FM09 Demo - injuries

Hi all - long time CM/FMer since 95/96 - first time poster.

Have downloaded the Strawberry demo and started as Arsenal. Have found that Fabregas is out for 2 months straight from the off which was not the case in real life.

Have started 4 games as Arsenal to test this and he always has the same injury.

At that point I decided to set up a friendly against my reserves on the 9th July - game starts on the 8th - by the end of the game 6 players were injured with periods out for between one month and five months.= despite everything set up for light tackles and relaxed play.

This, on top of Cesc's non-existent injury, means I'm concerned that the injury coding is a little OTT as it was pre 8.0.1 patch last year and 7.0.1 the year before.

Anyone else having similar injury issues?

(Rest of it seems good though my lappy won't do 3D - anyone reckon I could move a save game between desktop and laptop on a memory stick so I can use 3d on desktop but rattle through some games on the lappy so I can sit in the lounge with the wife?)

Cheers

Herbie

yes torres got injured for an entire month

Yeah had the same problem, i played againt the U19 team with Barcelona, Gudjohnsen, Iniesta, Messi, Xavi and Henry all got injured under the game. And i did changes during the match so there where like 6 players left on the field playing.

Yes this seems to be a big problem already. Had 2 massive injuries in my first game, both out for 2 months.

Sort it out SI

Im a few weeks in my game now, and there are LOTS of injuries...

It didnt take long before the complaints start pouring in ^^

5 injures in 1 match vs chelsea for me, getting a minimum of 2 injuries every game also.

flipping heck - every single year there are over the top injuries. Why dont SI ever stick with the balance in the final patch from the previous years game?

so its not just mine players who seem to be made of glass ey

First match = Manucho broken leg.

Second match = Tevez injury.

And so and so forth, though I think there has been a game or two without an injury.

Come on SI, you need to respond to this.

I know the demo has only been out a few hours but come on... this is a stupid bug in the game that really should have been noticed. Just play 3 or 4 matches and see how many injuries you get.

When will this be fixed?

closing down noe injury

the game is good but to be honest surely someone must have seen

closing down 08

injury 09

good games

but will this be recified on release

who tests????

i have had loads of injuries every game had all my starting 11 out for 1 of my games through injury

I started a game as Celtic and before my first friendly I had BORUC, NAKAMURA and SAMARAS all out for over a month!!

Yeah alot of injuries.

Not had any long term ones myself.

LOTS of 2 week/1 week injuries.... nothin serious yet!

First 2 games as Juventus, Zebina out for 5 months, Grygera and Nedved out for 1 month.

Could be a coincidence of course.. will have to play some more

Half my Arsenal squad is now out with injuries. Almost all of them are around 2 months.

Picked Arsenal, CL match against L. Sofia.

First half, 2 injuries 3 knocks, had to use my 2 sub.

Second half brought more injuries. I completed match with 7 people(one playing w/knock, yes, used all my subs for earlier injuries)

lost a lot of players to injury at arsenal. surely something this obvious was flagged up during testing?

One third of my milan squad is out for 1 month +

Whats going on lol

3 injuries in as many games so far. Could this be related to the wider issue of players becoming exhausted too quickly?

Before a friendly my assisstant told me that 2 players were already struggling for breath at kick-off.

Yeah same here, 4 inuries in 3 games, not slight ones either, 3 and 4 months each.

this will be the same in the actual game too until the patch

makes you wonder, everyone notices it but SE dont, who are testing these games before thier released?

apart from the injuries and this silly typing error i must admit i do like it .

I'm hoping "yet to be injuries" aren't included in the game?

Martin Skrtel of Liverpool was only just injured last month (October 2008), I'd hate to think when I start a Liverpool game (in July 2008) he's listed as injured.

FM being able to predict the future would be stupid.

Really? ...Reeeally? Two weeks into the season?

This and the random freezing of the game...oh lord, here we go again.

Yep, same deal on my game. 5 long term injuries (1 month +) in 2 games. I started as Inter, with my whole backline pretty much injured as well, so now half my squad is gone!

