Official Forum FAQ - The Answers to all of Your Questions!

This is an thread which holds the answers to the majority of those questions that everyone needs to know at sometime during their Football Manager career.

Firstly, welcome to the Good Player and Team Guide, the thread that you can ask all questions about teams, players, and staff in Football Manager. Remember to post in the correct threads though!

Wether you have uncovered a rough diamond, think you've found an excellent player, built your dream XI, are looking for some advice on building a successful team or in need tips on the best players or staff for your team? No matter which it is, this is the forum for you to ask your questions. Here are some of the Frequently Asked Questions to do with Good Players and Teams in Football Manager

To help you find what you need...

I. Why should I post in the correct threads and how can I make a club thread?

II. Why do we have Work Permits, and how do they work?

III. What is a players Current Ability and/or Potential Ability how can it change?

IV. How do I Post a Screenshot?

V. What is the Official Data Editor?

VI. What is an In-Game Editor?

VII. What is an In-Game Scout?

VIII. What is a WeeGiE Update?

IX. What are both Newgens (AKA Regens, Freds), what date do they come into the game, and what are Greyed-Out Players?

X. What are Affiliated Clubs, and how can I get them?

XI. Can I manage a club and a country at the same time?

XII. How are fee's over a period of time paid?

XIII. How is the English Premier League table ordered?

XIV. How are the Italian Serie 'A' and the Spanish First Division tables ordered?

XV. How is the German First Division table ordered?

XVI. How is the French Ligue 1 Orange table ordered?

XVII. Why is Player X so Under-Rated on Football Manager?

XVIII. Why can't I approach Player X even though his contract is over in six months?

XIX. What are the most important stats for various positions?

XX. How does tutoring improve young players?

XXI. What are some of the most frequently used Acronyms?

I. Why should I post in the correct threads and how can I make a club thread?

Because it helps everyone. It helps you because you won't get pestered and you will get help from people who have probably experienced situations similar to yours. It helps the people who post in the correct threads because when more people post in the correct places threads become more active, hence better answers. It helps the people who direct people to the correct threads because they don't have to do that. Lastly, it helps Purefun and HoPeY because they don't have to become hated by people who themselves are in the wrong. Basically, posting in the correct threads keeps the forum tidy, and makes threads more active. If everyone posts in the right place then everyone will get more and better answers.

If your club doesn't have a specific club thread, and you feel they should have one, then it could be up to you to make one. If you don't know what to include, follow this guide and you should be able to create a good club thread for others playing as your team to post in. Good luck making a new thread if you choose to.

II. Why do we have Work Permits, and how do they work?

Work Permits are only used in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. They are neccesary for someone to be allowed to work in the countries mentioned, including playing as a footballer. Only certain players will need to get work permits, and others may recieve them easier than others. Players from the following countries do not need work permits:

Austria - 5

Belgium - 3

Cyprus - 5

Czech Republic - 5

Denmark - 7

Estonia - 5

Finland - 5

France, including French Guyana - 5

Germany - 5

Greece - 10

Guadeloupe - 5

Holland - 4

Hungary - 5

Iceland - 5

Ireland - 7

Italy - 5

Latvia - 5

Lithuania - 5

Luxembourg - 5

Malta - 5

Martinique - 5

Norway - 5

Poland - 3

Portugal - 5

Reunion - 5

Slovakia - 5

Slovenia - 7

Spain - 4

Sweden - 5

Switzerland - 5

United Kingdom - 7

If the player you are looking to sign isnt from one of these countries, you will need to gain a work-permit before he is able to play.

If a player needs a work-permit, then various things will be taken into account. One of these is the calibre of the player. If a player is very talented, or has played for his country, he is likely to gain a work permit. If the work permit is turned down the it is likely to be granted on appeal.

When a work permit is turned down, it is the goverment who make the decision. The goverment normally turn down work-permits to protect people who are from their country. Their aim is to make sure that there are always jobs avalible from people from their country, and may turn down a work permit if they see no reason that an English player is not avalible. This gives all people from their country the chance to work, in various jobs.

However there are ways to get past this. One of the ways is to send a player to a European feeder club. The numbers of years it takes to gain nationality are above. When a player has been in that country for the number of years needed, they normally apply for that nationality. This means that they are now part-european, so they automatically gain a work-permit. If a player has been in a country for an amount of time you can offer them a new contract, which also re-applies for a work permit for them. If you are lucky the player will be granted a permit. It is sensible to, when buying players you feel may not recieve a work permit, tie them down to a 5 year contract, incase it does take 3+ years to gain a permit.

