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Can you not just order them not to take long shots in the 'player' section of tactics?

Anyway, I've just signed an Australian striker on a free. I'm in League Two, my coaches reckon he's Premiership quality. Awesome. Just picked him up in the January transfer window and I currently occupy the last play-off position. First game, injured. Two months.

Brilliant! :)
 
Hmm I'm realllllly confused by something. I'm approaching free transfers as I am totally skint. I've just been promoted to the Premier League by the way, I'm gob smacked I managed it. But I can't work out how the hell the budget is set. I have £6k a week to splash out, and for a defender I can offer £12k per week. But for a striker I can only offer £2.5k! How does that work?
 
philstanbridge said:
Hmm I'm realllllly confused by something. I'm approaching free transfers as I am totally skint. I've just been promoted to the Premier League by the way, I'm gob smacked I managed it. But I can't work out how the hell the budget is set. I have £6k a week to splash out, and for a defender I can offer £12k per week. But for a striker I can only offer £2.5k! How does that work?
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Squad status can change the maximum amount you can offer someone.
 
Playing very little FM due to school work. Steam says I have around 7 hours in 2 weeks :eek::eek:

Just managed to win my CL group. 3 teams has 12 points, but I won by virtue of better gd.

Kinda wishing I finished 2nd.

Teams that finished 1st: Spartak Moscow, Bayern Munchen, Bayer Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Roma, Dortmund, Barca

2nd: Real Madrid, PSG, Juve, Chelsea, OM, City Celtic.

The teams in bold is the weaker of the 2.

Munchen - PSG is pretty much even.
 
The__Malteser said:
A-Levels :(
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They're easy! I passed 3 real ones whilst being horribly addicted to Civ 4 when Beyond the Sword was released (and Warlords and vanilla, that was a good 2 years) :D

Worked it out once that I must have put a good couple of thousand hours into civ4 whilst doing A-Levels... Therefore A-Levels are pretty easy... probably...
 
philstanbridge said:
But both of these were key positions? I'm still confused by it.
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It's potential contracts, noticed this a while back once you offer someone a contract your budget adjusts to assume they have signed so when you try and offer another (and you are at the top of your budget) you can't offer another big one.

Ruins the transfer window some times if you don't plan.
 
utajoker said:
Anyone any tactics tips for blue square teams?
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4-2-4 buy as many strong players with good tackling as possible, one good passer up front or midfield and one good finisher. Your aim is to make a simple well oiled part time team where every player has one or two big jobs to do so going forward you always look like you'll score, defending isn't as easy at that level so just focus on winning every game 5-4.
 
I shall see what I can do in jan. I've got no budget and no wages free :p

Currently playing 4-5-1 with lots of short passing. It is hit and miss.
 
pingwing said:
They're easy! I passed 3 real ones whilst being horribly addicted to Civ 4 when Beyond the Sword was released (and Warlords and vanilla, that was a good 2 years) :D

Worked it out once that I must have put a good couple of thousand hours into civ4 whilst doing A-Levels... Therefore A-Levels are pretty easy... probably...
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What A-Levels did you have? :P

I have maths and computer at a-level, and 4 subjects we call intermediates (harder than GCSEs but not A-Level standard).

I need C-C in both A-Levels, and at least a pass in all the intermediates.

Our exams are so much harder than you exams. To give you an idea. We can sit for the AQA exams. They have 1/3rd of the syllabus we have for maths A-Level. people who get D/E/F/U in out A-Level EASILY get a C in AQA, its very simple. In our exams, 25% get a ailing mark. Only around 35% manage to get C or better. And less than 10% of those are an A (it was like 45 in 600 last year).

Maths is the toughest of all A-levels. Computer is 'ok'. Although I never had computer at GCSE, or any level for that matter, so its all 'new' to me.


Back to Fm...
 
