******* Official Football Manager 14 Thread *******

[philstanbridge]

Can't see send us the link

That was from the link - like I said, I'm trying to 'adapt' to flickr. For whatever reason I can't find the html link for the larger pics. But anyway, that screen capture was when I first bought the player - by 27 he was incredible. Scoring 60 odd goals per season. His attributes were right off the chart, and his aerial domination was something to behold. I recall, there were two players who were major playmakers. One chap had a 19 throw (with long flat bullet throw) and with my striker waiting in the 6 yard box almost all my throws resulted in goals. It was something else and I've never been able to repeat it.

 

[Hank_Marvin]

The club is only young so the ground will be too. I will have to invest in a new stadium at some point but obviously until I have the money in the bank the board are not prepared to even offer me the option.

I was very shrewd for several seasons when I was going up through the leagues. That's how I have been able to get so far now. I would only spend the tiniest amounts on players as most were free transfers, like that uber AMC above. As Dover, they had very little money. But I also got very lucky - I got a striker for next to nothing in League 2, developed him and sold him on for a £25 million profit when I reached the BPL. That gave me a formidable grounding and allowed me to speculate when I reached the Premier League.

I also developed my training and youth facilities early. I spent £35 million this season on players, which has bolstered my team no end. I am still using the older English home-growns too, even though they aren't really that good. I think a few may retire next season, so I will have to develop my younger ones. I have a 17 year old world class potential english striker in the reserves who will be home grown in two seasons. Plus 3 other good potential on loan who are trained in nation.

Yeah I haven't spent a penny on a player yet except signing bonuses, no real need to, always a freebie to be had.

Good luck with your new stadium, I just went fully seated, 5k, really do need to get the facilities improved, board won't have it


That's a massive sale! well done, most ive been paid so far is about £600k.


What do they pay you? I'm still only on £1.9k a week lol, the board were doing me over for a while, offering me new contracts before my yearly raises, promo raise etc were given, sneaky! so now I wait for real end of season.

 

[NooBish AbbZ]

I recall, there were two players who were major playmakers. One chap had a 19 throw (with long flat bullet throw) and with my striker waiting in the 6 yard box almost all my throws resulted in goals. It was something else and I've never been able to repeat it.

Tony Pulis at Stoke, Is that you?

 

[philstanbridge]

Yeah I haven't spent a penny on a player yet except signing bonuses, no real need to, always a freebie to be had.

Good luck with your new stadium, I just went fully seated, 5k, really do need to get the facilities improved, board won't have it


That's a massive sale! well done, most ive been paid so far is about £600k.


What do they pay you? I'm still only on £1.9k a week lol, the board were doing me over for a while, offering me new contracts before my yearly raises, promo raise etc were given, sneaky! so now I wait for real end of season.

Ive got a new stadium underway. 25k seats apparently. Will take 3 years to build. They pay me £60k per week now I just lost a major player because I forgot to renew his contract and remove the pesky release clause. He went for £14.5 million but he was worth £35 million. Doh!

 

[MikeTheNative]

Ive got a new stadium underway. 25k seats apparently. Will take 3 years to build. They pay me £60k per week now I just lost a major player because I forgot to renew his contract and remove the pesky release clause. He went for £14.5 million but he was worth £35 million. Doh!

Gutting. Despite wining the league, getting to the Champions League final and making a profit of about £40m. The Liverpool board only gave me £25 Mil to spend, I bought a CB for £17 then I must have had quite a few other payments to pay as I now only have £2 Mill. I still need a new FB as well.

 

[NooBish AbbZ]

Madrid Board will still not expand Bernabeu or build a new Stadium stuck at 95,000 capacity. Even if it does let me ask, they say they don't have the financial means to build a new stadium. Maybe they should stop increasing my transfer budget then, £500m is more than enough

 

[Stewy]

Age 19:

or maybe this guy (also 19):

 

[Hank_Marvin]

Ive got a new stadium underway. 25k seats apparently. Will take 3 years to build. They pay me £60k per week now I just lost a major player because I forgot to renew his contract and remove the pesky release clause. He went for £14.5 million but he was worth £35 million. Doh!

awesome, hopefully you can expand it too!

