The Official Football Manager 2010 Thread

First season with Leeds over and done:
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Not quite the nine billion point margin I predicted but it'll do. I can't really chalk it up to managerial brilliance seeing as I just used a very basic 442 that I cobbled together with the tactics wizard; the squad was just much too strong for League One. The only real flop was Cristaldo, who was inexplicably abysmal: it took 14 games before he scored, and for the duration of the season he missed easy chances, misplaced passes and generally messed up. He has to come good eventually given his PA range (which I won't explicitly state in case people don't want to be spoiled), I just hope he gets it together sooner rather than later.

Revised valuations at season's end:
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I'm planning on moving on everyone who was a one-season stopgap (Omozusi, Basto, Hemdani, Yakubu, Skacel, van der Meyde, Bromby, Kisnorbo, maybe Glauber). Hopefully I can raise >£10m and bring in some quality defenders and some good prospects from around Europe, and maybe a really top-class striker to partner Zaki if I can persuade one to move to the Championship. Incidentally it only took Zaki until December before he demanded a transfer; should have seen that one coming I suppose. I signed you to a five year deal for a reason Zaki now shut up.

Any suggestions people have for high-calibre players I might be able to snag as a newly-promoted Championship side would be welcome, as I haven't really looked at prospective signings above the League One level yet.
 
MURDEROUS G said:
He has to come good eventually given his PA range (which I won't explicitly state in case people don't want to be spoiled), I just hope he gets it together sooner rather than later.
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which program are you using to see the PA figures please?
 
zytok said:
which program are you using to see the PA figures please?
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The editor that comes with the game lets you see each player's PA and hidden stats and such - just search for the player whose PA you want to check. Also, if you read the SI boards at all, there are endless threads over there devoted to listing all the high-potential players in the game (for instance, there's a list of every -9/-10 and 170+ PA player in the world here. Obviously massive spoilers etc).
 
MURDEROUS G said:
The editor that comes with the game lets you see each player's PA and hidden stats and such - just search for the player whose PA you want to check. Also, if you read the SI boards at all, there are endless threads over there devoted to listing all the high-potential players in the game (for instance, there's a list of every -9/-10 and 170+ PA player in the world here. Obviously massive spoilers etc).
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Thanks, I tried the latest version of FM Genie but it keeps saying that the game is compressed when it isn't. Think the guy who writes it has retired as well which is disappointing.

Also, I can get the badges to show at the top of the screen but not elsewhere as you can see here. Anyone know how to fix it?

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Sold nani for 17m, might sell Mata cause for 49M he did almost nothing for me last season.

Then get on the blower to real about Messi :p
 
MURDEROUS G said:
The editor that comes with the game lets you see each player's PA and hidden stats and such - just search for the player whose PA you want to check. Also, if you read the SI boards at all, there are endless threads over there devoted to listing all the high-potential players in the game (for instance, there's a list of every -9/-10 and 170+ PA player in the world here. Obviously massive spoilers etc).
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so whats a good PA?

170+ or -10?
 
utajoker said:
so whats a good PA?

170+ or -10?
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Both

Most players have a fixed PA of up to 200, with about 150 being average top-flight ability and ~180 being world class.

Young players, on the other hand, are assigned a negative PA at the start of the game (-1 to -10) which is translated into a fixed PA range (for example, a -10 PA player will generate with an 'actual' PA between 170 and 200. A -9, between 150 and 180, a -8 between 130 and 160 etc. Someone correct me if I've got those ranges wrong). So on one save a -9 player might have a world-class 180 PA, but if you were to restart the game that same player this time might have a 150 PA and be pretty average. As a general rule of thumb, a -10 will invariably be a god, and -9s are always worth buying to see how they turn out.
 
I got Pato for 77milion:o. Sold a fair few players mind:(. For Man Utd he keeps banging them in. 17 games in (no cup games, only Prem and champions league)and hes got 23 goals. Rooney has 19, Park 6 and Nani 9 plus the usual goals from the usual people.

Its all down to the tactics. I think I have nailed them.:D
 
syke said:
You'd know! :p
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:o

Thorpy said:
Then get on the blower to real about Messi :p
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Barca non? :confused:

MURDEROUS G said:
Both

Most players have a fixed PA of up to 200, with about 150 being average top-flight ability and ~180 being world class.

Young players, on the other hand, are assigned a negative PA at the start of the game (-1 to -10) which is translated into a fixed PA range (for example, a -10 PA player will generate with an 'actual' PA between 170 and 200. A -9, between 150 and 180, a -8 between 130 and 160 etc. Someone correct me if I've got those ranges wrong). So on one save a -9 player might have a world-class 180 PA, but if you were to restart the game that same player this time might have a 150 PA and be pretty average. As a general rule of thumb, a -10 will invariably be a god, and -9s are always worth buying to see how they turn out.
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Sounds about right. :)
 
So just played Arsenal in League Cup semi final 2nd leg.

Was 0-1 on aggregate to me, lost 4-3 in the 2nd leg, van Nistelrooy got sent off on 34 mins and they had a penalty which was a load of rubbish cos van Persie was offside when he got the balls, but won on away goals.

Strange thing was that I thought there would be pens but it was just extra time. Not happy I've lost my first game though. :( :(


Final against West Ham, here we come. :D
 
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