urbanjunkie Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I dont like this aspect of the game. Dont want that git Levy selling players that I need. Like I said, had no issues in the demo, so will have to keep an eye out for any type of pattern (i.e. - is the player looking to move on?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeryk- Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 When messing around I offered Bent around for £15M and got 1 bid back, from Reading, for £8.5M - which would be better than nothing I surpose. Am tempting to try that 2.3.2.2.1 formation, or make my own, I just hate that side of the game Akinfeev is good, better than Robinson in game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knap Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Finished 3rd with this tactic lost 5 times, against MU (no surprise), Reading? Man city (tight in middle) Portsmouth and Liverpool. Results improved with normal mentality. Akinfeev had a poor season and when injured Robbo kept 6 clean sheets. With FM07 I understand Akinfeev performance could be variable depending on game so maybe same on FM08. Berbs without tight marking scored 13 Diamond appears a better tactic against Liverpool Arsenal and Chelsea. Switching formations and using DM and AM may be better than individual instructions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulinho Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Originally posted by urbanjunkie:Can Lennon be trained for the left side? Very easily, he needs only to improve 1 pt & he will be accomplished at ML or AML. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulinho Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Originally posted by knap:Urbanjunkie Levy sold Hudds for 4.2m and this aspect of FMO8 is annoying. I think this is caused by the balance money being too low in the demo. It should be fixed with the patch. I imagine the 1st patch will come quite soon after release. Data issues Please report any strangeness or innacuracy of the data or discuss diffrences of opinion in your games here in the Spurs data issues thread. Spurs Data issues thread Thanks to everyone who contributes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanjunkie Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Originally posted by knap:Switching formations and using DM and AM may be better than individual instructions. Hi mate. Can you elaborate on this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knap Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 The opposition play in certain styles. I find in the first game against Newcastle if you do not use a DM or a barrow on MC then their AMC creates a lot of chances. If you use a DM they often change to 41221. However in your tactic the DM also has a free role which provides an interesting twist. If an AMC with two Fwds are employed (Diamond 442)against Arsenal and Liverpool, perhaps if they do not use a DM then they suffer with their 2 CBs taking on 3 Fwds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy72 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Though i am struggling with finding tactics that work well with Spurs at the moment, but i am hopefully i will resolve this before the patch, if not i just wwfan releases a workable set. Anyway, if anybody else is trying to resolve the left hand side issue then i had success in selling Defoe to Portsmouth for a million and asking for Kranjcar in exchange and they accepted this offer as he does. Sadly, though i have yet to use him, as he arrived injured. Hope this helps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeryk- Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 What experience does anyone have with playing Bale as a left midfielder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeryk- Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 On what you've said about DMs and AMs... ...has anyone tried a standard 4-4-2 except with 1 MC barrowing to the DMC and 1 MC farrowing to the AMC - in an attempt to use these positions without giving away too much space elsewhere on the pitch? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pravduggal Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 I played this --------------Berbatov--------Defoe Diego Capel-------------------------------Lennon ---------------------Boateng/Modric------ ----------------------Kaboul/Madure-------- --Lee-----Dawson-------King---------------Pascal --------------------Robbo I have an arrow going forward for Boateng/Modric but only as far so its level with the wingers. You need to play a very combative creative midfielder here with good stamina. Then the dm is little creative freedom, stay back, defensive mentality. Full bakcs get forward and need to be very fit. Wingers need to be very creative as well as quick. Striker, 1 drops of and 1 with pace. Fiddle around a bit. I'm 3rd in the league like that at the moment in december. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy! Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Currently 11th with a game in hand in mid-october.. . Spurs seem (accurately) to struggle in 2008. Playing a standard 4-4-2 away, and then a diamond for home games. Perhaps it'll just take time for the players to settle and Dawson / King to get back to match fitness. Signed: van der Vaart (£11m) Aaritalo (£40k - WONDERKID from Turun Palloseura) Per Wierauch (£75k) de Jong (£7m) Aissati (£6m) Zeefuik (£1.3m) Out: 3 reserves (£785k) Chimbonda (£12m - Aston Villa) Anyone got an opinion of Philip Ifil? Was attracting a lot of interest early on, eventually went on a loan to Leyton Orient. