rate of high scoring games I have on 08.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Been modding the crap out of FM08, proper logos and facepacks etc. Makes it much more enjoyable, for me anyway. Downloading the new patch now, hopefully it makes the gameplay better.

 

[Johnners]

Been modding the crap out of FM08, proper logos and facepacks etc. Makes it much more enjoyable, for me anyway. Downloading the new patch now, hopefully it makes the gameplay better.

Where does one find such mods? Makes it more enjoyable for me as well (when playing with a team with logos, kits etc.)

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Where does one find such mods? Makes it more enjoyable for me as well (when playing with a team with logos, kits etc.)

http://www.sortitoutsi.net/

The forum there gives good guides on how to install them properly as well.

 

[Johnners]

Thanks

 

[Tom Halsey]

Seem to be way more high scoring games for me in this version though, last I had was 06 and I never got anything like the rate of high scoring games I have on 08.

Yes, this was recognised as a bug of sorts, don't know whether the patch has improved it at all.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Do you need to have the 8.0.1 patch for the 8.0.2 patch to work?

 

[Tom Halsey]

No - all 8.0.1. modifications are also included in the 8.0.2. file.

 

[sledger]

Yes, this was recognised as a bug of sorts, don't know whether the patch has improved it at all.

seems to be ok for me tbh, not noticed any really high scoring games at all so far from the half season that I have played, highest scoring game was a 3-1 defeat I think, so far to all intents and purposes the new patch seems pretty good, not sure what a lot of people are moaning about.

One ridiculously stupid thing that was somehow overlooked was the "spurs get paid £5m for every game defoe plays for pompey" error, good job that can be fixed on the editor, otherwises spurs will end up mega rich on everyones game...and pompey mega poor...

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

No - all 8.0.1. modifications are also included in the 8.0.2. file.

Cheers.

 

[sledger]

hmmm, having looked on the SI forums, I really am surprised at the amount of high scoring games people seem to have....since the beta patch has come out this isnt something I have noticed much at all, I have had plenty of low scoring games, plenty finishing 1-0 or 2-1 and 0-0, my defence whilst being good is hardly the best in the game (though my goalkeeper is perhaps the best...and has been on great form), though its not perfect i'm still of the opinion that it is much improved, and perfectly playable.. that said I have only completed about half a season...but I dont get what a lot of people are whinging about.

 

[roseboy64]

seems to be ok for me tbh, not noticed any really high scoring games at all so far from the half season that I have played, highest scoring game was a 3-1 defeat I think, so far to all intents and purposes the new patch seems pretty good, not sure what a lot of people are moaning about.

One ridiculously stupid thing that was somehow overlooked was the "spurs get paid £5m for every game defoe plays for pompey" error, good job that can be fixed on the editor, otherwises spurs will end up mega rich on everyones game...and pompey mega poor...

Oh that's there....Will have to do that. Haven't played a match yet, first friendly is in a few days and trying to bolster the double winning squad. Also means I won't get to have seven subs until 2009/2010. Sucks cause my squad is big and have some players who've come back from loan who deserve a go. Don't want to sell them either plus me buying other young players plus Rafael and Fabio coming in a few days.

 

[sledger]

Don't want to sell them either plus me buying other young players plus Rafael and Fabio coming in a few days

if you have only just played your first friendly then they shouldnt be coming in for about another year yet...

 

[Tom Halsey]

Ffs just been knocked out in the CL quarters by the Scousers despite battering them. This is a bit annoying as I want to win the CL before returning to 08. The league is becoming simple - United have run into a spot of poor form.

 

[sledger]

I remember on CM01/02 the team that won the champs league was usually the team that had crespo, or his regen. That was my one gripe with that game, there were too many players who were ridiculously good, raul, christian vieri and crespo would score 40+ goals a season on a regular basis.

 

[Retox]

So Andriy Shevchenko is out for 6months in my game just before the first season started.
Have 9.5Million Pounds to buy someone to cover him.
Scott Sinclair, Didiler Drogba and Nicolas Anelka are my only strikers I have (rest on loan)

I'm happy with Didiler Drogba and Nicolas Anelka but dunno if Sinclair is good enough yet. Any suggestions?