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utajoker said:
I shall see what I can do in jan. I've got no budget and no wages free :p

Currently playing 4-5-1 with lots of short passing. It is hit and miss.
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Free loans it is :D

The__Malteser said:
What A-Levels did you have? :P

I have maths and computer at a-level, and 4 subjects we call intermediates (harder than GCSEs but not A-Level standard).

I need C-C in both A-Levels, and at least a pass in all the intermediates.

Our exams are so much harder than you exams. To give you an idea. We can sit for the AQA exams. They have 1/3rd of the syllabus we have for maths A-Level. people who get D/E/F/U in out A-Level EASILY get a C in AQA, its very simple. In our exams, 25% get a ailing mark. Only around 35% manage to get C or better. And less than 10% of those are an A (it was like 45 in 600 last year).

Maths is the toughest of all A-levels. Computer is 'ok'. Although I never had computer at GCSE, or any level for that matter, so its all 'new' to me.


Back to Fm...
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Haha! I have Politics (A) Maths (B, only because I mucked up the C4 paper, should have been an A) and History (C, high C but a C none the less). Managed to go undergrad and masters degrees with a healthy amount of FM in the background (though it was a little a tight towards the end of the masters). :p

Looking back on it a few hours of harder work and a bit more common sense from me could have really improved those grade, but civ and fm have been worth it!


And back to FM, second season of the prem as Bishops Stortford has been interesting, on the one hand lots of great wins and a run to the FM cup final (putting out exactly zero premier league teams on the way), as well as 6th/7th all but secured, sadly a push for 5th and finishing above Liverpool was ruined by going there and loosing 4-0 followed by a 4-2 thrashing away at Reading. Shouting and subbing my keeper in pure frustration of how the ball can just pass through him doesn't help...

Either way Europa League is all but secured next year as the FA cup final is against Arsenal who have pushed to 4th :D
 
I already failed my first year at 6th form, and part of it was excessive gaming, so I don't want to repeat that mistake again.

Back to FM :D

Took a day of school so I played a bit today.

How do FM let you play these many games at once?

15th Dec - Newcastle (League)
18th Dec - Swansea (Capital One Cup QF)
20th Dec - Cruz Azul (CWC SF)
22nd Dec - Internacional (CWC Final)
26th Dec - Swansea (League)
28th Dec - Reading (League)
31st Dec - QPR (League)

7 games in 2 weeks. If I had lost to Cruz Azul, I had to play City in the league.

I have 8 games in January too.

Beat Newcastle 2-1, Swansea 3-0, and Cruz Azul on penalties.

Was so close against Cruz Azul. They were 2-0 at half time, and I got it back to 2-2 in the 92nd minute. They went in front in the 105th minute due to a penalty, and Powell equalized just before the 120th minute. Penalties were atrocious from both end, but I managed to qualify.

I have a **** ton of injuries too. I have no alternative strikers, and Neymar just came back from an injury. I have a few injuries in the back and in the middle too.

Doing up all the contracts, but Tiote, Kagawa and Noakes want hiugh wages.

Tiote is like 33 and he wants 100k/w from 70k/w. Kagawa wants over 110k/w from 77k/w, and Noakes wants some 30k/w for an 18yo keeper.

Selling Powell for 7.5M too, as he is surplus to requirements after I bought Sorin. his contract expires in 6 months too.

EDIT: Got Celtic in the CL last 16 though :D

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My very fit team to face Internacional in the CWC final. Hlaskov never played DC for me, but Subotic is 71% condition.
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when looking at a players rating/potential, what does silver stars mean?

and when training, do you train specific things or just for that position?
 
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pingwing said:
It's potential contracts, noticed this a while back once you offer someone a contract your budget adjusts to assume they have signed so when you try and offer another (and you are at the top of your budget) you can't offer another big one.

Ruins the transfer window some times if you don't plan.
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Oh gawd. I see! Hmm that will make things quite a lot trickier!
 
I'm a FM veteran and can't understand the training on this one.

It just makes no sense, I kind of leave it to my assistant and if I want a player to improve on something or a role then I edit it. Do you guys do more than that ?
 
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