III. What is a players Current Ability and/or Potential Ability how can it change?

Every single player on Football Manager has a Current Ability, also known as CA. This is a number ranging from 1-200, 1 being a very low ability, 200 being the highest. A players current ability changes throughout the game, depending on training, game time, and injuries. A player's current ability can also naturally go up, as a player gets older.

A players Current Ability CAN change throughout the game.

Every player also has a Potential Ability, commenly known as PA. Player Ability is a number that players are assigned to before the save game starts, and a players potential ability is the same on everyones game. This number also ranges from 1-200. A potential ability of 1 means the player is more than likely to be awful, a potential ability of 200 has the potential to be one of the worlds best. Although most players have set potential abilities, some players have varying potential abilities. These potential abilities are negative potentials. At the start of a new game players with negative potentials are assigned potentials, ranging from one number to another. The different negative abilities and what they mean are shown below:

-10 = PA 170-200

-9 = 150-180

-8 = 130-160

-7 = 110-140

-6 = 90-120

-5 = 70-100

-4 = 50-80

-3 = 30-60

-2 = 10-40

-1 = 1-20

In addition, having a PA of 0 means that a player will get a random PA between 1 and 200. This figure has to be above his starting CA.

A players Potential Ability CAN NOT change throughout the game.

IV. How do I Post a Screenshot?

1. Ensure that any version of Football Manager is open

2. Go to the screen you want to show

3. Press 'Prt Sc', normally next to or near F12 on your keyboard

4. Open Paint, or a similar program

5. Paste the image by either pressing 'Ctrl + V' or going to edit, then paste.

6. Save the file as a JPEG

7. Upload the image to an image hosting site, such as PhotoBucket or ImageShack

8. Post the Direct URL onto this site

Or

1. Ensure that any version of Football Manager after Football Manager 2008 is open

2. Go to the screen you want to show

3. Press Alt+F9

4. A screenshot of what you want will be saved in My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager __\Screenshots

5. Upload the image to an image hosting site, such as PhotoBucket or ImageShack

6. Post the Direct URL onto this site

Both of the above are for Windows (all versions)

1. Ensure that any version of Football Manager is open

2. Go to the screen you want to show

3. Press Apple key, Shift, and 3 keys all together to take a screenshot of the whole screen.

4. Save the file as a JPEG

5. Upload the image to an image hosting site, such as PhotoBucket or ImageShack

6. Post the Direct URL onto this site

Or

1. Ensure that any version of Football Manager is open

2. Go to the screen you want to show

3. Press Apple key, Shift, and 4 keys all together to take a screenshot of part of the screen.

4. Save the file as a JPEG

5. Upload the image to an image hosting site, such as PhotoBucket or ImageShack

6. Post the Direct URL onto this site

Both of the above are for Apple Macs.

V. What is the Official Data Editor?

The Official Editor is, obviously, an official program that comes with the Boxed game. It is accessible from the start menu. If the icon for the Data Editor cannot be seen, right click on the Football Manager icon, and there should be an option to 'Run Data Editor'. Click on this, and it should open. Load a database, and edit things such as player's PA and CA, stadiums, make new clubs, make new players, change clubs history and edit competition names. This program can be used to make new databases which will be able to be used for new games. It is most commonly used to check and/or edit PA and to make player transfers.

VI. What is an In-Game Editor?

An in-game editor is an unofficial program that allows you to edit your save games. Some in-game editors allow you to alter players current ability or potential ability as well as attributes, others allow you to alter finances, stadiums, kit colours, and more. Popular In-game editors include Football Manager Modifier(FMM) or MiniScout Editor.

VII. What is an In-Game Scout?

An in-game scout is again an unofficial program, but doesnt allow you to edit your save games. It allows you to see more information about players, such as their Sale Value, Current Ability, and Potential Ability. This program can not only allow you to see real players in more detail, but Newgens too. Popular in-game scouts are GenieScout, FMRTE and MiniScout. To find these tools, have a look in the Editors Hideaway.

VIII. What is a WeeGiE Update?

A WeeGiE update is an unofficial database that is avalible to download on the internet. This update is released frequently every transfer window, and when a new game is started with this database selected all of the most recent transfers will be enforced. This saves you from having to use the official editor to make player transfers yourself. To download the WeeGiE update you will have to sign up to the forum, which can be found on most search engines. Go to the sub-forum 4th down for the download link.

