FM13: Melbourne Victory - Victory The Brave

[h=2]FM12: Melbourne Victory - Victory The Brave![/h]

Please note: some players and staff reviewed may not be at the club in-game, but they will be in the future. They moved to Victory after data deadline

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/melbournevictory/

Very nice OP!

I haven't played the beta yet, but is Harry Kewell willing to come back to the A-League in the game? Or is it hardcoded that he wants to stay in England due to his personal issues?

Very nice OP!

I haven't played the beta yet, but is Harry Kewell willing to come back to the A-League in the game? Or is it hardcoded that he wants to stay in England due to his personal issues?

Very nice OP indeed! pity its about the Victory! ha. Lots of rumors flying about that Kewell is on his way back with Allsop retiring. Wish he would come to AUFC, we'll let Victory have Bruce Shjite!

Very nice OP!

I haven't played the beta yet, but is Harry Kewell willing to come back to the A-League in the game? Or is it hardcoded that he wants to stay in England due to his personal issues?

No, I set him to not want to play in Australia before I released him. Looks like it now needs to be changed.

How is an A-league save long term? Do the other teams build well or does it become really easy within a couple of seasons due to picking up free agents?

The Victory board will allow you to scout globally, which I was done successfully on my beta save. But the scouts available, well on my database are pretty bad.

Should load a pretty extensive database, if your computer allows you.

Well, I am starting a short term Victory save. I tend not to play the A-League early as the bugs annoy me too much. Once the next database patch comes out I will start another game.

First off I have resigned Marco Rojas to a five year deal as well as signing Ante Rozic to play alonside Leijer. I am hoping this is enough to see me thorugh the first season. Signing qaulity staff on the other hand may be easier said than done.

I played a season and a half with victory, trying to implement how they play irl atm, makes it easier going to watch them everyweek on gaining an understanding, started off slowly was 2-2 and 7 but once i got the tactic right i flew home losing only one more game for the year that been the grandfinal to roar, signed david carney as i found i could never get the best out of traore, tried playing archie on the flank earlier in the season as in irl but then put him up front and banged in 15 for the year, cernak was my surprise really owned the left wing but finkler dominated the central midfield role as an AP next to celeski or broxham, flores was up and down for me aswell, didn't want to leave but got offered a job in england but may go back to it and i saved the game prior to accepting my new job

Won the GF in season one. I finished fourth in the league as my team took about 20 games to gell. Not good in a league of only 27 games. Marco Rojas has been my star. I resigned him before the season started and he delivered from both wings with 9 goals and 16 assits. I did get a few players in January - David Carney to put a bit of pressure on Adama Traore, Danijel Georgievski to play RB as I wasn't happy with the current RB's at the club, James Holland to play a ball winning midfielder and also because I got Owen Heargreaves before the season started and his injury proneness was hting my team. Hargreaves is only on a one year deal so will leave at the end of the season. I am also trying to move Flores and Thompson on to start a bit of a new beginning at Victory. I have Tommy Rojic, Dimi Petratos, Matt Ryan, Ernesto Lopez and Elias Figueroa coming in at the end of the season. As I am now in the ACL I will also be looking for a quality Asian player. Not sure who yet but there are some I do have my eye on. Japan does get some good regens so I might try and raid their cupboard.

What tactics do you employ nick if you don't mind me asking in terms of formation?

I'm using a modified version of this:

Coe

RB - Leijer - Milligan - Traore

Broxham - Ferreria - Finkler

Rojas - Thompson

Flores

I also have a modified 4-2-2-2 box midfield.

GK

WB(s) - CD(x) - CD© - WB(s)

A(d) - DLP(s)

AP(a) - AM(a)

IF(a) - IF(a)

I'm still playing around with the second tactic. I did need to turn all long shots off and am not convinced by the anchorman or attacking mids yet.

Won the league with the top tactic above. Won by 4 points in the end as I had Adelaide in the last game who were second by only 1 point. I'm sort of tossing up using the finals as a test for the lower tactic above since I have already qualified for the ACL (hmm, imagine a club doing that IRL - AFC should listen to the FFA about where the new ACL slots are to go). I have signed a new Brazillian DM but also have my eye on James Holland and Chris Herd who are both coming out of contract. If I get Herd he will take one of the three midfield spots. Alex Cisak is also coming off contract and I want to sign him so I can cash in on Nathan Coe (edited into my side). There are a couple of other Australians coming off contract (Scott McDonald, Jamie Maclaren) who I have my eye on but the salary cap is tight. I signed David Carney previously but need him gone now as I have a better regen who came through last season.