My currently injured players at Man City (who weren't originally injured) the day before my first league game are: Etuhu, Dunne, Marcelo, Zabaleta, Kompany, Ball, Robinho, Jo, Diarra, Hamsik, Onuoha, Wright-Phillips and Garrido.

I have to say this is more than slightly over the top.

Got an injury a game on average (6 games so far).

It's kinda off putting, haven't had such a negative view of a new CM/FM game before. Playing as Man United, and have 13 first team players injured. Just had a week of international games and Rooney, Tevez, Downing, Aguero & Capel were all injured at the same time.

Played two friendlies and so far through training and these two matches, 11 of my first team squad are injured

im quite concerned that when i start up a west ham game on release day that the combination of lots of injuries in the game + west hams useless record of keping players fit recently = no players left. someone sort it out! if not SI then can some one at west ham sort their problems out please

This is ridiculous...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/stoni90/INJfrenzy.jpg

13 injured...

+1 Emerson...just brought in..that makes it 14.

Holy crap...

couldnt say it better...

Hmmm .. it's not sounding good so far.

make it 15 pazienza out for 2 weeks....

our pazienza(babelfish it) is finishing...

Must be a record. I have 15 injured and 12 fit players.

I am afraid to play another game. I get 2 injuries per match....

I've uninstalled it. The injuries are too much for me to cope with without going insane.

I had 6 DCs in my squad (Dunne, Richards, Kompany, Ben Haim, Onuoha and Veloso) and by the 3rd round of games every single one of them was out injured for periods ranging from 3 weeks to 8 months. I cannot be bothered dealing with such ridiculous circumstances.

I won't be playing this again until the injury situation has been rectified.

I don't understand how this issue is still in the game at this stage in development, has it not been bug tested at all? Myself and everyone here recognised there were far too many injuries within minutes of playing the game, how on earth were SI not aware of it?!

Completely agree, Walcott got injured for 5 months, Fabregas also out (like you said) injuries to folllow were Denilson, Diaby, Adebayor, Van Persie...

I resorted to bringing Wilshere and Vela up to the First Team, where they both got injured, in the same game... on there first game?

****ing ridiculous, not happy.

I actually pre-ordered FM, and canceled the order within 30 minutes of playing the demo.

Seriously SI, sort it out!

16 injuries...Ignacio is out....i was looking for an excuse to go to sleep...,also i looket at the league table injuries. and i saw something like 10 injuries of 5 months and above. Jorge andrade for 10 months....

Played two games as Arsenal so far.

1st Game: No injuries

2nd Game: 3 injuries (Van Persie, Adebayor, Bendtner), however they're all fine now.

All 5 of my central defenders at Shrewsbury are now injured. 3 of them over 4 months.

I'm uninstalling.

Can we get someone from sigames comment on this matter please?

I don't know what demo you all are playing, but i'm not having any of these injury problems. I got the steam version of the demo... Played like 15 matches so far in FM09 and i've gotten three injuries (all 2-4 weeks long)...One of those injuries was even from training!...

I have started playing with Man utd..

So far i have 6 players out injured... well 5 actually as Nani is about to come back..

And all of them are out for about 1 month... oh yea and all first team players...

Oh yea and i am still in pre season.. so lets see what happens once the prem league starts..

4, 5 or 6 first team squad players out injured is not that unusual really. There seems to be a bit of a weighting problem going on though if there are 10+ at once.

Is it possible that managers are just trashing their players by playing them when they're unfit?

Edit: I have only had one or two new injuries in total despite several quickstarts.

Was missing Drogba at the start, got him back and lost him first match...

Missing Anelka, Lampard, Malouda, Drogba, Riquelme and just got Srna and Opam back.

yeah wayyyyyyyy too many injuries. SI sort this one out.

Too many injuries. They usually come in the matches. Currently have seven players out, including Robbie Keane and Yossi Benayoun both for 5 months, and another two for at least 1 month. Crazy.

My currently injured players at Man City (who weren't originally injured) the day before my first league game are: Etuhu, Dunne, Marcelo, Zabaleta, Kompany, Ball, Robinho, Jo, Diarra, Hamsik, Onuoha, Wright-Phillips and Garrido.

I have to say this is more than slightly over the top.

echo that mate! I still have Robinho and Kompany though. I've got Marcelo too