100 things I've learnt from Football Manager and the Forums

[DB1]

After many years of Football Manager and spending time on the forums I was thinking.....
What do I know now thanks to FM and the Forums?
So onto the list, Tongue firmly in cheek, lets begin.
(Before anyone says its not 100 yet but hopefully it will be)

1. 4-2-4 is the best formation to play when losing with 5 mins left.
2. The AI doesn't want me to win and will cheat by injuring my striker in training and will also score more than me
3. Dots are better than 3D
4. Kipfish's Bandits are so much better than the Sheriffs.
5. By June we will have threads asking for FM10 already.
6. When a patch is upcoming we will have 50 seperate threads asking "Whens it out"
7. Man City always think through every transfer clearly and never spend over the odds for a player who will sit in the reserves.
8. The AI will always crack my tactics.
9. When ever a poster called "Rebecca" starts a Thread we know Hi-jinx will follow
10. At some point I will take over my hated rivals and destroy them from the inside, It was a shame for C. Ronaldo having to play left back and Gary Neville is no striker!

Hopefully we can get some more "Things we've learnt"
I wonder how many we can get?

[ahmufcwafc]

11. Regens >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regular players
12. Never bother asking "Is this cheating?" 'cause 99.9999% of the time it is.
13. Don't tell people to PM SI staff members for links to unreleased patches.
14. The timebar and adboards on 2D view are pure evil.
15. Arsenal are the best team in the world today.
16. Tactics are the solution to virtually every problem.

[Hershie]

17. England are brilliant.

[Brambi]

18. Never post a screenshot of a successful season/game because you will just get accused of cheating and shown that no-one actually has any faith in humanity

[Hershie]

19. Manchester United will fall apart without Ferguson.

[the--dud]

20. Every single young player at Arsenal will by law become living footballing legends better than Pele and Zidane combined.
21. The referee will only blow the whistle for offside after the player with the ball has made a shot at goal.
22. Assistant Managers should never even be let near a press conference.
23. In the entire world of football there are only about 5-7 back-room staff who can do their job pretty much perfectly (7 stars).
24. Cisco Roma has two world-class young midfielders (I think)
25. When clubs take up £250m+ bank loans to build new stadiums, once it's done they suddenly become one of the richest clubs in the world (Valencia).

[Conardo]

26. My reputation is lower in 99% of the cases like those of the other applicants

[AXERTYRE]

27. Rival clubs are interested in your players but they never sell you their players

[ahmufcwafc]

28. It's perfectly fine to have over 10 assistant managers with a team in the lower leagues.
29. It is possible for a team to get so rich that it'll drive them to bankruptcy.

[ham_aka_stam]

30. the press are cryptic in their asking of questions so they no longer have to make up stories, just get you to pick the option you didn't really mean

31. telling people you are pleased with them really means that they can daydream for the next 45mins

32. most african nations will have no goalkeepers in 5-10 years' time

[Hershie]

33. It's perfectly sensible for a team to sign a player and put their minimum release fee at the same price they paid for him.

[the--dud]

34. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the most loyal player ever and would never ever leave the club, but it's irrelevant as Inter would never accept a bid, not even £200m!

[Hershie]

35. I can probably buy Van der Vaart with my pocket money.

[the--dud]

#35 sounds a bit dirty

[ballinisahabit]

36. Theres a player in every team that City will pay a ridiculous amount of money for.

[Hershie]

#35 sounds a bit dirty

The Dutch like that kind of thing.

[Sebtic]

No.36 in light of kakas madrid move, hes bound to get a 5 month hip injury!

[foofighter23]

37. i will always think i have a god given right to beat any team i am above of in the league!

[Hershie]

There are two #36s.

So next should be #39.

[Shottaz]

39. There are 2 major crimes in life, murder and player naming

[wingz47]

#101 - whenever anyone got any complain of the game, inevitably will soon followed by a reply "IT'S YOUR TACTIC"!!

[mkstatto]

40. As soon as you sell your backup goalkeeper, your last remaining GK will get injured

[mkstatto]

41. As soon as your striker is in the form of his life, and your team is currently playing its best all season, Barcelona will pinch him via your chairman

[Hershie]

42. Selling anyone will come back and bite you on the arse somehow.
43. It's perfectly feasable that a team will offer you £40,000,000 after one international cap for a young English player, particularly when you are England manager.