IX. What are both Newgens (AKA Regens, Freds), what date do they come into the game, and what are Greyed-Out Players?

Newgens are players created randomly from the database, and appear in the game when a new season starts. These players replace players who have retired, to make sure that there are always a large amount of players in the game. It is very unlikely that you will have the same regens as anyone else, because there are so many different players that the game can make. There is no guarentee that if one world class player retires he will be replaced by another potentially world class player. They may not even play in the same position, or be from the same country. The following list explains the dates that new regens appear in each country. This is also the date that the

league table is refreshed.

[b]Country             Date Newgens are bought into game[/b]

Argentina           1st August
Barbados            19th September
Belarus             10th February
Belgium             29th June
Brazil              2nd January
Bulgaria            29th June
Chile               1st January
Colombia            10th January
Croatia             18th June
Czech Republic      28th June
Denmark             5th July
England             25th June
Finland             7th January
France              20th June
Germany             20th June
Greece              19th June
Holland             7th July
Hungary             19th June
Iceland             5th January
Ireland             5th January
Israel              [i]Date Needed[/i]
Italy               30th June
Mexico              20th July
N. Ireland          29th April
Norway              18th January
Peru                29th January
Poland              28th June
Portugal            20th June
Romania             [i]Date Needed[/i]
Russia              26th December
Serbia              9th July
Slovakia            28th June
Slovenia            28th June
Spain               10th July
Sweden              25th December
Switzerland         18th June
Trinidad & Tobago    19th September
Turkey              19th June
Ukraine             18th June
USA                 26th December
Uraguay             1st August
Wales               18th June

Greyed-Out players are basically gap-fillers. These are players that are put into your team whilst you don't have enough players, to ensure that every match can be played. You can offer contracts to your own greyed-out players, but not to other teams. As soon as you have enough players to field a full team the grey players will disapear, never to be seen again.

X. What are Affiliated Clubs, and how can I get them?

Most clubs have other clubs that they are affiliated with. Some smaller clubs have Parent Clubs, teams who can loan them players, play an annual friendly, and pay a yearly fee, amongst other things. Having a parent club can be very helpful, as you get to loan players without paying any of their wages.

On the other hand, larger clubs may have feeder clubs. These can be clubs who they have the option to have an exact bid as another one accepted. Players can also be sent on loan to feeder clubs, whether it is for work-permit purposes or for experience.

You can ask your board for another affiliated club, be it a feeder or parent, via the board requests. Your board will either produce a list of teams for you to chose from or reject your request. If your board trust you enough then they may ask for a preference as to the type of feeder club you get. These range from work permit clubs to financial support clubs. I wouldn't reccommend using this feature however, as it is more than likely that they will not find a club of the type you specified.

XI. Can I manage a club and a country at the same time?

Yes, you can. If you are manager of either a club or a country you can accept an offer to manage to other. The same manager cannot manager two clubs or two countries at the same time, but you can add another user into the game which allows you to play as two teams, club or nation, on one save file.

XII. How are fee's over a period of time paid?

When you sign a player for a fee over 24 months, 18 months, 12 months, or 6 months, half the fee is immedietly taken from your transfer budget. The rest of the fee is taken out over the said time. Due to this, you must have at least half of the fee paid over a time, aswell as everything else included in the transfer. An example is signing Ever Banega for £2mil upfront, £10mil over 24 months, and 25% sell-on. You must have the £2mil upfront, and half of the £10mil (£5mil) that you agreed to pay over 24 months. The other £5mil will be paid over 24 months.

XIII. How is the English Premier League table ordered?

Obviously, the Premier League table is ordered firstly on the amount of points gained during the season. After the points tallied, the goal difference is taken into account. Goal difference is worked out by minusing the amount of goals conceded from the amount of goals scored. If teams are still tied after points and goal difference, then the amount of goals scored is used. Finally, if teams are still tied for a position, then one of two things will happen. If something is at stake, such as a place in Europe, then a play-off game takes place at a neutral venue. The winner of this game recieves whatever is at stake. If there is nothing depending on the positions of the teams, then the teams will tie for the position.