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knap Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 What experience does anyone have with playing Bale as a left midfielder? In FM07 I played bale 1st season and even at a year younger played better than in the Demo,and on few occasions played at LM OK performance certainly not as good as IRL. has anyone tried a standard 4-4-2 except with 1 MC barrowing to the DMC and 1 MC farrowing to the AMC It's useful if AI switch during game but cannot recollect AI using this formation. I prefer to change to a formation with DM. AI does not often use this tactic, and if using an AMC you need a player suited to his position, VDV fits the bill. If VDV is in team try a wide diamond and the revert to normal 442 later in match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeryk- Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 Have been messing around with tactics and ended up with a 2-3-2-1-2 formation thats done quite well in terms of shots/shots on targets and possession. I just need to mess around with instructions to get the right balance. It just looks odd seeing an unusual formation when I've used the standard 4-4-2 for so long. Am looking for someone to fill the AMC role from the start, Van Der Vaart looks good but so does Matias Fernandez and their roughly the same price. - Any advise on the two of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knap Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Only tried VDV. very consistent and not injury prone. My testing is using Team defensive quick cd often and tight marking, taken off for AM and STs. Narrow away to Wigan. If need a bit extra add quick by a couple of notches and passing from mixed add farrows on wingers. Using wide diamond MU 1-1 Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool A Won 2-0 Arsenal Away won 4-2 For some reason Robbo decided to come up for corner laate in game, which I thought only happened on all out attack. I prefer the flat back 4 and will probably stay with 442 and use diamond for certain games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydeee Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 started a game saying i was going to challenge for the title. Signed: Hedwiges Maduro - 6.5m* Ignashevic - free Van der Vaart - 11.5m* Luka Modric 4m* Sold: Jenas - 5m, man city Ghaly - 1m, derby Ifill - 500k sheff utd going to use a 4-1-3-2 that worked well for me on 07. This is what my best lineup would hopefully be. Robbo Chombonda Dawson King Bale Maduro Lennon Van der Vaart Modric Berbatov Defoe The team can easily be adapted for away games by playing zokora or hudds in CM and not letting my fullbacks go forward too much. Going to use Defoe or Bent as target men( run on to ball). Drew my first game 3-3 away at newcastle, after being 3-1 down with robbo getting MOM. Need Dawson and King back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeryk- Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 Which striker has everyone been selling to buy more players? I was going to use Defoe but he done well for my in the demo and am more reluctant now. Still not happy with the formation, can't seem to find one that suits my style of play and does well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydeee Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 defoe has been doing well for me as well. ideally i would sell bent but it might be quite hard to sell him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knap Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Sold Defoe for 7.25m and bought Owen for 9m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hootieman Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Originally posted by Azeryk-:Which striker has everyone been selling to buy more players? I was going to use Defoe but he done well for my in the demo and am more reluctant now. Still not happy with the formation, can't seem to find one that suits my style of play and does well. have u tried this i´m triyng it now and its ok Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poyplemonkeys Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 How is everyone getting so much money for Chimbonda? I have a few enquirys and they get scared away when I ask for 5mil. Really don't want him, not that great and he's disrupting the entire team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffeedane Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Im sorry for saying this paulinho but i dont understand why you keep posting the players PA ? I mean people can use there editor if they realy wanna know . I dont wanna know it ruins the fun IMO . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 wots happening!!! i can't get my team 2 play even the simplist football. never had a team let in as many goals n constantly give the ball away. my players dwell on the ball 2 long n they don't either close down or tackle even though i have set instructions 2 do so. thought maybe it wos cos they weren't good enough so i tried with barca n found i had exactly the same problems. it could i suppose b dodgy tactics but i have been using the same with my 07, 06, n 05 so i can't explain why my players simply don. know how 2 carry out my instructions. i'm at a loss ... please helP !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knap Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Closing down does not appear to working as it should As FM08 is highlighting pitch size etc, I'm working on the basis that the formation must deny space to the opposition but find space going forward, and its better to change formations to suit. I've started to slow tempo and add some creative freedom and the results have been good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulinho Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Originally posted by Toffeedane:Im sorry for saying this paulinho but i dont understand why you keep posting the players PA ? I mean people can use there editor if they realy wanna know . I dont wanna know it ruins the fun IMO . I only replied to question from another poster that the PA was -9 (still could be anything between 150-180 in your game). It's not exactly giving away much is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffeedane Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 I only replied to question from another poster that the PA was -9 (still could be anything between 150-180 in your game).It's not exactly giving away much is it? ok fair enough i just remember you wrote almost ewery spurs players PA in the 2007 thread , please dont do that again I dont wanna know it and im sure other gamers have it like me . Im not having a go at you or anything , you put alot of good and helpfull tips ok Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Azeryk Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 When I've tried to sell Bent in a mess around I only got a £5.5M bid from Reading which isn't much. I think Defoe is the best striker to sell for money but he seems to play quite well in the demo. He was my top scorer in my main trial and when I've sold him he's also done quite well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knap Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Bent gets better in later part of season 4 MOMs and Defoe does well for Portsmouth when sold so perhaps Keane. Aaritalo and Samba are real bargain buys that perform. