joe__the__man Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Yep I can vouch for this - lone forward with ball to feet works for him. Only started doing it after Hopey mentioned it once, but it works wonders. If you're buying Lukaku, make sure you still give Tafer plenty of games, he tore it up for me, even first season. 6000 posts in this thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomheadshot45 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 How do I fit in Kallstrom, Pjanic, and Toulalan while not letting the likes of Bastos be wasted? OL have a lot of players at most positions (CB being the exception). Tough to find a formation that will fit well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe__the__man Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Toulalan DM, with Kallstrom and Pjanic CM, Bastos LW, Govou RW, Lisandro ST. To be fair, they do start with 4 decent natural CBs, it's not that short :confused: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 (4-3-2-1) Three MC's one of which is a DM, one AML, one AMR and one striker? (4-2-3-1) Or Two MC's, one AML, one AMR, one AMC and a striker? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGougan33 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Kallstroms also pretty effective at aml if you want to play grenier alongside pjanic at cm! Get Lacazette on the right as an AMR, his speed is demon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomheadshot45 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 The second one HoPeY. I may just play a 4-3-1-2 (3 MCs, 1 AMC, 2 STs) but then Bastos will be wasted. So far I've sold Govou because of his wages and I don't really like him. I know he will have to come next year, but I could pick up Nordtveit for a good price. I may do that and just stick with my CBs now or just loan one in for this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightig Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Bastos can make a good offensive alternative to Cissokho as LB. But in my new 10.3 save, he's tremendous so far as an AMR (Inside Forward). Almost scored as many goals as Lisandro and Tafer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomheadshot45 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Thanks guys. Looks like my scout was wrong. Arsenal actually want $33.5mil, + 3 players, and a 25% profit clause. That's ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe__the__man Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Yeah **** that. Is that for Michel Bastos that your scout report wAS QUOTING?@ i DON'T TJIML OT'S Wortj it somewhow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPS Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Just getting underway with my save also. Finished all the monotonous tasks of getting the training, coaching, scouting and tutoring assigned to a reasonable level. Turned transfers off for the first window so don't have to worry about that which is no big deal as the starting squad seems so strong. Did bring in a few unattached coaches (Desailly for defence, Bangsbo for fitness and Adolfo Valencia for attack all on small-ish wages) and 3 more scouts - Pep Bonet being the best with 20/20 for his two main attributes. I agree with boomheadshot45 that the squad, especially in midfield, is so strong that it will be hard to keep everyone happy - going to have to rotate a far bit. Do you guys prefer Bodmer at CB? Don't think I'll be able to find a spot for him in midfield although I think his attributes are more suited to a MC than a DC. Lacazette looking v.impressive in pre-season with a couple of goals, should be fun trying to develop all these highly promising young players. My experience is 'semi-pro footballer' which I didn't mean to do, hopefully it shouldn't be too big a problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGougan33 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 He got red carded alot for me in defence mate - i usually play him in the amc role if need be or bench him - and he still plays ace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 Kallstroms also pretty effective at aml if you want to play grenier alongside pjanic at cm! Get Lacazette on the right as an AMR, his speed is demon Källström so slow at AML though. :[ Yeah **** that. Is that for Michel Bastos that your scout report wAS QUOTING?@ i DON'T TJIML OT'S Wortj it somewhow Drinking last night joe? Just getting underway with my save also. Finished all the monotonous tasks of getting the training, coaching, scouting and tutoring assigned to a reasonable level. Turned transfers off for the first window so don't have to worry about that which is no big deal as the starting squad seems so strong. Did bring in a few unattached coaches (Desailly for defence, Bangsbo for fitness and Adolfo Valencia for attack all on small-ish wages) and 3 more scouts - Pep Bonet being the best with 20/20 for his two main attributes.I agree with boomheadshot45 that the squad, especially in midfield, is so strong that it will be hard to keep everyone happy - going to have to rotate a far bit. Do you guys prefer Bodmer at CB? Don't think I'll be able to find a spot for him in midfield although I think his attributes are more suited to a MC than a DC. Lacazette looking v.impressive in pre-season with a couple of goals, should be fun trying to develop all these highly promising young players. My experience is 'semi-pro footballer' which I didn't mean to do, hopefully it shouldn't be too big a problem. Desailly. Bangsbo? Thought that said something else then, was going to say I don't think they do football; they do produce video's though. Anyway, swiftly moving on. I prefer Bodmer as a midfielder, just like in real life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPS Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Thanks lads, think I will just use Bodmer in rotation in midfield and start with Cris and