[Deadbloke]

44. When on a winning streak, never shut down FM, or even look away. When on a losing streak, shutting down FM and rebooting later will make your players and tactics much better.

[Deisler26]

44. A player on your shortlist will inevitably score against you!

[BigAmzz]

44. Once you have won a few trophys on fm you think you have what it takes to become england manager irl.
45. When you have been mispronouncing a players name on fm and you hear the name irl you keep using your version as you cant break the habbit of the last year.

[tameeris]

46. The press KNOW that you always need a new keeper

[mkstatto]

47. IRL when random player x is linked with your club, you base your opinion on his ability to what he was like when you signed once on FM. This makes your opinion FACT!

[Kenco]

48. Most people who post in General Discussion complaining that the game is cheating them, are actually just rubbish at building tactics, and should go to the tactics forum for advice.

[mkstatto]

49. When playing as Arsenal the first person you sell is ALWAYS Eboue

[Shottaz]

50. You suffer from mild schizophrenia and declare interest in players then when the press ask you about them... YOUVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF MESSI!

[the--dud]

51. Every single goalkeeper in the world, no matter age or ability, will never be happy to be back-up. He needs to play at least 15 games per season, if not he wants to be transferred...

[Kenco]

50. You suffer from mild schizophrenia and declare interest in players then when the press ask you about them... YOUVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF MESSI!

Ha ha! I actually do this as well!

[Raware]

52. Hovering your cursor over the pause button/in the goal will help you win more games.

[Raware]

53. Instructing your centre half to challenge the keeper on corners doesn't result in him scoring 30+ goals a season making him your star striker.

[mkstatto]

54. The player you want to substitute always scores just about your about to make the change

[SCIAG]

55. Real life gravity affects ball movement in FM. Turn the monitor on its side so the ball is rolling towards your goal.

[Geronimo360]

56. No matter how much money Man City have, they always seem to **** it up some how!

[el sid]

57. Serpico **** on the floor

[4-2-4 ouch!]

57. Ball watching.

[Marquez]

58. England can actually win the World Cup.

[swisso]

59. That people actually beleive some of the nonsense posted on here and spread this nonsense even more!

[greenwhitearmy]

60. The Britian and India challenge is fun

[jld123]

61. The only thing that journalists understand, apart from 5 generic answers, is when you tell them to eff off. And it is fun to do so.

[gathersquall]

62. Players will only get injured after you make your final sub.

[Smallen]

there were 3 #44's. We need to move it on a bit

[anakin1975]

63. Rooney and Ferdinand are somehow flattered in the interest Chelsea show in them!! Bonkers!

[anakin1975]

64. Plus they would consider moving there! Crazy!

[Smallen]

63. Rooney and Ferdinand are somehow flattered in the interest Chelsea show in them!! Bonkers!

completely ignore what I said then
there was also two 57's so the next post should be 66

EDIT: make that 67

[anakin1975]

completely ignore what I said then
there was also two 57's so the next post should be 66

EDIT: make that 67

Yawn!!!!!!

[Smallen]

67. in 10 years time Man U will be a mid-table side

[stuboy]

68. within 15 years Conference teams will be dominating Europe

[www2]

69. A good winger CAN NOT be stoped...ever

[artanus]

70.in 10 seasons at least once you're BSP team will become CL finalist

[artanus]

71.if you win 1 PL,3 CL and have 400milions with former BSP team and you give the board ultimatum for a new stadium you'll always be sacked

[artanus]

72. you can be deleted from favorite personal of your club after wining 7 trophies in one season lol

[small Mac]

73. Having the best possible youth academy and facilities will result in producing players with a high PA - guaranteed.

[drmanley]

74. Knowing that whenever something slightly out of the ordinary happens in a game irl that there will be a handful of threads on here saying SI should code it into the next game as it'd be a 'cool feature'. I truly dread the day a dog gets on the pitch at a televised match!!

[DB1]

75 - You can win everything in the world and will still struggle to become an icon at your club. 20 league titles, 15 CL and richest club in the world? That means nothing compared to the winger we used to have and could cross a bit.

Nearly there now. Can't believe we've got this many this quick.

