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How Are You Doing On CM?
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
Might just be because my keeper at Dortmund is garbage. I'm not too fussed about it, averaged almost 3 goals a game in my first Bundesliga season.
What was annoying was almost dropping 2 points against Bayern Munich when I'd horsed them 4-0 in the first half.
Find that you seem to go on crazy runs of form either winning ever game about 4-1 or horrible runs.
Anyway Malaga have anoyed me and Ive been good teams for too long anyway so started to with Wigan. Interesting start......lost 6-0 to Man utd first game of the season and then 4-3 to Spurs. Could be a long season.
Anyway Malaga have anoyed me and Ive been good teams for too long anyway so started to with Wigan. Interesting start......lost 6-0 to Man utd first game of the season and then 4-3 to Spurs. Could be a long season.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Yeah I find this as well. Seems no matter what you do in some instances you just can't get the result. You just get a feeling before you even begin a game that it won't go your way.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Also, only having it available through Steam is a pain in the arse. As long as you remember to "go offline" before you take your laptop to somewhere that doesn't have internet it's ok. But if you don't, then you get all sorts of bother. I hate telling it to start in offline mode, only for it to say "can't access the internet" and then shutting down. Bastard thing.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Forgot how much fun lower league management can be - there's something immensely satisfying about taking a team of no hopers and winning things.
Currently have Clyde sitting top of the Scottish 3rd Divisionit's particularly challenging because there is absolutely **** all money to be made in the lower leagues in Scotland. Hosting Celtic for a preseason friendly looks like an inspired move, because despitre having a wage budget of £1,600 a week I'm losing £20k a month. Hopefully the board won't sell my Irish striker I got on a free, because he's far too good for the division and without him I'll strugglw to score goals.
However, being this low down has revealed another gripe. Player comes to me to moan about not getting first team football. I tell him I'll try and find him a new club. Now bear in mind that no teams this low down have any money to spend, and there's a bit of a problem with transfer listing him. So I suggest that the player in question terminates his contract - while he's only on £50 a week, when my budget is £1,600 and I'm £100 over that then £50 a week is quite a large sum of money to be paying someone to do nothing for me. Now you'd think that a player who wanted to leave and find a new club would be open to the idea of being released, but apparently not. Instead he seeks another meeting to voice his concerns. This is stupid.
Currently have Clyde sitting top of the Scottish 3rd Divisionit's particularly challenging because there is absolutely **** all money to be made in the lower leagues in Scotland. Hosting Celtic for a preseason friendly looks like an inspired move, because despitre having a wage budget of £1,600 a week I'm losing £20k a month. Hopefully the board won't sell my Irish striker I got on a free, because he's far too good for the division and without him I'll strugglw to score goals.
However, being this low down has revealed another gripe. Player comes to me to moan about not getting first team football. I tell him I'll try and find him a new club. Now bear in mind that no teams this low down have any money to spend, and there's a bit of a problem with transfer listing him. So I suggest that the player in question terminates his contract - while he's only on £50 a week, when my budget is £1,600 and I'm £100 over that then £50 a week is quite a large sum of money to be paying someone to do nothing for me. Now you'd think that a player who wanted to leave and find a new club would be open to the idea of being released, but apparently not. Instead he seeks another meeting to voice his concerns. This is stupid.
flibbertyjibber
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Started with Colwyn Bay, won 2 promotions in a row to get into the league and lost 2 FA Trophy finals as well. Stuffed financially as they spent £250k at end of first season to improve ground then started building a new ground when I got in the league. Despite the fact my total wage bill was still only allowed to be £4500 a week I was losing £30k a month, wasn't looking to leave but in January when top of League 2 and with a replay in cup at West Ham to look forward to I was offered Newcastle job.
Bottom of Prem, and 12 points adrift, went down on final day of season but won FA Cup with penalty shootout win over Liverpool. Got half the team wanting out, can't sign any decent players but have £40m in bank. Won Charity Shield on penalties, into group stages of Europa League and 5th after 6 games but have unhappy squad as I have gone back on promises to sign players, bit difficult when they won't even speak about terms.
Bottom of Prem, and 12 points adrift, went down on final day of season but won FA Cup with penalty shootout win over Liverpool. Got half the team wanting out, can't sign any decent players but have £40m in bank. Won Charity Shield on penalties, into group stages of Europa League and 5th after 6 games but have unhappy squad as I have gone back on promises to sign players, bit difficult when they won't even speak about terms.
flibbertyjibber
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Last year I won Champions League twice running with Stafford Rangers.
Great fun doing it, was too hard this year with that Colwyn Bay team, no cash at all. Will do it again when 3rd patch comes out with some other non entity.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Which is funnier - Steve Bruce storming out or being appointed Liverpool boss?