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy72 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Originally posted by stigsolo:wots happening!!! i can't get my team 2 play even the simplist football. never had a team let in as many goals n constantly give the ball away. my players dwell on the ball 2 long n they don't either close down or tackle even though i have set instructions 2 do so. thought maybe it wos cos they weren't good enough so i tried with barca n found i had exactly the same problems. it could i suppose b dodgy tactics but i have been using the same with my 07, 06, n 05 so i can't explain why my players simply don. know how 2 carry out my instructions. i'm at a loss ... please helP !!! I found when i had players with Hold up Ball ticked they were constantly getting tackled as they just seemed to stop and not do anything. So, by unticking the Hold up Ball option i have found that is no longer an issue, so give that a try. Closing Down does work, but only when the opposition is in and around the Goal Mouth, so if you keep this option ticked, it should only take affect as previously described. I have found you do need to play a bit narrower than previous versions, so maybe if you alter you width to the first notch of Wide or the last notch of Normal may help. Also, it is key to remember the RoO rule by keeping your players within on notch of each other, e.g. MR/L 14 and ST 15, this way if you have your passing set to short they are closer together and less likely to give the ball away. Hope this helps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betis_DK Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Originally posted by stuboy72:Also, it is key to remember the RoO rule by keeping your players within on notch of each other, e.g. MR/L 14 and ST 15, this way if you have your passing set to short they are closer together and less likely to give the ball away. Hope this helps. Hm, is that rule really working? If yes, pls elaborate on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanjunkie Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Morning all New season for me. Here's my transfer dealings (all prior to opening game of season): Victor Moses (Palace) £170K Diego Capel (Sevilla) Loan Mika Aaritalo (Turun Palloseura) £440K Christopher Samba (Blackburn) £1.3M Rafael van der Vaart (HSV) £11M Sergy Ignashevich (CSKA) Free David Mendes da Silva (AZ) £4.5M Players out: Chimbonda - £3.7M to Man City I'm finding it near impossible to sell any of the following players: Stalteri Gardner Rocha Ghaly Tainio IRL, even though some of the above are nowhere near being 'quality', you still wouldn't have a problem getting rid of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Azeryk Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I had that problem in the demo as well, am loading the full game now, so will try again Downside is I am going away for a week from tomorrow morning so you lot better keep the thread alive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden_Team Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 guys how look ratinho in fm08? it was always my first signed in 07 sorry for english Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsquall1 Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Originally posted by Golden_Team:guys how look ratinho in fm08? it was always my first signed in 07 sorry for english He's on Loan at CSKA Moscow, along with Celsinho i thinks. Doesnt look as impressive as he used to be. Why do lots of brazilans go to Russia anyways?? Just now i am thinking about bidding for Scott Brown, hoping he will have the potential to be as good as he will be IRL. Wacthed him at hampden against Ukraine last Satuarday He was immense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustSaint Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I haven`t got the real game yet, but have played the demo a few times. A player I bought to replace Pascal was Carlos Diogo from Zaragoza, pretty good RB and in my opinion a better RB than Pascal. He did cost a bit but he is worth it, I think he cost about 6 Million pounds. I also think that Hedwiges Maduro the DM from Ajax is a great buy, you can get him cheaper than normal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul 1300 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Does anybody Know where to get the prem logos face packs kits and graphics etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robs Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I have to say that urbanjunkie's tactics ae simply fantastic. I have played four games with Spurs - 2 on the demo and 2 on the full game. And his tactics just work. Im sitting 2nd at Xmas losing only to Wigan and Liverpool, with a great goal difference of +15. I tried a 4-4-2 on the demo and was sacked before xmas, 3-5-2 finsihed 6th on demo. But the 2-3-2-2-1 and to be honest any variation using the mentality and passing instructions work. I tried the exact same instructions (team/player) with a 4-1-1-2-2 and it worked a treat. Great tactic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulinho Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Originally posted by paul 1300:Does anybody Know where to get the prem logos face packs kits and graphics etc Sort it out si http://www.sortitoutsi.net/index.php?page=downloads&area=gfx&game=fm2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reece1973 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Managing Spurs and so far my record is: Tottenham 1 Newcastle 0 Portsmouth 5 Tottenham 0 Tottenham 0 Chelsea 1 Bolton 2 Tottenham 0 King,Dawson and Dervitte all CB's are injured before the season starts. Rocha,Kaboul both CB's and Boateng get sent off in the Portsmouth game all within 15 mins. Gardner my only remaining CB gets injured 5 mins into the Bolton game and Malbrangue gets sent off to. So the record is: Played 4 Won 1 Lost 3 Sent Off 