[PaulHartman71]

76 - moj is a god when it comes to footballing knowledge

[Mistrho]

77. i can go 4-0 down and still win the game 5-4 because of a half time team talk

[Hershie]

78. Councils and local residents are b*stards.

[Smallen]

78. Councils and local residents are b*stards.

All too true.

[Brian Shanahan]

79 Getting a hundred points will not guarantee you the league.

80 Your fullbacks prefer to clear the ball via bicycle kick.

81 "Don't get careless" is worse than useless, unless you have the house on your team to lose.

[Hershie]

82. There's no reason why Manchester City will not name a new stadium after Shaun Goater.

[ncfcgr8]

83: The bookies always get it wrong, 200-1 to win the league, no problem

[tameeris]

84. Regens will always make you feel better about your own physical appearance

[stuboy]

84. World class regen GKs never ever reach their potential

[Misodoctakleidist]

85. Strikers will often end a long passing move by booting the ball into touch because they're "not taking any chances."

[rancer890]

86. The simple tactics are the best

87. Never ever be pleased, even when you're leading 100-0...

[fearfultom]

88. You shout at the dots all the time..... you know they can hear you!!

[Stevicus]

89 I own the forums

Joking

I wish

[earmack]

89: The game is at the same time too easy, too hard, not detailed enough, provides too much information and mocks your very existance.

90: People like to make lists.

[Demon4]

91) i could have actually made something of my life but instead i got Scarbough in primiership then get sacked for not living up to expectations while winning both cups and finishing 4th in league.

[Braundjoh]

92) 36 year old keepers can still be worth £10 million.

[Demon4]

93) David James will never retire

[AdamFitz]

94) Lisandro Lopez will be overpaid for and will rot in the reserves

[ChewyFun]

95) Assistant Managers should never be trusted when asked simple questions...

[Wakers]

96) Wakers will never be happy with FM

[Deisler26]

97) I will succeed in my mission for them to build a statue of me in Empoli town square!

[Bjaart]

98. Even though Ryan Nelsen has only scored one goal for Blackburn till this day, he will score about 10 a season from now on until he retires.
99. David Beckham will return to England, and play for some Coca Cola League 1 side.
100. Cristiano Ronaldo doesnt dive as much as you would think.

[Hershie]

101. Lists can be never-ending.
102. Anything can turn into an argument.
103. England will get desperate for goalkeepers in about 10 years time and pick someone currently in a League One reserve side.

[rancer890]

104. Chinese football actually improves over time... (if you load Chinese leagues)
105. Canadian football doesn't -.- (even if you load MLS...)
106. Idiot chairmen

[Hershie]

107. If your scouts say an U18 could be 'the player of his generation', he'll turn out pants. If you release another player they don't rate, he'll turn out amazing.

[ssestig]

108. We can't count

[Hershie]

109. Who cares? I mean really cares?
110. A Stadium may "do a Prince" and become nameless.
111. Regens have cruel parents.

[ssestig]

112. People care too much about nothing

[rancer890]

113. People care too much about nothing because there's nothing better to care about.

[Hershie]

114. Any chance to be slightly funny or witty makes people addicted to pretty inane topics.

[earmack]

115. This topic went downhill at 100 :P

[Nik_Dut]

116. Italian teams are fishy. They literally practice money laundry through co-ownership deals.

[phnompenhandy]

117. Turning my underpants inside out saves time

[Eles Gergo]

117. Turning my underpants inside out saves time

ROFL that's the best I've seen here

[DB1]

117. Turning my underpants inside out saves time

That is very worrying.
I can't believe we've hit the 100 in less than a day. Well done to everyone who contibuted. We all have far too much time on our hands. But have learnt so much.

[DB1]

114. Any chance to be slightly funny or witty makes people addicted to pretty inane topics.

Too true Too True

[JonnyW]

118. Players complaining about not getting first team football when they've been injured and not fit

119. Your Chairman selling your best player/top goalscorer, who's scored 3 times as many as anyone else, to raise funds because the club's losing money even though I'm within my wage budget and still have most of my transfer budget left... grrr

[artanus]

120. you can even have attendance:17999 from 18000 seats...i wonder where is the last visitor?....he probably had a flat tyre on a way to the stadion huh

[Steffers]

121. IRL Christpoher Samba would never score 16 league goals from centre back using the corner cheat.

[Hershie]

122. Putting Football Manager on your CV doesn't guarantee you a job.
123. In the long-run, revision is more important.