Managed to get Clyde into the 2nd division but for some reason I seem to be finding it harder to attract players. Managed to get a couple of the young guys I had on loan last season on Bosmans and signed Thomas Bendiksen on a free after Rangers released him but other than that, I can barely get anyone to sign for me. Players that have been released by SPL clubs aren't interested, players available for loan from the SPL won't come to me, which means I'm starting preseason with 18 players.
Things will probably get better once I get into the season but it's pretty frustrating. Particularly as my main striker aside, who scored 42 goals last season, the rest of my forwards are complete garbage.
Enjoying my Wigan game, 7th at the moment in my second season. Owen Hargreaves in on a free and despite being injured 5 minutes into his debut has actually played an unrealistic amount of games, Him and players bought from South America make up the bulk of the side.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
They approached me without me applying for the position, but I decided to say no and stay with Valencia for a fourth season. Not sure how they ended up offering it to Bruce though, he was sacked by Sunderland in my first year, and replaced by Villas-Boas who was sacked by Chelsea at around the same time, don't think he had a job in the interim.
In any case, found another strange bug. Iniesta picked up an injury in December which would put him on the shelf for about a month iirc, this prompted a load of items in my news tray along the lines of "Spain fans dismayed that Iniesta has been ruled out of World Cup, there is no chance for a replacement player to be called up at this late stage!". Hmmm, yes.
Valencia going well, as well as can be expected. Managed to grab a 4th place finish for the 3rd year in a row. Looked mighty shaky at one stage after a few sticky patches throughout the season. But thanks to Sevilla's ineptitude I managed to drag myself back into contention and pip them to it. The fact that they sacked their manager with 5 games of the season left whilst they were in 4th place and everything to play for probably had something to do with this.
Have began to phase out the older players and bring in a load of new young players from South America, just waiting for them to qualify for Spanish Citizenship so that I don't have too many players from outside the EU. The fact that they were signed at an age of 17 years old should also mean they count as home grown players after a while, which is useful. Should be an interesting 4th season in prospect.
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Ah well, gone past christmas in Championship with Newcastle, 6 points clear at top with game in hand. Through to knockout stages in Europa Cup where I play Rangers and in League Cup semi which I will lose to Chelsea/Man City.
Been offered 3 jobs by teams in bottom 6 of Championship, yeah like I am going to leave the side top of the table and in europe for them. Still can't sign anyone though, bloody annoying. Hope January window opening might make players talk but even trying to get reserves in from Prem sides on loan won't happen.
Been offered 3 jobs by teams in bottom 6 of Championship, yeah like I am going to leave the side top of the table and in europe for them. Still can't sign anyone though, bloody annoying. Hope January window opening might make players talk but even trying to get reserves in from Prem sides on loan won't happen.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Currently sitting top of Division 2 at Christmas, which is miles ahead of expectations.
Got another couple of minor quibbles; one of my star midfielders is a kid I had on loan last season from Aberdeen who I got on a Bosman. Why on earth are the media asking me questions about how well he's settling in and if I'm delighted with his impact? He's already been at the club for a year you muppets.
Second quibble is players that get released from SPL clubs. Fair enough, you wanted to play for a bigger club at a better level. It's now December, you've not had a club for 6 months, but you're asking me for £2,000 a week now that you're actually willing to sign for me. What planet do you live on?
Got another couple of minor quibbles; one of my star midfielders is a kid I had on loan last season from Aberdeen who I got on a Bosman. Why on earth are the media asking me questions about how well he's settling in and if I'm delighted with his impact? He's already been at the club for a year you muppets.
Second quibble is players that get released from SPL clubs. Fair enough, you wanted to play for a bigger club at a better level. It's now December, you've not had a club for 6 months, but you're asking me for £2,000 a week now that you're actually willing to sign for me. What planet do you live on?
Johnners
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Anyone else having issues with coaches allowed? Started a game with Chelsea (into second season now) and despite apparently being allowed 21 coaches, I've only got 10, and the moment I go to sign someone new the board cancels the deal sighting the reason that we've already got enough coaches.....driving me crazy tbh.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
It'll be because you have too many coaches overall. It may say you are allowed 10 coaches and you only have 5, but you may also find that you are allowed 2 fitness coaches and in actual fact have 3, or you are allowed only 8 youth coaches but in fact you have 15. You need to sack some of the coaches in these areas which there is an excess so that your total number of coaches comes down to below what the overall maximum allowance is.
E.g. The maximum amount of coaches you may be allowed is 10, youth coaches 10, fitness coaches 5, so that's 25 overall.
However, what you may have, is 1 Fitness coach, and 20 youth coaches, and 4 coaches for the first team. I had the exact same problem when I was playing as Chelsea.
E.g. The maximum amount of coaches you may be allowed is 10, youth coaches 10, fitness coaches 5, so that's 25 overall.
However, what you may have, is 1 Fitness coach, and 20 youth coaches, and 4 coaches for the first team. I had the exact same problem when I was playing as Chelsea.