Boumsong at the back to begin with at least. Yes, despite his somewhat comical name, Jens Bangsbo is a decent enough free agent fitness coach (better than Espié anyway). Obscure Danish player in the 80's apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Hello guys, sorry for not being around lately, sooooooooo busy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batty1 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Hello guys, sorry for not being around lately, sooooooooo busy. No need to apologise mate. But please tell me you atleast got some FM in? ----------- I think my copys broken, Govou scored me a winner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 No I actually didn't. :red face: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGougan33 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Purefun, you need some fm time mate!! leave all the work and family stuff for a day lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rmat Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Purefun, you need some fm time mate!! leave all the work and family stuff for a day lol What is this 'work and family' you speak of? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGougan33 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Its in general terms mate lol, meaning no excuses for not getting some gametime Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rmat Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 You mean something other than gametime exists? I vaguely remember something like this... a long time ago, before FM08 maybe... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtuck01 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 January Transfer Window passed, so it's time for me to post a mid-season update. Club World Cup For the second season in a row we were off on a pre Christmas trip to take part in the Club World Cup. In the semi finals this year we faced South Korean side Seongnam. We cruised to a 5-0 win, although we were helped by them having a man sent off after 40 minutes with the score at just 1-0. after the red card the result was never going to be in doubt - Yannis Tafer grabbed a hat-trick, and goals from Lukaku and sub Grenier wrapped it up. Club World Cup Semi v. Seongnam The final saw us play Brazilian side Corinthians, who had seen off Nigerian side Kano Pillars to reach the final. After just a minute Tafer gave us the lead. We dominated from there on, and finally got a second goal in the 39th minute through Ishak Belfodil. In the second half they put us under pressure and grabbed a goal back early on. But we stood firm when they kept coming at us, and managed to secure the trophy with a 2-1 win. Club World Cup Final v. Corinthains Two years in a row now we have lifted the Club World Cup, and this season was even more pleasing because I left out a a few of my more experienced players, such as Bodmer, Toulalan, Lisandro, and a couple more. Ligue 1 Twenty games into Ligue 1 and we are flying away with the league. We have won 18 of our games thus far, drawing the other two. 54 goals have been banged in, and we have conceded just the seven. Ligue 1 Table - February 1st 2014 In Ligue 1 next we have Nantes at home, which should be three easy points. Cup Competitions We have finally managed to win our Champions League group, finishing on fourteen points, five ahead of Bayern Munich and Dinamo Kiev. We have been, erm, rewarded, with a 1st knockout round tie against Liverpool. Tricky, but we should conquer them. A place in the Copue de la Ligue final will be ours if we overcome Lens away from the home, whom we drew with just a couple of games back in Ligue 1. As for the Coupe de France, we have stormed into the 11th round with 4-1 wins over both Nantes and Caen. The draw for the 11th round is yet to be made. Transfer Activity For a change, there has been absolutely not transfer activity from me during this window. ------------------------------------------------ The aim at the start of the season was the same as last - to win all seven trophies on offer, and so far we have lifted three, and are still in the running for the other four! As always, thanks for the reading. A full end of season review will follow within the next week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Great season so far tucker. Keep it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGougan33 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Well in tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batty1 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Great season so far tucker. Keep it up. As Purefun said Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly Poolboy Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Hello guys, are Lyon a decent long term team to be? Or does it all become too easy domestically? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batty1 Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Hello guys, are Lyon a decent long term team to be?Or does it all become too easy domestically? Its great fun getting the youth to devlope, but yeah it does become a bit easy domestically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly Poolboy Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Ahh I've had a few good Lyon games on past versions but I need to find a perfect team to start a save with! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Hello guys, are Lyon a decent long term team to be?Or does it all become too easy domestically? Ahh I've had a few good Lyon games on past versions but I need to find a perfect team to start a save with! You've found it mate. Easy maybe, but other teams (french teams obviously) do seem to get a lot of great players, well in my save they do. They easely dominate european football aswell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGougan33 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 French league can still be tough, its not a cert that ure going to dominate it though!