XIV. How are the Italian Serie 'A' and the Spanish First Division tables ordered?

Like the Premier League, the Italian Serie 'A' and the Spanish First Division are ordered primarily on the amount of points gained in a season. But different to the Premier League, Serie 'A' iand the First Division aren't then decided on goal difference. It is instead decided on head-to-head records. This means that the team that has the better record in that seasons games between the two teams will finish higher. After the head-to-head record, the table goes down to goal difference.

XV. How is the German First Division table ordered?

The way the German league is ordered is perhaps the most confusing of the top European leagues. Like always, the league is firstly ordered on the amount of points gained. After, the table is ordered on the amount of goals scored throughout the season. Then the table is ordered on head-to-head results, with the team with the better record finishing higher. If the teams are still level, then the table is sorted by head-to-head goal difference. If, amazingly, the teams are still equal, then the table goes down to another head-to-head, this time the amount of away goals scored against each other. After that, the amount of away goals scored throughout the whole league season, no matter who against, is depended on. Like other leagues, if nothing previous seperates the teams, a match is played at a neutral venue, with the winner recieving whatever is one stake. The league table has never gone down as far as the deciding match.

XVI. How is the French Ligue 1 Orange table ordered?

The French Ligue 1 table is ordered very simply. Firstly, the table is decided on the amount of points gained. After that, the table is ordered on the amount of goals scored, which was supposed to encourage attacking play. If teams are still tied, then the table goes down to goal difference.

XVII. Why is Player X so Under-Rated on Football Manager?

If you see something that you think should be different, then please post it in the Data Issues Forum. In there, there are threads for most teams for you to post your advice on issues to do with that respective club. Of course, everyone has different views on certain things, so it isn't certain that your advice will be taken into action. If it isn't acted upon, do not feel offended. Like I said before, no-one has the same views so the researchers cannot make everyone happy.

XVIII. Why can't I approach Player X even though his contract is over in six months?

When you're managing a team from, say, England, you are unable to approach to sign players from the same country until 1 month before their contract ends. As an example, if you are managing Arsenal are are trying to approach Obafemi Martins from Newcastle, you will not be able to until one month before his contract ends. You can still approach any players from outside the country you are managing in 6 months before their contract ends.

XIX. What are the most important stats for various positions?

In Football Manager, all players have attributes, rated from 1-20. Some of these attributes are more important than others for certain positions. For example, for a centre back, finishing isn't normally very important, wheras tackling is. Of course, there are some other attributes that could be important for a player, but the following are the main attributes needed to be a very good player.

[b]Position                Vital Skills            Other Skills[/b]

[b]Goalkeepers[/b]             Positioning             Throwing
                       Command of Area         Pace
                       Agility                 Concentration
                       Stamina                 Composure
                       Jumping                 Bravery
                       Reflexes                Anticipation
                       Strength
                       Decisions
                       Ariel Ability

[b]Centre Backs[/b]            Positioning             Stamina
                       Jumping                 Anticipation
                       Tackling                Determination
                       Marking                 Pace
                       Aggression              Acceleration
                       Strength
                       Bravery
                       Heading

[b]Full Backs[/b]              Work Rate               Determination
                       Stamina                 Strength
                       Teamwork                Crossing
                       Decisions               Dribbling
                       Positioning
                       Acceleration

[b]Defensive Midfielders[/b]   Tackling                Pace
                       Strength                Passing
                       Aggression              Acceleration
                       Marking                 Determination
                       Stamina                 Concentration
                       Work Rate               Creativity
                       Team Work
                       Decisions

[b]Attacking Midfielders[/b]   Decisions               Stamina
                       Creativity              Teamwork
                       Passing                 Flair
                       Off the Ball            Long Shots
                       Technique               Pace
                       Finishing               Acceleration
                       Work Rate

[b]Wide Midfielders[/b]        Crossing                Finishing
                       Creativity              Long Shots
                       Dribbling               Team Work
                       Pace                    Work Rate
                       Acceleration            Off the Ball
                       Tackling
                       Balance
                       Technique
                       Passing

[b]Centre Forwards (FS)[/b]    Creativity              Team Work
                       Flair                   Balance
                       Finishing               Long Shots
                       Off the Ball            Anticipation
                       Dribbling               Crossing
                       Passing
                       Technique
                       Pace
                       Acceleration

[b]Strikers (TM)[/b]           Finishing               Pace
                       Off the Ball            Aggression
                       Jumping                 Acceleration
                       Heading                 Strength
                       Anticipation            Long Shots
                       Tecnique

XX. How does tutoring improve young players?

Tutoring *CAN* help a youngster a lot. And I mean a lot. First thing to keep in mind about tutoring is that it doesn't ALWAYS work. And sometimes, it can be negative too because if the two players don't get along, it'll mean a rift between the two of them which could possibly disrupt the harmony in the squad. And in many cases, the only answer is to sell one of them.

