Poll: The official Football Manager 2008 thread

[Bleek]

PS: Why if I ask my assistant manager to pick the team does he put our best striker in mid defence?!?!

 

[_Jimlad_]

PS: Why if I ask my assistant manager to pick the team does he put our best striker in mid defence?!?!

prob means he's still better than what you all have.... or bug!

 

[azamc]

still waitin for a link to kitpack......

 

[_Jimlad_]

i won the PREM with saints!! wooooooo! it took me 4 seasons in the prem to do it!


1 - 2nd in the Championship
2 - 10th in the prem
3 - 7th in the prem
4 - 3rd in the prem
5 - 1st in the prem

 

[Teaf]

Well done Jimlad

 

[syke]

can you recomend some good scouts, i still have my basic ones from when i was in the championship

I posted a screen shot of my staff a few pages back i think.

 

[Noto]

PS: Why if I ask my assistant manager to pick the team does he put our best striker in mid defence?!?!

either that or your assistant is utter parp! I think the key attributes are man management, motivating, judging player ability & potential. level of discipline is a bonus if your team are getting lots of yellows etc. I remember having 3/4 players out on yellow card offenses before christmas! and 2 red cards too.

Although i did hard tackle every creative player on the opposition team lol

 

[Noto]

Is anyone dabbling in the lower leagues at all?

If so some transfer tips for the Coca Cola Div 1 would be nice.

Try and request a Feeder Club like Man Utd from your board room or something. although im not a lower league so ive not done it but theory is thta you get players on loan form the bigger club.

gives them games and u better Q players for a period of time etc. Apparently u can get some clubs to give u financial aid too. worth checking out!

 

[syke]

Just started a season with Leeds, forgot about the -15, lol.

Try get a parent club.

I signed;

Dado Prso - Free
David Robertson - £300k
Abdessiam Benjelloun - £250k
Keith Watson - £275k
Stanislav Varga - £100k
Francesco Flachi - Free
Julien Gorius - £100k
Jannes Wolters - £200k
Jos Hooiveld - £100k
Oscar Minambres - Free
Gyorgy Korsos - Free

Total spending of £1.3m or so.


Seem good so far.

Adding to the list above, just signed a few more freebies;

Ignacio Arteaga
Javier Dorado

Also just had Liverpool placed as my Parent club .

 

[_Jimlad_]

after winning the prem AC Milan offered me the job, they have a great team so i could not say no... my new challege awaits!

 

[jonshaw_uk]

im almost about to finish my first season with man utd and i havent lost a game yet - ive beat milan to get to the champions league semi's, chelsea in the fa cup semis and liverpool in the league cup and im so far ahead in the premiership i think ive nearly won that. im really addicted now and am on it for about 3 -4 hours a day
wonder if i will get any job offers

 

[syke]

If i didnt have the -15 deduction @ Leeds, id be 1 point ahead at the top of the league after 14 games .

 

[tomanders91]

finshed my first season as Man utd, won the prem, league cup and champions league, lost the fa cup. Very good team aswell, crap start to the second season but its picking up now, as ronaldo, nani, silva, rooney were injured for about 2-3 months each.

 

[MarcLister]

Nice achievement. Pity about the injuries. Still able to repeat the previous season's success?

 

[tomanders91]

Yeah should be ok, i got off to a poor start, lost a few games, but now most of them players are back and im starting to win most of my games now. I dont think ill be able to retain the champions league though

Also just like in real life, in my first season, and now my second season, ive been drawn into the same group as roma

 

[syke]

Went on a streak of 4 losses, which was bad, but 2 of them was in a cup which was OK.

22 games in, 6th position and sitting with 35 points. Safe to say i would be top by 7 points without the deduction.

Not sure if its too early to plan who to sign next season .

 

[syke]

Grr!

Chairman just accepted £1.1m for Francesco Flachi, not ive lost my best player .

 

[tomanders91]

Despite an amazing first season, im really doing poor this season, might try a team in the championship or something, if a job comes up that is.

 

[syke]

Despite an amazing first season, im really doing poor this season, might try a team in the championship or something, if a job comes up that is.

I generally always go to a lower team.

I won everything possible in england, and the world cup, resigned from fulham and took over a League 1 side . Even with my 'World Class' rating ;D.

 

[memphisto]

well guys like anyones interested however update on my atletico madrid game. In my Seconds season here 2009-20010 won La Liga and the spanish cup, got knocked out of the CL in the quarters though

To startt season 2010-20011 I got offered the Valencia job and got to say i was sorely tempted to go for it due to there squad and the fact they have money to spend unlike me

anyway stuck with madrid and basically rifled my team selling a load of players and brining in numerous new players.

so out went

Edmilson - Free Transfer
Jeremy Mathieu - £4.5mill
Giourkas Seitaridis - £3.8mill
Demy de Zeeuw - £3.2mill
Cleber Santana - £3mill
Gabi - £4.5mill

and in have come

Toni Kroos - Free
Lukas Podolski - Free
Aleksandro Kolarov - £4.2mill
William Gallas - £1.1mill
Sergio Mota - £12.5mill
Adrien - £7.5 Mill
Lorik Cana - £13 mill

so my squad this season looks far stronger and not filled with loads of loan players for a change. Going strong in the league at the minute although Aguero seems to have lost his scorign touch, not to worry though as I also bought this legend in the last january Transfer Window





he cost me £10.5mill and put me £12 mill in debt though and the board were not too happy about that