Cheers for that mate, i can never seem to get tge best out of traore, carney was immense for me in the second half of the first season, i may go back to my victory save, no place like home, runners up in first year, lets hope i can go one better this year

Cheers for that mate, i can never seem to get tge best out of traore, carney was immense for me in the second half of the first season, i may go back to my victory save, no place like home, runners up in first year, lets hope i can go one better this year

Traore is a star for me. WB(s) works perfectly and he develops really well. If you want I can post some detailed pics of my tactic but the link above should detail how to set it up as well as the modifications I have made for FM13.

I have just won the Grand Final, allowing Adelaide only 1 shot that wasn't on target. The issue was it took until the second half of extra time for me to win.

Time to set up for the ACL now

Yeah mate that would be good if you could post some pics of the tactic, decided to start a fresh with victory again instead of returning to my save and i may go things a bit different this time around, great effort in the grand final

The ACL was a bust. Bloody Guangzhou are impossible to beat - especially when you lose two players to injury. 3 wins and 3 losses (2 to Guangzhou) doesn't cut it.

Tactic setup is below:

All players are set to hard tackling except the striker. All other instructions are as the TC sets them except the treee CM's pictured above. Don't forget to read through the link above and set the middle DLP(d) to the playmaker. Team tactics are the same as set up in the thread linked above.

Thanks for that mate

Well, I'm back. Started as new game with the Victory. I have strayed a few times since the patch came out but I'm back to my true love.

First season is always consolidation of the team for me. I havbe been playing a 4-2-2-2 box midfield. First season had Rojas as an advanced forward then sold him for £1.5m. Also got rid of Finkler and Flores for £1m each. With that I invested in a deep lying playmaker (Hughes Zagbayou) for £750k and banked the rest. Got GF runner up in the first season and won it in the second. ACL had me drawn at home for the first 3 group games (beat Tianjin in the East Playoff Final) against Channam, S-Pulse and Beijing. Started with three wins then a loss away to Channum in the first game away. Thats where I am right now. Hoping to win the ACL. Striker is the key. Got a French bloke on loan from ES Tunis who has jumping and strength 17 which should be enough to monster the Japanese, Chinese and Korean defences. Just hoping their more skillful players cannot beat my physical game.

So, won the ACL but bombed out of the CWC in the first two games. Injuries took their toll and I was playing a 3rd string midfield. I have managed to get Terry Antonis to come in next season though which will give me some much needed creativity in the midfield. I want Eli Babalj as well but he isn't keen on negotiating yet. Eric Paartalu and Matt McKay are coming out of contract so am looking at them as well.

have any of you guys played in the MLS and A-League?

Question being, after years and years of playing FM and previously CM in my youthful days, during FM12 the franchise grew stale for me and after searching for a new challenge I gave the MLS a try.

I took alot of time to study the rules etc which quite clearly are different from anything else ive experienced. I ended up loving the save and quite honestly it was one of the best experiences ive had playing the franchise.

Now from what many people have told me, the MLS nicked alot of ideas from the A-League (correct me if im wrong). Is the league as enjoyable in the opinion of those whove played both.

Are the rules are similar to the MLS as im assuming?

I really do think ill venture to the A-League once my 1 and only FM13 long term save ends for what ever reason.

Great thread by the way!

G'day Mattias,

The rules are similar but probablyt a bit softer in Australia. For example, there is no draft, the marquee (designated players) have their whole wage off the salary cap, one marquee needs to be Australian and you can havbe up to three junior marquees under 23 where $150k of their combined wage comes off the salary cap.

2015/16:

26 games unbeaten in the HAL. Looking for the perfect season. Had a few surprises along the way. I loaned out Mate Dugandzic to Rangers who had been my leading goalscorer as I had Jesse Makarounas sitting on the bench and he needed games. Sold Adrian Leijer for £725k, Adama Traore for £1.5m, Jimmy Jeggo for £2.2m and Massimo Luongo for £2.6m. This really took the heart out of my team but I had the backups. Best purchase was a French striker I had on loan for the previous two seasons - Jean-David Beauguel. A big targetman who dominates in both Asia and Australia. 22 goals in 28 matches has been great since he plays as a supporting targetman. Luke Garbutt was a free transfer who took over from Adama Traore and that has worked perfectly. I now have four of my five visa players due for Australian citizenship at the end of the 2016/17 season. If a big name visa player comes up I will loan one of my current visa players to Bentleigh Greens so they tick over to become Australians and then they will be welcomed back into my squad.