But that's not as bad as it sounds. It doesn't happen always, just sometimes. The positives of tutoring are plenty. The two biggest ones are -

1. Learning new moves

2. Improving mental stats

Tutoring allows your youngster to learn some new moves off the tutor. You can ofcourse also do this through the interaction button and ask the youngster to learn a new move. But you can only ask him to learn 1 at a time. In tutoring, if you tutor has say 4 PPM's, the youngster can potentially pick up ALL of them in the 6 months time he's being tutored.

Secondly, mental stats. MANY youngsters have extremely poor mental stats. I don't mean only the ones you see on the screen, but also hidden ones. Tutoring can effect these very positively. For example, if a youngster has all the potential in the world, but unfortunately his "ambition" stat (hidden) is very low, it's very unlikely he'll ever achieve his true potential. However, with tutoring, that stat could go up a lot if the two players get along and the youngster might suddenly turn out to be a world beater. Maybe the youngster is not very determined. This will effect how he reacts during a match. If your team goes a goal down, his shoulders are likely to drop. But a determined guy will probably be charged up and go all out to pull the game back for his team (Steven Gerrard anyone?!).

There are a whole host of other stats which effected as well. So yes, tutoring is a great, great help. These mental stats have NO OTHER WAY of going up except by tutoring. They can experience the odd increase here and there but it won't be substantial.

All this culminates in one thing - choose your tutors VERY carefully. Because although good tutors can improve your youngster immensely, a bad tutor can have an adverse effect on him as well. Guys like Xavi & Fabregas are great tutors. Guys like Mertesacker & Recoba are not.

Having said that, if you notice, there are 3 different options when you want to get a player tutored:

1. Ideal role model

2. Approach to the game

3. Can learn from

The short answer is that they all three options have the same outcome like Veg has said.

The difference between the three options is now main the tutor will react to the request. For example, if you use the middle option with a tutor who sees themselves as a key player then they might react badly as you are undermining his role (as the tutor thinks he'll be that players ideal role model).

Hope this clears it up.

XXI. What are some of the most frequently used Acronyms?

Here are some acronyms that you may find useful during your time in the Good Team and Player Guide:

SI - Sports Interactive

FM - Football Manager

Forums

GQ - General Questions

GPTG - Good Player and Team Guide

Football Manager Terminology

PA - Potential Ability

CA - Current Ability

DB - Database

FMM - Football Manager Modifier

ME - Match Engine

Ass Man - Assistant Manager

LLM - Lower League Management

OI - Opposition Instructions

Players

RVP - Robin van Persie (Arsenal AM L/ST)

RVN - Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid ST)

AVB - Anthony Vanden Borre (Genoa D/WB/M R, D/DM/M C)

VDV - Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid AMC)

VDS - Edwin van der Sar (Man Utd GK)

Positions

GK - Goalkeeper

SW - Sweeper

DR - Right Back

DL - Left Back

DC - Centre Back

DMC - Defensive Centre Midfielder

MC - Centre Midfielder

MR - Right Midfielder

ML - Left Midfielder

AMR - Attacking Right Midfielder

AML - Attacking Left Midfielder

AMC - Attacking Centre Midfielder

FC - Centre Forward

ST - Striker

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FS - Fast Striker (normally a FC)

TM - Target Man (normally a ST)

Conversation Terminology

IMO - In My Opinion

IMHO - In My Honest Opinion

IRL - In Real Life

IIRC - If I Remember Correctly

KUTGW - Keep Up The Good Work

BTW - By The Way

TBH - To Be Honest

CBA - Can't Be Arsed

TBF - To Be Fair

FTW - For The Win

TY - Thank You

FWIW - For what its worth

OFC - Of Course

AFAIK - As Far As I Know

WTH - What The Hell?

AKA - Also Known As

ASAP - As Soon As Possible

OP - Original Poster

Hope this helps many people!

