Personally I wouldn't. Corradi wouldn't play that often. And you seem to not want to loan him out.
Balotelli looks more than good enough.
Balotelli looks more than good enough.
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MiniScout. 
Seeing as you don't really need a new striker now then perhaps leave it until you need to worry about one.
Course Corradi could be really quite good in the future and one of a few strikers worth it so it could be cheaper and easier to get him now.
Course Corradi could be really quite good in the future and one of a few strikers worth it so it could be cheaper and easier to get him now.
Er the other one then?I already own him?.
I like it when that happens.Just noticed, ive got a £10m signing from Sevilla incoming? Didnt know i signed him?
CA/PA of 150/197, AM LC. Gonna loan him out till the end of the season, then he's Rosinas replacement.
I sign a player and then realise in the summer I already signed someone for that position.
memphisto and Shamikebab - I do hate you both so. 
I wanna get quad-core PC soon.
I wanna get quad-core PC soon.
The FIFTH page! 
Shame on you!
Anyway, feel like applying? I do. http://community.sigames.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/521102691/m/1962049793
Shame on you! Anyway, feel like applying? I do.
http://community.sigames.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/521102691/m/1962049793
£180k a week?!
Roberto Soldado is a striker yes? Got a pic of him?
Roberto Soldado is a striker yes? Got a pic of him?
Yeah as memphisto says he doesn't look that special seeing his stats. Not the number of 18/19/20s you'd expect with someone with his goal returns.
I always use something like FM Modifier to see the player's hidden values.Never trust stats. Always trust Scout reports (if they have at least 18/18 on potential and current ability). They take into account the hidden stuff you don't see in the game (which external programs do!
FFS! Spelling man!I posted this separtely, and then got told off by Marc
PC Gamer had a further 1 page update on FM Live this month, and I for one am looking forward to it. How about you guys? Anyone else looking at it, and liking the idea?
If there are a few of us, a possible OcUK League could be created? Has anyone managed to make their way into the Beta?
I'm not really interested in it from a playing it point of view. It would take up too much of my time and I don't really like playing online games for this reason.
I would be interested to see how FM Live affects the development of the FM series. Does it improve the main FM game or will it slow it down because of the SI Games team having more products to update?
Also will FM Live help FM out by getting more customers introduced to and interested in the FM brand and thus increase the number of people playing FM, perhaps finally leaving CM for the proper footie management game.
Actually I have read up on FML.One can tell that one has not read up on FM Live. Basically, one of the Collyer brothers (I cannot remember which) returned to SI after a long break travelling with the idea of FM Live. He was given the goahead to put it into production (which he obviously did). However, he did it on the proviso he could use his own team, thus not taking anyone away from the actual FM based team.
So basically, its the same game just using two different sets of developement teams, so there wont be any adverse affect on the production of FM09 or development of updates/patches etc for current versions.
The Beta for FM Live has only used a small number for game servers. However, the finished article will have servers depending on the users availability. For example one server is for people who want to play as real life and have the games on a daily basis, seasons lasting a matter of weeks etc.
Whereas there is the other end of the spectrum, the server world for those like me who can only play in the evenings (between 10pm-Midnight) so the game isnt as quick and no-one gains an advantage.
So, your little time excuse fails
SI Games is still working on two versions of the game. Yes its two teams but still one company. And there will be some people responsible for checking both out.
If you want to think that.You got that from my post
Sounds cool Twinblade. What tactic and training are you using?
What tactic and training are you using?
Ah. Sounds like a cool plan. So if you get promoted will you be able to get more coaches?
Cool. So apart from 55 pages on Oxford on the SI Games forum, what else made you want to start a game with them? Local team?
So apart from 55 pages on Oxford on the SI Games forum, what else made you want to start a game with them? Local team?
There have been some rumours but SI deny them all. Its still early for them to tell us about FM09 release date and features. In the next 2 months they will I reckon.
You can in the editor but not in the game; you are the manager of the club. The chairman/owner of the club would choose ticket prices not the manager.
Yes. A mate of mine hasn't bought FM08 instead staying with FM07. He feels that not enough happened between FM07 and FM08 to justify the £15+ cost of the game. He thinks by buying it every two years he'll get better value for his money.
Well in FM08 the chairman sets the wages and the transfer budget. I suppose a manager could do what he likes as long as his total wages and transfer budgets stay within the confines of the original wage and transfer budget set by his chairmain. Plus in FM08 there is a point when your total wages is within a certain distance of the maximum wages that you can't move more money from wages to transfer.
Ah yes. My love for Utd is too hard to beat. I just can't cope with the idea of not managing them and also taking over another team that could have to play them in Europe.
I just can't cope with the idea of not managing them and also taking over another team that could have to play them in Europe.
It'll be last week or two of October or first week or two of November. I'd put money on last week of October to first week of November. However I think FM08 came out earlier in the week than was planned. SI Games like to release their FM games on a Friday to give players the weekend to play it rather than get sacked from their jobs for not turning up during the week.
But last year some naughty shops started selling a few days early to try and get some sales, so when SI realised this they rang the other retailers and said start selling now. So this could happen again but we are realistically talking about nothing more than 72 hours as the shops would need to have their stock with them to do this. Course this annoyed me as I'd ordered mine online and so it wasn't despatched until the Friday and then there was the postal strike to contend with.
Didn't get the game until over a week after release. I like this idea. Course anything we suggest now will be considered for the FM10 release.
It is difficult to think that someone like Ferguson or Wenger wouldn't have a little influence in this area.
I'd like to see more player influence in the pre-season friendlies. I think the manager would have near 100% control over how many, where (home or away, tournament, foreign tour) etc, against what opposition and when (how many days between) as having 2 pre-season games in 3 days isn't funny.
I'd like to be able to say 5 games over 20 day against foreign teams in say China for a money spinning tour or against top teams in the US etc.
I know what you mean. I often think "Your real-life counterparts just won the title, why can't you?!"
True. I never play long enough into the future before losing patience
and starting a new game but a mate tells me that Man Utd/Arsenal/Chelsea/Liverpool etc get relegated in the late 2010s/2020s. Course I don't because although the Glazers haven't ruined Utd (yet!) I don't like the idea of losing millions a month even though I win matches so I erm delete the loan debt and remove the Glazers from the game.