 

[robmol]

Video blogs for FM15 must be coming up soon? I got bored of Man utd save after winning everything, and can't really click with another low league team the same way as I did with Cambridge. Maybe after 720 hours I'm finally burnt out!

 

[MikeTheNative]

Video blogs for FM15 must be coming up soon? I got bored of Man utd save after winning everything, and can't really click with another low league team the same way as I did with Cambridge. Maybe after 720 hours I'm finally burnt out!

Not surprised lol.

 

[NooBish AbbZ]

6'7 and 20 jumping, oh my god

 

[philstanbridge]

Video blogs for FM15 must be coming up soon? I got bored of Man utd save after winning everything, and can't really click with another low league team the same way as I did with Cambridge. Maybe after 720 hours I'm finally burnt out!

Na, not burnt out - just needing a day off

I just cannot win the BPL as Dover. I've finished 2nd 3 times in a row now

 

[The__Malteser]

- Won League 2
- Won the St. Johnstone's Pain Trophy
- Got Promoted

- Bought a bunch of players on a free. team should be good enough for top half.
- Doing terrible. Sit in relegation places after 23 games.
- Not even sure why. The team is good on paper. My tactics should be good. I arranged my backroom staff. I have no idea...

Stuff like this ****es me off though.

From 3-1 to 3-3 with this goal...at that time.

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You might not believe me, but more than once have I gotten my goals chalked off for offside. 80% of the times they were right, but some times they **** me off by calling off a perfectly good goal.

 

[philstanbridge]

I am experiencing the offsides a lot as well. Very frustrating. Does it happen more when your players are trained to beat the offside trap though? I don't know.

 

[The__Malteser]

I am experiencing the offsides a lot as well. Very frustrating. Does it happen more when your players are trained to beat the offside trap though? I don't know.

No idea to be honest. I play my defence to play the offside thing. now that you are thinking about it, I may remove it.

Conolly scored 35+ goals last season, and he was 36! He is not 37, and had a small injury (1.5/2* ability) and he has racked about 15 goals already after half the season. Unfortunately (or fortunately) he had an automatic extension in his contract, so I have to keep his 2k/w wage for another year.

 

[The__Malteser]

After that Peterborough game.

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Perica was moaning that I don't play him enough

 

[The__Malteser]

Once again, a bad offside call against me.

St. Johnstone's Pain Trophy final. I was down to 10 men, and with 5 minutes remaining I scored. It got called off for offside. As you can see, it was obviously onside. managed to win in extra time though, so **** you ref!

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Season ended ok... I managed to get out of relegation, but I didn't do as good as I thought I wood come the start of the season. I lost some stupid points even in the second half of the season. I ended up finishing 14th, with one of the best attacks, and one of the worst defences.

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Finances ain't good, so I had to start offloading some players and gettins some £££. First up was Simon Ferry. he is quite a good player, but he didn't want to renew his contract. Selling him for £300k sounded good. His replacement (Fox) is just as good, and free.

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For this season, I will be trying to push for the play off spots whilst spending as little money as possible. I really wanted to keep much of the team intact (no time for bonding) but then again I had to sell.

I decided to sell one of my wonderkids for £4.1M to Celtic. He was average with a lot of potential. I couldn't not accept the offer though. £4M would really help the club, and he was valued at just £40k before selling him.

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I sold some more players (for example Wes Fogden) for a total of £750k. I nearly racked up £5M in transfers, so I am quite happy.

After these deals, I get this mail

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£12.8M profit! LIFE SAVING! So now I have £1M to spend (hopefully I will spend very little) and some wage budget. Hopefully I can push for promotion.

 

[MikeTheNative]

Do players still do really crazy things and get bans any more? I remember playing Championship Manager 2001 and in a game against Tottenham Mauricio Taricco punched the ref. I think that he got a 6 month ban for it.

 

[Hank_Marvin]

Do players still do really crazy things and get bans any more? I remember playing Championship Manager 2001 and in a game against Tottenham Mauricio Taricco punched the ref. I think that he got a 6 month ban for it.

Ipswich Legend!

 

[philstanbridge]

LOL.. punching the ref?? Damn never seen anything like that but I've only been playing since 2013. I had a player throw a fit on the pitch when a penalty was awarded against him, and that was quite funny. He had argue with officials as a player preferred move too so it was even better. Lucky he wasn't sent off, but his gesticulating was hilarious.