Thanks to:

Cleon - For stickying this thread

aaberdeenn - For writing the original thread, providing me with the layout

Wicked Wilson - For giving ideas for the original thread

Rashidi1 - For writing the list of which stats are most important for various positions in XIX

DiscoStu94 (Dhuey) - For alerting me to the list's existence in XIX

ThE bOmBeR - For alerting me to the second way of taking screenshots in IV

canvey!! - For writing the list of when new players come into the game in IX

HoPeY - For giving extra dates for the list of when new players come into the game in IX

theincrediblehulk - For writing the whole of XX

Jolanthustrel - for explaining how to take a screenshot on Macs on IV.

Everyone else - Because it just wouldn't be the same without you;)

Couple of things to add(Cant edit after 5 mins)

Acronyms - Football Manager Terminology - FMM - Football Manager Modifier

Put this between the intro and work permits

To help you find what you need...

I. Work-Permits

II. Player Ability and Potential (CA and PA)

III. How to Post a Screenshot

IV. What is an In-Game Editor?

V. What is an In-Game Scout?

VI. Newgens and Greyed Out Players

VII. Affiliated Clubs

VIII. Acronyms

Then put the correct Numerals infront of the names of the section.

EDIT: Ignore the above, I have edited it myself.

Thanks, hope this is OK:)

Cheers mate

Great Thread really does help!

knew most of this anyway but very usefull for people who didnt great thread

Good work. I'm sure it will help plenty of new-comers.

Great work Arsenal_2111, bound to help many new-comers, as long as they actually use it.

Super work!

good job. well done!

took my time reading that but very helpful. being that im not from the UK i dodn't know that was why they had work permits, and it seems fair enough to me.

And the guide for how long in another nation it'll take to gain nationality is very handy also

good looking out budd

can someone please tell me how you find out if a player has a minimum fee release clause, either on your team or on another team

thanks

Great and useful thread...

Only some things:

Acronyms:

whs - What He Said (this is used often as well)

How To Post a Screenshot:

On FM08 there is a new feature, I don't know how many people know about it.

By pressing ALT + F9 a screenshot is automatically taken and saved in:

My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2008\screenshots

So no need for paint or anything just press ALT + F9 and the screenshot will be saved in there, and then you can just upload it using one of the sites mentioned above.

Hope I helped and good work.

I hate acronyms, well except stuff like SI and FM, aswell as some of the other Football Manager Terminology, apart from that why cant people just type word's/names properly?

It doesn't exactley take much effort to type "what he said" instead of "WHS."

I hate acronyms, well except stuff like SI and FM, aswell as some of the other Football Manager Terminology, apart from that why cant people just type word's/names properly?

It doesn't exactley take much effort to type "what he said" instead of "WHS."

Its against the rules anyways as its classed as text speech.

I hate acronyms, well except stuff like SI and FM, aswell as some of the other Football Manager Terminology, apart from that why cant people just type word's/names properly?

It doesn't exactley take much effort to type "what he said" instead of "WHS."

Its against the rules anyways as its classed as text speech.

I know, but unfortunately people completely disregard the rules and do it anyway!

Maybe I'm just been an old fuddy-duddy!

Is there anything else you think should be put in?

Ive added in I, V, and VIII tonight.

Anything else?

Nope everything looks fine mate.

Everyone else - Because it just wouldn't be the same without you;)

I know, I know. Thank you

Even better now Arsenal , if anyone asks one of the FAQ's, I'm sure the new mods will redirect them there.

You can be sure about that mate.

jonahno6

Careful, I could easily change it to Everyone else bar jonahno6!

Please don't ....

Its too late.... Its too late, to apologize...

NEW

Added in XI after seeing a thread mentioning it.

SOrry if this isnt the right place but i have been playing FM for a while now and loads of people talk of buying someone and spreading the payment over installements and saying it would mean they still have money left now, but am i not right in saying that all the money goes straight away out of the transfer budget?? Sorry if posted in wrong place

Its fine, this a thread for FAQ's, which this is.

I'll add it in as a FAQ but will also answer you here.

When you sign a player for a fee over 24 months, 18 months, 12 months, or 6 months, half the fee is immedietly taken from your transfer budget. The rest of the fee is taken out over the said time. Due to this, you must have at least half of the fee paid over a time, aswell as everything else included in the transfer. An example is signing Ever Banega for £2mil upfront, £10mil over 24 months, and 25% sell-on. You must have the £2mil upfront, and half of the £10mil (£5mil) that you agreed to pay over 24 months. The other £5mil will be paid over 24 months.

Hope this explains it:)

Added in, XII.

Added in, XII.

Yeah but you made it VII you fool.