All is good at Melbourne Victory.

Oh, and the A-League is ranked second behind the K-League in Asia.

Unbelievably had a contract offer to Wesley Sneijder accepted. Currently 32 so should dominate. Am waiting on some offers to Mario Gomez, Rafeal van der Vaart and Diego Contento before confirming the deal

Sounds like you are doing pretty well, Sneijder would be quite a signing, even at 32! Any interesting youth coming through?

A bit. I have a star striker as does Brisbane. I am yet to see a defender, midfielder or keeper worth keeping at Melbourne but Newcastle got a rb who was better suited to cb. The quality is about the same as real life I guess

Have you scoured the non-league sides? I've picked up a few gems over the years from non-league Australian clubs, and made quite a bit of money from them a few years later.

I scout every newgen in the lower leagues but most of my players are overseas-based Australians or free transfers from other A-League clubs.

Well I have won the league again. Turns out I had to release Sneijder as my visa players refused to go out on loan. No issues, there are plenty of players coming off contract and I have three of my visa players becoming Australian before October 31. I will be getting in two CM's (an advanced playmaker and a CM Attack) but I am not sure what to do with the other visa spot. I may just spend it on a talented kid who can step into the midfield in the future as attacking midfielders aren't being produced by Australia. I have my eyes on two of Mesut Ozil, Esteban Granero, Yoann Gourcuff, John Fleck, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Danny, Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Hakan Calhanoglu, Antonio Candreva and a 20yo CAM newgen from West Ham named Brent O'Donnell. They are the main players I will be targeting but there are a few others such as Ravel Morrison but they are a bit further down the pecking order.

Hey guys.

I'm currently playing with MV and I am in my second season. I won't talk about my save in details because I might talk about it in a career update. However, I have a few issues and I'm wondering if any of you have had the same and found solutions..

First of all, every pre-season, there's automatically the training camp in either South Africa or India.. Which is completely useless since it cost around €500K.. Any way to cancel it?

Also, I'm in october in 2nd season and already spend €2M in taxes and others, more or less twice as much than during the first season.. This is crazy, I don't see how - except by becoming a selling club - I can develop the club financially.. Is this happening only in my save or does this also occurred in your saves? Also, does this stabilized with time? I know about the financial issues in the A-League from previous experiences (you might remember my youth only save in FM12 with CCM) so I wouldn't be suprised if this happend with any club in the league, but with MV?!

Anyway, thanks in advance, and I have to say I can't wait for the FM14 threads about this league to appear! I won't be playing FM14 but I appreciate reading about others' saves in this very fun league to play in.

How come you wont be playing FM14 chap if you dont mind me asking? On a side note I cant really answer your main questiong as ive not managed in the A-League yet, though Im thinking about giving the A-League a bash on FM14 as its one of the few leagues i've yet to try.

Because if you, like me, never play within one of the best leagues available (or should I say, within the only country that counts for SI, England), you can wait until february and the last patch to have a "proper" game, with minimum bugs.. And since, with FM13, even the last patch doesn't solve numerous issues, I will just wait and see concerning FM14. If I see that, in february '14, most of the issues already raised in the bugs and data forums are resolved, that I might consider buying it.

Anyway, that won't prevent me from following and enjoying others' saves.

Ah right, I feel your pain.

Despite living in England, having a season ticket for Norwich City etc....I rarely play within the UK, until late in a journeyman save.

Like you, I Never purchase FM until January now. I prefer to wait until a majority of the key bugs are ironed out, while also ensuring I have all the latest facepacks, kits packs etc....ready to implement.

Fingers crossed all goes well for this FM so you can purchase and enjoy.

Anyone still playing in the A-League on FM13? Promised myself Id experience the A-League on fm13 before getting fm14 and finally growing board of my 1 long term save so picked the first Oz side I got randomly and that was Melbourne Heart. Looking for pointers and advice.