4 Injured CB's 4 Banned CB's 2 Fit CB's 0 Any ive had about 5 goals disallowed all for offside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanjunkie Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Originally posted by Robs:I have to say that urbanjunkie's tactics ae simply fantastic. I have played four games with Spurs - 2 on the demo and 2 on the full game. And his tactics just work. Im sitting 2nd at Xmas losing only to Wigan and Liverpool, with a great goal difference of +15. I tried a 4-4-2 on the demo and was sacked before xmas, 3-5-2 finsihed 6th on demo. But the 2-3-2-2-1 and to be honest any variation using the mentality and passing instructions work. I tried the exact same instructions (team/player) with a 4-1-1-2-2 and it worked a treat. Great tactic. Interesting, havent tried the 4-1-1-2-2 formation. Having two upfront could prove to be of interest. Might try this out. Nice one! My results thus far this season: W 2-0 H Newcastle W 1-0 H Man City L 1-0 A Liverpool W 3-2 A Fulham W 3-1 H Aston Villa W 2-1 A Wigan D 2-2 A M. Tel-Aviv (UEFA) W 2-0 H West Ham W 3-2 A Sunderland (Carling Cup) W 3-1 A Reading van der Vaart has yet to make the impact he had in the demo, where he was on fire from the minute he was signed. Once he clicks in my current game, I expect more goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knap Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 That many sending offs is unlucky athough Boetang is prone to being sent off. I often play with hard tacking and sending offs are not an issue. At start of season the cover for King and Dawson is weak so buy at least 1 CB (Samba highly recommended). 442 appears to be a weak tactic as the key positions are ANC and DM, well sorted at DM Kaboul and Hudds, but AMC and LM AML are weak. Disallowed goals are an unfortunate feature of FM08, as well as offside goals given, GKs with unusual behavour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul 1300 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Cheers Paulinho but do I have to pay a subscription or a donation and which one do I download and is it easy bearing in mind I'm an old man and this computer lark is still quite new to me Originally posted by paulinho:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by paul 1300: Does anybody Know where to get the prem logos face packs kits and graphics etc Sort it out si http://www.sortitoutsi.net/index.php?page=downloads&area=gfx&game=fm2008 </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul 1300 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Boateng and Bent have been awesome I have just had an 8 game winning streak and sitting top at christmas signed Rafinha 9.5 m and Akinfeev 27.5 m sold Keane 8.5 ghaly 1 m chimbonda 4.1 robbinson 4 m zokora 4m lyp 2m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleron Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Originally posted by knap:Had offer for Keane and Ghaly and bought Mitea (Did well on original with Farfan). If injuries are as daft with FM07 will need at least 4 strikers. Why sell Robbie Keane?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knap Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Betis The Rule of One is based on the guides in the FM07 instruction book. Defensive line - tied to team mentality Team mentality - Balanced across team. Defensive line should be within similar range of mentalities. As long as FM08 Guide is same, then rule of One should work as a basis of setting individual player instructions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robs Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Finished 3rd winning the FA cup and Carling cup. Tinkered with Urbanjunkie's tactics every now and again but not much. They simply work. berba comes really strong in the second half of the season. I got spanked 4-1 on agg in Uefa, but that was more down to my teamtalk I think. lol still alittle in shock, best I did in the demo was 6th losing in both cups but keeping alive the Uefa cup dream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robs Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Oh and most annoying bit was getting Hudd to be a wonderkid and then Levy selling him and Defoe!! and Hudd for just 6million. Bought in Ponzio though and hs fantastic. But Hudd for 6mill!!!! lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knap Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 In FM07 Defoe was far better than Keane, and I always played 442 - the 1st team was -Robbo, Chim,King,Dawson, Bale, Lennon, Lucus,Diego, Guardado, Berbs, Defoe. Chim nearly always appeared more often than others in team of week and kept Ratinho and Borre out of side. However Rafinho could be tempting. In FM08 - Front partnership will probably be out of Berbs, Owen, Bent, Defoe (may sell and try to buy Jo or Farfan as may be more adaptable to 3 up front Berbs, Aaritalo, Modric. Keane will probably not feature in the team going forward and if a good offer is made he's out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robs Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 If you can get Ashley Young I find hes amazing. Very quick and good recovery. Also if you have sold one of the fantastic four (Levy sold Deofe from me) he can be used great as a striker as well as on the wings. Tough to get, espeically during the season. But Villa were relegated in my game, and he had been unsettled all season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berby-Goal Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 just started a new season and have spent big money after telling the board I can win the league IN Ignashevich (free) van der Vaart (12m) de Jong (7.5m) Menez (12m) Maduro(4m) Farfan (6.75m) Out Defoe (7m) Bent (6m +50%next sale) Chimbo (5m) I'm now 14.9 mil in the red but playing class with urbanjunkies 23221 formation here's my starting line up GK Robbo CB Kaboul CB Ignashevich RWB Dejong DCM Maduro LWB Bale CM vanderVaart CM Boateng RF Farfan LF Menez ST Berbatov Waiting for all the injuries to clear up like King, Daws, and Lennon but well pleased with that line up and feel I can win the league in my first season. I want Rafinha but I don't have the moula right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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