No I didnt...

Shall I add in how the Premier League is ordered.

e.g.

1. points

2. goal difference

3. goals scored

4. if something is at stake then play-off game, if not then teams tie for __th place.

Cheers arsenal_2111 big help thanks

No problem, glad it helps:)

Damn, I was just about to finish how the Premier League is ordered when my laptop went back a page, deleting where I was editing:(

Shall I add in how the Premier League is ordered.

e.g.

1. points

2. goal difference

3. goals scored

4. if something is at stake then play-off game, if not then teams tie for __th place.

Well if you do that then you have to do it for every league imo so i wouldn't.

I could just add other countries if people ask them?

I could just add other countries if people ask them?

Why don't you add how the league's are ordered with the biggest/popular leagues being covered so:

England EPL

Spain La Liga

Serie A

Ligue One

Bundesliga

And then if people ask for others add when appropriate ?

OK then, I'll do that. I'm going to the Watford v Darlington match in a bit, so wont have time to do it now.

come on watford!

2-1...

Not too impressive, Darlo got their equalizer in added time to send it to extra time.

Hoskins, Ainsworth both looked too lightweight. Francis and O'Toole scored.

Sorry for talking about real life stuf btw

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I'm going away for a couple of days, no internet so I will update this when I get back.

If you want to ask any questions for me to add, feel free and they will be added(if suitable) when I get back.

Thanks, hope you don't miss me tooooo much;)

Added them in now.

English Premier League DONE

Italian Serie 'A' DONE

Spanish First Division DONE

German First Division DONE (Boy is that confusing!)

French Ligue 1, but Wikipedia isn't giving much info so please correct me if its wrong. DONE

Ask if you want any more put on

Windows Vista Screenshot (skipping the need for paint ect)

1. Hit the windows button bottom left

2. search for "snip"

3. should come up as windows snipping tool

4. open it

5. drag the box over the area of the screen you want as a shot

6. let go

7. save

8. Upload to photobucket ect

OK, I'll add that later. I dont like using that TBH, but it probably makes it easier so I'll put it on.

Thanks:)

OK, I'll add that later. I dont like using that TBH, but it probably makes it easier so I'll put it on.

Thanks:)

No probs

I've added in some more accronyms, will add in the Vista screenshot thing too now.

1. Ensure that any version of Football Manager is open

2. Go to the screen you want to show

3. Open the start menu, via the Windows on the bottom left of the screen

4. In the Search Box, type in 'Snipping Tool'

5. Open the program that appears. The screen should now be greyed out.

6. Select the area that you want to take the screenshot of by dragging the cursor around it.

7. When only the image appears on the screen, go to the option at the top left that is called 'File'

8. Save the file as a JPEG

9. Upload the image to an image hosting site, such as PhotoBucket or ImageShack

10. Post the Direct URL onto this site

Surely this only works on windowed moe though? I'l wait for an answer before putting it in.

I've added to IX, think it's better now.

A couple more things...

1. Does anyone know the date that new regens from Romania and Israel come into the game?

2. Why have the links to the WeeGiE site been edited to http://***************************/ ?

3. Can anyone answer if you would have to have FM in window mode for the vista screenshot thing to work?

4. Is there anything else anyone wants adding?

XVII added.

Added XVIII

Hi guys and sorry for annoying but i cannot find a way to post a new thread ^^!

I have an urgent problem: When playing Betis (La Liga) I cannot register my GK (Ricardo) into the squad (other players are ok, but the "squad number" button beside *only* Ricardo seems disable, I cannot click on it T_T). I'm in first season, and this is the first time i play Betis so if anyone has face this before can help me? How can I solve it? Does it mean that I cannot use him in the league?

Btw I'm use patch 8.02 with ADDM09 Data Update version 0.7.

There is a big button that states "New thread". Left above on the main page.

Oops my bad... I've just checked... This forum appear correctly on Internet Explorer but doesn't show well in Mozilla Firefox (my favorite lol). Btw does anyone have the answer to my problem T_T?

Oops my bad... I've just checked... This forum appear correctly on Internet Explorer but doesn't show well in Mozilla Firefox (my favorite lol). Btw does anyone have the answer to my problem T_T?

You can only register up to 25 players in Spain. So if already have 25 then Ricardo can't be registered unless someone else removed first.

Does the FAQ get changed every year? I wouldn't have thought so as its the same questions as would be on a 09 one, but was just wondering.