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How Are You Doing On CM?
- Thread starter Tom Halsey
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
Released John Terry, sold Malouda for £12.25m to PSG and have brought in Rodwell for £21m, Shaqiri for £10.5m and Neymar for £40m. Spreading payments over 48 months ftw.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Bugs me when players come to you and complain about the lack of playing time they're getting and you say "I'll let you go at the end of the season", and they respond by saying "I can't wait that long!" and their morale goes down, and you're sat there thinking "well, the January transfer window just closed, so what the hell do you want me to do about it now?!".
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Hahaha, what's your squad harmony like? I find bringing it more than three new signings to the first team of a club all at once seriously detriments match performance for a while, as is only realistic I suppose. Just wondering if you were experiencing this as well.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
I'm sure I'll have something similar to moan about when I go back to my Dortmund game - Shinji Kagawa wants a move to a bigger club (and since I've got Eriksen, Perisic and Leitner all competing for the position, I'm not fussed), I've said sure thing and transfer listed him. Except no-one has yet put in a bid for him, he "would prefer a move to Barcelona" (ok then), doesn't want to play in the Bundesliga and the only teams interested in him are Werder Bremen and some other side. So I'm looking forward to him moaning about breaking a promise I made to him.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Another thing in this vein which is rather annoying, is the effect a team meeting can have on the morale of the squad seems to be totally random. After winning 10 games in a row I called a team meeting to tell the players how well things have been going recently, and to say well done. Only problem is, some **** like Armiche pops up and says "we're not deserving of this praise" (and I think "I know you're not you useless ****, you're too ****e to get in the team") and morale takes a big hit. I then say "I'm not happy with your reaction", and morale plummets even further. Conversely when you call a meeting to give a bollocking after a dreadful run of results I often get the reaction "we're not going to get anywhere with that sort of attitude", morale falls. Annoying.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Sitting at 50%. Had a good pre-season, mixed in some piss easy early games and the more "glamourous" home games towards the end. Smashed Roma and Malaga 5-0, so pre-season has been good.
I started the game in June, not July, so I'm wondering if the extra time is paying dividends, instead of signing players then chopping and changing during pre-season.
Haha, the fans' transfer confidence is sitting at 43% - mainly because I've been letting all the icons go. The decision to release Terry is sitting at 2% and the fans regard it as an "aberration".
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sledger
Spanish_Vicente
I had that problem when I released David Albelda, despite the fact that he only started one first team game in his final season, the fact that he was old and knackered, and the fact that his contract had expired, the fans were aghast that I let him go. The fact that I sold a youth player with (allegedly) huge potential to Real Madrid was considered good business, however. Hmmm.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
No. He doesn't want to discuss terms with my club.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Something I find quite funny about the contract negotiations stage, is that occasionally with an Agent who isn't a complete dick, they open by saying something like "my client would like a deal worth £35,000 p/w", and you counter by offering them £1p p/w, and you get the response of "this is a promising start to negotiations, but we will need to make a few improvements" or whatever. Hmmmm, yes.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
I find it is a lot more difficult to be honest, not to win games or find an effective tactic etc... But the divisions in general seem to be a lot stronger. In my Valencia game there are about 8 teams who are all vying for a top 4 place, each within about 4-5 points of one another. Doesn't make good reading considering the fact that I have to play Real Madrid and Barcelona away in the next two weeks.