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe__the__man Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I think you should really be expecting to win the league every year though, realistically. Anything expecting less than that would be very pessimistic. Have a hell of a lot of work on right now, but by Friday it should be over with and I can get back to my save Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPS Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Have a hell of a lot of work on right now, but by Friday it should be over with and I can get back to my save Same here, have only managed two competitive games in my save so far. All very slow progress but hopefully will get a chance to sit down and play a few games at the weekend. Won both games I have played 1-0 in a very George Graham-esque manner - first one was at Le Mans where Gomis headed in the winner in the 93rd minute despite looking about 2 yards offside. All very satisfying. Tough CL qualifier against Fiorentina to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGougan33 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Ive not had a chance to start my save period!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 Tough CL qualifier against Fiorentina to come. Who said FM isn't like real life eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 :smug: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGougan33 Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Gotta love last nights result eh lads Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinLP1987 Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Interestingly I had Pjanic win my game against Madrid too a few seasons back. Ronaldo scored for Real. They didn't count on Bodmer though. I have Hazard too. :ubersmugness: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe__the__man Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 I also had Hazard, but not on FM, instead as my first goalscorer All my work is finished for ages now (hopefully) and I'll get back to some good quality FM time when I get back from lectures later. Looking forward to it aha, I'll get this thread back on track Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 Miralem Pjanić. Purefun will be pleased should have an hour or so to finish the dB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe__the__man Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 What kind of changes have/are you making Hopey? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batty1 Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 August the 18th of the first season Lisandro out for 4 weeks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 None technically yet, still doing them joe! Of course all Lyon players will have all twenties and 200 CA/PA of course! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtuck01 Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 August the 18th of the first season Lisandro out for 4 weeks You've started again? Jesus how many times?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe__the__man Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 None technically yet, still doing them joe! Of course all Lyon players will have all twenties and 200 CA/PA of course! Why of course! Don't forget to change all their "underperforming but still scraping through" to 20 as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 Three out of the four halves we were the much better side, can't scrap if you were the better side for three quarters of the two legged tie thank you very much! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batty1 Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 You've started again? Jesus how many times?! Thats where I left my 10.3 save. So haven't started again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe__the__man Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Three out of the four halves we were the much better side, can't scrap if you were the better side for three quarters of the two legged tie thank you very much! What game are you talking about? I never mentioned any specific game? :confused: ______________________ Looking like I'll breeze through against Valencia, first leg away I beat them 3-0, without hearing a peep from Villa or Mata. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe__the__man Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 And in the next game I lose my 34 game unbeaten streak to.... Stade Malherbe Caen! I'm embarrassed tbfh, they're relegation candidates with players in their side that wouldn't get into my under-18s, but for 90 minutes my side played like amateurs. Didn't help that Gonalons got sent off and Yannis couldn't finish to save his life either. Really disappointed Maxime Gonalons is shocked to have been handed a fine for dismissal in a prior match What did you think would happen? Man up! He now feels he has been treated unfairly and may look to leave the club. Fine by me haha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Have finally finished the changes, I was originally planning to make possible changes to every French Ligue 1 team but I just don't have the time right now. Purefun is hassling me for this dB! As he can't start his game without it apparently. Also, haven't added loads of missing young players like I did on 10.2, just don't have the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergers Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Anyone got any decent tactics for lyon with 1 up front (Lopez) realy struggling at the moment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightig Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 In my 10.3 save, Tafer just won his first France cap against Costa Rica (friendly match before World Cup 2010) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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